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Human traffickers earn up to 35 billion dollars a year. They are ruthless and give no thought whatsoever to the victims and what happens to them. They take them, buy them, then sell them to anybody. Eighty percent of the trafficked are sold into the sex trade and the biggest demand is for the children. Taken away from their families, these children are drugged, tortured, then repeatedly raped. They have nowhere to run to, are unable to fight back, and their average age is 11. Their life expectancy once they are taken, is seven years.

You may be listening to this audiobook because you or someone in your life recently received a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Perhaps it was not so recently, but you are now reflecting more on what the diagnosis means for you. Everyone’s PD story is different. Many people with PD vividly remember the moment they were diagnosed and view it as the beginning of a journey; a new life path. Often, they think back a few years and recognize subtle symptoms they missed at the time.

JonBenet Patricia Ramsey was a young promising beauty queen at an early age of six. Unfortunately, it was at this age when a tragic incident shocked not only the beauty pageant scene but the entire world. The young beauty queen was brutally murdered in Boulder, Colorado. The brutal crime happened in the basement of the young star's own home on the 26th of December, 1996. Nineteen years have passed, yet the crime is unresolved.

Jack and Louis are the laughingstock of the FBI after a botched mission. Despite their demotion to investigating crackpot tabloid journalism, they do their best to come out on top - in this case, they try to track down the whereabouts of Elvis Presley.

Tyler comes from an ordinary world; at 27 years old, his life isn't what he expected. But this changes after he's rescued from an unexpected attack and taken to a mysterious village. He meets Andrew, a ruggedly handsome young man whom he has an immediate connection with. Andrew gives him a chance at a new life in his community, but there are sacrifices Tyler must make in order to join. Despite his connection to Andrew, he isn't allowed to choose to be with him until he tries many different men first.

In this guide, you will find 20 of the best jail cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks that will help make your time spent in jail more tolerable. After conducting massive amounts of research, I can assure you that this guide that I have created will be beneficial for even the most experienced prisoner. What have you got to lose? Many prisoners have used and continue to use the jail cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks featured in this guide on a daily basis, so I know that you will, too.

We know the story of Scrooge, but we don't know what happened to Jacob Marley on that fateful Christmas night when Scrooge was visited by three ghosts. This is the tale of Jacob Marley. He was in Hell for seven years, and this was his chance to redeem his soul. Jacob's mom wanted out of this life and wanted peace. Jacob's son was very angry at the world. Jacob's former wife was in disarray. How was Jacob going to salvage what was left of his family on this very Christmas night as a ghost?

Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal and cult leader. In the late 1960s, he formed what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune in California. Manson's followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, he was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, all of which members of the group carried out at his instruction. Manson was also convicted of first-degree murder for two other deaths.

When Sam Feary meets his old high school buddy Abner in Manhattan, he knows something is wrong. But he doesn't know how wrong. Abner has stepped over the boundary, into the world of unseen spirits - a world that has suddenly become a terrifying reality. It will take Abner's life unless Sam can rescue him.... But now it wasnt Sam's life as well!

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: The History of ISIS/ISIL chronicles the birth and growth of the group, including the key figures and events that impacted its formation, as well as the ideology of the group and the historical context and environment that strengthened it. This book also looks at the various tactics and strategies the group has employed to achieve its goals and further its ideology, especially its notorious terrorist attacks

Part autobiography, part a history of the Gay Revolution, part writing manual, part juicy gossip, with a few tasty recipes thrown in for good measure, Spine Intact, Some Creases is a summing up - alternately hilarious and touching, instructive and impassioned, and always entertaining - of the remarkable life and work of a writer hailed by top gay pulp historian Michael Bronski as "one of my heroes."

America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation in previous centuries. The early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. After the Civil War, the outlaws of the West were more popular than the marshals, with Jesse James and Billy the Kid finding their way into dime novels.

They are the best of the best, the Navy SEALs. The world's most elite fighting force. A vital kill-mission inside Afghanistan uncovers an unexpected and deadly plot to use a nuclear weapon. A weapon that could cost thousands of American lives. Once more, the Navy SEALs are called into action. Bravo Platoon, SEAL Team 7, parachutes into action. Yet a question mark hangs over Chief Petty Officer Kyle Nolan.

ISIS is on the rampage, and the slaughter of the innocents has begun. The Islamists have an agenda, the creation of a Sunni Islamic Caliphate across Iraq and Syria. A caliphate that will turn the Middle East into a field of corpses. They must be halted, before their blood-soaked crusade becomes unstoppable. Yet the US government refuses a full-scale military response, and the Iraqi government is too weak to act. The problem is passed to the Navy Seals.

Hoffman's look into the story of Tolkachev, the billion-dollar spy, is exciting and thrilling, while also being a tragic, emotional roller coaster. Hoffman presents the events in such a way that raises the stakes of each operation to its peak. Every meeting, whether between Tolkachev or another of the spies featured in the book, is supplemented by the exact right amount of background information; not so much that it becomes boring, but enough to know just how much danger everybody is in.

As soon as he reached his apartment, he plugged the drive into one of the USB ports of his computer and saw the latest message still on it. He read about the discovery of a likely ISIS base of operation. Then he saw the presumed location of two missile bases in Iraq. He grinned with excitement. This was just the information the client had asked for. Angela's specialty was decoding ISIS communications.

The death of DEA agent in a squalid Mexican town forces the world's most elite fighting force to take action. This time, the brutal and callous drug traffickers who haunt the dark underbelly of Ciudad Juarez have gone too far. For the dead agent was the nephew of US Marine Corps Major General Hicks. With links to the SEALs, he insists on nothing but the best to avenge his nephew.

Treason. Considered by kings, queens, and emperors the most hideous crime of all. And as such some of the most vengeful punishments known to man were reserved for those convicted of it. Yet over the course of history, there have been no shortages of men and women who have been convicted or accused of it. Some have willingly committed the act; others were forced into it, and many more were wrongfully convicted by paranoid leaders determined to assert their authority.

Chauncey Cadbury is rich, young, and appears to have it all, but lives under the shadow of his family. He wants only to live his life in his adopted hometown of Bloomington, Indiana, but his domineering grandfather will not let him be. Desperate to get his grandfather off his back, Chauncey devises a plan to so shock his family that they'll never want to see him again.

Months after 9/11, a covert arm of the CIA summons young Lieutenant Eric Ritter to Pakistan. Al Qaeda holds an American operative, and Ritter's history with the kidnapper is key to rescuing the operative before it's too late. While the CIA need Ritter's help, they consider him an expendable asset and throw him into a battle he isn't ready for.