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Mattie Stepanek is wise about love. Love for his family, friends, country, and faith imbues these poems with a heartfelt nature that is rare and inspiring. Of course, Mattie also knows about sadness and loss. He struggles with a rare form of muscular dystrophy that claimed the lives of his three siblings. But despite living a life that many would never choose, Mattie is a joyful kid who never lacks for someone and something to love.

Mattie Stepanek is familiar to millions from his two New York Times best sellers Heartsongs and Journey Through Heartsongs, and his appearances on Oprah, Good Morning America, and many other television and radio shows. In this new book, Mattie writes poetry about sustaining hope when your life and your world challenge you.

The award-winning poetry of young Mattie Stepanek has touched the lives of hundreds and thousands of people. Mattie writes movingly and courageously about life and death, love and loss, faith and hope, innocence and joy. His struggle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy has given him wisdom and insight, and his life, work, and message have been recognized by appearances on national television shows and profiles in national newspapers.

Mattie Stepanek's fourth collection of poetry is a joyful "thank you" for life. In Celebrate Through Heartsongs, Mattie conveys the message that there is always a reason for happiness - whatever one's life circumstances. While acknowledging his own grief - at the loss of his three siblings and in living with a rare form of muscular dystrophy - Mattie can also see that to live fully, one must "celebrate life, every day, in some way.

Shannon Cramer lebt für ihren Job. Den Männern hat die junge Anwältin abgeschworen, nachdem sie einige äußerst schlechte Erfahrungen mit ihrem Exmann gemacht hat. Doch ausgerechnet er ist der Grund, warum sie einen neuen Job bei der jungen Kanzlei "Padget, Knight, Woods & Collins" anfängt. Dort erwartet sie mit ihrem ersten Mandat eine große Herausforderung: Shannon soll Seite an Seite mit dem australischen Partner Steven Knight zusammenarbeiten.

Wenn sie Vampire berührt, kann sie deren Erinnerungen sehen. Als Toni diese Gabe an sich entdeckt, ändert sich ihr Leben schlagartig. Bis dahin lief es alles andere als geplant: Ihr Freund hat sie verlassen, sie hat ihr Studium geschmissen und kommt mit ihrem Job als Barkeeperin gerade so über die Runden.

Wenn sie Vampire berührt, kann sie deren Erinnerungen sehen. Als Toni diese Gabe an sich entdeckt, ändert sich ihr Leben schlagartig. Bis dahin lief es alles andere als geplant: Ihr Freund hat sie verlassen, sie hat ihr Studium geschmissen und kommt mit ihrem Job als Barkeeperin gerade so über die Runden. Doch nun begibt sie sich gemeinsam mit dem amerikanischen Vampirjäger Brent auf die Jagd nach Vampiren durch ganz Europa. Und während sie versucht, hinter das Geheimnis ihrer Kräfte zu kommen, kann sie nicht aufhören an den ersten Vampir zu denken, der ihr je begegnet ist - Finn Mathesson.

Wenn sie Vampire berührt, kann sie deren Erinnerungen sehen. Als Toni diese Gabe an sich entdeckt, ändert sich ihr Leben schlagartig. Bis dahin lief es alles andere als geplant: Ihr Freund hat sie verlassen, sie hat ihr Studium geschmissen und kommt mit ihrem Job als Barkeeperin gerade so über die Runden. Doch nun begibt sie sich gemeinsam mit dem amerikanischen Vampirjäger Brent auf die Jagd nach Vampiren durch ganz Europa.

Every plan has fallen apart. The Blood grasps the Shadowlands. Can any defeat the Great Seer? More importantly, can they stand against what she creates? Kealin can no longer be in the sunlight. Weakened and broken, he embraces the guidance of a Vampire Lord and has gained a new furry companion with a penchant for a magic he's never seen. If he is to help the others, he must learn to control his new powers, but the goblins swarming his new master's lands will complicate that and his Master has his own secrets....

