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When I wrote this story, I never imagined that my lifelong fishing partner and I would find ourselves in the Caribbean. I also never thought I would have false teeth, but here we are. Even more surprising, I never thought any of our crew, my partner, or I would be holding automatic rifles. But there we were, facing thieves who had forty or more of our lobster traps stacked on their deck.Their boat looked like a refuge from the storm, but when I saw a barrel emerge from a broken window, I knew it was time to pull the trigger. Three men crawled up onto the boat's roof, rifles in hand. I opened fire with my AR-15. The first guy dropped his rifle, and it clattered to the deck.I fired a burst straight up and shouted, "Start the engine and throw our traps over the side, and maybe this boat will get you home!"

Discover the poignant journey of one man's passage through solitude and emotional isolation. On the surface, he appears ordinary, blending into the streetscape. Yet, within him lies a profound empathy for the overlooked fragments of life: the homeless, abandoned houses, desolate railroad sidings, and forgotten freight tracks. These elements, along with the haunting memories of a bygone era, shape his existence. His childhood whispers to him, filled with voices now lost to the earth, offering wisdom and counsel. Through it all, he persists with a quiet determination, moving forward despite the weight of the past.

Deep in the mud pools and jungle forests of Hippoland lives Humphrey the Hippo. He is usually quite carefree compared to other hippos (who can be a bit grumpy at times). But one afternoon, he finds he is faced with a puzzle. Humphrey and his brother Harold are determined to make a cup of tea. But try as they might, they cannot find a key ingredient: milk.So, they decide to consult their friend, Wilberforce the Wizard, for he knows everything. Wilberforce uses his magic to send the hippos to the land of Humans (even though Harold thinks humans are "mud sausages"). In the land of Humans, the hippos cause all kinds of chaos, involving grocery stores, credit cards and bananas - amongst other things.But the two hippos persevere and return in triumph, with a carton of milk in hand, to Hippoland. However, their adventure is not over. They will still need the help of Wilbeforce the Wizard and his new mysterious friend, Clara.

Naming your puppy is fun, especially when you can choose a name that has a special meaning. Puppies become a member of your family and will bring you great joy and the gift of unconditional love.Love your puppy and you will be loved right back.

A Loving FamilyCecily Mendez, a young Latina woman, lives with her parents and much younger brother, Norman. They are the perfect family, supporting, loving, and fiercely loyal. An Awful TragedyWhen a tragedy occurs, ripping apart their family, Cecily is left to care for her brother. With a killer on the loose, the police begin an investigation. A Dead-End InvestigationDetectives Michaels and Andrews have no further leads to follow, so Cecily begins an investigation of her own. Michaels has fallen for Cecily and secretly joins her in her search for justice. An Act of VigilantismA violent act causes a rift between two families. When Norman gets caught in the crossfire and disappears, Cecily begins to unravel. A Woman UnraveledDetective Andrews and Michaels are at odds as Michaels tries to protect Cecily. Her friends begin to worry about her when Cecily suddenly goes missing. A Shocking EndCecily is on a fast-paced race to avenge her family, elude the authorities, and punish the bullies who have wronged her little brother.

Right of Survivorship - Part II continues the gripping investigation led by Memphis Police Detective Harvey Martin and FBI Special Agent Rachel Simon. They are determined to uncover the connection between the deaths of housewife Sally Conners, Federal Bankruptcy Judge Winston Chalmers, and a mafia-connected con man. But how are these seemingly disparate deaths linked?The author invites readers to delve into Part I to gather the scattered pieces of this intricate murder mystery, then follow the trail in Part II to see if they can piece them together. For those who have been eagerly awaiting the sequel, your wait is over! Dive back into the mystery and uncover the truth alongside Harvey and Rachel.

The novel recounts a tale of passion, treachery, grief and redeeming love set against the background of the glamorous but deadly world of the Florentine aristocracy. It traces the path of Lord James Markham from the discovery of his wife's depraved infidelities to his tragic affair with a young student while dealing with fraud at the bank and his brother-in-law Paolo's suicide in compromising circumstances. Urged on by his uncle, Cardinal Palmieri, he leaves for Buenos Aires is search of a former mistress, Carolina.The second half of the novel centers on Carolina, a peronista hotel receptionist whom James had bedded many years earlier. Still in love with him, despite the Malvinas, she agrees to marry him and reluctantly enters into the world of the nobility with all its licentiousness, greed and murder. She struggles to reconcile her roots with her new aristocratic lifestyle. Blessed with a lively intelligence and sturdy common sense, she proves Paolo's suicide to be murder. Arising from obscurity, she emerges as the heroine of this intensely erotic and literary novel.

