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2014 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award Winner! 2014 Eric Hoffer e-book fiction Winner! Cadet Jan Wishart has been falsely accused of an honor violation at West Point. She believes her accuser is also a predator, guilty of a much more serious crime. At the honor trial, Jan must defend herself and try to reveal his guilt. Yet, two hundred years of fraternal brotherhood stand in the way.

A cemetery guard becomes the romantic obsession of a lonely corpse. A cuddly teddy bear savagely protects its young owner. A disturbing clown proves that terror is no laughing matter. And a sinister elevator carries its passengers to new heights of horror. Scare Street returns with a beastly new tome, guaranteed to make your skin crawl. Prepare to lose yourself in the shadows, as you devour each of these 12 ghastly tales with morbid anticipation.

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Todo el mundo en Westerwald sabe que Selma tiene un don especial: cuando sueña con un okapi alguien fallece en veinticuatro horas. El día que se hace realidad la premonición que todos temen, las verdades acalladas y las cartas iniciadas con nunca y siempre comienzan a circular, y su sueño cambia irreversiblemente las vidas de Luise, su nieta; de Martin, el niño levantador de pesas; del óptico enamorado; de la triste Marlies e, incluso, la de un peculiar monje budista.

It would be interesting to learn what a first-world government would do, if the private sector set up its own private, well-armed and modern police force to protect itself from the same government. Altruism takes you into the world of what ifs. The battle between the U.S. Government and Apple is exactly what this story is about. It is not so much the government at fault in real life, the policing agencies need all the help they need catching people who want to terrorise the world.

Q. What is a baker’s favorite snake? A. A pie-thon. Q. What’s the smelliest body part? A. The nose. You’re only eight once, so enjoy it with the gift of laughter! Awesome Jokes for 8 Year Olds is a fun collection of silly jokes that every eight-year-old should know! This fun joke book would be an ideal gift, making it a perfect Christmas stocking filler, or a fun birthday gift for eight-year-olds.

Sugawara Akitada is the son of impoverished nobility toiling at a low-level job in the Ministry of Justice. When an old friend, Professor Hirata, asks him to investigate a colleague's blackmail, Akitada takes leave of his stultifying job for a temporary post at the Imperial University. There he finds gossip and rivalry abounding.

Ryan Richmond has dreamed about going to space since the age of seven. Reading space updates-and seeing pictures of Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface in National Geographic-was the ignition of this dream. At nineteen he sold his first company and employed the remnants of the Russian Space Program, three of the best space brains in the world.

Bugün için dinlenmesi gereken metinlerin başında hiç şüphesiz ki Mevlana´nın ölümsüz eseri Mesnevi gelmektedir. Çünkü Mesnevi her yaştan insana, tüm yönleriyle hayatı, iyiliği, kötülüğü ve erdemli olmayı öğretmektedir. Mesnevi´de yer alan hikayeler, bize binlerce yılın birikimiyle zenginleşmiş dersler sunmakta, zaman zaman hayvanlar aracılığıyla da olsa hayatın acı gerçeklerini anlatmaktadır.

According to the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, while battling his arch foe, Prof. Moriarty, was lost in the Falls at Reichenback and presumed dead, though his body was never recovered. Upon his return to London four years later, Holmes informs Dr. Watson that he had been traveling Europe and the Far East under the disguise of a Norwegian named Sigerson. In a novella length adventure, I.A. Watson delves deeper into those missing years, revealing who it was that accompanied the Great Detective during those lost years. This is one of four all new stories that fill this 10th volume of Airship 27 Productions’ best selling series. Writers Aaron Smith and Greg Hatcher offer up their own unique tales; among them a clever burglar who robs from the rich while they attend theater performances and in another, Holmes and Watson come to the aid of a former Baker Street Irregular accused of murder. Once again three of the finest New Pulp writers breathe life into Conan Doyle’s classic characters and spin exciting, suspenseful tales of mystery and intrigue. Sit back, pour yourself a brandy and prepare to enjoy a truly wonderful collection of stories starring the one and only Sherlock Holmes—Consulting Detective.

One stroke separated the three leaders of the 1960 U.S. Open as they went into the final two holes. Arnold Palmer, who had overcome a seven-stroke deficit in the fourth round, won the championship by two strokes, beating both Ben Hogan and a young amateur named Jack Nicklaus. This remarkable come-from-behind achievement, which still stands as the greatest final-round comeback at the Open, signaled the end of an era and the beginning of modern-day golf.

After visiting her grandparents in New York City, Jenny Waters is ready for the perfect senior year. She’s going to hang out with her best friend Angie, finally kiss her new boyfriend Steve, and convince her parents to let her apply to Columbia so she can become an award-winning journalist. But when her plane lands in St. Louis, Jenny and the other passengers are told their plane vanished into thin air...and then reappeared twenty-five years later.

When a mummified foot, a pile of bones, and a split skull are discovered in a Danish bog, is it a case for the police or archaeologists? It becomes a case for chief inspector Tobias Lange when it is confirmed the remains are those of a young male, early twenties, beaten to death with a blunt instrument about two decades earlier.

The Commission of International Laborers' mission is interrupted, and they are once again targeted by a dark enemy bent on hatred and racism. C.O.I.L. founder, Corban Dowler, has developed commando-style teams, using non-lethal weapons, to extract threatened servants of the Lord from danger zones worldwide. Corban now musters all of his resources to search for his abducted operatives, and hopes to stop the evil intentions of the one they know as Abaddon.

El 22 de enero de 1939 el Gobierno de la República abandona Barcelona dejándola a su suerte y a merced de Franco y sus tropas. Durante cuatro días, en medio de una huida hacia el exilio por parte de los vencidos, la ciudad se convierte en un caos fantasmal bajo el peso de la derrota, el hambre, el miedo y el frío. Miquel Mascarell, inspector de policía, no puede huir a causa de su esposa, enferma de cáncer.

I am the narcissist. I am chock full of wickedness. You think that you can have realistic expectations of me, but I will do whatever I can do to throw you off your game. I love devouring empaths. Those who are lonely. Those who have been abused and damaged. Those are the easiest prey for me. I target especially those who don’t put up much of a fight.

An incredible true story of a young nurse working in the East End of London during the Second World War.In 1938, 18-year-old Phyllis Ellsworth packs her bags, says good-bye to her anxious parents and sets off from her quiet seaside home for the Hackney Hospital in London's bustling East End, where she is to fulfill her dream to train as a nurse. At first it is a whirlwind of long days, hard work, new friends and plenty of mischief....

Attorney Anne Treimanis shares effective advocacy tips for families who have children with disabilities. She is unable to represent every student receiving special education services, so the best of what she knows is right here! These strategies are designed for families, advocates, and attorneys. Anne Treimanis has dedicated her entire career fighting for families and students, initially as a social worker and then for 30 years as an attorney.

Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well examines a community of individuals whose aging trajectories contrast mainstream American experiences. In mainstream American society, aging is presented as a “problem”, a state to be avoided as long as possible, a state that threatens one’s ability to maintain independence, autonomy, control over one’s surroundings. Aging “well” (or avoiding aging) has become a 21st-century American preoccupation.

The small town of Refuge is the perfect hideaway for Patrick Lahm and the Freys. Miles away from the Kurtain Motel, Refuge promises both tranquility and ease of mind. The mundane routine of working in the local post office and buying groceries is all Patrick could hope for. For the first time in his life, things are finally looking up. But one can only escape from his sins for so long. Occasional nightmares, visions of the dead, and a priest hell-bound on confessions leave the survivors feeling that it is only a matter of time before the darkness catches up.