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In November 2006, then-first-lieutenant Thomas Daly arrived as part of the surge in Ramadi to take part in Operation Squeeze Play, a division-size effort to remove al-Qaeda from Anbar province. In this powerful memoir, he describes the successful clearing of Southern Ramadi's Second Officer's district, the Qatana, and the uprising of local citizens against al-Qaeda on the eastern edge of the city (the result of an unlikely alliance between Daly's company and Thawar al Anbar).

Since the age of ten, March Franklin has been orphaned, alone, and on the run from his own disturbing ability - to feel and experience the deepest emotions and memories of the darkest souls among us. But when his grip on sanity is strained by one malevolent criminal, March commits a gruesome act, forcing himself into a dangerous new life direction and the cross-country pursuit of a narcissistic sociopath unlike anyone he’s ever experienced.

Charlie's Ashes: A Greatest Generation Story is an acclaimed factually-based narrative about five WWII veterans and war heroes, ages 93 to 101 (Sam Lombardo, John Beard, Bill McCowen, Joe Gossen, and Charlie Geiger). They are members of The author's Destin, Florida, veterans group known as the Crispy Warriors. Also featured is an African-American Vietnam War veteran (Tommy McCraney). Two weeks before a Veterans Day "Red, White, and Blue Celebration" at Harbor

Nine powerful Greek gods of the Underworld join forces to save our world and theirs in this heart-stopping and bewitching series of passionate paranormal romance novels from NYT and USAT best-selling author Felicity Heaton. Step into an action-packed world of mythology and mystery as the children of Hades and Persephone battle to stop a calamity foreseen by the Moirai, and fight to protect the women who claim their hearts from an enemy bent on destroying everything.

Twelve-year-old Gitanjali Rao, appalled by the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, found a cheaper, more effective way to test for lead in drinking water. Four undocumented teenagers from an underfunded high school in Phoenix built an underwater robot from spare parts. At fifteen, William Kamkwamba used materials from junkyards near his home in Malawi to build a windmill to generate electricity and pump water for his village. Science educator and professor Fred Estes explores the motivation, challenges, and lives of these teen scientists and explains the science behind each invention.

In 1973, the Wilcox family sets off to sail around the world aboard the 40-foot sailboat, Vela. Thirteen months later, they are shipwrecked on a coral reef, with surf tearing a huge hole into the side of their boat. With years invested in saving money, preparing the boat, and learning to navigate by the stars, parents Chuck and Dawn refuse to give up. Can they overcome the emotional, physical, and financial challenges to transform from castaways into circumnavigators?

For years, Caleb Marlowe has been following a hard trail. But fate finally seems to be smiling on him. The ranch he and his partner have been building is ready for a herd of longhorns, and a ghost from his troubled past is about to dance at the end of a hangman's rope. With winter descending on the Colorado boomtown of Elkhorn, Caleb's future looks bright. But in the wild West, a man's fortune can turn with the speed of a mountain storm. When his partner is jailed for murder, his herd taken by rustlers, and his ranch nearly destroyed, Marlowe knows someone is trying to run him off.

At twenty-four, Arnold Beisser was a recent medical school graduate and a nationally ranked tennis player. But overnight a devastating bout of polio left him permanently paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on an iron lung to draw his next breath. Polio robbed Arnold Beisser of his strength, his athletic ability, and almost his life. Yet he discovered in this unthinkable trap not only the expected sadness and despair, but wonder, delight, and the pleasure of everyday living.

Blind music teacher Emily Warner regains her eyesight through a transplant. But her newfound vision catapults her into danger. As she begins to investigate the strange things she sees, she realizes the visions she has belong to her cornea donor - and that her donor’s death was no accident. When she decides to prove that her donor was murdered, she draws the attention of the killer onto herself. But no matter the danger she’s putting herself in, she has to expose him, before another young girl dies, and before Emily becomes his next victim.

