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Aiden devoted 30 years of his life to the NYPD wherein he worked aggressively as a street cop and homicide detective. Friends and colleagues affectionately dubbed him "The Hammer". His retirement from the NYPD was a bittersweet turning point in his life. In 2015, Aiden decided to retire and live a quiet life with his wife, Alexis, in the fictional small town of Hill Valley, Tennessee. What began as a quiet and seemingly perfect retirement quickly turns into a world filled with rage and grief as a result of the brutal murder of Aiden’s wife by his neighbour’s son, Taylor.

A mountain that fills the horizon, a dream that becomes a nightmare, a woman in search of her forgotten past and a king looking for his future: These separate but related parts are all brought together when a stranger appears in their midst, asking for help. As the story unfolds, the landscape and its inhabitants come to life with the tale moving slowly toward its inevitable climax.

Bloodlines: Harsh Fate is a fantasy set on the continent of Mataan, a land originally inhabited by humans, elves, and dwarves, for the most part. A many-decade-long war with a race of people from across the ocean, known as Krakons, has defeated the original races and taken over the lands of Mataan. The human race has been assimilated into Krakon society as a slave class, with a few scattered to wild lands in the northwest, now called the Outlaw Kingdom.

Jesus at 29: Exemplary Virtues of an Ordinary Man will take you to a simpler time when Jesus was allowed to be just a good man, good father, good son, good boss, and a good teacher. His message of inclusiveness was not well-received among his peers at the time. Yet, it was central to his core doctrine. It is as relevant today as it was 2000 years ago.

Born to privilege, Tess Johnson has it all–beauty, brains and a loving family. But even the beautiful people can have their problems. Tess is cruelly expelled from Australia’s most prestigious public school, and her problems are only just beginning.…

Life According to Brian chronicles 44 stories of mishap and misadventure of a scale unparalleled in modern man. Disguised in comedy to protect the seriously guilty, the story follows Brian’s escapades traversing the world and captures not only the lunacy of life but the luck involved in avoiding one’s own death.

A man, an amputee, a dual amputee, wanders the West alone on half of a foot to discover what life has to offer. He takes off, running the only way he still knows how, in a car. A car procured from selling his prosthetic leg (the expensive one) on eBay.

Heartscapes explores "the greater love" we see in people and the world around us. The "heart" poems are the prayers of a contemplative set in the context of a long life that has known tragedy and suffering as well as love and many friendships.

We are all searching for something…for answers…for love…or God perhaps. (Many would say for happiness.) Or could it be for those precious unexpected moments when life hovers pain-free…life’s "cameos"? As for the enigmatic Giulia, her search to uncover family truths finds her caught between two colliding worlds, or maybe three or four. Where exactly does she fit in? Should she speak of what she discovers?

Miles Maskell has lived a varied and adventurous life, and has travelled widely as amply demonstrated in his anecdotes. He has been a City of London wine merchant, owned two restaurants and a champagne bar, and eventually created a company letting top-of-the-range properties in southern France on behalf of their owners. Written as a lighthearted and easy-to-listen series of anecdotes, this is his autobiography and recounts some of the more entertaining experiences of his life to date, as well as a number of amusing incidents encountered by his relations and closest friends.

Michael is a maggot, and he is mad! Really mad! Like when Mum found your “art” on the wall mad. Deep in the dark of the compost bin, a storm is brewing, and something smells a bit off.

Entrepreneur, politician and philanthropist Dinesh Dhamija emerged from the recession-hit streets of 1970s West London to create, build, and sell Ebookers–one of the world’s premier travel agencies and a pioneer in the millennial dot com boom, earning himself a £100 million fortune.

Is it time the Cuban government acknowledged Virgilio Piñera’s contribution to the island’s literary canon and apologised for the way it treated the writer? What is the linguistic future of the next Latin American generation? Throughout this audiobook, I will attempt to answer these and other questions.

Football is a game that is loved throughout the world at every level. It’s a game that is all-encompassing whether it be the enjoyment of a kick about in the local park or the magnificent spectacle of a World Cup final. Well, this is a football story that lies somewhere between those two extremes, and to be honest more towards the bottom end of the spectrum.

Here is the story of a man’s life that has been riddled and ruffled with emotionally unstable personality disorder. Despite spending a considerable part of his life at various rehabilitation facilities, Eugene’s life was largely marred with crazy-bound incidences. He was a convicted drug dealer with a history of violence. His case was so bad that he even attacked his dad with a claw hammer. He was everything you could think of when it came to drugs and crime. However, from the lowest depths of a mentally unstable man, Eugene rose to become one of the UK’s finest chefs.

The story is set in June 1952 and describes one week of action between Tom, 8-years-old, and his Aunt Siobhan, 18-years-old, who looks after him while his parents are forced to leave home. An unexpected event enables them to holiday in Kent, where exciting adventures befall them both.

The audiobook is about two neighbors who live in houses separated by a fence with a gate in it. It was there before either of them moved in. The gate provides easy access between the two properties. One of the neighbours is an ex-war vet who lives alone, and is struggling with life and relationships after his combat experiences. The other property houses a family: a bank manager and his wife.

The Blighted Road is a 17th-century story of two women’s harrowing journeys through plague and a brutal witch-hunt. Orla, renowned healer and mid-wife in rural England, confronts stillbirths and a mysterious, deadly sickness afflicting her community. The local superstitious people suspect these sinister events are the actions of the Devil.

Born in 1945 in Middlesbrough, the author lived a life of struggle in an overcrowded house with a large family. His younger years were sometimes tough, but there were many highlights as well. He lost his virginity at the age of 12 and from then on was never starved of sex. He started an allotment with his father, bought the first of many pigs at the age of 13, and joined the Young Farmers Club, as he had become hooked on farming. He left school at 15 and began a career in farming.

If you had the pleasure of meeting Martha right this minute, you would think that she is a wonderful little old lady with an infectious smile and a warm heart. And you would be right in thinking that, too.