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Agent Orange, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the Virginia Tech massacre, the 2008 financial crisis, and the Deep Horizon gulf oil spill: Each was a disaster in its own right. What they had in common was their aftermath - each required compensation for lives lost, bodies maimed, livelihoods wrecked, economies and ecosystems upended. In each instance, an objective third party had to step up and dole out allocated funds: In each instance, Presidents, Attorneys General, and other public officials have asked Kenneth R. Feinberg to get the job done.

Adam is on vacation in an island paradise, with nothing to do and plenty of time to do nothing. It's exactly what he needed: beautiful weather, beautiful girlfriend, plenty of books to read, and alcohol to drink. Most importantly, either nobody on the island knows who he is, or, nobody cares. Nothing last forever, though, and that includes the opportunity to do nothing. One day, unwelcome visitors arrive in secret, with impossible knowledge of impossible events, and then the impossible things arrive: a new species.

Greene County, Pennsylvania, is easily "The Most Haunted County in America". The far Southwest corner of Pennsylvania looks on the surface to be a pleasant rolling, river-cut landscape carpeted with vegetation and trees. But underneath is a bloody history and a supernatural reality brimming with ghosts, aliens, unknown creatures - and things that can change a person's life forever.  

The scale of the Second World War was enormous: so many countries, so many battles, the challenges of training and deploying huge numbers of soldiers, sailors, and airmen. Every participant in that war had fascinating and often unique experiences and stories to tell. It’s no wonder the major locations in that war were referred to as “theaters.”

What happens when AI hits the porn industry? Dan Landes is about to find out in INAUTHENTICITY, a tale of murder among the upper echelon of porn producers who are fighting to control the new world of AI porn. When a top porn producer is found dead of a heart attack in Panama, ex-detective Dan Landes suspects foul play. But who would benefit? It turns out that everyone would. Everyone has an axe to grind, including the FBI. Expat Dan Landes travels from Panama to Madrid to unmask who is really who in the new world of AI porn.

From internationally best-selling author B.C.CHASE. Everyone left alive is in a coma except one man. Devon Carter knows the aliens will return, and when they do it will be up to him to save not only his daughters, but all the Earth. In this apocalyptic, terrifying white-knuckled thrill ride, Publishers Weekly prize-winner B.C.CHASE unleashes the greatest enemy we have ever faced: Our own humanity.

What really happened in the Garden of Eden? Who was behind the serpent and the apple? What was God thinking? At last, it can be told! The unexpurgated story of what really happens in Heaven. Why God created time. The truth about his friendship with Satan. Those rumors of a drinking problem. The meaning of life. Whether sin really exists. The political power of the three angels’ unions. Hear all about it! These are the stories that the cherubim don’t want you to know! This is what really goes on Behind the Pearly Gates. 

A robed figure sat before a crystal, watching its many facets. Each facet bore a different image, creating an indistinct chiaroscuro of moving subjects. Fingers coiled around the smooth surface of the metal and turned it slightly clockwise. This is a fantasy listen about six friends who love playing RPG games in high school. After leaving high school, they all go their separate ways. Three years later, they return and start playing again - only to end up being pulled into another world.

A hauntingly beautiful pre-sunrise dawn assaults Frank Dole's senses as he sets out on an early morning surfcasting ritual at a remote shoreline near his summer home. Tiring of the repetitive casting out and reeling in, he wanders aimlessly along the shore and is soon confronted by a mirage both real and alive — a mysterious young woman stretched out on a green towel near the dunes.

In this exciting novel, we will find out that the world was created by 22 Gods who created the different human races to use them to increase their power. By playing a game created by the Light and the Darkness, we watch the Gods use the 22 major arcana cards of the Egyptian tarot as a method of increasing their power and control over all the human race.

This audiobook can help your wallet fight weight loss...You have to go on the offensive to make any real change in your financial world. You have to fight against the ideas of the status quo and find creative ways to drive down, what seem to be fixed costs, while finding ways to increase your income. That is what we are going to do throughout this audiobook. This audiobook contains practical and straightforward advice to help you use your time and money effectively. Even if you have zero knowledge about finance, you can follow the ideas in this audiobook!

Defense attorney Samson Young has an uncanny ability to get even the so-called worst clients off the hook, as he ably demonstrated in Almost Mortal. In Almost Damned, little does Sam know that his most challenging cases are all leading up to one monumental trial, in which he will lay before the Court the visceral complexities of good vs. evil. As Sam navigates his cases in Bennet County, it becomes increasingly apparent that his clients - old and new - are surprisingly interconnected, especially when old clients rise from the dead. Literally.

The life and death of Dr. Sebastian Camote, a renowned psychiatrist, who practiced in Coconut Grove, Florida, and who believed he was Don Quixote in a previous lifetime. The story takes place after his death when his soul travels to the afterlife, and he discovers the secrets of numerology, karma, and eternal life. This book combines elements of fact about the power of number 11, while creating a parallel reality where the past, the present, and the future exist at the same time. A book to refer to for enlightenment and profound wisdom. Do not take God's numbers in vain.

When political correctness barnstorms California's backcountry, a shy, young cowboy can only watch in shocked disbelief as the girl-next-door he was about to marry falls head over heels for a fast-talking politician who knows how to use ideology to get a hold of people's minds before grabbing their land. 

These days, we often find ourselves stuck in an overcomplicated busy lifestyle, walking around not knowing who we are and what our purpose is. Life is getting faster and more complicated every day. As a result, we often get overwhelmed and forget about what really matters to us and what our purpose is. 

After 13-year-old Hertz endures World War II, he must now survive Berlin’s devastation. With only Father’s violin as comfort, Hertz scrounges for food with his older sister Elsa, best friend Jakub from Poland, and fellow Berliners. Meanwhile, Soviet soldiers police the streets and blockade people from traveling to the American-controlled areas of Berlin.

An unknown enemy wreaks havoc in the South China Sea while blaming the destruction on Jonah Blackwell and the crew of the Scorpion, forcing them to untangle a deadly conspiracy rooted in a lost technology from World War II.

In exchange for his freedom from a secret Moroccan prison, deep-water diver Jonah Blackwell agrees to lead a covert search for a missing research team in the dangerous coastal waters of Somalia, an area plagued by pirates and a deadly red tide killing all marine life within its reach. But when his expedition threatens the ambitions of billionaire Charles Bettencourt, Jonah’s survival depends on hijacking a hostile submarine and assembling an unproven crew who must simultaneously investigate the source of a mysterious oceanic plague and face down Bettencourt’s commandos.

Steroids, fighting, and drug deals; and that's just in the high school. St. George Utah is known for it's unbearable heat, and it's beautiful scenery. Not it's massive drug ring, but that's just what Nolan has found. Nolan is a hotshot detective with the St George police department. Nolan is bitter, anxious, and ready to prove himself. That's when he meets the man who changes his life forever. Juice and his crew are the Roid Raging alpha males not only of the school, but the entire town. What will Nolan have to do to get in with this rowdy crew, and is he willing to go that far?

Conor Nash has lived his life with a single purpose - to pitch in the major leagues. He’s been released from professional baseball contracts 10 times over a 16-year career, but he’s overcome every obstacle to finally reach "The Show" when he’s a decade too old. As he faces the specter of injury-forced retirement, he becomes a man neither he nor his wife recognizes. During his career, Conor avoided the trap of alcohol and drugs because his drug was baseball.