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After a reclusive Maori on the run from the police leaps onto the back of his spring buggy, retired coachman James Hardy discovers he has stumbled onto a murder scene. While tracking a gang of lumber thieves, police have found the body of a young housemaid beside a log. The local hermit is hunched over the corpse, clutching a knife with ties to the past, but did he do it? And why does he claim he took the knife for the major? When the inspector in charge of the case asks Hardy for assistance, in the mistaken belief that he is a retired Scotland Yard detective, he agrees.

Cassandra Grayson leads a quiet life managing a library in Queens, NY. There’s only one thing missing: her sister. Cassandra hasn’t seen her sister since the night their wealthy, prominent father died from a massive heart attack. As the years pass by with no word from her, Cassandra begins to suspect there is more to her father’s death and her sister’s disappearance than she first thought.

Shockingly, we spend nearly half our day repeating things we've done in the past without thinking about them. How we respond to the people around us; the way we conduct ourselves in meetings; what we buy; when and how we exercise, eat and drink – a truly remarkable number of things we do every day, we do by habit. And yet, whenever we want to change something about ourselves, we rely on willpower alone. We hope that our determination and intention will be enough to effect positive change.

In 19th century New Zealand, the Land Wars have finished, but life is hard. Cashiered from the British Army after years fighting in India and Crimea, Sergeant Frank Hardy awakes in an underground prison with no idea where he is or how he got there. As he searches his memory for clues, his partner and his fiancee search for him. The answer is buried in the past and he will have to to dig it up before he can be free.

Women comprise 51 percent of the world's population, make up over half of the workforce, and control 85 percent of consumer decisions. It's estimated that two thirds of the nation's wealth will be in women's hands by 2030. Never before have women been so degreed or so represented as decisionmakers in all areas of influence.

Learn how you can make your very own liquid soap with the help of this incredible guide! Do you want to discover how you can get started with the wonderful world of liquid soap making? Looking for the best, most up-to-date knowledge and advice? Or do you want recipes for a ton of DIY soaps that you can make with minimal hassle and no experience required? Then this is the book for you!

Welcome to Family in Focus®, the community where we parent without weight worries. Dr Wendy Schofer is the pediatrician and Emotional Health Coach for Your Whole Family, specializing in helping parents who are worried about their kids' weight help the whole family build better relationships with food and body and each other. Creating lifelong habits for a healthy weight is now easy and fun for the whole family. And, you grow closer to your whole family all along the way. Yes, we talk weight and weight loss. And we emphasize learning to love and accept our bodies as they are before making any ...

When Nikki's husband of 20 years decides that he wanted a different life in Los Angeles it spawns a new life for her as well. Leaving behind Atlanta and her journalism career there, she and her college-bound son move to the small and tightknit town of Maple Hills, Vermont. With a bustling tourist season, the thriving community seems the perfect place to set up her new chocolate shop...yet opening day proves more deadly than profitable.

In an act of revenge, Lord Rayne kissed Lady Julia and was sent packing to America. But now he's back to settle his affairs and give away his sister in marriage, until he meets up with the alluring yet innocent Lady Julia again. He doesn't regret their first kiss, but he was never good enough for her.

Beth Mahony is a stay-at-home mother of two daughters, Lucy and Charlotte. She’s also a blogger, whose alter ego, Lizzie, paints a picture of a busy, happy life. Originally from Australia, Beth and her family have lived in New Jersey for ten years. When an opportunity to relocate to Australia arises, the Mahonys decide to return to their native country. The move comes at the perfect time: Charlotte, the youngest daughter, has been accused of being the ringleader of a clique of girls whose dangerous initiation rites leave a child in hospital.

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have wandered far from the light of Victorian gas lamps. As Holmes and Watson, they've tangled with Nazis, as Sherlock and John, they roam the corridors of New Scotland Yard. In a world of so many fresh adventures, why not fresh beginnings to those adventures? From an 1879 Kabul train station to a King's College lecture theatre in 2015, The Day They Met includes stories both classic and contemporary, offering 50 intriguing new ways that the world's most legendary partnership might have begun.

Trying to find "The One" is never easy, and engineer Darcy Harris is finding it tougher than most. It doesn't help she's also dealing with a shadowy stalker trying to make trouble for her. But Darcy's determined not to let anyone ruin her life.

Winter is here. The cheer is spread far and wide this holiday season. Join these characters as they find love, navigate family drama, and discover what Christmas means to them. Will they all get the happy ending they yearn for? Featuring eighteen stories by Patsy Pratt-Herzog, Mimi Heverin, James C. Stewart, Ken Sutherland, Wendy Harrison, Katie Kent, Frank Lee Howe, Katie Fitzgerald, Marco Etheridge, Edgar Mahaffey, Patricia Miller, Robert Boyd, Z.M. Renick, Iren Adams, K.M. Hasling, Jennifer Strassel, Cathy Seddon and Douglas Allen Gohl.

Finding my Grandpa Doyle’s invention that day changed everything! It began our epic scavenger hunt—back through time. My name is Maxwell Doyle. My twin sister Maddie and I live upstairs, above our family’s dessert shoppe, “Cherry-Berry Delights.” An ordinary day for us includes frosting cupcakes, refilling candy jars, and restocking the ice cream bar. Zoom-zoom back through time (to 1962; to the Jungles of the Congo) where we search for a rare exotic diamond. Will a stealthy jaguar catch us before we find it? And how will we keep Sprinkles, our puppy, safe from all the wild ...

Dr. Wendy Troxel is a clinical psychologist and behavioral sleep specialist whose work is frequently cited in major media outlets as well as in recent best-selling books like Arianna Huffington's The Sleep Revolution and Dr. Matthew Walker's Why We Sleep. Dr. Troxel's mission is teaching couples to prioritize sleep and helping them find solutions to maximize the sleep quality for both partners, whether sleeping together or apart.

Are you struggling with IBS, Crohn's Disease, constipation, IBD, or other gut issues, and nothing is helping? The Vagus Nerve is a two-book omnibus and includes both The Vagus Nerve Gut Brain Connection & Meditations to Soothe the Vagus Nerve. When the vagus nerve isn’t working properly, there is a lack of communication between the gut and the brain making it hard to heal or digest our food. You can eat an organic whole-food diet, and take supplements to heal your gut, but if your vagus nerve isn’t working right, you will fight an uphill battle to improve the health of your gut. Learn ...

Cats have always been wonderful companions and playmates that brighten and enrich our lives but they are also amazing teachers. In this audiobook, cat lovers, both lifelong and reluctant, share what they have learned from their furry companions. Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat will delight listeners with humorous, heartwarming, and inspiring stories about lessons our feline friends and family members have taught us.

In this Audio Bible Study, Proverbs 31 author and speaker Wendy Blight shows women how to walk confidently in God's unconditional, extravagant, lavish love - and live it out for all to see.

Randall Dickson is coping, sort of. An upcoming medical evaluation, one that could end his military career, has him stressed and making bad choices. So when a concerned friend issues a strongly worded “invitation” to Vermont, R. D. is all in, for it’ll be a change of scenery, a temporary job as a bartender, and the opportunity to shake himself out of his self-destructive routine.

Wendy Tamis Robbins offers a window into the mental illness of an all-star athlete, Ivy League-graduate, and successful attorney. At just six years old, Wendy’s first panic attack sparked a 40-year struggle with a variety of anxiety disorders. Avoiding anything that could trigger her symptoms, she retreats into a box to contain and hide her condition. After years of living in the prison she originally constructed as her safe place, Wendy is no longer willing to limit her life to accommodate her disorders.