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Ever since Young Blackbeard became a hit movie, everyone has caught pirate fever, including the residents of Warner Pier. TenHuis Chocolate is selling out of chocolate treasure chests, pirate hats and ships. When Lee McKinney Woodyard and her husband take their boat out on Lake Michigan, they're stunned when a mischievous band of pirates hops on board. Lee's is the first boat boarded that summer, and the town couldn't be more amused by the mysterious buccaneers. But when a body washes up on shore, the pirates' antics stop being so entertaining...

The Soldier’s Wife examines how three generations of a family struggle with the impact of war on their relationships, long after the tour of duty is over. Dan Riley is a major in the British Army. After a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, he is coming home to the wife and young daughters he adores. The outside world sees these reunions as a taste of heaven after months of hell. But are they? Can a man trained to fight adjust again to family and domestic life? And how will the family cope if he can’t?

Elfreda Marsden has finally made a major discovery—an ancient amulet proving the Viking army camped on her family’s estate. Too bad her nemesis is back from London, freshly exiled after a scandal and ready to wreak havoc on her life. Georgie Redmayne is everything Elfreda isn’t—charming, popular, carefree, distractingly attractive, and bored to death by the countryside. When the two collide (literally), the amulet is lost, and with it, Elfreda’s big chance to lead a proper excavation.

The much anticipated Winter Arts festival is here, and as treasurer of Winterfest, Lee is up to her elbows in mix-ups behind the scenes. When the art show's guest juror shows up drunk, Lee lets him sleep it off, only to find out later that someone's put the visiting dignitary into a permanent state of repose. Lee and Joe were the last people spotted near the crime scene.

Historia o zwykłych ludziach, których życie zmienia się w ciągu kilkunastu minut... Początek wojny to dla Kresów Wschodnich czas wywózek w odległe i złowrogie rejony Związku Radzieckiego. Dobrze zapowiadająca się aktorka, żyjąca w szczęśliwym związku z lekarzem społecznikiem, zawadiacki lekkoduch grający na saksofonie, siostry bliźniaczki, których ojciec znika bez śladu, chłopiec opiekujący się niewidomym dziadkiem i młoda mężatka wychowująca córeczkę - tych wszystkich ludzi pewnego dnia połączyło jedno zdarzenie.

Tiana hardly drinks let alone being a party girl…. However, a friend's book launch party at a fancy new hotel she attends dazzles her to do more than some things that she vowels she would never do - that includes sleeping with a total stranger.

Three former top ten books, expanded and together in one sizzling special edition! I’m just a piece of candy to the women I entertain and I love it. That's until she walks into the club. Suddenly, I want more. I want her. Nobody knows my real name. On stage, I go by Candy. And when I dance, I go all the way. Women scream my name and throw money at me. I take home any woman I want. Sometimes, I take two. Carolina is the stuck up neighbor who drove me nuts with her prissy ways and big blue eyes. Sure, it was high school the last time I saw her. But our families have been going to the same...

The first fascinating part of Joanna Toye's delightful trilogy about life in Ambridge. Covering the years 1951-1967, Family Ties introduces the main characters: Dan, Doris, Phil, Christine, Jack and Peggy and their children, Walter Gabriel, the Fairbrothers and Tom Forrest. The early years are action-packed: Phil's courtship and marriage to Grace and her tragic death; his subsequent marriage to Jill and the birth of their children; Jack's drinking problem and later, the birth of Jennifer's illegitimate baby.

“Drain ThatPain” is a holistic energy technique I created for chronic pain elimination. You read it correctly - pain elimination. This is my second book on this technique. The book and the documentary, called Drain ThatPain, educate and motivate you to let go of emotional and physical chronic pain while accepting that loving intention is the most powerful force in the world! Obviously, there are no guarantees, but thousands of people have let go of pain with DrainThatPain practitioners and other pain elimination methodologies all over the world!

