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The beat of the music was thumping and vibrating in her skull. It was getting harder to walk straight, and he offered to take her back to her room. She should have said no. When she woke up, she didn’t remember much. All she knew was that her life would never be the same again. Ferris Hall was mutilated and left to bleed to death in his Valencia, California, motel room.

Do you believe that a drought of the land which causes many people to die of famine or a drought of the human soul that affects the lives of those nearest to him/her is more devastating? Can droughts of the soul can be more damaging than those of the soil? The analogy buried in the book Drought uncovers the dichotomy (or juxtaposition) of both.

A prosecuting attorney is murdered in a sniping that takes place in Arlington, Virginia, less than 15 minutes from Washington. FBI agent Brandon Fisher and his team with the Behavioral Analysis Unit are called in to investigate the threat level and to determine if the lawyer was targeted. The FBI hadn’t anticipated previous victims stretching from coast to coast.

West Orion has returned to Hood River to wed his middle school crush Olivia Tarkington. That is, if he can keep her convinced for five measly more days, but then, when does true love ever run smooth? Their wedding week is fraught with trials and tribulation - a broken arm, near drowning, heart attack, death, and two shocking revelations. Will the besieged couple be deterred or hurdle past their obstacles and make it to the altar (or flower-infused wooden arch)?

Poppy Paisley hails from a long matriarchal line who are all named for flowers. Since she has a permanent address at Greener Pastures (her Grandma Daisy’s dementia care center) she does not really consider herself homeless. Even though she keeps her belongings in Sunny-mobile (her car) and sleeps at a different location each night....Poppy rescues others along her journey, as she wrestles with the dilemmas of what really makes a home and how does a person interpret their reality? 

Chuck Sawicki outlines his intuitive, personal mentoring style that goes beyond the old "one size fits all" model. It demonstrates the benefits of connecting people and communities. His generosity, caring, and curiosity are the hallmarks of not only his own success, but the legacies of all those he's mentored. 

Seth’s show Seth Row has made his name a household word with his weekly radio, internet, and TV specials interviewing inmates on death row before their executions. Seth is often the last person to really speak with the inmates before they exit this world and the women in his life articulate that hanging out near the abyss of death rubs off on him and ghosts of his interviewees may follow him home. The story is filled with colorful inmates, varied love interests, a long-lost father who turns out to be an actual Father, and more.

This bundle, titled Ultimate Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and Anger Management, contains two amazing audiobooks that have tremendously helped me in dealing with my anxieties and anger issues, and I believe they can also do the same for you! 

AWS Lambda: A Guide to Serverless Microservices takes a comprehensive look at developing "serverless" workloads using the new Amazon Web Services Lambda service. This audiobook is meant to provide you with a broad overview of AWS Lambda, its features, a hands-on and in-depth guide to serverless microservices, and a slew of recommendations.

Poetry is the art of life. Truth explodes between the lines of mystical poetry that dance with the divine within us all. In this stirring debut, Michael’s ethereal poetry will open and expand your consciousness, caress and massage your existence, and take you beyond your wildest imaginings. For in Michael's poetic universe, even imagination is a limitation. Allow yourself to be transported through words to the space between the words.

Are you ready to consistently break 90? Golf is one of the most difficult sports to master. The difference between a successful drive and a ball that drops straight into the pond is just millimeters. Hitting that perfect spot each and every time you're up can take years of practice and dedication, but don't let that deter you from getting "good enough." Being good enough means having a correct understanding of the fundamentals that you can build on in the correct way, and I teach you that in this book.

A tense, white-knuckle ride of a play from BBC Radio 4 in which a rather self-satisfied hero embarks, reluctantly, on a voyage of self-discovery. Originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 7 January 2009, and repeated on 31 March 2011.As an expert on memory loss, Greg Cooke is asked to invalidate the testimony of an eyewitness in a high-profile murder trial. He undermines the Prosecution's key witness by convincing the jury that we forget as much within 24 hours as we do over a whole year.

The Ring of the Witch: The Curse of Apollo was an exciting project that originated in social media. The story was not written as a traditional novel (narrative prose), but in a style that resembles more a stage script - making the audio adaptation an amazingly unique experience! The talented narrator that worked with us did more than 25 different voices and accents - which even included a few lines in Greek and German.

In this offbeat whodunit, Mayor Dankworth is found dead, and the only suspect is golden-boy high-school track-star Aiden Birdwhistle. Unfortunately, Aiden fled the crime scene, taking refuge at a tea maker’s treehouse before turning himself in to the authorities. Will Aiden be convicted of a crime that he insists he did not commit, due to the ineptitude of his attorney uncle? Or will his newfound, quirky friends uncover the truth in time to free him from an awful fate?  

The Legend of Dominick Brasi follows the journey of a New York City man by the name of Dominick Brasi. He goes off to fight in the Vietnam War during the mid-1960s and returns back to the borough of Richmond (present-day Staten Island) in 1968, only to find himself lost. Both in net worth and lost in purpose. With the help of his older brother, Charlie "Bricks" Brasi, Dominick ascends through the ranks of the feared Romano Family—one of New York's Five Families.

With their marriage in shambles after a horrific crime rocks their foundation, Kevin and Amy Kessecker try to salvage what is left of their lives by joining friends on a private island in South Texas. Unbeknownst to them, something evil has followed. Together, they are thrust into a hilarious and horrifying fight for survival against a seemingly unstoppable adversary with unimaginable abilities.

In Ports 2, the saga continues, accessing different characters and ports while taking a dive across the boundaries of life and death through the Septarine Portal to another world. Water still encompasses most of the globe, with only 12 ports and an unknown portal rising above the oceans. Much of surviving humanity lives on one of these diminished areas of land and the rest on various ships that dot the waters.

In the heart of Boston in the 1980s, an unlikely friendship develops between two students at Cathedral High School. Patrick is an Irish Catholic born leader. His friends follow him with blind allegiance. Nate is a young, disciplined, Black athlete, focused on finding his way out of the neighborhood alive. The two young men find themselves on hectic school grounds in a culture that shuns friendships like theirs. This is the story of a Boston friendship that crossed neighborhood lines, broke cultural boundaries, and propelled two adolescents to rethink the world around them.

Die Freunde vom TEAM UNDERCOVER am Set eines echten Hollywoodfilms! Eddie, Hannah, Ben und Sarah dürfen bei „Der Geistersturm“ einen Blick hinter die Kulissen werfen. Und geraten dabei natürlich sofort in einen neuen Fall. Offenbar versucht ein geheimnisvoller Saboteur, die Dreharbeiten mit allen Mitteln zu verhindern.

Das Jagdschloss im tiefen Wald birgt ein dunkles Geheimnis. Eine Gruppe erfolgloser Schauspieler hofft dort bei einem Casting-Wochenende auf ihre zweite Chance. Doch der Tod schleicht bereits durch das Gemäuer, beobachtet sie, wartet auf seine Chance. Keiner hört die Todesschreie. Ihr Henker wartet bereits. Er ist... der Präparator.