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With a hint of mystery and a collision of love and hurt, sports action, and thoughtful introspection, the debut novel, Baseball Boys: Collision, introduces athletic high school and junior high brothers F.P., Micah, and Mason, transplanted to Redd Rock Ranch and searching for comfort in "home" radically redefined. Competitive, the Redd brothers race ahead, dashing off to a next active exploit and throwing themselves into trouble. Usually with a ball. A rock. A bat. A stick. It's a competition. Play ball!

Are you a true Minecraft fan? If so, then you probably know about Steve: the fabled miner who defeated the ender dragon. But what about after? What happens after peace is restored to the land, our new hero fades into legend, and a new darkness threatens the world after fifty long years of tranquility? Well, not all heroes make it into the storybooks....

Left behind in a cold and dark burrow, a baby rabbit named Tumkit is destined to die of starvation until Vella, a shrewd and fearless mockingbird, discovers Tumkit and brings him a magic berry. The berry comes from a solitary bush that grows in a cave near the top of Laurel Mountain. Vella warns Tumkit the bush is struggling to survive, and unless they act quickly the supernatural powers of its berries will be lost forever.

Most individuals want to be successful in their lifetime. This audiobook offers a plan to becoming successful and reaching one's goals.

Addicts who have hit bottom know how terrifying the road back up appears. Private detective Charlie Street got off the booze years ago, but he’s plateaued on an addiction that he finds both shameful and irresistible: sex. A beating that could have killed him leads him to partner with a crazy-violent bar-brawler, who turns out to be the son of a woman Charlie had a crush on when he was a teen-ager. Back then, he thought she was "the one." Can she help him recover his lost happiness?

This is an audiobook about the challenges a boy faced in his 16 years of living that very few people have experienced - nor should they ever have to. This book also offers advice to help kids or adults facing troubles in their life.

young boy is crippled at 15. He live's in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and he's very happy for the next 60 years. What's his secret? How is that possible? The answer lies in the title Schmitty Love - that's the special part of the story. Schmitty never gets old in his heart. Unable to communicate through words, Schmitty forges connections with those around him through his winning laugh and his powerful heart.

Words and feelings is a collection of 41 poems that I have written beginning in 1974. I found that writing poetry was the quickest way to get to my feelings to help me understand why I felt the way I did. After serving with the Marines from October 1967 to October 1968 in Vietnam, I had a lot of feelings to try to understand. The 41 poems presented here are from a collection of over 200 titles I have written. My friends have encouraged me to publish all my poetry but I chose these 41 to share at this time.

This book consists of 35 letters that I wrote to my aunt while I was serving in Vietnam from October of 1967 1968. The letters contain my thoughts as a young Marine and continued through the end of my tour where I was still young but far more experienced. The letters came to me when my aunt mailed them to me 33 years after Vietnam. One of her comments was she believed that I should have the letters published. My thoughts were that they were too personal to be published and would not be of any benefit to anyone.

This is a collection of my experiences concerning close calls. These close calls range from being shot off of a tank to a car crashing through a plate glass window of a laundromat. These experiences were all life-threatening, and by miracle, good timing, or luck I was spared any serious injuries from any of my close calls.

A firmware flaw has surfaced in an overly ambitious project to mesh android and human brains. The android population on Novae Terrae now have human emotions—and human flaws. Robotics scientist Harley Harris wants a peaceful coexistence between both groups, who share a planet that humans have escaped to during the apocalypse on Earth.

A legendary drinker and lackluster bank employee heads for what may be his last day at work. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

A former US Marine and retired cop, Tommy's days are numbered, and he's got a list. A pedophile priest; corrupt, racist cop; and a hateful, divisive US presidential candidate enter his radar as his disease slowly begins to overtake him. Tommy's resourceful. He enlists the help of a coterie of unlikely fellow patients: a black motorcycle gang, a one-eyed Korean martial arts expert, a hippie, and a Native American. Along the way, he finds love and a faithful companion.

If you were going to die, who would you kill? A hard-nosed former US Marine/retired cop receives a terminal prognosis. But when a local priest is accused of molesting children, he hears the calling of another mission. He enlists a coterie of like-minded patients to seek his own brand of vigilante justice. Tommy Borata has cancer. He realizes he can kill without consequences, and he’s got a list. A pedophile priest, a corrupt cop, a fascist political candidate—where to start? The hardest battles, the ones he hadn’t counted on, are right in his own home: an alcoholic, unfaithful wife and bringing himself to accept his son’s sexuality. In book one of this trilogy, Tommy befriends Moses, a black ex-con. As both seek redemption for their past misdeeds, and with nothing to lose, they set their sights on Father Damien Tarat. Will his fight against evil and his own internal demons come too close to home?

When you hunt a vigilante, you may well become the hunted. Tommy Borata is a dying vigilante ex-cop who finds himself under investigation by a racist, corrupt detective. Detective Carson crosses a line and involves Tommy’s family. When the unthinkable happens, Tommy switches from prey to predator and partners with a one-eyed Korean martial arts expert and a black motorcycle gang to seek his revenge. Will justice or vigilante justice be served?

Will a dying vigilante choose peace, love, and happiness or one last mission? Will his advancing disease allow for either? Tommy Borata is on the run—quietly living out his last days in the Florida Keys. He keeps a low profile until love finds him just as a hateful, divisive presidential candidate threatens to tear the country apart. As love and his desire to leave the world a better place pull at Tommy’s heart, which will win?In this exciting conclusion to the Vigilante Angels trilogy, Tommy hides in the Florida Keys. He’s prepared to let his disease claim him and die in peace. That is until he finds love and a mysterious rejuvenation. Tommy follows the meteoric rise of a politician that stands for everything he despises. He sees one last chance to make the world a better place before dies. Tommy battles alcoholism, love, cancer, FBI investigators, and neo-Nazis to complete one last mission. In the race against time, which will prevail?

Billy Connolly, music-lover, biker, and scourge of the beige and bland the world over, has dreamed about taking a trip on the legendary Route 66 since he first heard Chuck Berry belting out one of the greatest rock 'n' roll records of all time. And now he's finally had the chance to do it, heading out on his custom-made trike in search of the real America that can still be found beyond the nation's freeways.

In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. Often compared to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by people of all ages and backgrounds, and his readings are most...

Baseball player turned preacher Billy Sunday became a well-known American evangelist in the early 20th century by the grace of God. Truly a man on fire with the Gospel, he proclaimed the truths of the Bible without compromise. This book contains many of his own sermons. Titles include "He That Winneth Souls Is Wise", "Motherhood", "Wonderful", and "Under the Sun". May you be blessed as you listen to this book!

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