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When Stuart is made redundant from his post as an advisor at Rayleigh Job Centre, he finds it hard to let go. Losing his job is tough enough, but worse than that is losing his chance of finally forging a relationship with his colleague, senior job seeker Nicola, who he's been yearning for ever since their one-night stand seven years ago. Queuing up to sign on, he finds himself reunited with his old school mates Joe and Terry, who he thought he outgrew years ago. They're delighted to have him back in their gang and are soon far too busy to find a job.

Kiri Love had no need for friendships. She had no time for distraction. She was in her final year of medical studies by the grace of God to do a job - and she was determined to do a darned good one. There was no way she could fail. Her mom had scrimped and saved every last dollar she earned and worked three jobs to pay for Kiri’s education, and Kiri was determined to make her proud.

Sometimes love finds you.... Amateur matchmaker Cassie Roberts has only one wish - to help her best friend find a husband. What she doesn’t realize is that sometimes love doesn’t come easily and that destiny is impossible to predict. When her efforts don’t bear fruit, she considers abandoning her fledgling career. Until she makes one last attempt. Finding a Husband is a short story full of quirky humor and the promise of a happily ever after. Set in Blenheim, in New Zealand’s sublime South Island - the gateway to the award-winning wineries of the Wairau Valley.

In The Emancipation of Slaves Through Music, music mogul Dr. Mathew Knowles presents a keen examination of the liberating effects of music on an oppressed people. By taking listeners on the journey of its secret use during slavery up through its eventual commercialization in the industry, he exposes the art form's true power. Between its informative sections, the audiobook explores the uprooting of Africans via the transatlantic slave trade and the evolving effect on the people and their music.

Forty-four-year-old Ruby Evans doesn’t want to be a "leftover girl". But finding a "forever man" is proving impossible. Suddenly single after 20 years of marriage, her husband is the only man she has ever slept with. But the one bit of security that she always thought she’d hold onto for the rest of her life is brutally ripped from her. Humiliatingly and cruelly made an ex when her husband trades her for a younger model, Chanel Zest, a longtime friend and motivational life coach, comes to Ruby’s rescue.

For music executive Mathew Knowles, the sensation that became Destiny’s Child began with his own - Beyoncé. From a unique vantage point, he not only watched but encouraged her dream alongside the ever-evolving phenomenon of the world’s most acclaimed girls group. Listeners get his insights from the mechanics of managing, motivating, and maneuvering talented children through a resistant industry; to parenting and attending to them in all other aspects. His accounts reveal a journey that let to both challenges and controversy underneath an unparalleled success.

My life was spiraling out of control. The day I found myself at an intersection waiting for a bus, I knew I’d hit rock bottom. Rather than board, I intended to step in front of it and end all the misery in my life. Fortunately, one faint spark of hope kept me on the sidewalk that day. Then I met Brad. Psychologist turned life coach, his direct, no-nonsense approach nearly drove me out of his office on the first visit. But wise and patient mentoring over time guided me in unlocking one of life’s greatest paradoxical truths: The gift in the wound. My world changed.

John Steele left his family and home at the tender age of 16 to join the Royal Navy. In a select branch of only 200, he subsequently qualified as the youngest clearance diver at that time. He then moved on to a life as a commercial oilfield diver, and for 22 years worked in the unforgiving depths of the North Sea and Persian Gulf. In 2004 a new industry was opening up. After an intense reeducation he secured a job with one of the largest private security companies working with the reconstruction of Iraq.

If you are reading this, then you already know that the Montessori educational method can introduce your child to a brave new world of opportunities and benefits. However, did you know that there are more than 100 Montessori activities for toddlers that will help your boy or girl think out of the box?

