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Meredith is a world-renowned author and speaker whose books and Bible studies have blessed millions of Christian women. When she boards Flight 219 headed home from business, she has no idea that her fame, ministry, and dedication mean nothing to the terrorists who will do anything to subdue her plane and silence anyone who dares oppose them.

She's not the woman her husband thinks he married. She didn't intentionally deceive him, but their relationship progressed so quickly. After a whirlwind courtship, Anastasia finds herself the wife of a conservative pastor and stepmother to his four young kids. She looks like the picture-perfect Christian, but she's not who everyone thinks she is.

Presenters Becky Ripley and Emily Knight mull over a multitude of bewildering and brain-teasing questions as they try to make sense of what we humans are all about - with a little help from some other species. What can the swirling patterns in a starling murmuration tell us about the way our ideas spread? Can ants teach us anything about avoiding a pandemic? And how could a brainless single-cell slime mould help to solve our trickiest problems?

God could have made us all exactly the same, but he didn’t. And our differences are good! As his children, those called by God to belong to his family, we can actually use our differences to help each other. Here’s some more great news: There are no rules about how we look or sound to be in His family. We have a delightfully different family on purpose.

New Orleans native Mademoiselle Francesca Dumas is a kept woman. At age 18 in the second year of the American Civil War, she is the concubine of a rich New Orleans banker, Joachim Buisson. Born a quadroon, Francesca leads a sheltered life of elegant jewels, gowns, lace, and lavish balls - until a bullet shatters her dream world.

A forensic surgeon in the New Orleans Coroner’s Office - and part of her dad’s baker’s dozen - Hannah Baker thought she knew where to dig, how and what to slice, and when to walk away. But when her big brother gets her involved in the exhumation of a couple of old coffins, she realizes the past can’t be ignored. Not when it’s been simmering up a big pile of trouble for longer than Hannah’s born days.

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New Orleans native Mademoiselle Francesca Dumas is a kept woman. At age 18 in the second year of the American Civil War, she is the concubine of a rich New Orleans banker, Joachim Buisson. Born a quadroon, Francesca leads a sheltered life of elegant jewels, gowns, lace, and lavish balls - until a bullet shatters her dream world. An assassin murders “her man” as Francesca stood beside him among a throng gathered atop a Mississippi River levee on April 25, 1862. Bowed by Joachim’s body, rain-soaked and blood-spattered, she vows revenge.

Who thought giving away billions of dollars could make so many people want to kill you? Out of necessity, Blaze and Carla just executed the biggest heist in history. Now they want to give it all away - but the tyrants they stole it from have other plans...they want their money back, and they want Blaze and Carla dead! Tired of being chased, shot at, and kidnapped, Blaze and Carla devise a plan...it's a good plan, if they can live long enough to pull it off.

A book of short stories coupled with contemporary poetry in different forms.

First Lieutenant Peter Marshall has never felt as safe and whole as he does at Three Rivers Ranch. With massive scars covering most of his upper body, he's self-conscious and searching for his life's purpose. He thinks he's found it in Courage Reins, an equine therapy program for veterans he's starting out at the ranch. He didn't plan on the beautiful Chelsea Ackerman looking at his deformities with admiration.

In No Useless Mouth, Rachel B. Herrmann argues that Native Americans and formerly enslaved black colonists ultimately lost the battle against hunger and the larger struggle for power because white British and United States officials curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms. By describing three interrelated behaviors - food diplomacy, victual imperialism, and victual warfare - the book shows that, during this tumultuous period, hunger prevention efforts offered strategies to claim power, maintain communities, and keep rival societies at bay.

Commander Brett Murphy left his family’s construction firm in Oklahoma City for a life of hard work at Three Rivers Ranch. Alone, without a wife and kids, Brett needs the camaraderie he enjoyed while serving overseas with his Army buddies, Squire Ackerman and Peter Marshall. What Brett doesn’t need is the reappearance of his ex-wife. They strike a deal: She’ll stay at Three Rivers for the summer so Brett can have the opportunity to get to know his son. How far will they have to go, and how much will they have to forgive in order to become a family?

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A broken tree branch. A dead body. An ambitious personal assistant. An unfaithful husband. Was it murder or simply an unfortunate accident? A lot of people resented Amelia Prescott, the grande dame of marketing agencies, because of her success. But did someone resent her enough to murder her? That becomes the job of Sheriff Davis and Brigid - to find out if Amelia’s death was an accident or a carefully thought-out murder. Confrontations can get dicey. Good thing Brigid has a 125-pound Newfoundland to help her.

The Winter Years is a book of contemporary modern poetry, crafted for teens and adults. It has a variety of topics and moods. It explores poetry forms from around the world.

Join Brigid, Sheriff Mike, and Deputy Lindsay as they try to protect Mike and save themselves from being victims.

Family members, leaders, life coaches, and mentors often give recommendations and encouragement without understanding or sharing the pitfalls and responsibilities associated with the change. Most life changes need aftercare and management to avoid self-destruction and returning to the things you left or something worse. This book is intended to present tools and techniques to manage you and the community around you.

This adventure begins with a two family vacation. One family will be saying good-bye to their son as he has been accepted to West Point. The other family's son will be attending the University in Albany. One is White, the other is a Negro, and this is the middle of the 19th century. Best friends from birth and both trying to make a difference in an improbable time in our nation's history. The two friends try to maintain their relationship and do the best they can even through the Civil War.

One Hundred Years of Exile: A Romanov’s Search for Her Father’s Russia is the story of one woman’s journey through 100 years of history to find peace with her father. Tania Romanov Amochaev and her father were both exiled from their homelands as infants; both knew life in refugee camps. Their shared fate does not lead to mutual understanding.