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Xeno City, a cross roads in a sprawling multi-species galaxy, is also a city brimming with greed, corruption and murder. Wading through this murky cesspool is J. Azize "Jazz" Singer. A private detective pursuing an honest, or not so honest, buck. When Jazz is told of the death of his childhood friend, Erta L’Hotzuma, a death the local law fails to investigate, he sets out to find out who is responsible and why. His investigation, however, soon meets strong and violent resistance and he begins to suspect he has stumbled onto something bigger than just the death of a friend.

Just as Eternity makes her mind made up about where she should be, tragedy strikes. It seems as if happiness is impossible for her. Miami is where she yearns to be, but Tennessee just keeps pulling her back. When a secret comes to light, Vincent doesn’t know how he should handle the situation. With so much power in the streets, he feels powerless in his relationship. Trying to keep his sobriety intact and keep a level head becomes challenging when his emotions get the best of him.

When four recent high school graduates return home from a weekend of camping, they expect to go back to life as usual. Instead, the boys discover empty streets, abandoned cars, and utter silence - everyone has disappeared. As the friends attempt to solve the mystery, they stumble upon more questions than answers. Why won’t the electronics work? Where did the wind go? What do the notebooks full of gibberish mean? With each new discovery, they learn that nothing was ever quite what it seemed on Echo Island and that a deep secret is drawing them in - if only they'd surrender to it.

From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus called and equipped individuals who would serve his community of followers. These "shepherds" are called to preach, pray, and care for the needs of God's people. But what does it mean to be a pastor? And what is the nature of this ministry, according to the Bible? In these 10 audio lectures, Jared Wilson begins by looking at the qualifications for the pastorate, addressing the notion of a call to ministry and how an individual—and a church community—can best identify the marks of maturity and affirm a call.

In this explosive lust-filled novelette meet Leiana and Bishop Calhoun. Leiana is an actress while Bishop is a music mogul. With seven years together, four of them being married, they are what the industry would call “relationship goals”, but things are not always what they seem. When the Calhoun’s household hits troubled waters, it’s up to Leiana to make her relationship whole again.

Bleek is the king of Miami. With so much rule and power, he still can't seem to get his love life in check. Cracking the code to get Eternity to be his again is more work than he ever had to put in on the streets, but he is ready and willing. A true Chattanooga native will tell you that Vincent is the city. With 25 years under his belt in the drug game, there wasn’t much he hadn’t seen. With a heart of ice, he ruled the city with an iron fist. That was until Eternity came along. Keeping up with his status quo as the king of chat, he puts Eternity at a disadvantage every time.

After losing someone close to home, Ty’s entire world is rocked upside down. This loss is a constant reminder that in this game, the love of your life could be your biggest threat. There’s trouble in paradise, and it’s up to Toya and Ty to fix it. With so many secrets that were already hidden, will Ty be able to forgive Toya and move forward? Ty has to now be on guard with his team. Troubles are arising. Jealousy kills more men than cancer, and there’s nothing worse than having envy on your team.

Growing up, Toya always felt uncomfortable in her home and around her family. When the people she considers to be her closest relatives turn into foes, she has no choice but to run away with her first love, Ty. Diving headfirst into the hustling lifestyle, Toya has no idea just how much drama comes with her new title of being a hustler’s wife.

Jazzy is fresh out of high school and looking to get away from her past. There’s no better way to do that than going away to college out of state. The only things she planned on taking with her to the dirty south where her New York state of mind and her best friend, Anika...Man-made problems arise and it’s up to them to keep their friendship on track. Drown yourself in this short story about two best friends that just can’t seem to get it right. Their loyalty to one another is constantly tested and when it’s time to apologize, it just might be too late.

Xavier, a young and successful attorney, is fresh out of college and is ready to live his best life. With money left behind by his late father, he is able to open his very own law firm. He has the money, the looks and the career. Ready to unleash his inner most desires, every woman is on his sexual radar, despite having a faithful girlfriend waiting for him at home.

John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age follows the spiritual sojourn of John E. Fetzer, a Michigan business tycoon. Fetzer parlayed his first radio station into extensive holdings in broadcasting and other enterprises.... By the time he died in 1991, Fetzer had been listed in Forbes magazine as one of the 400 wealthiest people in America. And yet, business success was never enough for Fetzer - his deep spiritual yearnings led him from the Christianity of his youth to a restless exploration of metaphysical religions and movements.

Dealing with the pressure of dropping new music is starting to weigh down heavy on Tone. Especially when he is completely overwhelmed with the task of being a husband and now a new father. He never in his life would have thought that he would be under such circumstances. But he has to deal with the shitty cards that he was dealt. A hand full of betrayal and disloyalty.

Legendary sailor Captain J. C. Voss meets a mysterious man in his hotel in Victoria, British Columbia in 1897. The mystery man says he knows where tons of gold and jewels are buried on the remote Cocos Island. Voss takes a 35-foot sailing sloop 7,000 miles through gales in search of the pirate Treasure of Lima worth seven million pounds sterling in 1897 or over $200 million today. This is an edited, abridged, and annotated version of the first section of the Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss concerning the voyage of the Xora sloop.

After moving from state to state with her mother, Deanna finally settles back in Brooklyn, New York, with her grandmother. Seventh grade, the middle of her youth, grows her up real fast. She is hit full speed with exhilaration, drama, and betrayal.

Black Eden chronicles the history of Idlewild, a Michigan black community founded during the aftermath of the Civil War. As one of the nation’s most popular black resorts, Idlewild functioned as a gathering place for African Americans, and more importantly, as a touchstone of black identity and culture. Benjamin C. Wilson and Lewis Walker examine Idlewild’s significance within a historical context, as well as the town’s revitalization efforts and the need for comprehensive planning in future development.

Coming from the mean streets of Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, Tone and Rowdy lived a life that others would run away from. With their younger bro, Stacks, by their sides all three men became legit and rose to the top of the music industry. But you know what they say, "mo money, mo problems". With so much at stake, it would be foolish to go back to their ruthless killer ways, but they just might have to.

An electrifying true story of Marco, a poor adolescent Colombian fishermen who dreams of wealth and whose ambitions result in his forced servitude to the AUC, a ruthlessly violent narco paramilitary organization that operates at the height of Colombia's drug-fueled civil war. The adventure thrusts the listener into the mind and soul of Marco, who's charged with the dangerous responsibility of moving millions of dollars in cash and thousands of kilos of cocaine through the treacherous jungles of Central and South America and the Gulf of Mexico's unforgiving waters.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.

While pastoring for the past 15 years, Jared Wilson has become known in contemporary evangelicalism for his passionate, gospel-centered writing and teaching. Following Wilson's well-received publication of Gospel Wakefulness, he writes Gospel Deeps as a "next step" to establishing the need for astonishment, which begins by looking at the astonishing things God has done in and through Christ. Wilson holds up the gospel like a diamond and examines it facet by facet.

These are personal reminiscences of Grant which allow us to peer back in time to see him through the eyes of those who knew him. Some of the anecdotes describe brief encounters with Grant, while others are from historically prominent men who knew Grant well. What they have in common are the intimate details that reveal the personality and character of General Grant.