Behind the Baton

Behind the Baton

Author: Gerard Schwarz

Publisher: Amadeus

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781574674767

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BEHIND THE BATON: AN AMERICAN ICON TALKS MUSIC


Radiants

Radiants

Author: David B. Coe

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Published: 2021-10-15

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1610261585

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DeDe Mercer is a Radiant who can control other people’s thoughts, make them do what she wants. For years she’s controlled her power, keeping her secret, never using it on anyone--until the day she had no choice. Now the government is after her, after her brother, too, because he’ll come into his power before long. The Department of Energy, the Defense Intelligence Agency, Homeland Security--they all want her, and they’re willing to do anything, hurt anyone, kill if necessary, to make her their weapon. But DeDe has had enough. They think she’s a weapon? Fine. They’re about to find out how right they are. “Reads like a cross between Stranger Things and Sense 8. Unique plot and engaging cast of characters. Radiants is a fun ride that grabbed me and didn't let go. Looking forward to the next book!" -- Patricia Briggs, #1NYT best selling author of the Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega books “(RADIANTS is) controversial, nail-biting, edge-of-my-seat excitement." --Faith Hunter, NYT and USA Today bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock series “As gripping as its ideas about selfhood, identity and privacy are urgent, RADIANTS is a psychological thrill-ride through dangers physical and conceptual. Serious fun. " -- AJ Hartley, NY Times bestselling author of IMPERVIOUS and STEEPLEJACK Author Bio: David B. Coe is the award-winning author of more than two dozen novels and as many short stories, spanning historical fiction, epic fantasy, contemporary fantasy, and the occasional media tie-in. His novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives with his family in the mountains of Appalachia.


The Man Behind the Baton

The Man Behind the Baton

Author: William Patrick Foster

Publisher:

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780972512800

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The Man Behind The Baton presents the highpoints in the life of Dr. William Patrick Foster, the creator and director (for 52 years) of the world renowned Florida A&M University Marching "100" Band. This book is a "must read" book, a historical book about the life of the Maestro, the Law, and the Legend.


BWB Texts: Turning Points

BWB Texts: Turning Points

Author: Geoff Chapple

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2014-12-12

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1927327954

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Award-winning writers Geoff Chapple, Claudia Orange, Anne Salmond and Dick Scott explore pivotal moments in New Zealand’s history in this bundle of BWB Texts. These four works are combined into one easy-to-read e-book, available direct and DRM-free from our website or from international e-book retailers. In When the Tour Came to Auckland Geoff Chapple describes the startling scenes as the Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981 comes to a violent conclusion. In What Happened at Waitangi? Claudia Orange explains the events on the ground that led to the signing of the Treaty on 6 February 1840. Anne Salmond’s First Contact details the dramatic visit of Dutch ships led by Abel Tasman to Golden Bay at the top of the South Island in 1642, and the meeting of Māori and European worlds. Dick Scott’s Parihaka Invaded describes the non-violent defiance of Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, Tohu Kakahi and their followers at Parihaka and is one of the great New Zealand narratives. BWB Texts are short books on big subjects by great New Zealand writers. Commissioned as short digital-first works, BWB Texts unlock diverse stories, insights and analysis from the best of our past, present and future New Zealand writing.


Shaishav-7

Shaishav-7

Author: Apurva Vinod

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2023-08-31

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13:

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Towering, rocky mountains, and a very dense evergreen forest surround the Railway line and a Railway cabin. A few kilometers away from this cabin, deep within the Sahyadri mountains, lies a small eco-friendly house. Chinmay Kulkarni has inherited this house. But he has avoided this house since, on his very first visit, he experienced a few paranormal activities. He asks the Shaishav-7 for help. The Shaishav-7 is an adventure group of seven teenage boys studying in the Shaishav School in Vadodara. They are also Sleuths. After their SSC board exams, they are in high spirits and have planned to go on a few adventures. But they dutifully take up Chinmay’s case. They arrive at the house on the day the first monsoon rains also arrive in the region. But they are soon in the crosshairs of an old enemy – a continuously evolving, waxing, and waning shadow, which shows its presence and follows them through their adventures. The boys know that they must strengthen and defend themselves and an ancient and eternal Civilization before this shadow engulfs everything.


