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This book of personal essays captures the passion and frustration of a true constitutional conservative. Del Beyer calls on us to view our nation's founding documents as a finely detailed guide generated from the experience of people living without freedom. If you understand the map and where it all began, you cannot miss that we have strayed off the path defined by our founders and are fast approaching a national crisis.

Emperor Onrad the II is a fool, but only the Elder Council knows this for certain. Having arrived at Marrok, Alex sees these wondrous people but sadly, only his genitals are doing the thinking. Will Alex spot Onrad's treachery before it's too late, or will his loins blind him to dangers that swirl around him?

Told from the perspective of a seasoned blackjack dealer, The Investment Club tells the stories of a self-destructive, dwarf entrepreneur, a drug-addicted musical performer-turned-stripper, a retired, widowed New Jersey policeman, a bereaved, divorced female sportscaster, and a card-counting, former Catholic priest before and after their fateful meeting at the El Cortez Casino in downtown Vegas.

Set in two iconic locales - Hollywood's legendary Chateau Marmont and Fresno's amazing Forestiere's Underground Garden - Waiting for Lipchitz at Chateau Marmont is a bold and colorful critique of the California Dream through the perspective of a screenwriter who has gone from riches to rags. A kind of Hollywood version of Waiting for Godot, Janigian's Lipchitz is a stunningly original take on the absent protagonist and what is illuminated in the void.

After visiting Martin Shaw, Barnard and Claudia's attorney, Alex and Karen make their way to the Melbourne Space Port, where Barnard's Commercant is parked. As they board the ship, and begin exploring, they find out exactly who and what Barnard's "First Girl" really is: Cygna....

Karen, after promising Alex she would stay aboard ship while he rested, tries to sneak off and explore the mighty Dyson Sphere. But, at the end of the connection tube, she runs into Gunny Taylor, one of Alex's friends from his military days....

Johnny has a terrible nightmare. He's soaking wet. It's only a dream, he thinks. As Johnny gets ready to go to school, there's a very weird thing going on. There's no one on the school bus or at school. The only people that are there are Monster Zombies, and they are out to take over the town - and Johnny!

In this second installment of the Man Hunt trilogy, we see the organization behind Monroe's Island and watch Josie come to terms with and confront her former boyfriend and rapist, Charles. Obe, meanwhile, is thrust deeper into the prison-like atmosphere of The Family of Blue and learns there is a whole other faction of men who are less numerous but even more dangerous. New characters Elton and Heather each have their own challenges to face and find their own paths to the island.

Look around you. Everything you see was bought and sold by someone. If you are considering a sales job, are in one but wallowing in the valley of mediocrity, or just need a "starter match" to get back on track, this book is for you.

The freedom we cherish is illusory if our minds are shackled! Advertisers and political machines bombard us with propaganda every day. Follow a trained military propagandist behind the scenes. This PSYOP officer turned Hollywood actor will show you how Washington and Madison Avenue craft propaganda ordnance, how these weapons are launched and targeted, and the impact they have on our daily lives and our nations' policies.

A message seen by millions but misread by all has been found well hidden for more than 35 years at Elvis Presley's home - Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. It has been discovered and now deciphered. This mysterious message contains a key that, when properly used, will open a door, revealing one lonely candle burning in a darkened room. This candle sheds much light on what is hidden in that room.

It is a curious thing that at my age, "55 last birthday", I should find myself taking up a pen to try to write a history. I wonder what sort of a history it will be when I have finished it, if ever I come to the end of the trip! I have done a good many things in my life, which seems a long one to me, owing to my having begun work so young, perhaps. At an age when other boys are at school, I was earning my living as a trader in the old colony.

At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a fantasy novel, the first in his series about the fictional "hollow earth" land of Pellucidar.

This story bundle includes three novellas and a bonus!

Robotics student Brad Barkley has created the perfect woman. The only problem is she's an android, and her creator realizes too late he may have made her too perfect. After Brad's ultimate failure with women nearly consumes him, he discovers Tricia, his android, may be able to rescue him from a life of loneliness, if he and the human race are willing to pay the price.

Underwood, Scotch, and Wry is a humorous look at social media through the eyes of a Luddite college professor. Arthur enjoys drinking, the company of his female TAs, and generally being a pain in the butt for the dean of the English department. He has tenure. He hates computers. The dean hates him. Watch as Arthur and the dean engage in an angst filled battle to end (or save) his job. This humorous fiction will keep you listening. If you like social media, blogging, and mockery, you'll enjoy my first satire novel Underwood, Scotch, and Wry.

An otherworldly friendship is forged under stress and fear. Wyatt, a recently unemployed camper, is looking for an escape from responsibilities. Thunder Born is a wind esper looking to escape from those who want to murder him. Together they start something surpassing both of them.

During the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, thousands of workers began work on the Hoover Dam, built in the Black Canyon, which had been cut by the powerful Colorado River. The Colorado River was responsible for the Grand Canyon, and by the 20th century, the idea of damming the river and creating an artificial lake was being explored for all of its potential, including hydroelectric power and irrigation.

The Cult Around the Corner is dedicated to bringing reason, understanding, and open communication to an often explosive subject: the involvement of oneself, a friend, or loved one in a group that might be called a "cult".

At the dawn of the twenty-second century, the human race is poised for greatness. The Solar System is being rapidly colonized, and the stars are almost within reach. The future potential seems limitless.