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  A powerful life story can connect with people no matter where they live or what language they speak. That is the idea behind the next chapter for Built by Blood, Stolen by Greed by Albert. Following the release of the English edition, the memoir is preparing to reach a much wider audience through translations in Spanish, German, Russian, and French . The decision to translate the book is about more than simply making it available in additional languages. It is about giving more readers the opportunity to experience a deeply personal story centered on family, hard work, loyalty, ambition, jealousy, betrayal, and survival. A Story That Began With Family At the heart of Built by Blood, Stolen by Greed is family. Albert looks back on a life that began in a close Italian family in New Jersey. His early years were shaped by tradition, responsibility, music, and a strong belief that family members should always stand beside one another. That belief in loyalty followed him ...

  If you've ever watched someone scale a vertical rock face with nothing but their hands and feet and thought, "That takes unbelievable skill," then The Adventure Punks will give you a whole new appreciation for what elite climbers can do. This isn't a story about criminals who happen to climb. It's about climbers who happen to commit crimes. And that distinction makes all the difference. The novel opens with footage of two figures scaling the corner of a Las Vegas high-rise. They're not using ladders or scaffolding. They're climbing, using the same techniques that Nick Lane uses when he's out at Red Rocks Canyon on his days off. The leader sets temporary anchors using spring-loaded cams inserted into gaps between metal panels, then leans back to rest, completely comfortable hundreds of feet above the ground. The second climber follows, removing the gear and clipping it to his harness before reaching out to cut a perfect circle in the glass. What...

In the glittering shadow of the Las Vegas Strip, where millions of tourists flock annually to test their luck at the tables, a different kind of gamble is taking place. The Adventure Punks, a gripping new thriller by Chad Rice, explores the treacherous territory where elite athleticism meets organized crime, and where the line between hero and villain becomes dangerously blurred. The novel opens with a seemingly routine 911 call on a Monday night in November. Officer Mike Delaney of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department responds to a fight outside a bar in the trendy Arts District, unaware that this mundane arrest will unravel into something far more complex. The man he takes into custody, Angelo Russo, claims to be a confidential informant for the FBI, and his information leads to an investigation that will consume the lives of everyone involved. At the heart of this story is Officer Nick Lane, a 29-year-old climber who traded the Army for a badge and never lost his love for the v...

  Faith is easy to speak about when life is peaceful. It becomes something entirely different when a person is standing in the middle of grief, disappointment, physical pain, guilt, fear, broken relationships, or circumstances they never imagined they would have to endure. Women and the Atonement of Jesus Christ , compiled by LeAnn Emery, enters those difficult places through the voices of women who have lived them. Rather than approaching the Atonement only as a theological subject, the book brings together personal experiences and testimonies. Its contributors speak about moments when faith was no longer simply something they believed—it became something they needed. The collection grew from Emery's desire to gather women's personal stories about how the Atonement of Jesus Christ had affected their lives. Some women chose to share their names, while others remained anonymous because their experiences were deeply personal or sacred. Stories of Pain, Forgiveness, Loss, ...

  Faith is often discussed through sermons, scripture, and doctrine, but some of its most powerful expressions emerge through lived experience. In Women and the Atonement of Jesus Christ , compiler LeAnn Emery brings those experiences together through a collection centered on women's personal encounters with faith, adversity, forgiveness, healing, and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The book features numerous named contributors as well as women who chose to remain anonymous, reflecting the personal and, in some cases, sensitive nature of the experiences being shared. The result is not one woman's story but a collection of perspectives. Throughout the book, readers encounter accounts dealing with physical pain, family relationships, grief, repentance, spiritual conversion, emotional suffering, forgiveness, personal weakness, service, and hope. The subjects vary considerably, yet the testimonies share a central question: What happens when a person turns toward Jesus Christ i...

Looking back on a life that has taken me from the prairies of Alberta to the Arctic ice, from the deserts of Niger to the mountains of Kenya, I am often asked what I have learned from all those years of travel. The answer is simple: almost every person on Earth is fair, honest, helpful, and affable. I did not always know this. As a boy in Castor, Alberta, I was skeptical of the wider world. But travel has a way of breaking down barriers. Here are a few moments that changed my perspective. One night in rural Japan, I arrived at a train station, wet and cold. I found a small Japanese inn. The man on duty gave me a dry kimono and a room. He returned later and waved his hand up and down, which I mistook for a signal to lie down and sleep. The next morning, I learned that he had prepared a meal for me and was inviting me to join him. In the Orient, waving an extended arm up and down means "come" or "follow." I had made a cultural mistake, but the man's kindness...