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Nick Abrahams still holds the official world record for the number of space launches, but he’s bored stiff with his job hosting space tours. Only when his wife leaves him, however, does he try to change his life. He accepts a tempting offer from a Russian billionaire. In exchange for making a simple repair on Neptune’s moon Triton, he will return to Earth a multi-millionaire, enabling him to achieve his ‘impossible dream’ of buying his own California vineyard.

What exactly is the Western literary canon? Why does it contain certain works and not others? And what do particular works in the Western canon tell us about the development of literature and civilization? Explore these and other thought-provoking lectures with a thorough investigation of more than 30 key works of the Western canon and the critical roles they played-and continue to play-in the development of Western literature.

Whether new to the journey of self-discovery or one who has already begun the journey, author John Seeley gives practical techniques to assist listeners in the process of getting unstuck, reclaim a greater sense of personal power, and create a life they are truly meant to live.

In Tolkien’s Overture, John Carswell conducts a close reading of the text of “Ainulindalë”, and then goes on to explore the role of music in Middle-earth’s history, from the creation of Elves, Dwarves, and Men in the First Age to the great events of the late Third Age as recounted in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Furthermore, it delves into the mystery of evil, as embodied in the mighty Melkor, the great villain of the First Age and the mentor of Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor.

എഡ്ഗ്വയര്‍ പ്രഭുവിന്റെ കൊലപാതകം പോലീസിനെ ആശയക്കുഴപ്പത്തിലാക്കി. പ്രഭുവുമായി അകന്നു കഴിയുന്ന ഭാര്യയും...

Sometimes it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. Siberia in April isn't in any tourist guidebook. But that is where Trapp finds himself. It's cold, dark, and the vodka tastes like gasoline. After brawling with half a dozen corrupt Russian cops, he's taken to the infamous penal colony marked on maps as IK-29, but known to inmates as the Black Eagle. The guards are brutes, their prisoners little better than animals. It's hell on earth.

When Russia invades Ukraine, a top Ukrainian virologist vanishes with a deadly gain-of-function viral formula locked in his memory. He escapes to Europe with his wife and young daughter, ready to sell the formula to the highest bidder. As nations scramble to secure the weapon, FROG, a secretive intelligence agency, has one mission: assassinate the scientist before the formula goes global. But when his daughter is kidnapped by a rival force, the mission spins out of control. Now, FROG's elite operatives must navigate a shadow war of mercenaries, spies, and bio-terrorists.

Listen to Lisa from Paris, who wants to star in her very own porn video and Lynn from Oxford who thinks that two heads are better than one. Mr S.G. of Leamington reveals why he prefers things that come in pairs, and Janice from Peterborough tells us why she just loves Bald Men. Miss L.V. of Kings Lynn lets you into the secret of how to banish the office blues while R.B. in Great Dunmow runs a very special mail order service. Plus many many more.

Meet Margaritta, ‘The Sex Tapes’ editor, who will introduce you to a thrilling world of adult confessions. Just listen to her amazing collection of ‘Readers’ Letters’, from people like you, who are into really imaginative sex and unbelievably wild erotic fantasies! We present the sexiest collection of ‘Readers’ Letters’ ever released on audiobook. Learn the sexy secrets of suburbia, discover their fantasy love lives and listen to the uninhibited experiences of men and women everywhere in this exciting collection of adult confessions.

Congratulations on picking up this book and taking time to educate yourself about one of the most liberating and rewarding steps you are about to take. My name is Benjamin Lashar. I am a Canadian who moved to the USA 25 years ago to pursue a successful corporate career. But the global economic crisis of 2008 forced my employer to lay me off. I took a nice severance offer and moved back to Canada with my wife and children to be close to our family.

What would life be like if you believed that every crisis is a blessing, that you're guided to meet the people who cross your path, and that everything happens for a reason? Deepak Chopra examines this topic with John Demartini, an internationally acclaimed speaker whose motivational programs...

This book will help entrepreneurs, (or those who love them), discover how to harness their ADHD for maximum creativity, focus, and productivity, while learning how to manage the downsides and eliminate obstacles, so that they can achieve even more success.

Luke and Flor reunite with the rest of the Caleuche's crew, and they prepare to enter Righteous Province's lair, an elaborate maze of shifting tunnels and traps. They know they will face invunches and voladoras within the cave. And they must overcome one of their greatest enemies, Corpo Seco - the man so evil that hell spat him back out.

Niko Kiriakos, tentative heir to the ailing Calypso Shipping fleet, always suspected he was cursed. Following his sudden disappearance, his wife, Anna, and daughter, Zoe, are left adrift. Unmoored, they begin to test the boundaries of their lives, struggling with issues of loyalty, identity and what it means to be a family. Spanning years and tracing a route from Niagara Falls to Greece, Escape Plans is an unblinking look at the ties that bind us together and the things that pull us apart.

Classic Speeches: 1940-1987 is a collection of the most famous speeches of all time from political figures, such as Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr and John F Kennedy.

In the fourth century of the Christian era, the Emperor Constantine ordered the Bishop of Jerusalem to make fifty copies of the Holy Scriptures in Latin. His mother, Saint Helen, had gone to Jerusalem where she reportedly found true cross of Christ and brought with her an earth shaking secret to her son. The Emperor passed that secret on to the Bishop of Jerusalem and swore him and all of his successors to secrecy forever on pain of death and the loss of his soul.

The first presidential debate of the 1960 presidential election between Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, and Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democrat nominee, took place on Monday, September 26, 1960, in Chicago. The televised debate was moderated by Howard K. Smith of CBS. Questions were restricted to internal or domestic American matters.

Vera is an analyst who wants to find enough time outside of work to learn to love jazz. She can't. Because she's swept up into the world of a secret nation that claims to have guided world events for centuries. Who are they? Why do they think Vera is the key to saving the world? And why do they want to kill her brother?

ജീവിതവും ചരിത്രവും ഇഴപിരിയാതെ കലരുന്ന ഈ നോവൽ ഒരു കാലഘട്ടത്തിന്റെ, ഒരു സമുദായത്തിന്റെ, കുറെയേറെപ്പേരുടെ...

When several high-powered bankers are marked for murder during a Geneva conference, one chilling detail links them all—they were each told that Canada is the target of a devastating, world-altering attack. Enter FROG, a covert intelligence agency tasked with neutralizing catastrophic threats before they erupt. But the deeper the operatives dig, the faster the bodies fall—from the streets of Paris and Slovakia to the snowy trails of Utah, where a sniper kills a man who was never meant to die.