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Quite often, you can’t even remember what happened in your dreams, leaving you upset or feeling confused. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Imagine experiencing all the things that happen in dreams, but with one extraordinary difference: You are “lucid” - consciously, joyously in control. With lucid dreaming, you have the opportunity to decide whatever you want to dream, while being fully conscious.

You’ve felt the feeling before — the one where you feel lost in the world, where you believe that everyone else has a place but yourself. You often ask yourself, “What is my mission?” or “What is my purpose?” as you are wandering through your life. You might have tried to go to a fortune teller, but most of what he or she said sounded like nonsense to you.

Manhattan socialite Isabella "Izzy" Lewis is in desperate need of a fresh start. Ending up on the wrong side of a nasty divorce, jobless, and pretty much homeless, she’s hit rock bottom. So when the father she never knew asks her to visit him in Iowa, she figures she has nothing more to lose - until she arrives at his home and promptly stumbles (literally) over a dead body. Now her missing father is murder suspect number one, and Izzy's in the crosshairs of the local sheriff who’s convinced she’s somehow involved.

The moment Joanna told me she was engaged, I had this awful feeling that something was wrong. We used to speak on the phone every day. Growing up I spent more time at her house than I did at my own. I’d always imagined what it would be like to see her get married, and now I didn’t even know her fiancé’s name. She asked me to come and meet Mark and I intended to tell her to slow down. When I got to Joanna’s front door, only Mark was there. He was charming and gorgeous and nothing but nice to me, and I started to understand....And then he told me that Joanna was missing.

This extraordinary guidebook offers a satisfying new approach to raising confident, healthy, whole human beings, from toddler to teen. Groundbreaking in both its scope and methodology, ParentShift challenges some of our most popular disciplinary tools - including punishments, threats, bribery, and rewards - all of which, science has shown, sabotage so many of the long-term goals we have for our kids.

Think you've got a novel inside you? Want to become a children's author or a regular contributor to a magazine but don't know where to start? We'll show you how to get your work published whether its fiction or non-fiction you want to write. How do you approach publishers? What are they looking for? How do you get noticed?

Few people have sat across from the Iranians and the North Koreans at the negotiating table. Wendy Sherman has done both. During her time as the lead US negotiator of the historic Iran nuclear deal and throughout her distinguished career, Wendy Sherman has amassed tremendous expertise in the most pressing foreign policy issues of our time. Throughout her life - from growing up in civil-rights-era Baltimore to stints as a social worker, campaign manager, and business owner to advising multiple presidents - she has relied on values that have shaped her approach to work and leadership.

Building on their work at Chaddock, a nonprofit organization that has worked with some of the most challenging kids in the nation for more than 150 years, the authors empower frustrated parents with practical tips and real-life examples on how to minimize behavioral meltdowns, reduce conflict, increase cooperation, promote healthy attachment, and improve family relationships. The strategies they share work both for the child who is going through a difficult phase brought on by life disruption or trauma, and for the child who faces chronic struggles.

Out of the Silence is the stunning tale of three women from very different worlds: Maggie Heffernan, a spirited working-class country girl, Elizabeth Hamilton, whose own disappointment in love has served only to strengthen her humanity and the remarkable Vida Goldstein, the suffragist who was to become the first woman to stand for Parliament. When Maggie's life descends into darkness after a terrible betrayal, the three women's lives collide.

Well, you're not alone. Many feel the same way, but the Mediterranean siet offers a scientifically-backed, flavorful path to holistic well-being that can transform your health journey.

The discovery of a 100-year-old murder in a client's family history leaves Esme Quentin bewildered by her client's curious reaction. But with no instruction to find out more, Esme instead turns her attention to clearing the dilapidated outbuilding at her new cottage. Amongst the junk she finds a seventeenth-century map associated with the name Chalacombe, a local family with an intriguing and mysterious history.

When Amelia Drake is forced to marry her father’s business competitor, Kyle Grayson, she thinks things can’t get worse. Despite their undeniable attraction to each other, Kyle has been wounded, and guards his emotions as closely as she guards her secrets. She vows to make the best of her arrangement with her handsome new husband, but can she ever trust him enough to share the truth about her past or forgive his own dark revelations? Will the warm, passionate man he conceals behind his staunch business demeanor show himself before their secrets tear them apart?

The world is plagued with turmoil. Rowan is a soldier fighting in a war ridden land for the far flung peace that appears nowhere in sight. Everything takes a turn when her fight seems to be nearing its end, and the God of War joins their last battle to victory. Once he realizes one of his strongest soldiers is not who everyone thinks her to be, the God of War finds himself wanting to know the truth. And as the end to their war approaches, ugly realizations settle in.

Your angels are sending you hidden messages, it’s time for you to discover their secrets. You’ve felt the feeling before - the one where you feel lost in the world, where you believe that everyone else has a place but yourself. Your angels are constantly trying to reveal their hidden messages to you, and it is time for you to discover their secrets. With this comprehensive beginners guide, everyone can start to get a feel for these messages, even if you have no previous experience. It’s time to stop sleepwalking through life and start to find out what life has in store for you.

Enough of This Shit isn’t your typical self-help memoir. It’s the raw, unfiltered story of what happens when a woman stops pretending, stops performing, and finally chooses herself. After decades of doing everything “right”—marriage, motherhood, career, healing workshops, all of it—I still felt like I was chasing peace that never came. Then the Lifequake hit: betrayal from the man I loved and the daughter I raised. It shattered me—and set me free.

The first time you see them, out for an evening walk on the cliffs, you’ll think they’re the perfect family. You’ll see a wife who looks so happy, strolling peacefully beside her husband in his dark winter coat, holding her daughter’s hand. But you have no idea what’s really happening in their house.... If you come a little closer, you might hear the way the man speaks to his wife. You might notice that the woman doesn’t have any close friends. That sometimes her husband doesn’t want her to leave the house.

Drei Frauen verschiedener Generationen, durch das Schicksal miteinander verbunden... Die alte Fran hat einst das Glück kennengelernt, doch mittlerweile ist alles, was ihr geblieben ist, ihre abgelegene Farm - und der Wunsch, einen Menschen zu finden, der ihr Wärme und Hoffnung geben kann. Rachel hingegen hat auf die große Liebe gesetzt und alles verloren: ihren Lebensmut, ihr Selbstbewusstsein, ihr Café.

Ein furchtbares Familiengeheimnis vor der rauen Kulisse der Isle of Wight: Die Schriftstellerin Jane erbt ein altes Cottage auf der Isle of Wight - von Lilly, der stets totgeschwiegenen Schwester ihrer Mutter. Auf der Suche nach Antworten fährt Jane auf die Insel und lernt Lillys Familie und Freunde kennen: den schweigsamen Fischer Neptun, die kauzige, aber warmherzige Emmeline und Marguerite, Lillys verträumte Tochter. Zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben fühlt sich Jane willkommen und geliebt.

Cassandra Grayson leads a quiet life managing a library in Queens, NY. There’s only one thing missing: her sister. Cassandra hasn’t seen her sister since the night their wealthy, prominent father died from a massive heart attack. As the years pass by with no word from her, Cassandra begins to suspect there is more to her father’s death and her sister’s disappearance than she first thought.

From the USA Today best-selling author of Sunshine Beach, a story of four women trying to rebuild more than their lives. Embroiled in a battle to regain control of their renovation-turned-reality TV show, Do Over, Maddie, Avery, Nikki, and Kyra find themselves holding tight to the frayed ends of their friendship and relationships.