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Mauro Bruno receives a mysterious envelope containing a letter he wrote to his wife twenty-five years ago on the day she was murdered. The letter was stolen by the killer, who was never caught. The same day he receives the envelope, the desiccated body of a woman is discovered behind the wall in the president of Italy's office with his letter opener lying beside her. For over two decades, a Mafia chieftain has been grooming a government official, killing anyone standing in the way of his progression within the ranks of government. Now running for president, the chieftain's protege is neck and neck with the current president, his victory assuring the Mafia will have a grip on the country for at least the next decade. These are the related events that confront BD&D investigations, which have been hired by Dante Acardi, the deputy commissioner of the Polizia di Stato, to find who this woman was and who killed her before the president's political opponent learns of it. Digging into the woman's background, Bruno discovers that she and his late wife had something in common, which ultimately led to their deaths. But finding her identity and murderer soon takes second place to staying alive. In this latest Bruno, Donati, and Donais novel, the three investigators find themselves pitted against the Mafia, the president's political rival, and an assassin who has never failed to deliver on a contract - all wanting them dead before they can unravel the mystery of the dead woman.

This book is written to inspire women, who don't know what orgasm is all about; women who lost their sex drive for whatever reason and mothers who have suffered from post-partum. As they read this book together with their partner, it could trigger them to get in the mood and experience a good sex life again, no matter how deteriorating the situation has become.

Looking for a way to merge all your religious and spiritual experiences into a meaningful whole that can impact your life. Read my 60 year journey from athiest to agnositc to deeply religious person to a mix of a variety of creeds, beliefs and activities. The book explores the upsides and problems with a variety of spiritual paths. Perhaps you will find some wisdom in this book.

After its second revolution, America is nothing-and everything-to joke about. The U.S.A. is history. In 2044, the Covenantal States of America constitutes a white-Christian autocracy echoing George Orwell's banned classic, 1984. Washington pushes back against armed rebels, humor ridiculing tyranny and mushrooming graffiti referencing Orwell's novel in the form of 2084. Sam Klein, a member of the Minyan, a clandestine group of stand-up comics, organizes a July Fourth comedy protest while his Indian-American wife Indira, a native Californian, faces deportation. The Fourth, celebrating an America made great yet again, brings unexpected fireworks.

On May 3, 1945 a swarm of Japanese suicide planes attacked an American ship, the USS Aaron Ward during the fierce struggle for Okinawa. The ship was all but destroyed and forty-two sailors died in the 52-minute battle. One of those killed was Laverne Schroeder, only two months before his eighteenth birthday. After the war an anchor from the ship was placed in the military section of the Bluff City Cemetery in Illinois. There the anchor remains, a silent reminder of kamikaze pilots who wanted to die and young sailors who wanted to live. This is the story of the Aaron Ward's gallant fight, a brave young man, and a reporter's quest to honor the ship's legacy.

In the last years of World War II, the Japanese Imperial Army launched 9,000 balloons bombs in a last ditch effort to attack the American mainland. Each balloon carried one high explosive bomb and a number of incendiaries. In theory, these weapons would cause forest fires on the West Coast, and, if used to carry biological agents, create panic. Traveling in the easterly jet stream many of the balloons did reach the United States and detonate as planned. Many, however, simply disappeared into the forests of the northwest, armed and dangerous. This is the story of one missing balloon bomb that set off a terrifying forest fire near the California-Oregon border, and of three men who were inexplicably linked by time and history to the to the resulting inferno. In a moment of truth, when the fire crowned and torched the land, and survival depended on "e;tasting the wind,"e; these men did.

Utopia's Pirates satirizes the founders and agents of Political Zionism and the deceptive and violent means they employed in establishing their militant Rat Utopia in the Holy Land. The process involved illegal immigration, smuggling of arms, bombings, kidnapping, sabotage, and massacres - all culminating in driving the British out of the land and forcing the indigenous inhabitants to flee for their lives. What was finally achieved has been falsely paraded as the only democracy in the Middle East, when in fact it is the only apartheid state in the region. Will this sham Utopia last for a thousand years? Utopia's Pirates is a satire about Zionist terrorism, interspersed with propaganda slogans, humorous verses, and lines taken from recognisable songs.

The Miggens family is a family of bunnies. This book is about their life experiences in this current day setting and having to where a mask. The stories are about different things the Miggens' little bunnies get into, at mainly school. The challenges they face trying new things, and while learning who they are and what type of bunny they want to be in the future or even for just that day or moment. Some of the stories are simply for fun while also showing that the Miggens' little bunnies also have things in their life that they worry about and try to figure out as they want to have independence, and individuality. The little bunnies in these short stories end up building their self-esteem through trial and error and learning when to ask for help.

