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Tenacious: Kris Longknife, Book 12

National best-selling series.

There’s no rest for a Longknife – even if you’re a newlywed. Vice Admiral Kris Longknife’s honeymoon gets cancelled when she hears that the space raider’s home world may have been discovered. Finding where the raiders came from could be the key to saving humanity. If only uncovering their secrets was that easy. As Kris returns home, she ends up tangling with a mutinous crew determined to take off on their own. The dissident group leads Kris straight into a new mess – a system filled with strange, deadly enemies poised to wipe another sentient civilization out of existence. Kris and her squadron are ready to prevent total annihilation, but the mutineers have other plans…

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The Slow Regard of Silent Things: Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 2.5

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place.

Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.

The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a brief, bittersweet glimpse of Auri’s life, a small adventure all her own. At once joyous and haunting, this story offers a chance to see the world through Auri’s eyes. And it gives the reader a chance to learn things that only Auri knows….

In this book, Patrick Rothfuss brings us into the world of one of The Kingkiller Chronicle’s most enigmatic characters. Full of secrets and mysteries, The Slow Regard of Silent Things is the story of a broken girl trying to live in a broken world.

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The Birthday Book: Funny, Wise, and Inspirational Quotes For Your Birthday

Everyone likes to be remembered on their birthday! However, finding a card with the perfect sentiment is challenging. After all, what single expression can give someone a good laugh, move them deeply, yet also make them feel appreciated? The Birthday Book says it all.

You bring magic into the world my friend, and with your magic this world becomes a better place to live in. —Author unknown The Birthday Book is a curated collection of quotes taken from an amazing array of personalities including Dr. Seuss, Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and many more. The quotes contained in this volume have been chosen for their ability to cast both levity and illumination across the path of life and aging. To describe them as “birthday quotes” would be misleading; they are not about cake and ice cream. Instead, each quote has been selected from thousands for its insight on subject of birthdays, youth, aging, and the beauty of life. And of course, what birthday book would be complete without a little humor? This book has been organized into several sections: Humor about life and aging. How do we define youth and old age? What can we expect from each of life’s stages? How can we make the most of life? Quotes that inspire. Aging can be a noble and graceful process, each chapter of life filled with its own unique pleasures, gratification, and advantages. Give this book in honor of someone special, or celebrate your own life! May it offer both wit and wisdom.

Greeting cards are read once then thrown away, but a book of wisdom can inspire for a lifetime. Give an unforgettable gift!

TheQuoteWell books are curated collections. Each book is the result of an exhaustive search from past through present for only the most amazing quotes on the subjects of Love, Life, Leadership, and more! The result is a chorus of profound wisdom emanating from a fascinating diversity of speakers.

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The Glassblower: The Glassblower Trilogy, Book 1

In the village of Lauscha in Germany, things have been done the same way for centuries. The men blow the glass, and the women decorate and pack it. But when Joost Steinmann passes away unexpectedly one September night, his three daughters must learn to fend for themselves. While feisty Johanna takes a practical approach to looking for work, Ruth follows her heart, aiming to catch the eye of a handsome young villager. But it is dreamy, quiet Marie who has always been the most captivated by the magic – and sparkling possibilities – of the craft of glassblowing. As the spirited sisters work together to forge a brighter future for themselves on their own terms, they learn not only how to thrive in a man’s world, but how to remain true to themselves – and their hearts – in the process.

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299 Days: The Preparation, Book 1

Meet Grant Matson: lawyer, father, suburbanite husband who awakens to the fragility of modern society and embarks on a personal journey that introduces him to a world of self-reliance and liberation. 299 Days: The Preparation, the first audiobook in the 299 Days series, depicts the inner struggles Grant must face as he exists in a social system he recognizes as unsustainable and on the verge of collapse, but one in which he has built his life around. What begins as a return to his roots, self-sufficiency and independence, becomes a full blown move to prepare for what may come.

Engaging, insightful, and a bit suspenseful, follow Grant’s transition from a self-perceived “sheeple” to a full-blown “prepper”. Will his fears come true? Is he an extremist? What if nothing happens? What if something does?

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Tin God: Delta Crossroads, Book 1

The truth can be as deadly as any weapon.

Jaymee Ballard trusted only one person in Roselea, Mississippi with the secret of her lost daughter. When that person is brutally murdered, it leaves her with heartbreak and a slew of unanswered questions. The eerie similarity to a murder of one of Jaymee’s close friends years ago causes her to realize her past has come back to haunt her and may cost her own life.

Years of deception and abuse leave Jaymee with few options and fewer allies. She turns to the widower of her friend – a man struggling with his own demons – to help her find her daughter and identify the killer before he strikes again.

Before all evidence, the truth – and Jaymee’s daughter – are lost.

Tin God is an action packed romantic suspense/psychological thriller featuring a strong woman determined to find a demented serial killer and find justice for her child.

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365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne’s Book of Precepts

In the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Wonder, readers were introduced to memorable English teacher Mr. Browne and his love of precepts. Simply put, precepts are principles to live by, and Mr. Browne has compiled 365 of them—one for each day of the year—drawn from popular songs to children’s books to inscriptions on Egyptian tombstones to fortune cookies. His selections celebrate kindness, hopefulness, the goodness of human beings, the strength of people’s hearts, and the power of people’s wills. Interspersed with the precepts are letters and emails from characters who appeared in Wonder. Readers hear from Summer, Jack, Charlotte, Julian, and Amos.
 
There’s something for everyone here, with words of wisdom from such noteworthy people as Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., Confucius, Goethe, Sappho—and over 100 readers of Wonder who sent R. J. Palacio their own precepts.

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Just One Damned Thing After Another: The Chronicles of St Mary’s, Book 1

“History is just one damned thing after another.”

Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary’s, a different kind of historical research is taking place. They don’t do ‘time-travel’ – they ‘investigate major historical events in contemporary time’. Maintaining the appearance of harmless eccentrics is not always within their power – especially given their propensity for causing loud explosions when things get too quiet.

Meet the disaster-magnets of St Mary’s Institute of Historical Research as they ricochet around History. Their aim is to observe and document – to try and find the answers to many of History’s unanswered questions…and not to die in the process. But one wrong move and History will fight back – to the death. And, as they soon discover – it’s not just History they’re fighting.

Follow the catastrophe curve from 11th-century London to World War I, and from the Cretaceous Period to the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria. For wherever Historians go, chaos is sure to follow in their wake….

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The Trafalgar Gambit: Ark Royal, Book 3

Humanity is losing the war. The once-mighty space navies have been crippled, officers and crew have been stretched to the limit, and Earth herself has come under heavy attack. The end cannot be long delayed. For Admiral Smith and the crew of HMS Ark Royal, the stakes have never been so high. The one hope is to make contact with alien factions that might oppose the war. But, as Ark Royal sets off on a desperate diplomatic mission, it rapidly becomes clear that there are both human and alien factions that wish to fight the war to the bitter end – and that her previous missions have sown the seeds of success…or total failure.