Past love and passionate obsessions. What will you do when love flies back into your life? Oliver Hart is used to getting what he wants. Single, 35 and a committed bachelor, he plays by his own rules. On a personal quest to catch a rare, elusive, and very valuable butterfly, he's unwittingly distracted by a former flame, Ruby Diaz - a woman who callously abandoned him eight years earlier. Deciding he wants to reclaim the beauty as his own, in his mind, it's as good as done. But Ruby is not his for the taking.

When a lonely young American woman inherits a painting, she discovers her whole life was a lie. Desperate for the truth, she goes in search of her true identity. The painting is her only clue. But everyone is determined to keep its secret past repressed, including Vitaliano Rossi, the Italian gold tycoon, unnaturally suspicious of her motives, who wants the painting vanquished. How can she discover who she really is and convince him that his love means more to her than gold?

Still reeling following her malicious sacking, family therapist Lily Rose is feeling rejected and low in spirits. Even worse, she’s broke. The last thing she needs is more money woes. Which is exactly what happens when she collides with billionaire water magnate Leonardo Ermenegildo Bressolini’s mint-condition Lamborghini. Having found a place to retreat from the madness, greed, and malevolence of his ex-wife, the last thing Leonardo wants is complications. But he is a man in need of a housekeeper. And Lily Rose owes him. Big time.

Here’s an invaluable life lesson, free of charge: Creating a better life for yourself isn’t as difficult as you believe. Balance your Life doesn't follow the same copy/paste formula that litters the self-help sections of your local bookstore. In this book, you will find a trusted guide on your journey to a better life. You will find a mentor who will give you the peace of mind knowing each step you take will be in the right direction. You will find a close friend who encourages you on this path toward personal fulfillment.

A modern romance. Can a man find love after tragedy? He can, if two determined women wish it to be so.

Sometimes the end is just the beginning...Viticulturist Joey Harper's organic vineyard is under siege from neighboring landowners with chemical sprays, wanting to turn a fast profit, and someone purchasing large tracts of land under incredible secrecy. Venetian winemaking tycoon Tomasso Rivetti has it all: a loving family, good looks, and a considerable fortune. As a final battle draws close, Joey and Tomasso are drawn irresistibly together. And while they succumb to the heat between them, they both know there can be no tomorrow...

When their world crashes, will their love meet the test? A woman who flees from love and a man who can’t keep it. These two lonely people couldn’t picture a life where love ever stayed. A legacy of painful secrets and wounds unspoken. Set in New Zealand, The Lightkeeper's Lover is a beautifully moving story of love, loss and betrayal, and what we have to do to heal our hearts. A delightful mystical romance with a dream-like quality that weaves fantasy and myth into everyday life.

Still reeling following his unexpected divorce, billionaire tech guru Jonathan James has returned home feeling disillusioned and low in spirits. The last thing he needs when he flies home from London to New Zealand is complications. When a baggage mix-up leaves him with nothing but a suitcase full of stilettos, lush lashes, and Dolly Parton-like wigs, he goes in search of the owner. He quickly discovers that all is not as it seems as his life takes off in a hilarious and unexpected direction.

In this self-help book influenced by the power of thought, Allen discusses mind over matter and how each person is responsible for everything that comes into their life - good or bad. But, if people are patient, they can remake their own lives by themselves.

Racism from the Eyes of a Child is a personal reflection on racism in America through a childhood lived through the country's most separate past. Growing up during the burgeoning civil rights movement, music mogul Mathew Knowles experienced one of many firsts, from integrating all-white schools in the south up through the corporate and later music worlds. Knowles examines the backdrop of discrimination by tracing his family's roots from postslavery up through the civil rights era, on into the present racial climate.

The first of the legion have been called. What will they find when they arrive? With their personal worlds destroyed, Gabriel, Othia, and Samantha must continue on their journey. An undertaking that marks the final moments of mankind’s existence. Despair unravels Gabriel’s mind. The voices, nightmares, and unspeakable things in the shadows are all too real. His human frailty, fear and uncertainty feed the hell-fires that threaten to consume us all. The Assembled still thirst for Gabriel’s blood.