IS THE PATH THROUGH LIFE OURS TO WALK OURSELVES, OR HAS IT BEEN PREDETERMINED FOR US?A recently laid-off accountant, a married couple, a thief, and a prostitute board the last car of a Bay Area Rapid Transit train on Christmas Eve, 2008. At midnight, they witness an event that will change their lives, and change the world, forever.Tom Tulley, a BART employee, witnesses the event as well, on his security monitor. In his quest for the truth behind the event, ...

Are you interested in learning a new language that is visual and expressive? If so, then ASL might be the perfect language for you. ASL is not only the third most commonly used language in the United States, but it is also the primary language of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.This introductory guide teaches you the basics of ASL, including the letters, numbers, and some common words used in everyday conversation. You will also learn some background information on the langu...

This audiocourse, titled "American Language for Beginners," is meticulously designed to introduce learners to the foundational aspects of American Sign Language (ASL), one of the most widely used languages among the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities in the United States. Spanning several comprehensive lessons, this course starts by teaching common signs and then reviews the ASL alphabet and numbers, where each is described in detail, ensuring that learners can grasp the hand shapes and ...

THE CEO OF THE COMPANY THAT RULES THE WORLD AND THE LEADER OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT FIGHTS THEM HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON: THEY BOTH WANT KAYLAN SMITH DEAD…America, 2075. When Kaylan Smith, former leader of the time-traveling team known as the Minutemen, discovers the technology used for time travel, she begins a journey unlike any time jump she's ever taken. This unexpected trip takes her from TriPharmaCorp's Denver headquarters to the treacherous Southwest.On her...

TOMORROW TIME TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE. YESTERDAY A MADMAN SEEKS TO DESTROY THE UNIVERSE. NOW ONE WOMAN AND HER TEAM OF TIME TRAVELERS WILL NEED TO STOP HIM... America, 2074. Kaylan Smith will soon graduate and embark on the career she was groomed for. Until an executive from the corporation that rules half the world offers her a job she can’t refuse. Become a time traveler. Lead a team through the time stream in search of a lunatic who believes he can change history and destroy the universe. Ka...

**A NEW ORIGINAL HALLMARK MOVIE: THE SECRETS OF BELLA VISTA!From #1** New York Times **Bestselling Author Susan Wiggs“…sweet, crisp and juicy.”—Elin Hilderbrand“A powerful story of love, loss, hope and redemption.”—Kirkus, Starred Review**Tess Delaney makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their owners. People like Annelise Winther, who has just been reunited with her mother’s long go...

The Firstborn–the mysterious race of aliens who first became known to science fiction fans as the builders of the iconic black monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey*–*have inhabited legendary master of science fiction Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s writing for decades. With Time’s Eye and Sunstorm, the first two books in their acclaimed Time Odyssey series, Clarke and his brilliant co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future in which the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization by ...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in Colliers Magazine on May 27, 1922. It was subsequently anthologized in his book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories. Development rights to the story were held for years by the late Hollywood mogul Ray Stark. Stark retained those rights until his death in 2004, when they were purchased...

"A rare treat: a time travel tale that brings something new to the subgenre. . ..A wry social commentary and an uneasy tale of escalating paranoia." Guardian**THE FUTURE IS ALREADY WRITTEN.THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED."Welcome to the 21st Century. Please don't feed the natives. . ..Echoes of Bradbury and Orwell, in the service of a crackerjack conspiracy plot; a seductively intriguing work of speculative fiction." Kirkus...

Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction’s most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work. Now Bear has written a mind-bendingly epic novel that may well be his masterpiece.Do you dream of a city at the end of time?In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people–Ginn...

The Wheel. A ring of ice and metal turning around a moon of Saturn, home to a mining colony supplying a resource-hungry Earth—a colony plagued by problems. Equipment failures and thefts are on the rise. Children tell stories of mysterious creatures glimpsed aboard the Wheel. And some of the younger workers refuse to go down into the warren-like mines.And then one of them, surfing Saturn’s rings, saves an enigmatic blue box from destruction.Once on the Wheel, the Doctor and ...

A collection of the first three books in the Tesla Time Travelers series.Lightning Rider:Anyone can time travel, only one family can change the past.Too bad they didn't know until last Tuesday.Shadow Boxer:Stripped of everything she thought she knew, Evy must rely on her wits and charm to keep Nikola Tesla's patents out of the FBI's clutches.Storm Front:Family. Lies. Lightning.There are some things Evy can count on. Her lightning ...