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This is the Second Edition of this book - released in the beginning of 2024 - and is the updated version of Darren Sugiyama's original book that was released in 2021. A lot has changed in the world of Premium Financed Life Insurance in the last few years including increased interest rates, a recession, the crash of crypto currency, product changes, and industry regulated restrictions put on life insurance policy illustrations. As the most tran...

Astrea Mori, the last surviving member of the original witch families, has lived a less-than-charmed life. Being a prisoner of the Vampire Lord, Alexi Helvig, she spent years being tortured and experimented on. To escape, she made a deal with the devil, praying that her past doesn't catch up to her. But her body can't forget how the devil made her feel, and try as she might to forget her touch, it haunts her... Ciaran Helvig is the only son ...

Christie O'Mara is thrilled to finally be living her dream of running her own flower shop. With her grandmother's legacy guiding her, she sets out to create beautiful floral arrangements and unique gifts for the small town she calls home. But little does she know that her grand opening will be overshadowed by a decades-old murder mystery. While preparing the shop for its first day of business, Christie stumbles upon a long-lost note hidden w...

Wenn in den USA das Licht ausgeht ... Antiterror-Spezialist Mitch Rapp zieht einen Techniker des IS aus dem Verkehr, der mit Hilfe eines Experten das komplette Stromnetz der Vereinigten Staaten lahmlegen will. Doch Rapps Einsatz erfolgt zu spät: Amerika versinkt in völliger Dunkelheit. Landesweit bricht Chaos aus. Wasserversorgung und Lieferketten brechen zusammen, die Bevölkerung droht zu verhungern, es kommt zu Plünderungen und Revolten. Ra...

This edited volume comprises a compilation of autoethnographic evocations from U.S. doctoral students in the fields of social sciences and humanities, who narrate and analyze their experiences in the doctoral journey and beyond.

This edited volume comprises a compilation of autoethnographic evocations from U.S. doctoral students in the fields of social sciences and humanities, who narrate and analyze their experiences in the doctoral journey and beyond.

Martin Delany University has provided home, career, and stability for generations of Bennets. It's 1999 and the latest generation of Bennets prepare for the new millennium, unaware of the changes the year 2000 will bring. For Professor Elizabeth Bennet, that means questioning her position and dedication within the prestigious HBCU. She's also tired of defending her rap music studies, especially to stuck up outsiders like visiting economics pro...

Ein Reiseroman mit einer Liebesgeschichte: Erik will aus seinem Leben als Journalist bei einem strauchelnden Magazin in Hamburg ausbrechen. In Nordamerika reist er mit den großen Passagierzügen durchs Land - vom »California Zephyr« über den »Empire Builder« bis zum »Coast Starlight«. Er fährt durch die Prärie und die Rocky Mountains. Doch das macht ihn nicht glücklich. Erik muss erkennen, dass er seine Einsamkeit nicht überwinden kann. Das än...

Eine spannende Schatzsuche im 21. Jahrhundert, die nur mit viel Köpfchen gelöst werden kann. Die Idylle des Klosterlebens wird zum perfekten Ort, um alten Geheimnissen auf die Spur zu kommen.

This book reveals how violent pasts were constructed by ancient Mediterranean societies, the ideologies they served, and the socio-political processes and institutions they facilitated.

This book presents a critical rethinking of the study of law in Africa from a comparative law perspective and proposes a new approach on how to research and approach law in Africa.

This volume presents a practical theological investigation into the little-known and underappreciated Coptic Orthodox Church in a context outside of Egypt.

Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his kingship, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others. He died a suspicious, obese, disease-riddled tyrant, old befo...

Fiona McFarlane's blazingly brilliant new novel, The Sun Walks Down, tells the many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia. In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents ...

For decades now, America's national security state has grown ever bigger, ever more secretive and powerful, and ever more abusive. Only once did someone manage to put a stop to any of it. Senator Frank Church of Idaho was an unlikely hero. He led congressional opposition to the Vietnam War and had become a scathing, radical critic of what he saw as American imperialism around the world. But he was still politically ambitious, privately yearnin...

The first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their divided high command hammered out a winning strategy at the tipping point of World War II. The Devils Will Get No Rest is a character-driven account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, an Anglo-American clash over military strategy that produced a winning plan when World War II could have gone eith...

A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired to sail an 18th-century warship 5, 000 miles to Hollywood In the late 1990s, Patrick O'Brian's multimillion-copy-selling historical novel series--the Aubrey-Maturin series, which was set during the Napoleonic Wars--seemed destined for film. With Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin, the production only needed a ship that could stand in for Lucky Jack's...

From the outside, criminal psychiatrist Dr. Madeline Pine's life appears picture-perfect--she has a beautiful family, a successful mental health practice and a growing reputation as an expert in female violence. But when she's called to help investigate a mysterious death at a boarding school for troubled girls, Madeline hesitates. She's been through tragic cases before, and the one she was entangled in last year nearly destroyed her... Yet sh...

The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.

Oliver and Nathan are determined to get to the bottom of their new homeroom teacher, Mr. Aidact's, fishy behavior.