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Showcasing his wickedly smart and witty brand of humor, Kaplan’s Meat Robot is the comedian’s newest fastpaced, mindmelting and sidesplitting standup comedy album. Kaplan delves into his grandmother’s attempts to make grammar fun, how to avoid being axemurdered, and his love for fake meat names. Other topics include “Open Relationships and Tigers,” “Chuck Norris and Owls,” and “Super Mario and Will Smith.”.

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.

Just as Dr. Paul Hill’s quantum communication system starts receiving messages from civilizations across the galaxy, his project is abruptly defunded and shut down. Following the discovery of what appears to be unequivocal evidence to the existence of God, hidden in messages coded in the human genome, those in power believe they now hold all the answers.

And: A Love Story within is a self-transformational book written in poetic verse, stories within a story, of one woman's personal journey in the universal search for Truth, that's so relatable to others. In this audiobook, narrated by the author, Michelle Kaplan has magnified the themes of acceptance, self-love, and belonging, by incorporating original music written by Martin Kaplan and Mitch Rosacker.

Earth is on the brink of destruction due to rapidly expanding negative energy. Hundreds of years ago, the Council of Intergalactic Enlightenment established the Earth Commission to work with humans in an effort to curtail this destructive negative energy. These Star People have been visiting Alo and his Native American family for years. Alo's son-in-law, Jake, who inherited his family's fortune, suddenly learns of the existence of Star People, when his son, Nathan, invents a new technology that has the potential to help reverse climate change.

While growing up on a cotton farm in rural Texas, Martha Elaine Couch could never have predicted that one day, she would earn three degrees from Texas Tech University and travel to more than 110 countries. In a charming and uplifting memoir, Couch shares details of a life well lived that include anecdotes and thoughts about her parents and the rest of her family, her childhood in rural West Texas, her experiences working with youth and adult volunteers, and as a professor, and her devoted faith in God as she journeyed away from her home to see the world.

When 18-year-old Teddy loses her parents to a tragedy, she's left alone, and with no memory of the life she once had. Now older, wiser, and tougher than ever before, Teddy has managed to carve out a small place in Austin's criminal underworld, but that world comes with its own brand of trouble. Trouble she's learned to handle with some razor-sharp wit, and the occasional baseball bat.

Life is hard for Daniel and the other kids who struggle to live on the streets of Ravenhold, a seaside city allied with the sorceress Marianne and the kingdom of Seven Skies. There is seldom enough to eat, and the nights are cold, but Daniel finds warmth and friendship when he meets the enigmatic Harmony. Their special bond, coupled with the mystery of Harmony’s past, sends Daniel from his life on the streets to the wider world beyond in this short-story prequel to Haven Lost and the Dragon’s Brood Cycle.

Emily Haven and her friends have been given the seemingly impossible task of uniting the worlds - a mission they failed once before, in another lifetime. But Emily made a promise, and she intends to keep it. A small boy risked his life to save hers, and while Michael sets out to rejoin the Dragon’s Brood, she heads east with Celine and Corbbmacc to rescue Daniel from a band of desert slavers.

In Emily Cataneo's eery tale of magic and mystique, three rivaling sisters - Abena, Kayin, and Ndidi - encounter a shadowy figure in a dark forest. With Kayin and Ndidi's lives in danger, it's up to Abena, the eldest, to devise a plan to save them from the evil sorcerer's castle.

The orphan Rhaps never intended to be the village prophet, but when others discover the predictive power of Rhaps' dreams, they sequester him in the local mill, where the village lines up each morning to await their fortunes. Hoping to reclaim the liberties of youth, Rhaps enlists the help of an unexpected friend to help him escape the curse of his psychic abilities.

Even the most devout believers may have wondered at one time or the other if God really exists, in what ways the word of God is applicable in today’s modern world, and whether a strong relationship with God is possible, even after straying from the church community. Within a practical guide tailored for anyone who knows intellectually that God exists but may not actually see him working in their own lives, the author shares personal stories and scripture that exemplify and clarify valuable Christian messages while addressing common spiritual topics.

