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Dodging secret police on the daily, and haggling prices for dried fruit and vintage leathers in heroin-laced bazaars, My Kazakhy is filled with all the gems you wouldn't expect to find from a queer Latino boy serving in the Peace Corps in a third world, Muslim country.

How Football Explains America is a fascinating, first-of-its-kind journey through the making of America's most complex, intriguing, and popular game. ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio explores just how crucial football is to understanding the American psyche. Paolantonio tackles varying American themes from Manifest Destiny to “fourth and one” as he goes deep in order to answer the age-old question: Why does America love football so much?

Craig Glazer was an ordinary college student when he planned and successfully executed his first fake sting to get back at some drug dealers who had robbed him. The rush he got from the experience led him and a crew of 11 accomplices to mastermind a two-year, 33-sting spree that stretched coast to coast, posing as everything from local police to IRS agents and hotel managers.

Far from Earth, beyond the reaches of our solar system, a death of worlds was created. Once used as a means to end a reign of domination over civilizations, the weapon of mass destruction known as Eclipse now spreads fear throughout the galaxy - killing planets and wiping out all life with a wide spreading deterioration of darkness. With the death of a king came a new era of tyranny. After their planet's destruction by Eclipse, the Manduurin race took refuge in the stars. Centuries later, they were discovered by mankind and together formed the United Earth Corps.

Five years after his wife's death, scientist/inventor Joseph Caldwell has become obsessed with the afterlife with hopes of one day contacting the love of his life. Taking the opportunity to conduct a paranormal investigation at a mansion rumored to be haunted, Joseph tests his experimental devices, probing the other side of death. But in doing so, he discovers a deeper truth to the claims stated of The Atherton Manor.

October Fey was 16 when she witnessed her father's murder. After Bobby and his riders took retaliation on Marshal Fey, October was left alone and had no other family to call her own. Years later, a trail of deceased lawmen and the towns they once protected are found without a trace of residents. Like breadcrumbs left behind, October eventually catches onto the gunslingers trail. With the skills her father had taught her at a young age, she wields his six-gun and the will for vengeance, determined to send Bobby Clancey and his riders back to the grave.

Ellie Wayne has grown up in frightening circumstances, damaged by a sexually abusive father and mentally fragile mother. Scarred and still threatened by a father she hates and fears, Ellie believes her future holds nothing more than danger, shame and secrets...until the unspeakable happens, and Ellie is forced to choose. She can claim her life or continue to hide in the shadows. One amazing man might be the miracle worker who can help Ellie see that she has the power to move on with her life.

In the era of prohibition, the demand for liquor thrived along with corruption. After a months' long search for Kaligulus, Abigail has finally collected enough clues to lead her to his whereabouts. Now hot on his trail in the flashy lights of Atlantic City, Abigail discovers the demon's current alias - John Smith, a distributer of illegal imports from around the world. Having ties with Atlantic City's racketeering ring and all of its' corrupted officials, John Smith has gained a tough reputation and is known for his ability to procure unique and dated goods.

Making a change from their lifestyle in Hollywood, newlyweds Michael (an independent film creator) and his wife, River Bathory (a freelance illustrator and movie prop maker) decide to relocate to Michael's hometown of Colorado Springs, CO. While rooming with River's close friend Mia Summers, both Michael and River finely find a residence to call their very own. By the looks of the large structure and beautiful landscape, the house on Teardrop Lane captures River's eye as an ideal dream home.

In this third book of The Adventures of Boochi Malloochi: Hidden Gems, Boochi and her family are introduced to Dalia Corrado and her orphaned twin granddaughters Isabella and Rebecca. But what the twins have to do with the treasure, is yet another twist in all the mysteries wrapped up with the treasure chest Boochi found in Florida.

In this second adventure of Boochi Malloochi, the quest for treasure continues. But this time, it's in the Caribbean Islands! So sail with Boochi and see if you can figure out the mystery!

Tara Luna is the new girl in school, trying to hide her ghostly friends and fit in - impossible, since she's soon tracking down kidnappers and dodging Dee Dee Broyles, a murdered teen girl who just happens to haunt Tara's new house.

Boochi Malloochi is a precocious child, who is determined to find treasure on an outing to the ocean. But no one is more surprised than Boochi's mom and dad when she does! When Boochi digs up a chest full of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and gold, she also learns the story of the Corrado family...and now the real adventure is about to begin!

Do Tara and Flynn stand a ghost of a chance? The bad guys are after a hidden fortune that belongs to Flynn O'Mara's dying father - they think Tara can use her psychic powers to find it for them. She'll need plenty of help from her spirit friends if she and Flynn are going to get out of this trouble alive.

All during the day at school, Tara kept picturing the moment when she and Nate would find DeeDee's grave. Even the classes she had with Flynn, who made everything fun, never seemed to end. By the time the last bell rang, she was fired up like a roman candle on the Fourth of July. She bolted from her seat, made a quick stop at her locker, and slipped out a side door instead of taking the front, knowing full well she was going to miss seeing Flynn. She didn't have time to delay or explain, and she had a feeling he wouldn't be all that thrilled in what she was doing.

High school senior Tara Luna's got all the usual teen problems: a new school, her attraction to a hunky guy, feuds with the Mean Girls, being regarded as an oddball outsider - PLUS she has psychic powers, a duo of protective, meddlesome ghosts AND an angry, threatening teen girl ghost who wants Tara to solve her murder - or else. Now you know why she calls this "my lunatic life"....

In 1955, as a result of a secret agreement reached between the Eisenhower Administration and a German breakaway group in Antarctica, a transnational corporate space program began to emerge. The secret infusion of personnel and resources from US military contractors into Antarctica allowed this transnational corporate program to steadily grow into a major space power, which would eventually surpass and eclipse the secret space programs run by the US Navy, Air Force, and the classified space programs of other nations.

Sahara Travis is used to being worshipped by adoring fans, but now someone is fixated on her in a dangerous way. After multiple attempts on her life, she reluctantly agrees to hire a security specialist for her protection, though the last thing she wants is some burly bodyguard invading her personal space. With Brendan and her devoted assistant, Lucy, in tow, Sahara returns to her family estate in New Orleans to uncover the identity of her attempted killer before he can close in on his final target.

Jack McCann has been in love with Shelly since they were teens. They married just out of college and right before he went to work as an undercover agent for the FBI. When he can, he slips away from his assignments to see her. Jack has been undercover on his latest case for months, investigating a weapons-smuggling business. But just as the FBI is set to make the bust, Jack’s cover is blown. The last thing he feels as he crashes through a warehouse window and into the open water is a bullet piercing his back. The last thing he hears is Adam Wu promising to destroy everyone Jack loves.

Growing up in the foster system, Quinn O'Meara made a point of never getting involved. But when she discovers a crying baby amid a fiery crime scene, she knows she has no choice. Suddenly in way over her head, Quinn turns to the police, unintentionally positioning herself in the crosshairs of a deadly human-trafficking ring. The last time homicide detective Nick Saldano saw Quinn, she was still the young girl he'd shared a foster home with.