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The popular image of Churchill – grandson of a duke, drinking champagne and smoking a cigar – conjures up a man of wealth and substance. The reality is that Britain's most celebrated 20th-century statesman lived for most of his life on a financial cliff-edge. Only fragments of information about his finances, or their impact on his public life, have previously emerged...

The Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient Maya, drawing on the oldest indigenous texts of the Americas and the latest archaeological discoveries to present an entirely new history of this spectacular civilization. Renowned historian and archaeologist David Stuart, who has made groundbreaking contributions to the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphics, shows how there was no single rise and fall of the Maya but a series of births and collapses over a breathtaking span of nearly three millennia.

One day in September a virulent plague spread throughout the world, killing billions. Even now, weeks later, the full horror of the disease is just beginning to be understood. The dead have reanimated, and are becoming increasingly aggressive. A small group of survivors is imprisoned in an underground base, trapped between the door to the outside world and the sealed entrance to the airtight cocoon where hundreds of soldiers sit and wait for rescue.

After surviving a near-fatal health scare and cancer diagnosis, David Vega began asking the questions most of us avoid: What truly matters when the titles fade, the applause quiets, and all that’s left is your story? The result is Fool for Thought — a powerful collection of short, heartfelt essays on personal growth, leadership with empathy, intentional living, and faith-driven resilience. Each chapter can be listened to in minutes but remembered for years.

Step into the pulse of Las Vegas—where glitz hides chaos, lust fuels crime, and not everything that happens here stays hidden. From drunken confessions to criminal escapes, these true-inspired tales pull you inside the raw, unfiltered nights of the city that never sleeps.

The crew felt a new wind. The bitter cold added to the bite of a ship that had never gone this fast. Sharp eyes stayed fixed on the dim horizon. There was no time for caution, though they knew dangerous ice lay ahead. The Carpathia raced into the same ice field that had just claimed Titanic. Henry Cromwell dreams of becoming a reporter. Armed with a homemade radio, he spent the first three days of Carpathia’s voyage listening in on the North Atlantic’s radio traffic—eagerly jotting down notes and being a general bother to the crew. But nothing prepared him for what he would hear at 12:30 am.

In Raging Into the Night: Stories from the Underground, step into the intoxicating world of David William Vancil, a bartender whose life reads like a cocktail mixed with danger, desire, and redemption. From the sun-soaked shores of Waikiki to Tokyo’s neon labyrinth, from the glittering madness of Hollywood to the heat of Mexico, Vancil’s journey is a relentless ride through love, loss, and survival within the surreal world of bartending. In Waikiki, he seeks solace in paradise but finds that even under endless sunsets and swaying palms, heartbreak lingers.

Paméla, fraîchement célibataire après une trahison conjugale, s'embarque dans une nouvelle aventure personnelle et professionnelle en enseignant à Laval. Déterminée à se reconstruire, elle accepte un rendez-vous intrigant à Boisbriand, encouragée par sa collègue Andréanne. Ce rendez-vous l'amène au Titan Studio, un salon de tatouage où elle rencontre Dominic, un tatoueur captivant. Au fil de la séance, Paméla se laisse emporter par ses fantasmes, révélant une part inexplorée de son désir et amorçant un voyage vers la redécouverte de soi.

Backed by evidence-based research and dozens of expert interviews, AdvisorSmart for the Individual Investor is packed with knowledge to help you to find a trusted advisor who fits your unique needs and keeps your best interests in mind.

Bailey and Bambaloo once again are up to their shenanigans. This time, Poppy baked his "No Wooden Spoon Needed Chocolate Chip Cookies" and left for a few hours for Taco Tuesday. Seeing their chance to strike at the "goodies", they pounce into action only to be taught a lesson when Poppy returned home. What started out as an innocent action, all havoc breaks loose and this wild and wacky duo becomes internationally famous.

In The Chosen and the Damned, acclaimed historian David J. Silverman traces Indian-White racial arguments across four centuries, from the bloody colonial wars for territory to the national wars of extermination justified as “Manifest Destiny"; from the creation of reservations and boarding schools to the rise of the Red Power movement and beyond. In this transformative retelling, Silverman shows how White identity, defined against Indians, became central to American nationhood. He also reveals how Indian identity contributed to Native Americans’ resistance and resilience.

The darkness holds more than dreams in Louisiana... Every night across the bayous and cities of Louisiana, people awaken gasping, paralyzed, crushed by an invisible weight that science cannot fully explain. They speak of shadowy figures, suffocating pressure, and the unmistakable presence of something ancient and malevolent. Meet the Cauchemar—Louisiana's most terrifying sleep spirit.

The Prince of Evolution is the evolutionary reframing of one of the most important and controversial political texts in history. It reframes Machiavelli's The Prince as a text expressing a revolutionary political theory that expresses an evolutionary 'best practice' framework for political competition.

Hal Ashton has spent years developing the most anticipated video game of all time. In TAP - Total Altered Perception - players can live out their fantasies in a fully immersive virtual reality simulation. With the deadline only weeks away, it's the last chance to save his career. But the game still isn't perfect. He's been warned against amending the source code, yet it's the only way he can achieve total immersion, where players won't realise they're in a game at all. He just needs to conduct a final test off the books, and for that he needs willing volunteers: his family...

In Why Four Gospels? noted Greek and New Testament scholar David Alan Black concisely and clearly presents the case for the early development of the gospels, beginning with Matthew, rather than Mark. This is much more than a discussion of the order in which the gospels were written. Using both internal data from the gospels themselves and an exhaustive and careful examination of the statements of the early church fathers, Dr. Black places each gospel in the context of the early development of Christianity.

Step into the world of the ancient Kingdom of Benin and explore its captivating history, culture and legacy with Blue Peter Award winning author David Long. Under the rule of the Oba, the Kingdom of Benin was one of the richest and most powerful in West Africa. Behind a network of massive walls...

In his financial advice book for individual investors, personal finance expert David Bromelkamp shares step-by-step instructions to search for and find a financial advisor you can trust. Did you know anyone can call themselves a financial advisor, financial planner, or wealth manager, regardless of the quality of their financial advice? Unafraid to call it like it is, personal finance expert David Bromelkamp takes on the Goliath financial industry in this empowering, informative, and easily digestible guide for the individual investor.

The Lord of Wildfire has been reborn, but the Wild Era is full of dangers and his strength needs to rise. He has disrupted the plans of Baron Verasun and the Sarathian Empire, creating enemies both near and far, while the enemies who killed him in his first life are still out there. His rise is meteoric, but the Path of Stars is ignoring him, so he has to forge his own path to power. With the Stars Alliance and his old knowledge on his side, he sets his sight on the things that can help him the most: the Chaos Remnants.

Under the seas there is a captain. He is feared by his enemies and tolerated by his friends. His name is Wolfgang Tiberus Howle. A feirce sailor and werewolf aboard the SS Moon beam. A powerful submarine built by the Gods in Atlantis. Come along as he and his motley crew of misfits try to save the world from evil wizards, insane gods and the evils of soap operas.

Lieutenant Alex "Flex" Callahan watched helplessly as the first refugee ships fled Venus. Something was driving them mad, transforming both crew and vessels into horrors. But this was just the beginning. The mysterious alien menace that calls itself The Cure has arrived, threatening not only death and destruction but the monstrous and chilling corruption of humanity itself. While Flex works tirelessly to discover the true nature of The Cure, he is beset on all sides by doubters and enemies within.