How long can we keep the darkness inside locked, and the black that surrounds us out? Beware what is inside and out? Deep space, past the middle of nowhere, skeleton crew, away from the light alone. Nobody knows what happened, all we have are these logs.The second episode of a series of short stories. The Alaris nebula is home to over a million people and is struggleing under relentless pirate attacks. When a fighter squadron goes missing it's up to burnt out veteran Marack Nor and the rest of his squadron to discover the truth and live long enough to make it back home.The first episode is available for free, it is highly recommended that you read it before purchasing this one. Views: 340
(The India Sommers Mysteries book 3)When a 100 year old crucifix is discovered around the neck of a 500 year
old mummy, Brandon Walker once more calls on the expertise of India
Sommers to solve the mystery.Within days they realise there is
far more to this than a cruel hoax and it soon becomes clear that there
are strong links back to the SS in the Second World War. Ultimately,
what they find is not only a cover up of global proportions and the
tragic aftermath of a long forgotten battle, but a group of dangerous
men seeking the most powerful and dangerous Icon the world has ever
know. Views: 340
In today's highly competitive business world, being credible is not enough. You have to look credible. Still, for many professionals, credibility feels like a mystery.
Now, by pinpointing 25 specific visual and auditory cues, The Credibility Code unlocks this mystery and shows you exactly how to come across as confident, capable, and qualified in all types of person-to-person interactions.
Acclaimed credibility expert Cara Hale Alter outlines clear, concise "codes of conduct" for posture, gestures, vocal skills, eye contact, and more. And unlike countless other cues, such as gender, age, or physical features, these signals are within your active control. Individually, these behaviors are easily implemented; together, they form a skill set that can transform your career.
As a bonus, each chapter includes a link to an online video of the author demonstrating the "codes of conduct" featured in the previous pages.
Discover:
How to "crack the code" and project real credibility
What not to do - the most common image derailers
Real-world examples and exercises
Online access to short demonstration videos for each chapter
Self-assessment tools for identifying your strengths and weaknesses
A step-by-step methodology for developing your best image! Views: 340
Buck Johnson, along with his slow-moving and slow-thinking sidekick Skeeter Evans, currently plies his trade as a dragon wrangler on Terul and is busting out a bunch of dracs for the repulsive Terullian Karposh.But when an unruly Red Kraken throws Buck, events take an unexpected turn. “Buck Johnson: Dragon Wrangler” is short story (approximately 4,000 words).Buck Johnson, along with his slow-moving and slow-thinking sidekick Skeeter Evans, currently plies his trade as a dragon wrangler on Terul and is busting out a bunch of dracs for the repulsive Terullian Karposh. But when an unruly Red Kraken throws Buck, events take an unexpected turn. And Buck and Skeeter, with a little help from Snort Jones, right some wrongs and give Karposh his come-uppance, while still meeting their contractual obligations. A wild mix of Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Western, and Science Fiction, “Buck Johnson: Dragon Wrangler” is a new twist on the Space Western and a rollicking ride across the vagaries of a dragon wrangler’s and his sidekicks’ lives on the planet Terul. Think of The Good Old Boys, The Rounders, and a little bit of Lonesome Dove all rolled up together and cast into space.“Buck Johnson: Dragon Wrangler” is short story (approximately 4,000 words). Views: 340
Who hasn't imagined finding a fortune in gold? Juan and Willy dream big like everyone, however their thinking is somewhat inadequate. After searching for a truck and struggling to babysit an 8-year-old who lives in the house with the gold map, this ridiculous pair blunder into danger at a toxic tailing pond. At least they have each other--as punching bags. A buddy comedy with a duo of dimwits.After a wild fight with air hoses, foul-mouthed Juan and Willy are fired from their jobs as car handlers at a dealership. The pair find work as kitchen helpers at the restaurant of Juan's cousin where dreams of gold possess them. Locating a lost mine, however, means they have to outsmart an eight-year-old, a huge challenge for this pair. With an idea of where some lost gold might be, they search for a truck with an intact transmission that isn't full of feral cats. Of course, abandoned mines aren't safe places either, a fact especially true for these sorry, but sweet, buffoons. Views: 340
An Annapolis First ClassmanAn Annapolis First Classman Views: 340
John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist whose most famous works were mysteries. In particular, his series about the gentleman thief Raffles remain popular today. Views: 339
When her brother is injured fighting in France, Meghan enlists her fellow Harvey Girl waitresses to sew a Red Cross signature quilt to raise money for wounded doughboys. Local horse breeder Caleb McBride longs to join the battle, but the army won't take him. Because he has kept his shameful infirmity a secret, the townsfolk have labeled him a coward and war profiteer. When Meghan uncovers his malady, her poor opinion of Caleb unravels. Can this beautiful seamstress find a way to mend his heart? Views: 339
