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"The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in." ¿ Harold C. Goddard, The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 2Books, movies and popular media have eulogized the major role that British breaking of the Enigma Code played in the winning of World War II. During the Cold War, a more monumental effort was made by America and her allies to intercept and exploit Russian and communist countries communications. In the mid-1950s a tunnel was built by British MI-6 and the CIA which tapped into a buried communications cable in East Berlin. They successfully intercepted and exploited East European and Russian communist communications for over a year. Suddenly, in 1956 the tunnel was "discovered" by the Russians, denying the allies this exceptionally valuable intelligence source.This novel, The Berlin Tunnel is a fictional account of how a second tunnel might have been built between East and West Berlin. It is a thriller which takes the reader into the super-secret world that the author occupied fifty years ago. Every scene in The Berlin Tunnel could have happened. The time-1960-1961, and the place-the Divided City of Berlin have been faithfully recreated using extensive research and the author's personal experience.Young American Air Force Captain Robert Kerr arrives in a divided Berlin awash with spies who move freely between the East and West. His task-build a TOP SECRET tunnel under the River Spree into East Berlin-tap into highly classified communications links between civilian and military leaders in Russia and the Warsaw Pact countries. The knowledge gained from this source will help America's leaders to manage an imminent confrontation between the East and West over Berlin, perhaps even prevent World War III. At all costs, knowledge that the tunnel is being built must be hidden from the Russian KGB and the East German Stasi as well as our closest allies-the British and French. Only those involved in its construction can be allowed to know of the existence of the tunnel.Love couldn't have found him as a worse time.Soon after he arrives, Robert falls for a German girl, Anna Fischer. It is spy verses spy as the dreaded East German Secret Police-the Stasi use every means possible to determine what Robert and his construction crew are doing in Berlin. But it is Anna, who is often caught in the crossfire between the Americans and the Stasi.The conclusion of the novel centers around events that focuses the attention of the world on Berlin. First, the Wall is closed, trapping 19 million East Germans including Anna's entire family behind the Iron Curtain. A few months later, the world held its collective breath when the Berlin Crisis occurs-High Noon at Checkpoint Charlie-the only time in the Cold War when Russian and American tanks faced each other. Robert and Anna are caught up in these momentous events as they try to free her family and survive in a very dangerous city.

¿Neurodivergent Elemental, Roan, doesn't belong in any of the worlds. She boils things, she dreams of death, and she keeps to the shadows whenever she can. But her copper freckles and ashy red curls make her about as subtle as the benyu, the fiery bird of the mythkeepers' stories. On her nineteenth birthday, Roan's village is beguiled by conquering Woodlanders. In an effort to save her people, she throws herself into a reckless blood bargain with Galin, the roguish Woodland general who challenges her heart, complicates her sense of self, and unmasks the true nature of her magic. And he's not the only one who wants to forge her into a weapon...Roan must find her own voice in the darkness of trauma and, like the benyu, rise from the ashes to set her people free.

When Virginia, a feisty ninety-six-year-old schoolteacher, and her daughter, Anna, travel to Scheggino, Italy, to explore their roots, they uncover a secret about their family's history that connects them to the powerful Urbino Truffle Empire. They share the same last name, but no one in the village is talking...except for a one-eyed man named Enzo who still remembers. He believes some stones are better left unturned, but Virginia can feel the family secrets in this village, and she wants to know them all.In Italy in the 1900s, three brave but imperfect brothers flee their Umbrian home, hoping to escape their troubled past by settling in the seaside town of San Diego, near the Mexican border. The brothers are determined to secure a piece of the American dream, but devastating loss and consequences prevent them from finding the freedom they seek.Virginia and Anna cling to fragments of their heritage and a mysterious locket that may hold the most surprising revelation of all. Will their discoveries be too shameful to accept? Or will the scandals of the previous generation inspire forgiveness that redeems the family name for good?

