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In June of 2012, I suddenly found myself in a caregiving role with my dad overnight. Due to an accident my mother had, I stepped into a caregiving role that was unfamiliar and unexpected. I realized that you can know someone all your life but have no clue how to care for them physically, emotionally, and mentally. I also realized that caregiving stretches you in ways that you can't prepare for a head of time.

Seit beinahe zehn Jahren führen die Krieger des Indomitus-Kreuzzugs einen Krieg des Widerstands und der Rückeroberung im ganzen Imperium. Als Teil der Kreuzzugsflotte Quintus, von manchen die Verfluchte Flotte genannt, gelangen die Ultramarines des Angriffskreuzers Rache der Ithraka zu einer vom Feind heimgesuchten Welt. Dort raubt eine unheilvolle Technologie der Necrons Millionen versklavten Menschen ihre Seelen und kündigt gleichzeitig die Expansion des Königreichs der Stille an.

Overcoming the Sting of Suicide is a hope line that will speak life over your loss and will supply you with seeds of biblical truth to refresh your faith, recover your soul and restore your joy. Sandy’s compassionate and coaching heart offers reflective questions after each chapter to help transform emotions from despaired into repaired. Sandy’s message provides a safe place and guidance to live outside of regrets so you can feel the worth of your soul!

Black Picket Fences is a stark, moving, and candid look at a section of America that is too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the Black middle class. The result of living for three years in "Groveland", a Black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, sociologist Mary Pattillo-McCoy has written a book that explores both the advantages and the boundaries that exist for members of the Black middle class.

Earning money, paying bills, finding your Prince Charming, discovering your happiness - it looked so easy when you were young. You thought you had it all figured out. Little did you know life throws you curveballs. And you thought grown-ups had it easy! So did these ladies. Follow their journeys while getting lost in the grown-up world.

It Began with a Dream is the story of Dr. Gladys B. West, who played an integral role in the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) as a mathematician with navy. Born in 1930, in the poor farming community of Sutherland, Virginia, she rose from poverty despite segregation, The Great Depression, and Jim Crow laws to become one of the first professional black women hired at the Dahlgren Naval Proving Grounds in Virginia (now Dahlgren Surface Naval Warfare Center). Dr. West takes us on her incredible life journey in this heartwarming and unforgettable memoir.

Award-winning author Ven Begamudré spins three stories in a masterful blend of myth and realism.

Nico Miller is the quiet, silent type. With 10 years of experience, he’s probably the best artist at the shop. He's a giant at 6'8" and built like a linebacker with tattoos covering his neck and torso. Most people are a little afraid of him when they first meet him, but it doesn’t take long to see that while he might look scary, with his almost permanent frown, tattoos, and size, he was actually a giant teddy bear.

Demon lights, granted wishes, strange things, and brutal love at the Lucky Lounge Motel. A haunted sister, desperate parents, a little human touch, and the end of the world. These are the stories whispered among dead leaves, the script etched bare for all to see. Welcome to Glenn Rolfe’s Land of Bones, 14 tales of the strange and macabre.

Mein Name ist Larry Brent, ich bin Agent der PSA, der psychoanalytischen Spezialeinheit. Die PSA kümmert sich um mysteriöse, paranormale Verbrechen, die mit dem rationalen Menschenverstand nicht zu erklären sind. Ich arbeite im Dienste der Menschheit und bekam von David Gallun alias X-RAY-1 einen neuen Auftrag erteilt: Im alten Herrenhaus des Lords of Dempsey gab es ein Blutbad. Scotland Yard fand zwölf grausam zugerichtete Leichen.

X-RAY 3 traute seinen Augen nicht. Und dann passierte es! Das nackte Entsetzen spiegelte sich in den weit aufgerissenen Augen des PSA-Agenten. Wie gebannt starrte er auf den deformierten Körper. Große Fleischstücke lösten sich aus dem Körper und klatschten zu Boden! Und auch die Knochen lösten sich auf! Würde Larry Brent das gleiche Schicksal ereilen?

