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New York Times best-selling writer and Masonic historian Michael R. Poll gives us a wonderful collection of some of his best Masonic papers and lectures. From rethinking long held beliefs regarding the early development of the Scottish Rite to the general philosophy and needs of today's Freemasonry, this book provides education, enlightenment, and enjoyment.

It's 1935 in Detroit. The city is in the midst of a heat wave when a beautiful white woman is brutally raped and murdered, setting off a powder keg. The chief suspect is a recently paroled black man. Fearing for his life, he goes into hiding only to discover that the victim's father, a rich retired judge, has put a bounty on his head: one million dollars for his apprehension, dead.

Most "stress management" books spend 2800 words of precious real estate on topics such as "what is stress?" or "how stress affects the body" or "have I mentioned my fancy Harvard PhD yet?" But I'd like to take a different approach. And that's by giving you my ultimate secret to deafeating stress, now, before we get into all that boring "what is stress?" stuff.

A companion audiobook to the provocative award-winning Civil War film of the same name, Union Bound is a powerful story of one man who understood what slavery is all about and who risked everything to do the right thing - to save his country, to free slaves. It is a story of compassion, resolve, and unity against a common evil. It is a story of our past to encourage us to be resolute today.

General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and so on. This history examines the many airplanes used in general aviation, from early Wright and Curtiss aircraft to the Piper Cub and the Lear Jet. The authors trace the careers of birdmen, birdwomen, barnstormers, and others who shaped general aviation.

As my life hung in the balance after a tragic car accident caused by a drunk driver, I promised to spend the rest of my life helping others if I were to survive. Despite sustaining a traumatic brain injury, I am the founder and president of Fulfill Your Destiny, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit, dedicated to helping people whose careers have been altered by injury or other unforeseen circumstances. This book is to help other personal injury survivors contemplating litigation, or already involved in litigation.

Fiction is more important than you think. When stories go wrong, the Genrenauts step in to prevent the consequences from rippling into our so-called real world. When a breach is discovered in Science Fiction World, rookie Genrenaut Leah Tang gets her first taste of space flight.

Leah Tang just died onstage. Well, not literally. Not yet. Leah's stand-up career isn't going well. But she understands the power of fiction, and when she's offered employment with the mysterious Genrenauts Foundation, she soon discovers that literally dying onstage is a hazard of the job! Her first assignment takes her to a Western world. When a cowboy tale slips off its rails and the outlaws start to win, it's up to Leah - and the Genrenauts team - to nudge the story back on track and prevent a catastrophe on Earth.

Master archer Caelfel is a student of magic and the youngest she-elf of her city, Sal’Sumarathar. Her passionate naïveté and fierce devotion to those she loves often lands her in unique, precarious situations. Rogue elf Feraan is a reclusive member of a secret order tasked with protecting the land from threats. Carrying out a task on their behalf inevitably earns him a reputation as the most hated elf in the empire of Honey Water. A chance encounter during a goblin hunting party where Caelfel boldly saves Feraan’s life sparks a powerful, unlikely companionship.

This is the story of an entrepreneur, from humble beginning as a deck hand (laborer) on a fishing boat to ship's Captain, living his dream of being at sea after landing this dream job at the young age of 19. But that was not to be his destiny. By chance, a newspaper advertisement for a car salesman was about to change his life forever.

My Name Is Nobody is a novel based on the original screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi for the 1973 film of the same name. The novel expands on the screen version as well as adding a good bit that was not in the film. If you enjoy spaghetti westerns you will certainly enjoy this book. It has character, humor, and loads of adventure.

In the 1950s, mental illness was in the closet, a condition rarely discussed beyond immediate family members. A young mother struggles with bipolar disorder, abusing alcohol and prescription drugs before seeking psychiatric help. Their solution: mind-altering shock and insulin treatments. Her husband, fighting to keep the love of his life, focuses on her recovery, working two jobs to cover the costs of a decade-long cycle of depression.

It is 1953. The Anasazi are in extreme danger deep within the Restricted Area of Mesa Verde. The journal of a past Indian agent is found with entries about the Anasazi and a treasure. Now, treasure hunters threaten to discover and destroy their village. Nothing will get in their way. A spirit, befriended by the Anasazi, asks for Jack Trader's help. He joins forces with Ranger Samantha Baker to stop the threat before it's too late. As a last resort, the Anasazi will take matters into their own hands.

Shipwrecked on a savage planet sunk into Dark Ages barbarism, Erik Baanfeld must find a way to adapt his modern-day skills into a primitive mode - or face a short, unhappy life as a beast of burden. His only chance is to become a - Singer of Lies!

>A young man, relatively new to Fox Creek and living with his elderly grandmother, is discovered dead in his bed after having been severely beaten. Unfortunately, the first person to see the body is Carver Ellis; and the first police officer on the scene is already convinced that young Ellis not only found the body but murdered the victim. It's up to Victoria Sears and her new best friend from down-mountain, Lynn Hanson, to join together a tortuous series of clues to uncover precisely how and why Eric Johansson died.

Shadow Valley is a small, isolated farming community known to few. There is little there to attract the attention of passers-by, but within one of the ramshackle old farmhouses, set in a swale some distance from the rest, there dwells a power that threatens death and destruction to any who might broach its secrets. Now, decades of tenuous stability are at risk when young Lila Ellis arrives to make the final arrangements for a project that will culminate in Shadow Valley being flooded to create a reservoir.

We Are Not One People is a bold, pathbreaking, and far-reaching account of disunionists from 1776 to the present who wanted, as phrased in the Declaration of Independence, "to dissolve the political bands" connecting them to other Americans.

A North Korean missile launch. An attack on a naval base. Does the nation face a new menace, or is an old one taking a treacherous turn? Just as the president negotiates an end to war in the Middle East, a plot to destroy any possibility for peace moves into high gear. When Fritz returns from a trip through the portal, the world around him has changed. His portal through space and time has proven a powerful tool, but using it risks undeniable dangers. Despite the peril, Fritz is determined to use it to end the threat, and capture the conspirators.

Will your children come to seek your advice when dealing with challenges on social media? Challenges like cyberbullying, anxiety, or dangerous strangers reaching out to meet. What about posting that one message that will cost them entry into their favorite college? Social media has become a necessity in our modern society. It allows us to connect to information globally in the blink of an eye.

The city of Audec-Hal sits among the bones of a Titan. For decades it has suffered under the dominance of five tyrants, all with their own agendas. Their infighting is nothing, though, compared to the mysterious "Spark-storms" that alternate between razing the land and bestowing the citizens with wild, unpredictable abilities.