The Graysheets remain ominously quiet during the teen's senior year. When tragedy strikes Tiff, her confidence shatters into a million pieces and the group doesn't know how to pick up the splintered mess of her emotional health. As the control of the Zondorae scientists slips away, they make a final move to swing the balance in their favor, negotiating a future for the paranormals that is so final, a covert group moves to halt the momentum of their control over humanity with Jeffrey Parker as the catalyst. In a final bid to protect everyone, Caleb discovers he was at the center from the beginning, an unwilling pawn moved on a chess board that no longer exists. Will he have a future of safety and happiness for himself and Jade? Or will the decisions made before the fateful day of inoculation remain to hinder that forever? Views: 339
When a loudmouthed author gets silenced, Wolfe looks for the triggermanThe gun was fired close to Charles Childress's head, and his were the only fingerprints on it, forcing the police to conclude that the author committed suicide. But his friends know this is impossible, because Childress loved himself far too much. He had just begun attracting fame, writing new mysteries starring the iconic Sergeant Barnstable, and he had bright hopes for the future. His publisher hires corpulent genius Nero Wolfe to determine who cut Childress's career short, and the detective finds no dearth of suspects.Among the many who may have wanted the wordsmith whacked are his agent, his editor, a corrupt book reviewer, and an enraged legion of Barnstable devotees. With the help of his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin, Wolfe takes a look at those closest to the arrogant, argumentative author, hoping to decide which of Childress's associates merely hated him, and which would have been... Views: 339
A classic from an author regarded as the Father of Punjabi literature All that sustains Kuldeep Singh through his dark days in jail, where he is serving a term for participating in anti-British agitations, are thoughts of his beautiful wife and the dream of going home. But he returns to find that his wife has died, leaving behind their infant child. As his world collapses around him, he negotiates the divergent pulls exerted by people around him: a holy man who advocates renunciation; his childhood friend Saroj, who has always loved him; and the tempestuous Prakash who hides an unsavoury past. Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author Nanak Singh draws on personal experiences to create this compelling portrait of Punjab in the 1920s. Originally published in Punjabi in 1940, Adh Kidhiya Phool is an intense meditation on the choices people make and the consequences these may have. The author's engagement with social issues like superstition and blind faith, religious bigotry, casteism... Views: 339
Ashden and Elanora are drawn into the Timefold by the pulse of an ancient bloodline where they face an enemy created in the depths of the human heart. Separated by an impossible expanse of time,they must find each other, however changed,and unite to save lives even more vulnerable than their own.Ashden Jaybanks,15, is relieved as he hammers the tack into his final rescue notice. It will no doubt lead to ridicule and bruises from Oscar, but what’s new? And if it saves a soul or two, he can quit in good conscience. Yes, it’s time to give up and concentrate on his mother whose mind has all but gone and whose terrors rule her. It’s also time to grow up...in this world. His plans are thwarted when a strangely forgettable red head witnesses his movement through the gateway under the fig. No-one has ever been able to see his comings and goings to the Timefold before. Could she be the same as him? But why can’t he recall ever seeing her before? Alone in her hideout, Elanora, 13, has been watching Ashden; curious as to how the most bullied kid in school can stand so confidently amongst the roots of the spectral fig when everyone else is scared to death of it. Especially her. When he finally reveals that he can see souls in animal replicas and that she has an unsurpassed ability to create such souls, Elanora refuses to let him keep her from her destiny. She must be taken to see the rescued ones and will join his mission to save them. And that may happen...if Ashden can remember her in the morning. Views: 339
It's New Year's Day, a time for new beginnings and setting the stage for things to come.Factory worker Kevin usually starts with a day off, but this year he's working the usually year-end inventory.He is disgruntled, but doing as he's asked until he can get out of there and return home to his wife and kids. But not everything is business as usual on this New Year's Day as Kevin discovers an old evil has returned to pick up where it left off and the only thing it wants is to help him be a better person, no matter how much blood it has to spill in the process.Kevin is forced to take a hard look at his life and decide if this is it for him, if this job, this home, this family, is what really fulfills him, or if there's more he could be doing.And how far is he willing to go to reach his potential?This is the first of C. Dennis Moore's Holiday Horrors, a series of short stories based around every holiday of the year. Views: 339
Jones Planet
wasn’t the best place to be stranded with a broken drive unit.
But Richard
Argyle didn’t know how bad it really was until a stranger contacted him with a
curious proposition. For it was a proposition that put a price on his head and
made him the center of the death struggle between Earth and the great
interstellar Traders.
Argyle didn’t
know what made him so important to the most powerful men in the Galaxy. He
didn’t know why he was dangerous enough to be mercilessly hunted. But he
realized he had to find out fast—find out what secret he unknowingly held, or
die.
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