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Do you believe that a drought of the land which causes many people to die of famine or a drought of the human soul that affects the lives of those nearest to him/her is more devastating? Can droughts of the soul can be more damaging than those of the soil? The analogy buried in the book Drought uncovers the dichotomy (or juxtaposition) of both.

The badly decomposing body of a woman is found in a farmer’s field and shows signs of bondage and torture. A ring on her finger leads to an ID and confirms a young officer’s suspicion. She’s one of several women who have been reported missing from the Prince William County area of Virginia. Trent Stenson with the Dumfries Police Department is uncovering a trend, but before he can reach out to the FBI, they show up at his door.

This audio study guide for Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as nationalism, print capitalism, imperialism, and post-colonialism.

A prosecuting attorney is murdered in a sniping that takes place in Arlington, Virginia, less than 15 minutes from Washington. FBI agent Brandon Fisher and his team with the Behavioral Analysis Unit are called in to investigate the threat level and to determine if the lawyer was targeted. The FBI hadn’t anticipated previous victims stretching from coast to coast.

West Orion has returned to Hood River to wed his middle school crush Olivia Tarkington. That is, if he can keep her convinced for five measly more days, but then, when does true love ever run smooth? Their wedding week is fraught with trials and tribulation - a broken arm, near drowning, heart attack, death, and two shocking revelations. Will the besieged couple be deterred or hurdle past their obstacles and make it to the altar (or flower-infused wooden arch)?

Poppy Paisley hails from a long matriarchal line who are all named for flowers. Since she has a permanent address at Greener Pastures (her Grandma Daisy’s dementia care center) she does not really consider herself homeless. Even though she keeps her belongings in Sunny-mobile (her car) and sleeps at a different location each night....Poppy rescues others along her journey, as she wrestles with the dilemmas of what really makes a home and how does a person interpret their reality?

Chuck Sawicki outlines his intuitive, personal mentoring style that goes beyond the old "one size fits all" model. It demonstrates the benefits of connecting people and communities. His generosity, caring, and curiosity are the hallmarks of not only his own success, but the legacies of all those he's mentored.

Seth’s show Seth Row has made his name a household word with his weekly radio, internet, and TV specials interviewing inmates on death row before their executions. Seth is often the last person to really speak with the inmates before they exit this world and the women in his life articulate that hanging out near the abyss of death rubs off on him and ghosts of his interviewees may follow him home. The story is filled with colorful inmates, varied love interests, a long-lost father who turns out to be an actual Father, and more.

This bundle, titled Ultimate Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and Anger Management, contains two amazing audiobooks that have tremendously helped me in dealing with my anxieties and anger issues, and I believe they can also do the same for you!

AWS Lambda: A Guide to Serverless Microservices takes a comprehensive look at developing "serverless" workloads using the new Amazon Web Services Lambda service. This audiobook is meant to provide you with a broad overview of AWS Lambda, its features, a hands-on and in-depth guide to serverless microservices, and a slew of recommendations.

The Ring of the Witch: The Curse of Apollo was an exciting project that originated in social media. The story was not written as a traditional novel (narrative prose), but in a style that resembles more a stage script - making the audio adaptation an amazingly unique experience! The talented narrator that worked with us did more than 25 different voices and accents - which even included a few lines in Greek and German.

Are you ready to consistently break 90? Golf is one of the most difficult sports to master. The difference between a successful drive and a ball that drops straight into the pond is just millimeters. Hitting that perfect spot each and every time you're up can take years of practice and dedication, but don't let that deter you from getting "good enough." Being good enough means having a correct understanding of the fundamentals that you can build on in the correct way, and I teach you that in this book.

A tense, white-knuckle ride of a play from BBC Radio 4 in which a rather self-satisfied hero embarks, reluctantly, on a voyage of self-discovery. Originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 7 January 2009, and repeated on 31 March 2011.As an expert on memory loss, Greg Cooke is asked to invalidate the testimony of an eyewitness in a high-profile murder trial. He undermines the Prosecution's key witness by convincing the jury that we forget as much within 24 hours as we do over a whole year.

FBI Special Agent Brandon Fisher and his team join forces with Miami PD Detective Kelly Marsh to find a missing woman Kelly believes was taken by a serial killer. From their first meeting, Brandon sees the detective as competition, and this isn’t helped by the personal history she shares with his boss. Brandon sees the similarities between Detective Marsh’s missing person case and the two cold cases: All three victims served time for vehicular homicide while driving under the influence and disappeared three days after being released from prison.

Being tortured isn’t fun at all…especially when it’s your ex-flame attaching the battery cables to you. For Captain Brad Mendoza, his month has gone from bad to worse, and now all anyone seems interested in is the galaxy-changing secret that’s rattling around in his brain. Whoever breaks Brad can build an empire that will rival anything else in the Fringe!

When a battleship and its escorts mysteriously disappear near a contested area of space, they leave no clues behind, and their own Navy is preparing for war and can’t spare the resources to find them. Which wouldn’t really matter to ex-Navy Captain Brad Mendoza. He finally has all he ever wanted: a ship, a crew, and the most beautiful woman in the galaxy as his girlfriend. Seriously, can life get any better? But that’s when Carla Mendoza, his ex-wife, appears, begging Brad for help to find the missing task force and its flag captain, the man she left Brad for.

Die Freunde vom TEAM UNDERCOVER am Set eines echten Hollywoodfilms! Eddie, Hannah, Ben und Sarah dürfen bei „Der Geistersturm“ einen Blick hinter die Kulissen werfen. Und geraten dabei natürlich sofort in einen neuen Fall. Offenbar versucht ein geheimnisvoller Saboteur, die Dreharbeiten mit allen Mitteln zu verhindern.

Das Jagdschloss im tiefen Wald birgt ein dunkles Geheimnis. Eine Gruppe erfolgloser Schauspieler hofft dort bei einem Casting-Wochenende auf ihre zweite Chance. Doch der Tod schleicht bereits durch das Gemäuer, beobachtet sie, wartet auf seine Chance. Keiner hört die Todesschreie. Ihr Henker wartet bereits. Er ist... der Präparator.

With their marriage in shambles after a horrific crime rocks their foundation, Kevin and Amy Kessecker try to salvage what is left of their lives by joining friends on a private island in South Texas. Unbeknownst to them, something evil has followed. Together, they are thrust into a hilarious and horrifying fight for survival against a seemingly unstoppable adversary with unimaginable abilities.

In Ports 2, the saga continues, accessing different characters and ports while taking a dive across the boundaries of life and death through the Septarine Portal to another world. Water still encompasses most of the globe, with only 12 ports and an unknown portal rising above the oceans. Much of surviving humanity lives on one of these diminished areas of land and the rest on various ships that dot the waters.