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An estimated 36 million Chinese men, women, and children starved to death during China's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early '60s. One of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, the famine is poorly understood, and in China is still euphemistically referred to as "the three years of natural disaster". As a journalist with privileged access to official and unofficial sources, Yang Jisheng spent 20 years piecing together the events that led to mass nationwide starvation, including the death of his own father.

Honest and direct presentation of the theological view and movement called Preterism. Preterism advocates that the end times occurred in the year AD 70. Often called by different titles such as covenant eschatology, full Preterism, or hyper-Preterism, this view is unpacked for the listener not only to know, but understand its adoption and effects.

Artificial Intelligence isn't coming. A.I. is here now. This book explores A.I. from the inside out. From the early days of college bulletin boards (BBSes), and MOOS and MUDS to the ChatGPT of today that pumps out content to consume including entire books. This book is completely human-created. It may be the last of its kind on A.I. Learn the history, the present, and future of A.I. in an understandable way and how it will affect you.

Finally the End of Debate book when it comes to preterism. Okay, not really since debate never ends. But this audiobook version of the third book in the series on preterism is sure to be a great addition to your collection. Huh? WTH is preterism you ask? Simply put, it is the belief that Jesus already came back and that he predicted he would come back in the first century.

A deep-dive look at how new generations are not a continuance of previous generations but have sworn off the common bonds that held generations together. It is not about old people dying so much is it is about how the traditions, the mindset, even the shared generational values of previous generations no longer are part of new generations.

Forest Living in central Florida is the real Florida. The longleaf pine and live oak forests make up more of Florida than the white sand beaches and Disney World. If you want to understand what real Florida looks like, this book is for you.

No dials or buttons to push. This time traveling adventure is not made-for-movies, but rather is as close to reality of quantum physics as you're going to get. After receiving a strange homemade book full of newspaper clippings that go back to the 1800s, our ghost hunting protagonist finds himself in the middle of a dilemma; risk it all or play it safe.

This is the true story of a WW 2 cargo pilot who returns to help the United States develop its first satellites launched into space, but more than that, it is an account of human ambition, accomplishment, and dreams. Follow the exciting history of the beginning of the US space program including the International Space Station, all the while thinking of and seeing a perspective beyond.

RV adventures of two adoptee siblings as they explore the new world of reunion. From their home in Central Florida, surrounded by the Ocala Forest and horse ranches, everything goes well until the world interrupts.  

A realistic and honest assessment of historical events and situations as it relates to first and indigenous people of Africa, Australia, and other regions of the planet Earth. 

One man's life almost lost to the dustbin of history saved by a quick thinking auction-goer. WW2 cargo pilot in the China-Burma-India theater goes onto provide amazing contributions to NASA. What history are you overlooking in your own attic? 

A poetic yet first-person survival experience. Feel like you are there. Feel like you are the survivor in a hostile, alien world. Know what it is like to wonder if you will wake up tomorrow or not. This seems a choose-your-own-adventure in real-time. You become the story and story becomes your own. 

An historical and hypothetical survey of revolution, civil war, and sedition. Tracing the causes of government overthrow from the beginning of humanity to 2019, this book has enough meat for the political scientist and political junkie alike yet easy-to-listen for the curious. Its contents will prompt further investigation or at least a good cynical knee-jerk.

Exploration of everything we believe and why. Cutting to the heart of our actions. Touching our nerves and soul until the scab is a scar and part of who we are; a birthmark onto the real us. But not too heady, not too vague to understand, rather right there where we all exist every day of our lives. Answering the questions we have in our quiet moments away from the chaos of living. The Universe is a book for all believers and unbelievers of anything and everything and nothing.

Historical Christianity -- The Ancient Communal Faith is not merely another theology book but is the book you've been waiting for to cut through all the platitudes and self-serving egotism you have experienced when trying to understand the history of the Christian Faith. You may have spent your entire life trying to find "the truth", or you are just beginning to look into this religion thing. 

Follow four tentmates lives as they join the military from their hometowns, train to fly a variety of planes, and travel to India, where they are stationed for three years of their lives. This book isn't about combat, but rather about humans and their struggles and accomplishments. Compiled from preserved documents and photographs, this book and the two before it recount the daily situation of being a C-47 pilot in World War II.

More than Trump explores the phenomenal support and following of Donald Trump and how that following existed before him and will continue after him. Trump is merely the lightning rod for the ideas and policies of Americans that want to maintain a lifestyle outlined in the founding documents.

La conexión con el Universo es diferente de atribuirla a alguna religión o filosofía. No necesitas aprender ninguna liturgia ni principios morales, ni axioma proverbial. El Universo existe sin la declaración de nadie ni la devoción de nadie, ni el reconocimiento de nadie.

This is the third book in a series about adoptees finding themselves in a world full of misdirection and intentional obfuscation. But, more than that, a saga of love and life as it grows before you—the listener. With a backdrop of motorhome adventures, accompany reunited adoptees as they explore the universe, the visible and invisible world before us all.

Book two of the examination of the theological end-times view called preterism. What happens after a person adopts a very radical worldview? Does it affect their daily lives? Paired with book one, About Preterism, this book continues the discussion and discovery of the 21st century's newest eschatology. Follow along as the author unpacks every premise and every conclusion to understanding preterism and the affects of preterism.