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It is 2061. Benjamin Privett wins an annoyingly small prize in the lottery. He sees this as just more evidence of his frustrating life. Nobody is more surprised than him to find that it is, in fact, a selection for an unparalleled epic adventure that changes his life and the future of mankind.

Based on a true story, a young American soldier fighting in the Vietnam War meets a beautiful Vietnamese woman on his base. Their relationship develops into a full romance leading to an engagement, but the turmoil of the times and their parental opposition leads to heavy resistance. Fellow soldiers and officers attempt to talk him out of the marriage, but the two are determined to marry, despite the ongoing war.

During basic training in the army, it was common practice for the recruits to exercise and march to the cadence of popular songs of the time to keep the trainees in sync. It also took the trainees' minds off the exercise—sometimes strenuous—that they were engaged in, and a five-mile forced march before breakfast was tolerated with little grumbling. Although the cadence was always the same, the words were often changed to reflect the reality of military duty. At the time, the words of the Coasters's hit song "Poison Ivy" were adapted to fit the life of a grunt in Vietnam.

What is success? What does it look like? How does one achieve it? In Life Is Setting Me Up for Success, author Victor Levy takes an in-depth look at success, discussing what it is and what it isn’t. Levy offers 33 insights from day-to-day life, relationships, consciousness, yogic philosophy, society, and modern science to shift your perspective from living a life of constraints to expand to full possibility.

Scott Smithfield knew he was in for one hell of a summer since purchasing his new RV that he teasingly christened the Titanic. Unbeknownst to him, that doomed name foretold events Scott couldn’t imagine in his darkest nightmares. The annual camping party started off good when leaving the city but deteriorated upon entering the mountains. Not to be deterred, the group pushes on. Upon discovering that their usual campground is closed, they go in search of another site and become hopelessly lost on the winding and treacherous roads of the Rocky Mountains.

After the death of his father, young Leviticus is left to face the truth that he is a vampire. Everything he has ever known has changed. He is forced into a world of violence, confusion, and isolation. His family is now terrified of what he has become, and they struggle in this new life. What lengths does he have to go in order to survive and keep his family safe? Does he have enough strength and courage to overcome these new obstacles in a high school where nothing makes sense, where even his classmates want to kill him?

Joe is a physician's assistant living in New Orleans. His life is good but not good enough to reach his dreams. He's gifted and can sense things most people cannot. His faith saves him when death is imminent. Joe's true love is found in the jungle, but trouble is there as well. Just when his hometown, New Orleans, appears safe and comfortable for his family, he encounters greed, heartlessness, and murder.

Angel Finally Found His Wings is an intimate and candid memoir about a child surviving life on the streets as a prostitute. Twelve-year-old "Angel" shares a room at the YMCA in New York City with thirty-four-year-old Charlie, the pimp who is blackmailing him. Angel's mom is battling schizophrenia while Charlie, the neighborhood Boy Scout leader, grooms him away from his impoverished family, threatening to return his mother to a mental institution if Angel doesn't turn tricks on 42nd Street, the sex trade epicenter.

This is a children's fiction story that emphasizes creativity by using talking animals, make-believe plots, and different settings that may go against reality. It also portrays a sense of humor, as many events involving the polar bear in this story are considered to be funny moments.

On a lonely road in the kingdom of Sarven, lone outlaw Jack Spade robs an unsuspecting merchant. This is no random crime, however. He was hired to steal a very specific thing: the mysterious Box of Andelaine, which has remained sealed for millennia, despite the best efforts of all the world's most powerful sorcerers.

In this novel, you will learn the true history of Earth, from the time when Lordiah first came from planet Heofon to mine gold on earth 4,061 years ago. The last time Luna saw her father, she was five years old when he mysteriously disappeared. She grew up in foster homes, learning unique skill sets for survival. Twenty-some years later, while burglarizing a home, she accidentally encounters him, leading to an awkward reunion.