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Barbara Child put her heart and soul into a letter to her partner, Alan Morris, while he was at the cottage they shared in Florida, and she was away at school in California. He was a Vietnam War veteran, and she was taking a seminary course on war - in particular, the Vietnam War. She turned in her letter as a term paper for the course, calling it “An Open Letter to a Vietnam Veteran.” That letter led to one thing, then another. She began writing more and more about Alan. From those writings came this audiobook.

In a centuries-old tradition, farmers in northwestern Iceland scour remote coastal plains for the down of nesting eider ducks. High inside a vast cave in Borneo, men perched atop rickety ladders collect swiftlets’ nests, a delicacy believed to be a cure for almost anything. Eiderdown and edible birds’ nests: both are luxury products, ultimately destined for the super-rich. To the rest of the world these materials are mere commodities but to the harvesters they are all imbued with myth, tradition, folklore and ritual, and form part of a shared identity and history.

Caz takes on the mountains, battling brutal weather and two vicious gangs, trying to help a giant of a man named Grizzly, whose brother has been murdered and whose small mountaintop cabin is under siege from 10 men desperate to steal his gold. Caz is the self-appointed judge and jury, operating outside the law, tracking down those law can’t - or won’t - find. And when he does find them, which he always does, there is only one sentence. This time, it’s different, as the men are coming after him. They’ll wish they hadn’t.

Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as antibiotics and vaccines rank among some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet, exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on prescription opioids have caused many to lose faith in drug companies. Now, Americans are demanding a national reckoning with a monolithic industry.

Be truly inspired by these powerful true stories of animal heroes: meet heroic bears, drone-catching eagles, loyal dogs, sassy cats, and much, much more! This audiobook brings you the heart-wrenching stories of the real animals who traversed treacherous paths, made daring rescues and went above and beyond to save human lives. When faced with human conflict, these animals have all shown bravery, friendship, or brought comfort. Journey throughout history from Hannibal's elephants to a guide dog in the Twin Towers.

A quiet, quirky loner rides into Bent Fork on a horse named Sweet Pea to visit an old friend. He receives devastating news from his friend's widow, who says her husband died under mysterious circumstances and everything they’d worked for was stolen from them. Sparks soon fly as five people risk their lives to try to make things right. But Aloysius "Wolverine" McLean and Amanda Goodson discover the biggest challenge of all has less to do with guns and gold and everything to do with love.

The new intern at Rob's law office seemed absolutely perfect. Madison was tall, leggy, and gorgeous. The girl was incredibly bright, funny, and down-to-earth. She was everything he could ask for in a woman...only, she wasn't a woman at all, not exactly. Could he come to terms with her gender? Would she be willing to try using her amazing "manhood" for the first time?

This is the third novel in a brand new Western series from Western adventure bestseller Scott Harris! With gun in hand - Caz blasts his way through the bad guys to bring peace and justice to the Old West! Caz lives life by the rules, but they’re all his rules. Rule #4 is; Never let a man steal your water. Not from your canteen or your creek. Unfortunately for McKinley, he tried to.

Dale the handymanis in for a big surprise when he checks out lovely blonde Samantha's pipes! A working-class man gets more than he can handle when he lets a beautiful and aggressive transsexual seduce him. Who will come out on top? Will the big strong man assert his masculine nature, or will Samantha's enormous tool prove just too powerful for him to resist handling? Find out!

A series of tragedies push a young woman to make a terrible choice: marry a man she detests to save her ranch or risk everything to keep her freedom. With time running out, a man nicknamed Longshot helps her to discover her own strength and run a brutal race for survival, but is finding a lasting love to heal her broken heart too much of a long shot?

Finally a guide that shows you everything you need to know to start a freight broker business! If you want to learn how to start a freight broker business and learn how to make it successful, then this audiobook is for you! Here’s the deal: Most people are hesitant to start a freight broker business because they have no clue where to start: You’re not sure of what education you need in order to get started; you’re not sure of what licenses you need to get and what regulations you need to follow....

James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after 300 years, coming to an end. A new age - the novacene - has already begun.

Someone to watch over Rose. Losing her husband in a small plane crash last year has forced Rose to get on with her life. But when a storm rolls in, her world is shattered with the discovery of a body buried deep within her own walls. Now, as all fingers point in her direction, a mistress steps out of the shadows, along with a dark family scandal that might shed some light on motive. As people around her drop like flies, the real killer gets too close, and Rose seeks the help of the police officer who knocked on her door one rainy night a year ago.

This is a spectacular story of error and innovation, a wild ride from a vision to the realization of an iconic cultural landscape. It reflects the park’s uniqueness, but just as strongly that of the man who built it with a watchmaker’s precision, an artist’s conviction, and the desperate, high-hearted recklessness of a riverboat gambler.

The Best Boots I Ever Ate is a 70,000 word, literary, historically accurate saga of the Alaska Gold Rush novel of three years in the life of an Alaska Gold Rush boomtown, from formation to demise, 1903 to 1906. The drama is told via 31 interconnected short stories focusing on the unique characters and events of the Alaska Gold Rush.

When George finds a way to escape the spacecraft Artemis, where he has been trapped, he is overjoyed. Surely now he can return to Earth. But when George touches down, he knows immediately that something is wrong. There’s a barren wasteland where his home town used to be, intelligent robots roam the streets, and no one will talk to George about the Earth that he used to know. With the help of an unexpected new friend, can George find out what - or who - is behind this terrible new world, before it’s too late?

Pablo, a failed Argentine novelist-turned-screenwriter, has been kidnapped by the greatest Latin American film director of all time and is kept in a basement where he works, day after day, on what he is told must at all costs be a great, world-changing screenplay. Every night, after finishing work on the script, Pablo writes in his notebook, and every morning he crosses out what he wrote the night before. The Crossed-Out Notebook is Pablo’s diary of this time.

David Quammen's book, The Song of the Dodo, is a brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope, far-reaching in its message - a crucial book in precarious times, which radically alters the way in which we understand the natural world and our place in that world. It's also a book full of entertainment and wonders. In The Song of the Dodo, we follow Quammen's keen intellect through the ideas, theories, and experiments of prominent naturalists of the last two centuries.

Ariel's boyfriend and love of her life, Christian, plays a very important role in her life. He keeps her in check, makes sure she follows the rules, and disciplines and rewards her as needed. When Ariel manages to break a sacred rule between the two of them, Christian - who's no stranger to her brattyways - takes her in hand and gives her the spanking she desperately needs. Ariel's Spanking Punishment is a 3,900 word erotic story that contains scenes of domestic discipline and spanking among consenting adults.

Caz is looking for two things: the perfect breakfast, and men who think they’re above the law. He hasn’t yet found a breakfast to match what his mom used to make, but there’s a trail of dead men behind him that shows he’s having no trouble finding bad men. Caz is the self-appointed judge and jury, operating outside the law, tracking down those who the law can’t find. And when he does find them, which he will, there is only one sentence.