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Suzy and the Bug is the story of Aryanna, also known as Bug by her parents, and her cat, Suzy. When the two go to the local park one day, it is to sit and read their favorite book, The Wizard of the Oz. But when they fall asleep, the two wake up to find that they have entered Oz themselves. As they approach the Emerald City and speak with the Lion, Tin Man, and the Scarecrow, they discover that all is not well and that Oz is facing dark and perilous times.

Jamal Weathers is a Black FBI agent and one of the bureau’s top behavioral experts. He has followed the suspect across three states, trying to stop the assassin’s next attack. When Jamal discovers that all of the slain cops bear the names of Black victims of police shootings, it is clear that the killer is a vigilante dedicated to revenge. And in the inner cities, the killer’s sigil appears with his name “Kifo”, the Swahili word for death.

We all know the history of science that we learned from grade school textbooks: how Galileo used his telescope to show that the earth was not the center of the universe; how Newton divined gravity from the falling apple; how Einstein unlocked the mysteries of time and space with a simple equation. This history is made up of long periods of ignorance and confusion, punctuated once an age by a brilliant thinker who puts it all together. These few tower over the ordinary masses, and in the traditional account, it is to them that we owe science in its entirety. This belief is wrong.

Do you feel like a hamster in a wheel in the corporate rat race? Are you looking to gain control of your financial future before retirement? Have you heard about the power of real estate investing, but never had the chance to look into it? This book will demystify the entire process and walk you through the best way to grow your portfolio of cash flowing equity, one step at a time and one property at a time.

The Tragedy of American Science explores how the US economy’s addiction to military spending distorts and deforms science by making it overwhelmingly subservient to military interests. The primary motive driving American science and technology has become the search for new and more efficient ways to kill people. This transforms science from the classic ideal of a creative force for the advancement of humankind into its destructive and antihuman opposite.

Want to get better solutions to your problems? Suffering to understand why things went wrong when you did it all right? The principles of Thinking in Systems will help you with these issues. The manner in which we feel reality has changed significantly. It is not enough to use conventional thinking to understand the world as it functions today. We need to know the elements of system thinking to see beyond mere connections between cause and effect. This audiobook will help you find strategic solutions to every modern and complex issue.

Do you need a coach for life or are you thinking of becoming one? Do you want to live an awesome successful life? Are you facing trouble in adopting a quest for life and having regrets? If you answered to yes to any of these questions, then look no further - the solution is right in front of you. This book will give you a deep insight into your thoughts, how they are developed, and how they affect our lives. You will be encouraged to change yourself; to recognize what is good for you, and what’s simply not working.

This early novella by Clifford Simak includes many elements which have become staples in science fiction literature: alien invasion, time travel and the multiverse. The future entire Earth is threatened by the invasion of a phantasmal force known as the Black Horror, which appears to be impervious to all weapons developed by man. To where will Dr Silas White turn for the rescue of the planet?

Dr. Clifford Brickman is an author and narrator of the acclaimed best seller, The Still, Soft Voice. Dr. Brickman is a healthcare practitioner and an individual and family therapist in Chicago at Millennium Park. Which script do or might you follow? A weakening script, or something else.

Baffled by the stereotypes presented by Hollywood and much historical fiction, many other Americans find the contemporary American Indian an enigma. Compounding their confusion is the highly publicized struggle of the contemporary Indian for self-determination, lost land, cultural preservation, and fundamental human rights - a struggle dramatized both by public acts of protest and by precedent-setting legal actions. American Indians, American Justice explores the complexities of the present Indian situation, particularly with regard to legal and political rights.

Drawing from concepts in science, religion, art, and pop-culture - Sophocles: Mending a Broken Heart presents as a map and accessory to help move through life's struggles. Oedipus Rex, a play written by Sophocles almost 3000 years ago, is used as a metaphoric backdrop highlighting the emotional journey of attachment and what it means to be human. The book provides hope through archetypes that have been with us for thousands of years, suggesting the struggle of life and for life is nothing new.

