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Martial arts master Lin Su Yoshimura is a force to be reckoned with. Now in the US after being shunned as a mixed-race Chinese-Japanese girl, then kidnapped as a teen and sold into the sex-trafficking trade, Lin Su is rescued from an abusive New York pimp by one of the city’s top-level cocaine dealers. Navigating both back alleys and opulent venues with lethal grace, Lin Su finds her way forward through the underbelly of the city, as she wrestles with the horrors of her past.

Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty in the love of her child. There is the "good daughter" who realizes that there's only one way to help her brother and her family. Other stories center on the daily drama of the Curl-E-Que beauty shop, or capture the slapstick side of passion.

In the 21st century, men face technological advances, a relentless pace of living and working, and constant demands on their time and attention. Men are searching for meaning - in their careers, relationships, and society. This inspiring retreat provides a path for nurturing faith and sustaining a truly spiritual approach to life. Men of all ages, cultures, and positions will find tremendous spiritual insight under the guidance of Rev. James Clarke, PhD.

When a neurotic statistics geek gets invited to his twenty-five-year high school reunion, he spends his life savings remaking his identity to wow his old classmates. Only one tiny problem: his new persona gets him mistaken for a drug kingpin and sends him running for his life with the very people who used to make it miserable.

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. In the wake of Chicago Noir, Twin Cities Noir, and Kansas City Noir - all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir Series - comes the latest Midwest installment, St. Louis Noir. Masterfully curated by Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest (adapted for film, starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton), this volume will chill the listener with heartland menace.

Educator and multimedia reporter Marian Burnbaum interviews one of the nation's leading thinkers in education and video gaming, James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literary Studies at Arizona State University. Professor Gee explains how "good" video games in any genre, including violent video games, can be examples of active, deep learning at almost any age.

We all know that it is inevitable for pain to show up in life; however, too few of us know how to preach through pain in the process. This guide will equip ministers and lay people alike to effectively preach, teach, write, and simply perform while experiencing pain.

James 'Jimmy Two Guns' McIntyre was Glasgow's go-to gangland lawyer and consigliere to one of Scotland's foremost crime families. His maverick approach to the law and a client list that included some of the most feared gangland figures of the time - including the McGoverns and Paul Ferris - ensured that he was always in demand but under the constant scrutiny of the authorities.

Charley Sunday, a sensible, sober-minded Texas grandfather, imparts the American Cowboy legacy to his only grandchild as he and several of his grizzled cronies concoct a 1,000-mile longhorn cattle drive across 21st Century America. Four leathery cowboys, one insightful Indian, two strong-willed women, a two-gun oddball, a dog, and a little boy make an unlikely team as they trek from Colorado to Texas, continually running up against the forces of corruption.

Prison. Wrong decisions. Poor choices. Time spent without control. Limited interaction with loved ones. Yet everlasting life can be found within the walls. Volunteers bring encouragement and messages of acceptance, forgiveness, truth, and comfort to those who have lost much. In God's eyes, they are not the forgotten. In this inspirational book, you will find stories of encouragement for you or your loved one to keep pressing forward and to not lose hope.

Modern life presents us with profound challenges and opportunities. While we are more connected than ever before, we can often lose ourselves in the hectic external world. In doing so, it is all too easy to lose sight of the inner life of the soul. Now, celebrated retreat leader Rev. James J. Clarke, PhD, invites you on a retreat specifically crafted for people like you.

Travel back in time to 1966 with this historical UFO recording - a radio news special program on UFOs, featuring comments by Donald Keyhoe, J. Allen Hynek, Al Chop (USAF), James Moseley, and Willliam Coleman (USAF). Eye-witness and news accounts discussed include the Washington, DC, radar case; the 1952, McMinville, Oregon, case; and the Exeter, New Hampshire sightings. Keyhoe also describes an aircraft case investigated by a secret government agency.

As the young Frank Myers grows up in the schools and on the streets of Washington, D.C., his path crosses that of the uncle he never met through the memories of his uncle's friends, especially at the Veterans Outreach Center. Frank has his own friends, especially Eric, so he doesn't focus too much on his uncle. But, it's other Vietnam vets who may save Frank from the problems youth of the late 1980s find in DC, problems Eric seems drawn to.

God calls each of his sons to rise and shine, but many have settled into the daily rigors of Christianity and have exchanged their passion for complacency. They have let the cares of the world flip their focus. God has a radical challenge for his children: Stop burning daylight! Will you answer the call? Will you rise to the challenge? Will you push aside complacency and step into your calling? Will you take your eyes off of yourself and look at the hurting people around you? It is time we answer God’s call to rise and shine!

Rhyming Riley is about a dog who likes to talk in rhymes. The Riley in the book is based on a real dog named Riley who needed a home. The author of this book adopted him, and they soon became a family. Tracy gave him much love and many toys, and he loved her back. They became the best of friends and remained so for the rest of his life.

One choice...leads to another. Before long, you fall...out of control. But God...never leaves us nor forsakes us. Behind the walls...he reveals himself to you. Within this inspirational book, you will find short devotionals and personal stories to encourage you and your family to conquer the mountains set before you. Get it now, and start your conquests!

God has a plan for your life that is above and beyond anything you can imagine. He has a destiny he wants you to fulfill. A life that is so much richer and more meaningful than you could even dream. Now the choices lie with you. Do you want to walk in God’s call for your life? Do you want to find God’s perfect will for your life, your destiny, the reason you were created and the job God has for you? As you discover your calling, are you willing to do whatever it takes to walk in your calling?

In this thrilling novel Jack was at the airport with his mission of stalking someone and was observing Jonathan who was giving out too much information talking on his cellphone. A woman started flirting with Jonathan in the hopes of hooking up; Jack figured he'd play along so she could be a pawn in his game. Suddenly the situation changes, as Alice was an undercover agent working to expose Jack and other stalkers in airports.

Will Stone Ovaries betray her principles and compliment Pizzazzster's sparkly leggings? Will Kevin make it to The Spice Hall in Mindmushina Mall to get that bottle of Five Pepper Impalement hot sauce? And what about the bird that Stone Ovaries inadvertently let into the retail monolith? Be prepared to navigate a minefield of immaturity filled with bodily expulsions, princesses, deranged mothers, malapropisms, and guacamole.