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What happens when an EMP sends the West Coast back into the Stone Age? What happens when all means of transportation and communication suddenly vanish? What happens when you can’t call for help? What happens when the only person you can rely on is yourself? As society falls into dismay, Carolyn Towne charges headlong into the escalating chaos to protect the only thing she holds dear: her family.

Government Tenders (Don’t) Suck! is a no-nonsense playbook for the overwhelmed small business owner who wants to navigate the complicated government tendering process and win.

Akhenaten is one of ancient Egypt's most famous pharaohs both for fathering Tutankhaten and being the only pharaoh bold enough to discard thousands of years of religious history in favor of a new god, the Sun-Disk Aten. Akhenaten single-handedly altered Egypt more on its own than it would be changed until outside Greek influence took over. The impact his changes had on the religion of Egypt during and after his life cannot be understated, and the ways in which his predecessors worked to undo everything he had done is a remarkable act of revisionist history.

Millions of people have wasted time and money trying fad diets that simply won't work and in some cases even put their health at risk. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling diet, featured on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, is available as an audiobook that includes all of the strategies, tips, and recipes from the plan, plus exclusive advice from Dr. Smith to inspire and guide you.

Fleeing Communist Czechoslovakia with his wife Marica, Vilcek continued his research at NYU School of Medicine, going on to establish a highly successful career in biomedical research and creating one of the most important and trailblazing medicines of our age.

This is an audiobook containing liturgies for the ordinary events of daily life - liturgies such as "A Liturgy for Feasting with Friends" or "A Liturgy for Laundering" or "A Liturgy for the First Hearthfire of the Season". These are ways of reminding us that our lives are shot through with sacred purpose even when, especially when, we are too busy or too caught up in our busyness to notice.

Slow Boat to the Bahamas is a funny look at getting the sailing bug, preparing for, and going on the big trip with a four-year-old and a four-pound dog.

Pokémon Go became a national phenomenon in the year 2016 when it gave everybody the exclusive opportunity to catch them all. You are on your own way to filling up your Pokédex, whether you have yet to begin gathering your collection, and this book will analyze all various means to play the game. It will cover everything, from training and how to locate and get your Pokémon, to the best way to use your items and make the most of your strengths in battle.

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor.

Elizabeth was not off to a good start in life, unwanted even before she was born. Fortunately, the tiny baby was placed in the loving care of her paternal grandparents, where she lived for the first three years of her life. Then, her abusive father arbitrarily decided that she belonged with her parents and unceremoniously ripped her from the only safe, secure home she had ever known. In spite of her turbulent childhood and teen years, Elizabeth managed to go to college and become a physical therapist.

Heal Your Heart by Jusstine K is the audiobook that helps you overcome heart break in 14 minutes flat. The download has been featured in both Goop and Drew Barrymore’s Magazine.

Some rules should never be broken. After suffering multiple miscarriages, school counselor Jo Murphy is on a mission to save her marriage by any means possible. When Mia, a pregnant senior, unexpectedly shows up in her office, Jo devises an unorthodox plan to adopt her baby. But when Mia's handsome football captain boyfriend suddenly goes missing, Jo finds herself embroiled in a heart-stopping murder plot that threatens to destroy the one thing she wants most.

Do you want to be more humorous? Have you ever watched someone effortlessly make a group laugh and wished you knew their magic? Well, wonder no more. The mystery of charisma is finally unveiled; the fallacy of "you either have it, or you don't" has been laid bare. Anyone can learn to make people laugh. Observing a couple of surprisingly simple rules, Make People Laugh is a comedic tour de force, as it explores all the facets of laughter. Turn your lazy bones into funny bones, and you will have made the world a better place.

This FastReads summary offers supplementary material to The Warmth of Other Suns to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, FastReads is here to help. Absorb everything you need to know quickly!

Classic Starts: The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve. No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive powers of the world's smartest detective. These easy-to-listen-to Sherlock Holmes stories provide the perfect introduction to the super sleuth and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. Among the intriguing tales: "A Scandal in Bohemia", Holmes's first encounter with the mysterious Irene Adler; "The Red-Headed League"; "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and others.

When a young man is rescued by a delinquent, he falls in love, risking everything to walk in this bad boy's world. Justin Smith was small for his age and constantly bullied. But as difficult as life was, he was surviving it. Then one day a new guy comes to his school and flips his world upside down. Francis Scott is trying to start over. New school. New house. New life. But when he sees a student being bullied, his past comes back to haunt him, and for once, he gets to do what's right.

A girl finds herself fascinated by the size of her new neighbor’s big tits. When the woman catches her staring at them, she offers to show them to the girl. It starts a night of dirty lesbian sex as the girl finds excitement playing with her new neighbor’s big tits.

Some would call River Rydell a ‘chosen one’: born with the ability to see monsters and travel to a terrifying spirit world called The Otherwoods, they have all the makings of a hero. But River just calls themself unlucky. After all, it’s not like anyone actually believes River can see these things—or that anyone even believes monsters exist in the first place. So the way River sees it, it’s better to keep their head down and ignore anything Otherwoods related. But The Otherwoods won’t be ignored any longer.

Economics for People and the Planet, a collection of essays by James K. Boyce on the environment, inequality, and the economy, argues that there is not an inexorable trade-off between advancing human well-being and having a clean and safe environment. The goal of economic policy should be to grow the good things that improve our well-being and environmental quality and reduce the bad things that harm humans and nature. To reorient the economy for these ends, we will need to achieve a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and power.

How do people make other do what they want them to do? Unfortunately, despite of legit persuasion methods, there are forms of abuse, manipulation, threats, etc. The way people convince or influence others, can be sketchy. Today, we’re going to take a deep dive into what is called “dark psychology”.