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This book takes its title from the 1980 comedy film The Gods Must Be Crazy, in which an empty Coca-Cola bottle is dropped from a plane onto a community of African bushmen. The bottle is thought to be a gift from the Gods, but after it incites bitter fighting amongst the villagers, the tribal leader decides to return it to the Gods, embarking upon a journey to the end of the world. Through my own metaphorical coke bottle, I visualize the dawn of a daunting new Empire.

Reef Perkins has led a colorful life – combat veteran, smuggler, and salvager. He tells all in this funny and fascinating memoir. From near death at the age of four to “the Pimple Years” to the Jack and Jill Dude Ranch to fighting in-country in Vietnam to Key West Daze, you’ll encounter real-life adventures that are more entertaining than fiction.

For business owners in today’s financial climate, there are several key factors that all add up to business success. With the right formula, you can use Amazon, Shopify, and social media to completely overhaul your entire business to bring in the kind of income you absolutely need from your business. In the last few decades alone, businesses have gone from needing a strong Rolodex filled with all the best leads to businesses that don’t even have a brick-and-mortar installation.

Pulp writer H.L. Osterman gives mystery lovers a new kind of “detective", Walter de Worcester - better known in Key West as Walter the Weirdo. A disbarred lawyer, Walter is a homeless man living on the streets of the Southernmost City in the Continental United States. Walter likes his carefree life - other than getting hassled by local cops. But he redeems himself by helping Chief Sam Marrero solve murders. With a personality somewhere on the autistic spectrum, his mental gears work in strange ways allowing him to add two and two to get 22.

When Russell Bricklin “Bric” Wahl’s real identity is revealed by a newspaper reporter, he becomes the target of many past enemies, and jumps at the opportunity to go treasure hunting with an old friend in the Caribbean. The project is funded with the financial help of a mob boss in search of some of the most valuable gold coins ever discovered. With his son joining the expedition as a professional diver, Brody finds love and Bric can’t seem to stay out of trouble. The mobster promises protection for Bric when he gets back home. 

Are you running out of silly dad jokes for your kid’s sleepover parties? Are your bad dad jokes supplies running low? Do you need a dad joke book full of terribly good and tremendously bad dad jokes? Introducing the dreadfully good joke book for dads and their kids! Now, you can start embarrassing your children and your wife with a fresh batch of hilarious dad jokes that will make everyone groan and roll their eyes.

The world's superpowers are in a struggle for space dominance today. The U.S., China, and Russia are ever competing, not just economically, but with the systems that affect the lives of every person on planet Earth. In an attempt to showcase its might, China and Russia, take a crash course to sabotage the free world's satellites and space programs. Little time and ingenuity is all that the U.S. Space Force has to scramble to meet its foes outside of Earth's atmosphere.

Deep down our hearts are always longing to embody more awareness, kindness, and presence. Here is a little book of heart-full ways to grow. Over time a practice can become an intimate companion on the way, one that helps us to inhabit and express our essence and so to live authentic lives with joy and gusto.

This audiobook is a short timeline of Ada Lovelace, a mathematician and writer, born to the English poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Byron.

Would you like to know how you can boost your company’s income up over $15,000 in one month? Then keep reading! E-commerce is a market that is growing rapidly every single day. This guide will walk you through what Fulfillment by Amazon means, how the selection of your products works, what tools are at your disposal as a business owner, and how to get the very most out of each tool that Amazon has to offer. You will find things you didn’t know about before, and you will find previously unknown tools that will overhaul your business’s bottom line.

In 1969 there was a novel called Naked Came the Stranger by Penelope Ashe. A great literary hoax, the book was actually concocted by 24 journalists, each taking a turn at a chapter. Tortuga Triangle carries on in that same spirit, but makes no apologies about its satiric roots. The product of six Key West-based writers, rascals, and raconteurs, this adventure takes you from Haiti to Key West and points unknown as the U.S. Coast Guard, law enforcement officials, and mysterious figures set their sites on a nefarious villain known to all as Da Turtle.

This annotated edition of Roy Cook’s 101 Famous Poems includes an appendix of author / poet biographies, which: Was designed as a quick reference guide for listeners desiring deeper insights into the poet behind the prose; and includes anecdotes and fascinating tidbits about the poets and poems in this audiobook. Originally published in 1916, Roy Cook’s 101 Famous Poems is one of the finest collections of poetry ever assembled. The short poet biographies at the end of the audiobook lay the groundwork for an even better understanding of each poem.

While preparing to be a minister, Jonathan Edwards penned 70 resolutions that would guide him in the years to come. About 20 years later, he wrote a letter to a young convert named Deborah Hatheway, who had asked for advice on living the Christian life. These two short works, where have been often reprinted and referred to in the several centuries that followed, are literally overflowing with straightforward, Bible-based advice. The thoughts and advice of Jonathan Edwards are as current today as they was in the 1700's.

Vegetarian foods, especially if they are whole and unprocessed, have a lower calorie density, which means that you can eat larger portions, and it is much easier to lose some weight, since these foods add much more nutrition than fats. One of the best reasons to switch to a plant diet is how good it is and how much more they can benefit lives when followed.

A glimpse into the mind of a real lady killer.

 Finally, Eve is mine. I almost let the Black Falcons fool me. I almost let them win. The Savage Saviors rescued me. Eve let me back in. And now, she’s mine once more. But good things cannot last forever. The Black Falcons’ founder is still out there. The man responsible for taking my entire family from me. And now, he’s getting bolder by the second. For Eve’s sake, for the Saviors’ sake, and for my sake, I can’t allow him to live a second longer. Whatever it takes, by whatever means necessary, I will kill him and the Black Falcons.

After surviving a near fatal mob hit at the hands of a hired assassin, Russell Bricklin "Bric" Wahl return’s to Key West to open a bar. While recovering, Bric and his son, Brody, take a vacation to the Bahamas, where they rediscover the difficult life their Bahamian and English ancestors suffered through. Along the way, they search for a fabulous horde of Civil War gold that they learn may be hidden somewhere in the Out Islands of the Bahamas.

Thanks to today's hook-up culture, men are less required than in times past to sublimate their sexuality, leading to an epidemic of perpetual infantilism among men.

I’ve lost everything. My wife, murdered. My unborn child, murdered. A second chance at love, destroyed. My sanity, ravaged. But the Black Falcons haven’t taken everything. Not yet. Eve is still out there. The club is still there. I need to pull myself together. I need to plan my revenge. But I will stop at nothing. I’m not going to waste another chance at love. I’m not going to waste what the club still has. And I’m not going to waste another moment to destroy the Black Falcons. Because while I’ve lost everything, I haven’t lost it forever.

This first book of the Real Estate Knowledge Series, Securing Grant Money: Step-by-Step Guide for First Time Homebuyers, will guide you through the actions in acquiring your first home and receiving a forgivable loan or grant money for your down payment. Eligibility requirements must be met in the county of your purchase. Which means your income will need to be below the median income of the area you are purchasing in.