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It all started with a simple, yet sneakily difficult challenge from global best-selling author Harlan Coben: Pick a bird of prey, then use it as the inspiration for a brand-new story. The response from some of the best writers on the planet: Game on! The result: Eleven stories that are twisty, scary, surprising and bursting with imagination. An egg worth more than its weight in gold. A mysterious operative known only as Owl. An eagle-watcher who sees more than she should. Even a story that somehow places the Maltese Falcon in a nursing home.

Recent research shows that when you understand and activate your positive personality traits, you become more resilient, manage stress better, and find greater fulfillment in life. In The Power of Character Strengths: Appreciate and Ignite Your Positive Personality, you'll be expertly guided by leading authorities through your 24 strengths. You'll soon see all the ways these strengths are your best-kept secret for boosting your well-being. Discover how to appreciate what's best in you and champion strengths in the people you care about most.

It can take a lifetime to learn the intricacies and minutia of firearms, but law enforcement officers are expected to possess this knowledge their first day on the job. What is the solution to this problem? The easiest method is to cheat and get the knowledge in bulk from someone who has already spent a lifetime learning about guns. Beyond Basic Firearms Safety gives the listener all the tips and tricks that Robert Ryan has picked up over the decades while working with guns as a firearms journalist, hunter, and all-around gun troubleshooter.

It was a killer year for horror fiction of the harder kind. Authors, editors, and publishers presented readers with some startling works of horrific imagination, stories graphic in the extreme yet with subtleties suggesting larger meanings, tales that explore humanity by plumbing depths of soulless inhumanity and, in some cases, outright depravity. The stories here represent the best of them, disturbing tales that dig deep and take you into the dark heart of horror itself, unrelenting and unapologetic.

Until very recently, no society had seen marriage as anything other than a conjugal partnership: a male-female union. What Is Marriage? identifies and defends the reasons for this historic consensus and shows why redefining civil marriage as something other than the conjugal union of husband and wife is a mistake. Originally published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, this book’s core argument quickly became the year’s most widely read essay on the most prominent scholarly network in the social sciences.

In today’s high-strung, overly sensitive world, it is hard to find practical advice. This is why Robert Ryan has taken the liberty of compiling this volume of hunting wisdom that cuts to the quick about everything a hunter might need to know, but can’t generally get a straight answer on. If you are having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that you hate elk hunting or don’t know the proper method for stealing your friend’s boat, this volume can help.

Learning how to be independent is hard, and you’ll certainly encounter problems along the way. But the key is to remember that you can solve these problems—and you can be one step ahead of the game by knowing what to expect and being prepared for the curveballs life throws at you—with the help of this easy-to-understand book!

Imagine Monty Python writes horror...Welcome to the wonderfully horrific world of Bizarro - that dark, forbidding corner of the horror genre where absolutely anything goes and one may delve into the farthest recesses of the authors' warped imaginations. Prepare yourself, dear listener, for a journey into the unknown reaches of terror, from which you can only hope you will return with your sanity intact...

Best-selling author Robert E. Quinn ( Deep Change, 90,000 copies sold) and his son, Ryan Quinn, show through personal experience and scientific research how anyone can become a positive force in any situation through a proven method to increase his or her level of influence and effectiveness.

It’s 1998, and a small group of Montana teenagers are rapidly stumbling toward their high school graduation. As the boys wile away their last days of real youth, they have no concerns and their only goal is to continue as they always have: drinking, stealing, and having a good time. As graduation day approaches, the boys come to realize that the juvenile games they have been playing have very real consequences in the grownup world.

Welcome to SBAtalk a podcast created by the "Small Business Advisers." We bring you practical tips and insightful advice from industry experts and successful business owners on how to overcome the challenges of running a business especially during an economic downturn. Join us to learn about management, marketing, customer service, and more. Our aim is to empower you to take control of your business and build a sustainable future. Tune in for strategies to combat recession and thrive as a small business owner.

Each man recognizes the shortcomings in his friend’s life without acknowledging the problems in his own—until Jake saves a mutual childhood friend in a roadside gunfight. Upon reflection, the two men determine that the most expedient way to right the wrongs in their mediocre lives is to rob a local insurance company. As their scheme unfolds, problems arise when the vengeful family of the men Jake killed comes after him in pursuit of old-west style vigilante justice.

With this second edition of Field Tests, the Ryan brothers share their experiences with more than a dozen new cartridges, lots of new equipment, and the tales that go along with them. Since the first edition, they’ve been spending a lot of time in the field, at the range, and in the reloading room. This audiobook includes all the cartridges from the first edition with plenty more added, along with tips on packing out game, suggestions on becoming more active in shooting and hunting, and advice on how to avoid breaking expensive stuff.

Shining the light on Kayak fishing content creators.

All things must come to an end, and Bat Poe is nearing his. Retired to Montana, Bat is finding his twilight years to be something of a drag. Most of Bat’s friends, coworkers, and even enemies have passed away.

Some guys just can’t relax in a rocking chair, even if they should. Bat Poe and Fran Gomez haven’t been cops for a long time, but that’s not making their lives any safer. Bare moments away from retiring from their sunset positions in the insurance industry, Bat and Fran find themselves mired in yet another narcotics trafficking investigation.

What should you do if you find out your next-door neighbor is an alien? Richard Johnson, a college student, just spent his last dime on food, lost his wealthy girlfriend, and had his bike stolen. To add to his misery, he returns to his apartment where he runs into his strange neighbor.

If you are a bride or groom searching for inside tips on how to make your dream wedding day come to life, you are in the right place! From the pros behind Bustld, we bring you the ultimate wedding planning podcast, Every Day I’m Bustlin’. Every other Tuesday, husband-wife team and co-founders, Ryan and Samie Roberts, sit down to laugh, chat, and guide you through all things wedding planning. All brides and all grooms planning a wedding can tag along to learn how to make all of the big and small choices for your big day. From first steps to planning a wedding to the day-of details to where ...

Clyde Vallon has managed to carve out what he considers to be his own little piece of heaven in rural Montana. He only has to go into town once a month and usually only has to speak to one person during the trip. To the outside observer it might sound like Clyde is merely frittering away a lonely life, but it suits him right down to the ground. Everything changes when Clyde has the poor luck to get pulled over by two clumsy cops and meets a judge with far too many idle hours.

The L.A. riots have been called the city’s darkest hour. April 29th, 1992 is a day when a career police officer like Bat Poe should be trying to quell the civil unrest, but he’s got private problems to deal with. As the city burns, Bat and his long-time partners Fran Gomez and Derek Doyle are out to find a Colombian cartel boss who has targeted Bat’s family. Follow the boys through the chaos of L.A. under siege and see the riots and law enforcement from a wholly new perspective.