Kassidy Simmons dispatched the Angel of Death, secured the Scythe of Cronus, and claimed her birthright. As she navigates her new role and tracks down rogue Wraiths still loyal to Azra-El, an unknown force is plotting to make an ancient prophecy foretelling the end of the world a reality.Seven hundred years ago, Jaxon Burke awoke in a field outside of Rome, with no memory of his former life. Now a present-day killer for hire, the immortal assassin has taken countless lives, and, because of the recent shake-up in the natural order, the memories of those deaths are fueling his nightmares-nightmares that feel real. He longs for relief. He longs for peace.He longs for death.A recent brush with the hereafter brings him to the attention of Solomon Steele, a Wraith angered by Kassidy's recent ascension. With the promise of death as his reward, Jaxon agrees to help Steele destroy Kassidy-but he is ill-prepared for the repercussions of this strange world he is now in.As the truth of Jaxon's life comes to light, Kassidy must find a way to pay for the sins of the past and stop this deadly duo from destroying her, taking the Scythe of Cronus, and ushering in the apocalypse.

A mom invents a way to hold her life together just as the world falls apart.Clipped is a quirky memoir about a new mother whose desperation to get her baby to sleep catapulted her into becoming an inventor and a small business owner-just before the world fell apart in 2008.As a full-time mother and entrepreneur, Adrienne Alitowski rolled out her invention, blankyclip®, to retailers across the country, including over thirty stores in the Buy Buy Baby national chain. LA Parent Expecting and Kids Today both made blankyclip® a "Top Pick." The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded her three utility patents and a trademark. All that fabulous glory aside, Adrienne also learned what it's like to fly halfway around the world to a Chinese factory and to be pregnant, throwing up on the street just before an investor meeting. These experiences led her down a path to write this memoir about sticking to your vision and being open to finding gold in the muck.

Research indicates that only about thirty percent of Americans consider themselves to be financially healthy. In The Quest, Darren Key offers readers the good news that financial health is not some mythical entity always searched for but never found. It is real, it exists, and it can be achieved without winning a sweepstakes or the lottery. Achieving financial success requires leaving faulty thinking and bad choices behind and embarking on a better path. Using epic stories like The Wizard of Oz and The Hobbit, The Quest takes readers on a fun, life-changing journey to a place where financial health that honors God is not just a fairy tale but a blessed reality.

Jamie Whitehall Olivian has received a mysterious letter from her Uncle James. She is named after him, but she has never seen, met, or heard him mentioned in any way. Until now. And he has died and left her his entire estate. But it seems Uncle James wants her to investigate a murder. His, that is. It also seems the estate is contingent upon her acceptance of this commission. Jamie wants no part of the investigation or of the estate. She gets along perfectly well, thank you very much, a fact she emphasizes to his lawyer, who just happens to be gorgeous, making it a little harder to say no. Things take a strange turn when the victim himself asks her to reconsider. For reasons unknown, Uncle James has been unable to depart for the afterlife and is stuck in his Art Deco desk. Jamie decides to take on the job of niece and sleuth, with no experience at either, and she and Uncle James set out to find the killer. They are aided by the lawyer and a not-as-gorgeous and slightly rumpled homicide detective whose interest seems to be more than just finding a murderer.

Of all the groups to emerge during the folk era of the 1960's, first the Chad Mitchell Trio and later The Mitchell Trio were unequivocally the best. Their complex harmonies, sense of comedic timing and stage presence were unique to the folk movement. They didn't enjoy the commercial success of other groups because their material made political and social statements that radio and television refused to play. They were wildly popular, though, on college campuses throughout the country during this turbulent time and fostered political and social awareness among thousands of young men and women as they faced the challenging era ahead.But as Mike, Chad and Joe Frazier raced along a frantic treadmill of rehearsals, recording sessions, nightclubs and concerts, Mike and Chad began to realize the demand for musical perfection was the only thing they had in common. Their personalities were and remain polar opposites. When Chad left in 1965, neither mourned the parting. John Denver replaced Chad. Two years later, Joe's demons caught up to him forcing Mike and John to fire Joe. When folk reunions became popular, fans and folk historians agreed that The Trio was the one group that would never take the stage again. Their schism was just too great.Mike and Chad and Joe hadn't spoken in twenty years. Then came a call. I will if he will. Their mentor and music director Milt Okun worried they were making a mistake. They couldn't possibly be as good as their fans remembered.They were. Mike and Chad kept their day jobs, and their distance. But once again, they shared the music.

