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Watching... waiting... planningHidden somewhere, deep in the Cloud, something is collating information. It reads everything, it learns, it watches. And it plans. Around the world, researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs are being killed in a string of apparently unrelated accidents. But when intelligence-agency analysts spot a pattern they struggle to find the culprit, blocked at every step - by reluctant allies and scheming enemies.Meanwhile...

Desire, Discipline & Determination, Lessons From Bold Thought Leaders is full of transformative stories from a 7x Emmy-winner, NFL player, award-winning filmmaker, entrepreneurs, professionals, real estate syndicators, speakers, authors, top podcasters, and more.Fans of Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Tony Robbins, Mark Victor Hansen, Zig Ziglar, Robert Kiyosaki, and Darren Hardy will discover stories full of real-life lessons, applicable strategies, a...

Fourteen-year-old Clay Beckley comes of age in the Great American West in the 1890s. Leaving his home in La Porte, Indiana, Clay hops trains heading west to join in an expedition to study the flora and fauna of the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. This undertaking is headed by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, recently appointed head of what would become the Bureau of Biological Survey, the forerunner of today's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.These rugged n...

You might not believe in ghosts, but sometimes they believe in you...A whole life can change in a single day. When Everly Dupree's marriage implodes, moving back to her hometown of Mooselick River and staying with her parents for a little while seems like a good idea. Except, when she gets there, she finds they've taken in a boarder, and he's staying in old room.The next thing she knows, Everly's staying at the Bide-A-Way motel with a deadline...

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Emperor Darius of Persia, king of kings, lord of many, Ahura Mazda's representative on Earth and keeper of his flame, commands the greatest army the world has ever seen. But can he hold back the tide of history? Barsine, a beautiful, resourceful, spunky young woman held hostage in Darius's harem, plots her flight to freedom. But can she escape the bonds of misogyny? Alexander (not yet known as Great) - young, presumptuous, and preternaturally ...

A seemingly hopeless quest for glory turns into a life-and-death struggle for empire. The Oracle at Delphi dubbed him Invincible Alexander. He does his best to live up to Pythia's prophesy, much to the chagrin of his bitter adversary - the powerful and ruthless Emperor Darius III of Persia. As recounted by Ptolemaios, Alexander's long-time bodyguard and friend, Alexander careens from hopeless battle to desperate siege, somehow managing to emer...

The darkness is his friend.The Alstons have a beef with Jim Wolfe and they want to settle it in the only way they know.The Nightwalker only wants to get home. He is alone and running for his life. He tries to avoid humanity, but strangers stand out in a paranoid world.In the Red Zone, no one is safe from the wilders. In the Clear Area, a corrupt Federal Command makes it even more dangerous.Wolfe runs until he can run no more.Join the Nightwalk...

From Go To Whoa has been written out of love for helping riders reach their goals in training their own horses. Written by Pam Neal, one of Australia's leading Western Breeds trainers, having over 3 decades of experience in training, campaigning and breeding horses. From Go To Whoa was born out of realising there are many riders and handlers of horse's that cannot for one reason or another make it to clinics or lessons. This book will help giv...

Teddy Dee is no boy scout. He is a bad man. So, when he learns that he is dying he simply shrugs it off. He had been resigned to his death when he grew a conscience and heart. Now, instead of wallowing in self-pity and depression he is driven to set some things right before checking out. There are a few loose ends that he needs to tie up: an unrequited love, protecting a family that finds themselves in the crosshairs of his past and cancelling...

Davies introduces us to his alter ego . . . A humorous and insightful picture of postwar Canadian life as seen through the eyes of a delightful eccentric."-Library Journal As editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner, Robertson Davies published witty, curmudgeonly, mischievous, and fiercely individualistic columns under the name of his alter ego, Samuel Marchbanks. In 1985, Davies edited and selected from his alter ego's obser...

The first book in the acclaimed Cornish Trilogy. "[A] darkly funny scuttle through academe's more covert passageway . . . saucy stuff indeed."-Kirkus Reviews Davies weaves together the destinies of this remarkable cast of characters, creating a wise and witty portrait of love, murder, and scholarship at a modern university in this first book of The Cornish Trilogy. A goodhearted priest and scholar, a professor with a passion for the darke...

The Salterton Trilogy continues with a novel "full of zest, wit and urbanity" from the celebrated Canadian author of Tempest-Tost and the Cornish novels (The New York Times). Returning to the town he first visited in Tempest-Tost, Davies continues to explore the lives of its inhabitants in this winner of the Leacock Medal, awarded for the best in Canadian literary humor. The following announcement appeared in the Salterton Evening Bellman...

A collection of haunting-and hilarious-ghost stories by the beloved Booker Prize finalist and New York Times-bestselling author. Robertson Davies first hit upon the notion of writing ghost stories when he joined the University of Toronto as the first Master of Massey College. Wishing to provide entertainment at the College's Gaudy Night, the annual Christmas party, Professor Davies created a "spooky story, " which he read aloud to the gather...

The acclaimed playwright, novelist, and author of Fifth Business explores the performing arts in this witty and insightful essay collection. Though best known for his award-winning fiction, Robertson Davies enjoyed a long and varied career as an actor, playwright, journalist and critic. Happy Alchemy collects an equally diverse range of Davies' writings-including speeches, articles, prologues to plays, a ghost story set to music, and even a sc...

A collection of essays "filled with pleasantly rambling opinions about everything from self-help books to erotica" from the celebrated Canadian author (The Chronicle Journal). An urbane, robust, and wonderfully opinionated voice from Canada, sometimes called "America's attic, " speaks here of the delights of reading, and of what mass education has done to readers today, to taste, to books, to culture. With his usual wit and breadth of visio...

The "first-rate . . . abundantly funny" conclusion to the Salterton Trilogy, following Leaven of Malice and Tempest-Tost (The New York Times). Louisa Bridgetower, the imposing Salterton matron, has died. The substantial income from her estate is to be used to send an unmarried young woman to Europe to pursue an education in the arts. Mrs. Bridgetower's executors end up selecting Monica Gall, an almost entirely unschooled singer whose sole e...

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