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It’s not easy coming up with a birthday surprise for the billionaire she’s crushing on, especially a guy who’s been keeping such a mind-blowing secret from everyone! Thea Ferrell decides it’s now or never to try to land a date with the hunky executive vice president of her dreams. He’s super-wonderful, super-gorgeous, and super-rich, which makes him the first man to live up to every single line item on her wishlist. Her only fear is that he’s too good to be true. In her experience, the good guys are usually already taken, so why is this one still single and available? Like most ...

The personal development podcast with a twist. Life is hard. Figuring out how to deal with the bazillion thoughts running through your mind, and the completely conflicting emotions you face at every turn, well, that's some hard shit. We're all trying to find happiness and maybe sharing MY journey as I stumble through life, trying to figure it out, will help. After all, as my husband says, I'm not really all that different from everyone else (the nerve!), so maybe YOU have a bitchy little brain, too.

No Better Mom for the Job is for any mom who has ever felt inadequate - who loves her kids fiercely but sometimes thinks another mom would do a better job in her shoes. Becky Keife knows the ups and downs of motherhood. And she has learned along the way and from other mamas that it doesn't work to try to do more or be better. Confidence comes from leaning on the One who made you a mother.

If you think all conservatives are old white dudes, think again. Meet the Chicks on the Right (if you haven't already). Everyone loves to tell them they're wrong - everyone. Liberals say they're wrong because, well, they're conservative. Conservatives tell them they're wrong because they are not conservative enough, or because they're too conservative, or because they're the wrong kind of conservative. With all the blame flying around, it's easy to lose sight of one important thing: they think like you.

Isfalk is divided into two classes – the Branded, who are vulnerable to disease, and the Pure, who are bigger, stronger and immune. Orphaned twins Nara and Osha are sequestered in the citadel, where their unbranded skin entitles them to a life of privilege, as precious breeding stock. Nara itches to escape her confines and return to the wilds of the Fornwood where she and her sister grew up, but when she is forced to run, she discovers there's much more at stake than her own life. The Branded are on the rise, and the girls are caught up in their prophecies.

Carlyle is a heavenly being who works as an agreement facilitator in the time outside of time. Here human beings are allowed to read the scrolls of their lives prior to their births. His first clients Julia and Nellie Jolicoeur – twins destined to be born on the cusp of the millennium in New York City - readily agree to their scrolls. When Carlyle is given the opportunity to read them, he is shocked. Who would agree to such things? And why would the Designer require it of them?

Source Movement is a nonfiction book by Jo Englesson. The book is inspired by Jo's personal and spiritual journey and offers you concepts and tools that can drastically alter how you see the world. The book explores five principles by which to live that will support you in living a life of joy, love, and gratitude.

There are things that most of us are never taught about how to deal with being human. In this book are eight concepts that will change how you relate to these thoughts and feelings that have kept you down for so long. In eight weeks, these concepts can help you start to break free and to start living instead of just going through the motions. More freedom of movement. More freedom to choose.

The field of mind-body medicine is plagued by wild claims that mislead patients and instil false hope. But as scientists in a range of fields uncover solid evidence that our minds influence our bodies quite profoundly, there is now great promise, too. Jo Marchant attempts to use scientific research to find out if alternative medicines work; if our thoughts, beliefs and emotions influence our physical health; and if we can train our brains to heal our bodies.

When Sara Marsala’s beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, she leaves Sara a valuable piece of land in Sicily, but there’s a catch: the locals refuse to acknowledge the rightful owner of the deed, and if Sara wants the land she must first uncover the truth about what happened to her great-great grandmother, Serafina Marsala. Because Rosie didn’t think Serafina died of illness as family lore states... Rosie believed Serafina was murdered, and she wants Sara to prove it.

Having grown up with artistic implements always in hand, there's almost nothing Austin can't make real. Except for one thing - an official relationship with his best friend, rowing teammate, and occasional hookup, Vinnie. The combination of emotional and sexual frustration fuels a spark between Austin and the nude model in his drawing class. Austin isn't used to having trouble focusing; models are merely challenging subjects to be rendered on paper.

Der 12. Fall für Harry Hole - aufreibender und abgründiger als je zu vor! Messerscharf gelesen von Uve Teschner Harry Holes Albtraum ist wahr geworden. Seine Liebe zu seiner Frau Rakel war nicht groß genug. Sie hat ihn verlassen. Dass er seitdem wieder trinkt, dass er seinen Job an der Polizeihochschule verloren hat: Nebensache. Nichts zählt außer diesem Verlust, diesem unendlichen Schmerz. Um halbwegs durch den Tag zu kommen, arbeitet Harry wieder bei der Polizei, als einfacher Ermittler.

Brian and Mary Jo Sullivan learned how to balance faith, family, and a business the hard way. Brian had three young children at home when he started his engineering firm. He knows the challenge of working more than one hundred hours a week, having his children wonder if he lives at the office, and attempting to live out his faith all at the same time.

Amy Jo Burns grew up in Mercury, Pennsylvania, an industrial town humbled by the steel collapse of the 1980s. Instead of the construction booms and twelve-hour shifts her parents’ generation had known, the Mercury Amy Jo knew was marred by empty houses, old strip mines, and vacant lots. The year Burns turned ten, this sleepy town suddenly woke up. Howard Lotte, its beloved piano teacher, was accused of sexually assaulting his female students.

This awe-inspiring odyssey transcends the boundaries of time, culture, and the human spirit. Jo describes her participation in VETS (Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions) programs as she experiences the healing power of plant and animal medicines in Mexico. She writes about being a Sundancer on the Lakota and Menominee reservations. Her clear narrative delves deep into the portals of consciousness and realms of the sacred.

Late at night, two powerful men meet in a secret location to discuss a long nurtured plan about to come to fruition. One is desperate to know there is nothing standing in their way - the other assures him everything is taken care of. Hours later, a high-ranking government official called Ryan Finnegan is brutally slain in the most secure building in Ireland - Leinster House, the seat of parliament. Inspector Tom Reynolds and his team are called in to uncover the truth behind the murder.

The city that Iyla loves has begun closing in on her. That can happen after being left standing at the altar by a man you think is your forever. Needing to escape the constant reminders of her heartbreak, Iyla takes on a temporary art residency in a new city, beautiful Asheville, North Carolina. The transition gives Iyla time to figure herself out, but a new friend gives her a good reason to move on after the work is done. Nolan “Judge” Lockmore is seriously considering leaving the SEALs and making the transfer back to Office of Judge Advocate General. He wants more out of life than the...

Amanita muscaria mushrooms have a long history of being used as a hallucinogen throughout most of the northern hemisphere, and the impact of this usage can still be observed today. Everything from religion, culture, magic, witchcraft, fairy tales etc. have all likely been shaped in some way by these mushrooms. But many of these stories have been told countless times, so I will instead put my main focus on covering many aspects of these mushrooms that are so often missed.

In A Diamond in the Desert, Tatchell returns to Abu Dhabi and goes on the hunt for the story behind the headlines retracing old steps, planting new ones, and searching for clues to mysteries that have never left her. She finds more than she bargained for a glimpse into a city that, before it meets a patiently waiting world, must first better get to know itself.

While their husbands, brothers and sweethearts fought in Europe and their mothers, sisters and friends kept the home fires burning, for the first time, a group of remarkable women took to the skies. They weren't allowed into combat but risked their lives in bad weather and without radios to bring our boys the aircraft they so vitally needed. Employed by the Air Transport Auxiliary, these women were known as 'attagirls'. They proved that women, too, could master Spitfires, Mosquitoes and Hawker Hurricanes, forging a new path in aviation.