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Popular Reddit NoSleep author J.G. Martin invites you into his skewed world: A government agent searches for a terrifying urban legend. A research expedition vanishes, leaving behind a journal with disturbing implications. A team of astronauts uncover madness on the dark side of the moon. Experience these nightmares and more in this collection of Martin’s most celebrated tales. Immerse yourself in a world that's never what it seems, a world that chills you with every minute and haunts you long after you leave.

Serenity Ward is the golden girl of Kaycie. She never questioned her city's status as the last dry land on earth. The Establishment takes care of its citizens . . . or so she thought. But now she's seen the map! Why would they lie about other islands just beyond the horizon? In a city built on falsehood, figuring out who to trust is its own challenge, but Serenity pulls together a feisty group who all want the same thing—an end to the government which has hidden a world from them.

Grassroots Rising is a passionate call to action for the global body politic, providing practical solutions for how to survive - and thrive - in catastrophic times. Author Ronnie Cummins aims to educate and inspire citizens worldwide to organize and become active participants in preventing ecological collapse. This audiobook offers a blueprint for building and supercharging a grassroots regeneration movement based on consumer activism, farmer innovation, political change, and regenerative finance.

Our presidents loom so large in history that we often forget they are human. Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? is a collection of handwritten love letters that offers a surprising and intimate portrait of the men who occupied the White House. From George Washington to Barack Obama, these are not the presidents we see in history books.

Inteligente, trabajadora y decidida a terminar su máster con la nota más alta, Chloe Mills solo tiene un problema: su jefe, Bennett Ryan. Es exigente, riguroso, brusco, desconsiderado, arrogante...y absolutamente irresistible. Tras pasar seis años trabajando en París, Bennett ha vuelto a Chicago para liderar la empresa familiar. Nunca pensó que la asistente que le había asignado su padre fuera la despampanante, inocente, provocadora y completamente exasperante criatura a la que ahora tiene que ver cada día.

When the curtains rise on Angelina Weld Grimké’s devastating drama, the Lovings—a Black family from the South—have settled into a small but immaculate apartment in an unnamed northern city. The widowed matriarch, Mary; her daughter, Rachel; and her son, Tom anticipate a more promising future here, but Rachel, a sensitive young woman, has a sudden reckoning with the past that throws her future into serious doubt.

Ella es una rosa inglesa y estoy a punto de ser la espina en su costado. Ella no pertenece aquí. Desde el momento que entra en Rosewood, está claro que se tiene que ir. Y usaré mi poder para deshacerme de ella. La traición que me recuerda cada vez que nuestros ojos se encuentran debe de terminar. Es una chica rica y perdida, tratando de recuperarse de la muerte de sus padres. Pero nada de eso me preocupa. Esta es mi vida. Mis reglas. Mi último año. Lo que digo se hace. Y yo digo que ya está acabada. Hasta que me compruebe lo contrario.

“Lo que importa es la historia dentro de la Historia”, asegura uno de los personajes de esta novela histórica con tintes románticos que Toño Malpica desarrolla en tres diferentes épocas y que sobrevive gracias a un manuscrito que ha pasado de mano en mano, manuscrito que narra la amistad y las andanzas de un grupo de chicos que está dejando atrás la infancia en la Ciudad de México de los inicios del siglo XX, la vida pintoresca de la capital y el descubrimiento del amor que experimentan el Pegote y Ofelia.

From hard-boiled fiction to magical realism, the 18th century to the present day, Great Short Books spans genres, cultures, countries, and time to present an enchanting and diverse selection of acclaimed and canonical novels. From works in translation like Yu Miri’s Tokyo Ueno Station and Marguerite Duras’s The Lover to popular, acclaimed authors like Toni Morrison and James Baldwin, this compilation is a celebration of classics from the historic to contemporary—plus a few bestsellers, including Stephen King and Colson Whitehead.

Um dem Alltag zu entfliehen, gehen die vier Freundinnen Maggie, Liz, Helena und Joni in der norwegischen Wildnis wandern. Zwischen steil aufragenden Bergen, glasklaren Seen, grünen Wäldern und einsamen Blockhütten sind die Freundinnen auf sich allein gestellt. Es ist eine Wanderung, die die vier Frauen an ihre Grenzen bringt und ihre Freundschaft auf eine harte Probe stellt. Denn die Wildnis hat auch eine dunkle Seite: Vor einem Jahr ist in den Bergen eine Frau spurlos verschwunden. Und irgendwo da draußen weiß jemand genau, was mit ihr geschehen ist, und wird alles dafür tun, dass es ein Geheimnis bleibt.

Know exactly what to say to gain the respect you deserve. Whether you are an employee or employer, or a woman travelling the world living out of a suitcase, if you are looking to increase your power in conversation, and ooze self-esteem and confidence, What Confident Women Do is for you.

There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it. From Jerusalem, McCarron followed a series of wild hiking trails that trace ancient trading and pilgrimage routes and traverse some of the most contested landscapes in the world. In the West Bank, he met families struggling to lead normal lives amidst political turmoil and had a surreal encounter with the world's oldest and smallest religious sect.

Unspoiled by her beauty or wealth, Sarah Clarke travels an arduous journey by stagecoach to inherit the Arrow C cattle ranch left to her by the grandfather she never knew. However, the ranch foreman, a half-breed Indian called Storm, also claims legal ownership.

Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge.

The American boxing champ and vocal civil rights activist Muhammad Ali is the 27th hero in the New York Times best-selling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. Muhammad Ali was the leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century and a charismatic, beloved public figure. His objection to the military draft during the Vietnam War made him an icon for a generation, and his impact in sports and the Civil Rights movement is still felt today.

Doomsday approaches rapidly through space. Humanity has lived in fear since the destruction left behind by the first alien scouts, knowing they will not survive the next attack. World governments scramble to develop ESAF, a program that hopes to secure and prepare Earth against another attack. Fain Jegga was just a boy when he witnessed the devastating alien attack firsthand and lost his parents. Now fully grown, he has trained relentlessly in a top-secret facility as part of ESAF’s search for Earth’s best answer to the alien threat.

Muchos consideran que su puesto actual es sólo un peldaño en la escalera de su trayectoria profesional, donde cada paso los conduce a un puesto superior. Otros detestan su trabajo o sólo lo toleran, sin sentirse realmente felices con lo que hacen, y están en busca de una mejor oportunidad.

Since the night he made an ill-advised decision to commit a pair of revenge killings, Nick has made his living as a professional murderer. Early on, he dispensed with guilt or emotion. But after a routine hit gets messy, Nick gets sick, and the conscience he thought he’d killed comes creeping back into his brain. Now, Nick’s profession and life are on the line, and he has begun stalking a perfectly innocent couple to see if he can snuff them out without the slightest hint of remorse...or if the humanity he worked so hard to suppress is making up for lost time.

Marshall Field Finney was named after a department store and dropped like a hot potato when his mother suddenly packed up and left. Now Marshall lives with his hard-drinking father in a crackerbox house and rides a yellow bus through beautiful St. Louis County to his mostly white suburban school. Caught at a crossroads, Marshall is desperately searching for something to believe in. At stake is only the rest of his life.

From the day she was born, Bliss was persecuted, hunted for her power, a power that could save the world—or destroy it. Ramdhelior had been alone and unwanted for as long as he could remember, cast aside by humans and Nulians alike. All that changed when the child of power was born and he was burdened with an impossible task—keeping Bliss alive.