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Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time.

Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public speaking to interviewing to networking—with these essential strategies from a Stanford lecturer, coach, and host of the popular Think Fast, Talk Smart The Podcast. “A road map to mastering the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of The Covenant of Water: A beautifully written, page-turning family saga of Ethiopia and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. “Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters.... Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist.”...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question, What makes a life worth living?...

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick. “Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an...

One of the most essential ingredients to success in business and life is effective communication. Join Matt Abrahams, best-selling author and Strategic Communication lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, as he interviews experts to provide actionable insights that help you communicate with clarity, confidence, and impact. From handling impromptu questions to crafting compelling messages, Matt explores practical strategies for real-world communication challenges. Whether you’re navigating a high-stakes presentation, perfecting your email tone, or speaking off the cuff, Think Fast,...

Before the lights went out, Jack Warrant never considered himself a prepper. That was someone on the edge, a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday cultist who had a fatalistic view of the world. He was neither a theorist nor a cultist. He was an optimist. At least that was what he told himself when the darker thoughts creeped into his psyche as he stared at the ceiling in the middle of the night. Whenever he started down the rabbit hole, he always clawed his way back into the sunlight.

Five years after a pneumonic plague killed two-thirds of the world’s population, army veteran Marcus Battle is isolated. He’s alone with his guns, his food, and the graves of his wife and child. If anyone steps onto his property he shoots first and never ask questions. But when a woman in distress, chased by marauders, seeks asylum, Marcus has a decision to make.

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Millions of people around the world know Chuck Norris as the star of more than 20 motion pictures, including Delta Force, Missing in Action, and Return of the Dragon. Millions more know him as a martial arts expert, the only man in the Western Hemisphere to hold an 8th degree Black Belt Grand Master in Tae Kwon Do. And then there are others who know him from his eight seasons on CBS's longest running series, Walker, Texas Ranger.

Weeks after a domestic terror attack leaves Texas in the dark, the rest of the nations begins to feel its pain. The economy weakens. Supply chains break. And a shadowy conspiracy works to undermine everything Americans hold dear.

A music mogul dies at his own grand piano—hands shattered, piano wire biting his throat, blood slicking the keys. A quiet concert pianist is fed to the wolves—then Charlie Beretta walks in. Beretta doesn’t enter a courtroom—he changes its gravity. Once Colorado’s Strongest Man, now 405-pounds of presence and purpose in a defense attorney, a former fighter who knows the difference between truth and a setup. As Beretta steps into the fray, he strips back the gloss of Denver’s high society to expose a rotten underbelly of corruption, blackmail, affairs, and organized crime, where ...

The Alt Apocalypse is the ground-breaking, genre-bending series from Tom Abrahams. It explores survival under the most extreme circumstances, but with a twist (and no cliff-hangers). This series, which can be listened to in any order, features the same core characters in each complete story. But every book dunks them into a new, alternate apocalypse; a nuclear holocaust, an earthquake, a flood, a wildfire, a hurricane, a plague, and even zombies.

Nach der schmerzhaften Trennung von ihrem Freund kehrt Melody in ihren Heimatort Oakwood Bay zurück. Doch als ihr Zwillingsbruder Parker erkrankt und sie bittet, an seiner Stelle mit seinen Freunden auf einen Campingausflug zu gehen, gerät schnell alles aus dem Gleichgewicht. Ausgerechnet Zac Porter ist mit von der Partie – Parkers bester Freund, allseits beliebter Football-Coach – und Melodys erste große Liebe. Zehn Jahre ist es her, seit ihre Verbindung von jetzt auf gleich zerbrach.

Campbell has little memory of who he was before the end of the world. His only clues are a scrap of paper with his name inscribed upon it and the single photograph he carries of his missing wife and son. He subsists in a post-apocalyptic North America devoid of resources and governance. It is ruled by oligarchs who mask themselves as Caretakers for the survivors who populate their primitive settlements.

Das Fulcrum bricht zusammen und Dämonen dringen in die Welt der Sterblichen ein. Sorrel ist verflucht und muss die Krone der Königin zurückholen und das furchterregende Wesen davon überzeugen, ihre Welt vor der Zerstörung zu bewahren. Sie schließt einen gefährlichen Pakt mit Merc, einem Söldner, der ihr Schutz auf ihrer Reise gewährt. Allerdings hat der ebenso grüblerische wie herrische Merc seine eigenen Geheimnisse. Während das Feuer zwischen ihnen immer heißer brennt, lauern tödliche Feinde hinter jeder Ecke, und Verrat droht auf Schritt und Tritt.

By listening to this program, you'll discover how to easily, instantly, and continuously get personal profits and all the abundant wealth you want out of your life, out of your job, and out of your own business or any business with which you are involved. Once you apply the secret wealth principle, you will become liberated forever from all the fear, the uncertainty, the problems, and the difficulties you've previously struggled with all your life. You'll gain total control over your financial circumstances, your emotional circumstances, your career, and your wealth.

He survived The Scourge, defeated The Cartel, and escaped The Dwellers. Now he wants revenge. After a brutal attack on his homestead, Marcus Battle seeks to find the men who took away his second chance at life in a postapocalyptic world. When he finds them, they'll wish they'd left him alone.

This collection comprises another 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From White's seminal body-shocker, Lukundoo, through to Howard's dastardly Pigeons from Hell, and Benson's nightmarish The Room in The Tower. Time immemorial; worlds unimaginable.

From the post-pandemic world of the Traveler series comes a new cast of characters, new obstacles, and the same devastating, world-altering virus that plunges society into the depth of a dystopian hell. Follow Mike Crenshaw and his friends as they try to survive this new landscape and find out how the world in which the Traveler series was set came into being. It's a thrill ride that will keep you up at night with the lights on and the doors locked.