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From the sprawling farmlands of the Midwest to an epicenter of metropolitan life, Gary Cruise does his best to adjust and forget the sorrow of the past. Yet, he is haunted by a reoccurring dream that ends in failure time after time. Today, of all days, his life may be affected, but does he believe in dreams? Can a small change in life matter all that much? Is this just his grief pursuing him or is he in a race against death, the death of one person he loved more than anyone?

Jake Logan is a cowboy and a drifter. He served with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Since the end of the war, he has traveled from town to town with no real purpose in life but survival. When he arrives in Baker's Town, he finds the love of his life, but he realizes he may not get out alive. Even if he does, his life will never be the same.

SEAL Team Six's Chris Paladin and CIA spy Hannah Andrade turn a Syrian terrorist, but all hell breaks loose, and they'll need a miracle to survive.

Prequel to best-selling Special Operations Group series by New York Times best seller Stephen Templin.

Perché un paladino in copertina? Certamente perché il racconto, intrigante e pieno di atmosfera, è ambientato in Sicilia - ma tranquilli, di dialetto ce n'è poco. Quanto basta, "come il sale", secondo una lettrice di Parma. Ma c'è un secondo motivo. In tutti i racconti tratti da "Pilipintò - Racconti da bagno per Siciliani e non", come questo "L’Autista" che state per ascoltare dalla mia voce, troverete trame e capovolgimenti di prospettiva.

Durante el saqueo de Cádiz por los ingleses, Clotaldo caballero y soldado británico rapta a una niña de siete años Isabel y se la lleva de vuelta a su casa a Londres donde la cría como si fuera su propia hija.

La fuerza de la sangre narra la historia de Rodolfo, un insolente y adinerado joven, que tras encapricharse con la bella Leocadia, hija de un humilde anciano, decide robarla y llevársela a casa. Mientras que ella yace inconsciente Rodolfo la viola.

Zwei Jugendliche verirren sich in einem Unwetter im Wald und gelangen plötzlich zu einem alten verlassenen Haus. Sie suchen Schutz vor dem Unwetter, doch das alte Haus ist in Wirklichkeit nicht so verlassen, wie es zu sein scheint.

First published as Journal of The Gallery London in 1993 with revised editions in 1998, 2001, 2008, and 2011, over 600 entries chronicle the life of the city: a powerfully driven arena of dysfunctional experience. Episodes record incidents and encounters in the streets, the movement of shoppers and travelers, and scenes of social and internal life. As the journal develops, fact and fiction blend into a film-like sequence of events.

Johnston McCulley, the author responsible for Zorro, also created the mysterious avenger known as The Whirlwind. A young man leaves behind a life of wealth and privilege in Spain and journeys to California. He builds a new life with a new name, Pedro Garzos. As he settles into his new home, the man known as Pedro discovers tyrants, bandits, and other dangers that threaten the weak and powerless!

Dr. Neil Jackson had just gotten through discovering that he's been on the exoplanet Erid-34 the entire time as part of an earthling zoo exhibit. His girlfriend, Cindy Burnett, is still alive, but she has been brainwashed into following the orders of the evil alien Dr. Sigmund Kline. Now Sigmund wants to erase Neil's memory, too, and reprogram him to help the people of Erid-34 destroy everyone on Earth, so they can take over the planet. But the power of the love Neil shares with Cindy helps restore his memory as well as hers.

Vienna: Years Ago includes six short stories focusing on a collection of people in 1945 Vienna, including a Vienna police inspector, an American soldier, a former SS major, an American woman doctor, and various friends, lovers, spouses, and enemies.

Beat it, Beatles! Move over, Monkees! Roll it up, Rolling Stones! Here comes the greatest, grooviest, gearest rock-and-roll group of all time: The Lemon Herberts, launching themselves on their very first world tour - and straight into more danger, more peril, more sheer adventure than they ever bargained for! In six kicky, pulpy, far-out tales, you'll meet drummer Ellroy, guitarists Honor and Dilly, bassist Ally, and the gorgeously fab Her Majesty - trouble-magnets that even their long-suffering manager, the mysterious Brighton Hawks, can't hope to contain.

Aces and eights, a dead man's hand. Life and death dealt over a shuffle of a deck. Stakes from dollar bills to souls tossed into the center of the table. And sitting around, waiting for the turn of a card, to raise, check, bet, or fold, are rogues, scoundrels, dames, and sharps. Every single one betting their last breath on the hand they hold.

Romance has endured for centuries as the most popular genre in entertainment, even in the era of classic pulp! Three stories that look at the blessed curse that has plagued men and women since time began through a pulp prism. Authors Mark Bousquet, Bonnie J. Sterling, and Phillip Drayer Duncan put their hearts on the line with three tales of lust, passion, love, hate, and more.

Long ago the earth changed. Billions died. Cities crumbled and civilization as we know it perished. But humanity's drive to live is a stubborn thing, and in the ashes of the old world a new world was reborn. Born of bullets, battle-hardened men and woman scratched out a life on the empty plains of the land now known only as "The Waste". But in a world where every day is a fight for survival a full belly is a luxury, and living long enough to see another rising sun is a success.

"Fade-Out" - Comedy/Drama/Action. A tiny commercial film crew find themselves stranded after a coup d'état in a foreign country, with no means of escape and no help coming from the USA. The crew devises a plan to use the products for the advertisement, plus their former trades, and their current expertise as filmmakers; they hide their planned escape in plain sight. "Spray" - Coming of Age. An impoverished Tennessee country girl rises from obscurity to become one of the most celebrated woman surfers in America.

This is a sci-fi novel about the origins and ultimate destruction of Atlantis and the Earth. The characters are colorful and personable. The listener should come away with a good feeling about space travel and the future of mankind.

From beloved author Zane Grey come four thrilling tales of the West. The very essence of the American West can be found in the stories of Zane Grey, an author whose popularity has not flagged since his first novel was published.

Joe Daniel Baker was a computer geek, despite the fact that his father tried to train him about living in the wilds of British Columbia. When Joe's house burns down while his mother and sister are gone, and his father 's on a business trip, Joe must figure out how to survive.

"Suddenly in Debt" is a short story about Terrence Finn, a PI who's on another routine case when he suddenly finds that he owes his life to strangers. They return to collect.