The Miocene Megalodon: Meggles and the Dawn of the New Ocean completes the journey of Meggles as she learns about the last remaining mystery that has bubbled up from the bottom of the ocean.Join along with Meggles, Levi, and her other ocean friends as she discovers the truth of what happened long, long ago and how Don MiFeara and his legion of megalodons ruled the ocean with fear and treachery. With her faithful group of ocean friends and others she finds along the way, swim along with Meggles to see if the ocean can once again be saved and find peace forever.Find out what final mystery has been hiding in the water and if Meggles will remain the new Don of the ocean or if evil will once again try to rule the ocean by the end of The Miocene Megalodon: Meggles and the Dawn of the New Ocean.

Two of the world's most guarded secrets awaited him, and today, his journey would begin. These secrets were calling to him, drawing him in.Croman, an acronym for Combat Ready One Man Army Ninja, follows an extraordinary warrior who discovers a box of ancient ninja manuscripts, weapons, and apparel that grant superhuman abilities. Alongside rigorous training, the ghost of the founder, a legendary ninja from ancient Japan, enhances the protagonist's abilities and physical prowess.Due to his unparalleled skills, the protagonist becomes the President's secret agent, with a security clearance higher than even spies. As the sole Croman, he undertakes the most secretive military operations, including disarming a North Korean missile. However, adhering to the ninja's creed of invisibility and driven by his own preferences, he turns rogue, prompting assassination attempts by secret agents and government officials. These attempts fail, thanks to his exceptional abilities and ingenuity.The book also outlines various 'Croman' workouts, enabling readers to train and become Croman operatives themselves. Filled with spy lore and black ops, with settings in foreign countries, this martial arts fiction doubles as a training manual. Discover if you would have followed the same path as Tony Viviano.

Nursing is a roller coaster of emotions, with its ups and downs. Nurses need to learn how to take care of themselves so that they can better care for others. If you are a nurse or plan to become one, and you are reading this, I want you to understand that you are not alone in the struggles you face. I want you, as a nurse, to be able to use this book as an interactive journal where you can write down your thoughts - whether from your work life or personal life - and relate to the stories and coping skills shared throughout. This will help you learn, or relearn, how to take care of yourself and rediscover just how amazing you are, both inside and outside of this career.

In this playful Clarke Fable, two small animals learn to be accepting of one another's differences, and discover that through kindness, we can find the beauty of diversity in all of us. Be sure to look for the bright red cardinal as it appears throughout the pages.

This captivating story follows the journey of twins Anja and Zack, two young witches who are separated from their parents after a ruthless dictator named Nexus takes control of the world. Guided by a mysterious, elderly witch, they set out to find the Wellikans, a hidden people living on a dark and secretive island. With her wisdom and support, Anja and Zack reach the island and join forces with scientists and the Wellikans to challenge Nexus's formidable technological power.Written by Zipes, a prolific author and political activist since the 60s, this novella reflects his belief that the world's conditions have deteriorated for many, particularly the young, and that fascism has crept into even the smallest corners of the globe. It is a hopeful tale of resistance and defiance, intended for his grandchildren and anyone who believes in standing up against oppression.

Bobby is a young dog with athletic ability.One day, he decides to learn how to play the same sports that people play. He tries them all, and learns quickly, but he also makes mistakes.Can you spot the mistakes he needs to correct if he wants to improve?This coloring book invites you to bring Bobby's adventures to life! Each page has a fun sketch waiting for you to add your own colors while helping Bobby become a better athlete.

Relationships involving love, lies, loss and loyalty are everlasting stories throughout Southern Culture. Marriage, affairs, relationships, friendships and life's dreams never come out perfect or last forever. It becomes a growing and changing experience where the characters learn as they come and go in time and importance to others, while still managing to make a difference. This collection contains ten short stories of such change, lament, and brief happiness, all by circumstance, and rarely planned. The characters adapt and try to maintain their uncertain world, always hoping for the best but rarely achieving it. Come along as they deal with these changes the best way they can and experience life, seemingly always on the edge. While they may always seem flawed, the reader will come to love these characters for who they are regardless of the stage of life or circumstances they currently live within.

