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People say you can’t ever go back. That some of the things that happen to us simply cannot be redone. But the paths of a life journey are rarely straight. They twist and turn and wind back across those once visited and long thought to have faded from existence. Becca Miller has lived her life trying to do the right thing, even when its cost has been giving up the boy she loved and wanted to marry. The sacrifice she made for her sister isn’t one she regrets because there was no other choice for her to make.

A massive long-term robbery is taking place in the open, with everyone seeing but nobody is realizing - except for the chosen few perpetrators. On the cusp of getting away with the crime, one final act of greed puts a perfect plan in jeopardy. With growing intensity, the story evolves through a series of revelations that are analyzed by a small unlikely team of friends who live in a constant fear of their lives. These robbers have become killers.

Audiobook nine tells how the Colour Fairies learn about Valentine's Day, how the customs started, and how they celebrate. We meet old favorites like Clementine and Golda and meet new fairies like Thistledown.

The Hustle Blueprint is a guide for hustlers, go-getters, entrepreneurs, and hard workers to get on the road to being a millionaire.

Taye had it all. He had traded the ghetto of Bankhead for the glistening streets of opportunity in LA. From there, he had made his fortune, met his gorgeous wife, and started his very own family. He was living the dream and should have been content, but something still felt like it was missing. It isn’t until running into his old flame, Ayana, that Taye realizes what he’s been craving: passion. Ayana is like a cool drink of water on a hot summer afternoon.

In January 1994, Eileen Tessier told Jack McCullough's half sister Janet Tessier that he, her son, kidnapped seven-year-old Maria Ridulph from their neighborhood in Sycamore, Illinois, and killed her in December 1957. It was a case that tore the child’s family apart as well as dividing and terrifying the town as the days, then the months, and finally the years passed with no arrest. In 2008 the Illinois state police reopened the case against Jack after receiving an email from Janet Tessier about their mother's deathbed confession.

A totally new form of crime is happening. Involving millions of dollars, its accidental discovery leads a small group of investigators on a mission that puts them in great danger as they, too, are drawn into the world of crime. The intrigue heightens as various perpetrators' identities are revealed by the chasers, who have their own problem. What can they do with the evidence that will surely affect thousands of people who are being conned? Especially when the victims are among the richest and most powerful celebrities in six of the cities in the Eastern US?

A person's story is who they are. How they spent their lives. The good, the bad, and the "huh" moments. Stories shouldn’t end before they have even begun. This story is about Sarah Haynes. Her story of humiliations that are beyond comprehension.

Ben Lewis. Blackmailed by a dead man. Hunted by armed killers. All because of Gunter Markov, a gifted North Korean hacker. Someone who has posted encrypted secrets online - supposedly the hack to end all hacks. Deadly secrets. The sort many seem suddenly only too willing to kill for. Lewis finds himself unexpectedly the one person alive able to decrypt Markov’s coded hack. As a nationwide manhunt is launched to find Lewis, his former girlfriend, Holly, goes missing, presumed kidnapped. Will Lewis be able to find Holly before it is too late? Or will others get to Lewis - and the encryption key - first? Especially those increasingly desperate to ensure that Markov’s encrypted secrets remain buried forever.

Although countless books have been made into films, this may be the first time a screenplay is released as a book with the explicit purpose of enlisting a producer and financing for the film. Free Will - Moving Beyond the Illusion is not just about producing a full-length theatrical-release documentary. This book is about explaining to the world in a variety of ways that virtually everyone can understand and relate to, why nothing we humans think, feel, say, or do is ever up to us.

Life as a ski instructor is usually chilled. Especially on a powder day. However, when your client is the wife of a dissident Russian oligarch, someone Moscow wants eliminated given everything he’s been saying about the Kremlin elite, suddenly the temperature risks becoming red hot. Deadly dangerous - if not downright lethal. In particular when the ski instructor is Ben Lewis.

When a valuable thoroughbred racehorse is stolen from the breeding shed one stormy night, Tetch becomes the prime suspect in this infamous and mysterious theft. Though she is known far and wide as a renowned empath, even those who support Tetch begin to wonder. Why won’t she defend herself? Why would she rather go to jail than tell the truth? And ultimately, where is Quantro?

Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting races, and, most of all, the gambling. In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, author Steven Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing's heyday.

Maestro de los cuencos de sonido: Una composición exclusiva de cuencos de sonido para reforzar el cuerpo, el espíritu y el ánimo. Desde hace milenios los cuencos tibetanos de sonido se emplean para saneamiento y para meditación Las vibraciones liberan energías, tienen efecto sanador sobre el cuerpo y estimulan el espíritu. Pase a un estado de relajación profunda absoluta. Benefíciese de la fuerza mítica de los cuencos de sonido, cuyos tonos palpitantes fomentan los procesos de autocuración, disuelven las tensiones y tranquilizan el ánimo.

A stunning health crisis only further fuels Ella Sheridan's wounded spirit. Now, the nation will learn of yet another setback for the daughter of the first female vice president. Ignoring strict security mandates against commercial travel, Ella books herself on a flight to Los Angeles to share her difficult news with a trusted friend. An undeniably fateful encounter with a handsome photographer onboard rocks Ella to her core. In the midst of her personal crisis, the intense attraction to Dezi is too potent for either to ignore. On the brink of a spontaneously romantic breakthrough, a ruthless plot for vengeance takes shape.

"An impassioned call for solidarity and unity in a time of political and social uncertainty."

Discover the challenges of parenting and the secrets of disciplining a toddler. Learn how to get your toddler to sleep; potty train your toddler; feed your toddler; transition to preschool; and more. Parenting and educating your toddler is something that you need to start doing as soon as possible, and you can start today.

William Penn acquired a large section of American land in a debt settlement and transformed it into a thriving colony. He wrote this tract (and others) to recruit British colonists to Pennsylvania. In it, he praises the quality of the weather, the abundance of agricultural opportunities, and their good relations with the native people. His persuasive words capture a sense of “America the beautiful” that drove thousands to seek a new life in the land of opportunity.

In this account, Gottlieb Mittelberger reveals the plight of poor German families who migrated to America in the 18th century. It was normal at the time for poor Europeans to fund their journey to the New World by agreeing to a period of indentured servitude. Yet what Mittleberger observed was more akin to slavery: workers were auctioned off upon arrival with no formal contract. This enlightening record reveals a darker side to early American history.

James McLaughlin worked as an Indian agent for most of his life. His most infamous act, however, was ordering the arrest of Sitting Bull for fear that his participation in the Ghost Dance movement would inspire Indian rebellion. “The newspaper reports regarding the arrest and death of Sitting Bull have nearly all been ridiculously absurd”, he wrote to the United States Indian Service. With this account, he attempts to defend his role and set the record straight on the circumstances that led to the death of this influential Native American leader.