In an ancient alternate history, four distinct regions of South America have merged to form one technologically advanced nation called The Land. Twenty-one-year-old Commander Jaway Barbour leads his young crew on military missions against the final remaining holdouts against the empire - the exploited tribes of the Wild Territory. When a bomb explodes, damaging their ship, it sends the crew on unexpected adventures.

The ocean sustains life on our planet, from absorbing carbon to regulating temperatures. But as we exhaust the resources on land, its reserves are increasingly dredged and extracted to fuel new industry. Today we are facing two urgent challenges at sea: massive environmental destruction, and spiraling inequality in the ocean economy. Chris Armstrong reveals how existing governing institutions are failing to respond to the most pressing problems of our time.

Thelma and Ezra have decided it is time to move forward with their plans to have a family, but first they need to move to a larger living space. When Thelma finds her “home sweet home” and they make it so, things begin to change in unsettling ways. Ezra sees what’s happening, but Thelma doesn’t - not really. He must find a way to save them before it’s too late.

Duke Snider is an ex-Navy SEAL who has compiled a collection of 10 men and five women; each possess specialized skillsets that enable them to travel the world to engage and eviscerate evil individuals and terrorists. A secret source within the US government has retained the services of Duke's crew, the Syndicate, to track down the origin of the coronavirus, but as their mission unfolds, they find that the coronavirus isn't the greatest threat to world - coronacyde is.

Colorado, July 1878. The nationally famous solar eclipse is almost upon the country, and a peak overlooking the fledgling town of Elkhorn is one of the centers of attention. In the midst of boisterous and chaotic frontier pre-celebrations, Caleb Marlowe - reluctantly deputized for the coming event - learns that local power broker Judge Horace Patterson is being targeted for assassination by agents of a financial magnate. Caleb's efforts to thwart the plan, however, are complicated when a ghost from his past shows up with the intention of blackmailing him.

In 1876, Lakota Chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people’s resistance against the White man’s invasion of the Northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. At the height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S. D. Nelson draws fascinating parallels between Crazy Horse and Custer, two men whose lives were intertwined.

Paperback mystery/adventure novelist Jonathan Tyler Springer is dragged into action once again in Errol Flynn’s Treasure: Conch Republic, Volume 2. While trying to write his first serious book, a mysterious letter and an old friend draw him away from the keyboard and onto a path of adventure. Following a treasure map that leads them to the island of Jamaica, will these colorful characters of Key West be the writer’s muse for another story or his downfall, leading him to a stint in a Cuban jail cell? Life in the Florida Keys never has a dull moment.

Isabella Tenderini, a wealthy merchant's widow rescues a stranger from drowning in one of Venice's canals. And how does the man repay her selfless act? By kissing her - her, a respectable woman. Not only is Raphael di Santori grateful for his life being saved, he would also like to thank his rescuer very intimately - more intimately than decorum allows. But then, Raphael has never been one to play by the rules - as a vampire he doesn't have to.

Art student Ralph Tone is working in Miami as a bellboy. He meets Hollywood hopeful Maria Duigan and falls head over heels for the ambitious beauty. As Ralph fuels his obsession by booze, pills, and lack of sleep, they both quickly become entangled with sleazy pornographer Donald McKay.

With the battle between the sons of Hades and the daemons turning more dangerous for the man she loves, she can no longer stand on the side lines. It’s time for this goddess of war to risk everything to fight for what she wants. As the battle to save the Underworld and the mortal realm rages to dangerous new heights, will Keras be consumed by the darkness, or will Enyo be the light that saves him?

Daimon is ice. His heart is frozen by it. His body caged by it. And he likes it that way. But the sexy sorceress that storms into his life and declares herself a part of his team in his battle against the daemon uprising is determined to melt the ice that has shielded him for centuries, and he’s powerless to stop the burning need she ignites in him. Even when he’s sure it’s only a game to her. As things heat up in the battle to save the mortal world and the Underworld, will Daimon’s icy heart be able to withstand the fiery witch who can scorch him with just a look?