New International

Zren Janin has friends in high places. Through accident and adventure he knows Ngahuru of the West Islands, Miyamoto Suki, a diplomat of Vikland, Bima Ritwik the Softfoot, Solkka Ulani, a man who is more than the son of a coffee farmer, and Vikland’s prolific inventor and firemaster, Chul Swyler. Zren is loyal to those he calls his family at Manumina. He respects the talents of the Wrens, who came to fight for a chance at a better future than Kerek City would offer, and he understands those who just want a place to belong. But not all of them will survive. Some will carry scars that will ...

Alexa is the typical girl next door, more comfortable in jeans and t-shirts than dresses and heels. Her best friend, Jessa, believes a girl should be fully dressed at all times. Relationships aren't something they excel at - and their catch phrase of 'Hooker Please' lets the other know all is well. When they decide to chuck everything to the side and go on an all-expenses paid trip to faraway places, documenting their journey and travels, both women have no clue what is in store for them. Three weeks into the six-month trip, the groups are split up and each woman is left to find herself. ...

In 1989, Francis Fukuyama famously announced the "end of history." The Berlin Wall had fallen; liberal democracy had won out. But what of illiberal democracy - the idea that popular majorities, working through the democratic process, might reject gender equality, religious freedoms, and other norms that Western democracies take for granted? Nowhere have such considerations become more relevant than in the Middle East, where the uprisings of 2011 swept the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups to power.

Cora-Jane Winslow's father walked out on her family 23 years ago; his letters to her over the years the only connection she has had to him. When his body is discovered in an abandoned building, she is shocked to discover he has been dead all this time. What happened to him and who would cover up his murder by writing the letters? After his post-traumatic stress disorder forced him to run away from his life, Phin Bishop returns to the Burke Broussard Private Detective Agency, only to stumble upon an armed break-in. Cora-Jane is seen running from the building and his colleague Joy has been shot.

This program is filled with powerful information on the most important topics you are required to know to use the law of attraction. Covering topics on decision, risk, communication, success, persistence, the power of intuition, and intuition, along with mind -hanging MusiVation™ affirmation songs, New Paradigms will help change your old paradigms to the positive, wealthy, and healthy new person that you deserve to be.

In this talk Osho takes his audience into the world of Zen. "There are a few essential things which make Zen absolutely different from any kind of teaching. The most important of these essentials is that Zen is a revolution. All other religions are servants to the vested interests. The rich people and the powerful people, the politicians, have dominated all the religions. The priests have been nothing but servants to these criminals. It is such a worldwide conspiracy that no one recognizes it."

Love in a tropical paradise – too good to be true? Hannah Klein is living a fantasy in the South Pacific: swaying palms, sunny skies, and an aquamarine lagoon that puts travel posters to shame. In two weeks, she’s scheduled to set sail on the voyage of her dreams – hardly the time to be thinking “forever” about the guy she just met. So what if he happens to be sweet, soulful, and absolutely succulent? The closer they get, the more Hannah suspects that Kyle’s the one. But is any man worth trading in her dreams for? Kyle Stanton has it all: a stellar career, an exciting life in ...

At an exclusive private school in Switzerland, mystery surrounds the identity of the beautiful girl who arrives each morning and leaves each afternoon in a heavily protected motorcade fit for a head of state. She is said to be the daughter of a wealthy international businessman. She is not. And when she is brutally kidnapped across the border in the Haute-Savoie region of France, Gabriel Allon, the legendary chief of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a deadly secret war with an old enemy that will determine the future of the Middle East—and perhaps the world....

In The New Border Wars, border expert Klaus Dodds journeys into the geopolitical clashes of tomorrow in an eye-opening tour of border walls - literal and figurative - from the Gaza Strip to the space race. In the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and elsewhere, the tension inherent to trying to divide the world into separate parcels has not gone away.

Bruce and Keiko would be two people who would never have imagined that their lives would cross. Bruce has become resigned to living a life alone while Keiko had experienced trauma that was not of her making. Both would end up helping one another through their anguish; revealing their true pasts and making them understand that there's always hope as long as you try to find it. Heartfelt and memorable, Keiko is an exceptional novel about finding love late in life.

