Wagering on pro football is a hobby for fans who enjoy the thrill of sports gaming. For serious gamblers, it can be a profitable venture. For those who can control the game's outcome, it is nothing less than a gold mine.Carl, son of legendary NFL quarterback Billy West, was following in his dad's footsteps when life as he knew it came crashing down. After his dream was shattered, Carl barely survived the rigor of college academics, graduating near the bottom of his class in Mass Me...

A non-stop trip into one man's land of desperate addicts, failed punk bands, and brushes with sad fame, as he sells drugs during the Seattle grunge years.In American Junkie, Tom Hansen maps his heroin addiction, from the promise of a young life to the prison of a mattress, from budding musician to broken down junkie, drowning in syringes and cigarette butts, shooting heroin into wounds the size of softballs, and ultimately, a ride to a hospital for a six-m...

“[This Is What We Do] is...Atlas Shrugged jammed in reverse and with the tires smoked. It's Ayn Rand for people with a brain. And a gun. It's a kick. Read it.” —Sean Beaudoin, author of You Killed Wesley Payne and The InfectsJames Nethery is at the end of his rope. Unable to find meaning in his comfortable life, he has cut himself off from everyone and fled to Paris. His mission; to rid himself of a lifetime of baggage, erase the...

Gila Bend is a political thriller with astonishing subplots that will leave you wondering (and worrying) if the manifestations could really happen! A history teacher from the tiny bedroom community of Gila Bend, Arizona, unexpectedly teams up with a dishonorably-discharged ex-Colonel from the US Air Force, to save America from a covert hostile takeover led by foreign dignitaries. Wealthy British parliamentarian, Lord John Shaffer, discovers a potent hallucinogen (tungis) during a falconry ...

When the cause of two midair disasters over the skies of South Florida are investigated, the FBI and NTSB are at odds whether the crashes were merely a coincidence or a criminal act. Is it possible that the United States is in grave danger and no one seems to know, except perhaps the president and his cabinet?Seminole Bend is an innovative thriller novel that contains ample twists and turns, and takes you on a page-turning wild ride guaranteed...

St. Max Parish celebrates the sacraments and liturgical life. It also provides shelter for the homeless, jobs for the unemployed, and distributes Bibles to the needy. Strangely, St. Max's manufactures golf balls to raise money for the less fortunate. Top-of-the-line, PGA-approved golf balls which fly longer and more accurately than the finest Titleists or Callaways.Jim and Dora Mann had raised their son, Eric, in the backseat of a broken-down Plymouth Duster in Florida's Loxahatche...

Within the Yarra River catchment area nestles the valley of Steels Creek, a small shallow basin in the lee of Kinglake plateau and the Great Dividing Range. The escarpment walls of the range drop in a series of ridges to the valley and form the south-eastern boundary of the Kinglake National Park. The gentle undulations that flow out from the valley stretch into the productive and picturesque landscape of Victoria’s famous wine growing district, the Yarra Valley. Late on the afternoon of 7 Fe...

“We’ve been together in sickness and in health, through the death of his mother, through the adoption of our children, through four long years of this legal battle,” Jason Morgan told reporters of himself and his partner, Chuck Swaggerty. “And if being together through all of that isn’t love and commitment or isn’t family or isn’t marriage, then I don’t know what is.” Just minutes earlier on that day, April 3, 2009, the justices of the Iowa Supreme Court had agreed.The court’s deci...

Mark Victor Hansen is the co-creator of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series and co-author of The One Minute Millionaire.

Prisoners and their families will appreciate these heartfelt and supportive stories and will feel part of a wider community of people striving to improve and reach their personal best. Hope, healing, forgiveness, and even a few laughs are delivered in the form of these personal and revealing stories.This audiobook is skillfully narrated by William DeMeritt and Kristi Burns.Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont....

This is the first Chicken Soup audiobook to focus specifically on stories of faith, including 101 of the best stories from Chicken Soup’s library on faith, hope, miracles, and devotion. These true stories written by regular people tell of prayers answered miraculously, amazing coincidences, rediscovered faith, and the serenity that comes from believing in a greater power, appealing to Christians and those of other faiths, and everyone who seeks enlightenment and inspiration through a good ...

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