MARK TWAIN - The Man Behind the Humor: Complete Autobiographical Books & Biographies

MARK TWAIN - The Man Behind the Humor: Complete Autobiographical Books & Biographies

Author: Mark Twain

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2017-07-21

Total Pages: 4481

ISBN-13: 802687823X

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This collection of travel books, essays, speeches, letters and autobiographical writings illustrates the other side of the man known as Mark Twain. Travel Books The Innocents Abroad Roughing It Old Times on the Mississippi A Tramp Abroad Life on the Mississippi Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion Essays, Satires & Articles How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays What Is Man? And Other Essays Editorial Wild Oats Advice to Youth Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences Concerning the Jews To the Person Sitting in Darkness To My Missionary Critics Christian Science Queen Victoria's Jubilee Essays on Paul Bourget The Treaty With China, its Provisions Explained In Defence of Harriet Shelley Mrs. Eddy in Error Stirring Times in Austria The Czar's Soliloquy King Leopold's Soliloquy Adam's Soliloquy Essays on Copyrights Other Essays The Complete Speeches The Complete Letters Chapters from my Autobiography Biography Mark Twain: A Biography by Albert Bigelow Paine Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He is best known for his two novels – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but his satirical stories and travel books are also widely popular. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned him praise from critics and peers. He was lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age.


The Policewoman

The Policewoman

Author: Justin W. M. Roberts

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-10-06

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 1483459837

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Narcoterrorism wreaks havoc on the world as drug cartels operate as dominating, murderous dictatorships. The powerful Irish Drug Cartel has set up drug manufacturing plants around the world and they will kill anyone who gets in their way. Sarah is an ambitious policewoman from an antiterrorist unit. She's also smart, beautiful, and extremely good at her job, which is why she is assigned to an Interpol Incident Response Team in Manchester, set up to find and stop The Cartel. Alongside colleagues from the United Kingdom's SAS, she must quickly learn new Close Quarters Battle tactics and apply them to a vengeful and threatening battlefield. Sarah's investigation appears to be going well until the fight turns personal. She must now struggle to save her friends, family, and even herself. Spanning the globe with a keen knowledge of special forces tactics and some genuinely shocking twists, this book warns of a bloody, drug-addled future we may soon face.


The Rising Gold

The Rising Gold

Author: Ava Jae

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1510722394

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The gripping conclusion to the Beyond the Red trilogy.A new world ruler is crowned. Plunged into a crumbling world of foreign politics that is desperate for a leader, Eros chooses a loyal prince to help him navigate the hostile sands of Safara. But not everyone is happy to see a half-blood become the most powerful person on the planet. A queen must restore her nation. In power once more, Kora faces new challenges and a difficult decision that puts someone close to her in mortal danger. The wrong choice could destroy her relationships, her right to rule, and her life. A rebellion is brewing. With their world collapsing around them, new threats spreading across the globe, and their loved ones at risk, the people of Safara—Sepharon and human alike—depend on Eros and Kora to fix their bleeding world. But with generations of hate stacked against them, the two young monarchs may be doomed to fail.


Home Team 2

Home Team 2

Author: Dave Pratt

Publisher: Ambassador International

Published: 2023-10-24

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1649604572

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After a successful mission for the Home Team, the government is ready to create a Home Team 2 to help thwart human and drug trafficking from the infamous Lee family in China. But finding recruits who can handle the assignment is not so easy. And the measures that the Lees will take to protect their investments puts everyone on the team at risk. When Washington State Patrol Trooper Ellen “Ell” Evander is reassigned to spend time with the Home Team, motivation to find her kidnapped niece clouds her judgment and spurs her on a mission that may end her career. Determined to move on after the assignment is over, will Ell continue on her own or finally find her place on the team? Army Ranger Alex Anthem soon finds himself side by side with the attractive state patrol trooper. Alex has his own personal reasons for joining in the fight against the human traffickers, but is he willing to risk everything to see the mission completed? As the pressure mounts, Ell and Alex both have decisions to make that could change the courses of their lives forever.