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Simon Inescort is no longer bodily present in his marriage. It's been several months since he keeled over the rail of a Nova Scotia-bound ferry, a massive heart attack to blame. Simon's widow, Lorca Pell, has sold their farmhouse to newlyweds Zachary and Muriel. He spends time replaying his marriage in his own mind, while also engaging in occasionally intimate observation of the new homeowners. But soon the crisis of a missing child, a local 11-year-old, threatens the tenuous domestic equilibrium, as the weight of the case falls to Zachary, a rookie private detective.

Revival is within reach of everyday people and is experienced in your heart, home, and church. In this companion volume to The Calvary Road, Norman Grubb writes of his experiences and the effects of the ongoing personal revival he found as a result of his exposure to the revival movement in Rwanda, Africa in 1950.

Best-selling author Norman Cantor delivers this compact but magisterial survey of the ancient world - from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500 BC in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman Empire in AD 476. In Antiquity, Cantor covers such subjects as Classical Greece, Judaism, the founding of Christianity, and the triumph and decline of Rome.

Die erstaunlichen Fähigkeiten unseres Gehirns. Unser Gehirn ist nicht - wie lange angenommen - eine unveränderliche Hardware. Es kann sich vielmehr auf verblüffende Weise umgestalten und sogar selbst reparieren - und das bis ins hohe Alter. Diese Erkenntnis ist die wohl sensationellste Entdeckung der Neurowissenschaften.

This book details the 20 top conspiracy theories. The book describes the history, the beliefs surrounding the theories, and the reasons for the conspiracy theories. You will learn that some people believe that the government is releasing toxic chemicals into the air and the water. There are also numerous theories about the government and their knowledge of aliens and UFOs.

During the five full years of his presidency (1964 - 1968), Lyndon Johnson initiated a breathtaking array of domestic policies and programs, including such landmarks as the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, the Immigration Reform Act, the Water Quality Act, the Voting Rights Act, Social Security reform, and Fair Housing.

Over the course of more than thirty books produced over a span of six decades, the series has sold millions of copies and built legions of fans unrivaled in their devotion. E-Reads invites you to rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire.

The major land power in the northern latitudes of known Gor has long been the imperium of mighty Ar. Against her hegemonies on the continent, plans by her major enemies, the maritime ubarates of Cos and Tyros, have been carefully drawn to involve attack from without and subversion from within. Cabot, once of Earth, is drawn into these intrigues.

A memoir of the haunting and redemptive events of the acclaimed writer's life - the betrayal of a con-man father; a murder-suicide in his family's house; the presence of an oyster catcher - each one, as the saying goes, stranger than fiction. In the hands of Howard Norman, author of The Bird Artist and What Is Left the Daughter, life's arresting strangenessis made into a profound, creative, and redemptive memoir.

When Emily Elizabeth finds out the circus is in trouble, Clifford jumps at the chance join! But after taming the lions, walking the tightrope and filling in for an elephant, Clifford no longer needs to save the circus -he needs to rescue Emily Elizabeth!

This extraordinary biography of the legendary screen star Marilyn Monroe was originally published in 1973 by Norman Mailer, one of America's most important writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Mailer, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, was the first writer to explore the relationship between Monroe and Bobby Kennedy.

Holland Kelly wasn’t a people person. Okay, that’s not true, she wasn’t one particular man person. That man? Her next-door neighbor Dick Brooks. Fine, his real name was Reid, but Dick sounded better. Life would have been perfect if she never had to interact with him again. Unfortunately, life wasn't perfect. Now she is stuck spending hours with the neighbor she has always hated while they work to save their homes. Have his eyes always been that shade? Has he always been so good looking?

Sam Lattimore meets Elizabeth Church in 1970s Halifax, in an art gallery. The sparks are immediate, leading quickly to a marriage that is dear, erotically charged, and brief. In Howard Norman's spellbinding and moving novel, the gleam of the marriage and the circumstances of Elizabeth's murder are revealed in heart-stopping increments. Sam's life afterward is complicated. Sam has begun "seeing" Elizabeth - not only seeing but holding conversations with her, almost every evening, and watching her line up books on a small beach.

LSD: Wie alles begann und was in der Gegenwart daraus wurde. Wie Norman Ohler in seinem internationalen Bestseller Der totale Rausch am Beispiel der NS-Zeit gezeigt hat, spielen Drogen und Drogenpolitik eine dramatische, immer noch unterschätzte Rolle in der Geschichte der Menschheit. In seinem neuen Buch nimmt der Autor diesen Faden wieder auf und untersucht, wie Entwicklung, Produktion und Verbreitung psychedelischer Substanzen Politik und Gesellschaft von der Nachkriegszeit bis in die Gegenwart geprägt haben.

Andre Norman’s early life put him on a path to prison. Raised in poverty and surrounded by dysfunction, Andre gravitated to his neighborhood gang. His choices there led to time in juvenile detention, and eventually a maximum-security prison, with sentences totaling over 100 years. During that time, Andre became one of the most dangerous gang leaders in the Massachusetts prison system. Then came the epiphany. Just before Andre was to be crowned “King of the Prison,” he had a realization—that he was about to become the “King of Nowhere.”

Ein liebeskranker Erzähler reist mit seiner Tochter in das verschneite Davos. Aus dem "Familienurlaub" wird eine vergnügliche Reflexion über die Auswirkungen der Moderne, des Skifahrens und der Tuberkulosepandemie. Auch spürt er der Geschichte nach, wie aus dem bettelarmen Bergdorf das Symbol des globalen Reichtums wurde. Und wie in Thomas Manns ›Zauberberg‹ stellen sich auch ihm inmitten der Schneemassen die wirklich schwierigen Fragen: Wie müssen sich unsere Lebensweisen ändern? Welche Welt vererben wir unseren Kindern?

Jacob Rigolet - a soon-to-be former assistant to a wealthy art collector - looks up from his seat at an auction to see his mother, the former head librarian at the Halifax Free Library, walking almost casually up the aisle. Before a stunned audience, she flings an open jar of black ink at master photographer Robert Capa's Death on a Leipzig Balcony. What's more, Jacob's police detective fiancée, Martha Crauchet, is assigned to the ensuing interrogation.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK Puține cărți despre cum să ne îmbunătățim viața schimbându-ne mentalitatea au suscitat de-a lungul istoriei recente un interes mai mare decât Forța gândirii pozitive . Pastorul american Norman Vincent Peale îmbină în chip strălucit practica învățăturilor spirituale și înțelegerea naturii umane, reușind să ne ofere un ghid pentru o viață mai sănătoasă, pașnică și încărcată de energie.

“In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): The Top 10 Bible Stories for a Life of Faith” is a 10-week podcast series designed to help you go deeper into the Bible’s most powerful and foundational stories. Paired with our current sermon series, each episode unpacks rich biblical truths and timeless lessons that couldn’t all fit into a 35–40 minute Sunday message. Whether you’re familiar with these stories or hearing them for the first time, this podcast invites you to explore the Bible more deeply, strengthen your faith, and grow in your spiritual journey. Tune in each week and join the ...

Der Autopunk-Podcast. Ohne Luftfilter, Drehzahlbegrenzer & Spurhalteassistent. Mit Norman Gocke (Chefredakteur American Classics) & Helge Thomsen (Editor Motoraver, Grip TV Motormagazin) Alle 3 Wochen direkt in Dein Autoradio.