The true story of a son's battle with addiction and a mother's struggle with loss. David is only fifteen years old when he first feels morphine flow through his veins after his foot is crushed in the hydraulics of a Bobcat. From that moment on he chases the feeling for the rest of his life. Alcohol, marijuana, cocaine - he goes through drugs like candy, but it isn't until he finds heroin that he is satisfied. Through his personal correspondence and essays, David's story unfolds as he goes from being an average American kid who loves sports, racing around on his skateboard, and writing stories, to being a heroin addict. His heartbreaking journey deepens as he takes his family with him down the dark and dangerous road of heroin addiction. In 2014, David loses the battle, leaving his mother, Pat, to cope. Grieving a death from addiction is two-fold. After already losing her son to addiction, Pat has to find a way to grieve his death. The Last Stop reveals intimate and detailed scenes of living the life of an addict and explores the mistakes and ways for families who love the addict to cope. David's story gives hope for families immersed in the life-altering aspects of active addiction and empathy for those left behind when recovery stops being a choice.

Sixteen-year-old Rilla Marseas believes she has a calling to become a healer. Her soul yearns to help people and save lives. Why else would Heaven grant her a singing voice that can heal any ailment? But if the palace discovers her power, she'll be selected for the annual Showcase, where the most beautiful and magically gifted girls in Seracedar Kingdom compete for the chance to enter the emperor's harem. That's the last thing Rilla wants. To avoid such a fate, she hides her power. No matter how the other villagers ridicule her for being worthless and talentless, she suppresses the urge to reveal her powerful voice and prove them wrong. When a palace scout poisons Rilla's auntie and coerces her into revealing her power, she's thrown into the competition. The scout threatens to harm her family if she doesn't win. But Rilla learns there really is no winning. The emperor and empress keep girls with magical powers as pets. In cages. With some help from a handsome, but brooding prince and his mysterious bodyguard, Rilla must outsmart the palace and escape. If she fails, she'll spend the rest of her life as the royal couple's puppet, using her voice to grant them eternal youth.

There aren't many places to run in a city surrounded by a wall.Courtney Spencer has left her safe, normal life behind. Joining up with Orion City's #1 Most Wanted man, she plunges headfirst into an underworld she never knew existed-a realm full of Changers, like herself, willing to do whatever it takes to bring Orion's darkest shadows into the light of day.But W's plan for justice may reach further than she's willing to go. With a murderous organization on their heels, and her detective ex-boyfriend not far behind, Courtney must rely on dangerous new friends to bring down AITO and the Wall once and for all. But when using her newfound ability means risking her own sanity, and her ties to W put her in danger of falling in more ways than one, Courtney will need to fight to become someone who can bring true justice-without losing herself, or her heart, in the process.Packed with suspense, heart-pounding action, and forbidden romance, this thrilling conclusion to The Walls of Orion duology tests the boundaries between villain and hero, revenge and revolution, and raises poignant questions for a world not so far-off from the world within the Wall.

How much would you sacrifice to realize your greatest desire?Throughout history, people have been drawn to unseen energies at sacred sites around the world. In the American Southwest, a tourist will soon discover a forgotten power that could change the Earth forever.Gregor Buckingham, a young man scarred from a childhood fire, has very little going for him - no family, a heartbreaking job and an existence untouched by intimacy. Whenever bitterness threatens to overtake him, he finds peace through meditative escape or by letting his mind drift into the night sky. Now, Sedona is calling to him.On a camping trip to the Northern Arizona town celebrated for mysterious energy vortexes, UFO sightings and other paranormal activity, Gregor finds hope in a nonbeliever and discovers a lost ancient power. He also encounters a mortal enemy he must fight to save them both.Reverend August Briar believes himself destined to be God's greatest prophet, and he anoints himself the supreme commander in the divine fight against Sedona's blasphemous nature-lovers, which he calls the Crystal Cult. When he witnesses the power wielded by Gregor, he must decipher God's will from the contradictions tearing at his faith.

Emory Rome is back in A LIGHT TO KILL BY, the third book in the Mourning Dove Mysteries series and follow-up to the international bestsellers MURDER ON THE LAKE OF FIRE and DEATH OPENS A WINDOW. Moments after construction tycoon Blair Geister's death, a mysterious wandering light kills someone on her Southern estate. Is the avenging spirit of the millionairess on a killing spree, or are other forces threatening those in her inner circle? As the will is read, suspicion and jealousy arise, and fingers point to the heirs of her fortune. Private investigator Emory Rome and his Mourning Dove partners accept an invitation to stay at Geisterhaus and unravel its secrets before more lives are lost.

