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For years, Christena Cleveland spoke about racial reconciliation to congregations, justice organizations, and colleges. But she increasingly felt she could no longer trust in the God she’d been implicitly taught to worship—a white male God who preferentially empowered white men despite his claim to love all people. A God who clearly did not relate to, advocate for, or affirm a Black woman like Christena.

It was always only a matter of time before my past would catch up with me. I knew it the second I lied on my job application, I was taking a huge risk. But anything was better than the crime family I was born into. I knew I needed help, and I set my cap on the king only to be turned down. It was inevitable that someone from my old life was going to find me at the Vipers' Den. I was ready for it, but I didn't expect him to step in. Luc Batiste, the Vipers' Council, was my savior. He wasn't loud and showy like the others. But it was always the quiet ones you had to watch out for.

It's been twenty years since her mother was photographed, blood-soaked, outside the family home. A famous TV food personality, she fled the country. Since that time, the girl has grown up. She's bought an apartment, learned her own cooking style, fallen in love. She lives a quiet life, working as a copywriter for a health insurance company. She's found happiness, finally. But strange things are in the air.

Experience the joy of learning Arabic through engaging storytelling with our carefully crafted collection of short stories, delivered entirely in audio. Each charming tale serves as a gateway to Arabic fluency, making learning both effective and enjoyable. Our unique approach pairs captivating stories like The Lost Puppy, The Magic Paintbrush, and The Brave Little Boat with essential vocabulary building and comprehensive translations.

In this trio of sci-fi techno thrillers, a female police detective turned Interpol officer with a rare vision mutation is up against a serial killer and potential apocalyptic disaster. This set includes The Dreaming Tree, Meet Your Maker, and Out of Time.

Fresh off a breakup, Sienna James doesn't expect to find the star of all of her adolescent fantasies at the exotic resort where she's holidaying. And she certainly doesn't expect her ex to show up to convince her it's not over. Faced with two hot men offering to fulfill her every fantasy, what's a woman supposed to do? Josh Lye never forgot Sienna. He wants her just as much today as he did all those years ago. They're adults now, and there's nothing to stop them getting together—except her ex, who has the wildest proposition.

Many Muslim scholars have compiled collections of 40 hadiths throughout Islamic history. This book is an attempt to continue this beautiful Islamic tradition and provide you with 40 hadiths that can be easily applied in your daily life. In addition to the translation, each hadith comes with a practical example.

Clever thief Felix seizes an opportunity to steal a helmet in Pompeii. But as he's chased by a mysterious patrician, Felix discovers the helmet is not only a priceless artefact but a relic of the god Mercury. When Felix touches it, pieces of his forgotten past begin to simmer. Loren, an aspiring councilman and temple attendant, is plagued by nightmares of Pompeii's destruction. Nightmares that feature Felix, who stumbles into Loren's temple as an earthquake rocks the city.

A new tack shop and a gala polo match are reasons to celebrate for horse trainer Michaela Bancroft - until equestrian Sterling Tabor is found clubbed to death with a polo mallet. Worse yet, suspicion falls on Michaela.... The weapon belongs to Michaela, her prints are all over it, and rumors of her alleged affair with the victim aren't helping. With her boyfriend, Detective Jude Davis, out of town, Michaela doesn't stand a chance of proving her innocence and clearing her name unless she delves into Tabor's mysterious life - and death - on her own.

All girls dream of their wedding day. The dress, the flowers, the groom… Being sold to the cartel by their own father. My marriage is mutually beneficial. The cartel gains the legal protection my father offers as the Head of State, and the cartel can help my father with his not-so-legal issues. It's a win-win for everyone except me.

Tarek El Moussa is everywhere. With 1.3 million engaged social media followers and numerous hit HGTV shows, it will surprise fans to learn that it wasn't an easy road to the top. In Flip Your Life, Tarek uses his story - that of a lost young man trying to find his way in the world - to take you through the steps that will help you achieve your own goals. Flip Your Life a practical, easy-to-use guide to help you turn your life into a focused, meaningful, hugely fulfilling success story.

As if being a 40-year-old runaway bride wasn’t bad enough, I had to shift at the altar and become a runaway wolf. My human fiancé may not be my fated mate. But we share a child, so I thought I could make it work. I never understood how a wealthy real estate mogul could be interested in a meager seamstress like me anyway, but he was persistent on making me his bride. Fast forward to today, I’m walking down the aisle. I think I'm having wedding day jitters.

I knew the second I saw him, my life would change forever. When my brother offers me as payment to Nico Fury, the king of the Vipers, how can I refuse? Tattooed, built, and tall, he was the only man I saw when I walked into the room. It was like he occupied all the available space, sitting on his throne of blood, sweat, and lies. Nerves assailed me, but I owed my brother too much to let anything happen to him.

The world is experiencing the biggest global shift ever known to mankind. Spiritual awakenings and psychic phenomena are becoming more common than ever before. The next step in our spiritual evolution is understanding the nature of the soul.

In Sarahland, Sam Cohen brilliantly and often hilariously explores the ways in which traditional stories have failed us, both demanding and thrillingly providing for its cast of Sarahs new origin stories, new ways to love the planet and those inhabiting it, and new possibilities for life itself. Listeners witness as the ever-evolving "Sarah" gets recast: as a bible-era trans woman, an aging lesbian literally growing roots, a being who transcends the earth as we know it. While Cohen presents a world that will clearly someday end, "Sarah" will continue.

Confident as Fu*k is the self-help book for people looking to level up their self-esteem and confidence and manifest their dreams to live a happier, more abundant existence. This book is also for highly confident people to learn how to navigate confidence pitfalls, become more accessible, and refine their nature.

Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt’s retirement, everyone assumed it was for a simpler life. But the reality behind their seclusion was a secret they hid from even their closest friends: their twins, Austin and Christian, had been diagnosed with severe autism. What followed was a painful struggle to hold their family and their marriage together in a home filled with chaos, emotional exhaustion, and constant fear for the safety of their unpredictable but beloved boys.

I am Comet Caldwell. And I sort of, kind of, absolutely hate my name. People expect extraordinary things from a girl named Comet. That she’ll be effortlessly cool and light up a room the way a comet blazes across the sky. But from the shyness that makes her book-character friends more appealing than real people to the parents whose indifference hurts more than an open wound, Comet has never wanted to be the center of attention. When new student Tobias King blazes in from America and shakes up the school, Comet thinks she’s got the bad boy figured out.

From New York Times best-selling author Milly Taiden comes The Marked and Mated Collection - includes The Wolf's Royal Baby, The Wolf's Bandit, Goldie and the Bears, and Baby Got Bear.

When my husband ran off with our saloon’s hostess, I left Montana, joining my college-aged son in Oregon. Eugene’s a far cry from my little hometown, But I did my best to blend in with the locals, And tried heading out for a jog. I thought I saw a hippie gathering deep into the trail— Until they changed into a pack of wolves.