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I was never going to write my story. But God had other plans for me. During one long weekend, with pen in hand, words kept falling from the sky and I kept writing. I caught every word, almost, and when I looked down at the end of four or five days, I had written a book. Well, God had written a book. I had just taken notes. This is that book.

Agnes and Claude have been preparing for their wedding since returning from the Kingdom of Oreille when they receive troubling news about the Hole in the Wall growing bigger while they were away. Agnes learns this hole is where monsters come from and has been maintained by the Oreillian and Visage royal families for generations. Having learned of the ancient duty of the dragon-blooded Visage Royals, Agnes begins to wonder about her own role as a descendant of Oreillian royalty and what she can do to help.

Sandra Lindsay immigrated to the United States from Jamaica with ambitions of becoming a nurse and living the American Dream. In December 2020, she became the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and was subsequently honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In First in Line Lindsay lays out her triumphs and setbacks as a single mother and working student who overcomes barriers. Her beginnings as a four-dollar-an-hour grocery store worker fortified her with the resilience to persevere over decades to become an executive at a globally recognized nationally known healthcare system.

The Tower of Moros has collapsed to the ground, and the citizens of Inexoria aren't exactly thrilled to meet the four adventurers responsible: two inhumanly powerful women and two seemingly adorable, actually terrifying cats. Anyway, Telos Metanoia, the shapeshifting daughter of Aetherius and Nyx (with a newly ominous third eye in her forehead), and Kallos Metanoia, nephilim daughter of Belial, formerly known as Aoibhe, aren't planning to stick around.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Cynthia Tucker and award-winning author Frye Gaillard reflect on the role of the South in America's long descent into Trumpism. In 1974, Southern author John Egerton published his seminal work, The Americanization of Dixie, reflecting on the double-edged reality of the South becoming more like the rest of the country and vice versa. Tucker and Gaillard dive deeper into that reality from the time that Egerton published his book until the present.

Gay has made many important revisions to keep her foundational, award-winning text relevant for today's diverse student population, including: new research on culturally responsive teaching, a focus on a broader range of racial and ethnic groups, and consideration of additional issues related to early childhood education. This book demonstrates that all students will perform better on multiple measures of achievement when teaching is filtered through students' own cultural experiences.

A young Pictish healer finds herself embroiled in an epic struggle between gods and men. The Celtic tribes of Scotland and Ireland conspire to assault Hadrian’s Wall and drive the Romans out of Britain forever. But in order for the warriors to achieve victory in the military campaign, the druids must first gain ascendancy over the new Roman god.

An unfortunate meeting gains Mary the attention of four gamers who sure know how to push her buttons, both good and bad. With each encounter, Mary finds herself falling deeper into their lives...and for them. Maybe, she likes it, even if she can't admit it yet. So, what's Mary to do with a funny Santa, a quirky nerd, the cocky best friend, and the mysterious fourth member of the gang?

Diana Palm is a medium, paranormal investigator, afterlife researcher, and author of Setting Spirits Free. After living in numerous haunted houses, she decided to develop her gifts in working with the spirit world. She became a Theta Healing Practitioner and Instructor to assist others in their own healing and understanding of the spirit realms. Join Diana as she presents information gathered over a lifetime of working within the spiritual dimensions including: crossing spirits over; how to do a proper investigation.

Many believers accept traditional Christian sexual morality but have very little idea why it matters for the Christian life. In Faithful, author Beth Felker Jones sketches a theology of sexuality that demonstrates sex is not about legalistic morals with no basis in reality but rather about the...

Jack und Cliff werden Zeugen, wie der unheimliche Dodge einen Unfall mit Fahrerflucht verursacht. Der Chauffeur Hollingsworth, der am Steuer saß, wird verhaftet. Doch Jack und Cliff glauben an seine Unschuld. Sie sind der Überzeugung, dass sich der Wagen von allein bewegt hat. Ist der Dodge vielleicht doch vom Geist Mr. Culvers besessen? Jack und Cliff beschließen, sich in der Gruft der Culvers umzusehen. Als sie den Sarg von Mr. Culver öffnen, entdecken sie eine unerwartete Überraschung.

Jack und Cliff werden beim Austragen der Post beinahe von einer unheimlichen Limousine überfahren: Sie können keinen Fahrer am Steuer erkennen, der Wagen fährt wie von Geisterhand. Mrs. Culver, die Besitzerin, ist der festen Überzeugung, dass der Geist ihres kürzlich verstorbenen Mannes in dem Auto spukt. Seit seinem Tod blinken auf einmal die Scheinwerfer nachts auf, die Hupe ertönt und auch das Autoradio schaltet sich von allein ein. Jack und Cliff können dies zunächst nicht glauben, aber dann werden sie selbst Zeugen des Spuks und geraten ins Visier des dämonischen Dodge.

Charlotte Clarke wants nothing more than to experience a London Season. But when she finds out she has to wait another year due to her sister's recent pregnancy, she is crushed. All is not lost as a letter arrives soon after summoning Charlotte to Danbury Hall to meet her new guardian, John Wilkins. With little choice but to go, she determines to contrive a way to convince her new guardian to take her to London in her sister's stead.

As the pace of modern life accelerates, the old ways wither and die. But to the Society for Magickal Heritage, that just isn’t good enough.

When Robert Baratheon died suddenly after a boar hunt, all hell broke loose. When Edward IV, King of England, died suddenly after a fishing trip in April 1483, another phase of the Wars of the Roses ensued, the Yorks (Starks) battling the Lancasters (Lannisters). Thwarted Queen is told mainly in the voice of Lady Cecylee Neville (1415-1495), the thwarted queen, but other voices are important to this tale, not least those of the Londoners, who forged their own political destiny by engaging in public debate with the powerful aristocrats of the time

Lori Belkin has been dumped. By her parents. They moved out while she was away on holiday, and now, at the tender age of 25, she must stand on her own two feet. While she’s getting to grips with basic adulting, Lori magically brings to life the super-sexy man she created from celebrity photos as a teenager. Lori learns very quickly that having your ideal man is not as satisfying as it ought to be and that being an adult is far harder than it looks.

Without a doubt, Schopenhauer is one of the giants of Western philosophy. He represents a turning point from the quest to define the external world as something apart from our experience to a recognition of our experience as the medium of our world. Philosophy is a discourse, a conversation spread out over centuries that explores and develops different lines of thought.

Bella vive en un hermoso castillo con una Bestia y objetos encantados que han cobrado vida, pero eso no es lo más extraño del castillo. Pétalos de rosa y hojas, han comenzado a aparecer en lugares aleatorios, llevando a Bella y sus compañeros Cogsworth el reloj tictac y Lumiere el candelabro, a una búsqueda por el intruso.

Isolated and sheltered by her lonely mother, Maura's never been able to make friends. She seems to drive her classmates away - except for the odd times they pay enough attention to torture her - but she doesn't understand why. Maura considers herself to be a freak of nature, with her unusually pale skin and an aversion to the sun that renders her violently nauseous. Her belief is only worsened by the fact that almost everyone around her keeps their distance.

En el corazón del edificio Parnaso, una mujer aparece ardiendo sin fuego. Su cuerpo, consumido por completo, se convierte en el centro de un enigma que desafía toda lógica. A partir de este hallazgo, comienza una investigación tan delirante como precisa, conducida por Patricia Olea, una detective marcada por un pasado brutal y una mente entrenada para detectar lo imposible. Pero Patricia no está sola. La acompaña el profesor Fuenmayor, un criminólogo tan excéntrico como brillante, cuya obsesión con los límites de la materia y la conciencia...