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We typically view poverty as a technical problem that we can solve with more money, more technology, and more volunteers. But there is an adaptive side to the problem of poverty, as well. Reframing Poverty directs our attention to the emotional and often unconscious mindsets we bring to this issue.

Picking up where the best seller The Russian Five left off, Vlad the Impaler will have listeners alternately laughing and in tears with dozens more memorable, untold stories and anecdotes from the Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championship season 25 years ago. The book includes a foreword by Hall of Fame defenseman Slava Fetisov, along with lengthy excerpts from interviews of several members of that team, from captain Steve Yzerman, teammates Brendan Shanahan, Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Slava Kozlov, and coach Scotty Bowman, among many others.

The "Windwalker" serial killer stalks the inlets of Southern Maine for the next beauty to advance his collection, and Special Agent Steve Williams is frustrated with always being a breath behind the slippery psychopath. Escalating the pressure, Steve’s adopted sons, CJ and Tom Ryan, take teenage rebellion to an entirely new level, leaving Steve in an explosive situation.

Keegan Greer is in desperate need of a safe place to stay so he can finish school. Living with his father’s best friend will allow Keegan to keep himself and his secrets safe. Jake Oakley is happy to provide his best friend’s son a secure and comfortable home for the time being. But having Keegan in his house awakens a long-buried secret in Jake that he’s not sure he’s ready to face.

In the follow-up to The Prescott Affair, Lancer, Hero of the West is summoned to Broken Bow, Nebraska, by the local Cattleman’s Association to solve a case of cattle rustling. The Tombstone-based Lancer heads to the plains in the heart of Nebraska’s cattle-ranching territory. Along the way our hero meets famous legendary characters including some very strong ladies. The tangled web he discovers and the trail of dead bodies during his investigation into the rustling will intrigue you and keep you listening to see who might be implicated next.

When a man accidentally injures an angel sent to prevent a murder he reluctantly agrees to help, a decision that forces him to face his past, thrusts him into a situation that could very well be the end of him, and wakens him to the realization that there really is a purpose to all things in life.

The Suicide Game tells the stories of a black hit man who doubles as a university professor, a Catholic priest who longs to be a gangster, a would-be author from Kansas, a gay phone sex operator who claims he’s straight, a group of rich 20-somethings playing a deadly game of life and death, a ruthless Mafia boss, and a sleazy Hollywood movie director. As each of their stories intersect, bodies start piling up, and the action is nonstop in this tense, white-knuckle thriller by Andy Rausch.

Dream Lover and Other Tales includes seven paranormal and supernatural stories. The collection includes "Glint", "Dream Lover", "Ben Franklin's Dream", "The Mayor's Cow", "The Maestro's Gift", "Tracks in the Snow", and "The Messiah of Harriman".

Tony and Brittany. Brittany and Tony. Inseparable since childhood, reserved bookworm Tony and privileged but outgoing Brittany have been best friends forever, despite their very different backgrounds. So, when Tony gives Brittany a ring and asks her to be his girlfriend the summer before high school, their future together seems undeniable. But fate has other plans.