How can you improve your leadership skills? What ethical dilemmas may you face as a manager and what approach should you take to confront them?What can you do to become a leader of your people will respect and trust them to lead them in a crisis?These are questions that so many business leaders ask themselves today. And they're the very same questions that Joseph Medina faced during his time in the United States Marine Corps and in the business world. In this book, you receive a unique insight into the leadership style of a decorated Marine and business leader. You'll discover the lessons Medina learned from several of the U.S. military's most distinguished leaders, as well as how you can apply these lessons to your business.

This is about my life growing up with the thought that there were Aliens, then the confirmation from my dad and his friends after not talking about it to anyone for so long. This book is written because of the signs I've received and feel I have been guided into this path to share with all people that we are going to have first contact in February 2022. I call them our Ancient Ancestors because they are so much older than us; probably billions of years. Twenty or thirty years ago, most people may not have been ready to receive their presence but with the technology they've shared to come this far in a short time and now disclosure in many forms preparing us for their arrival. Everyone has a comment or an opinion about Aliens, but the truth is a 'Human Being' cannot be the only speck in a vast Universe with life in it.

Linda Crichton takes you to a magical land of albeon and the exciting adventure as princess Maisie and Calvin find themselves on a quest to rescue their fathers and the kingdom from the evil in the land. The young heroes take courage and know that they may be the only ones that can save them and so their quest begins!

This book is a result of three and a half years of weekly columns in the Newark (Ohio) Advocate many years ago. It was very well received, and I often got comments from people I came across about a certain article that was helpful. I simply wrote about the things I did, learned, and failed at over that time. Gardening can be funny, you will learn in this book. My husband was a major asset in gardening and in providing funny situations, but I think he liked getting hit in the head often. As for content, the articles follow the seasons of Ohio which came as I wrote them, but my sense is they can be far more widely applied in other areas of the country. I hope you learn from and enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Happy gardening! Jo Ann Wiblin

It is a collection of poems and short essays intended to inform or encourage young women, although not limited to that age

The main purpose of the book is a friendly method of getting the elderly living alone to entertain Themselves while being self -involved spiritually, mentally and physically and coping with theCOVID-19 global pandemic. For the #50/50/50 meaning -There are fifty days, fifty types of spiritual, mental and physical challenges, and fifty minutes to complete all three challenges for the day.

Stories of Life in Japan for "e;off the beaten path"e; foreigners of various extractions, their interactions with Japanese people, and Japanese interactions with them. Over the last few decades, majestic and historical Japan has seen a steady rise of visitors and of those a considerable portion seek work. One of the main popular employment options came in the form of Language Instruction, the dominant of such being English, drawing instructors from nearly every corner of the globe to travel abroad and teach. Some find alternate means to grind and find a better way of life, while others fail miserably. BLURRED IMAGES Japan is a collection of abbreviated tales not for the faint of heart and not likely to be the colorful testimonials found on tourist brochures...

This is the final installment of the Scot Free series. A new Blood Brother comes to town to determine if Mikey is responsible for the deaths of two other bike club members. Is he finally going to be caught at his own game or will he once again slip through getting away with everything Scot Free?The federal government spent more than twenty years pursuing him, wire tapping the phone lines, following him and at one point, through Scot Free II: The Lawless Biker, we know the feds even infiltrated the biker club. How will the new Blood Brother fair in his quest to solve the disappearances and death of two other faithful members when the FBI can't even catch Mikey doing anything illegal?Many tell me it sounds interesting growing up with a man who is a self-proclaimed hitman for the Mob. I can tell you that it was not. His choices affected our lives and not always for the better. Most of the time, it was for the worst. Please, join me as Toledo's notorious outlaw finishes what he started. Mikey Thomas continues to work under the cloak of invisibility the Mafia and his club brothers afford him. He was a man who had no regrets and in his own words, "e;I lived my life how I wanted and I will not apologize for anything."e;

The Makings of a Poet is a collection of the following poems: Going in Circles, Crowd Full of Mothers, War Crimes, The Throne, Spoken by a Survivor, The Beginnings of a Lie, Lust in Love, My Great Escape, Finally Ready, Only Pieces, More Than Love, The Little Blue Box, and Naked and Saved.

Travel back in time to the summer of 1981 and meet Daniel Barnes whose world is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious letter on his 18th birthday informing him that his father, who disappeared when he was a baby, has left him an inheritance that he desperately needs to pay for college provided he can resist temptation and abide by a "e;morals clause"e; while working as a camp counselor at an historic resort in the Poconos.

