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Being psychic doesn't mean you have all the answers.Fifteen-year-old Kairine Kamuya is a bisexual, autistic psychic with an unusual talent for solving mysteries. In the high-fantasy steampunk world of Mystimon Saga, where people forge supernatural bonds with creatures called Mystimon, Kairine can sense emotions, experience psychic impressions, and see things others can't.But psychic powers don't make solving a mystery easy.Across the desert city of ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a world where wrist-worn devices called Death Clocks predict lifespans, chaos erupts when they all simultaneously strike zero. The protagonist, an unnamed narrator, witnesses the mayhem firsthand, recounting the pandemonium and questioning the COG (a seemingly benevolent superintelligence) behind the system. As the story unfolds, the narrator reflects on past events, the Great Panic caused by a few seemingly random deaths that were p...

In The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia, William Mitchell Ramsay offers a historically grounded reading of Revelation's messages to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Combining close biblical exegesis with geography, archaeology, epigraphy, and the social history of Roman Asia Minor, the work illuminates how each letter responds to the character, pressures, and civic life of its city. Its prose is learned yet purposeful, belonging to the late nine...

Grief as a lifelong human experience is the scope of this absorbing book. Kenneth Mitchell and Herbert Anderson explore the multiple dimensions of the problem, including the origins and dynamics of grief, loss throughout life, caring for those who grieve, and the theology of grieving. This examination is enriched by vivid illustrations and case histories of individuals whose experiences the authors have shared.

Enemy UnseenTransporting a diplomatic party is nothing new for Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise -- but this particular mission promises trouble from the start.For one thing, the wife of the Federation ambassador on this trip is an old flame of Kirk's -- she's determined to see that they resume their romance where they left off. Of course, when another ambassador presents Kirk with three of his wives, finding time for the first ro...

A comprehensive field guide to modern manners, including social skills, phones & social media, the workplace, dining, weddings, and more.Good manners are the hallmark of a well-rounded person, and are a character trait that can benefit one socially and professionally. However, a lot has changed since the first etiquette guides were published almost a century ago, with modern etiquette encompassing so much more than simply being able to identify between a chowder and...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

Rusty Reynolds, an ex-B-grade western movie star, arrives in Tucson, Arizona, nearly broke and no prospects. Chuck Baxter, a ruthless land developer, hires Rusty at low wages to promote the Bar M Ranch, a remote desert subdivision. While Baxter schemes to relieve eastern retirees of their money, Rusty finds a way to relieve Baxter of some of his ill-gotten profits. When Baxter discovers that Rusty's revenge includes the stealing of his wife the plot turns deadly.When Baxter, in a f...

It is November of 1864, Major General William T. Sherman is about to lead his army of sixty thousand veterans into the heart of the Confederacy. It is the final, excruciating year of a war turned increasingly brutal and desperate. The men of the maligned and ill-fated Confederate regiment known as the Fiftieth North Carolina look alike. Their faces are dark with smoke, their ribs protrude like barn rafters, and their uniforms are an assortment of filthy rags indiscriminately liberated from...

Charles R. Mitchell tracks Curtiss's dizzying ride from a village bicycle shop to record-smashing motorcycle races and city building in the Florida land boom. Glenn Curtiss beat even the Wright brothers (who sued him bitterly) to get pilot's license No. 1 in America. He teamed with Alexander Graham Bell, helped develop the moving wing part known as the aileron, introduced tricycle landing gear, made the first airplane sales, and turned aeronautics into a multimillion dollar business. His i...

Getting Your Guy: The Sure-Fire Guide To Winning The Heart Of The Perfect Man Of Your Heart's Desire is an eBook that gives a good insight on how you find love for the rest of your life. It looks at various aspects involved in finding the man of your dreams and ensuring that he commits to you for life.In this eBook, you will learn about whether or not you are ready to find the perfect man. Some women think that they are ready for love but in actual sense they aren't. This makes them...

Poul Anderson was one of the seminal figures of twentieth-century science fiction. Named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1997, he produced an enormous body of standalone novels and series fiction and was equally at home in the fields of heroic fantasy and hard SF. He was a meticulous craftsman and a gifted storyteller, and the impact of his finest work continues, undiminished, to this day.Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds is a rousing...