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After the victory over the Lord of the Flies, my family is finally getting its own estate. I'm bursting with pride at having finally been able to do something for my beloved family! But the world's dark forces never rest. While I'm studying the "Eastern School of Transcendence" and preparing for...

Dagmar Larsson barely escapes a kidnap attempt when she is mistaken for her wealthy employer, Alrik Soderlund’s daughter, Algot. Alrik is shocked at her uncanny likeness to his daughter. He hires Dagmar to lure the would-be kidnappers away by impersonating Algot and sailing to America where Dagmar will have the opportunity to become a mail-order bride. Unbeknownst to him, his daughter also sneaks aboard ship.

The most effective communicators in the world all structure their messages the same way, by designing for simplicity. But the problem is, simple is hard work. Our brains are programmed to complicate. Our world incentivizes more, more, more. It takes deliberate, intentional effort to communicate in a way that seems effortless. In Simply Put, award-winning marketing entrepreneur Ben Guttmann unveils a five-part framework that allows anybody to communicate with clarity. With this book, you'll be able to design messages that are beneficial, focused, salient, empathetic, and minimal—and that work.

Ellen has been the family breadwinner while her men are off in Europe, making the world safe for democracy. But with the war over, Sydney, the man whose job she held, is back, and she is unemployed. And now Sydney is stalking her! At her mother's suggestion she becomes a mail-order bride. But has she fled far enough to be safe?

Eleven years ago, Army Ranger Jason King lost his job when the aliens came to Earth and outlawed war among nations. Now he makes a fairly decent living as the top real estate broker on the planet Sylox, the capital of the Galactic Union. His clients are primarily Humans coming to the planet to work at the huge Embassy Complex, and they find Earth-like housing—along with a little taste of home—in the sprawling Enclaves of Sylox.

Forbidden love and fierce rivalry drive Jeff Hollister, a street-smart high school senior and gang leader of the Hurricanes, to the brink of disaster. Thinking he’s got the world in his back pocket, and the police at a safe distance, he and his scrappy gang of teenage delinquents come to discover they don’t always come out on top after all. A deadly vow by a member of the rival Tornadoes gang sets Jeff and his friends on a roller coaster of knife fray and gunplay, foot races and car chases, trust and betrayal, and murder.

Live up to your definition of greatness and inspire the best in the people around you. In The Seven Crucibles: An Inspirational Game Plan for Overcoming Adversity in Your Life, NFL fullback and motivational speaker Alec Ingold delivers a hands-on playbook for conquering every obstacle that stands between you and success, on the playing field and in life. You'll learn to utilize your own story of trials and tribulations to help embrace the changes to create future success.

In To the Moon Investing: Visually Mapping Your Winning Stock-Market Portfolio, veteran asset investor Kelly James Frank delivers an exciting and intuitive fresh approach that enables you to navigate an increasingly volatile market through the use of tailored portfolio maps. In the book, you'll learn how to understand risk and how it affects you as an investor, how to prepare for your investing future, and how to uncover why you want to invest. You'll also shore up your financial literacy and explore the difference between growth and value strategies.

In a climate-ravaged near future, Lieutenant Jason Thane is on the hunt for the source of a new gene-mangling drug ravaging the streets of Philadelphia: splice. But when a grisly murder shows up in his crime scene and a kid goes missing, he and his team are now in a race against the clock to find the killer. The investigation lands closer to home than Jason was expecting, as the privileged elite push back to maintain the status quo.

Teenager Staci's father has just remarried, and now she finds herself being shunted aside by her new stepmother. Shunted all the way to the run-down and dying Maine town of Silence, in fact, and the custody of her alcoholic mother. It gets worse. Silence seems to be stuck in the proverbial stone age. There's no cell phone service except at the very top of a bluff outside of town, no internet except dialup, and not one familiar franchise or business.

Gaelin Lavahl understands three things about himself. He’s a murderer. He hasn’t been down the mountain before. And he can never be a hero. Yet the sleeping god in his staff knows better. The cult destroying humanity must be stopped, and only Gaelin can wield the staff with its magical power. The problem? First he must discover what lives in his heart - the warrior he was meant to be. But can he when time is running out?

A group of friends were shaped by their experiences as kids. As teenagers they will be tested and trained to become heroes or failures as forces of evil have been watching. The gang of friends finds out there was much more to their childhood than expected and that they could be more important than they ever dreamed. Laugh out loud, awaite in suspense, learn, and reminisce as you join in their journey of love and strength. An adventure you won't forget and that may never let you look at nature the same. Hold on and have fun!

What if the laws of physics as we understand them are incomplete, only half of the equations that explain reality? The world we once knew has been destroyed by man's greed. The only hope to restore the planet Earth is Dr. Tim Smith. In the material world that once existed, Tim Smith was the head of the Quantum Teleportation Program at DARPA and a "Time Smith" in the non-matter thotonic universes whose shadows persist. Unfortunately, mankind's last hope, Dr. Smith, is quite clearly insane.

On a cold winter morning in Ashcrest, the unthinkable happens: someone delivers new phonebooks. For a small town using magic to hide itself in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, it is a near disaster and a clear sign that the protective wards are wearing out far ahead of schedule. While investigating the failures, Joshua Woods is accidentally teleported to another world...Faced with the reality that no help is coming, Joshua must find his own road home and a way to fix Ashcrest's faltering magical defenses. Little does he know, he's about to earn his wings....

Struggling to grow your business, while you’ve seen your competitors find success easily? Or have your followers have become stale, and there’s been a lack of engagement? The truth is delivering outstanding content is time consuming and often with no results in sight. However with a solid understanding and framework the process becomes much easier. With a great marketing strategy you will get much more traffic, attention, and customers.

Virtue Inverted is the first novel of a hard-hitting sword and sorcery trilogy by Piers Anthony and Ken Kelly. Benny Clout is a poor mountain boy who has found true love in Virtue, the vampire. However, Virtue is not an ordinary vampire; she's actually a very nice girl. Her bites contain extraordinary power, but will that power be enough to combat the evil that awaits them?

Henry Drummond (1851-1897) was a Scottish evangelist, biologist, writer, and lecturer. This essay is about a man laying down his life as Christ laid down His life. It is also about using plain language when talking about the message of the Bible.

The 0313 is the United States Marine Corps designation for LAV Crewmen, Marines who operate Light Armored Vehicles and specialize in armored reconnaissance. For the Marines who named their LAV, Minority, deployment has been slow and uneventful. Fortunes change when reinforcements are suddenly needed at Combat Outpost Javelin. But first, they'll need to get there and the journey across Afghanistan is long and treacherous.

Introducing internet marketing: The internet is a marketers dream come true, as you have a low-cost marketing tool that can reach a large audience. It will build your business fast. No matter what business you're in, whether it's service related, or manufactured goods, you need to learn about internet marketing. Internet marketing defies all economic trends. In fact, many internet marketers are generating six- to eight-figure incomes working part time from the comfort of their homes.

The Lightmakers guild is recruiting. Do you have what it takes? Derek, an apprentice Brightist, is looking to make his mark in the guild. While a major festival demands the brightistry’s full attention, the announcement is made. For the apprentices, the festival is their last opportunity to shine. With only one promotion available and two eligible apprentices, a contest will decide who stands before the guild. What strange trials must Derek face? What will his rival do to win?