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Starting with the birth of Jesus Christ and ending with the Eastern Orthodox/Roman Catholic split, Catholicism: Nine Events That Shaped the Early Catholic Church takes a vast subject and breaks it down into easy-to-understand pieces that form a whole. By focusing on just nine events, we are able to dive deeply into relevant history and politics while still bringing you a short history that covers the major occurrences in the early period of an important institution.

Frank Sinatra, also known as The Voice, Ol’ Blue Eyes, Leader of the Pack, and countless other titles, was a man of many faces. Part mobster, part philanthropist, part political activist, and part civil rights leader, Frank participated in powerful institutions and movements that shaped America’s history. Married four times, constantly surrounded by women, Frank was able to sing about loneliness with aching authenticity. He made teen girls swoon, beautiful women tremble, and grown men cry.

Looking back on his career, freelance graphic designer Remi Painter is proud of his many contributions. There are occasional days, however, where he wonders how life without epilepsy might have gone. Whether it would have been quite the fight. For that matter, whether it is time to try something new. What if a treatment for epilepsy already exists out there somewhere? It's an innocent question, a deep longing for Remi and many others with seizures. Until the day he happens upon a remedy no one is meant to discover.

50 Things to Know About Birds in Ohio, by Ella Gray, offers a unique perspective on the state’s winged population. Most books on birds will teach you about migratory patterns and scientific nomenclature. Although there is nothing wrong with that, Gray’s guide dives into the interesting histories of Ohio’s most beloved birds. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, this book gets you up close and personal with the birds of the Buckeye State.

Who was Tesla? What made Tesla so special? Why don't we study Tesla in schools? Have scientists ever measured the frequencies that the neurons in the brain can detect? Listen to find out more.

The only thing worse than overanalyzing your life is overanalyzing your dreams. It can drive you nuts. This book will break down some dream's meanings and why we dream what we dream.

It Came From the Darkness is a unique collection of drabbles (stories of 100 words exactly) and artwork, compiled by Red Cape Publishing and Philip Rogers 101 PR in aid of the Max the Brave Fund. A huge number of horror writers, poets, artists, and film makers have come together to support the cause and offer the listener something special. Each piece of writing begins with the same five words, but the stories themselves are all wonderfully varied. So dig in, take each tale one bloody bite at a time, and beware of what comes from the darkness.

This is my true life story growing up with dyslexia. How I almost allowed dyslexia to destroy my life. The education system failed me. I slipped through the cracks. Dyslexia controlled most of my life. I could still have a life without reading and writing. I was able to get married. Raise a family and run my own business. How my whole world changed overnight. For 62 years, I stayed silent.

Tag marches the gathered forces of the Brotherhood of the Scythe on a dangerous mission. They intend to secretly pass through the land of Vulca and infiltrate the Citadel of Thrall, ruining its supplies of food and water, while cutting off all aid from outside. He believes Kuran has taken his forces far away from the Citadel on a futile hunt for the Resistance. But instead, Tag is heading into a trap. Kuran has gathered his entire army, which vastly outnumbers the Brotherhood of the Scythe, and lays in wait along their path through Vulca.

A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue, his sword defends the helpless, and their might upholds the weak. A knight’s words speak only the truth, their wrath undoes the wicked, they live and remember their oath, and they follow the old code. Be without fear in the face of darkness, and be brave and upright so that God may protect you.

In chapters 56-69A, Kuran gains more and more power for himself and increases the size of his army. Tag and the other members of the resistance begin to liberate conquered towns and cities. In doing so, they start to add numbers to their forces in an attempt to prepare for the coming war. Meanwhile, Willow, Shalah, and the twins - Brass and Brandt - scheme with the island natives of Gahkul to overthrow the forces of Thrall along with the deadly firemancers occupying Shalah’s former homeland.

Prizefighter-turned-PI Donald Dugan has been going through a rough patch, between clients who are reluctant to pay for services rendered and Poopsie, his secretary’s borderline psychotic lapdog. When Lt. Hammond, his friendly enemy on the force, suggests a week of solitude and fishing in rural Louisiana as a surefire cure for his woes, Dugan gladly accepts. Things go fine until he finds the dead man dressed in a clown suit floating in the bayou.

Great Britain is called upon by the American president to help neutralize an international terrorist threat. Escalating tensions within the Russian Federation lead experts to believe there is a conspiracy to destabilize its Western rivals: A mysterious arms smuggling gang is suspected of bringing weapons into the US for a series of terror attacks.

The war begins to take shape. While Tag makes a bold move to gain more allies in the coming battle, Kuran - now ascended higher than ever in the ranks of both power and madness - plots his next moves. Treachery abounds on both sides, with spies and turncoats alike risking everything to further their dangerous agendas. Sariya, Ghenn, and others work as many angles as they can manage to wreak havoc against their enemies. But who will rise victorious?

Listening to the chatter of her six-year-old daughter, Cammi, Connie Cantland begins to wonder if Cammi’s imaginary friend could be more than just imaginary. Connie knows her friend and coworker, Dani, believes in the survival of souls after the death of bodies, and the reincarnation of souls, so she shares her concerns with Dani about Cammi’s supposed friend. Dani introduces Connie to Dacque LaRose: A friend and mentor on souls and reincarnation. Connie and Dacque’s conversations propel Connie and her husband Carson into an educational journey.

Third parties deserve pathways to success. People disparage third parties, like the Kingdom and Queendom Party, but Andrew Bushard has decided to honor these third parties. Some deem the Kindgom and Queendom Party the epitome of absurdity, but others believe this party deserves a pathway to success.

The Union of Third Party Unionists: A Third Parties Flash Fiction calls unionists and third parties to act. This work inspires and motivates listeners to advance third parties and to advance unions. Long live third parties! Long live unions!

How can you tell or write exciting stories? I have a friend who always gets halfway through her story, and she feels the need to hurry it up because she’s like, "God, I've spoken for so long." And she thinks people lose interest, so she shuts down. Why is that? We all know people like this who doubt themselves. Their feelings probably aren't wrong, but they don't know how to interpret them, it seems. If this is the case on how they are about the matter, two things might have gone wrong with how I think about it.

Why do so many people go missing in our national parks? Why do national parks not release how many people vanish in their parks? Why is it that over half a million people vanish in the national parks in the United States a year, and we, the public, are not told? How is it that in countries worldwide, over a million people vanish from their national parks every year, and the public is not told?

The Journeyman has changed the lives of all who have read/heard of the story of Musa, a young boy who reluctantly unlocks the dormant power of his dreams. Haunted by a mysterious calling, Musa unwittingly sets himself on a path of painful discovery that forces him to confront his true purpose. This “universal story of hope and personal will” tells the magical tale of a poor boy who yearns to find the answers to his dreams.