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A sad mall Santa and a little girl who missed Christmas discover the true heart of the season. A Christmas gift for all ages.

Dorsal Finn is a sleepy town, nestled in a small crescent shaped bay, facing the gleaming Atlantic Ocean. And it is in the town of Dorsal Finn that one Beatrice Beecham now resides, a girl of remarkable talent among which is an absolute, innate gift for finding trouble. In this audiobook, you'll hear about all kinds of trouble: witches, shaman, and sea monsters, to name but a few. Yet, Beatrice is to find out that of all the terrible things lurking in the shores of Dorsal Finn, the biggest threat may come from the town itself.

Transylvania, 1890. Mina and her allies have found the Transylvanian countryside dotted with empty villages and whispers of monsters who wear human skin. As Mina prepares for the final showdown with her fiance's abductors, the last descendants of the supernatural Draculesti family...she discovers her own shocking connection to the hidden world of vampires.

Amanda's recently published book It’s Not Me, It’s Graduate School: Surviving Graduate School the Sassy Way speaks to a generation of ambitious women who are caught in the depth of their academic careers and life goals. It gives renewed aspirations to the uninspired female student with clear objectives of excellence. Like bell hooks, her commitment to engaged pedagogy is an expression of her political activism.

Black Butterfly is a compilation of poetry that speaks to the silence of loss, fight for families, and love for foster children. With consideration to the daily realities that foster children or youth may experience, Black Butterfly embodies real-life issues through faith-based reflections. This is a young girl's journey, pre and post, foster care. This compilation is dedicated to the foster child, the youth-in-crisis, and individuals striving to achieve positive change.

In a decaying world ravaged by an untamable forest, 17-year-old Basil had a comfortably secluded life. She lived by a few essential rules: never cross into the forbidden wing of the Manor, do not trust any outsiders, and always keep her etching covered. Ever since she had been discovered, Basil always followed these rules...until her etching begins to burn, memories start rushing back, and a silver-eyed boy, an outsider, appears. Basil soon uncovers why these whispered regulations were put into effect, not only to protect her but everyone around her.

“She wants to be loved by you...alone!” Daryl Beasley collects all things Maxine Marie, whose famous curves and fast lifestyle made her a Hollywood icon for decades after her tragic death. Daryl’s girlfriend, Loretta Stevens, knew about his geeky lifestyle when they started dating, but she loves him, quirks and all. Then one day Daryl chooses to buy a particularly tacky piece of memorabilia instead of Loretta’s birthday present. Daryl ends up in the doghouse, not only with Loretta, but with Maxine Marie herself.

Ellie Nelson gets persuaded to audition for a reality TV show about Confederate gold hidden in the Lake of the Ozarks. Hollywood, the FBI, Civil War reenactors, and a salvage team are all thrown together in the search for stolen treasure. When Ellie discovers a dead body on the set, her life is in jeopardy until she solves not only the murder but a 150-year-old mystery as well.

This complete - and authorized - summary distills the insights from Roger Landry's book Live Long, Die Short. Over a decade ago, a landmark 10-year study by the MacArthur Foundation shattered the stereotypes of aging as a process of slow, genetically determined decline. Researchers found that that 70 percent of physical aging -and about 50 percent of mental aging - is determined by the choices we make every day. That means that if we optimize our lifestyles, we can live longer and "die shorter".

Vampire Metta Blautsauger is known as the family airhead, and she works hard to keep up the façade. It’s the perfect cover as she goes from dispensing her own brand of justice as a vigilante to an agent for Orcus, the Nosferatu shadow agency. Captured, tortured, and left for dead, she is forced to leave both the agency and Lucas O’Cuinn, the mentor she’s grown to love.

Is your pain preventing you from moving freely? Whether you were injured at work, struck in a motor vehicle accident, or threw your back out while at home, once pain strikes, you need to get back to feeling your best - and back to work - as quickly as possible. Helen Blake, MD is an experienced interventional pain doctor who can help you rise above your pain - wherever it is - after your injury or accident. She will be your guide through a targeted process to help you to renew your energy and conquer your injury.

Ellie Nelson has left her legal career in Denver behind and opened an art gallery and studio in Lake of the Ozarks. After Ellie witnesses the murder of a beloved studio artist, she finds herself right in the middle of the search for a stolen Van Gogh that brings thieves, assassins, the FBI, and the Interpol to her gallery.

A murdered child. A small town. A cult lurking in the shadows...Vickie has always lived a quiet, ordinary life in an equally quiet and ordinary small town. Yet one fateful night a child turns up dead in the woods behind her house in a ritualistic slaughter...Vickie and her family are suddenly thrown into a national spotlight. But as the investigation unfolds, she begins to realize her family isn’t so ordinary after all. Evil is inching closer to those she holds dear and Vickie isn't sure who she can ultimately trust.

London, 1890. Mina Murray once lived an adventurous life, but after a tragedy in the forests of Transylvania, she left it all behind. Now she has settled into a quiet routine as a schoolteacher in London, engaged to the respectable solicitor Jonathan Harker, attempting to fit into the stuffy upper class London society to which he belongs. But when vampires abduct Jonathan, her dark past comes careening into her present.

To escape certain death, Eros whisks his royal family across the galaxy in search of a safe home. Unknown to him, a hostile alien species follows him and before he can safely land on Earth shoots his spacecraft down. His craft crashes into the snow-packed Carpathian mountainside. Now stranded on an alien world hostile to his existence he is left for dead. A mother home with her dying daughter notices Eros float down from the heavens and believes he is sent by God in answer to her prayers to save her daughter. When Eros wakes, he has no memory of who he is.

A Doll's House, published in 1879, was the earliest of Ibsen's "social dramas", and the first of his works to attract attention outside of Scandinavia. The central theme of the play is a woman's right to individual self-development, and represents, as humourist Stephen Leacock observed of many Ibsen plays, "a profound problem stated but not solved".

Healthy Disney: Your Guide to a Fit and Magical Vacation is a planning guide for those who desire a Disney vacation with a focus on health and fitness. This book gives you the checklists, steps and activities to keep your vacation on track before you leave your home. Volume 1: The Planning Phase is the first of many Healthy Disney planning guides to come. Danye Phillips has specific items of focus for your trip at 180 days out, 60 days out, 30 days out and the week of your trip that will set you up for success and to accomplish your fitness and food goals.

The story of Lacie Henrickson is one that deals with heartache and loss. When Paul is in an accident Lacie is left to hold it together. The easiest way to do that is to tell Paul how she feels. She just didn't know it would be so easy or so hard.

The love stories of Andrés and Marysol Malo first begin with the enduring tale of how they met, fell in love, broke up, and reunited to be wed. It continues, secondly, with their love toward their children, including Jesús, who was born with a rare physical disability that challenged their faith and hope. And now it carries on, thirdly, with the love and trust they have in Jesus Christ, inviting them to believe in the impossible.

When a band of shadowy fanatics abducts Javin Wollstone’s sister, Bella, from his care, his family’s only hope to bring her home is turning to a hard-bitten band of mercenaries, the Black Furies, led by Commander Rusk. Javin follows Rusk and his men through a maze of political intrigues, religious fanaticism, and centuries of distrust.