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Have you always wanted to record the audiobook version of your work, but were too intimidated by the technical requirements to get started? Then The Stressed-Out Writer's Guide to Recording Your Own Audiobook is the resource you've been looking for!

In this epic third installment of What Zombies Fear, Victor Tookes is no longer content to sit back and watch the world go to the hell. The Gathering starts Victor's quest to rid the planet of the zombie plague once and for all. The first step of the plan is to build a team capable of carrying out the impossible. The heroes make an emergency trip to Charlotte, fighting zombies and raiders every step of the way.

In this sequel to Daniel Kirk’s Library Mouse—a Parenting magazine Book of the Year—Sam falls asleep in the library and awakens just in time to scamper out of sight. In his haste, he leaves behind his mouse-sized notebook. As a boy named Tom puzzles over the mystery of such a small book, he discovers Sam’s mouse hole. Soon Sam and Tom form an unusual partnership that would surprise others—if they only knew.

I didn't know who I was. The official story was shipwreck, and, though I know there was more to it than that, I never asked. Life for me began eight years ago when my uncles fished me from the sea. Keeping me had meant one more blanket on a floor and one more plate on a table that had little enough to start with. I was quick to find ways to make up the difference. I had skills that helped me to pick my marks and contribute my share. I also had plenty to learn about life on the street.

The Limits of Pain: Tom wandered the streets around midnight, looking for his next fix. His addiction had taken him to some pretty dark places already, but nothing could have prepared him for Anna. A little old lady with a very big secret.

Izzy's got boy trouble in the first grade. She tries everything to get the new boy in schools attention, but all it has done is turn him bright red and put her at odds with her best friend. Mom offers advice that sounds crazy to Izzy. Will she give it a try? Will it work? Listen to Boy Trouble for some giggles and see if Mom is as nutty as she sounds...

What's happening behind the bedroom door? The erotic elements of Twilight, scary sex laws, the future of sex ed, the science behind penis size, a cheating wife's defense of her affair, and much more make it under the covers of Best Sex Writing 2010. From the quest to create the thinnest condom ever to a night with swingers to underage sexting, Best Sex Writing 2010 covers the latest, hottest topics from the wide world of sex.

The United States has been epitomized as a land of opportunity, where hard work and skill can bring personal success and economic well-being. The American Dream has captured the imagination of people from all walks of life, and to many, it represents the heart and soul of the country. But there is another, darker side to the bargain that America strikes with its people - it is the price we pay for our individual pursuit of the American Dream.

What if you could choose your heaven now? Go on a celestial shopping trip of sorts? Thirty-five-year-old Vivienne does just that, as she lies dying in the ICU; a fatal walk into the path of a truck. In her final week of life, Vivienne treks through the heavens of a priest, a best friend, a homeless child, and a lover who never was.

The Old West's most famous lawmen are convening one final time, but not to solve a case. Instead, they're hoping to spend a few days together having a high old time in Denver before they ride off into the sunset of their years. But then a prostitute is brutally murdered and one of their number stands accused of the crime.

The late film icon and screen legend Kirk Douglas was married to Anne Buydens for more than six decades. Here they both look back on a lifetime filled with drama both on and off the screen. Sharing priceless correspondence with each other as well as the celebrities and world leaders they called friends, Kirk and Anne is a candid portrayal of the pleasures and pitfalls of a Hollywood life lived in the public eye. Compiled from Anne's private archive of letters and photographs, this is an intimate glimpse into the Douglases' courtship and marriage.

Tev is a hunter, one of the best in his clan. Trained since birth in the art of tracking and killing, Tev has never met a challenge he couldn't overcome. But when a mysterious fireball falls from the sky, Tev will question everything he has ever known. For the first time in his life, he isn't the one doing the hunting. He is the prey.

Chandler Shott just lost his job and apartment. And with only a garbage bag full of possessions and a degree in General Studies, his prospects look bleak. So when his mother calls to tell him he's inherited his uncle's P.I. business in Detroit, it seems like a golden opportunity.

Robert enjoys his life in Japan, but the dark tides of war are rising, and it won't be long before foreigners are forced to leave Japan. Torn from the people he has come to think of as family, he stays in contact by exchanging letters with Makiko, letters that soon show their relationship is blossoming into something much more than friendship. The outbreak of total war sweeps all before it, and when correspondence ends with no explanation, Robert fears the worst. He will do anything to find Makiko, even launch himself headfirst into a conflict that is consuming the world.

They've helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now 12 new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection.

Hollywood can be a tough town, but its been awfully good to Danny Dennison. At 55, he's wealthy, successful, and although the movies he directs are more hot commerce than great art, he's respected throughout the film world. But Danny Dennison has been living a lie. His true identity is buried halfway around the world in the ruins of a Nazi concentration camp. Danny believes his secret to be safe - until he meets Luba, a young sensuous call girl.

Non denominational and non sectarian, this little book recognizes as inherent and natural, the individual's personal relationship with the nonphysical universe, God, or 'Source Energy'. Its premise is that you are already connected to the 'Source' and have merely forgotten how to recognize and interpret your personal Guidance on Earth.

In Fit for the Pulpit, a host of preachers dispense comfort and counsel to their brothers in the trenches, men who often work in ministerial isolation as they seek to build up the body of Christ. Chris McCurley, the editor of this volume, has assembled ten different writers to cover a wide swath of material. In eleven chapters, McCurley and his colleagues manage to cover many of the areas wherein preachers need continual encouragement.

Imagine a helpless, pregnant 16-year-old who's just been yanked from the serenity of her home and shoved into a dirty van. Kidnapped. Alone. Terrified. Now forget her.... Picture instead a pregnant, 16-year-old, manipulative prodigy. She is shoved into a dirty van and, from the first moment of her kidnapping, feels a calm desire for two things: to save her unborn son and to exact merciless revenge.

Life can be hard, cold and painful, or it can be pleasant, warm, and rewarding. The consequences of the choices we make in life determine which way it will be. We can't control many of life's events, but we can control how we deal with them. Our responsibility is to build a successful life in a world of confusion, pain, and disorientation. The book of Proverbs instructs us how to do just that by partnering with God in our choices using his wisdom. We don't have to travel the road of life alone.