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"Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned, but only her mother is willing to share her fears openly....

Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.

The Venturers are going on their annual Christmas holiday camp for a week of surfing, canoeing and pure fun. But little do they know, the Russian drug Mafiosi have arranged for a mother ship to drop off a cargo of illicit drugs in a wrecked Navy submarine near the boys' campsite. Stumbling upon the illegal manifest, the Russians take the Venturers prisoners and make plans to dispose of their bodies. It's now up to the most unlikely of them, Scott...

Only when we transform our minds can we break the chains of our mental enslavement and find true liberation from our misperceptions about race, crime, and justice. Social commentators and scholars have presented numerous theories on these topics. But while all lament the horrors associated with discrimination and racism, few so far have proposed a viable way to escape these sufferings. By taking a critical look at the writings of novelists, social...

Long ago, the sun grew dim. Only the brave little fire dragon could relight it. But how could a dragon so little take on a challenge so big?

Beloved, bestselling author of Amish fiction, Wanda E. Brunstetter takes readers on a journey in 1850 along the California Trail.

Only the brave—or foolhardy—would attempt a cross-country journey late in the season. Three wagons meet up in Independence, Missouri, in April 1850, and their owners decide to keep forging ahead despite many setbacks and delays. December finds them in the Sierra Nevada Mountains when a

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William Johnstone's bestselling The Last Gunfighter novels have become a new classic in frontier adventure. Now, Frank Morgan, the last of a dying breed, sets off from the Pacific Northwest for Alaska—and into a raging blizzard of violence and death.
A Hail Of Lead. . ..
It was a favor to a dead friend: Frank Morgan is shepherding a group of mail-order brides to a brawling Alaska boomtown called Skagway. A bushwhacking, a...

There are two paths you can follow in life. The unconscious path or the superconscious path. This is the most important decision of your life. One path will lead you down a well-worn, time-tested experience of struggle, problem-solving, frustration, desire, and unanswered hope. The other is where only the brave venture. It is where you will find your superpower and it leads to a life of inspiration, intuition, creativity, success, and magical manifestation. The...