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Acting jobs don't grow on fire escapes, so struggling actress Esther Diamond is outraged when her guest role as a hooker on controversial TV drama The Dirty Thirty is jeopardized by zombies, angry spirits, and a voodoo curse. Meanwhile, the talented teens Esther is coaching at a Harlem cultural center are also being attacked by the sinister supernatural power that's spreading through Manhattan.

Despite having their secret revealed, the residents of Melbrook Hall return to Lander University for another year in the Hero Certification Program. Good thing the focus of this year is teamwork, because with their origins known, they’ll have to lean on each other more than ever. Now finally sophomores, their curriculum expands, allowing them to train in the majors that Heroes specialize in. The new classes will test their minds, bodies, and determination in ways never anticipated. Light is being shed on last year’s kidnapping attempt, and the results point at something far bigger.

Demons are putting rips in the veil in order to cross over and steal my friends and allies away. But, going after them isn’t even close to simple. The deepest level of the veil is not a place you can just open a doorway to, after all, and, of course, that’s where they’ve been taken. As fate would have it, it looks like I might get some help from a trained demon slayer and his fire-breathing ride. The only problem? Said demon slayer claims to have family ties to me. And I’ve never trusted my family. Nor am I about to start now.

When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. After months of danger, running for my life, and dealing with one crisis after another, I'm finally getting that vacation I deserve. I even get to take my favorite guardian with me for some serious one on one time. Of course, when it comes to my life, even a vacation can turn ugly.

Sit right back and take a nostalgic, first-hand look into the world of Gilligan's Island— everything you ever wanted to know about the show from the Professor himself, Russell Johnson. Directly from the ship's log, Johnson takes you to the day when Sherwood Schwartz shipwrecked seven strangers on a tiny desert isle—and America hasn't been the same since.

Dr Helena is one of the world's leading experts on improving brain function and she draws on three decades of personal and professional experience to offer a new paradigm for enhancing our brain to enrich our life at every age. Filled with groundbreaking scientific insights and laugh-out-loud stories of Dad and daughter's adventure with dementia, Dr Helena reveals that education is more powerful than medication and we can all grow bolder rather than older.

Young Jarren Heartwood's only chance of survival is to join the Shadow Academy elites, the enemy of his enemy, to destroy the fire mages known as the flares. Jarren's secretive mother raised him on fear of the Academy and the flares, but infused his life with love and fanciful tales as they scraped by in their brutal city of Nirwood. At the age of 10, he suddenly has his mother ripped away, leaving him fending for himself. To survive and avenge his mother, he turns to the Shadow Academy assassins. After seven years, Jarren has become the vengeful killer needed to take out his enemies.

The Rot spreads like wildfire from the north and south as the connection to the Realm of Creation diminishes. It's only a matter of time before the trees, animals, and dryads will be lost to the land of Elonia and, along with them, love and compassion. If hope remains, it's in the hearts of the dryads and the three companions: Jarren, Ameida, and Sepheus.

Leif is an antisocial elvish barterman—a traveling jack of all trades who cherishes his solitude. But his peaceful, quiet life is turned upside down after he's tricked into transporting a young girl across the human empire and back to his homeland. Rumors abound that an ancient evil power resides within the child, and as the lines between right and wrong seem to blur, Leif no longer knows who he can trust or where they'll find safety. It seems everyone wants to get their hands on the girl's power, but all Leif wants is to make it home alive.

Jeri Russell is elbow deep in Thanksgiving dinner preparation when she receives and email that will have a profound effect on her life. A former stewardess with Pan American airlines, Jeri is no stranger to travel. Soon after responding to the email, she is in the clouds again, flying toward a tiny town in Botswana, having agreed to volunteer there as a homeopathic clinician, teacher, and mentor.

Word of missing people circulated throughout parts of the land of Kaldur. People were being taken from villages and small towns and never seen again. At the same time, there were reports of horrifying, unnatural creatures being sighted. Strange things were common in this land, and many different races mingled. Humans, elves, dwarves, and halfling folk were common, and even rarer races like people with orcish or dragon blood weren’t unheard of. These abominations, however, were something no one had ever seen before.

Following her mother’s death, Dr Helena Popovic puts her medical training and beliefs to the test when she becomes the carer for her elderly father, who has encroaching dementia. A passionate medical practitioner and international speaker, Helena finds herself living out everything she preached.

On the edge of civilization, the village of Blackstone is dying, ignorant that a dormant evil has awoken in the mountains. Elayna, her father and the formidable Mistress Murgathwin strive to sustain Blackstone despite the oppressive demands of the Durian Monastery. Cast out of the Monastery, Kerne, a rejected half-breed senses a creature hunting the people of Blackstone. Against his better judgement, he follows its trail into the village. On his hunt he meets Elayna, in whom he finds the hope of acceptance, and Leusios, whose instinct for power will alter the course of the world.

The Midnight Express unfolds the story of Jeff Miller, an ungrateful and bitter young man living an ordinary suburban life with his family. One fateful night, an otherworldly train known as the Midnight Express mysteriously appears in his living room, visible only to him. This eerie locomotive is a force of terror and transformation, targeting those who have lost sight of the beauty in their lives.

I wanted to share a few things that some of us would rather not discuss openly. For me, I move in silence with a lot of things in my life. Outside energy has a way of throwing you off. Unfortunately, we can’t receive help nor help others by being quiet. So, instead of creating a character(s) and calling it therapy, I chose to write about what I elevate with daily and still show up.

A deeper look into unlearning old ways, applying experience and truths.

What happens when playing a video game threatens to take over your life? Jacob is close to not only losing his friends but also his Mom's trust. But with level 50 in his sights, will he see sense or will he let nothing stand in his way to solve the mystery of what lays beyond Level Fifty?

A war between two alien civilizations, the Vascotians and the Pallors, that closely resemble one another have been at war for more than a century. The war began over a missing prince and a missing queen. Captain Striglin's final move in the battle sends his ship, the Deriscus and his crew through a black hole where they crash against a large asteroid headed straight for Earth. The Deriscus, now stuck in the Milky Way Galaxy, encounters other alien species that seem to be intent on destroying the solar system before the Milky Way's own alignment can destroy the galaxy first.

Russell Johnson explores the wavelengths of the world as he blends radio lore, science, and wry, sometimes irreverent humor in his adventures in 18 countries. After a career in radio and TV, he traveled to some 60 countries gathering stories, sounds, and pictures, many of which became radio features, videos. The audio version of Tales of the Radio Traveler goes beyond the book, with actual sounds, music, interviews, and excerpts from radio features.

Humorist Russell Johnson goes astray with stories about Duckton Abbey (Downton Abbey In A Duck Pond), the futility of Putting The Cat Back In The Bag, why he would like to be an octopus, his after-bucket list (Where to Go After You Die), his cure for SOHDD (Ask Your Doctor About Sense Of Humor Deficit Disorder), and other meanderings.