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He’s the best goalie in the league–Scotia Storm’s golden boy. Everyone loves the team’s biggest player–everyone but me. That’s okay, he doesn’t like me either. We might have grown up in the same small Cape Breton town, but we’re different people from different worlds.

From lesser-known state figures to the ancestors of Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, and James Meredith, Mississippi Zion brings the voices and experiences of everyday people to the forefront and reveals a history dictated by people rather than eras. Author Evan Howard Ashford, a native of the county, examines how African Americans in Attala County, after the Civil War, shaped economic, social, and political politics as a non-majority racial group. At the same time, Ashford provides a broader view of Black life occurring throughout the state during the same period.

When the Guardian of Light is attacked and poisoned, tempers rise while another Christmas creeps closer and closer. Due to learning some hidden truths, friendships are tested, and Shane finds his greatest challenge is facing himself. In this strange and mysterious tale, Shane will be challenged like never before.

I was never a girl to drool over the hockey players at our academy—they’re all egotistical jerks. But since my father is the coach of Scotia Storms, everywhere I turn, there’s a player—in more ways than one.

When the world breaks down due to a court case, the FBI agents in Indianapolis try to survive in a country without law and order.

Alistair Forsythe, the 12th Earl of Reardon, is the most sought-after man in the ton this Christmastide season. Handsome, of good character, and possessing a large fortune, he finally intends to do his duty to his title after being in India for years. In the market for a wife, he can now easily have his pick of any woman, yet none of them have snared his interest—not since Carole, but she is beyond his reach.

A failed black-ops mission in Eastern Europe has retired NYPD detective and Navy SEAL Michael Keough recalled back to Washington. It’s there that a random encounter with a gunman leads Keough to uncover a conspiracy targeting the highest levels of the United States government. The case has local law enforcement, the FBI, and the Secret Service on high alert to stop a potential presidential assassination. But Keough is not convinced of the gunman’s true intentions—and the deeper he digs, the more disturbing the plot becomes.

Robyn Ayres works as the camp caretaker on Finch Island, a former leper colony off the coast of Queensland. Her current clients are a group of ex-military men who run a tough-love program for troubled teens. The latest crop looks like the usual mix of bad boys and sad boys. Then Robyn takes a second look at a kid called Darren. Last time she saw him his name was Aaron, and Robyn was his primary school teacher. And she was somehow at the centre of a vicious small-town custody battle involving his terrifying grandmother.

As Shane and Joe train to become powerful wizards and soon learn that they must set out on an adventure to the island of Avalon to retrieve the powerful weapon Merlin hid there: Excalibur. However, they are being followed by dark forces who have orders to kill the Guardian once he has the weapon. Will they find the weapon and return it safely to the North Pole? Who will they meet on their journey and, more importantly, where else will they go? Find out for yourself in this third chilling and adventurous chapter of the epic series.

Set in 1995, Exceptional Merit will take you from the quiet backstreets of Northern Ireland to the gritty streets of New York City, from an IRA training camp to the most inner workings of the NYPD. Keegan’s two lives come crashing together on New York’s largest stage, in front of a live televised audience, where Keegan must decide where his loyalty lies

It is AD 689, and Cynethryth is returning from Rome, carrying her dead husband's child. She soon gives birth to a son, Aethelheard, whose parentage alone places him in danger. His mother has a tough choice to make and travels to Dorset, where the king is a cousin of her late husband.

The "death" spoken of in Genesis 3:3 was clearly not death as we know the word today. Adam and Eve went on to live for another 930 years and started the human race, so evidently, the death spoken of here was referring to spiritual death, what most Christians like to refer to today as "separation from God".

Have you experienced trouble falling asleep? Are you too stressed and find it difficult to relax? A good night's sleep is essential for our well-being and our health, but in our busy lives sleep is often poor and overlooked. Now is the time to stop a while and find consolation and wonder in other worlds where all is well and sleep just a minute or two away. So switch off, snuggle down and allow yourself to escape into new worlds and old; magical, mysterious and tender realms that will accompany you to your own sweet dreams.

The last thing Special Forces operator John Sunday expected to find, taped to the body of a dead terrorist, was a woman's portrait. The last thing Kat Devier expected to find beneath the paint was a lost gospel, claiming the body of Jesus Christ to be in a cave in Jordan. The clues lead to a cold, clay jar, sealed in mud, and kept hidden in darkness for thousands of years. But what’s inside? The Last Disciple is a terrifying hunt across the sands of time, for the hidden plans of gods and devils. Once revealed, John Sunday’s demons, and yours, will become real.

As a result of complications during the birthing process, Amanda was born with cerebral palsy. This book recounts the trauma she experienced as a child, enduring physical, mental, sexual, and emotional abuse from her family, and having a mother who cannot tolerate her cerebral palsy. Amanda found comfort and solace in her grandmother, her '"Gragwa", throughout her childhood. Amanda exposes the naked truth of life with cerebral palsy as she deals with growing up and various relationship issues, friendship issues, loss, and many other things.

The four stories in this audiobook are about nine men that returned to civilian life, after combat in the Korean War. They deal with different degrees of emotional injuries (PTSD) experienced after exposure to seemingly similar combat conditions and also with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The story entitled "MacKenzie and Smith" is a sequel to the military history novel Ice, Fire, and Blood, which relates experiences of a US Army infantry unit from when Chinese troops entered the war, in November 1950, until late summer 1951.

It was the summer of 1992 and I was excited to go stay with my grandparents for a few weeks. They lived in a small community called Hell for Certain, located in rural eastern Kentucky. This meant a summer of hiking, hunting, camping, and just being away from the hustle and bustle of life. There was an abundance of wildlife, ranging from venomous snakes to bobcats, mountain lions, and bears. However, that fateful summer, I would find out that there were other creatures that roamed the mountains of my hometown. Could the stories I was told as a kid be real? Has myth became reality?

Five childhood friends reconnect after the pandemic, and find their lives haven’t turned out like their social media profiles show - drama, betrayal, friendship and a group celebration of their 50th birthdays in Greek set the backdrop for deep introspection and some delight. Michelle’s botched suicide attempt rallies the troops into having a go at reconstructing their former pillar of strength, smashing all of their weaknesses wide open.

In his first hourlong special on Comedy Central, Pete Holmes perfects his signature silliness. He may look like a youth pastor, but he's as comfortable talking about religion as he is secretly hating his girlfriend's friends. This special is McDonald's.

What does it mean to be a Christian? For most people, what comes to mind is a list of rules. Don’t do this. Don’t do that. Try harder. Do better. Many people feel hopeless and have given up on this kind of religion for good reason — it does not work. We do not feel close to God. We do not change like we believe we should. In Redefined*, Pastor Allen Holmes brings a powerful message to a weary world — this kind of religion is nothing like the blessed life Jesus has in mind for you. The good news is that a blessed and transformed life is closer than you imagined.