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Ninja-in-training Mark Vardy is returning to the Academy - but this time, there's more afoot than mastering martial arts. In Mark Vardy and the School of Ninjas, our 12-year-old hero earned his place at the Academy - an elite martial arts institution in England's beautiful New Forest that hones the skills and spirit of a new generation of heroes. As his first year of study begins, he returns alongside new faces and finds himself presented with dangerous new challenges.

Mark Vardy is a boy on a mission - to follow in his policeman father's footsteps and train at the elite Academy of Martial Arts, hidden in the depths of England's New Forest. Mark and his friends train with mysterious senseis, learning the secrets of the martial arts and honing their skills and spirit for future adventures. In a series of challenges, Mark's skills and character are put to the test. When his future, dreams, and ambitions are at stake, can Mark keep his commitment to doing the right thing?

In his first one-hour special, Haitian comedian T.J brings everything to the table. In his easy, conversational style, T.J jokes about dodging syphilis in New York City, being raised with a strict “no fun” policy, and evil kids at summer camp. T.J expertly navigates the intersection between politics and race, finding humor in the Me Too movement, suicide, and white people thinking they’re “race-less.” In Son of Haiti, T.J draws on his experiences in both Haiti and Brooklyn for jokes that are as smart as they are funny.

Amelia Gardner is a new graduate for the police academy and for the past year, life has been good. Really good. However, when Amelia and Charlie begin to receive cards again in the same MO of Shadow they begin to realize the game isn’t quite over yet. It soon becomes apparent that Shadow intends to finish what he started.

Never done Shakespeare before? Wondering what's in store? This brief guide gives an overview of acting in Shakespeare's plays. It covers traditions, the use, or non-use, of accents, hints on characterization, learning to speak in iambic pentameter, and so forth. This audiobook includes a bonus chapter of Shakespearean content not found in the e-book.

Running yet again from bullies who have no reason to pick on him other than because of his parents successful careers, Sammy leaps into his mother’s car one afternoon, and she decides he must change schools. They meet Sir Lok Ragnarok, Headmaster of Dragamas School for Dragon Charming, and things change very quickly. But as he settles in, Sammy learns of a dark fate hanging over the school. An enemy, known only as the Shape, is trying to destroy all dragons and close the school, unless Sir Ragnarok can pay their ransom.

She was going to end her misery—however, in the execution of it, a remarkable thing happens. She meets four women who were at the same hotel on a girls’ getaway weekend. They have a very strange impact on her. Find out what happens when you're about to give up on life, but that gets interrupted by strangers who really have lived life!

Willst du die Passagiere retten – oder deine Familie? Coastal Airways Flug 416 hat den Flughafen von Los Angeles gerade verlassen, als Kapitän Bill Hoffman einen Anruf erhält. Ein Entführer hat seine Frau und Kinder in seine Gewalt gebracht und stellt Bill vor eine schreckliche Wahl: Entweder bringt er das Flugzeug mit 149 Menschen an Bord zum Absturz, oder seine Familie wird getötet. Zwar gelingt es Bill, die Crew über die Lage zu informieren, doch irgendwo in der Maschine befindet sich noch ein Komplize des Entführers. Und Bill weiß nicht, wem er vertrauen kann.

Exercise, eating right, getting enough sleep.... These are essential to a healthy and happy life. Why is it that so many fail to do the things that improve their health, happiness, and overall satisfaction when they know what to do? Why have you seemingly failed? The answer is not that you haven't tried. Millions of people pledge to work out more, eat healthily, and focus on the things they enjoy every year.

LEARN: How to make more money and save it. Do you want to make more money? Do you have a hard time saving your money? Financial Willpower will equip you with the tools needed to start improving your financial circumstances immediately. Small financial decisions today can have a major impact on your finances of tomorrow. Start making the right ones today.

Just when I thought I had it all, something foul is afoot in Milagro Bay. On our morning run, Cerberus retrieved the unlikeliest of gifts—a foot with a limited-edition sneaker that could belong to none other than Lucky Joey, one of Carlo’s crew. Worse than the murder of my ex’s erstwhile friend, Luke is missing.

Lieutenant Morgan Fox was just another UH 60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot based out of Bagram Airbase. Until he was shot down. The only way back into the air was to help search for a missing helicopter, past due. Another 'Hawk pilot was missing along with a black operations team. Time was critical. Every day the team was gone meant their chance of survival would drop dramatically. Forced into a search grid he didn't think was correct, he worked with Captain Tony Fisher to find a way to also look in another target area. Using his uncanny intuition and 6th sense, he worked out the possible ...

The world is plunged into an all out animal apocalypse, but a single hope is sought to return the order of man and beast back to normal. Mel Florchett joins the CIA team headed by Benjamin Masters as they combat this lunar induced disaster to put man back at the top of the food chain. Meanwhile, Rob Florchett and Dr. Maria Sheltie uncover the sinister plot behind the Chow company’s continued intentional use of the GMO weaponized pet food.

The story of a bullfighter and his seemingly unbeatable nemesis. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

Not sure how to speak with people on the phone or face to face? Have problems dealing with difficult customers? If you want to feel more satisfied at work, stand out as a valuable employee, and learn five-star customer service skills that will help you shine, then you want to listen to Customer Service for Beginners! People come back to businesses that provide them with a quality experience and excellent customer service, and they avoid the employees and places that don’t. Great customer service will keep your clients happy while building your skill set.

Römisches Reich, 25 n.Chr.: Seine erste Fahrt zur See mündet für den jungen Telemachos in einen Kampf um Leben und Tod. Das Handelsschiff, auf dem er angeheuert hat, wird gekapert. Um seine Haut zu retten, muss er sich wohl oder übel den Männern des grausamen Kapitäns Bulla anschließen. In der brutalen Welt der Seeräuber verdient sich Telemachos durch Zähigkeit und Geschick den Respekt der Mannschaft. Als am Horizont die Segel der römischen Flotte in Sicht kommen, ist er längst selbst zum Piraten geworden. Die letzte Schlacht naht.

Fear and love guide all life - Laura lives in fear. Laura McCauley, a 33-year-old businesswoman successfully established her life in fashion, opened a series of boutiques, and then sold them for enough money to be comfortable for the remainder of her life. Yet, despite all the trappings of her success, Laura is driven by fear. Through a supernatural experience, she finds strength to end a destructive relationship and begin a new life - one where she can learn how to love herself.

Earth, 2082. Operative Calvin Rae infiltrates an enemy space station to steal a revolutionary prototype on behalf of President White, Father of the Renaissance. But the Space Station Erasmus is infected with the alien parasite which has spread across Europe and now threatens the American Union’s 12 Sanctuary Cities.

MacKenzie Ivers is a strong personality who submits to one man - her husband, Landon. After 10 years of marriage, a nasty divorce, followed by a sweet reconciliation, Mac wants nothing more than for her husband to stop punishing himself for his part in the former "crazy". It’s going to require some conniving and some rope...miles and miles of rope. Luckily, Twilight Teahouse has everything she needs to get this particular rigger back in the saddle.

In this groundbreaking book, T.J. Waters has turned his experience collecting and analyzing competitive intelligence for the CIA into effective strategies for businesses wanting to stay on the leading edge of their industries. The book describes a practical process from planning (identifying competitive threats and determining the resources needed to counter them) through implementation (creating an organizational strategy) to execution (collecting key information and turning it into bottom-line results).