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This murder mystery involves five friends that decide to go out for a long night of club hopping. But when the night comes to an end, only four friends make it home and a terrible fate was left for the fifth friend. The next morning a gruesome discovery is made and the police have a twisted case on their hands. The friends pin the blame on one another and it's left up to detective Neverson to uncover what truly happened that night. The story follows each friend's experience that night and many obstacles are awaiting the police.

Why do military commanders fail at crucial moments of their careers? Robert Pois and Philip Langer, one a historian, the other an educational psychologist, study seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitler’s invasion of Russia. While the authors recognize the value of psychological theorizing, they do not believe that one method can cover all the individuals, battles, or campaigns under examination. Instead, they judiciously take a number of psycho-historical approaches in hope of shedding light on the behaviors of commanders during war.

In “Holy Ghost,” Stephan Walker Jr. weaves a poignant tale of resilience, redemption, and the complexities of family. Follow Jamal, a young musician grappling with the life-altering news of his impending surgery. As he navigates the challenges of his health, creativity, and a broken past, he confronts unexpected truths about his mother, who abandoned him years ago.

Death Valley is a remote desert area located in eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert region, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in all of North America. Badwater, a basin located within the Valley, is the specific point of the lowest elevation, at 282 feet below sea level. This area is only 84 miles east-south-east of Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,497 feet. One of the most interesting and challenging mysteries of Death Valley is the sliding rocks at 'Racetrack Playa' (a playa is a dry lake bed).

In The Revenge of the Foxes, Ak Welsapar crafts a moving and darkly humorous narrative set in a Moscow hospital during the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Through the lives of young patients awaiting heart surgery, Welsapar explores love, loss, and the human desire to cling to life amidst uncertainty. The contrasting characters—a poetic Turkmen, a Stalinist with a mechanical heart, and the ill-fated Mary—represent a clash between the “robotic” future and soulful resilience, embodying the struggles of a generation on the brink of change.

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Over 70 percent of Earth is covered in water, yet over 80 percent of that water remains unexplored. There are currently over 10 billion people on Earth, but terrestrial humans are only aware of those who live on land. The other three billion humans took a decidedly different evolutionary path, adapting to live in the largest combined area on the planet–the water.

In River Sunday, a Chesapeake harbor town, a fierce fire burns a popular retired doctor to death in the church he has been constructing. His grandson, who has just returned home as a vet crippled from war, suspects murder, but has no idea who would want to kill the old man.

Ivy, a Los Angeles real estate agent plagued with self-doubts thanks to an overbearing mogul father, is assaulted by two avatars in a metaverse called Rabbit World owned by her husband Orion. Traumatized, she refuses to sell property in Rabbit World, believing the metaverse is unsafe.

Come along the sensual journey of the 20th century in Hookups, Hiccups, and Happenstances! Follow Butch down an exciting rabbit hole traveling from the Playboy Club to the sultry seas of the Bahamas and anywhere libidos are high and bras optional. A linked tale of pleasures across thirteen short stories set in the 1960s and 1970s, Hookups, Hiccups, and Happenstances takes you back to an era experimenting with free love and the reimagining of monogamy. A time when women were breaking barriers in the culture and the bedroom.

In this 3rd mystery of the series, tracker/cartographer Mitch Holland and treasure hunter Rod Florea find themselves on Mt. Whitney (California), highest mountain in the contiguous USA. It is there that they come to the aid of two teenagers who are looking for hidden Spanish Gold. An old map purchased at a yard sale turns out to be quite authentic, and the 16th century pirate tale that gives the map that authenticity is indeed a bone-chilling account.

Everyone is a character in somebody's story, but not everyone finds out they are. Things get complicated when Sherlock Holmes can't prove he's real. We thought we lived in 21st-century London, but when everything around us turned into that Victorian cesspool on the pages of the Strand Magazine, it was clear the evil genius was not Moriarty. It was a doctor with a silly moustache.

In the heart of a vibrant community, there lies a mega size Pentecostal Holiness church by the name of "Get Right Outreach Center"-(GROC). It is here where we meet our protagonist, a young black man who is deeply devoted to his faith and serves as the choir director. He is beloved by his church family, but lately, he has begun to question the teachings of his community. The church's doctrine preaches that only members of their church are children of God, and this belief has been causing turmoil within him.

Leadership is not merely a position; it is a profound journey of self-mastery and influence. Embrace the notion that every decision, every interaction, and every challenge you encounter shapes not only your leadership style but also the trajectory of those who follow your guidance. In "Good Job" the enlightening book from the team at The Success Basics, you will gain the inspiration and motivation you need to grow and become a stronger more effective person.

When linguist Jack Dempsey’s briefcase vanishes inside a luxury hotel, it seems like an ordinary—if maddening—theft. But this isn’t just about lost paperwork. The briefcase held a replica of a newly discovered stone tablet—one that could change everything we think we know about human history.

Occlusion, a modern sea story explores the complex relationship of a young man coming of age, a captain, a lover and the first woman with whom he learns intimacy. Henry a student readying a small sailboat to navigate his way to England to meet his college lover, meets an old sea captain. A relationship evolves which, in ways unfathomable will change his life.

Jack Rabbit and his new inamorata Roxie Malone aim to get their hands on a rare pearl dubbed the Snatchgrab, but David Fuzz, epitome of evil, throws them zingers every step of the way. Fuzz is a mean man, bad through and through, and in their journey across an unforgiving desert populated with weirdos and dreams, Jack and Roxie will have to battle him and his minions to save their skins, and fulfill the inexorable call of Fate herself. A call that will draw out ancient secrets, horrible violence, and a crooked hope.

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A modern Huckleberry Finn, 17° 44' 11" N / 64° 44' 10" W, chronicles the time of two young teenagers from completely different lives, Henri, son of a wealthy senator and Duval, a poor but resourceful Islander from the depths of the Caribbean and their unbelievable adventure falling head first into the world of drug runners, kidnapping and the wildest excitement any young boy coming of age might imagine.