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Many years ago, the storytellers say, the great King Arthur brought justice to England with the help of his gallant Knights of the Round Table. Which makes destiny a splendid thing for King Arthur and his noble knights, but what about a knight who is destined to bring disaster to everything he touches? Such a knight is poor Sir Balin, who bears the burden of a childhood prophecy of doom. And sure enough, whenever he’s around, things seem to go sour. Whether he’s battling an invisible knight or accidentally overthrowing kingdoms, Sir Balin does his best but always expects the worst.

This book, Computer Programming Python, Machine Learning, JavaScript Swift, Golang, is a wonderful assortment of the absolute best languages to know for the future. It is the most optimum choice of programming languages to choose for a single book. It includes the main essential languages, like Python and JavaScript, that every programmer should walk into an interview knowing.

Are you ready to hit the open road in the Golden State? Look no further! “California Driver's License Exam Review & Study Guide” is your ultimate companion to conquering the California driver's license exam with confidence. Whether you're a first-time driver or new to California's specific rules and regulations, this study guide has got you covered.

As Chris’s home life deteriorates and he descends into an abyss, he’s showing up for high school finals so high he can’t even remember his locker combination. While other kids are having Thanksgiving dinner, Chris is chasing his drunk mom down the sidewalk of a strip mall, trying to take her to rehab. He’s winning a cruise to the Bahamas, drinking and pretending to be in his twenties to hook up with someone much older. Bad decisions and misadventures abound when Chris tries his best to be “normal” having no idea how.

Dr. Brian Miller, a physicist, is investigating what might be a buried ship along with the military and NASA. During the investigation, he accidentally triggers a time-travel mechanism designed for ultra-long-distance communications. He discovers he's landed in his 18-year-old body, but the original occupant is still present.

When the Great War broke out in August 1914, Thomas Mann, like so many people on both sides of the conflict, was exhilarated. Finally, the era of decadence that he had anatomized in Death in Venice had come to an end; finally, there was a cause worth fighting and even dying for, or, at least when it came to Mann himself, writing about. Mann immediately picked up his pen to compose a paean to the German cause. Soon after, his elder brother and lifelong rival, the novelist Heinrich Mann, responded with a no less determined denunciation.

Although William Morris is known primarily as a designer, he was also a writer of poetry and prose. The novel News from Nowhere (subtitled An Epoch of Rest Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance) is his best-known prose work and describes a humane socialist future as experienced by William Guest, who is transplanted there from the 19th century. Set in London and Oxfordshire, the novel takes place in 2090, over a century after a revolutionary upheaval. It remains a distinctive literary contribution to the concept of the utopian ideal.

HE HAD A SEXY WIFE, MILLIONS IN THE BANK, AND A COMMUNITY THAT RESPECTED HIM BUT THREW IT ALL AWAY. COCAINE IS A HELL OF A DRUG ........ There once was a brother who knew how to play the game, who sold out his people for fortune and fame, who bowed to his master and sold his things, who prayed to diamonds, and bowed to rings, who married a snow bunny and praised her vagina, who bought her a mansion and things that were finer, who abandoned his sister, and stabbed his brother’s back, who rose to cocaine, and fell to crack, who once was a king, but now was a fiend, who lost his mansion, his...

Stop Struggling to Study and Pass Your Exam Today! Transform pre-exam panic into confidence, one page at a time with the Crunch Time Review for the Dialysis Technician Exam - your ultimate guide to acing your course and exams. Crafted with the understanding that time is of the essence, this series is meticulously designed to streamline your review process. Elevate your exam game with 'Crunch Time Review' – your key to confident, last-minute mastery. Simplify your last-minute prep with the condensed wisdom of the top-performing student in the class Say goodbye to stress and hello to ...

Clutter Intervention teaches you about the psychological, emotional, and energetic components underlying your possessions, making it easier for you to let go and live authentically. Discover ways to clear out items associated with your past relationships, jobs, and unhealed grief. Learn how to handle blind spots, common excuses, and overcompensation. This audiobook isn't about living with less. It's about living in alignment with the life you want.

