Pebby the scruffy tinydog was accustomed to flying down cobblestone streets as the Chief Delivery Dog**of the Octagon Bakery in the steampunk city of Norwall. But then, one afternoon, everything changed when she came unexpectedly through the Parallax Contingency with her friend Naji Najeem, and they found themselves in sunny Florida. Then, there happened a chance meeting with Phillip, the boy who would change everything.Their two worlds collide in this Clockwork A...

A school shooting in snowbound Vermont; an American journalist beheaded in war-torn Syria; a passenger jet exploding in the Thai jungle—everything connects to Kate Swift, CIA assassin turned whistleblower, on the run from a sinister intelligence unit.With her six-year-old daughter, Suzie, she flees across the Canadian border to begin a perilous journey to Berlin and then Thailand in search of the only man who can keep them alive: Harry Hook, a disgraced ex–CIA case officer living r...

Agents of the state murdered his wife and took his son. Now they’re coming for Danny Ash.Framed as a terrorist, the mild-mannered stay-at-home dad, desperate to find his child, has to evade both law enforcement and killers in the pay of shadowy vulture capitalist Victor Fabian, whose influence reaches deep into the White House. Fabian, battling political enemies and the creeping dementia that has him in its grip, is determined to silence Ash who has linked him to his wife’s murder....

Travel is one thing, but really going somewhere is something else. Here are first-hand tales of exciting places to see in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the United Kingdom.The manuscript beginning is a truism:“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”****—Saint AugustineBased on that long-ago quote, these stories originate from personal visits to a wide variety of destinations. The primary purpose is to entertain you ...

A school shooting in snowbound Vermont; an American journalist beheaded in war-torn Syria; a passenger jet exploding in the Thai jungle—everything connects to Kate Swift, CIA assassin turned whistleblower, on the run from a sinister intelligence unit.With her six-year-old daughter, Suzie, she flees across the Canadian border to begin a perilous journey to Berlin and then Thailand in search of the only man who can keep them alive: Harry Hook, a disgraced ex–CIA case officer living r...

A subtitle of this book is “The Lost World Under the Sea,” and it’s somewhat based on the famed legend of Atlantis. That was an ancient city or continent that was supposedly inundated by the sea. Whether it actually existed has been a question that has lasted for thousands of years. Greek philosopher Plato wrote about it around 360 BC, so even his possible information was second-hand. Tsunamis (sea storms) have existed for centuries and if there really was an Atlantis, any survivors may ha...

Veteran broadcaster John Rayburn here combines philosophy, poetry, inspiration, motivation, and touches of humor to provide comfort, cheer, and encouragement. This audiobook is an opportunity to collect your thoughts and set aside a few moments for contemplation in a busy, busy world.

Fake news à gogo.Grande négociation de paix américaine au Moyen-Orient. Tout se présente plutôt bien lorsqu’un tir de drone tue un chef islamiste important et, dégât collatéral majeur, Catherine Finch, une otage américaine, mettant ainsi en danger la réussite des pourparlers.Que faire ? Appeler l’agent de la CIA, Pete Town, à la rescousse et lui confier la tâche délicate de faire croire que non, non, Catherine Finch n’est pas vraiment morte.C’est sa...

La vita di Kate Swift non è di certo tra le più tranquille. Dopo la morte di suo marito Yusuf, un infiltrato nella pericolosa rete di Al-Qaeda per conto del governo americano, a lei e a sua figlia Suzie non è rimasto altro che fuggire, e tutto questo mentre un segugio come Lucien Benway, ex agente della Cia, continua a braccarle. Perché Lucien ha un conto in sospeso con Kate: è lei che l’ha rovinato e che gli ha fatto perdere il lavoro e ora lui non vede l’ora di fargliela pagare. A Kate, ...

Just what is nostalgia? Here are provocative and exciting stories about a great period of popular music. It was a time when the nation was facing desperate days of the Great Depression as well on-going fears of a World War. The still young radio industry was a major force in helping provide a worried nation with a source of entertainment and comfort.The author/narrator had conversation/interviews with many of the major stars and he tells you about their talent and their wonderful m...

Throughout the stories here is information on how places, cities, and states got their names. However, questions arise because Native American tribes of the day didn’t yet have a written alphabet, and none of those came along until Sequoyah invented one in 1821, one that was actually more of a syllabary with symbols that stood for consonant/vowel sequences and could make words, basically just a writing system.One such word example is Tsa-La-Gi in Oklahoma, a recreated Cherokee sett...

Radio was the number one form of family entertainment for a quarter century. In a dazzling step back in time veteran broadcaster John Rayburn talks about the fantastic era of broadcasting in fascinating interviews with a sterling list of guests, including Durward Kirby (Garry Moore Show), Parley Baer (original “Chester” on radio’s Gunsmoke), Arthur Anderson (Let’s Pretend), Carmel Quinn (Irish singer on Arthur Godfrey), Ezra Stone (Henry Aldrich), Minnie...