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Rugby For Dummies, Fourth Edition teaches you the essential elements of the fast-growing sport of rugby, so you can follow all the action—and get ready for the US-hosted 2031 and 2033 Rugby World Cups. This helpful Dummies guide also gives you the information that you need to start playing or coaching rugby.

Freshly trained detective Johannes "Hannes" Niehaus is brand new to the Criminal Investigation Department. And his partner, unconventional veteran detective Fritz Janssen, isn't the least bit thrilled to train a rookie. When a woman's body washes up on the nearby shores of the Baltic Sea, Hannes gets his first taste of real crime - and a chance to prove himself. Quickly the investigation pulls him and Fritz into a whirlpool of dangerous, decades-old cover-ups.

The best-selling Extinction Cycle series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith first introduced listeners to a world ravaged by an engineered virus that turned men into monsters. Humanity's only hope was not a cure, but another bioweapon. When deployed it killed 90 percent of the infected, but the remaining 10 percent transformed into even more terrifying creatures called Variants. Here's a collection of Extinction Cycle short stories that explore the human spirit and the fight for survival in the face of overwhelming odds from some of the leading voices in the post-apocalyptic genre.

A man sees his dead brother on a city street. Twenty years ago, Ethan Mercer died in a “tragic accident.” The case was closed. The grief was filed away. And Graham Mercer built a life on the belief that the past was settled. Then he catches a glimpse of a face he knows too well—and everything starts to come undone. At first, Graham tells himself it’s a mistake. A coincidence. Grief playing tricks. But a single photograph reveals a date that doesn’t fit, and the official records begin to show hairline fractures: a report quietly amended months later, a timeline that doesn’t line ...

Featuring contributions from fabulous horror indie authors, this filthy collection of extreme body horror tales is not for those easily offended. These stories contain common tropes used within the broader horror genre, as well as some characteristics more specific to the body horror subgenre to include; pornography, invasion, contagion, mutation, transformation, disease, mutilation, or other unnatural or violent distortions of the human body.

This is the amazing story of young girl who rose from obscurity to become the overlord of 30,000 helpless women in the largest of the Nazi factories of death. "The Beautiful Beast" documents in meticulous detail the extraordinary and frightening biography of Irma Grese. Born in a tiny farming community fifty miles north of Berlin, she became the ultimate feminine representative of the Hitlerian vision of the warrior-youth;indeed, with her blonde hair and strikingly blue eyes, Grese embodied all the physical characteristics of the idealized Nazi youth! Once Irma Grese was old enough to ...

The brilliantly assembled collective of authors behind the book “You say you LOVE me, but do you RESPECT me”, delivers a rare authenticity and vulnerability in what will be hailed as a classic depiction of TRUTH. The writers were able to successfully convey their perspectives on RESPECT through objective, normative, subjective, and complex truths. Raw passion sits at the helm of this literary masterpiece. © 2023 Charles Dixon III

Seven women. No active investigations. No one asking why. Investigative journalist Rachel Kim is used to stories that powerful people want buried. But when Mara Vega appears at her door with a folder and eleven months of research her sister can no longer do for herself, Rachel finds something she didn't expect: a pattern. The women worked for the same staffing company. They moved through the same venues. They disappeared into the same silence — a silence that someone spent a great deal of money to maintain. The deeper Rachel goes, the more she finds. A shell company. A venue empire. A ...

A mysterious wooden cross appears on a hilltop, towering over the craggy Baltic Sea coastline. The body of a young man hangs from the cross, nailed by the hands and feet. Detective Johannes "Hannes" Niehaus arrives at the scene, hoping to make quick work of this grisly case and prove himself to his new partner. But this is not a simple incident of religious fanaticism. The killer's motive proves elusive, and the tracks are well covered.

The SEEK Safely podcast is the official voice of the nonprofit organization SEEK Safely Inc, which advocates for ethics and accountability in the self-help industry, and empowers seekers to have safe and effective self-improvement journeys. Jean Brown and Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle peel back the layers of the largely unregulated, multi-billion dollar self-help industry, discussing the patterns of exploitation and deception that pervade the industry and allow self-help gurus to thrive at the expense of their customers and followers. Along the way we’ll have discussions with people who care as ...

Indebted America explores the manner in which debt has played in the development of the United States of America and the ways that indebtedness continues to hinder—and often perplex—the nation and its citizens. The first portion of the study focuses on indentured servitude, the origin of bankruptcy legislation, and the problems American leaders and well-known personalities had with debt. The latter section delves into the problems that both the United States as well as its individual citizens have had in managing finances. Indebted America is a well-researched, fully documented ...

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity. This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the future? Will it devolve into a Russian style oligarchy, or will we rise to the challenge and use our hearts, our minds and our votes to return to a rational democracy, of, by, and for the people. No one knows for sure. But these top-tier talented authors from around the world, from Philip Brian Hall to ...

Before Rachel Kim broke the story that exposed a pattern of administrative deaths. Before she followed seven missing women into the most dangerous investigation of her career. There was the first story. On her first day at The Sentinel, investigative journalist Rachel Kim is handed a cold file nobody wanted — the accidental drowning of Claire Calloway, twenty-four, daughter of one of the city's most prominent families. The case was closed. The family accepted the verdict. A veteran reporter spent six weeks on it and found nothing. Rachel finds something. A figure in a photograph that ...

In THE TRUTH ABOUT OSTEOPOROSIS we will cover the many and sometimes confusing steps our family has taken on our journey through Osteoporosis so others can learn quickly how to tackle the disease. We will also cover the four of the major topics around treatment which include weight-bearing exercises to improve Osteoporosis, taking bone health supplements to improve Osteoporosis, proper nutrition and diet to improve Osteoporosis and taking prescription drugs to improve Osteoporosis. We'll cover these topics as well as many of the products on the market that claim to help improve Osteoporosis, ...

A podcast dedicated to BEER! Once a week, Patrick Brown (owner of 504 Craft Beer Reserve) and Jessie Senini (beer enthusiast) will select a random beer from the cooler, shelves, or tap and see what all the buzz is about. Join us- all level of beer drinker welcome!

Take a look inside B & M Builders, a family-owned and operated construction, engineering and mechanical company that has been in business since 2005.

Green Vs. Blue is a podcast where your hosts, SDDawg & VariotyPat (AKA PlaystationPat), discuss the two best video game platforms: Xbox and PlayStation. For more content by us, and to support the directly show, please visit: Patreon.com/GreenVsBlue

Welcome to SPURZ and SPREADZ, the ultimate average guy lifestyle podcast where hunting meets sports in a dynamic blend of fun and open conversation. Join us as we explore the world of turkey hunting, dissect the latest in football, and dive into the finer points of outdoor pursuits. With plenty of laughs and genuine camaraderie, each episode promises an engaging mix of hunting stories, sports analysis, and lots of BS. Tune in for a dose of the inside track on what the average guy experiences.

Veronica Howe has spent three decades surviving the kind of childhood that never really ends. When the man who destroyed her family is released from prison, she makes a choice she’s rehearsed in her head for years: she’s going to take back control—and reclaim the one thing she’s never stopped obsessing over, a necklace that vanished the night her mother died. But revenge doesn’t stay clean. One violent night turns into a runaway nightmare, and Veronica finds herself hunted, desperate, and forced into an uneasy partnership with the last person she ever expected to rely on: Sister ...