A young girl escapes her kidnappers; the US embassy compound in Athens comes under a devastating missile attack; a US Navy amphibious carrier, returning from a goodwill tour, engages hostile aircraft over the Adriatic Sea; and an abandoned Soviet submarine base in Bulgaria is secretly refurbished. These are the seemingly unrelated pieces of a puzzle that Matt Moretti and Han Li encountered while on vacation. It started innocently enough when the two agents from the off the books White House organization known as Nemesis were walking back from dinner and saw a young girl being chased by three thugs. After dispensing their own brand of justice on her pursuers, and on hearing that she and others like her were kidnapped and being sold into slavery, they decide to get involved. However, they soon find that the tables have been turned and they're being hunted by someone with seemingly limitless resources. Needing to survive long enough to take down the human traffickers, they receive help from where they least expect it.

In Essays on Christianity, the author delves deeper into many aspects of Christianity with strong emphasis on the End Times. He also shows there is an afterlife, something the "e;Whatever"e; generation has ignored or just assumed there is some kind of a higher power. The ultimate goal of mankind should be to spend eternity in heaven with a loving God rather than a fiery eternal sojourn in Hell. Considering our current era, it is important to seek God's forgiveness for sins and become the person God created.

Views of England, Scotland, and Wales garnered in a focused six-week tour in 1992. The book concentrates on literary Britain, especially on the Romantics, including Shelley, and on Samuel Johnson; on the two great universities of Cambridge and Oxford; on illustrious British gardens; on food and B and Bs; on British eccentricities.

Paul Zeppelin incorporates the fragments of his lifelong experiences into undeniably vivid and well-defined imagery of his cultivated and wide-ranging world of poetic vision. His poetry has refined elegance, deep philosophy and strong emotions. He often expresses sharply controversial views insights into both individual and world issues.

Paul Zeppelin incorporates the fragments of his lifelong experiences into undeniably vivid and well-defined imagery of his cultivated and wide-ranging world of poetic vision. His poetry has refined elegance, deep philosophy and strong emotions. He often expresses sharply controversial views insights into both individual and world issues.

This a delightful story about an adorable little puppy who is confused and misunderstood about things in his crazy good life. Children and readers of all ages will fall in love with Brutus and love reading about his life. Brutus is a funny dog that just wants to understand why things are the way they are. This is a very enjoyable story that has very cute illustrations.

Life and living is a complex system interwoven in reality and fantasy, happiness and sadness, but always fusing with one's dreams in the spirit of the Creator, the wilderness, and one's special quest for his or her ridge. Join me in my six stories of reality and fantasy in my own quest for the ridge.

It is soul food. Thoughts that will relate to every area of your life. The interior, exterior, and the sexterior.

Whether you're a dedicated cinephile or just someone who loves big-screen blockbusters, The Hollywood H.I.P. List will allow you to predict the scenes and the dialogue of every movie you ever watch. That's because the leading studios just can't stop relying on such filmmaking cliches as: The Swiss Family Armani The Bulletproof Couch The 2nd Law of Character Dynamics Cinematic Geology 101 The Magic of UltraSlimeInside you'll find the Top 100 lame and ludicrous scenes that'll make you groan audibly or laugh out loud. They're the best of the worst, and all here for your enjoyment and enlightenment.

In his sequel to Lee Harbor And The Fight Before Nightfall, Lee Harbor, also known as the Chosen One, is living with Samantha Douglass and other friends in a new and extroardinary fantasy world. Unfortunately there are enemies who want nothing more than to open the barrier between fantasy and reality. After he ushers his friends out of the castle for safety, Lee frantically works to create a protective charm-until the fortress collapses around him. After Lee wakes up in a hospital room surrounded by his family and Samantha, he soon realizes it is up to him and his friends to save the fantasy world from its nemesis, the Fierce Lumentine, who hold the power to instigate a darkness never seen before. As Lee and his helpers embark on a dangerous journey to stop their evil plan from unfolding, now only time will tell if they will be successful or realize an unthinkable destiny. In this exciting juvenile tale, a boy with special abilities must attempt to stop evil forces from opening the barrier between fantasy and reality, with help from his friends.

The year 2019 started off with a fresh start, a shaved head, and everything going right. Then everything went wrong. An 8 year relationship was put to a halt, best friends moved away, and family issues worsened. Always the obedient child, I decided to just do the things I wasn't supposed to do. I coped through the year with writing down my feelings and made it through the hardest year of my life.

Gabriel Marcus grows with the feeling of complete detachment from the purpose in life until his dreams open the door to an adventure of soul searching. He embarks on a quest that is not crowned by the expected revelation of the tangible but aligned him with the longings and strivings of his ancestors. He grows to become the person who understands the effect of each step made in his search for true identity and true love.