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The shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA brings Harry Bosch back to the Rodney King riots and the moment a stranger gave a young cop sanctuary. Now the debt must be repaid, and Harry soon discovers the old man's death was no ordinary holdup.

Donald Trump's rise from unlikely candidate to Republican presidential nominee has been one of the most chaotic, confusing campaigns in American history, and the country is still struggling to make sense of it all. But when looking for insight into Trump's candidacy, it's not his career as a developer or a reality show host - or the history of presidential politics - that provides the most insight: it's his time in the pro wrestling ring.

Calvin and Addelyn Delacroix were lifelong sweethearts who married right after college, destined to live a life of means. After moving into a new home, Calvin slipped into a dark state of mind, and as his secrets began to unravel, he led those closest to him kicking and screaming into the deepest parts of his insanity. Now, he meets with an appraiser to rummage through what’s left of their property. As they revisit each room, Calvin is torn between memories of the wholesome life he shared with his family and the bloodstained ruins of a nightmare he put them through.

Denisa Graceon, archeologist, is employed by an enigmatic cardinal to locate Christian relics there. Beginning her search at the University of Virginia, where Jefferson's dream has become an oppressive nightmare, Denisa meets the imam's debonair son, who abhorring the radical Islamic vision, leads a clandestine rebellion and, hypnotized by her intellectual exuberance, aids her quest. Searching deep in Appalachias wilderness, she discovers the "Unreconciled", the last American Christians.

The story opens in the Virgin Islands. Rob McKenna is a good man who has lost much: His beloved daughter was killed the year before. McKenna's wife leaves him, forcing him to take on a crewmember, Tom Cain, to help sail the boat back to Boston. But Cain brings trouble on board and forces McKenna to make a desperate choice. "Do this one thing," Cain says. "Do this and you'll have a life." All McKenna has to do is lie. And soon... kill.

In the world of Eribeth, magic is learned by wizards, or a few lucky sorcerers are born with the gift naturally. Those were the only paths to magic, until the creation of the Akynd. These unique man-made hybrids allow the natural talent and mastery of a sorcerer, with all the versatility and adaptability of a wizard.

“Without Our Consent” is a trailblazing story on pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides from his own experience and allergies to these chemicals. An immense amount of research has been used to paint a picture of abundance use by agriculture and livestock farming in the USA.

When Black graduate student Lyndsay begins her dissertation work on a mysterious box that pops up during the most violent and troubled time in Africana history, she has no idea that her research will lead her on a phantasmagorical journey from West Philadelphia riots to Haitian slave uprisings.

Discover the joys of companion planting and transform your backyard garden into a thriving oasis with The Companion Planting Gardening Book: How Perfect Plant Partners Can Transform Your Backyard Garden. This comprehensive guide takes you through the benefits and principles of this sustainable gardening practice, providing practical tips and examples along the way.

This is an archeological-autobiographical dig both on and off the stage into the life and mind of a now 87-year-old actor, writer, father, grandfather, ex-husband, former lover, humorist, and longtime-sober alcoholic’s thrust into and through the present-day human experience. It's not a confessional, but stories of human vulnerability abound.

Misha Burnett is a master of the macabre and champion of the New Wave. His talent for tales runs the gamut of weird fiction from contemporary urban fantasy to sword and sorcery to science fiction, all with his unique (and slightly twisted) take! Misha Burnett's Endless Summer is a collection of strange and chilling tales of Mankind's future, near and distant, from tomorrow until beyond the mark of history, through civilization's zenith, decline, destruction, and ultimately, mankind's rebirth!

Living in St. Jude, a 110-year-old dying city on the edge of the Mississippi, is tough. But when a letter informs 14-year-old Cinque Williams of the passing of the father he never met, he is faced with an incomplete past and an uncertain future. A curse meant for his father condemns Cinque to a slow death even as it opens his eyes to the strange otherworld around him. With help from the ghost Willy T, an enigmatic White Woman named Iku, an African Loa, and a devious shape-shifter, Cinque gathers the tools to confront the ghost of his dead father. But he will learn that sometimes too much knowledge can be dangerous.

Tory Brennan - great niece of Dr Temperance Brennan - and the Virals return for their most terrifying adventure yet. Morris Island has barely had a chance to return to normality after the high profile trial of the Gamemaster, when two local students seem to vanish into thin air. Tory Brennan and the Virals pack move quickly in their attempts to discover what has happened to their twin classmates.

Christian ideas often show up in hip-hop music. Biblical themes and even Jesus himself appear in the lyrics. But beneath all the God-talk, can a true gospel message be found? Pastor D.A. Horton (a.k.a. hip-hop artist Azriel) says yes. And he wants you to know the gospel message is deep, powerful, theological, and surprisingly simple to comprehend. Are You Good with God? is a audiobook of giant truths written in the raw and rhythmic style of hip-hop. The poetry of the streets will energize you with the dynamic power of scripture.

If you have coronary heart disease, this audiobook could save your life. Coronary heart disease (CHD) takes the lives of 2,000 Americans every day. But you don’t have to be one of them. If you’ve been diagnosed with CHD or suffered a heart attack, you can still live a long, heart-healthy life. Be Heart Smart shows you how. In this definitive guide to CHD, cardiologist Waqar Khan, MD, MPH, answers your questions and gives you easy-to-follow advice for preventing heart attacks and keeping your heart in tip-top shape.

You might be wondering if investing in bitcoin is a good idea, and although nobody has all the answers (including me), it does help to understand what you invest in. Guides like these can help you find answers as to where the future lies of this digital cryptocurrency, and if other coins are worth investing into, as well.

¿Por qué tengo que aparentar cosas con mis amigos y en el salón de clases para ser algo o alguien? Nada de lo que hacía antes me gusta: ni mis amigos, ni ver al Vampiro, ni platicar con Sofía. Desde que llegó la pandilla, no hay nada fuera de ella. Todos somos alguien dentro. Y ahora que estoy sentado a horcajadas sobre el pecho de Luis y sostengo en la mano una piedra, sí... una piedra que me quema como un carbón encendido, me chamusca la piel, mas no puedo detenerme: soy esta piedra y soy una Lechuza.

Something Else in My Veins is a poetic deep dive into the world of paranoia and delusion which hard drug users oftentimes find themselves in. Bagwell captures the experiences of meth addicts and exposes his raw and expressionistic emotions. As a former user and dealer himself, he is unashamed to bring not only his knowledge and perspective on such things to light, but also the emotional devastation that comes from losing one's sense of self-identity along with access to the drug itself.

Sarah Cart's On My Way Back to You is a firsthand account of the rollercoaster world of lifesaving transplants and the unimaginable challenges Sarah faced as she struggled to manage her husband's devastating illness and to save his life, their marriage, and her own sanity. This audiobook is a profoundly inspirational account of one couple's medical odyssey and the patience, determination, and love that ultimately helped them find their way back to one another.

In ancient Egypt, the venom of a strange, hooded serpent connects two souls. Reincarnated over and over again, their fates are forever intertwined. In times of both war and peace, one is fated to be the maker of kings and the other the narrator of their shared history. Soon, the two will have to face the one inevitable thing in their existence: Change. From Egypt 2500 BC to medieval Scotland and hundreds of years into the future, the plot of this damnable play never changes.