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  1347

  Ken A. Gauthier

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  Italy: 1347. Panic is spreading across Europe as The Black Plague devours all in its path. As his idyllic life shatters around him, Frederico realizes he needs to leave behind all that he has built, and lead his family to safety. Following a grueling and perilous journey with no end in sight, Frederico must make the toughest decision of his life, one that even years later, some in the family still refuse to accept. A heart-rending tale of fatherly love and the lengths one will go, to escape a plague of two sorts: one of death, the other of guilt.

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  Turn Toward the Storm - How I...

  Bevan Cox

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. He almost pulled the trigger. Not because he wanted to die—but because he couldn’t find a reason to keep surviving. 
   
  On the outside, Bevan Cox looked like a man who had it all: career success, physical strength, social admiration. But on the inside, he was drowning in a storm of childhood trauma, betrayal, codependent relationships, and a justice system weaponized against him. When the noise became too loud to silence, and his final goodbye was moments away from being uploaded, one divine interruption stopped it. 
   
  This book is that story. 
   
  Told with gut-wrenching honesty and zero sugarcoating, Bevan pulls back the curtain on what it means to rebuild your life from rock bottom. Through false arrests, trauma bonds, narcissistic abuse, and suicidal ideation, he doesn’t just survive—he heals. And in doing so, he offers a roadmap for anyone carrying invisible scars they’ve been taught to ignore. 
   
  You’ll walk with him through jail cells, therapy rooms, fitness competitions, and the quiet moments when he sits with family becomes real. You’ll learn how to set boundaries, rewire beliefs, dismantle the ego, and reclaim the version of yourself that’s too afraid to reach. And most of all, you’ll learn that peace is not a reward for the favored—it’s a decision for the free. 
   
  If your pain has ever whispered that your story is over, this book is here to tell you: it’s just beginning.

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  Oman - Culture Smart! - The...

  Nicole Brewer

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  Don't just see the sights―get to know the people. 
   
  The Sultanate of Oman, long regarded as one of the more mysterious countries of the Arabian Peninsula, is finally getting more of the attention it so deserves. An ancient land with a rich history and dramatic landscapes, Oman was largely cut off from the modern world until the accession to the throne of Sultan Qaboos in 1970. Since then this peaceful country has developed slowly but deliberately, placing a strong emphasis on retaining its cultural heritage while moving into the hi-tech era. 
   
  Culture Smart! Oman opens the door to this fascinating and complex country, where traditional values coexist cheerfully with all the trappings of modern life. Here, the gentle pace of life contrasts with life in the West and those that take the time to get to know the people of this land, their values, and their way of life, will find that they are greatly enriched. 
   
  Have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on etiquette and communication will help you navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

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  The Fierce - The Untold Story of...

  Judy Piercey

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  For three decades after the Second World War, the 'Butcher of the Balkans' lived an idyllic life with his family in a Los Angeles suburb. Andrija Artuković was a senior member of the Ustasha, a Croatian fascist and nationalist movement, and was responsible for the wartime murders of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children. Wanted in Yugoslavia to stand trial for war crimes, he had illegally entered and claimed political asylum in the United States – and his powerful supporters sought to keep him there.
  Meanwhile, just 10 miles away, David Whitelaw lived with his mother, Judith, who fled Germany in 1938. Seventy-six of her relatives were killed in the Holocaust. When David learned Artuković was living comfortably nearby, he vowed to ensure his deportation to stand trial as a war criminal. But when a firebomb, thrown with the sole intention of causing fear, saw the young man sent to jail, a battle began for his own freedom, while the war criminal remained at large.
  A true David-versus-Goliath battle, The Fierce is the story of the teenager who helped take down the worst mass murderer and war criminal in America.

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  The Irish War of Independence -...

  Captivating History

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  The War That Led to Irish Independence and a Divided Nation
  
  For hundreds of years, Ireland existed under British rule. Rebellions rose, failed, and rose again, while generations wrestled with a single, fundamental question: Should Ireland be free to govern itself?
  
  In 1919, the talking stopped.  The war began. 
  
  This wasn't a war of tidy battlefields. It was a gritty, unpredictable fight defined by street-corner ambushes, secret intelligence networks, and the harsh reality of guerrilla warfare. It was a David-and-Goliath story: revolutionaries taking on one of the most powerful empires in history, while Britain fought a losing battle to maintain control over a nation that had simply had enough.
  
  But this conflict didn't just happen overnight. It was the breaking point after centuries of social unrest, political maneuvering, and a surging tide of nationalism. To understand what happened, you have to look at the forces that made it inevitable.
  
  Inside, you can expect: 
  
  - The Foundation : How centuries of colonial rule fundamentally reshaped life on the island 
  - The Catalysts : The political movements that pushed toward a total break with the Crown 
  - The Great Famine : Why this tragedy became a defining moment for nationalism 
  - The Underground : The rise of revolutionary groups and covert organizations 
  - The Point of No Return : The 1916 Easter Rising and why it changed the course of history 
  - The Political Shift : How Sinn Féin won the hearts of the public 
  - The Fighting : The brutal guerrilla campaign between republican forces and the Crown forces 
  - The Treaty : The high-stakes negotiations and the resulting Anglo-Irish Treaty 
  - The Split : How the fight led directly to a bloody Civil War and the creation of two nations 
  - And much, much more! 
  
  This conflict did more than just change one country; it sent shockwaves through independence movements across the globe. Its legacy is still visible today, from the streets of Dublin to the border of Northern Ireland.
  
  Click Add to Cart to start reading the story of one of the most significant national struggles in modern history. 

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  The Demon in the Machine - How...

  Paul Davies

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  What is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery. 
   
   
   
  In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name; it is a domain where biology, computing, logic, chemistry, quantum physics, and nanotechnology intersect. At the heart of these diverse fields, Davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity which has the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and force us to fundamentally reconsider what it means to be alive—even illuminating the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe. 
   
   
   
  The Demon in the Machine journeys across an astounding landscape of cutting-edge science. Weaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, Davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window onto the secret of life itself.

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