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Diverse and moving, these six outstanding stories are meditations on grief and loss, love, communication and loneliness. Each one will take the reader on a brief yet unforgettable journey into private worlds and unexpected corners of the human heart.

From wild and wacky to knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud fun, these humorous tales represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Comedian Wyatt Cenac gives a killer performance of Simon Rich’s hilarious tale of woe from the point of view of a condom in a young man’s wallet. Alec Baldwin gives a delightful over-the-top performance of James Thurber’s wonderfully silly classic tale of the day everybody in a small Ohio town thought the dam broke.

Are you tired of the rat race and want to get away from it all? Are you tired of giving so much of your paycheck to utility companies? Tired of the local government telling you what you can and can’t do with your own property? Maybe you just want to live a minimalist lifestyle and leave a smaller footprint. For a lot of people, getting off the grid is the answer. In How to Get off The Grid and Survive, I show you what you need to do to prepare for life off the grid. This is a beginner’s guide and will help you answer the big question....

The Better Off Dead series delves into the furthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

Es ist später Abend im Hafen von Algeciras. Im dunklen Warteraum des Fährterminals sitzen zwei alternde Iren, langjährige Partner im lukrativen, aber gefährlichen Geschäft des Drogenschmuggels, und erwarten Dilly, die verschollene Tochter des einen. Sie haben gehört, dass sie in dieser Oktobernacht entweder auf einem Boot aus Tanger ankommt oder auf einem Boot in Richtung Tanger abfährt. Diese Nachtwache ist der Auftakt zu einer außergewöhnlichen Reise in die Vergangenheit, ihre gemeinsame Geschichte. Eine Geliebte ist verloren, eine Tochter verschwunden, eine Welt zerbrochen − kann sie wieder zusammengefügt werden?

Escritores frustrados, bebedores empedernidos, oscuros embrujos, besos que no llegan, los monstruos y demonios y miedos que pueblan la mente, un sátiro avieso, adolescentes descontrolados, jóvenes atormentados y familias perfectamente disfuncionales son solo una muestra de todo lo que el autor de la perversa "Ciudad de Bohane" (2015, ganadora del Premio IMPAC en 2013), Kevin Barry, nos presenta en esta obra.

Custody! Divorce! Parenting time! Money! Disagreements over children! Custody and Divorce Lawyers Marjie Nielsen, Barry C. Boykin and Kevin R. Johnson have more than 70 combined years of experience. They know first-hand the court battles, psychological warfare, pain and frustration that parents, spouses, partners and children endure as disputes are resolved in the family-court system. From their perspective as Chicago attorneys, Barry, Marjie and Kevin attempt to bring hope and clarity to a troubled world, where lawyers, judges and other professionals see the best and worst of human behavior ...

Logan Hartnett y su banda han dominado la ciudad de Bohane durante años, pero su viejo rival, Gant Broderick, está de vuelta y quiere reconquistar la ciudad y el corazón de Macu, esposa de Hartnett. A la guerra de bandas se unirán también los Cusack de Las Lomas, la adolescente fatal Jenni Ching, su novio Lobato Stanners o la nonagenaria Nena. Estos personajes lucharán para decidir el destino de la ciudad, ignorando que es ciudad Bohane quien decide el destino de todos ellos.

In the most basic sense, worship is the act of offering praise to God. But worship is a much more powerful act than we are often aware. It is nothing less than an opened floodgate, unleashing a supernatural flow between heaven and earth. For the first time, multiple generations of apostolic, prophetic, and warfare worship leaders join together to reveal the ways in which God is working through praise and worship today! Discover how you can participate in it, and what you can expect from this fresh move of God!

Matt Wolfe, a brilliant young attorney with Native American roots unravels a murder-for-hire scheme at his prestigious Colorado law firm. Aided by his ranching girlfriend, a retired senator, and an ex-con, he must outmaneuver hired killers, corrupt lawyers, and powerful politicians. Is water worth dying for? It is in today's Wild, Wild West. For lovers of legal thrillers.

In this bundle, I've included the first three books (It Has Begun, Diggin In, and Summer's End) and a short story bonus - "When Jack Met Diane". Find out how the leading characters met and started their journey together.

Two months have passed since Jack dug in. Jack and Diane offer to help Robin find her family as new threats emerge close to home and in far off lands. The country is still without power and the coming winter will be brutal. Jack’s group is prepared, but how will everyone else make it through a cold winter? Summer’s End has more action and new characters as Jack & Diane expand their reach. Buy this audiobook now to continue the story today.

Continue the journey of Jack and Diane as they navigate the new reality. With more attacks, the duo and Jack's group decide this is not a one-off attack. It's time to dig in and prepare for what's coming next. Meet new characters and find out what the terrorists planned next.

The day started out like any other; Diane and Jack started their morning routines and equipped their everyday carry items. Survival is for the prepared. But when disaster strikes the US, Jack's lifetime of preparing will be put to the test. Grabbing their two dogs and their bug-out bags, the duo must escape their hometowns and find a safe place to seek shelter. What really happened, and will Jack's years of prepping be enough to keep them all safe?

The explosion in storytelling festivals and one-person shows demonstrate that Americans are growing disenchanted with the mass media and returning to the simple pleasures of a well-told story. Here is a survey of great contemporary monologues, including excerpts by Spalding Gray, Lynda Barry, Tom Bodett, and Peter Matthiessen.

A savage bayonet charge. A flash of musket fire. The soldier fell dead, his face shattered. Arin Murphy stood frozen—an unwilling witness to an 1814 battlefield, reliving a violent moment from her family’s past. The man who pulled the trigger? Her ancestor. To discover who he is and where her slave descendant family came from, she follows his clues from Jamaica to Chile and the Golden Triangle in Thailand. As the world teeters on the brink of catastrophe, Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to unleash chaos.

Step into a world steeped in danger and high-stakes suspense in this riveting thriller. The explosion. Iraq. The white lights beckoned her from this life to the next. A hand reached down. Marine Captain Cat Fahey stretched toward it, night after horrific night, as she lay on the park bench in Philadelphia. Once a military legend, now homeless. She knew, without doubt, the hand reaching to her was her ancestor, warning her that the Vice President would be killed in Philadelphia. There was only one person who would believe her. She had to find Key Murphy. The clock is ticking...

Key Murphy is a freak, a prodigy. He has visions so real he’s diagnosed with PTSD. Key learns that his visions might be caused by a mutated gene which allows him to experience the memories of an ancestor. Key also has a family link to The Book of Kells. Pages from the book were stolen in Ireland in the distant past. Those pages are believed to contain a fundamental secret of Christendom.