A BOY BEING RAISED IN THE BROKEN HOME OF A SEX OBSESSED, NEGLECTFUL, AND ABUSIVE DOPEFIEND, GROWS UP TO BECOME RICH WITH ALL THE ADVANTAGES, ONLY TO REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF HIS FATHER AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND ON A PUBLIC STAGE. Dear son, I wish I'd raised you better.. I wish I'd never had sex in front of you and gave your mind a perverted view of intimacy and relationships. I wish I'd never smoked that first rock that turned me and your mother into monsters who couldn't turn back. I wish I'd fed you proper meals, and not left you alone in a pitch black apartment with no heat or electricity. I'm...

'Farewell, Great Macedon': The TARDIS materialises in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, in the year 323 BC. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan meet Alexander the Great - but their excitement is tempered by the realization that these are the final days of Alexander's life. As the travellers become embroiled in the tragic events, the inevitability of history unfolds around them. But can they - and should they - change it?

Uncle Bart reckons humans don't hate cane toads, but Limpy knows they do. He's spotted the signs. The cross looks. The unkind comments. The way they squash cane toads with their cars. Limpy is desperate to save his family from ending up as placemats. Somehow he must make humans see how nice cane toads really are.

Eleven-year-old Juniper Berry lives in a cabin with her family deep in the wild woods. Living off the grid is usually exciting, like the time she chased off three growling raccoons with a tree branch and some acorns, or when she thought she glimpsed the legendary Bigfoot. But her happy life in the wild ends abruptly when her younger brother gets sick, and the family moves to the city to be closer to the hospital. Juniper and her older sister are sent to live with cousins they hardly know and attend a public school for the first time, which is harder to navigate than the wild woods ever were.

In 338 BCE, during the Battle of Chaeronea that results in the massacre of the Sacred Band of Thebes, the legendary Tempus and his stepson cavalry rescue 23 pairs of Theban Sacred Banders, paired lovers and friends, to fight on other days.

The Scarifyers is a series of rip-roaring tales of comedic supernatural intrigue set in 1930s Britain, distilling the likes of Dick Barton, The Avengers, The Devil Rides Out and Quatermass into cracking audio adventures. The series is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra, and has been described in the national press as 'rollicking good fun', 'a slice of audio perfection', 'the smartest and most enjoyable thing on British radio' and 'like Tintin but with the lights out.' This is the second Scarifyers adventure.

INTERCESSIONWhat if there was a key that made every prayer more effective? What if there was a way that would bring your prayers into agreement with the heart of God every single time? Learn to pray straight from God's heart. Intercession is more than persistent prayer. Prayer is mighty, but intercession has the power to move the hand of God, the power to change the world. You will find... God’s purpose for your life How to cultivate an intimate relationship with the Lord How to maintain persistent prayer even when you don’t immediately see results Power in your prayer life that can ...

A sniper’s bullet strikes a target deep in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio, causing major disruption to an already disruptive city. The Secret Service, FBI, and other government agencies are deployed, and with time not on their side, two detectives are forced to collaborate with them to bring down this serial killer. Neither of them have any idea of where or when this killer will strike next.

In this podiobook: "Chicago, 1929. There are a thousand stories in the naked city; and when you're a dwarf at four-foot-one, they all look that much taller."It is The Era of Prohibition, where crime runs rampant in the streets and a city divided into territories serves as the ultimate prize.Somewhere in this Underworld of Chicago, an enchanted weapon holds the key to ending The Gangland Wars. In the wake of The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, only one is man enough to stand up against Al Capone......a four-foot-one dwarf named Billibub Baddings.Get ready for The Lord of the Rings written by ...

Seeking an escape from the monotony and drudgery of days-on-end army life, Frank Rocklin, an actor, approaches his commanding general with a bold plan to spy on Vicksburg and assess its military condition. Vicksburg is the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi.