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Alpha Test
David Pendleton - 2018
Using a new technology known as Immersive Virtual Reality or IVR you could truly experience the game as if you were in it. For someone who has been confined to a wheelchair all of his life, the promise was impossible to ignore but only a few would be invited to take part in the Alpha test of the new game. Devon decided he would be one of those few To ensure he would be chosen he took the most unlikely combination of skills specializing primarily as a craftsman and secondarily as a healer. The best race for these skill trees is a Gnome but that further weakens his ability to fight and survive. Still, it is only the Alpha test and once in he can change it when they move to Closed Beta. What could go wrong? Soon he finds out just how weak his choices seem to the developers who figure he will die a lot and always be a Nobody. Name chosen Gnobody sets out to take on Angromoria and it is everything he could hope for until it becomes the only thing he may ever know.
Judge Me, Dear Reader: Emma's Story
Erwin E. Wirkus - 1978
A member of the Church from the beginning and a staunch supporter of her husband through his trials and eventual death, Emma lived a difficult life, yet many wonder how she could have turned her back on the beliefs that she held so strongly and suffered so much for. Judge Me, Dear Reader is the story of Emma, one of the greatest champions - and most criticized members - of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By showing Emma in a more sympathetic light, the author reminds each of us that Emma - and everyone else - will be judged according to the desires of their heart by the only one who can see things clearly: the Lord.
Receiving Answers to Our Prayers
Gene R. Cook - 1991
In Receiving Answers to Our Prayers, Elder Cook examines some of the most important principles and practices of prayer, which the Lord has taught us through scripture and through living prophets. By illustrating those principles through examples and many true-life stories, he shows that the Lord does answer prayers and suggests ways we can become more receptive to the answers the Lord sends. Elder Cook focuses on the difficult question of why answers do not always come in ways we expect and what we can do then to increase our faith.
Altered State
Gregg Luke - 2009
Perhaps now in their new life together with Morgan's nine-year-old son, they can each leave a troubled past behind. But when Morgan's psychology students begin exhibiting bizarre behavior, the couple quickly becomes entangled in an experiment headed for catastrophe. Someone is illegally administering a mind-altering drug to unwitting students. With the potential for millions of dollars in profits on the line, the pharmaceutical designers are more than willing to set aside morals to test the limits of the subconscious and mind control. As the growing ranks of test subjects fulfill increasingly disturbing commands, Homer and Morgan race to discover who's pulling the stringsand how they are doing it. But as the final stages of research point to a deadly calamity, events from the past threaten to shatter the couple's fragile trustjust as they need it most. Will they be able to overcome the forces that threaten to pull them apart and find a way to stop the impending tragedy?
The Perfect Plan
Jeri Gilchrist - 2005
She is intelligent, beautiful, and an heiress to a fortune. However, underneath the surface lies a complex, cheerless young woman who lost her mother early in life, and was virtually abandoned by her busy father. Enter Ethan Van Wagoner, a caring and handsome man, bringing hope and meaning into Jordan’s life. Even with some philosophical and religious differences, they fall in love. But when Jordan’s father uses his wealth and power to ruin the relationship, she severs all ties. Four years later, Jordan has built her own name and career—thinking that she has finally found freedom from the people who tried to destroy her. Instead, she is met with the biggest challenge of her life. Surrounded by accusations and intrigue, Jordan is reunited with Ethan who promises to help her. Through legal battles, trauma, and a deadly hit-and-run, Ethan and Jordan draw ever closer— realizing that they may fall in love again, if only they can stay alive."
Cold Blooded: A chilling, true tale of terror, rape, and murder in the Arkansas River bottoms
Anita Paddock - 2019
On a cold January morning in 1981, a knock on an apartment door began what would become one of the bloodiest crime sprees in Arkansas history. In the coming days the bodies of newlyweds Larry and Jawana Price, businessman Holly Gentry, and Police Detective Ray Tate were discovered. They had been executed in cold blood and discarded like so much trash. What kind of person murders four people in cold blood? Did the right one go to prison?Praise for Anita Paddock, author of Blind Rage and Closing Time!“Paddock is a gifted storyteller, and Blind Rage is a riveting read.”– Sonny Brewer, author of The Poet of Tolstoy Park “The newest and strongest voice in true crime writing . . . makes you feel as if you are there, seeing what happened, and feeling the terror and sorrow of those felled by these brutal crimes.” – Marla Cantrell, author and Arkansas Art Council Fellow “Somehow [the author] is able to create tension and suspense even when the outcome is already known. She has a way of making each character as familiar as the guy next door, be they ordinary people or despicable creeps! Truman Capote, even though you can't roll over, maybe you should step aside because a new ‘true crime’ star is here!”– John McFerran
Hood Misfits (Volume 2)
Brick - 2013
Trigga found out in book 1 that the enemy who got away was right under his nose. The one man that he had been hunting to seek vengeance for his father’s death and mother’s brutal rape and murder was the man he called his boss, Street King, Damien Orlando. He only has one thing in mind, payback. With his boy Big Jake along with Gina, and Ray-Ray forming their own family, Dame and every goon in his circle are targets. Chaos is coming and Dame’s most trusted are about to bring him pain and death. E.N.G.A. Every Nigga Gotta Agenda