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So, you want to be a PE? You wish to join the ranks of the 800,000-plus in the US that did what it took to earn the title in our highly respected and coveted profession? The ground rules have been laid and the requirements have been spelled out. You want the nitty-gritty, the unfiltered truth. Well, I’m gonna give it to you raw, no rubber. There are things that can be done that will increase your chances of success, regardless of your aptitude for testing, no matter how long you’ve been out of school, or how hectic your life is. If you want it, go get it!

Beverly Gardenia is a wealthy recluse that has lived a long, solitary life. Now, at the age of 67, she is faced with her own mortality. Refusing to accept that her condition is terminal, the childless heir to the Gardenia fortune offers 80 million dollars to anyone that can find her a cure. Sandra is powerful medium in a long line of spiritual guides, and she claims to have the only cure that will work. The only problem is, Death himself will come for Sandra if she fails.

Hurricane Irma tore through the Florida Keys in 2017, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. Isla Dunbar set out ahead of the storm, determined to save the sailboat that carried her dead mother's name. The "Caroline" went down 15 miles off the Florida coast, and Isla was presumed lost. But was she? Two tears later, Isla's most prized possession, her mother's necklace, appears on Roland Dunbar's doorstep. Is it a cruel hoax, or could his daughter still be alive?

The investigations are heating up and so is the romance. A woman is missing, one of their own is kidnapped, and a young girl is sold into prostitution. Slater and Maggie take on organized crime to put an end to the trafficking of girls on the Florida coast and finally stop the man that killed Slater's best friend.

Once more, my friends and colleagues and I have banded together to compose literature connecting astronomy and mythology to create Of Gods and Globes II. Each one of us chose a name that connected astronomy and mythology.

Black fathers play a pivotal role in the lives of our Black children. According to the 2011 US Census, nearly two in three (64 percent) African American children live in father-absent homes. However, we know all fathers are not absent. Society would have us to believe that black fathers are either in jail or on drugs and are no good to the community. The Black Father Perspective is a collaboration of men who have come together to give voice to a population that is often overlooked and underappreciated.

At Heathrow airport, a hired assassin is boarding a plane to Paris. On the same plane is young Uzma Rafiq, heading for a new life with her French lover. The passengers carry identical suitcases, but their motives for traveling to the European city couldn’t be further apart. When they accidentally pick up the wrong luggage on arrival, a deadly series of events is set in motion. As a sinister twist brings them together, they will dictate each other’s destinies. Against a backdrop of The City of Lights, who will survive?

Fire: Elements of Horror, Book Three, is the third in a series of four horror anthologies based on the Elements. You will find a variety of stories from some of the best independent horror writers on the scene today. Feel the heat in tales of fire spirits, evil possessions, psychotic murderers, and much more.

Eric Slater returns from the Navy to find that his childhood friend may have been murdered. Angela Jeffries begs him to investigate, and Maggie, the little sister he barely remembers, wants to help. It turns out, the stunning redhead is one hell of an investigator. As their feelings turn romantic, Maggie and Slater follow a trail of deception and murder, hoping to prove their dead friend innocent of what they fear most. No one is safe, and the men involved will stop at nothing to cover their tracks.

It's the turn of the millennium, and China is evolving. At the center of the dynamic change is the vibrant hub of Shanghai, a melting pot of cultures and businesses; a place of luck, fortune, and chance. In awe of the homes in which these strange people live, the housekeeper Li Yang gets to know the families who she's working with. What the Westerners don't know is that in addition to her unusual working life, Li Yang has a turbulent home life, with her own son hiding things from her.

There is something quite special about this fine collection of tales of terror from the Sceptered Isle, each and every one crafted in the dead of the night by twisted, fevered minds, who have brought the darkest denizens of the blackest shadows crawling and slithering to life to terrify those brave souls amongst you who dare to listen.

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again, to get there. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine competition. They brought back a battle cruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they, ultimately, founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.

People don't know what to expect as the rather aloof Reverend Matthews descends upon his unfamiliar parish. Nevertheless, he is welcomed with open arms. But after discovering a journal left by his predecessor, the clergyman begins to wonder what secrets lie behind the seemingly innocent lives of his congregation. The Bishop's unexpected arrival has the vicar questioning his own past and a cloud descends upon his religious beliefs, bringing chaos to both himself and the townsfolk.

The year is 1985, and O' Hare's Travelling Circus is touring the country. Their spectacular acts mesmerize audiences everywhere with entertaining clowns, high-flying acrobats, a muscular strongman, and a daredevil motorcycle stuntman, to name a few. They also have Psychic Sheila - resident fortune-teller and agony aunt - who stumbles through life, one disastrous romantic interlude at a time. Of course, no close-knit group would be complete without its fair share of secrets and who better to uncover them than Sheila, with her sixth sense and natural nose for a good mystery.

For more than a century, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was a potential Jack the Ripper suspect. He was a sinister character, preying on the unfortunate souls who were forced to make a living as streetwalkers in Victorian London, and ultimately led those poor women to an untimely and torturous death. These crimes eventually branded him the 'Lambeth Poisoner'.

This seaside town holds more secrets than you could ever imagine. Grace and Dick Thomas are the proud owners of the Sandybank Guest House, a pristine establishment set in a prime location overlooking the beach. Tourists come and go all year round, enjoying the beautiful setting and their host's wonderful culinary skills. However, the permanent residents of this pretty coastal town cause net curtains to flutter and tongues to wag with their myriad of secrets and tales to be told.

Olive and Geoffrey are happier than ever. After moving to the countryside to bring up their three young children, they are welcomed with open arms by the friendly and helpful residents of the chocolate-box village. But beyond the veil of rhododendrons and net curtains, there is something more. Just as Olive is settling in and starting to integrate with the community, she finds out that all is not as it first seemed. As her discoveries become more and more sinister, Olive begins to fear for her own sanity...and has to make choices that will decide the fate of her family.

Steve Launse thought God was a device that drove humans to achieve. We advanced because we needed to believe. We had to believe, and thus we grew. We created God, who created us. Then, one day, the government knocked at his door and handed him a blank check. "You can prove your theory," they said. "I don't play with human emotions," he said. They answered, "We are not talking about humans." Decisions. A blank check. No restraint. No limits. What does one do?

The very profitable pharmaceutical behemoth Forever Life, Inc. was ready to start Human trials using a new wonder drug that was going to liberate the world. Every disease known - cured. Every handicap or birth defect - eliminated. You don't like your hair texture? Your eye color? Skin color? Height? One small pill taken at night, a short drug induced coma, and several days later - a new you. The problem was that Pete feared this new pill would lead to the extinction of humankind.

Karen Bechard, UN Agent, thought the flight from the US to Europe was going to be routine. It was in mid flight where everything turned ugly. A man hyped on some highly addictive drug goes zombie flesh eating berserk. People die, people get hurt, and then no one to fly the plane. What is an agent to do? And, that was the easy part of the day, of which was turning out to be a Four Horsemen trampling humanity scenario and Karen had to be on her A-game.