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The Trouble with Belonging by Magdalena Stanhoff

About The Trouble with Belonging by Magdalena Stanhoff

When those two kids first met, they transformed each other’s lives. Now they’ll have to find out if the bond between them can survive a catastrophe…and growing up.

New city, again. New language, new school, new people. Another place where he doesn’t belong. Chen Kehuan is a boy adrift: he has no mother, no friends, and no true homeland, and he doesn’t care much for anyone. Until one day that carefree street child appears on his path and turns his life upside down.
Little Niki roams around the city, making things out of nothing and talking to strangers on a whim. She’s stayed out of harm’s way so far, but how long will the good luck hold? And then that older boy who doesn’t even speak her language enters her life and takes it upon himself to completely remake it.
Only, sometimes the best intentions can lead to a disaster. What will Kehuan do when Niki’s world is suddenly torn apart and she disappears without a trace?

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6-Minute Core Strength: Simple Core Exercises to Improve Posture, Build Balance, and Relieve Back Pain

About 6-Minute Core Strength: Simple Core Exercises to Improve Posture, Build Balance, and Relieve Back Pain

Having a strong core can improve posture, relieve aches and pains, prevent falls, and help you feel more capable and confident in your body. 6-Minute Core Strength takes you step-by-step through the simple science of building core strength quickly, safely, and effectively, with little or no equipment.

In this guide, you will learn:

The muscles that make up your core and why they require a different training approach than traditional strength training.

The importance of “core awareness” and “core bracing” during core exercises and most everyday movements, with simple steps to mastering both.

Over 25 of the most effective exercises you can do at home using little or no equipment, including variations to match any fitness level.

Workouts to address specific goals, such as improving posture, building better balance, relieving pain, and more.

6-Minute Core Strength is packed with more than 90 illustrations and 60 videos to help you reach your health and fitness goals. No matter your age, weight, or fitness level, this guide will empower you to move, feel, and live better than you ever have before!

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Zennfinnity Was Here by Jeff Pearson

About Zennfinnity Was Here by Jeff Pearson

Dirty Dimebag—what is that foul smell?

A meal is delivered, and a grave is dug. And thus, it begins. From here, as fickle fate will show, there is never any limit to what can happen in this cosmic menagerie of beauty and its beastly companions, this world as we think we know it. Zennfinnity was here, indeed—maybe—who knows?

Grab your favourite mood-enhancing beverage, place a traffic cone on your noggin, and mount your lumbering elephant for a wild ride through trials and tribulations you’ll recognize and others you possibly didn’t know existed. Life and death, love and hate, freedom and the walls of the prison that haunt us all: yin and yang out the rang-a-tang. From the flickering flames of a remote wilderness bonfire, bursting with the embers of ubiquitous sexual tension, to the rhino-rich plains hiding in the shadows of the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas—and the long, long road in between—come eleven stories of mischief, mayhem, suffering, and survival. Oh, the humanity of it all.

And in the end? Ya, of course—we all get fooled again.

Zennfinnity Was Here. (And probably over there, too).

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The Judgment of the White Nation, and a word to the Black People of America

About The Judgment of the White Nation, and a word to the Black People of America

Let’s have an honest conversation.

Let’s talk about race in America. Let’s talk about privilege and opportunities, without politicizing the conversation. Let’s talk openly about slavery and racism. Let’s not be afraid to be confronted with the true history of this nation, learn which are its fundamental problems, in order to chart a better voyage into the future.

This is a book directed mainly to Whites and Blacks, but all the minorities are welcome to read it. They all can help construct a better America, where all have opportunities and a space to thrive. Do not fear to ask the hard questions about race and the roots of slavery. The causes of the apparent White superiority. Let’s ask them together, you will find the answers all the more encouraging.

This is a pivotal moment in the history of America and the world. Be brave and seize the truth. Embrace the truth no matter the cost, in that way your future will be bright. Actually you can make history. You can make a difference.

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What’s That, Wombat? by Barbara Cotter Smith

About What’s That, Wombat? by Barbara Cotter Smith

This fun and silly read-aloud picture book is the perfect way to entertain young children (0-5 years old) while they learn about native Australian animals. Beautiful illustrations and rhyming text make it the ideal book for a daytime laugh or bedtime cuddle.

Do kangaroos kick kites? Do cockatoos collect cupcakes? Go to the land down under on a walkabout with a cute wombat as he encounters other Australian animals in the wild.

