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Braving the breathtaking vistas of the Great Kingdom, Reecah Draakvriend sets out to confront the high king and put an end to his evil campaign of eradicating the beauty from the land. Gathering an eclectic band of companions along the way, Reecah discovers that life is anything but what she had envisioned. This box set includes: Reecah's Flight, Reecah's Gift, and Reecah's Legacy.

Stephen C. Richards, an ex-convict who served time in nine federal prisons before earning his PhD in criminology, argues the supermax prison era began in 1983 at USP Marion in southern Illinois, where the first "control units" were built by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Marion Experiment, told from a convict criminology perspective, offers an introduction to long-term solitary confinement and supermax prisons, followed by a series of first-person accounts by prisoners....

An epic story of a forgotten hero. Haunted by the murder of his family and scorned by an ungrateful kingdom that blames him for the demise of their beloved Queen, Silurian Mintaka decides he can't fight for his king anymore. To re-enter the hostile fray of his peers would probably end up with him killing them all. An old man reaches through his darkness, convincing him the people's need outweighs his loathing of them.

Black Sheep casts a slant on a range of human experiences from life to death, sex to romance, from speed thrills to halting boredom and from drinking alcohol (in moderation) to headily excessive bad language. This is a fascinating left-field tour of the world of psychological science. Get ready for the many hidden benefits of being bad that you really won't have seen coming.

Find out how you can harness your positive thoughts to get everything you can imagine. How to get more of what you desire is simple, but only for a select few. Now you can use the same thinking as successful people, and by doing so you will see your results skyrocket! It's time to dream big. You can do it!

There’s something strange about the woman living on top of the hill and the people of Fishmonger Bay leave her alone. At least until the day she pays a visit to the village witch. Banding together, the villagers decide to take action. One magic user is bad enough; the emergence of another - intolerable. With her life spinning out of control, Reecah Draakvriend struggles to unravel the dark secret hanging over her head. Trying to fit in with society, she must decide whether to slay the dragon or become a victim of her people.

A storm is brewing over the ocean. One that will destroy life as they know it in the kingdom of Zephyr and beyond. The Banebridge Companion Novels chronicle the events that bring together three people, with unique and dark backgrounds, in a last-ditch effort to keep the lore and secrets of their beloved kingdom from falling prey to a malign sorcerer and his army of demons.

If you want six-figure success, now with this you can think big and do it. This is a blueprint for a fast start to creating a successful life that millions can only dream of. For those with a discerning eye, if you want to increase your performance, motivation, confidence, success, focus and discover true self-empowerment, then this is for you.

The rise of digital communications has led to three emergent, often problematic, forces: automation, the speed and volume of information transfer, and an unmet need for people to feel more than satisfied in their interpersonal transactions, particularly between seller and consumer. Following in the footsteps of their popular website and podcast, educators and entrepreneurs Dr. Reshan Richards and Stephen Valentine created this audiobook to address the challenges brought on by these rising trends.

Embarking upon a journey fraught with creatures and an evil he never knew existed, Silurian and his companion - one he thought long since dead - battle to return to the war-torn realm of Zephyr in a frantic attempt to rescue what remains of its people before the firestorm hits. Silurian and his companion battle ghosts, serpents, and demons neither knew existed in a heroic attempt to restore freedom to a kingdom that would like nothing more than to see Silurian dead.

The United States has the largest criminal justice system in the world, with approximately seven million adults and juveniles in jail, prison, or community custody. Because convicts spend enough time in prison to disrupt their connections to their families and their communities, they are generally not prepared for the difficult and often life-threatening process of reentry into the outside world.

Braving the perils of a cutthroat city isn’t what Reecah envisioned when she sought out a better place. The appalling mannerisms of those entrusted to protect the kingdom are shocking. Can a ruthless giant equip her with the skills she needs to confront the king, or will his unorthodox ways end up being the death of her dreams?

What if your life didn't have to be so difficult? What if money didn't have to be so scarce? What if you could become happier, and more fulfilled? If ever you wanted to know how to start using mind power to manifest all of these things then this book will help boost your manifesting mind power. Time to think big, you can do it.

Hans-Åke Lilja, founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand-new anthology of horror stories to celebrate 20 years of running the number-one Stephen King news website on the web! This anthology includes both original stories like a brand new novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In), very rare reprints like The Blue Air Compressor by Stephen King, and at least one classic tale that inspired Lilja's love of the macabre at a very young age! Now, let's join Lilja....

Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. Our need to survive, to outlive whatever danger poses, that immediate threat to our lives is little short of a marvel. Everything else is abandoned in order to survive. Whilst in modern times that ability has been somewhat modified and ‘reasoned’ away to an extent, in past years it’s what usually kept you alive. In this volume people struggle valiantly to survive and to exist no matter the extent of the threat they face.

Dream no longer. Make your wishes become reality. Today is the first day of your new life of happiness, so make it happen. Why wait until tomorrow for what you can do today? Enjoy the journey of life the way you choose to and long for. Do you have wishes that you long to come true? Look no further, as Cosmic Ordering is here to help you through the steps to fulfilling your dreams and ambitions. The same dreams and ambitions you long for but have never been able to achieve.

Garraty, un jeune adolescent natif du Maine, va concourir pour "La Longue Marche", une compétition qui compte cent participants. Cet événement est très attendu. Il sera retransmis à la télévision, suivi par des milliers de personnes. Mais ce n'est pas une marche comme les autres, plutôt un jeu sans foi ni loi... Garraty a tout intérêt à gagner. Le contraire pourrait lui coûter cher. Très cher.

Reecah Windwalker comes into her own as she finds peace with her past and bravely sets out to fulfill her legacy. Keeping a promise to a dead witch, Reecah seeks those who can help her learn the ways of dragon magic as she embarks on a desperate journey to save the last of the dragons from the dark heir. The races come together, but their combined strength may not be enough to prevent the high king’s dragon slayers from eradicating the beauty from the land.

If you are under the impression that building confidence is all about tapping your inner strength, hold it right there! This book will take you through an easy-to-follow process of building self-confidence that is simpler than you imagined; Jedi easy! Self-belief, also called self-efficacy, is the kind of feeling you have when you have, like a Jedi, mastered a particular kind of skill and with its help have been able to achieve your set goals.

When Gwendy Peterson was 12, a stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its seven coloured buttons promised death and destruction. Years later, the button box re-entered Gwendy's life. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once more forced to deal with the temptations that the box represented - an amazing sense of well-being, balanced by a terrifyingly dark urge towards disaster.