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They took the most memorable photographs of the Civil War. Now their long rivalry was about to climax with the spilled blood of an American president--an event that would usher in a new age of modern media. Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner were the new media moguls of their day. With their...

Through the ages kings, rulers, power seekers, and governments, have been trying to secretly, and sometimes not so secretly, get their hands on artifacts believed to have immense power. Examples include the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, Bachal Isu - the staff of Moses carried by David, and the King of Kings, Jesus Christ, the Spear of Destiny, the time machine, "the glock," created by the Germans during WWII, and ancient lost cities with hidden fortunes of gold, and artifacts with unimaginable powers.

Andy Gibbons had been sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn't commit. After 10 years inside, he had abandoned all hope, and resigned himself to the fact that he would remain there for the rest of his life. Judgment Call is a full-length audiobook, a crime suspense-thriller about a corrupt organization with a sinister agenda that exploits every weakness and every dark corner of the fallible justice system. This fast-paced suspense-thriller is the first audiobook in J C Ryan's Exonerated Series.

Dr. William Koval, a pragmatist with little faith in humanity, prefers to dwell in the eerily comforting microscopic realm, where he is master of his domain. But his worldview is upended when he decides to go on the English walking tour his wife had been planning before her murder three years earlier. Only when William confronts his past, including his troubled marriage, will he find a way to rejoin the living, to move forward, and perhaps love again. The real journey, he discovers, lies within.

Homicide detective Ryan Clark has a problem. A prominent businessman has been assassinated by a drive-by shooting. Two weeks earlier another man, in the same industry, was shot and killed. He suspects the assassinations are related and calls an old friend with the FBI.

Reeling from his failed comeback and ruined marriage, washed-out actor Ian James (nee Isaac Janowitz) flees Los Angeles for a two-week respite in Northern California's remote Marble Mountains - Bigfoot country. His time alone in the wilderness begins to peel away the layers of his Hollywood persona. After a fateful meeting with a beguiling woman, Ian begins to question his heart. In a moment of clarity, Isaac ditches his publicist and finds himself in Redding, living with invisibility at the Vagabond Motel.

In the lobby of a prestigious Wall Street investment firm, one man is dead and another seriously injured. The man accused of the crime is now a fugitive. When the Director of the FBI personally orders Special Agent Sean Kruger to New York City to find the fugitive, Kruger questions the reason. Told to shut up and do his job, he starts looking into the case. What he finds is troubling. Eyewitness accounts seem contrived with little variance between individual testimonies. The more he hears, the more he feels someone is manipulating the story.

A fantasy world. A dungeon built by a tiny technological genius decades ago as a "get rich quick" scheme. And a beautiful, smart, and resourceful maiden hell-bent on destroying it all. Get ready to immerse yourself in a world best described as a comedic mixture of Dungeons and Dragons and Hogan's Heroes - a world where anything can happen!

Between unending housework and thankless efforts to appease a loutish husband and acid-tongued teens, Ginny Cooper's to-do list never seems to get done. Her guilty pleasure - fantasizing about her husband's demise - her weakness - the drive-thru at Arby's. On the job as head librarian at the county's obsolete library, tedium reigns. One afternoon Ginny innocently stumbles upon a dating website, where the rabbit hole awaits.

When neighborhood dogs keep turning up dead, Peter commits himself to finding the killer. His investigation leads him nowhere - until it doesn't. It isn't long before Peter finds himself on the ultimate quest for truth.

Buckle up your Birkenstocks and travel back to 1975. Discover (or relive) the pre-digital age in Arcata, a remote Bohemian college town in California. Meet Kit, a hard-working, bookish senior, on track for graduation - that is, until she falls for Jonathan, one-time bestselling author, now her stand-in professor. Jonathan, a master in the art of deception, isn't who he appears to be. As their bond grows, Kit's desire blinds her to the truth - a shocking discovery shatters her faith and ultimately tests her integrity.

Thirteen years have passed since Ivy was born, and during that time the world has become a much darker, dangerous place. Not only have the Changed become more aggressive, numerous, and insane, but they are now joined by a mysterious and powerful being that has come from seemingly nowhere with the sole purpose of hunting Ivy down.

In this short story, which takes place directly before The Change: Life, you will meet Jacob and Mia, and get a tiny glimpse into how their very lives are tied into the fate of the world - to the Changed themselves - and to the enigmatic creature that appears out of nowhere to destroy all that it sees, both humans and Changed alike.

Rylie Morgan is an ordinary girl from humble beginnings. The opportunity to step out of her comfort zone doesn't come often, but a chance encounter with a wealthy socialite is just what she needs to lead her to the life she never knew she could have. Fresh off a one-year European sabbatical, wealthy banking heir Owen Shelby is ready to take over the family business. Accustomed to doing things his own way and having others fall into line behind him, Owen's playboy ways are challenged when he meets Rylie.

They are not zombies. Or any other supernatural creature that has ever been dreamt up by man. They are The Changed. They are real. And they are everywhere. It happened all at once, all over the planet - every man, woman, child, and animal suddenly changing into a murderous, mindless, twisted version of their former selves. All at once, life as we know it came to an abrupt end. All that survives is one small family: a girl, her mother, and their faithful dog, Maxx.

Discover how you can finally get rid of stress naturally with the ultimate yoga handbook that reveals the exact steps to dramatically enhance your wellness through yoga. Living a life of abundance, happiness, and fulfillment is not as hard as you might think - nor is it something just a few lucky people are destined to experience. Getting rid of stress and living a worry-free life is actually much simpler than you thought it would be.

Alkaline dieting is synonymous to healthy eating. Unlike many crash diet programs that promote starvation or the use of dieting pills, the alkaline diet program promotes awareness in eating the right kinds of food that sustain the nutritional needs of our body. Eating correctly is accompanied by following an exercise routine that suits your body condition and staying away from unhealthy habits like smoking and excessive drinking.

How to effectively lose weight with the proven methods of low-carb dieting! The existence of the low-carb diet has been recorded throughout history. Before, it was thought that a low-fat diet was the most direct and effective tool to losing or maintaining weight. Fat contains most of a food's flavor. Low-fat diets forced people to consume low-fat foods with enhanced sugar content. In fact, all processed low-fat foods contain added sugar.

This book is designed to help you learn how to cope with addicts, alcoholics or substance abusers. Like most people, you are probably exhausted from trying to cope with all of the lies, arguments, anger, broken trust, stealing, manipulation, and insane behaviors that accompany having a relationship with an addict. Perhaps you have lost all hope for change and find yourself caught between loving who the substance abuser once was with all of your heart and hating the addict that they have become.

Written through the eyes of a friend, this murder series describes the daily events that occurred after a homicide, covered up and made to be a suicide, takes the life of her best friend, Karma. The chilling events leading up to the search for her killer pulls you in and unleashes a tale that you will never forget.