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561) Metallica on track
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From humble beginnings, as they emerged pimple-popped and sweaty out of a global New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene infiltrating California in the early 80s, through to almost complete world domination, sell-out tours and Billboard chart success, Metallica's story is like few others. With an insatiable hunger and hell-for-leather attitude, they helped to forge a new direction for metal music across the world, combining progressive anger with, at...
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The Map of Life is Changing
The nation's first generation of knowledge professionals, some thirty million Americans who've earned a living through their education, intelligence and expertise, has reached or is nearing retirement age. For more than half, this feels like a life sentence to purgatory, according to the most scientific studies ever done on this generation.
While many can afford to, they have no interest in powering down their...
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What do you get when a hot-as-puck hockey-playing polar bear shifter and a sexy cougar shifter elementary school teacher with a frozen heart decide to fake date? A mess. BurkeAs the first captain of the Atlantic City Devil Birds in the newly formed Paranormal Hockey League, my goal is simple: don't screw up. Oh, play my best and save up money for the future, too. When my career is over, I plan to take my polar bear shifter self back to Canada, resume...
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In his no-holds-barred memoir, Sapp Attack!, Warren Sapp, one of the NFL's most hilarious and candid personalities, reveals a side of football most fans have never before seen.
Big Man. Big Talent. Big Star. Big Mouth. Big Heart. Big Personality. Big Smile. Big Headlines. Warren Sapp, one of pro football's most dominating defensive players both on and off the field, has a reputation for being bold, brash, knowledgeable, and outspoken. During his...
565) Many Mansions
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A successful real estate tycoon reunions with his long-lost brother who lives underneath the New York City subway system. Moses and Isaac dreamt of having their own real estate firm as kids. Moses was favored by his parents, friends, and everyone that he came in connect with. While Isaac was given less attention from his family, and so-called friends, and lots of stares from strangers. On the twin's high school graduation, Moses got a car and Isaac...
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Blake Chandler- 22 years old. He Has won five lotteries the previous year as he traveled across the countryto spread his parent's ashes and purchased lottery tickets with money they left him and instructions to do.He won twenty billion, but after taxes, he's down to a mere ten billion and is looking for financial advice.He lives in Lubbock, Texas, next door to Lexi's brother, Josh. Josh sets him up with Max Lane tohelp get his finances straight before...
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End Time: Notes on the Apocalypse is a prescient, near-future thriller. Written in a slashing, evocative style, End Time received rave reviews in underground and small press circles in 1994.Greg Kovinski, the novel's protagonist, lives in interesting times. War and civil war rage across the former Soviet Union and much of the globe. The United States is fighting a sophisticated high tech counterinsurgency war in southern Mexico, against a popular...
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Are you ready to embark on a journey of passion, adventure, and seduction? Are you ready to experience an unforgettable journey of desire and passion?
Are you in search of an exciting and thrilling book to read? Look no further than this extensive collection of Erotic Suspense book. I offer a wide range of genres, including Romantic Erotica, Fantasy, and Urban BDSM Fiction, to cater to even the most discerning reader. Whether you enjoy Anthologies,...
569) Bad Characters
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This book displays at their height the wit, sensibility and psychological penetration that distinguish Miss Stafford's work. There are nine stories and a novella. They range in mood from the title story, a comic portrait of a resourceful child-criminal named Lottie Jump, to "The End of a Career," an elegiac and ironic tale of the declining years of a great beauty. In "A Reasonable Facsimile" Dr. Bohrmann, a retired professor philosophy, is unexpectedly...
570) Accidental Romance
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Dive into "Accidental Romance," where fate plays matchmaker in the most unexpected ways, blending heartfelt emotion with a dash of serendipity. This enchanting narrative follows Charlotte Donovan, an aspiring romance novelist, and Richard King, a college basketball star, whose paths cross by mere coincidence.In a world where paths cross by mere coincidence, Charlotte and Rick couldn't be more different. She's the quiet observer, he's the life of every...
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In "I'm Maya And It's My Story," Maya, a young woman with a passion for mechanics, invites you into her world. Here, the rhythmic clinking of wrenches against metal and the comforting scent of motor oil are the soundtrack to her life. This isn't just any world, though. It's Maya's Mechanic Shop, a haven for sputtering engines and hopeful dreams nestled amidst the heart of a small town.This book is a journey alongside Maya, one that transcends the...
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The book of Ephesians is cherished for its doctrinal depths and devotional beauty. Paul's letter sets before us the blessings of salvation: new life in Jesus Christ and a new family in His church. As we read the prayers and doxologies woven through its verses, we see how the grace of God stirs us to lives of worship and gratitude. In this volume, Dr. R.C. Sproul delves into the rich teaching, praises, and exhortations contained in one of his favorite...
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"A woman starting over. A new house with an unexpected twist. A cape wearing butler acting as the world's worst life coach.""Happily Ever After"" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes.Do-over.This time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready...
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Every year, more than a million women find themselves grappling with the devastating loss of a life partner-a loss that shatters their present and leaves their future in doubt. At 65, Margaret Mandell faces this heart-wrenching reality when she loses her husband of 45 years to a fast-moving disease. The bed is now half-empty, her body betrays her, and laughter seems elusive.
In the depths of longing and haunted by memories, Mandell embarks on a...
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When she was twenty-four years old, Ellen Anderson Penno lost her partner in a climbing accident while they were ascending Mount Baker in Washington's Cascade Range. The avalanche hid his body in a crevasse just weeks before Penno was slated to begin medical school, and she soon found herself torn between deferring her studies for a year, or starting right away with a full course load. Rather than succumbing to grief and risk never beginning her medical...
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Find your passion. Know your voice. Speak for good.
We know what it means to do good. But in today's tense and complex world, when topics like political issues, theology, and current events so often divide us, how do we say good? God calls us to speak truth into our communities and relationships, but we all struggle to know when to speak up. We feel intimidated even as we long to engage controversy and division with ease and conviction. How can...
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These audio lectures are a unique learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Cultural Christians in the Early Church Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of his church,...
578) The Harrowing
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In award-winning author Kristen Kiesling and illustrator Rye Hickman's YA graphic novel The Harrowing, a psychic teen hunts potential killers until she discovers the boy she loves is her next target.
Rowan Sterling should be worrying about normal teenage things like attending college and whether her best friend Lucas is maybe more than a friend. . . . Instead, she's having terrifying visions of blood and violence. As the premonitions increase...
579) Dead Air: A Novel
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Explore your true crime obsession in a whole new way with Serial Box's latest multimedia innovation in storytelling from three of today's hottest storytellers, Gwenda Bond, New York Times-bestselling author Rachel Caine, and New York Times-bestselling author Carrie Ryan.
Fast-paced, captivating, and completely surprising, prepare to stay up way too late - you won't be able to put this down. -Megan Miranda, New York Times-bestselling author of All...
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Charmian Kittredge London (1871–1955) was the epitome of a modern woman. Free-spirited and adventurous, she defied modern expectations of femininity. Today she is best known as the wife of the famous American author Jack London, yet she was a literary trailblazer in her own right. This biography is the first book to tell the complete story of Charmian's life-freed from the shadow cast by her famous husband. In this biography, Iris Jamahl Dunkle...
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