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The Olmec Civilization: An Enthralling Overview of the History of the Olmecs, Starting from Agriculture in Mesoamerica to the Fall of La Venta by Enthralling History

About The Olmec Civilization: An Enthralling Overview of the History of the Olmecs, Starting from Agriculture in Mesoamerica to the Fall of La Venta by Enthralling History

Which came first – the Olmecs or the Mayan? The Olmecs or the Incans? Walk with us among Colossal Heads and some of the first pyramids in Mesoamerica – yes! Pyramids across the world from Giza and Egypt! Come join us on the journey to discover just where this amazing culture began and ended – and why we are still studying the Olmecs today.

Historians and scholars still battle over the origins of – and reasons for– some of Mesoamerica’s formative civilizations downturn. How could such unique, innovative, and thriving societies fall without certain evidence of the causes? And what might the Mayans or Incans have to do with the Olmecs’ rise and fall?

This book takes readers on a journey that few have taken, deep into archaeological sites, artifacts, and the many theories surrounding the Olmecs and their history, so shrouded in mystery. As you read, you’ll learn:
• Why their placement in Mesoamerica’s history is so important
• Why a rock overhang was so crucial to their survival
• How the Olmecs domesticated – – yes, corn!
• Why and how they moved from hunter-gatherer to farming
• The importance of a rock to their society (Well, not just any rock!)
• Adzes – What they were and how they helped trade
• Metallurgy – a new era, a new trade, a new path
• Who were the Cloud People, and where did they live?
• The many phases of Monte Alban
• How can old stone heads tell us anything?
• Origins – China, Africa – or Mormons?
• Let’s play ball – but why is that hoop so high?
• Jade, Mirrors, and Religion – how are these related?
• Why is a child/jaguar mix so important?

You’ll learn some fun facts – but will also be challenged with archaeologically-puzzling discoveries and learn about some fascinating finds. The “Forgotten Civilization” lays claim to some fantastic people who forged the way for modern-day Mexico to become the rich and historically diverse culture it is today!

If you want to dive into the many astonishing elements of this vast and controversial Mesoamerican civilization, get this book now!

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Inhuman Trafficking

About Inhuman Trafficking

In INHUMAN TRAFFICKING, Plaintiff lawyer, Nick “Deke” Deketomis, has gone toe to toe with some of the largest corporations in the world. His firm specializes in the tough, even quixotic, cases that few lawyers would dare to take on. Like human trafficking. But when his fifteen-year-old goddaughter, Lily Reyes, goes missing, Deke suspects that his latest target, Welcome Mat Hospitality, a company wrapped up in the lucractice enterprise of human trafficking, has something to do with it. Deke will have to prevail not only in the legal arena but outside of it to ensure his goddaughters survival.

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The List by Manith K. Sanchez

About The List by Manith K. Sanchez

What would you do if your beautiful world came to a horrifying end? Would you go on or simply give up?

This true story begins in the communistic country, Cambodia, where a hopeful young woman, at the age of 19 is thrust into an arranged marriage that turns from endless possibility to endless horror. Couple that with the horrible living conditions of a communistic country and Manith is forced to fight for her life and her freedom.

It is a story of dire circumstances, disturbing happenings, and a God who does extraordinary things to deliver Manith out of the hell she was in.

Read this incredibly powerful story and discover how a gracious God guided and protected this woman, tugging at her heart with every step, until she eventually gave her life to Jesus Christ.

“Throughout the world, ordinary people are still going through unbelievable sufferings. I am convinced, however, from my own experiences, that God is everywhere. He’s always present, working all things together for good for those who love Him, and in my case, even before I loved Him. Why? Because He knows the plans He has for us, plans to prosper and not to harm, but to give us a hope and a future!”

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Harrison

About Harrison

The football bad boy with the blue eyes and broken memory. Harrison Miller is making waves on the Brain Injury Ward, but as his therapist, I have close, intimate access. I said I wouldn’t date a guy like this again. But every time those upturned icebergs look my way, I’m lost, going down hard and fast, unable to draw breath again.

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The Necroambulist

About The Necroambulist

Disillusioned with life in the Big Apple, John takes up jogging to vent his frustrations. He finds Central Park to be a sanctuary of sorts. Its sprawling green commons are famed for recreation, and quite scenic too, a daily attraction for thousands of tourists. Though John likes the park for another reason: because at night after work, it’s completely empty.

Nightly jogs through the park are soon cherished routine, John’s therapeutic escape from the city and its residents. He’s not fazed by the darkness along its dimly lit footpaths, nor those desolate stretches into elm-shadowed woods. Any late hour works fine for him too, office grind be damned.

John should be more cautious. This is still the city, after all, a rotten Big Apple—writhing with worms. And he really should have noticed it on his way in: there’s something off about the park tonight.

But he’s popping in his earbuds. He’s pulling up a playlist.

