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What happens when a military family's most embarrassing moments become their greatest lessons? One moment the military is pinning a medal on your chest. The next, you're the punchline of a story told in every barracks from Fort Riley to Baghdad. That's the rhythm of military life—and nobody knows it better than the Riley family. From Hero to Zero is a raw, hilarious, and deeply moving memoir that spans three generations of military service—from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.

The Prodigal Prophet is a pause-resisting, roller coaster tale of one man's spiritual quest. Traveling through the emotional mine fields of spiritual abuse and religious disillusionment, Morrison's powerful narrative ignites our own hunger for answers to life's big questions. He unexpectedly finds what he's looking for in the most unlikely of places. We might too!

Catherine the Great is one of the most influential rulers in Russian history. Though born in Prussia, she endeavored to gain the throne of Russia and went on to be the longest-ruling empress in Russian history. She ruled as an enlightened despot, promoting the principles of the European Enlightenment as she sought to modernize her beloved country. She reformed the educational system of Russia, creating a national system that utilized modern educational theory in a co-educational setting.

What is the secret of Die Glocke? Will Lazarus Gray and his teammates discover the answer in time to stop a power hungry madman and his undead soldiers? The Adventures of Lazarus Gray returns with an epic adventure where the fate of the world is at stake. Is even Lazarus Gray up to a task that could take him to the very gates of Hell itself? Also, Assistance Unlimited takes a case that will bring them face to face with terror and the making of a hero!

New pulp author Barry Reese, creator of the well-known Rook series, brings yet another creation to life! The Adventures of Lazarus Gray is Reese's entry into Pro Se's The Sovereign City Project, showcasing a hero whose own life is a mystery to himself. On the road to discovering his own secrets Gray and his Assistance Unlimited team encounter weirdness, madness, and over-the-top badness with every step! Come along for the ride for this new Barry Reese adventure.

Breeze is on the move again, aboard Leap of Faith. There is trouble lurking in every port. He gets mixed up with a cocaine kingpin, talks his way out of a Cuban jail, and takes on a pretty refugee as a passenger. His trusty trawler takes him from the Keys to the Caribbean and even to the Chesapeake Bay, where he contemplates turning himself in to the authorities.

In the tradition of Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim comes A Pimp’s Life, the story of the rise and fall of Mack Jones. He’s at the top of his pimp game in Queens, New York, until he breaks one of the cardinal rules of Pimping 101 and falls in love with one of his girls. Destiny was once an innocent young girl tricked into selling her body, but now she’s as tough as the most seasoned professionals on the street. Then a tragic turn of events causes her to open her heart once again.

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl, living in an extremely peculiar family. She is the sort of girl that no-one notices but somehow strange things begin to happen to her.

Are you holding on to what no longer serves you? Do old regrets, fears, or relationships keep you from moving forward? The Art of Letting Go is your guide to release, renew, and rediscover your inner peace.

There was an order to James Marsden’s future: Get a job as an Indianapolis cop, work his way up to detective, and then find a nice girl and start a family. He never planned on walking into a diner his first day as a rookie cop and for her to blow his entire time line to smithereens. When Marie Griffen’s older brother, Steve, introduced her to his new trainee, she was instantly drawn to his shy demeanor and blushing face. Only she couldn’t act on her feelings even if she wanted to. Steve wanted her to date someone with a normal job - that wasn’t his partner.

The purpose of this research is to examine the ways in which mentoring affects black graduate students' completion of programs of study. Performance is measured by completion of their graduate program, length of time taken to complete the program, grade point average, and overall attitude about their graduate school experience. On average, over half of all black graduate students leave their programs of study before completion compared to 25 percent attrition (non-completion of program of study) of white students.

Are you tired of creepy crawlers being inside or around your house? Tired of waking up with insect bites on your body after a good night's rest? This book will give you the steps and strategies you need to eliminate these pesky problems. You'll learn to make your abode an insect-free zone! And better yet, you won't be contaminating your home with unhealthy chemicals!

By mastering the art of nonverbal communication, you will have more successful interactions with other people, reducing the risk of misunderstandings, confusion, and social awkwardness.

Most people are happy to go through life paying no attention to the detrimental effects of some foods and drinks they consume. They live for the moment. When their health begins to fail, they run to a doctor for a magic pill that doesn't exist. The doctor's prescriptions hide the illness but seldom heal anything, and their health continues to spiral downhill. I can't count the times I have heard the words "I have to die of something, so I may as well enjoy myself."

A ketogenic diet is a low carb and high fat-based nutrition plan. A ketogenic diet trains the individual’s metabolism to run off of fatty acids or ketone bodies. This is called fat-adapted, when the body has adapted to run off of fatty acids/ketones at rest. Can you imagine that this nutrition plan has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce inflammation?

As the marijuana market sets up to push small growers out the door while favoring larger growers, we take a look at some of the largest indoor and outdoor farms in the world. As you will hear, they are massive and located in some of the most marijuana-friendly countries. The year of 2018 will be remembered as the year Canada approved recreational marijuana but it will also be remembered as the year the Food and Drug Administration approved the first cannabis based drug, Epidiolex. It’s a CBD oral solution that will help thousands who suffer from seizures associated with epilepsy.

In this audiobook, you will learn how to recognize various emotions or feelings such as nervousness, openness, anger, boredom, doubt, frustration, or excitement simply by observing facial expressions, postures, and gestures. You can never underestimate the power of body language!

Leading business professor Ian Mitroff asserts that the ability to spot the right problems, frame them correctly, and implement appropriate solutions is the true competitive edge of a successful and prosperous organization. In Smart Thinking for Crazy Times, Mitroff shows how to identify a genuine problem and approach it with a solid grasp of what is at stake, how to talk and think about it, and how to look at the whole situation in relation to its parts. Here is a complete guide to the art of asking the right questions and solving the right problems.

Apophis, the reborn god-king of the Aternien Empire has unleashed the Neural Nexus, demonstrating its terrifying ability to destroy entire planets. General Carter Rose, along with Master Commander Carina Larsen and the crew of the Longsword Ascalon, are still reeling from the weapon’s apocalyptic power. Joining forces with the Old Aterniens is Carter’s best chance of formulating a defense, but Apophis is not his only problem. Any alliance with the Union’s old enemy is certain to draw the ire of Cyrus Duvall and his powerful Humans First movement.

Otto Steven was an idiot who held a doctoral degree in agricultural economics. Otto performed sophisticated-looking analyses of data from surveys of livestock producers for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and got papers published in peer-reviewed journals. Otto’s work was pure garbage, but was exactly what the scientific journals wanted. Patsy Nowak was a bright young university student who had a part-time internship, thanks to a special USDA program for individuals with disabilities. Otto was her supervisor.