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In Lagos, Nigeria, in 2018 a talented hacker, Nick Okafor from the notorious hacker group Yaba47, seems to have it all in the dark world of bitcoin currency. He starts to have second thoughts on where his allegiance lies, after a change of heart, and growing conscience he gets out of the hacker organization and goes underground from his former group. Now he's back to shut down the infamous hacker empire he helped build with only his intellect, and a swiss army knife of hacker tools. The odds are against him, but if anyone can persevere, it’s Nick!

Four friends grew up together and now it's the first week, first year of high school for three of them! And one is a senior with a promising football career! Tre, Divine, Nick, and Brandon are all young men now! They were from poor to middle class neighborhoods. They were a tight crew. Tre guided them, kept them out of trouble, but the first week of high school almost turns tragic when Brandon gets attacked by a bully.

Believe you can, and you will! This is a brief story of how a veteran security professional and cyber influencer George McPherson got into cybersecurity.

Distracted by the everyday routine of raising children, being a wife, and keeping a home, Lorraine Morrissey let life pass her by. Her wake up call comes when she realizes that with their children gone, her husband Richard is rarely home, and she’s filling her solitary days with trivial tasks. A crazy idea to save her marriage leads to a summer beach vacation unlike any she’s ever taken - one that involves unknowingly buying a haunted house.

In a drunken gambling loss, Lord Markham promises his sister Lady Augusta to the Duke of Yorkton, a man of vast wealth who can pay off the family's gambling debts. Lord Howe, the Duke’s younger brother, has met Lady Augusta several times, and their attraction is mutual. He begs the Duke to forget Lady Augusta, but the Duke, a heartless rake, refuses.

Are you looking for adventure and new levels of personal growth and fulfillment? Is deeper, richer love in your sights? Are you seeking greater calm and inner peace in a busy world buzzing around you? After completing this transformational book, you will find yourself getting better results in all areas of your life without even trying. Download now and let the journey begin.

A visionary retelling of the story of the Tower of Babel...More than a century after the worldwide flood, Noah, now the forefather of the living world, works peacefully in his vineyard until tragedy tears apart his relationship with his son, Ham. Years later, dark prophetic dreams inextricably link him with a young man carrying scars from a painful past, and a young woman who longs for acceptance yet harbor secrets darker than either of them imagine.

Rachel is a young single mother living with her son, Tristan, on a lake - remote, nearly inhospitable. She does what she has to do to keep them alive. But soon, and unexpectedly, Tristan will have to live alone, his youth unprotected and rough. The wild, open place that is all he knows will be overrun by strangers - strangers inhabiting the lodge that has replaced his home, strangers who make him fight, talk, and even love, when he doesn't want to.

James M. McPherson, who has led countless tours of Gettysburg over the years, reflects on the meaning of the battle, describes the events of those terrible three days in July 1863, and places the struggle in the greater context of American and world history. Along the way, he intersperses stories of his own encounters with the place over several decades, as well as debunking several popular myths about the battle itself.

Everyone wants their life to count. We all wish we could make a difference in a hurting world. The good news is that we can. Despite our own brokenness (and, in fact, because of it) each of us can be Jesus's hands and feet on Earth, reaching out to others in real and profound ways. With powerful true stories, illustrations from the life of Christ, and specific activities for readers to engage, DO Something! is a hopeful and practical book that shows how to live out faith in a way that improves people's lives.

Aimee Semple McPherson (October 9, 1890 - September 27, 1944), also known as Sister Aimee, was a Canadian-American, Los Angeles-based evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s. She founded the Foursquare Church. McPherson has been noted as a pioneer in the use of modern media, especially radio, and was the second woman to be granted a broadcast license. She used radio to draw on the growing appeal of popular entertainment in North America and incorporated other forms into her weekly sermons at Angelus Temple. This is a recording of one of her sermons.

Ms. Ladybug and Mr. Honeybee: A Love Story at the End of Time tells the story of a ladybug and a honeybee who find each other after losing their entire families to the poisonous fogs the humans are spraying. The unlikely duo pursues a safe haven from the poisonous fog and are aided by lightning bugs, a mysterious dragonfly, and even cockroaches along the adventure of a lifetime. They encounter doubting ticks, denying termites, and a slug desperately resigned to his fate along their way.

Included in this volume: "Watson!" by Captain A. E. Dingle; The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace, by G. F. Forrest; The Stolen Cigar-Case, by Bret Harte; The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes, by O. Henry; and Mr. Raffles Holmes, by John Kendrick Bangs.

When a new family moves in next door, it takes Anna just two days to realise something is very wrong. She can hear their five-year-old daughter Charlie crying, then sees injuries on the little girl which cannot be ignored. Anna reports the family to the police and social services but when no one comes to Charlie's aid, Anna understands that she is alone with her fears for the child's life. So when Charlie comes to her door asking for help, the only thing Anna can think to do is take the girl and run.

Recently divorced and trying to make sense of her new life, Anne takes her daughter, Aida, on an overnight bushwalk in the moody wilderness of Wilsons Promontory. In a split second, Aida disappears, and a frantic Anne scrambles for help. Some of the emergency trackers who search for Aida already doubt Anne's story. Nearly two years later and still tormented by remorse and grief, Anne is charged with her daughter's murder. Witnesses have come forward offering evidence which points to her guilt.

Chrissy, a journalism lecturer struggling to re-enter the workforce after maternity leave, stumbles upon a decades-old mystery that could be her ticket back into the career she loves. A photograph of four young women in ski wear, taken in the Snowy Mountains in 1980, leads her to a chilling double-murder case that was never solved.

Creating and sticking to new refreshing habits can often seem daunting, especially when found in some of the oddest places in life. This guide is meant to help maintain your grace through sticky transition seasons by revealing tips to mastering the ability to find focus amid chaos.

Just 5 minutes a day can change your work life and your crew. This is a book of positive actions you take, one per day, over the next 31 days to create your personal 31-Day Workforce Turnaround. You know you can only control your actions. You know that your attitude each day and your interactions with your workforce will set and determine the tone for the day.

You are cordially invited to participate in my absurd but heartfelt attempt to help save this nation from corruption, stupidity, and evil beings of one sort or another. No Common Sense is a genre-bending political satire-based update of Founding Father Thomas Paine’s original Common Sense.

This personable author of My Teachable Moments demonstrates her excellence as a values-driven educator as she commits to guiding fellow educators to experience the classroom environment of their dreams. Filled with firsthand accounts and techniques to use to instill values in the classroom, this book will guide you to be an educator who helps your students become more kind, more empathetic, and more resilient to everyday stress.