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In this classic of the UFO literature pantheon, Helen and Betty Mitchell are approached by humanoid space aliens at a coffee shop in St. Louis, Missouri, in the late 1950s. Taught how to communicate with the space people from Mars and Venus, they receive messages from their new friends. Finally, they are taken on a spaceship voyage. This is the account of their experiences and the messages they were given by the aliens: Abolish nuclear weapons, create educational television programming, and become vegetarians, or possibly face extinction.

Simon Snow er den absolut værste udvalgte, der nogensinde er blevet udvalgt. Det siger hans roommate Baz i hvert fald. Og det kan godt være, at Baz er en ondsindet vampyr, men han har jo ret! Halvdelen af tiden kan Simon ikke engang få sin tryllestav til at fungere - eller også sætter han ild til ting og sager. Hans mentor gør alt for at undgå ham, hans kæreste har slået op med ham, og der er et magi-ædende monster, som går rundt med Simons ansigt på. Baz ville have nydt alt dette, hvis han altså havde været her. Det er starten på deres sidste skoleår på Watford School of Magicks, og så har Simons plageånd ikke engang besværet sig med at dukke op.

Det er svært for den 16-årige Aaron at finde glæden ved livet efter farens selvmord. Med støtte fra sin mor og sin kæreste Genevieve er han dog langsomt ved at komme ovenpå igen. Men da Genevieve rejser væk i et par uger, møder Aaron tilflytteren Thomas. Thomas gør ham glad, og efterhånden går det op for Aaron, at han er mere end bare en ven. Problemet er, at det blandt Aarons gamle venner slet ikke er i orden at have følelser for en anden fyr.

A Collection of Sayings of Mama 'Nem: The Wit and Wisdom of Mama, Muhdear and Othermothers is an intergenerational collection of folk expressions (or sayings) that heralds moral lessons, discipline, wisdom, and love of women (sometimes referred to as village elders), whose sayings and teachings were designed to press into our psyches rich lessons they knew we would need as we came of age and beyond.

It was 1969, and all the rules were changing, when Betty, a woefully single French teacher on Long Island, met the handsome but edgy new teacher at her school -- a hippie just back from Woodstock. His vitality opened up a new world to her, but when they married his rages turned against her, and often ended with physical violence. Like millions of women who discover they've married an abusive man, Betty was forced to make daily decisions to suppress her feelings or risk confrontation, to keep it secret or report, and ultimately, to live with it or leave. Part gripping story, part warm-hearted look at the '70s, and part therapeutic journey.

The journey begins with a young Beth on a camping trip. When suddenly she finds herself in the swamp, it is an angel that helps her out. This was her first encounter with the God of the universe and it wasn't to be her last. Fast forward and Beth is longing to escape a relationship filled with domestic violence. A strange vision and an encounter with a stranger is what propels her forward to putting her faith in the Lord Jesus.

Unconventional Poetry, Volume 1: Love Edition has 22 different poems about love, deceit, desire, and betrayal. The Love Edition of Unconventional Poetry is a short, thought-provoking book.

This audiobook has 41 poems about sorrow, pain, and darkness.

Rifka's parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York's Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place - the Yiddish theater in the early 20th century - made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl.

Tucked away safely on the steep hillside of Locust Grove, high in the mountains above Snow Hill, Astrid and her little family are doing their best to make ordinary life a habit. But evil never sleeps and just as peace and hope are within her reach, once again she is targeted by the evil coven hell bent on claiming her life one way or another. Dark entities resurface threatening to destroy her and lay claim to her unborn child to become the newest host for their demonic goddess, Diabolis Elisabethe.

When the man who raped Scottsdale private investigator Lena Jones when she was a nine-year-old foster child is released from prison, Lena is waiting for him in the parking lot - with a big knife. "Papa" Brian Wycoff survives their meeting, but the next day, his wife is found dead in their Apache Junction home, shot through both eyes. Terrified he will be next, Wycoff violates his parole and flees north to the small town of Black Canyon City, taking shelter in an RV on his brother-in-law's small ranch.

California zookeeper Theodora Bentley travels to Iceland to pick up an orphaned polar bear cub destined for the Gunn Zoo's newly installed Northern Climes exhibit. The trip is intended to be a combination of work and play. But on day two, while horseback riding near a picturesque seaside village, Teddy discovers a man lying atop a puffin burrow, shot through the head. The victim is identified as American bird watcher Simon Parr, winner of the largest Powerball payout in history.

Seven Steps to Developing Your Intuitive Powers is based on the highly successful course run by Betty Bethards, author of the best-selling The Dream Book. The unique exercises and techniques found in this book will encourage you to make the most of your innate creative powers, as well as achieve balance in body, mind, and spirit.

Astrid Rodgers is a clinical psychologist with a long standing habit of hiding from her emotions in order to keep the shadows of her mind where they belong: in the dark. With an empty social life and a full and thriving counseling practice, she feels like she is doing all right. Snow Hill, Maryland is a great little town when you prefer walking on the safe side with no commitments and no close relationships. And after all, she is certainly helping others.

What could possibly go wrong when twelve-year-old twin girls go up against criminals plotting an evil scheme? Twins, Betty and Bev have a knack for sniffing out danger, and a greater knack for getting in over their heads. Suspicious, they follow a stranger and find the situation is far worse than they could have imagined. Sheriff Scott and their Dad try desperately to keep them safe, but Betty and Bev are determined to help.

In this witty and candid autobiographical mock epic, Fussell survives a motherless household during the Great Depression, gets married to the well-known writer and war historian Paul Fussell after World War II, goes through a divorce, and finally escapes to New York City in her mid-50s, batterie de cuisine intact.

The purpose of this book is to chronicle the journey and experiences of two people who came to be known as missionaries. They were ordinary people from ordinary places, and they followed the most extraordinary God. May those who listen to this program be inspired to listen to and act upon the call of this same God, the Father of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, in their own lives. To God be the glory.

The horrific slaughter of a prominent doctor, his wife, and their ten-year-old son inside their Scottsdale home brings US senatorial candidate Juliana Thorsson to private investigator Lena Jones. The slain family's 14-year-old, Alison, and her boyfriend, Kyle, have confessed to the murders. Thorsson wants to hire Lena to discover if Alison is telling the truth, but before accepting the job, Lena demands to know why a rising political star wants to involve herself with the fate of a girl she's never met.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the most significant overhaul to health care industry in decades. It includes unprecedented reforms to the American health care system. The implementation of this new health care law, otherwise known as Obamacare is at the height of concern for many who still don't understand its implications. Among the sea of new information to sift through, there are also misconceptions about the expectations and implementations of this law. Whether you need health coverage or have it already you may be concerned about the new regulations and how they will affect you.

Uplifting and occasionally heartbreaking stories of love from the time of slavery in the American south.