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Twelve Years a Slave is an account of actual events that took place in the life of Solomon Northup, during the pre-Civil War era of the 1840s. It follows the trials and tribulations of an educated African American man that was born into freedom and later kidnapped, taken away from his family, and forced into slavery.

In this life-changing message, Dr. Francis Myles wants to take this opportunity to introduce you to one of the most powerful spiritual orders that God has ever instituted to service the spiritual needs of Kingdom citizens during their pilgrimage here on earth - the Order of Melchizedek.

He used to torture me mercilessly for being a geek. He shattered my heart by calling me names and comparing me to others. But I’m no longer the scrawny girl with the braces. I’m a curvaceous grown woman, and I want my revenge. Everyone in the pack has always joked that we would end up together. But I know how he uses women and runs away from them. I know that I could never give him my heart. Yet all that knowledge doesn’t stop my womanhood from reacting to him. Even in anger, he makes me feel something no man has ever made me feel.

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Set in the small town of Townsend, TN, this is a story where faith, family, friendship, and courage, are put to the test in the wake of a zombie outbreak in the Great Smoky Mountains. Fourteen-year-old Ricky Rue’s (Rue) life is changed one fateful night forever when he meets Buford, a 14-year-old Sasquatch. Buford introduces Rue to an underground community that has thrived for centuries. The two teens quickly become lifelong friends.

A classic tale of the journeys and challenges faced by young boys unravels in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The energetic Tom - who lives with his aunt - is frequently made to do things that he simply does not want to do; namely, going to school and to church. His days off are Saturdays, but when he misbehaves, even those are taken away from him by Aunt Polly. Yet after Tom and his friends witness a murder, for whom the wrong person is blamed, his summer of adventures truly begins.

Over a year has passed since the Uprising, and the Smoky Mountains are slowly healing from the zombie outbreak that threatened the entire world. Buford and Rue begin their new lives protecting their beloved home, while Buford balances his duties between being a park ranger and training a new generation of Red Tunic initiates.

My brother’s best friend harshly rejected me as his mate years ago. Now I’m back in town, and guess who my new neighbor is? I want to forget him, but fate is throwing us together in every possible way. I want to avoid him, but that’s hard in a small town like this. I’m sure that he’s forgotten all about me. But unfortunately, I’ve never been able to forget about him. I’ve always remembered the woodsy smell of his body. I’ve always remembered the softness of his lips.

Colonel W.B. Townsend has fallen on rough times establishing the Little River Lumber Company due to strange occurrences preventing the construction of his railroad. Detectives William Rue and Johnny Walking-Stick from the Pinkerton Detective Agency are called to find the unknown saboteurs and bring them to justice. A new threat descends on this small, developing town, with nefarious plans that may one day threaten the entire world. Will the citizens of Townsend and the Foresters of Stillwater set aside their differences and join forces against the nightmare known as the Rougarou?

The mighty Mississippi River is the backdrop for this charming and adventurous tale. Samuel Clemens, who is better known as Mark Twain, began his Mississippi adventure as a riverboat captain and decided to pen a journal, recording the Mark Twain classic, Life on the Mississippi. Twain writes of the history of the river and relates his own adventures and misadventures as he seeks his fortune.

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn delivers the details of Huck Finn's life after the landmark novel Tom Sawyer, at the end of which Huck becomes fairly rich for a young person. In a stroke of maturity, however, Huck entrusts his small fortune to Judge Thatcher, who he can rely on for safekeeping. The next day, Huck's biological father comes into town in pursuit of his son and the money. Having lost the chance at the latter, his father kidnaps him, forcing Huck to fake his own death just to escape.

The new guy in town is a wolf and a scorching hot single daddy—and he needs me. His three pups need a nurse and a nanny…and I can be both. To tell you the truth, I can use a little distraction from my stalker ex. So I take the hot wolf daddy up on his offer and look after his babies.

The family is forcing me to marry the one mobster I don’t want. Nobody (including him) knows that he’s my baby’s daddy. He rejected me years ago, because I’m half his age and too naïve for him. The problem is: If I refuse to marry him, my life will be like hell. I grew up in this family, and I know who I’m dealing with. I know that blood and murder are part of his job. And now he has a new job: to be my mate and a dad to our little boy. But I don’t think the red-hot, desirous look in his eyes is part of the job description.

Augustus mopes about, his heart wrecked with despair and loneliness like most nights since his curse began. He trolls the stone walls of En Tutum, a luxurious rustic tourist attraction that doubles as his prison, a place he is forbidden to leave. Suddenly, he hears a faint whisper, “Mother,” as a jeep pulls into the property, and something inside him changes. He senses a magical presence.

Detective Casey Norris has gotten his badge back, after coming out of retirement, and is back in charge of his team of detectives, which features a couple of new members. There is little time for introductions, however, as a new case has hit their desks featuring a monster unlike anything they have ever seen. Helena has a new serial killer. A killer who has hit a breaking point. A killer who is hunting young families. A sadistic individual who seems to have no limits and who refuses to leave anyone in the city with a feeling of hope or safety.

The Call of the Wild is a tale of instincts and wilderness, man and wild, work and loyalty. Written and published by Jack London in the early 1900s, the novel has become one of the pinnacles of American literature, as it details the sheer willpower and stamina at the heart of the country during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s. The main character is a large dog named Buck who is stolen and sold to dog traders where he is forced to work during the madness that is the Gold Rush.

Coinman is one of life's victims, the receiver of subtle bullying in an office environment and thinly disguised control in his own home, but remains true to his desire to be polite and accepting of how he is treated by everyone. Then, an incident at work changes all that. Huffington Post: One of the best literary fiction books of 2016 (Independently Published).

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a powerful story about a man who was born into slavery but secretly learned how to read and write, which at that time was punishable by death. Because of this fact, we're able to read about the journey Douglass went through in his life, enduring the cruelty and heartless actions of his slave masters before escaping to the North.

The “achingly beautiful” story of Immortal North concludes in this stunning sequel, an unflinching meditation on the triumph of human resolve.

A father raises his boy in the isolated North. But for those lands and minds with an unsettled past, other dangers may lurk the woods where father and son hunt the timber. He’s known as the trapper, and his family has a long history in these remote woods. Now it’s just him and the boy, and he’ll raise him in the world he knows—the forest, where threats take recognizable forms: harsh weather, peak predators, the encroachment of civilization at odds with their lifestyle. A tale told in captivating prose of wild living, where human skin is no boundary for either the beauty or cruelty of nature.