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Myral is in shambles. In the High Protector's absence, Ringada have been defecting to Darkness, and grarg are raiding villages in the night. The people are losing hope in their Protectors of Light. When Josen receives a summons to return to Ringard, the trio completes their journey to the home of the Ringada and Josen's seat of power. Returning after the year-long manhunt for the murderer of his wife, Josen will not only have to earn the trust of those he rules over, he will have to gain the trust of those in the ranks.

In 1972, Perry Bulwer, a naive sixteen-year-old growing up in Port Alberni, a mill town on Vancouver Island, dropped out of high school to run away with the Children of God, one of a number of millennial Christian cults that sprang up in the 1960s and 1970s. Bulwer takes the listener on an extraordinary trip through the world of biblical literalism, fundamentalist endtime fantasies, paranormal spirituality, evangelical extremism, ritual abuse, and liberally interpreted Biblical teachings that were used to justify licentious sexual doctrines, evangelical prostitution, and child sexual abuse.

After accepting a food delivery job to make ends meet, nothing could have prepared Martin Hargrove for what happens next. Robbed, beaten, and murdered during his very first delivery, he wakes to find himself in the home of a strange woman, one who explains that he now owes her a debt for bringing him back to life. Faced with the choice of losing his life a second time or submitting to her demands, Hargrove reluctantly agrees to the job.

Cyril is a Central Park squirrel who wakes up one day on the wrong track—the subway track. Disoriented and frightened, having no idea how he got there, Cyril survives with the help of some subterranean subway Samaritans. The big question is, will Cyril solve the mystery of his curious arrival and somehow find his way home?

Kevin, a curious but calm kangaroo in the Australian bush, becomes concerned when he realizes that his peers each have unique and remarkable talents, of which he has none. The book examines why comparing yourself to others can lead to missing the whole point about your own unique values—a coming-of-age kanga conundrum from Sir Rhymesalot.

Anyone who has been to Gotham City and wandered about a bit has most likely spotted a giant inflatable rat or two. There are many stories as to why they are there, but until now, nobody has discovered the real truth about their secret lives. Join celebrated children's author Sir Rhymesalot as he goes undercover to burrow down into the inflated rat underworld for a ride that lifts you high into the sky. As with all Sir Rhymesalot titles, rhythm, and rhyming verse lead the way, and sing you through the steps of the adventure.

We evaluate people all the time for a wide variety of activities. We blame them for miscalculations, uninspired art, and committing crimes. We praise them for detailed brushwork, a superb pass, and their acts of kindness. We accomplish things, from solving crosswords to mastering guitar solos. We bungle our endeavors, whether this is letting a friend down or burning dinner. Sometimes these deeds are morally significant, but many times they are not. Simply Responsible defends the radical proposal that the blameworthy artist is responsible in just the same way that the blameworthy thief is.

They said ten-year-old street urchin Inga was perfect for their purpose, taken from the squalor of Port City to the asteroid enclave, Hawksgaard, where she underwent the training and augmentation that transformed her. Maturing to full lethality even as war erupts among the Myriad Worlds, Inga is assigned to protect Family scion, Captain Saef Sinclair-Maru as he leads the fight against humanity's merciless enemy.

In the 1970s, Dr. Alan Scott sought to selectively weaken eye muscles to treat strabismus (when one or both eyes are misaligned) without surgery. After failed attempts with other agents, Scott developed a method to stabilize the bacteria that causes botulism, culminating in a drug that eventually became known as Botox.

Jonathan DeYoe invested a small sum in stocks at a young age—and then watched his money grow. Now a financial adviser and longtime meditator, he understands that stress plagues many would-be investors, and he has seen countless people make investment decisions driven by fear and wishful thinking. That mindset leads to costly mistakes, such as chasing "hot" stocks, buying when prices are high and selling when low, and racking up transaction fees and taxes in the process.

There was a time before his wife got sick when Gonzalo could think about other things. Where humor was more than a coping mechanism. Life wasn't all about treatments and recovery, or the emptiness he felt when she died. They had kids together. Young kids. Less than a year after their youngest was born and suddenly he was strapping them both into their car seats to drive to their mother's funeral. He used to think he was the glue holding the household together. It didn't take long for him to realize how wrong he'd been.