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The year is 2089.... America and much of the world is a post-apocalyptic nightmare.... Ted Rockson and his small band of soldiers fight to rid the land of a Soviet occupational force bent on world domination. But Rockson not only has the enemy to contend with, for out of the ashes of the nuclear devastation of World War III, the Earth has become one large death zone. Mutated animals, destructive storms, and barbaric humans now roam the land. Death seems to be everywhere. Hope seems fleeting. But Rockson will not give up.

Some people don't know when to leave bad enough alone. Just when it seemed that Smoke Jensen's life had settled down to something resembling normal, he'd all but forgotten the vicious young gunfighter who called himself Sundance. Smoke had hoped to teach that twisted kid a lesson by shooting off his ear. But the lesson didn't take. Now, after years on the run, Sundance's hunger for revenge has pushed him over the edge.

Miranda Quinn is back in the courtroom working as a legal aid attorney when she's asked to represent Lennon, the daughter of a high school friend currently serving time in prison. Still struggling with guilt from the role she played in her friend's downfall, Miranda agrees to help. The former assistant DA has given up a lucrative career as a legal talk radio host to better serve her community. In her spare time, she volunteers as a counselor for at-risk teens.

Constance believes she knows her online friends very well. Or does she? After all it’s been five years of tweeting and sharing information. So by now she certainly feels a bond. Finally getting the chance to meet her friends: Stan, Karmel, Henry, Jagger and Estelle, at a glitzy party at The Dorchester hotel with a bag full of gifts and a smile, she’s excited to surprise them all and catch up in person.

Plumber Jessica Lemond is determined not to follow in her parents' footsteps by living off her famous grandfather's fortune. However, when the old-timer himself elopes to Scotland with suspicions over the recent death of his much younger third wife hanging over his head and a private detective on his tail, it is left to Jessica to follow and clear up the mess. Happy to escape from her nightmarish lodger, she heads to the remote Snowflake Lodge with her young trainee in tow. However, Snowflake Lodge—with its oddball staff and dodgy plumbing—is not how it appears in the brochure.

What do you get when you cross a maniac with a microwave? An army experiment gone wrong - and a walking power plant with a compulsion to kill. Complete with optical sensors, capacitors and rechargeable batteries, Elizu Roote has been transformed to a bionic monster whose death zaps are nothing sort of...electrifying. Not even a body trained to the perfection that is Sinanju can withstand a jolt from this human lightning bug. Remo's in a coma and now it's up to Chiun and Dr. Smith to find a way to short out this live wire's lethal charge, ASAP.

Invisible swarms of insects are on the rampage, heading toward America's heartland. Immune to pesticides, the creatures are consuming farms, leveling wheat and cornfields. On the frontlines, Remo and the Master of Sinanju face not only the insurgent insects, but the Iowa Disorganized Militia - convinced this pestilence is actually a government conspiracy.

It's become the fastest - and surest - way to get from here to eternity. Somebody is playing the railroads like a giant train set, causing high-speed derailments that strew the rails with headless victims from coast to coast. And could the repeated sightings of a ghostly samurai swordsman be fact or mass hysteria? As the carnage continues unchecked and the body count mounts, Dr. Harold Smith suspects the train terror is merely a decoy for the real target. 

Whenever we are under attack from the slimy one, it is difficult to remember that God is in charge and that he is allowing this to strengthen us for even greater battles. The honeymoon over, God stood by and permitted Satan to tempt our little Catherine. But Sister Catherine was not so little that she could not tell the devil off when he tried to tempt her.

The new body culture is finally bringing its rewards, thanks to a hormone treatment that rapidly restructures body fat to muscle - all overnight, during a true beauty snooze. But it's way-out expensive and only the rich and famous can indulge. After all, what's a thousand bucks a day when the result is a body to die for?

Michael is branded a traitor as a child because of the murder of the king’s 9-year-old son, by his father David Kingman. Ten years later on Michael lives a hardscrabble life, with his sister Gwen, performing crimes with his friends against minor royals in a weak attempt at striking back at the world that rejects him and his family. In a world where memory is the coin that pays for magic, Michael knows something is there in the hot white emptiness of his mind.

A privileged childhood concealed a deeply buried secret that Ellie didn't discover until she was 69 years old. A lifetime of spiritual seeking offered no freedom from her painful history. How would she heal? Would she ever be able to forgive? Unexpected Legacy explores her childhood and follows Ellie's path through the trauma of recovered memories, which ultimately lead to her forgiveness and peace.

We discuss the life of Saint Padre Pio at San Giovanni Rotondo, where he spent 50 years.

Living a life of intention is a journey of self-discovery, growth, and purpose. It’s about living a life that truly reflects who you are, what you stand for, and what brings you joy. When you live with intention, every moment counts, and every decision aligns with your values and passions. Living a life of intention is a journey, not a destination. It’s a path that winds and turns, twists and evolves. It’s a journey of self-discovery, growth, and purpose.

"Sono arrivato a Berlino nel 2009. Ci vivo ancora. Me ne sono andato, sono tornato. Nel corso del tempo ho avuto vari motivi per restare: piú o meno validi, piú o meno vulnerabili ai negoziati con la durezza dell'inverno e la nostalgia». Vincenzo Latronico si trasferisce a Berlino poco piú che ventenne per una ragione che non è chiara nemmeno a lui."

He’s the prince of the Ice people; the kingdom of Icardia is his metaphorical oyster. He always thought his time would be occupied by boring parties, icicle liquor, and ascending the throne. He never expected the darkest force known to the universe to come knocking at the door—no less obliterating it, threatening his family and his planet. Now Isaiah is stuck on Earth, with humans, trying to reasonably pass as one while awaiting news from home. And that’s not even the worst part. The Fire king, whose kingdom neighbors his own, made him promise to look after his daughter, Heidi.

Ted and Lauren are two people who are rare finds. Their approach to, and love for, humanity are infectious and their love for one another is inseparable. However, their faith is challenged when an unexpected circumstance drops on their doorstep. Can Ted and Lauren prevail against their worst nightmare? Or crumble in defeat?

Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot is back with a heartwarming story of life after the war. She must keep her family together… The war is over and Evie Talbert eagerly awaits the return of her three children from their evacuated homes. But her carefree daughters and son are barely...

Possibly the only thing the nobility and merchants in Assisi agreed on was the anger that rose up in them when they heard the name of Francis di Bernardone. To their way of thinking, he had disgraced his family and stolen from his father to give to beggars and lepers. He must surely be crazy. To add to their indignation, many of the sons of the nobility of Assisi kept flocking to Francis, joining him in his insanity.

The mysterious barons — either hybrids of another race or genetic evolution gone mad — are dying. Kane, once a keeper of law and order in the new America, is part of the driving machine to return power to the true inheritors of the Earth. California is the opening salvo in one baron's savage quest for immortality—and a fateful act of defiance against earth's dangerous oppressors. Yet their sanctity is grimly uncertain as an unseen force arrives for a final confrontation with those who seek to rule, or reclaim, planet Earth.