Newspaper mogul Mylocent Winecroft is eager for his knighthood. But after journalist Henry Henderson almost decimates this prospect, Henderson is promoted to foreign correspondent and promptly dispatched to Morocco. Caught in the whirlwind of mad monkeys, deep-fried snails, and a lack of booze, Henderson loses his marbles while searching for the Gujat tribe and their black magic.

Around the Way Girls 11 is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all, but are about to get the lessons of their lives. "Meal Ticket" by Treasure Hernandez: After the tragic death of Yanna's husband at the home of his longtime mistress, Yanna's teenage son is forced to step up and fill his father's shoes as the household's sole meal ticket. The straight-laced student soon links up with an unlikely partner in crime. Also featuring "Party Girls" by Clifford "Spud" Johnson and "Do or Die" by India Johnson-Williams.

At an AA meeting, handyman and part-time investigator Jay Porter meets a recovering addict who needs his help. In the midst of another grueling northern New Hampshire winter, Amy Lupus’ younger sister, Emily, has gone missing from the Coos County Center, the newly opened rehab run by Jay’s old nemeses, Adam and Michael Lombardi. As Jay begins looking into Emily’s disappearance, he finds that all who knew Emily swear that she’s never used drugs. She’s a straight shooter and an intern at a newspaper investigating the Center and the horrendous secret hidden in it - or beneath it.

Bumbling journalist Henry Henderson is on his next assignment. This time to the sleepy skiing town of Creleon, Spain. Dispatched by his paranoid boss, Henderson goes on a quest for weather altering machine that could change the world as we know it. Jolly japes ensue although a storm seems to be brewing that could be his last on the foreign desk.

Languedoc, 1244. Albigenser-korstogene er på deres højeste, og flere hundrede katharer er hjælpeløst belejret på bjergcitadellet Montsegur. Deres skæbne synes uundgåelig, men natten før den store massakre undslipper fire præster med katharernes skat. En skat som til dato ikke er fundet! Næsten 800 år senere opmuntres den excentriske astrofysiker Viktor Thomsen af sin psykolog til at acceptere et ferieophold ved Rivieraen.

I en menneskealder har Ellen Winther boet i det solmættede Italien, hvor der er plads til store følelser og tid til eftertanke. I anledning af sin femogfirsårs fødselsdag har hun samlet sin store familie og alle sine venner til fest. Med glasset hilser hun på gæsterne, da blikket stivner. Hun forbliver stående med en antydning af et smil på de rødmalede læber, og det varer lidt, inden det går op for selskabet, at Ellen Winther netop har taget afsked med den bevidste del af sit liv.

Three years have passed since estate-clearing handyman Jay Porter almost lost his life following a devastating accident on the thin ice of Echo Lake. His investigative work uncovering a kids-for-cash scandal may have made his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire, a safer place, but nothing comes without a price. The traumatic, uncredited events cost Jay his wife and his son, and left him with a permanent leg injury. Jay is just putting his life back together when a mysterious stranger stops by with an offer too good to be true.

Counter-hypnosis is a first step toward the complete integration of Self. Great awareness will eliminate the inevitable hypnotic fog of everyday life, and thereby empowers the Seeker in a foundational way. Excellence in problem-solving can still be achieved, whether psychological, relationship, family, vocational, and yes, even political. Understanding this breakthrough will provide each person a more direct access to Essence - to stand your ground emotionally, to discern authority typology, o defuse and deflate bullies, and more.

På en storvildtjagt i Kenya dræber mangemillionæren Viktor Jonsen en afrikansk jagtguide Med et vådeskud. Selvom der bliver gjort alt for at dække over drabet, varer det ikke længe, før der dukker afpresningsbreve op. Da Viktor Jonsen søger fred på sit landsted i Provence, forvilder den nyudklækkede jurist Thomas Lundvig sig ind på hans ejendom. I en konfrontation mellem de to mænd såres Thomas Lundvig. Men Viktor Jonsens datter, Elise, griber ind og sørger for, at Thomas kommer under lægebehandling.