Jesus’ parables. They are widely known–or at least often referenced. But does that mean they are well understood? Having slipped into the lingua franca of our day, we could be missing some of what He was communicating. If familiarity breeds contempt, perhaps our sense that we know these stories insulates us from what Jesus was saying about life with God.

Vampires, witches, and sci-fi, oh my! Three sizzling paranormal romances in one handy collection! Book 1: Bloodlust Some men have alcohol or narcotics. Women have chocolate, and sometimes shoes. Jasper Howard’s weakness is nuns. He’s been regretting that since the day he bit Amabel de Woodville, almost two centuries ago. She did something to him. Something that restored his conscience, pointed his moral compass straight north, and ended his career of seducing virgin nuns and killing as he pleased. He’s never forgotten the green-eyed witch who'd been immune to his charms. When Amabel ...

In the next decade and a half, China and India will become two of the world's indispensable powers - whether they rise peacefully or not. During that time, Asia will surpass the combined strength of North America and Europe in economic might, population size, and military spending. Both India and China will have vetoes over many international decisions, from climate change to global trade, human rights, and business standards.

Conversations on the Road to Emmaus depicts an incredible journey. Jesus walked and talked with two disciples on the Road to Emmaus after He was resurrected from the dead. It is quite intriguing to propose what Jesus said about Himself on that incredible day while on that incredible journey. It is not only intriguing, but it is also something—via interpretation of the Old Testament—that is not simply a guess with respect to what was actually discussed. Jesus is referencing the Old Testament. The Word is explaining the Word.

God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people, and that is what The Story is all about: the story of the Bible, God’s great love affair with humanity. Filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, and redemption, listen to Chapter 17 of this dramatized edition that sweeps you into the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible.

From Middle Eastern storyteller, Hussin Alkheder, comes a collection of short stories influenced by the four major cities he’s lived in: Damascus, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Shanghai. These four grand ladies have played important roles in his life journey. In the Four Ladies, we find three stories based in Damascus, the cradle of history: Hand Made Crutches makes us feel the suffering of a mother with four daughters and a disabled son; The Green Bus gives a glimpse of Damascus both before and after the war; Love in the Time of Corona portrays the way some Middle Eastern deal with the virus....

God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people, and that is what The Story is all about: the story of the Bible, God’s great love affair with humanity. Filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, and redemption, listen to Chapter 26 of this dramatized edition that sweeps you into the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible.

Low Winter in Mirribool. Deluge, torrent and passion – set to music! After her disastrous marriage, Elle Charlwood now lives in Mirribool, an Australian country town. It’s the home of her childhood friends Shelley and Liam, and where Tolstoy’s War and Peace is being adapted into a stage musical! But will it ever happen? Two celebrities are invited to do major roles for the musical society, and as the cold rain sets in, the resulting drama is not just on the stage. What ties raging rivers, murderous wives, scores to be settled, new horizons, and love together? Girl in a storm! This ...

Twice the adventure, twice the romance! Two exciting stories in one red-hot volume! Love is always an adventure, but these exotic and exciting stories ramp up the action along the way. In Uncharted, Seth and Julie sail the reefs of Belize to escape a band of ruthless smugglers. In Entangled, Tobin and Cara are high in the jungles of Panama, considering a very long drop down a waterfall. There are quiet moments, too, as well as regrets, hopes, and second chances – not to mention steamy love scenes along the way. What ties these stories together? The sailboat, Serendipity, which a wise ...

The head of a drug cartel, a billionaire, a spy’s wife, and a killer experience grief and resolve it in different ways. A DEA team raids the headquarters of a South American drug cartel, but things don't go as planned and the daughter of the cartel chief seeks revenge on the United States. She develops a new narcotic which she plans to release, killing several million Americans. With political tensions running high, the U.S. governmental agencies are unable to act, and the task of preventing the disaster falls to Purple Frog, a clandestine organization devoted to world peace that does not...