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With starred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus Reviews, this moving novel by acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers is a modern classic. In the late 1960s, Richie Perry is growing up fast on the battlefields of Vietnam. But in the war-torn jungle, every moment is a struggle to survive. All Richie wants is to make it out alive.

Freddy the Pig has taken to the skies to save a damsel in distress. Mademoiselle Rose, the lovely bareback rider from Mr. Boorschmidt's Stupendous and Unexcelled Circus, needs Freddy's help. A wealthy but selfish man wants to marry her, and if she doesn't accept his proposal, he vows to close the circus down. So it's up to Freddy to save the beautiful lady and the big top.

The Book of God reads like a novel, dramatizing the sweep of biblical events, bringing to life the men and women of this ancient book in vivid detail and dialogue. From Abraham wandering in the desert to Jesus teaching the multitudes on a Judean hillside, this award-winning bestseller follows the biblical story from start to finish.

Self-Mastery Through Discipline: Unlock a Healthier, Happier You is your essential guide to transforming your mindset, cultivating resilience, and achieving true success. Written by Jason Walters, a seasoned wellness expert and mindfulness practitioner, this book provides a step-by-step approach to mastering your life through discipline.

Everly mochte Neuanfänge und sie mochte es, mutig zu sein. Vielleicht hatte New York auch genau deshalb immer schon so eine Faszination auf sie ausgeübt. Nur, dass von dieser Liebe für Neuanfänge nicht mehr viel übrig ist, als sie plötzlich allein in der Stadt ihrer Träume steht, die während ihres Studiums ihr Zuhause sein soll. Schnell merkt sie, wie leicht es ist, sich in den großen Menschenmengen hier verloren und allein zu fühlen, und wie schwer, ihren Platz in diesem Chaos zu finden.Das ändert sich erst, als sie dem Barkeeper Hunter begegnet.

Gray und Brooks konnten sich noch nie ausstehen und diese Rivalität erreicht einen neuen Höhepunkt, als sie sich nach Jahren plötzlich in Grays Café wieder gegenüberstehen. Es scheint also alles wie immer zu sein … Doch als das Café zunehmend Probleme macht und Gray so die Energie für ihre Streitereien mit Brooks fehlt, bittet sie ihn um einen Waffenstillstand. Aber Brooks hat ein Geheimnis, das niemand–am allerwenigsten Gray–je erfahren soll. Und jedes Mal, wenn Gray einen Schritt auf ihn zumacht, macht er einen zurück.

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Walter Bosley presents an alternative possibility with documented history to back it up.The greatest legend in the modern history of ufology is undoubtedly the so called Roswell incident, a reported crash of something in early July 1947. For decades, UFO researchers and UFO media have presented this story on the assumption that what crashed in the desert of New Mexico was an extraterrestrial vehicle – a flying saucer from another world.

Trivia Time with Mr. Baldman is the ultimate podcast for fun, family-friendly trivia challenges, packed with 100 questions per episode ranging from easy to expert. Perfect for car rides, workouts, or relaxing at home, this energetic show will keep your brain buzzing and your whole family entertained!

Freddy is certainly an extraordinary pig by all accounts. Although he spends his time oversleeping and overeating just like a normal pig, he also finds the time to daydream, enterprise, and even write poetry! Always full of new ideas, he proposes that the animals of Bean Farm start a tour company.

DCI Kenny Murrain sees, hears and feels things that others do not. It’s a gift but also a curse. When he wakes to the phantom sound of screaming, he knows a murder has been committed, but not where or why. Then a woman’s body is found in a Stockport hotel room. It’s a murder that seems both frenzied and carefully planned, the scene expertly cleansed of any evidence.

Playful enough for young adult readers, yet as intricate and engaging as any work of literary fiction, The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear has the plot of a novel and the spontaneity and humor of a vintage comic book, making it already an instant cult classic.

Anissa Dent is experiencing heartbreak like none she’s ever felt. Her husband of nearly twenty years has fallen victim to crack cocaine after a devastating loss. All her efforts to help him have failed, and to protect herself and her sons, she divorces him and has him removed from their home. That doesn’t stop him from popping in and out of their lives with promises of getting clean. Anissa desperately wants to move on in her life, but her love for what once was is holding her back. However, attending a family barbeque with her son proves to be the restart she desperately needs.

Mr. Bean knows he has the smartest animals in the state of New York. He's just not sure they can care for his farm by themselves while he takes his wife on vacation. So to show how responsible they are, Freddy the pig and his friends start their own bank and their own animal republic. But a hotly contested election between a plain-spoken cow and a wily woodpecker might be more than even Freddy can handle.

Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs.

Molly was no stranger to life's little detours. After the last upheaval, she left her family's law firm to become a maintenance technician on the space station Bradbury 12. When an accident knocks her off her feet, she's going to have to draw on all her resilience to get back up. First, though, she's going to have to figure out how to talk to the big, blue alien trying to help her.

From the author of Steve Jobs, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter. For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil.

Ex-fighter pilot Cowboy, "hardwired" via skull sockets directly to his lethal electronic hardware, teams up with Sarah, an equally cyborized gun-for-hire, to make a last stab at independence from the rapacious Orbitals.

Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II - and they were legion - Jimmy Stewart was unique. On December 7, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality of war, Stewart was already in uniform - as a private on guard duty south of San Francisco at the Army Air Corps Moffet Field. Seeing war on the horizon, Jimmy Stewart, at the height of his fame after Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and his Oscar-winning turn in The Philadelphia Story in 1940, had enlisted several months earlier.

When Edgar plans to acquire his family's ancient estate from the corrupt lord keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, he is met with the complexities of the legal and political situations following the 1707 Act of Union. To complicate matters further, Edgar is falling in love with his enemy's beautiful daughter, Lucy. First published in 1819, this enduring romantic tragedy presents insights into emotional and sexual politics and the shrewd way in which Sir Walter Scott presented his work.