A serial killer in New York’s South Bronx district is targeting clients of local sex workers. The victims, all male, are either burned alive or beaten to death. With the body count mounting and no real leads, the FBI decides to put someone in undercover. Enter rookie agent Shannon Ames. Suited for deep cover work because she is single and without family ties, Shannon is young enough to pass herself off as a working girl. But spending her nights on the streets as she hunts for the killer takes its toll.

Through the stark and leafless trees, I see her. I remember the first day I saw her; an instant attraction. I think she’s beautiful. She has such pensive blue eyes; they remind me of a blue sky right before the sun descends. Every time I see her I want to talk to her, I want to get to know her, and I want to be her friend. She usually completes the lower woodland walk in six minutes and 42 seconds; she misses the deeper woodlands and goes home, I believe. I walk down the road at the same speed as her.

Once more, my friends and colleagues and I have banded together to compose literature connecting astronomy and mythology to create Of Gods and Globes II. Each one of us chose a name that connected astronomy and mythology.

Various contemporary character studies in verse.

Melissa Carter ist frischgebackene Anwältin und erhält direkt einen spannenden Fall. Sie soll den attraktiven Sportler Patrick Finnley vertreten, dem sexuelle Belästigung vorgeworfen wird. Der Haken: Er ist der beste Freund ihres Chefs, und Mel darf auf keinen Fall einen Fehler machen. Aber das stellt sich als ganz schön schwierig heraus - denn Patrick tut alles, um Mel Steine in den Weg zu legen. Doch Mel gibt nicht auf und schafft es schließlich, die Mauer, die er um sich herum aufgebaut hat zum Einsturz zu bringen.

Amelia Gardner is a new graduate for the police academy and for the past year, life has been good. Really good. However, when Amelia and Charlie begin to receive cards again in the same MO of Shadow they begin to realize the game isn’t quite over yet. It soon becomes apparent that Shadow intends to finish what he started.

Madison Lee is the proud co-owner of the only premier BDSM club in Seattle. Her life is perfect but for one thing - she’s a “single” married woman nearing the end of her patience with a gorgeous, but no-show husband. An accomplished and world-renowned yogi, Kinson Lee believes his wife hangs the moon. She holds down the fort so he can travel the world living his dream. But will his dream become a nightmare as the woman he loves beyond measure considers taking her own leave of absence?

MacKenzie Ivers is a strong personality who submits to one man - her husband, Landon. After 10 years of marriage, a nasty divorce, followed by a sweet reconciliation, Mac wants nothing more than for her husband to stop punishing himself for his part in the former "crazy". It’s going to require some conniving and some rope...miles and miles of rope. Luckily, Twilight Teahouse has everything she needs to get this particular rigger back in the saddle.

Solie Shaw is a brilliant self-made woman. After managing a corporation by day, at night, all she wants is to not be in charge. The last man she'd gifted her heart to had smashed it to smithereens and then did the mambo on top of the pieces. Now, along comes the chance to get exactly what she needs. All Solie has to do...is choose.

Carla the florist is surrounded by the duplicitous and the craven - and that’s just her flowers. The human beings are infinitely worse, especially the men. There’s Gwynne, her oafish and cold-hearted brother, Gerald, the suave and sophisticated doctor whose hidden agenda is unspeakable, and finally there’s David, the handsome, dashing lawyer whose deceit hurts most of all. If only God weren’t a fictional character then surely they’d get their just deserts...except, it is only through their perfidy that love finds a way into her world.

In 1995, at the age of eight, Una Waters survived a terrifying encounter at 30,000 feet aboard Flight 564 from Dallas to Las Vegas. It changed her forever. After 21 years, and a decade away from the Hopi Reservation where she grew up as a child, a surprise plea for help brings Una back, to solve a mystery that threatens their traditional way of life. The U.S. Army's sudden interest regarding a cave discovery in the Sacred Peaks has triggered alarm, leading to violence.