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A small-town country girl, that's who I am. My husband and I achieved the American Dream...a family, multi-million dollar business, and a forty-eight hundred square foot home with pool on eight acres. It all came to an end after seventeen years, when I...

These days are filled with social unrest. Lack of compassion from elected officials, police brutality, unjust laws that create poverty through minimal wages but soaring profits for capitalists, benign neglect of blighted neighborhoods, and crime within...

Winner of the 2021 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience.The Jewish tradition has held and healed the Jewish people for centuries. As we live through "unprecedented" times, there is wisdom in locating ourselves in precedent,...

The Time: Far In The Future.The Place: An Archeological Find At Bev-El (Beve-Hill? Beverly Hills!?!?!)Scientists have dug up the remains of a movie made in the closing years of the 20th century. As it was seemingly designed to persuade, seduce or trick...

RAW could fix the whole mess we're in right now. The memes herein are the sigil magick and stand-up comedy that could re-orient both the alt-right and woke left to the hilarious precarity of their positions, all while teaching them how to delight in...

It's Time for You to Learn How to Stand Up for Yourself and Learn How to Say "NO!"Dear reader,Is it always hard for you to directly ask for something you want? Is the word "sorry" common in your conversational vocabulary? You say "yes" to others when you...

Renee Halsie is a born and bred New-Yorker. A child of divorce, she finds herself a young, biracial lesbian coming of age in the contemporary south; the daughter of a movie producer working 24/7 to launch her own studio. It's enough to give anyone...

In Never Home: The Otherness of Immigrants, author Norma Armon invites you on an extraordinary journey alongside two fictional immigrants fleeing persecution. Through the intertwined stories of Ben and Goittie, Armon skillfully weaves a narrative of...

Introducing: An Asian Mythology Trilogy From the Creator of the Captivating History SeriesThis book includes three captivating manuscripts:Chinese Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Chinese Folklore Including Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends from Ancient...

Ryan Joseph Allen's life was on a downward trajectory. As a child, he felt different from other kids and struggled to fit in. Even at a tender age he contemplated suicide. In his teenage years and as a young adult, he hid his true self and numbed his...

Los buenos modales y las buenas costumbres del Cristiano es un libro para padres, consejeros y educadores en general (p. ej. maestros de Escuela Dominical), el cual trata los temas de los buenos modales, de la etiqueta, y de las buenas costumbres desde...

It all comes down to this. My family-the three men who are my very world-are back together. I won't let anything tear us apart. Not again. May God have mercy on my enemies. Because I won't.

What if you could find answers to the problems of modern life in the wisdom of the past?Perpetually distracted, increasingly over-medicated, and lonelier than ever, we still think we are the most progressive people in history. But scratch the surface,...

This book tells the story of a little girl's journey from silence to empowerment. Feeling seen and (un) heard for most of her life, Patricia courageously shares how she was able to navigate a life of mental abandonment, abuse and trauma, and ultimately,...

Новая книга о Геленджикской девушке и странной игре судьбы. "Дорога в Америку" -  рассказывает о том, как советская женщина «на спор» перебралась в Америку, как она там жила, о её мужьях и проблемах.  Чудесные превращения...

Is there a spiritual meaning to having a special needs child? How can I be resilient through any trauma?Author Helena Clare is the mother of a beautiful and severely disabled child. In this captivating book, she describes her own personal journey of...

Come meet the Doms of The Covenant and the submissives who bring them to their knees.Why covet your brother's lover when you can both share her...Fraternal twins Grayson and Remington Mann, CEOs of Black Diamond Records, run their business and personal...

Every Child Coming to America is a testimony of how much English language skills are developed when culture is represented and reflected in the new-found educational experience of the young teen immigrant. As a result, the journey to America is...

Ganador de la Medalla de Oro de la IPBA por series de no ficción (con Diez cosas que su estudiante con autismo desea que sepa) y Ganador del Gran Premio de Instrucción y Perspicacia y Primer Lugar en Psicología, Chanticleer International Book Awards. Uno...

Karin Ericson brings personal stories of her experience of caring for her mother through her journey with Alzheimer's Disease. What Works When Memory Stops Working is combination memoir and self-help, weaving together personal stories from Ericson's...

Shortly after Teresa gave birth to her second son, Nick, he was diagnosed with Down syndrome. Early infant and child intervention helped Nick reach developmental milestones in his own time. But there was more to come when Nick hit third grade. A wave of...

<b><p>Discover Tools for Talking to Your Teen About Their Future (No Yelling Required!)</b></p><p>I know parents like you want to help your teen feel confident about their plans after high school but you're not sure how to...

HOW MANY OF US don't see the warning signs of narcissistic personality disorder before finding ourselves in the grip of a battle to save ourselves and those we love from disaster? Singer, actress, and voiceover talent Regina Rossi Valentine lived a...

