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Every cottage tells a story. It's a saying Jason Barlow returns to as an architect designing New England beach homes. The latest cottage story he hopes to tell rises from the Stony Point sand: the last cottage standing on the beach. It's the sole survivor - something Jason can relate to - as surrounding cottages washed out to sea in long-ago hurricanes. The owners aren't budging, though, keeping Jason's proposed renovation at bay. The cottage holds secrets darker than its gray, seaworn shingles. And secrets don't stay buried in this little Connecticut beach town.

Blue skies and smooth seas return to the coastal community of Stony Point. Until a new arrival in this little New England beach town sets forth a competition like no other. As the temperature rises beneath the summer sun, so do the antics and good-natured fun.

When Irish immigrant Alex McKay is interviewed by a reporter in 1911, McKay cheerfully relates that America has given his family everything. This historical novel, based on a true story during WW1, shows how the McKays of Greenpoint, Brooklyn stood tall with America and paid the ultimate price of citizenship. Greenpoint Doughboy, written by McKay descendent Peter McHale, shows you the many sacrifices Alex, his wife, and their four children make during World War I.

FBI agent Jess Harding treks back to Anchorage to hunt down a sadistic killer who's reemerged from a five-year hiatus--a killer who has already slipped her grasp once before. The endless days of an Alaskan summer can't thwart the fiend's plans as he slashes his way through the rural community, where everyone knows your name and always distrusts the outside. With the help of Oscar Linstrom, an old colleague who wants to be more than friends, Jess attempts to immerse herself in the area's culture, leading her to a strange rural village inhabited by Russian Old Believers hell-bent on protecting their way of life. Even the locals are outsiders to the Old Believers, and Jess needs a safehaven in the glare of daylight because a blood-stained message left at the scene of the most recent murder says Jess is no longer the hunter--but the hunted.

In 2065, the US Navy undertakes a special mission to capture aliens hiding in the Asteroid Belt and acquire technology vital to Earth's first interstellar expedition. The task falls squarely on the shoulders of Commander Allen Paul, but Paul is consumed by his recent discovery of empty caskets returning from the mining operations along the Belt. His dogged pursuit for answers threatens his career, his freedom, and his life. Earth's first interstellar expedition

Leadership Challenges shares the experiences of leaders from a multitude of organizations. It includes stories from soldiers, airmen, sailors, marines, CEOs, teachers, doctors, community leaders, and ministers. New and seasoned leaders will appreciate the wisdom these genuine experiences provide. Cole wrote Leadership Challenges to provide a collection of stories that illustrate modern leader trends and challenges.

When a group of six life-long friends learn that a member of their circle has been brutally attacked and left for dead, they're certain that it's connected to a crime they committed years ago. Although the five remaining friends are the logical suspects in the attack, things might not be what they seem. Is group patriarch and legitimate genius Max Mason behind it all, or are other forces at play?

Claiming to be Wyatt the Mighty was not enough. He needs to be more than a name. He needs to become stronger. Vowing to never fail those he cares for again, 15-year-old Wyatt finds a way to strengthen his magical power within the fantastical world of the Realms. But though stronger than ever before, he risks alienating those he seeks to protect, and as his power grows, he finds himself caring less and less. He is determined to be the hero the world needs. No matter the cost.

When Wyatt first entered the magical world known as the Realms, it was a pleasant escape from an oppressive world. But the longer Wyatt stays, the more he begins to realize that the memories he locked away in the shadows of his mind cannot be silenced forever. Though no longer a Druid, Wyatt's newfound sister, Lucy, unveils untold power as she begins to open up memories as if they were worlds to walk upon, exposing secrets none should see.

He's not crazy. Honest, he's not. He's just Wyatt. Wyatt the Mighty. Fifteen-year-old Wyatt has been sent to a treatment center for "disturbed youth". No one understands him. He wants nothing more than to escape from it all. And he does. Through a magic he doesn't understand, he finds himself in Hagion, a realm of fantastical creatures and immense wonder.

What if God is actively trying to communicate that he loves you, wants a personal relationship with you, and wants to bless all areas of your life? God's love and guidance shine through every day in thousands of ways for those who know his language. He sends his prophets to show his children the way home to their father. Learning how to really see, listen, trust, and respond to this love and guidance will improve your life and bring more abundance to your heart.

The testimonies in this book show many different ways God reaches out to his children. These true stories will expand your understanding of God's language, the "Language of the Divine". Profound and heartwarming testimonies of God's love and guidance are being shared by students from the Nature Awareness School. It is here that God's prophet, Del Hall III, takes his students from being seekers of God to finders of God and of their true eternal selves, soul.

Zachary Cannon joined the Navy to get trained as a radiology tech, a skill he could use to get a job and support his family after his enlistment. But the needs of the Navy take priority, and much to his surprise, he was given orders to the Fleet Marine Force as a corpsman to an infantry battalion deploying to Iraq. As part of a rifle squad in Ramadi, Zach joins the Marines on patrol, in assaults, and on security duty, facing the same dangers and hardships.

Visiting loved ones in heaven is possible! God can bless souls separated by physical death by reuniting them spiritually for short visits. The authors of the testimonies in this book do not have to imagine what such a wonderful opportunity would be like. They each have experienced the profound blessings of such moments. They chose to share their experiences to praise the loving God that blessed them and to inspire you, the listener, to strengthen your own relationship with God.

Towering Pines, Volume One: Room 509 is the story of a teenage basketball star who feels his life is over when he is sent to military school to commute an aggravated assault charge. Liam Rider's star quickly falls, as he finds military school to be far more than he had bargained for. He finds the cadets harsh and abrasive; and the staff less than welcoming. When the guidance counselor tells him that he is going to be held back a year because of his remedial classes at public school, he feels like life couldn't get any worse.

Originally published in CQ: California Quarterly 2012 by the California State Poetry Society; Winner: Honorable Mention by the CSPS 2012. Archived in the UCLA Library of Special Collections.

Pickled Bananas is a collection of 14 quirky short stories from the mind of Douglas Schwartz.

Imagine you live next door to the "neighbor from hell". And then imagine what might happen if the neighbor from hell is the most powerful person in the world - the president of the United States!

Sending up for Seth....

Life-inspired poetry.