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Chester and Mary Travis were Christian & Missionary Alliance missionaries to French Indo-China (today known as Vietnam) between 1925-1975. They experienced an abundant measure of Christ's indwelling and overflowing life. One of the aims of this book is to share the unusual experiences and their unshakable faith in their Lord and Savior. If this book does nothing else but generate and stimulate a continuing prayer vigil for those encountering severe trials behind the "Bamboo Curtain," it will have served well. That is all that Chester and Mary might ask of us.

Ani wants just one night of abandon.... She's burned out from dealing with sexist crap, and with the hell of her grad program looming ahead of her, she just wants one night of nameless cosplay masquerade sex to blow off some steam. But even that goes wrong when the masks come off....

After a disastrous experience with a boyfriend who turned out to be a con artist, the last thing Stacy Fielder is looking for is another guy. But dashing, devilish Englishman Rodney Charles seems determined to change her mind. But when she realizes he's been keeping a secret from her - and lying about who he really is - will she be able to trust him with her heart?

UCLA art professor Coco Rhodes knows little about her family's association with the ancient clandestine organization The Allegiance and wants to keep it that way. She dislikes secrets - they're a painful reminder of her childhood experiences that were erased as a result of her parents' tragic deaths when she was four years old.

They couldn't be more opposite, the Hollywood actor and the hometown girl, but all they need is a little convention magic to become the perfect ship in Cathy Yardley's One True Pairing.

"Today I had word that my brother Ya'aqôb is dead." When this news reaches Mariam, living in exile in the province of Gaul, memories of her girlhood in faraway Palestine are painfully awakened. For years she has blocked them from her mind, but as illness and old age overtake her, she begins to relive the time when she defied all propriety and convention and followed her charismatic brother Yeshûa and her betrothed Yehûd'a in their daring but perilous adventure.

Dear Listener: My new story begins on a terror-filled night when two babies - identical twin girls of noble birth - are separated. One grows to womanhood as the frail, manipulative ward of the handsome young earl of Harcourt. The other becomes an enchanting, street-smart urchin who earns her way as a traveling player on the streets of England and France. The two girls' paths might never again have crossed if Harcourt hadn't run into Miranda in the midst of an exuberant performance.

Aurora’s life is perfectly mundane. She has a job she hates, an ex that ran her out of her hometown, and the highlight of her week is Monday breakfast with her best friend. That changes when Aurora starts dreaming of a woman. A woman who Aurora falls head over heels for. She knows the romance that develops between them isn’t real, but the dreams make life so much better that she hurries to bed every night…until she discovers that her dream woman isn’t imaginary. Her name is Leela and she is in a coma.

In a dying world, the Offset ceremony has been introduced to counteract and discourage procreation. It is a rule that is simultaneously accepted, celebrated, and abhorred. But in this world, survival demands sacrifice so for every birth, there must be a death. Professor Jac Boltanski is leading Project Salix, a ground-breaking new mission to save the world by replanting radioactive Greenland with genetically-modified willow trees. But things aren't working out and there are discrepancies in the data. Has someone intervened to sabotage her life's work?

Un conte musical raconté et interprété par Serena Fisseau | Illustrations par Soline Garry | Textes par David Sire | Musiques par Samuel Strouk Nouchka et la grande question est l'histoire de Nouchka, une petite fille en qui a poussé une grande question, encombrante. Depuis que son papa est parti au-delà de la vie, elle s'isole dans le silence et le silence l'isole des autres enfants. Elle va trouver des petites réponses, soufflées par Zya, dame de service-fée, et elle va déployer ses ailes cachées à l'intérieur.

Un giorno scopre che il figlio Lorenzo, che ha cercato un suo riscatto personale nell'Islam, è partito per la Siria a combattere la guerra di liberazione dal regime di Assad. Nell'arco di una notte, Carla decide che è tempo di cambiare: sale su un aereo e va a riprendersi il figlio prima che sia tardi. Per salvare il figlio, tuttavia, non basta tutto il suo amore di madre: serve un'anima viva, in un corpo vivo.

In a world where genes have been damaged and those with chromosomal defects are hunted down and imprisoned, Cam and Liddy fear for their lives. Escaping capture, they join a covert network, which opposes the strict gender and purity laws, and welcomes difference. There, Cam meets Tom. As their bond strengthens and her latent talents emerge, her true heritage and the extent of her powers are revealed.

Scott has been feeling...small. After a doctor confirms he’s been inflicted with a shrinking virus, he figures his days are numbered. He’s losing a few inches a day with no end in sight. But his girlfriend, Madison has grand ideas for his descent.

Ever since Reed tried to steal company secrets from FemTech, he’s been reduced to Alexa’s plaything. Spending his life as a shrunken man has its benefits. When Alexa and her assistant Aurora decide to try out a top-secret shrink ray augmentation on a deserted island, they bring him along. The test is secondary—their pleasure on this remote island comes first.

Caroline is an independent woman working in a high pressure role. She likes to flirt and have fun, but what she really likes is getting all dressed up and then teasing her shy husband Joe into loud and rowdy sex.

James hated blind dates. When his online friend suggests they take part in a "mystery party", he doesn’t know what to make of it. He shows up with Brooklyn and enters a lavish estate with several beautiful women. They soon meet Miss Easton, the overseer of tonight’s events. There’s only a few cryptic rules: Sweet is big, salty is small. Red is big, blue is small. Before long, James realizes this is a sex party where everything goes. Size is relative, as random potions and treats throughout the house can make someone grow or shrink. This blind date just became a lot more fun.

Being such a bad girl was easy when work supplied tiny humans. Gemma takes them home and plays with them, skewering them with her nails and crushing them in her mouth. When she finds a new friend who has a penchant for the same kind violence, her fun gets even better....

When a trio of friends discover their bed and breakfast is a gateway to a miniature world, they’ll find themselves in the middle of a class system that needs to be undone. However, each friend believes in a different method of achieving this....

Matt had no clue that a creep was stalking his girlfriend, Abby. After getting shrunken down and abducted by the creep, Matt realizes his new life has just begun. But the creep has plans for Abby—he uses Matt to learn all about her, gets close, and eventually starts to date her. The tiny, speck of a man can only watch—and perhaps become part of the fun.