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War at Sea is a dramatic global tour of this remote museum and other formerly lost traces of humanity's naval heritage. It is also an account by the world's leading naval archaeologist of how underwater exploration has discovered these remains, thus resolving mysteries, adding to our understanding of the past, and providing intimate details of the experience of naval warfare.

When a critical counter-terrorism operation is jeopardized by leaked intel, the CIA calls on Charlie Team to protect their agent. The Team is happy to oblige, but their last operation turned deadly, and they're a man short. Wolfgang Pierce is an independent operator with dozens of mission-accomplished moments to his credit. He's happy to join the team, but this mission is altogether unlike the domestic operations he's accustomed to, and any mistake could be his last.

Channel Two predicted a blanket of snow for Thanksgiving weekend - unusual, but not alarming for the little Maine island. What comes is a blinding blizzard, and a mass disappearance of nearly every person Robby Pierce knows. He and his family flee, trying to escape the snow and the invisible forces stealing people right from the street. Miles away, Brad Jenkins battles the same storm. Alone, he attempts to survive as snow envelops his house. When the storm breaks, Brad makes his way south to where the snow ends and the world lies empty.

One second was all it took to erase Frank's dreams. New home. New car. New retirement. Stolen by the EMP. It gets worse. Frank's neighbors failed to prepare at all, so it falls on him to keep them alive. He starts easy: stockpile food, water, and guns. Disaster lessons he'd picked up reading books about the end of the world.

Sports betting combines America's national pastime (sports) with its national passion (gambling). In the US, more than a third of the population bets on at least one sporting event every year. With the recent lifting of the federal ban on sports gambling, states are pushing legislation to take advantage of the new potential source of revenue. The best sports betting books are data driven, statistically honest, and offer ways to take action. Sports Betting for Dummies will cover the basics, as well as delving into more nuanced topics. 

No one in the small, west Texas town of Shadow Ridge knows what took down the power grid, or when it's going to be back up, but everyone knows exactly where they were the moment it went down. And now, with no electricity, no internet, and no modern technology, the men and women responsible for keeping the town safe are going to have to learn how to fight crime all over again. When one of the men in charge of storing food for the town of Shadow Ridge is found murdered execution style, it's up to Jace McQuaid to find the killer.

Saving the world makes you a hero—and a target. After a tragedy befalls his team, Wolfgang is on the hunt to find the people responsible and bring them to justice. The search will take him to some unlikely places, while old secrets and decades of deception make even his closest friends appear like potential enemies. When everybody is in the business of subterfuge, who can you really trust?

Pawn shop owner Nancy Pruitt is being stalked. Every night since bringing a mysterious painting into her home, she's been awakened by a rapping at her bedroom window. What's more, the nightly visitor seems to bear quite the resemblance to a figure in her new painting.... Enter Harlan Ulrich: Coffee-fueled eccentric and private detective.

Susan L. Shirk, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for China, knows many of today's Chinese rulers personally and has studied them for three decades. She offers invaluable insight into how they think—and what they fear. In this revealing book, you will see the world through the eyes of men like President Hu Jintao and former President Jiang Zemin. We discover a fragile communist regime desperate to survive in a society turned upside down by miraculous economic growth and a stunning new openness to the greater world.

Two questions fundamental to human existence have always been the metaphysical “where do I fit in the grand scheme of things?” and the ethical “how should I behave?” Religion is no longer a source of answers for many people, and nothing has replaced it. Moore uses his signature framework-based approach to answer these questions, taking us on an intellectual roller coaster ride through physics, chemistry, biology, the social sciences and the humanities. Along the way, he builds a metaphorical ladder that leads from the big bang to the need for ethical action in our daily lives.

When an ancient scroll believed to detail the location of an Egyptian burial vault is discovered in Libya, the archeological world explodes in celebration. But while en route to Egypt, the convoy carrying the scroll is attacked, and the document goes missing. Egyptian authorities reach out to Wolfgang and his team with a simple request: find the scroll, and protect the tomb. But what starts as a simple recovery mission quickly turns deadly when it becomes clear that the scroll has nothing to do with archeology, and the ugly face of terrorism again raises its head.

The bar is set high for inventory control professionals - and well-ordered stock rooms and records are just the beginning. Beyond core tasks such as locating items, you've got to project future business needs, hold down costs, and fix supply chain problems. You need strategic and financial knowledge and the skills to manage many moving parts. Essentials of Inventory Management is the answer audiobook on which practitioners and students rely. It breaks down the job into easy concepts and concrete steps.

Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season. For months New York fans dreamed of the first Subway Series in nearly 30 years, and the Mets and the Yankees vied for their hearts. While the drama inside the Mets' clubhouse only made the team more endearing to fans, the drama inside the Yankees' clubhouse had the opposite effect. The result was the most attention-grabbing and exciting season New York would see in generations. 

When a new medical technology is developed in Japan, the CIA is nervous. It's a noble idea, but if it fell into the wrong hands, it might provide all the ingredients for a mass terrorist attack. The CIA's worst fears come true when they uncover a black market sale of the technology to a known terrorist organization. Unable to step in themselves, the CIA hires Wolfgang and his team to sabotage the sale and recover the tech. But when an old secret threatens to compromise the team from the inside, everything spins out of control.

When rumors of an illegal chemical weapons program surface from the heart of Moscow, Wolfgang and his team of elite espionage operatives are deployed to extract the informant, along with proof of the program. The mission is loaded with dangers from the start, but at the last minute a critical piece of intelligence changes everything, and brings the lives of thousands into jeopardy. With the team fractured, Russian officials hot on their heels, and a rogue chemist only telling half the truth, Wolfgang will have to think outside the box if he has any hope of saving his team.

Wolfgang and his team are the best in the business—and that means no days off. When the daughter of a key intelligence official is kidnapped while on vacation in Brazil, Wolfgang and his team are deployed to recover her, using any means necessary. From the outset Wolfgang's crew is ready for a fight, but long before they land it becomes obvious that this kidnapping isn't motivated by money, but by political power. The kidnapper's demands have the potential to compromise global security, and negotiation is off the table.

E. E. Isherwood presents Books 1-3 of the Neighborhood Watch series.

It has never been more difficult to flee sexual immorality and pursue holiness. We live in an age of unprecedented access to sexual temptation. Previous generations faced adultery, prostitution, and brothels. But not every person had a brothel in their pocket. Our society’s obsession with sex, coupled with the technologies that make pornography so accessible, make it more challenging than it’s ever been. The result is that our families, our churches, and our society are being devastated by a pornography epidemic.

The conservation of natural resources, like that of any other asset, involves trade-offs. Yet, in a world faced with the harsh realities of climate change, crafting the right environmental policies is an increasingly urgent task. In Conservation, Charles Perrings and Ann Kinzig bring together new research in economics and biodiversity to investigate conservation decisions and the theory behind them.

Sandy Stott, the "Accidents" editor at the journal of the Appalachian Mountain Club, delivers both a history and a celebration of the search and rescue workers who save countless lives in the White Mountains - along with a plea for us not to take their steadfastness and bravery for granted. Filled with tales of astonishing courage and sobering tragedy, Critical Hours will appeal to outdoor enthusiasts and armchair adventurers alike.