Another unpredictable, fast-paced and superbly written present-day story by Simon Benjamin set in Israel and inspired by true events. The Premier chronicles the fascinating highs and lows of the life of Elliot Sterling, the newly elected charismatic Prime Minister of Israel who is thrust into leading a country facing both domestic ideologically motivated political conspiracies and crimes planned against humanity by Iran financed murderous Hamas terrorists.The Premier is the third novel in Benjamin's trilogy series which includes his highly acclaimed Scam Seduction and Beyond Billionaire. This sequel seamlessly continues the irresistibly thrilling story of a brilliant Beverly Hills businessman that is forced to move his family to Israel where he amasses an enormous fortune and by destiny finds himself as the nation's head-of-state. The Premier is a first-rate action mystery that educates as well as entertains while featuring an ensemble of vivid characters with clever humour and a provocative secret. You'll keep reading from the very first line and won't be able to put it down.

Living in a Casa de Carton means facing daily threats of starvation, violence, and predation from the cartels and others who exploit the vulnerable. Yet, within this harsh reality, there is also hope, courage, and triumph. This is the story of Marta Padilla, a strong mother raising two children alone in a home with a dirt floor and no running water. Despite the constant danger, she gets her kids to school and teaches them compassion by caring for a dying neighbor.When a young girl is abducted by the cartels and a teenage boy endures brutal abuse in a Mexican prison, Marta's resilience is tested. Unexpected twists and turns lead to moments of victory, as Marta's determination - and the pivotal role of the dying neighbor - help her family rise above the brutality surrounding them. Though danger is ever-present, grit and love emerge as powerful forces that shape the outcome.

Cross-culture and/or multiculturalism have become catchwords and phrases in certain studies within academia, but they have mostly become battle grounds for contestation and convergence with contestation of identity, cultural authenticity and/or supremacy and hegemony. Yet, over and above all these skirmishes, convergence tends to win the day as it struggles for a cosmopolitan culture and polity, albeit very difficult to achieve. The present work follows the same line of thought by trying to bring a new perspective into what it calls cultural dialogism inherent in the corpus of texts borrowed from The Alhambra by W. Irving.The texts selected display a dual characteristic: the first is addressed as organic in the sense that the texts reflect some eight hundred years of natural copulation between Muslim culture brought up by Muslim conquerors to the Andalusian Christendom; the second underlines a volition on the part of the author to merge the culture by intruding into the structures of the language and the texts.The present works intends to show that these characteristic hybridities transgress the generic boundaries as well as the cultural one producing a 'brassage' breaking the fixity of the boundaries (cultural and other) causing brisures and sutures. This endows the texts with a certain liminality that makes it difficult to authenticate them as belonging to either culture.

Science today often seems incomprehensible to the general public, filled with specialized jargon and baffling math that eludes most readers. Consequently, science is often held in low esteem, despite being the foundation of all modern advancements.To make matters worse, a strong movement of 'science deniers' has emerged, escalating the problem to a dangerous level. The public needs to grasp the basics of science to participate in and make informed decisions on the critical issues facing the US and the world today.This book offers clear, intelligible explanations of the fundamental ideas and rationales behind the theories of great scientists. Written in an informal, readable format, it presents an imagined dialogue between the reader and the author. The book explains the thought processes of some of history's greatest minds without heavy use of math or technical jargon. It includes numerous images and sketches to illustrate concepts and portrays the lives of famous scientists, showing that they too struggled with everyday problems just like everyone else.Engage with this accessible guide to scientific thinking and discover how the great scientific minds developed their groundbreaking theories.

Fourteen-year-old Lady Catherine Thibeault leads a privileged and charmed life. She is heir in her own right to the title and demesne of Dove Castle. Whether picking daisies for the May Day festivities with her best friend Master Robert de Valiens and her beloved cat, Frere, or racing through the countryside on her Arabian stallion, Chimere, Cat's life is perfect. Little does she know that her peaceful happy existence is about to come to an end with the unexpected arrival of her betrothed, knight extraordinaire Sir Geoffrey de Valiens. Catherine has never bowed to convention and has never given her betrothal much thought. Life at Dove Castle with her father and her companion, Mistress Drucilla, is idyllic and she has no wish to change it.Sir Geoffrey not only reminds her of the dreaded realities of marriage and the eventual necessity of leaving Dove Castle but he also introduces the quagmire of politics that is the reality of the first decade of the Fourteenth Century during the reign of King Edward II of England. With war raging in Scotland and discontent rampant between England and France, evil elements emerge who will threaten the lives of not only Catherine but of everyone whom she loves.The deadliest of Catherine's enemies is her own cousin, Giles Thibeault, who upon learning that Dove Castle is no longer entailed swears vengeance on not only Catherine but on her family as well. If he cannot inherit Dove Castle then no one will.