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It’s evident that policing is a problem. But what is the way best forward? In Beyond Policing, distinguished scholar and writer Philip V. McHarris reimagines the world without police to find answers and reveal how we can make police departments obsolete. Beyond Policing tackles thorny issues with evidence, including data and personal stories, to uncover the weight of policing on people and communities and the patterns that prove police reform only leads to more policing.

Children’s book author Amanda Reyes goes in for a simple surgery, but her death on the table lands her waking in Loch Ness, hundreds of years in the past. Struggling to shore, she’s immediately confronted by a band of goblins, fleeing into the arms of Night Watchman Alastair Grant.

Eighty-three year old Sam Davis has always wondered what happened to his high-school sweetheart. But instead of finding the means to track her down, he's stuck in an assisted living center, reliant on others around him. His grandson, Wyatt, questions Sam's memories, and it seems that he'll never find the answers he's been searching for. Anita Gifford, single mom in her mid-30s, is reluctant to spend community service hours at the assisted living center in their town. But her fourteen-year-old daughter Carly has to work off her school suspension.

Are you wondering if there is a more natural method to optimal wellness, one that doesn’t need clinical intervention or modern medicine? Have you tried alternative ways to improve your health only to end up disappointed because they weren’t as holistic as you thought? In ancient times, civilizations believed the universe was made up of cosmic energy—that there is a life force flowing through all walks of life and through every being on the planet. People of the past used this knowledge of energies and incorporated them into traditions that helped them gain a deeper understanding of themselves.

Martin Moone is 11 and completely fed up with being the only boy in a family of girls. He's desperate for a decent wingman to help him navigate his idiotic life. So when best mate Padraic suggests Martin get an imaginary friend - or IF for short - he decides to give it a go. His first attempt is Loopy Lou, a hyperactive goofball who loves writing rubbish rap songs. But Martin soon gets fed up with Lou and decides to trade in his IF for someone a little less wacky.

Tara's husband has never shared a fantasy with her, or even masturbated - that she knows of. However, this curious wife discovers a phone bill full of phone calls to sex lines and realizes her husband has been living a double life! Instead of getting mad, Tara's curiosity leads her to begin listening in on John's steamy conversations in hopes of finding out what he really wants in the bedroom.

HMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is the most celebrated craft afloat and one of the greatest technical achievements of the 20th century. In her construction and maintenance are involved almost every science, profession, and trade known to civilization. On her bridge stand officers, who besides being the pick of the Royal Navy, have passed rigid examinations in all studies pertaining to winds, tides, currents, navigation, and the geography of the sea.

Kenneth Washington shares his experiences, knowledge, and understanding of being raised by this warrior, trainer, father, mentor, man of God, friend, awesome person, and legend. Legendary Boxing Trainer George Washington is a great read; it will guide you to living life on life's terms and walking by faith not by sight. It takes you from childhood to manhood basic training to basic boxing skills leadership and the dedicated life of Brother George Washington.

The Healing Journey: A Guide to Self-Discovery is a compilation of health and wellness tools rooted in yoga and Ayurveda that V uses to live her life to this day. Cultivating inner peace is a passion only matched by the opportunities she has to share these tools with others. Blessings to you on your journey as you forge ahead with open eyes, a curious mind, and a compassionate heart. May you find peace within yourself to heal, to know that you deserve such self-care, and to let go of anything you no longer need to carry with you.

In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career...Neurology Rounds with the Maverick presents an authentic look inside some of the most complex, strange, and fascinating neurological cases of the last half-century of medicine. Listen it to appreciate the good, the bad, the terrible, and the densely human anecdotes that document the past and light the way for the future of medicine.

After accidentally killing a classmate as a child, a young woman goes on to experiment with murder, only killing those who deserve it - until even that isn't enough.

The purpose of this audiobook is to examine the relationship between the protein you eat and your ability to build muscle.

Captain of one of the world's megayachts, Michael Churchward was suddenly arrested and thrown into a Turkish prison for a crime he did not commit. This is the story of a man's journey through a labyrinth of injustice and corruption in two foreign countries and three despicable prisons, fighting for his life. A story of endurance, survival, and the human spirit.

Losing Time is captivating exploration of love, loss, and healing inspired by autobiographical elements where the echoes of a past love still resonate. Like a modern-day Scheherazade, the woman, cloaked by the foreboding night in the stillness of time, beckons her lost lover to hear her voice once more. In poetic prose and evocative poetry, she weaves their story through the tapestry of pain and emotional turmoil, seeking solace in shared experiences and a path toward closure.

Child psychologist Helena Gray was only doing her job when she reported the child abuse, but an enraged father chases her down on a lonely road, leading to the crash that has her waking on the shores of Loch Ness, hundreds of years in the past. Duncan is in the right place at the right time to witness Helena’s arrival in Loch Ness, and after rescuing her, he’s shocked to learn she’s from the future. Duncan teaches Helena about the nonhuman beings around the Loch and the darker truths around Urquhart Castle, yet neither are prepared for feelings that quickly develop between them.

A motivational journey into how to develop credibility based on trust, replace conflict with cooperation, and create success while remaining true to your values.

Look around you and think for a minute: Is America too crowded? For years, we have been warned about the looming danger of overpopulation: people jostling for space on a planet that's busting at the seams and running out of oil and food and land and everything else. It's all bunk. The population bomb never exploded. Instead, statistics from around the world make clear that since the 1970s, we've been facing exactly the opposite problem: people are having too few babies.

Hard-nosed former FBI analyst and current Private Investigator Helen Washington goes from plunging into a river while attempting a citizen’s arrest to waking up with pneumonia in 16th-century Scotland, with a very handsome Niall caring for her. After shaking her initial disbelief at the situation and meeting the other clan women who have come back in time, Helen begins to wander the keep grounds and explore Loch Ness.

Elena Cross is one dang good cop. She’s worked hard to establish herself in a male-driven world, but when she walks through a door and ends up in ancient Scotland, she’s forced to face a new reality in a place where women often don’t garner the same respect and the word witch is still used as an excuse to burn someone at the stake. Brendan Grant quickly finds himself falling for the feisty, beautiful redhead who came crashing into his world from the future.

At 10 years old, Hadley Dixon's life changed forever. Since those few tragic weeks, she's tried to keep the past buried, but old bones have a way of rising up. Grown now, Hadley can't hide any longer. Haunted by a boy who never made it home, a woman who sings in moonlight and dances in flames, and the strange, scarred recluse who watches it all from the shadow of the pines, the time has come for Hadley to pay for her sins.