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Don’t go in the water. It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s scary as hell. There is no better keeper of secrets than the menacing, murky depths of the ocean. Unfathomable creatures, mysterious disappearances, abandoned ships, deadly pirates. Even experienced seamen are susceptible to the horrors that lay hidden far below the surface. It’s all a game of chance. Be in the wrong place at the wrong time and you’ll become something’s meal. The dark deep is ominous and unforgiving and it has no conscience.

The orange light of the lantern illuminates the interior of the Trapper's cabin, altering the true color of everything we see. I think the inside of the cabin looks like a very old photograph. My grand dad had a card box full of old photographs. I always thought it was great fun to paw them. Tim would like to get his hands on them. They have an orange tint just like this cabin. My mother told me everything is better in black and white.

From the dawn of mankind, there have been groups with the power and intent to manipulate the masses to their end game of control and dominance over all humanity. Over the centuries, there have been elite brotherhoods that have developed incredibly subtle, complex ways to manipulate the people. As populations grew so did the quest for power and the need to create new, improved methods of control.

In the long and storied history of science fiction podcasts, never had the powers-that-be deigned it safe to allow John H. Stevens, Fred Kiesche, and Jeff Patterson to appear on the same panel discussion. “It would be worse than crossing the streams,” they said. “Violent weather would sweep the land, and cicadas emerge from the depths!” Okay—it’s more like visiting three cranky uncles in a run-down retirement home…

On the night of April 8, 1956, Marine drill instructor Matthew McKeon led Platoon 71 on a forced march through the backwaters of Parris Island in an effort to restore flagging discipline. Unexpectedly strong currents in Ribbon Creek and an ensuing panic led to the drowning of six recruits. The tragedy of Ribbon Creek and the court-martial of Staff Sergeant McKeon became the subject of sensational national media coverage and put the future of the US Marine Corps in jeopardy.

In this volume, what you will find in the sections that follow are twenty-one amazing stories of death and wealth set around a wandering cousin far out in the cold edges of our solar system. You will find Vikings, knights, warriors defending home and hearth, of triumph and tragedy, and, yes, even the god himself. You will listen to tales of great courage and great loss. Of sacrifice for a greater good and of justice delivered to the overly greedy. You will even find the aforementioned Walt Disney himself.

Author Steve Samblis spent years searching the world for the most successful people on the planet. He got to know them and asked them each this question: "What was the one most crucial habit in your life that has made the most significant impact on your success?" He then took these 100 habits and put them into a work called 1 Habit.

Twice pardoned - first by God and later by the state - TJ Stevens now walks in freedom and grace. Reluctant at first to tell his story but compelled now to share what God has done, he gives a firsthand account, four decades later, of what it was like to be a high school shooter. Why is his story different from all the others that have commanded headlines over the last 20-odd years? How did he not only make it out alive but go on to have a successful life, when so many other high school shooters are now behind bars or in the grave?

Sound interesting? We think so too! Listen to David Crockett His Life and Adventures and learn about this important historical figure.

Cheerful in the face of dark opposition. Innovative to improve a backward world. Industrial as a cure for oppressive conditions. Unyielding beneath all who seek to bind and control them. Faithful until they conquer the fear of death and rise to great acts of heroism and service. Mormons and steampunks are two faces of the same coin. Twelve authors spin tales of true believers facing impossible odds, risking this life in the hope of gaining something better after.

"Alltagstauglich Deutsch" bereitet Deutschlernende mit arabischer Ausgangssprache zielgerichtet auf typische Gespräche und Situationen im Alltag vor. Sie lernen wichtige Redewendungen, Alltagssätze und Höflichkeitsfloskeln. 13 Hauptkapitel unterteilt in jeweils vier thematisch verwandte Unterkapitel behandeln wichtige Alltagsthemen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Telefonieren u. v. m.

In Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens captures the inner workings of the Supreme Court via his personal experiences with the five Chief Justices - Fred Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, and John Roberts - that he interacted with. He reminisces of being a law clerk during Vinson's tenure; a practicing lawyer for Warren; a circuit judge and junior justice for Burger; a contemporary colleague of Rehnquist; and a colleague of current Chief Justice John Roberts.

From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority.

Today's economy has been fluctuating so much that companies are whittling down their pools of local workers and outsourcing their services from abroad instead, which means that true job security is up to you. The best way to survive unemployment is by self-employment, and this book will teach you how to put up and operate your very own business right within the comfort of your own home.

"Alltagstauglich Italienisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Englisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Türkisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

"Alltagstauglich Schwedisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

By the time of his retirement in June 2010, John Paul Stevens had become the second-longest-serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book like none other. Six Amendments is an absolutely unprecedented call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens.

"Alltagstauglich Spanisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.