How can men and women collaborate to bridge and heal the gender divide?As a female engineer with executive and global experience, Biswas’ insights are unique, practical and powerful. She asks: how gender biased are we and where did these values and...

Are you ready to become a woman who is self-assured and confident in your money decisions? Regardless of age, wealth level, or current financial knowledge, you will benefit from the process this book will provide.    It's time to...

For parents the modern world is scary! In this book, behaviour expert Richard Daniel Curtis gives parents, carers and professionals practical advice about how to steer their teenager or preteen through the minefield that is the modern world...

<p>Mae'r llyfr hwn yn cyflwyno ymchwiliad manwl a systematig ar adrodd am dlodi yng Nghymru, gan drafod canfyddiadau prosiect ymchwil dwy flynedd o hyd a ariannwyd gan 'Exploring the Narrative Coalition' (grŵp o 10 sefydliad trydydd sector sydd...

Ecolibrium: The Sacred Balance in Islam presents the precepts and applications of a totally rational belief system where the distinction between religion and secularism is meaningless. The book demonstrates that the optimal solution to our mounting...

<p>This book presents an in-depth, systematic investigation of the reporting of poverty in Wales, discussing findings from a two-year research project funded by the 'Exploring the Narrative Coalition' (a group of 10 Wales-based third sector...

Sensory-being: the enveloping of natural presentness and awareness in an unfolding sensory moment. Sensory Beings: people whose experience of the world, and meaning within it, is primarily sensory. Often these are people who do not have access to...

Three Horizons is a simple, intuitive framework for thinking about the future. But it is about much more than simply stretching our thinking to embrace the short, medium and long term. Three Horizons is a prompt for developing a ‘future...

Decolonizing Sexualities: Transnational Perspectives, Critical Interventions contributes to the critical field of queer decolonial studies by demonstrating how sexuality, race, gender and religion intersect transnationally. The volume maps some of the...

The Irish Celtic Magical Tradition explores the wealth of spiritual philosophy locked into Celtic legend in The Battle of Moytura (Cath Maige Tuired), a historical-mythological account of the conflict, both physical and Otherworldly, between the Fomoire...

Who hasn’t heard of him – Oedipus, the tragic figure from Greek mythology whose shocking fate has moved so many generations, inspired so many writers and even found his way into modern psychology through Sigmund Freud?Is it conceivable that...

Epona: Hidden Goddess of the Celts reflects the importance of gender in ancient religion, and the author explores the primacy of the Feminine through Epona's sovereignty as Horse Goddess among the Celts; her identity as "Mistress of...

ContentsFlavius Josephus' Terminology of Magic: Accommodating Jewish Magic to a Roman Audience, / Philip JewellThe Role of Grimoires in the Conjure Tradition / Dan HarmsHermetic/Cabalistic Ritual in Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus / Dana...

Social Policy And Human Development In Zambia discusses social policy and human development endeavours in Zambia, including the various societal forces that converged on the country in both the pre-colonial and colonial periods and which later influenced...

Free speech is increasingly recognised as a universal human value, even though its application differs in different jurisdictions. Free speech is however never absolute, even in jurisdictions like the USA, where the First and Fourteenth Amendments give...

Standing astride the British landscape looms the giant blue form of the Cailleach. Whether she is seen as a benevolent earth-shaping giantess, harsh winter hag goddess, shape-shifting crone, guardian of sacred wells and animals, or ancient bestower...

Classic analysis of the law of slavery that received the Joseph A. Andrews Award from the American Association of Law Libraries in 1986. Offers a detailed discussion and analysis of the pamphlet materials on the law of slavery published in the United...

This is The Quran With Tafsir Ibn Kathir Part 17 0f 30. This Part of the Qur'an covers Chapter 21: Al Anbiyaa 001 To Chapter 22: Al Hajj 078. The 30 Parts of this publication gather in one place all relevant information needed to make the Qur'an...

This is The Quran With Tafsir Ibn Kathir 3 0f 30. This Part of the Qur'an covers Chapter 2: Al Baqarah 253 To Chapter 3: Ale Imran 092. The 30 Parts of this publication gather in one place all relevant information needed to make the Qur'an more...

Told in the author's narrative style, The Maynard, North, and DeForest Families follows the story of Charles North and Isaac Maynard, immigrants who arrived in America in 1836 and found success in the early industries of upstate New York...

THE POWER OF SEX is an entertaining and often startling book that clearly explains why sex, genders, and sexualities—once so relatively simple—are now more complicated and problematic than ever. We may still be male or female but we are also...

Sickle cell is a multi-system disorder that in the USA and the UK predominantly, but not exclusively, affects those of black and minority ethnic communities. The disorder is not widely understood, so, when a sudden death of a black man in official...

Tom Lowenstein taught English in London and at Northwestern University between 1965 and 1974 . He first went to Tikigaq in 1973 and returned there to work with Asatchaq and other elders from 1975 to 1980. He studied Sanskrit at the University of...