Emily und Ben wissen nun, welches Ziel auf der Elite-Akademie Arcadia tatsächlich verfolgt wird. Ohne ihr Wissen sind die Schüler darauf vorbereitet worden, nach dem bevorstehenden Klimakollaps die Entstehung einer neuen Zivilisation auf der Erde mitzugestalten. Doch bevor es so weit ist, sollen sie zuerst an einen geheimen und sicheren Ort gebracht werden, um ihr Überleben zu gewährleisten. Der Preis dafür ist allerdings hoch, denn sie werden ihre Familien nie wiedersehen. Nicht alle der jungen Tech-Genies sind bereit, ihn zu zahlen, und es formiert sich Widerstand.

Auf Atlantis kämpft Dante nicht nur gegen Dämonen, sondern auch mit sich selbst. Ein blutiger Vorfall erfordert seine volle Aufmerksamkeit und zwingt ihn zum Handeln. Eine Zeit voller Sehnsucht liegt hinter Sara. Eine Zeit in der sie beinahe zerbrochen wäre. Kein Wunder, dass sie an ihrem Verstand zweifelt, wenn sie noch dazu seit Monaten von merkwürdigen Träumen geplagt wird. Sie wird eine Entscheidung treffen müssen, die ihr Schicksal und das von Atlantis bestimmen wird.

Venezuela is a land of striking beauty. Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, plunges more than 3,000 feet in the Guiana Highlands. Lake Maracaibo, the largest lake in South America, sits in northwestern Venezuela. Eager listeners will get their feet wet in this title that explores Venezuela's landscape, people, and heritage.

This book was written because I enjoy poetry, and I decided to write this book because I thought some of the poems that I had read were too confusing and hard to understand. I did not get any meaning out of them except for some poems by Emily Dickingson, Robert Blake, and A.E Houston. Therefore, I set out to greate a masterpiece that listeners like myself could understand and enjoy.

Maddie Alden has always longed for more than her small town could offer. Now that it's being overrun by wealthy New Yorkers looking for a respite from the city, Maddie has gotten herself a lucrative new job in real estate. And her first sale brings her a charismatic new friend who is everything Maddie longs to be. Little does Maddie realize that the glamorous Anne will shake up her quiet marriage - and will force Maddie to face the truth about the past, and the terrible secret she shares with her husband and his best friend....

Meet Lennox Cooper. She’s a smart poker player, a smart detective, but she’s got issues. A year ago her affair with a married cop got her fired from the Portland Police. Now she’s trying to build a new life as a private investigator, but all she’d landed so far are surveillance gigs. The murder of a wealthy developer gives her a chance to reestablish herself as a homicide detective. During the course of the investigation she meets Mr. Right. Only problem, he’s on the short list of suspects. Lennox bets on her lover’s innocence.

Als ich in die Kleinstadt zurückkehre, in der ich aufgewachsen bin, liegt mein Leben in Scherben. Der Plan war, mich selbst zu finden ... und nicht den schamlos flirtenden Mitinhaber des hiesigen Winter-Resorts. Wesley Price ist ein Hüne von einem Mann, seine Augen sind stechend und mit seiner direkten Art bin ich mehr als überfordert. Aber er gibt mir zum ersten Mal seit Langem das Gefühl, wieder eine begehrenswerte Frau zu sein. Und das, obwohl ich bei unserem ersten Treffen eine Vogelscheuchenfrisur, Jogginghosen und einen übergroßen Mantel trage.

Elena. Eine einzige Fehlentscheidung bedroht alles, was ich mir mühsam aufgebaut habe. Ich dachte, er würde mir aus Nettigkeit helfen, doch viel zu spät habe ich bemerkt, dass er dabei nur seinen eigenen Vorteil im Sinn hatte. Nun bin ich ihm ausgeliefert, und es gibt nichts, was ich dagegen tun kann. Mein Leben? Auf dem Abstellgleis. Doch dann taucht plötzlich er auf. Viel zu gutaussehend und seltsam interessiert an mir. Was soll ich nur tun? Ich kann ihm mein Geheimnis nicht verraten. Doch ich fühle mich von ihm angezogen.