Hope it’s a good one, John. You’ll be running for your life to it.

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The Cleansing Protocol

About The Cleansing Protocol

What does it mean to be a superhero? Before the year 2000, that was a nonsensical question. Then the arrival of an interstellar space craft had the unintended consequence of turning fiction into reality by altering a small percentage of the population.

Martin McDavis was a 19-year-old fighting a life-threatening brain tumor when he inadvertently became the first of these altered humans. He must now use the new and unusual abilities of his mind and body to learn what the craft’s plans are and prevent it from completing its mission to cleanse the planet.

The aftermath of its cleansing protocol led to the rise of newly altered humans. An old high school bully is one of these altered humans and has his heart set on vengeance against Martin McDavis. Martin, further changed by The Event, must stop at nothing to save himself and the woman he loves as he becomes the superhero, Quarterback.

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Starvin’ Artist: Hunger for Success

About Starvin’ Artist: Hunger for Success

Finding success in this thing called “life” can be complicated. Sometimes we’re driven by an insatiable hunger; other times, we drift in life aimlessly looking for purpose. Yet, what appears to be circumstances meant to bury us can become the foundation from which we grow. In life, we grow strong and resilient simply because of our courage to continue through seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

This book is an example of what happens when perseverance becomes less of an admirable quality and more of a way of life. Starvin’ Artist: Hunger for Success is a truly inspirational story of how poverty, violence, and drug abuse ran rampant in underserved minority communities and how those experiences shaped a young Black boy into a successful husband, father, and business owner. Anthony found peace and solace in art. Despite many challenges, Anthony used the adversity of his reality to fuel his hunger for success.

Starvin’ Artist: Hunger for Success is a reminder that everything—every win, every conquest, every loss, every obstacle, every speed bump, every mistake, and every mishap—can be a stepping stone to success. This book is a guide for taking life experiences (not only in Anthony’s life but the lives of many others) and finding lessons in them and using those lessons to change the trajectory of your life.

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30 Days with Joseph: Insights from Joseph’s Spiritual Journey for Yours (A Devotional) by Steve Wilmot

About 30 Days with Joseph: Insights from Joseph’s Spiritual Journey for Yours (A Devotional) by Steve Wilmot

How did Joseph do it?
For 13 years the circumstances of his life went from bad to worse. Slave. Alleged rapist. Prison convict. He did nothing to deserve such rough treatment. Yet Joseph never whined or complained. He didn’t get angry or depressed. In fact, when he had the chance to take revenge, he chose mercy, grace, and generosity instead.
How did he do it?
You’ll find answers in 30 Days with Joseph, the second in an expanding series of devotionals written to examine how Bible characters navigated the challenges of their spiritual journey. Each day of the month, you’ll accompany Joseph and be inspired by a faith firmly rooted in the God who is in total control of everything, is always on time (though it doesn’t seem like it to us), and always keeps his word.
From Joseph’s story, you’ll learn how to overcome the challenges you encounter along the way… even when God doesn’t ride to your rescue right away.

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The Memory of Sydney

About The Memory of Sydney

What you’ve never imagined. Sci-Fi without a single trope. Maybe even a tearjerker.
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!
But it’s FREE, so check it out.

Also on – Apple, B&N, Kobo, Smashwords, and in many libraries.
Paperback is available.

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Dreams of a Highlander

About Dreams of a Highlander

How far would you go to find true love? A modern day vet travels hundreds of years into the past to find hers.

Darcy Greenway has no time for love. As a dedicated veterinarian her career and her patients come first. But since the death of her parents she’s been running, searching. She just doesn’t know what for.

On a much-needed vacation to Scotland, she walks under a natural archway on the shore of a loch and finds herself catapulted into the 16th century…and right into the middle of a clan war.

Stranded in a world of danger and passion, Darcy finds herself drawn to Quinn MacFarlane, the brave Scottish warrior who swears to protect her. But Quinn has secrets of his own. Haunted by his failure to save his brother, his vow might be the very thing that keeps them apart. Because he’ll protect her from everyone – even himself.

With enemies closing in, Darcy must make a choice. Should she return home or should she risk her heart on her dream of a Highlander?

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The Death Mask Murders by Gabriel Farago

About The Death Mask Murders by Gabriel Farago

Seven brutal murders. A cursed Inca burial mask. A lost treasure. One deadly game.

