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This is the story of four sisters: Diamond, Shelia, Crystal, and Felicity, who dread their summer break because of their mom. A timely and hilarious story told through the eyes and voice of adolescent authors about their perspective of Mom's summertime "fun". Young listeners will empathize with the youthful perspective of parents and "their ways". Parents will enjoy hearing about the feelings of the four girls in the story, nodding in agreement from the beginning to the end.

Lucy Peckham has one big problem - Christmas! Every December 25th brings Lucy the gift of pain, illness, or embarrassment of one sort or another. Steve Andrews was there to bear witness to Lucy's first humiliating Christmas back when they were both children together. Now that they're adults, will the tides finally turn for Lucy, or will this be her worst Christmas ever?

Do you know how you want to change but not how to accomplish it? Does the personal transformation you seek feel like a pipe dream? Does the gulf between who you are and who you want to be feel overwhelming? If you are a believer in Christ but feel stuck in your Christian life, this book is for you. Respected pastor and speaker Collin Smith explains how the beatitudes, when rightly understood, are key to making progress in the Christian life.

Every day is full of struggles. We struggle with time; with truth; with authority; with finding peace, purity, and contentment; with our words, thoughts, and actions - and that's just the beginning! Does God speak to us about these daily tests? Is there hope in the struggle? The answer, of course, is yes - but where God speaks about them may surprise you.

A gripping collection of weird and fantastical stories of supernatural and unbelievable happenings. "Pomegranate Seed" by Edith Wharton; "The Tiger" by Hugh Walpole; "When I Was Dead" by Vincent O'Sullivan; "The Fire" by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne; "Satan's Circus" by Eleanor Smith; "The Coffin Merchant" by Richard Middleton; and more tall stories....

From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority.

From eternity past God has had a perfect plan for the world. The Fall and entrance of sin into the world did not surprise him, nor did it detract from his plan. All things have been sovereignly worked to this end. What exactly is this plan, and where do we learn about it?

Here's the first book to apply guerrilla sales and marketing tactics to the unique, high-pressure environment of electronic communications. This groundbreaking resource is packed with valuable tips, expert advice, and insider secrets on finding, closing, and increasing sales by phone and fax, as well as via e-mail and the Internet.

After saving their parents from an alien attack and becoming official interns at Area 51, Viv Harlow and her friends Charlotte, Ray, and Elijah are ready to keep taking down bad guys and helping test all the fun high-tech gadgets. Instead, they all get put on filing duty (bo-ring!) and kept away from the real action. When Elijah discovers a secret Forbidden Zone hidden away on the base, the group jumps at the chance to explore the new place, only to learn it's home to some of the most elusive creatures on Earth.  

Twelve US soldiers, assigned to Mason's former Army unit, are left behind on a mission in Southern Afghanistan. The Pentagon has declined to explain the true assignment. What Mason learns in Afghanistan ensnares him seemingly in Washington's biggest conspiracy. In Paris, the international truth frantically unravels between Mason, his beautiful girlfriend, and a wayward Taliban leader. 

Nationally recognized self-esteem and communication expert S. Renee Smith distills what she’s learned and taught about assertiveness over the past 20 years into five easy-to-follow steps. Built on her successful engagement with hundreds of organizations and individual clients, S. Renee has curated this actionable five-step how-to guide that will help you see the value of what you have to say - and gain the confidence to say it. 

Mason Church, a decorated US soldier, returns home plagued by the emotional scars of war and the fragmented memories of his father. Loveless, broke, and jaded, he's recruited by National Clandestine Service to assassinate Mexico's biggest drug kingpin. Sixteen-year-old Valentina Vargas witnesses the massacre of her family by the ruthless drug lord. Suddenly orphaned, she must make a decision to remain a peasant or retaliate against the sadistic murderers. In order to succeed in Mexico, Mason must partner with Valentina.

Located in the former Republic of Sunny Emissions, Utopian Tetragon is conceived to be true in the mind of a mad writer, Willing Participant. 

Fifteen-year-old Hutch tells us his story about growing up as a kid of free-spirited, drug-addicted parents, to hustling on the streets of New York City, to befriending misfits in a Bowery flophouse where he’s forced to fight predators and face the brutalities that lurk in the darkest corners of a runaway’s world. Through his determination, and by fate, he’s given an opportunity to change his life, and the lives of others. Embracing his future, finding redemption in literature, he must say farewell to his haunting past. 

Abby Tanner est satisfaite de vivre dans sa montagne, créant des œuvres d’art et appréciant la paix et la tranquillité jusqu’à ce qu’un étrange vaisseau spatial doré vienne s’y écraser, portant avec lui le Roi de Valdier, grièvement blessé. Zoran Reykill savait qu’il devait trouver un endroit sûr pour guérir après sa fuite du poste militaire curizan. Lorsque son vaisseau mère symbiotique l’emmène sur une planète inconnue, il y trouve bien plus que ce à quoi il s’attendait ; son âme sœur.

Alone in a world gone mad with just her younger sisters, Jesse Sampson has learned to use the darkness and the remains of Seattle to keep what is left of her family alive. She has seen the savage side of human nature and found they are not much different from the aliens who conquered Earth, but when Jesse sees an alien who will suffer a horrible death if she does not free him from his human captors, her own nature won't allow her leave him to his fate. That decision will change everything.

Saber craint de ne jamais se remettre entièrement de ses graves blessures, et s’il est incapable de protéger son Amate, il sait qu’il n’est pas digne d’elle. Elle devrait choisir un guerrier, pas un estropié qui aura constamment besoin de son aide ; Saber fait donc tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour repousser la délicate Humaine dont il est tombé amoureux. 

Trisha Grove aime son travail en tant que pilote pour Boswell International mais elle réalise que quelque chose manque encore à sa vie : sa famille. Elle était prête à laisser tomber et à rentrer chez elle dans le Wyoming, où vit son père, lorsque son dernier vol pour Boswell s’achève avec un voyage imprévu hors de ce monde ! Au début, Trisha ne sait pas ce qui est réel et ce qui ne l’est pas, mais elle est déterminée à retourner auprès de son père, peu importe ce que cela en coûte. 

Dagger est un guerrier trivator qui n’avait peur de rien jusqu’à ce qu’il rencontre une jeune et délicate humaine qui éveille son cœur. Son toucher délicat, sa voix douce, et son sens de l’humour timide le touchent d’une façon qu’il n’aurait jamais crue possible. La perspective qu’il puisse arriver le moindre mal à quelqu’un d’aussi beau le remplit de terreur.

Nous avons envoyé des messages dans l’espace pour découvrir si quelqu’un se trouvait là-haut et nous écoutait. Puis, il y a six ans, les Trivators sont arrivés sur Terre. Ils voulaient faire entrer la planète dans l’Alliance des Systèmes Stellaires, mais une telle panique a éclaté dans le monde entier après cette visite inattendue que les Trivators ont été forcés de prendre le contrôle. Cela ne se passe pas bien.