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The hard-fighting, harder-drinking fortune hunters of The Hammer and the Blade and A Discourse in Steel are back to test their mettle and tempt fickle fate. Fantasy fiction has long welcomed adventurous rogues: Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, George R. R. Martin’s Dunk and Egg...

Beneath Pemberley Skies A Pride and Prejudice Variation He is determined to court her properly. She is determined never to trust him again. When Elizabeth Bennet visits Pemberley with her aunt and uncle, she is assured its master is away. He is not. And before she can flee the mortification of being discovered in his home, a sudden illness changes everything. The Gardiners must return to London. Elizabeth must remain—stranded in his house, dependent on his care, and stripped of every defense she once relied upon. Darcy is no longer the man who wounded her with his proposal. He is ...

“This being of light surrounded me and showed me my life.” “I didn’t want to return to my body. I was comfortable there, and the light that surrounded me was pure love.” “When I died I felt free of all things that had bothered me on earth. But when the doctors brought me back I felt free of them, too.” These comments come from some of the 400-plus participants in the Transformations Study, a major research program that explored the long-term effects of near-death experiences. The women and men in this study came from all ages and all walks of life yet the effects of their near...

This is the story of the last holder of the scrolls, an old chief named Zafir. Worried that his life was nearly spent, Zafir chose young Bassam to be his heir to the scrolls. Was Bassam ready? To prove the young man Zafir took him on a caravan trek with the intent of teaching him the scrolls. And then, partway into the trip, a startling surprise changed everything. The scrolls are timeless.

Within this audiobook, you'll find myriad approaches to Alice, from horror to historical, taking us from the nightmarish reaches of the imagination to tales that will shock, surprise, and tug on the heart-strings. So, it's time now to go down the rabbit hole, or through the looking-glass or...but no, wait. By picking up this audiobook and starting to listen to it, you're already there, can't you see?

So you’ve fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, huh? You want to witness the birth of a star, or visit the black hole at the center of our galaxy? You want to know if there are aliens out there, or how to travel through a wormhole? You want the wonders of the universe revealed before your very eyes? Well stop, because all that will probably kill you.

Against the background of an age that saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning, Paul Strathern explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence as well as the Italian Renaissance, which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Interwoven into the narrative are the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings, including Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Donatello as well as scientists like Galileo and Pico della Mirandola.

Siddhartha, the ninth book written by Herman Hesse, is about a young Indian boy who leaves his home in hopes of finding enlightenment with the wise "Goutama", which in this story is the Buddha. After learning what he can from Goutama, he decides to go off into the busy city, and leads a life of greed and lust. When he realizes that the lifestyle is not fulfilling, and he reflects on his life, he goes to a river and contemplates suicide.

25 years after being published, Bounce Back From Bankruptcy remains the first and most popular book on rebuilding your life after bankruptcy, whether you are newly bankrupt or your bankruptcy was discharged years ago. When you want to avoid credit whenever possible, want to learn how to "do credit right," or you find yourself already drowning in debt after bankruptcy, this edition is specifically designed to give you an easy-to-follow roadmap for becoming financially solvent and financially secure.

In the final installment of the Raven Astray trilogy, the fragile balance of interstellar power collapses as the Horub Empire consolidates control through propaganda, military force, and the strategic manipulation of emerging technologies. Admiral Jen Walker and her fractured fleet struggle to preserve the possibility of democratic reform while navigating a rapidly hardening authoritarian regime.

Know Why You Believe is a thinking person's audiobook designed to help you carefully examine the claims of the Christian faith.

Repairman Jack, F. Paul Wilson’s vigilante hero first seen in the New York Times best seller The Tomb, returns in a thriller that thrusts Jack back into the weird, supernatural world that he thrives in. Looking for clues to the mysterious disappearance of leading conspiracy theorist Melanie Ehler, Jack attends a convention of bizarre and avid conspiracy theorists. It’s a place where aliens are real, the government is out to get you, and the world is hurtling toward an inevitable war of good versus evil incarnate. Jack finds that nobody can be trusted - and that few people are what they seem.

From bestselling cookbook author and Food Network star Paula Deen, a warm and inspiring memoir of Paula’s life chronicling her long journey to success and stardom. You may think you know Paula Deen—the butter-loving, joke-cracking queen of Southern cooking—but her real story goes far...

The Coming Healthcare Revolution identifies and describes five top-down macro forces and five bottom-up market forces that have sufficient strength to transform the US healthcare industry from the outside-in. The powerful macro forces are demographic determinants, funding fatigue, chronic pandemics, technological imperatives, and pro-consumer/market reforms.

Noah, an orphan from Earth's last days who, as a child, was smuggled to safety across the stars, is now nearly a man and a leader to the young enclave of Earthborn who reside on Sora. When the tranquility of their settlement is shattered by a shocking assassination attempt, Noah turns to his combative younger brother, Erik, Lucas and Asha's only child by blood, for aid.

YOU, you… God thinks about you. God was thinking of you long before your debut. From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation...

Are you tired of overpaying for single and multifamily properties in an overheated market? Investing in self-storage is an overlooked alternative that can accelerate your income and compound your wealth! With the popularity of real estate investing causing an unprecedented stampede to the housing market, smart investors are now turning to self-storage.

When Fitzwilliam Darcy finally rebels against London’s ruthless marriage market, he creates a scandalous alternative: Ten ladies, one month at Pemberley, and a courtship on his terms. Elizabeth Bennet never meant to be chosen. But thanks to a misaddressed invitation, a meddling mother, and fate’s twisted sense of humour, she finds herself thrust into a competition — one she intends to lose immediately. Darcy expected ladylike decorum. Elizabeth brings sharp wit, fearless opinions, and boots fit for climbing fences. From smouldering glances in the library to charged collisions in the ...

Tom Petty has long been considered one of the great songwriters of American rock 'n' roll, as well as one of the key standard bearers of integrity in the music business.

It's 1937 and clouds of war gather over Europe, and American fascists march at home. While the FBI chases suspected communists, Nazi agents plot an armed insurrection. When the world's two most famous men—Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin—uncover the scheme, which includes the assassination of Hollywood's biggest stars, they fight back with nothing but their ingenuity, raw courage, and the fierce resolve of Georgia Ann Robinson, LAPD's first Black female officer.