Drawn into a web of hidden clues pointing to an ancient mystery, celebrated author Jack Rogan decides to investigate.
When convicted killer Maurice Landru reaches out from a Paris prison and asks for help to prove his innocence, Jack cannot resist. Joining forces with Francesca Bartolli, a glamorous criminal profiler, Mademoiselle Darrieux, an eccentric Paris socialite, and Claude Dupree, a retired French police officer, Jack enters a dangerous world of depraved cyber-gambling where the stakes are high, and the players will stop at nothing to satisfy their dark desires.

Following his ‘breadcrumbs of destiny’, Jack soon comes up against an evil genius who terminates his enemies without mercy and is prepared to risk all to win.

On a perilous journey littered with violence and death, Jack uncovers dark secrets of a murky past of ruthless conquistadors, bloodthirsty pirates and shipwrecked priests, all pointing to a fabulous Inca treasure, waiting to be discovered.

Can Jack expose the mastermind behind the horrific murders and retrieve the legendary burial mask before it falls into the wrong hands, or will the forces of darkness overwhelm him and destroy everything he believes in?

The Death Mask Murders is Book 7 in the Jack Rogan Mysteries Series for the thinking reader and culturally curious, and can also be enjoyed as a standalone novel.

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Dollhouse By Andrew McManaman

About Dollhouse By Andrew McManaman

Eleven unbreakable windows. One locked door. No way out…

Single mother Darla awakens to the ultimate nightmare… She’s trapped in a house in the woods, with no memory of how she got there. She’s surrounded by strangers. And worst of all, she doesn’t know where her children are. The six strangers with her have no clue to what is going on. Tensions grow, as they struggle to figure out who locked them in this hellhole, and how they can escape. All hope seems lost, until the clock strikes 9:00 PM, and the house’s only door finally unlocks. But as they venture out into the woods, something lurks in the darkness. Something hungry… And when it finally attacks, Darla and the others realize their mysterious prison may be their only hope for safety. But a sinister poem soon reveals that shelter comes with a price. And sacrifices must be made. And the clock is ticking… With limited food, no water, and certain death waiting outside, Darla must solve this life or death riddle before it’s too late. Who put them in this house? Who are these people, and why are they there? And most importantly… Who will survive?

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Funny Business: Joke Writing Formulas for Writers by Jared Wynn

About Featured Book: Funny Business: Joke Writing Formulas for Writers by Jared Wynn

Most people learn to write comedy through trial and error, an intuitive process that can take years to develop. But what most people don’t know is that formulas and techniques exist which can cut that process down to about a month. Whether you’re a novelist, essayist, blogger, journalist, speechwriter, ghostwriter, or advertiser, if you’re looking for ways to integrate more humor into your writing, this book is for you.

In two short volumes, we’ll cover over two dozen comedy-writing techniques and formulas, including:

– The Algebra of Humor

– The Listing Technique

– The Mind Mapping Method

– Spoonerisms and Malapropisms

– The Backdown Formula

– The Truth and Observation Formulas

– The Smashing Assumptions Formula

– The Roast Technique

– The Clash of Context Formula

– The Switch and Reverse Formulas

And many more. So what are you waiting for?

This Non-Fiction book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print

The Fate of the Universe by Robin Ferrier

About The Fate of the Universe by Robin Ferrier

Scrabble pieces. A can opener and an alien disguised as a squirrel. The fate of the universe has never been more precarious.

The best word to describe Tyler Ru’s life is mundane. The most exciting part of his day is refilling the office coffee pot. The only thing he wants out of life is for something remotely exciting to happen, or at least for his coworkers to remember his name.

Be careful for what you wish for as the saying goes. A drenched, half burnt, mystery package arrives on his front porch and he thinks it’s a good idea to open it. Now he sees visions of leprechauns, people literally on fire, and a thirty-pound tuna is living in his bathtub.

The only person that has any answers for him is a shapeshifting alien that probably ended all life on Mars and a woman who lives on a cloud.

Now he has two choices. Embrace his new role or slowly lose his mind and risk dooming more than just the Earth.

A fun, light-hearted Space Opera and Sci-fi comedy. Embrace the strange in the first book of this four-book series. If you like Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett or Doctor Who this is the series for you

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Victim of a Delusional Mind by K. J. North

Victim of a Delusional Mind by K. J. North

Tragedy enters the quaint coastal town of New Haven, Oregon when the recently released convict, Ross Conrad, vows to make good on a ten-year-old threat. Private Investigators, Troy and Eva Winters take on the case when they realize their good friend, Jasmine is the object of his delusional obsession.

When the threat becomes deadly and Jasmine turns up missing, Troy and Eva go on the hunt for Ross and his captive. The chase leads them from the Oregon coast to the dense forest of Puget Sound, Washington. Following clues and evidence of bodies left behind, Troy and Eva must find Jasmine before her time runs out.
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