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The discovery of two teenage girls' bodies and a video of a snuff movie showing the death of one of the victims leaves Detective Inspector Jack Frost in a race against time before the killer can strike again.

If you have struggled to lose weight and have been unable to solve this problem, you have come to the right place. Have you thought about starting a plant-based diet for weight loss but didn't know where to begin? In the book Plant-Based Weight Loss, author and Registered Dietitian Shawn Sales dives deep into formulating a plan for you as you start your journey to plant-based eating. Shawn shares the story that led him to a plant-based lifestyle and a weight loss of over 30 pounds that he has kept off long-term.

Now, in the face of the "Great Resignation" and "botsourcing," thought leaders Sanders and Wood present a more positive and promising scenario, where an enterprise recognizes human resources as an asset class that possesses skills that cannot be replaced by automation. Enlightened business leaders will look to create synergy between technology and people, enabling the organization to maximize its capabilities by elevating the basis of decision making with closer-to-perfect information and rationality.

It is my first night at the new job and I wake up in the middle of the night, not being able to go back to sleep I decide to find my way downstairs to the kitchen but soon get distracted by noises and an open door. I can't help myself but peek into the room and I'm amazed and turned on by what I see. A movie of a woman restrained and being examined and enjoying the rough humiliating treatment. Before I can even think about leaving, Lord Ashmore catches me at the door. He notices my excitement and lets me take a look at his special room. I want what I saw. I want Lord Ashmore to be the one ...

The Leadership Test is an insightful and engaging story about the essence of leadership. Izzy Kroll, a brilliant eccentric teaches high school in a tough section of Chicago. The story unfolds as Izzy mentors his former student, Marcus, in the first lessons of leadership, helping him navigate through the real world of egoes, agendas, and ethical dilemmas. A call to action for all leaders, this book is a quick and powerful read that will motivate you to reflect on "the nature of your intent and the manner of your influence."

Ever feel like you struggle to find the faith to receive healing for your child from autism? Or wonder if you are fighting against the will of God with your prayers? I once did. Our good Father does not want you to wonder. His Word makes it clear we can look to it and know His will on a great many things - including autism spectrum disorder. Filled with scriptural proof and revelation by the Holy Spirit, this book will help you discover the truth that will set you free, so you'll know with certainty that autism is not God's will for your child (nor you!). The revelatory teachings found in ...

UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coast of Peru. The amazing alignment of the pyramids. Strange lines of clouds in the sky. The paranormal is alive and well in the American cultural landscape.

Having a will is important, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Without a comprehensive plan, your family can get tangled up in frustrating and stressful legalities for years. Even if you’re in the process of getting an estate settled and things are going horribly wrong, it’s not too late. You can get back on track with what you know your loved one wanted. Most importantly, you can do your own estate and crisis planning, and get it right the first time.

Take your Gratitude to the Next Level. Everything in life revolves around how you interact with the world. There is no better place to start improving your happiness, health, and overall abundance than by focusing on the power of gratitude. This book will focus more on high-level techniques that transform your life from the evils of want to the positive power of being grateful. Each moment in your life is another chance to improve how you live on this earth.

Richard Gaillardetz creatively draws on the deep wisdom of our Christian tradition while reflecting on the lived experience of marriage. Chapter 1: The Shape of Christian Spirituality; Chapter 2: Marriage and the Life of Communion; Chapter 3: Marriage and Conversion; Chapter 4: Marriage and Sexuality; Chapter 5: Marriage and Parenthood.

Tales of love and lust in contemporary gay culture, Best Gay Romance 2014 is a Valentine to listeners and a wonderful reminder of how love can begin - at the grocery store, the gym, the library, or even on the world wide web. Real romances with relatable characters, each of the stories in this collection represents a facet of the oh-so-human heart.

AI Awakening Is it already too late? Have we inadvertently set in motion the series of events that will cause the enslavement of humanity or worse, its complete demise? Artificial Intelligence is here and just like every other invention of man, is not going away. Trent Prescott, the programmer whose brilliance produced the breakthrough that brought AI into nearly every part of the human experience stumbles onto something only theorized in science fiction, the possibility that an AI system has begun to realize that it exists. People are beginning to die and some secure government systems ...

In 2015, the historian Chris Momany helped discover a manuscript that had been forgotten in a storage closet at Adrian College in Michigan. He identified it as the journal of a nineteenth-century Christian abolitionist and missionary, David Ingraham. As Momany and a fellow historian Doug Strong pored over the diary, they realized that studying this document could open new conversations for twenty-first-century Christians to address the reality of racism today. They invited a multiracial team of fourteen scholars to join in, thus launching the Dialogue on Race and Faith Project.

The Fallen are gone. The world is at peace. But the belief that the danger they pose has vanished is only an illusion. For the last seven years Delaney McPhearson has led a quiet life. She’s used her notoriety to start charitable works across the globe. Yet her world remains unsettled. Max’s prophesy for the future lays heavily on her mind. She’s kept that message of a violent showdown from her friends and family, wanting them to enjoy the peace they’ve so painfully earned. For Laney though, each moment of joy is accompanied by a ticking clock counting down. And now the ticking has ...

You can't earn a degree, take postgraduate courses, be certified, or become a master tradesman, but being a dad is the most important job you will ever have. The multitude of suggestions and "should dos" being shouted at you from all corners can be overwhelming. You cannot do them all, but how do you choose which techniques and skills are the most important for raising happy, healthy children?

Some 100,000 soldiers fought in the April 1862 battle of Shiloh, and nearly 20,000 men were killed or wounded; more Americans died on that Tennessee battlefield than had died in all the nation's previous wars combined. In the first book in his new series, Steven E. Woodworth has brought together a group of superb historians to reassess this significant battle and provide in-depth analyses of key aspects of the campaign and its aftermath.

Heartbreak Agony & Pain is a collection of poetry and prose that takes the listener on an odyssey of heartache, grief, agony, and pain coping with the aftermath of a breakup.

Meet Chuck Tanner; soldier, explorer, adventurer, and famed treasure hunter. He has diced with death countless times and uncovered ancient artefacts and lost treasures the world. Chuck has seen it all… or so he thinks. Chuck’s interest is piqued when he is offered a place on an expedition to South America to find a mythical relic beyond even his wildest imagination; the mystical Stone of Qualbec, hidden in the Lost Valley of Vincabamba.

Cute college student Kai just can't get another speeding ticket! Fortunately for him, the hot cop who pulls him over is willing to work out an alternative punishment. Will Kai be able to take whatever the cop has to dish out? Warning: this story features adult situations, including a sexy-scary scene with a Billy club. The characters in this story are all 18+, and readers must be too!

Award-winning novelist and erotica writer Kristina Wright goes over the river and through the woods to find the sexiest fairy tales ever written. Playfully seductive, supernaturally sensual, and darkly erotic, Fairy Tale Lust showcases clever twists to classic tales and introduces new stories inspired by the ever-popular genre.