***Learn Calligraphy in 10 minutes a day!*** Have you ever wanted to create beautiful lettering? Are you tired of dabbling in Calligraphy and getting nowhere? Do you wonder how others make this art look so smooth and natural? Are you wishing there was an easy way for you to improve your handwriting so you can easily add personal touches to handmade art and cards? Hey, I’m Joanna. A homeschool mama, wife, and Daughter of the Risen King. I stumbled into the world of Calligraphy as a way to reduce stress and got completely frustrated by how hard it seemed. I had labeled myself a “non-artist...

Joanna Klink's fifth book begins with personal poems of loss - a tree ripped out by a windstorm, a friendship broken off after decades, the nearing death of parents. Other poems take on the cost of not loving fully, or are written from disbelief at the accumulation of losses and at the mercilessness of having, as one ages, to rule things out. There are elegies for friends, and a group of devotional poems. The Nightfields closes with "Night Sky", 30 metaphysical poems inspired by the artist James Turrell's Roden Crater....

From the familiar to the improbable, the gross to the endearing, The Modern Bestiary is a compendium of curious creatures. It includes both animals that have made headlines and those you’ve probably never heard of, such as skin-eating caecilians, harp sponges, or zombie worms—also known as bone-eating snot flowers.

The minute-taker is one of the most important and powerful people in a meeting and you can use this opportunity to develop your knowledge, broaden your horizons, and build credibility within the organization. Taking Minutes of Meetings is an easy-to-understand “dip-in, dip-out” guide which tells you how to confidently arrange meetings and produce minutes. It provides hands-on advice about the sections of a meeting, as well as tips on how to create an agenda, personal preparation, best practice advice on taking notes, and how to improve your accuracy.

She’s off limits. A goody two shoes. But when we start butting heads, I want to settle things the old-fashioned way. I drink champagne for breakfast and have dozens of women at my beck and call. I don’t need anything, or so I tell myself. Life is perfect until she walks in… Sabrina is the label’s answer to my PR situation. She’s so beautiful she makes me think crazy things. Like that maybe my perfect life is pretty empty without her. For some reason, she’s immune to my charms. But she doesn’t realize how low I will go when I want something badly enough. I can’t seem to stop ...

There's a cardinal rule in football that you never break. You don't mess around with another player's girl and you don't touch the coach's daughter. Well, I've never been good at following the rules. Belinda Carmichael is uptight, prissy and the hottest girl I've ever seen. She's also the head coach's precious baby girl. And she's entirely off limits. The trouble is, I didn't know who she was when I met her. And she had no idea I was her daddy's newest star player. It was her job to show me around campus, and I showed her a lot more than that. But we fumbled the ball – she never told a ...

The Tiny Truth Little Lights Devotional is a collection of more than 60 accessible, Scripture-based reflections reminding children they are the lights in God’s world. Deepen your child’s faith through fun-to-read devotions that remind kids of God’s deep love and inspire them to let God’s light shine in ways both big and small.

>For over 50 years, Britain's most popular radio drama has captured the imagination of listeners throughout the country. Ambridge and its residents have been constant companions to millions throughout the highs and lows of five successive decades. Covering the years 1968 to 1986, Joanna Toye's novel follows the fortunes of Dan and Doris's grandchildren, as they search for happiness and love in the changing world of the 70s and early 80s. Jennifer's struggles as an unmarried mother look to be over....

LIfe after Losing a Child tells the poignent stories of a dozen individuals who have suffered the loss of a child. and describes how they learned to heal. This book shows readers who have suffered the loss of a loved one how to come to grips with the loss and handle the grief; how to engage in activities that help the healing process; and how to find the strength to move on.

Boleśnie doświadczeni, okaleczeni duchowo bohaterowie próbują odbudować własne życie. Desperacko szukają szczęścia i swojego miejsca na ziemi. Niektórzy nie wiedzą, że los jeszcze niejeden raz wystawi ich charaktery na ciężką próbę. Inni wciąż nie mogą poradzić sobie z uczuciem straty i osamotnienia. Spoglądają w przeszłość, jak gdyby ta miała dać im odpowiedź na nurtujące ich pytania o sens istnienia i granice ludzkiej wrażliwości.

Diana's family is nothing like other families. In this funny science-fiction story, this young girl, who is brought up by a robot family, discovers that she's able to return to her human family.