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Burma oozes greed, corruption, and hope. When an Air Force X-37B mini-space shuttle mysteriously crash lands along the China-Burma border, the Department of Homeland Security tags contractor Gar Randolph to get it back. India and China deploy special forces to do the same. Gar assembles a most unusual team to find the wreckage and carry its top secret components back to Siam. Included is the last person on earth the US government would want on the mission: a drug lord named Ar Phat. On a converging vector is a missionary nutritionist with six Rohingya orphans.

Spirit senser Ann Kinnear is back on Mount Desert Island, Maine, to take part in a documentary with her colleague and competitor, Garrick Masser. The topic? The recent death of Leo Dorn, head of the Stata Mater research lab, who fell from a cliffside trail on his wife’s estate. Ann has barely unpacked before Dorn’s hiking partner and fellow researcher Shelby Kim disappears, and now Ann wonders if Leo’s fall really was an accident. Will Ann overcome hell and high water to plumb the depths of Mount Desert Island’s secrets, or will this be her fall from grace?

A bicycling and travel audiobook like no other. It offers an entertaining and inspirational listen for all audiences. It tells the story of a 66-year-old grandfather who has never ridden a bicycle for more than a few miles at a time and sets out to ride a bicycle from one coast of the United States to the other. He does this ride by himself with no one along for company and no one following along when things go wrong.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? Greater Than a Tourist- Zakynthos Island, Zante, Greece by Senka Lazarevic Reynolds offers the inside scoop on Zakynthos Island. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

As the Breedline species - a race of humans born with special powers and the gift to change into wolf form - finally destroy Dr. Hubert Crane and his unholy creation of Breedline hybrids, they are faced with something far more dangerous...and deadly. When widespread reports of gruesome attacks on homeless victims sweep across Berkeley, California and the San Francisco Bay area, two local human detectives are desperate to catch whoever is responsible. But they are not prepared for what they discover when they encounter three malevolent supernatural beings called the Fury.

'Darling, I have been promoted and they’ve asked us to move abroad!' That’s what I dreamed of: adventure, change, freedom...but now? Really? Right now? I’m not ready, I’m not organised, the kids, me, us and everything that goes with it.... How do I know if this is the right decision? If these questions resonate, this book is for you. While Florence’s experience is as unique as yours is or will be, our questions and fears are often the same. Florence’s personal reflections will guide you and open you to new and different ways of thinking and acting for your life abroad.

Did you know that Maryland’s unofficial nickname is “America in Miniature”? In its 10,460 square miles of land, there is a lot of variety packed into this Mid-Atlantic state. Are you surprised that 450 species of birds have been documented in the Old-Line State? Do you want to learn which birds are native to Maryland and those just passing through? If you want to know more about the answers to these questions, then this book is for you....

Eat Like a Local - Battle Creek, Michigan, by Sarah M M Phillips, offers the inside scoop on food in Battle Creek. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

In this book, you will discover advice on having a unique edible experience. This book will not tell you exact addresses or hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge of food and drinks from a local that you may not find in other travel food guides. Eat like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the food, people, and culture. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next culinary destination.

Eat Like a Local - Sacramento, by Emerald Jean, offers the inside scoop on food in the valley of Sacramento. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

In the chaos of World War II, a hidden artifact ignites an extraordinary journey through time and history. Will, Dez, Isaac, and Amy anticipated an ordinary summer until a chance discovery—a weathered comic book—catapulted them into a mystery that spanned generations. From the quaint streets of Cape Cod to the heart of wartime Europe, the four friends race to unravel the secrets hidden within the pages, their bond deepening with every clue.

Beautiful Stories of determination, drama, comedy, romance and triumph in a journey of choices, faith, and destiny. From the fear of a small cities LGBTQ community to the first Pride Festival in Northeast Texas. Based on a true story.

Why should any Jew in their right mind wish to consider or perhaps reconsider, Christianity from a different vantage point? It is a fair question. There are potentially many reasons. Intellectual honesty is an important one. This book seeks to explore alternative approaches to Christianity that permit Jews to consider it as something else besides idolatry without abandoning traditional Jewish theology.

Jason Crandall, recently widowed, is left to raise his young daughter and rebellious teenage son on his own - and the old Victorian in Shadow Springs seems like the perfect place for them to start over. But the cracks in Jason’s new world begin to show when he meets Savannah Sturgess, a beautiful socialite who has half the men in town dancing on tangled strings.

Through a granddaughter’s narrative, peek into the phenomenal triumphs that led to a “Gratitude Celebration”, a Thanksgiving tradition. The story centers on William Brewster, ancestor to many, father of the pilgrims and the nation, who perseveres through dividing issues of his era. Living in an oppressive state that deems him an outlaw, he must hide before indenturing himself to servitude. Knowing the suffering endured by the tiny fraction who lived to tell of the horrific sacrifices it took to survive in the New World, he shepherded his family onto the Mayflower.

Can you imagine three funny nerds that suddenly find themselves in another world populated with cyborg women?

Greater than a Tourist: Columbia, South Carolina, USA by author Cauwna Bowman offers the inside scoop on Columbia, South Carolina. You will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours, but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other smaller print travel books. Travel like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and culture. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

Mia, a girl with the ass that just won’t quit, finds herself catapulted into a new world. With Light's help, she will try her best to win a cruel, magical game. My name is Ly Yurimoto, and I’m a writer who’s gone slightly crazy. My series of Light novels aren’t what you would call conventional. If you’re the type of listeners who’s looking for princes on white horses, rescuing damsels in distress, and living happily ever after, my books are not for you.

A rollicking ride of a magical realist, coming-of-age story that explores sex and gender in ways that will have you laughing out loud. Be prepared to travel light with a somewhat murderous female protagonist en route across the country - where it's so hard to be a strong, violent, little ape girl - looking in all the wrong places for forever kinds of love.

Heather Fowler's fourth collection of fiction speaks to the language of need. Desperate, obsessive, even demented need is voiced by characters ill or ill-advised. From modern to historical, cyber to stalker, explicit to tender, the relationships in Elegantly Naked in My Sexy Mental Illness translate love and lust into disorder.