The year is 2044. Housed in a secret complex beneath the eastern Arizona desert, a consortium of governments and corporations have undertaken a program on the scale of the Manhattan Project to bludgeon the laws of physics into submission and make time travel a reality. Fraught with insecurities, Marshall Grissom has spent his whole life trying not to call attention to himself, so he can't imagine he would be remotely suited for the role of time travel pioneer. He's even less enthusiastic about this corporate time-travel adventure when he learns that nudity is a job requirement. The task would better match the talents of candidates like the smart and beautiful Sheila Schuler, or the bristle-tough and rattlesnake-mean Marta Hamilton. As the project evolves into a clash between science and corporate greed, conflicts escalate. Those contributing the funding are mostly interested in manipulating time travel for profit, and will stop at nothing, including murder, to achieve their goals.

At every crossroads he has encountered in life, Sean Brody has made the safe choice. In the year 2046, at the age of ninety-three, Sean is given one final opportunity to deal with his greatest regret. Sean is the only man Marshall Grissom and Marta Hamilton can find who might be able to save Sheila Schuler, their friend and fellow traveler lost in the distant reaches of time. If Sean accepts the task of traveling to his childhood in a parallel universe-with no guarantee that any aspect of the past can be changed-Sean must also accept his death in the only world he knows.

When time travelers fail test after test to significantly alter the past, most financial backers abandon the Global Research Consortium leaving veteran traveler Marta Hamilton to administer a vastly scaled-down project. She must protect the past from a greedy future, fend off political meddling, and foil a murder plot originating in a parallel universe. She presides over a conspiracy to hide the truth of her best friend's death while coping with a confusing and discomforting romantic entanglement involving fellow traveler Marshall Grissom. Marta, who has by professional necessity always distanced herself from emotional commitment, lapsed by allowing herself the luxury of friendship with Sheila Schuler and a night of wild sex with Marshall. Now, Sheila is probably dead, and-according to a genius physicists' theory-Marshall soon will be. As she assumes her role as administrator of the time travel program, Marta must choose between the risks of loving someone, or the lonely safety of emotional solitude. (No cats were harmed in the telling of this story.)

You imagined the perfect life for your child. But mental illness had other plans.You hate to see your child struggle and always work to solve their problems. But when those problems include addiction, self-harm, psychosis, or alcohol abuse, they need help-and so do you. You don''t have to face this alone.In Broken Open, parenting and family consultant Maureen Towns shares her journey through her teenage kids'' mental illnesses to help parents find freedom in chaos. Part memoir and part guide, Broken Open shows you how to empower your children to reclaim their lives, without losing yourself in the process.In this book, you''ll discover:How to find the right therapy, treatment, or facility your teen actually needs for a successful recovery.Six steps to recognize and stop codependent parenting tendencies to put you and your family on a healthy path forward.Why validation is the key to stronger relationships with your children and how to build better trust.Nine ways to develop compassionate boundaries to honor your emotional and physical health, not your kids'' behavior.How to use self-care strategies to prioritize your own emotions, manage anxiety, and parent with clarity.Filled with rich true stories from a mother who fought to put her family on a sober path, Broken Open is your path back to calm. If you''re losing yourself while supporting a struggling child or unsure how to help without hurting, buy Broken Open today!

Kids, get ready to help your four heroes, the Botanic Hill Detectives, solve another mystery in Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse!In 1945, Isabela de Cordoba''s great-grandfather, the famous silent movie actor Lorenzo de Cordoba, mysteriously hid a legendary, multimillion-dollar emerald somewhere on the family''s sprawling Eucalyptus Street estate. Seventy years later, the gem remains concealed. Nicknamed the "Green Curse," the emerald is blamed for the Southern California familia''s numerous, untimely deaths. On her twenty-first birthday, Isabela receives a secret letter with a cryptic poem. These documents from the long-deceased Lorenzo invite her to hunt for the gemstone. But first, she must decipher the poem''s six stanzas for clues. To assist, Isabela hires her thirteen-year-old neighbors, the four Botanic Hill Detectives-twins Lanny and Lexi Wyatt, and their best friends, Moki Kalani and Rani Kumar. Eerie footsteps inside the mansion, unexplained occurrences in the adjacent cemetery, and the mysterious tenant in the backyard casita challenge them. But they ingeniously make progress on the poem''s meaning with startling discoveries. Sliding wall panels, a secret room, and hidden passages reveal much. The detectives aren''t the only ones looking for the emerald. The perilous race for the de Cordoba treasure is on!