Wer bewusst atmet, wird vitaler, entspannter und gesünder. Dieses Hörbuch stellt über 10 klassische Übungen aus der Tradition des Pranayama vor, der Meditation über die Atmung: sie sind einfach und rasch durchzuführen und lassen sich überall im Alltag anwenden. Mit verblüffendem Effekt: sie lösen Blockaden, regen den Energiefluss im Körper an und helfen bei vielen Beschwerden wie Stress, Schlaflosigkeit, Asthma oder Verdauungsproblemen. Der bekannte indische Komponist und Musiker Roop Verma hat speziell für dieses Hörbuch Musik komponiert und eingespielt.

Government cuts, unregulated care homes, inadequate staff training—campaigner and care home consultant Chris Wild has seen it all. The low standards and frequent abuse of children in care has long been a focal point of his loud message: we are failing our young people and something needs to change. Chris delves deep into the lives of care home kids, from experiences with county lines, drugs, trafficking, knife crime, gang violence to child exploitation and sexual abuse.

Antiracist professional development for white teachers often follows a one-size-fits-all model, focusing on narrow notions of race and especially white privilege at the expense of more radical analyses of white supremacy. Frustrated with this model, Zachary A. Casey and Shannon K. McManimon, both white teacher educators, developed a two-year professional development seminar called "RaceWork" with eight white practicing teachers committed to advancing antiracism in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

You are being scammed by a system that promises quick fixes that fix nothing and sells you money-sucking programs that do nothing but fuel overeating. At each meal, 93 million overweight American adults and 14 million overweight children and adolescents risk their lives. More than 300,000 die unnecessarily every year from obesity-related diseases. Hazel Dixon-Cooper was a size-22 woman in a size-two world until she dumped the weight-loss industry, discovered how food companies lie, and learned that doctors rarely know more about nutrition than we do.

1903, Buffalo, New York. Ed Burdick, a wealthy manufacturer known for his kindness and generosity, and his wife Alice had a life few could imagine. The couple had three lovely daughters, a beautiful home, and they were fixtures in the elite Elmwood Avenue set. Despite rumors of trouble in the Burdick marriage, few believed it until Ed ordered his wife out of their home and filed for divorce. The whispers about their separation abruptly ended when Ed Burdick was found murdered in his den while his family slept upstairs.

1917. As the British enter Palestine with the aim of facilitating a Jewish homeland, young Arab Youssef Bannourah befriends Harry Lister, an English civil servant who has come to live in his village of Deir Yassin. Impressed by Youssef's intelligence, Harry finds him a job working for the British administration. Meanwhile, fleeing Jewish persecution in Russia, Miriam Cohen and her mother, Sara, set sail for the promised land. On arrival, they move to a newly constructed kibbutz near Jerusalem, where - divided by faith and a fence - Miriam meets Youssef for the first time.

Zeke Miller is the owner of Eye Candy Ink and the father figure to everyone at the shop. An only child who had to grow up far too young, he’s always felt protective of those he loves. He’s spent years building Eye Candy Ink into what it is today. While others dated and settled down, he worked, honing his skills until he’s one of the best and most sought after tattoo artists in the world. At 36, he thinks his time to meet someone has passed and he’s resigned to being happy with the family that he’s found at his shop.

Rewritten and updated for 2020 and beyond, The Perfect Storm offers realistic, practical, and inspired ideas, presented in a series of short chapters offering advice and useful tips. Based on 20 years experience in marketing, selling, analysis, and management, this book brings together the most useful strategies and some that many have forgotten that will really help you forge meaningful business growth during challenging times.

Sam Kavan has grown up learning to be tough, at least on the outside. Raised by her dad and two brothers, she’s always seemed to fit in more as one of the guys. Maybe that’s why she's seen as either one of the boys or as a little sister. When she moves to Pittsburgh and starts at Eye Candy Ink, she fits in perfectly, and soon she’s found another family in the men who work at the shop with her.