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When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly, he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland.

Is that the cry of your heart? You may be in the midst of an emotional hurricane right now and wondering - can anything good come out of this situation? Or you may be stumbling through the aftermath of a physical or financial crisis, fearful that you'll never get back on your feet. Whether your hardship is the result of sin, unwise choices, or simply the consequence of living in a fallen world, God still has a plan for your life. He is aware of your circumstances, He has not forgotten His promises, and He will guide you through your difficulty to victory!

Your thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and habits determine whether or not you will attract success. Although everyone is in pursuit of success, only a small percentage of people manage to achieve what they set out for. And it’s not that they are incompetent; it’s simply because they haven’t put to use the various principles of success. This audiobook outlines the various laws that attract success.

Channeling his 20 years of experience on the issue, Daniel Miller takes the listener through the historical and cultural foundations of Texit, as well as its impact on mainstream politics, and plainly lays out the grievances expressed by many Texans that drive their support for an independent Texas. Texit also addresses the most common objections by using facts and sheds light on what a future Republic of Texas could look like. 

Stampede Canyon held all the natural beauty of the West—and all of it's dangers. Sheer cliffs studded with silver rose straight to the sky on three sides—and the fourth was pitted with traps.

From internationally renowned psychic medium Cassandra Blizzard comes this extraordinary journey into the meaning of life and the true nature of God.

The God Point addresses life in all its layers and answers age-old questions about the Soul and what lies beyond. When we understand our true state of being, we find the peace within and we walk in harmony with one another. The God Point is our journey to Oneness.

Don Petterman sells DVDs of the Zapruder film in Dealey Plaza. He tries to earn a living but has a broken life, an ex-wife, and a mostly empty existence. He'd be resigned to his life if only he could make a small impact on history, find some scrap of new information about Kennedy's death - something to show for all his years of research. When his iPad gets knocked into the drain, he discovers more than he ever imagined and is forced to make a fateful decision. A thrilling tale of a man looking for validation in life and possibly finding it in a moving finale. 

There's no business like show business! And for the Awesome Possum Family Band, they're about to get their big break! The youngest possum wants to join in the music making but doesn't know his talent.

Long before Smoke Wade rode into the drought-stricken valley his reputation as a feared gunslinger had been known. The ranchers knew him as a pistolero whose cool eyes and lightning hands were just what was needed to stop the Bristol gang. Even as he rode in, Smoke could sense the trigger-taut atmosphere of thirsty men and cattlemen who were itching to get at the bushwhackers whose guns controlled the waterholes. Tempers were getting shorter and guns were being loaded. 

Something new is brewing in the 17th century! Fans of the 1632 series have often asked “What's going on in North America?” Herbert Sakalauks has set out to let you know in his short novel The Danish Scheme. Christian IV, King of Denmark, Sir Thomas Roe, the English Ambassador to Christian's court, various elements of the extended Nasi/Abrabanel family have arranged an unusually well-funded and well led expedition to North America.

Brothers Richard and Seth Barrett are devoted to running the family ranch on Nebraska's Platte River, and they plan to do so for the rest of their lives. But their mother's will requires them to travel by horse and canoe along the river to understand why their maternal grandfather homesteaded the ranch three generations earlier. From her grave, their mother also commands them to observe the harm that industrial farming has done to the land, air, and water.

The Mexican drug lord of the Sinaloa Cartel, El Chapo Guzman, was ranked as one of the 100 most powerful people in the world for three years continuously by Forbes magazine. In 2009 he was 41st, in 2010 he was ranked 60th, and again in 2011 he was at the 55th position. In this book, we will take a look at this Mexican drug kingpin, his early life, how he entered the business of drug trafficking, how he expanded his business, and how he increased his control over the Mexican drug cartels.

A Fort Worth detective finds contentment as a small-town police chief. Orin Cage left a 15-year career with the Fort Worth PD to become Chief of Police in the small North Texas town of Rather. Glad to have escaped the high-pressure of the Metroplex crime scene, Cage takes a laid-back, but still effective, approach law enforcement.

The United States Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and other government agencies have signed a contract - along with 130 ranchers and farmers and the Nez Pearce Indian Nation - to exchange more than $400 million of property in the largest land deal in Idaho history. Hawk has drained his bank account and borrowed more money to close this transaction. Can he make it through the last week before closing? On the final day, the Indians demand an additional million dollars for one of their properties. Hawk explodes. This could change his life forever. 

“This i say to you who have followed me in the regeneration of the son of man. You shall sit on the throne of his glory. You shall also sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone that has left houses, or brethren, or sister, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life...” (Jesus, The Christ)

Texas Ranger Captain Rowdy Bates rides to Kansas to chase the rustler who stole his horse, Sugar. In Wichita, he meets a young US marshal by the name of Jack Black, and they sidekick up to pursue and capture the Bill Whitley Outlaw Gang along with Brack Cornett, taking the lawmen back to Texas and eventually deep into Mexico in their pursuit. All the while back in Laredo, Victoria Lee Dupree awaits her trial and an almost certain sentence to hang by the neck for the murder of High Card Harry Brownstone - an act perpetrated to protect the man she loved.

In his novel The Cut of Pride, Jim Misko does something that is rare in modern literature: He writes about hard, brutal, unpleasant physical labor. And he does so with such vivid detail that the labor itself becomes one of the story’s major entities. His cast of complex, dysfunctional characters - owners and employees of a mink-raising farm in coastal Oregon - is nearly destroyed by the seemingly endless toil. Maintaining a sense of human worth is a constant struggle. 

Marshal "one-eyed" Jack Black is urgently called to Apache Pass, Arizona, between Dos Cabezas and the Chiricahua Mountains to order a wagon train to turn back to avoid an impending hostile attack. Will the marshal get there in time? Jack's best friend is named US deputy marshal, but things go wrong on the first day, and a serious crime is committed. Will the new deputy solve the mystery without the help of Marshal Black?

What did the Lord mean when He said…Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God? The answer might surprise you. Understanding regeneration should be a priority for every Christian, and in understanding what it means to be Born Again the glory of Christ and the Work of the Cross is magnified in the heart of the Believer. As we set aside some popular misconceptions about what Scripture teaches concerning our Salvation, we begin to understand the harmony and consistency of God’s Redemptive Plan and His will for our lives.

Ulysses S. Grant had relocated to the basin from the bowl not long after the first of the year. More than anything, Uly yearned for some measure of respite, though escape is perhaps a more apt word to describe what it was Uly pursued.... An escape from the nagging accusations and allegations nipping constantly at his heels - accusations and allegations involving murder.