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In the wake of recent astounding discoveries, uncertainty about environmental catastrophe is roiling society. The vitriol leads to an unimaginable backlash against the scientific community, especially the Berkeley professor most associated with the discoveries. Meanwhile, the nighttime use of a prototype medical device by one of the professor's students leads to a breakthrough—that will be an abomination to some.

If you are looking at this book, you've likely felt drawn to nature and nature-centric religions for quite some time. However, you haven't been sure how to accommodate this affinity within our modern society because paganism is not always met with the same positivity that it follows. This book will show you how to practice paganism in an accommodating and unconstrained way. It will guide you and show you all the secrets you need to know, so you can easily connect and build your relationship with your beliefs and spirituality.

Wicca has been drawing more and more people in the past decades. This interest is easily understandable at a time when mankind seems to be growing further and further away from nature. In this context, many have chosen to reconnect with Mother Earth as an embodiment of magic and divinity. Wicca teaches balance and harmony with nature, helping one find the inherent magic in the universe and within oneself. But as a nondogmatic and nonhierarchical religion, many innovations and forms have arisen out of the original tradition.

A team of scientists must prove their surprising discovery or surrender it to conspiracy in this breakout soft sci-fi series exploring the pitfalls and virtues of human nature. In 2033, a rogue experiment in a Berkeley astrophysics professor’s lab leads to discoveries that astound humanity—but have uncertain consequences for the planet. Those uncertainties incite a popular conspiracy theorist to spread apocalyptic doom.

Shay Evans is your typical teenager about to finish her senior year of high school at Tremper High School in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. She is getting ready to attend college next summer with her twin brother, Tommy. Shay has pretty good grades, doesn’t get into trouble, and she isn’t the most popular girl in school. She would basically be considered a nobody, and she was all right with that. But, then the nightmares started.

How she healed herself: A burnout survivor’s road map to recovery. Inspirational new audiobook retraces Canadian author’s personal journey to lasting good health. As a mother, foster parent, youth counsellor and wife, Jenn Bruer had it all: Obesity, adult acne, mood swings, mild depression, asthma, and allergies. In short, she was broken and burned out at the young age of 35. And so began her self-guided transformation to physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness. That was 2011. Today she’s vibrant, happy, and healthy.

Black hole or exploding star? Julia's been wondering how it all ends up. In the meantime, she's making fractals and hiding in plain sight in Washington, D.C. As she helps Kal find a lost diary from the Secret War in Laos and Tomoka shows her a series of found paintings from Heian Japan, she learns that each of us has the power to write history.

Learning tarot doesn’t have to be hard, complicated, or stressful. Learning tarot can be more fun than stressful. I promise! In this audiobook, we’ll get you started reading your cards in no time. You will learn the card meanings and skills to become a professional tarot reader, even if you're a beginner.

After being left for dead Shay needed her brother now more than ever. Her emotions were running high and all she wanted to do was spend the last few days with her brother as they complete their 'thirteen-year-old-hearts-desires' of a bucket list. It should be simple, right? They could totally sneak into Area 51 and take a picture with an alien. And why not get a little skydiving in? Tattoo? Then make it to Ireland on a magical ship that has only been talked about in lore.

The future of a dangerous new technology hangs in the balance and betrayal lurks where Luka least expects it...In 2070, NASA plans to launch its first manned expedition to Europa, but when chief engineer Luka Janovic is attacked by an antimatter weapon - one that shouldn't exist - the future of the mission is thrown into jeopardy. Luka's closest friends and fellow crew members begin to disappear and it seems a clandestine enemy is hunting him.

Still reeling from the attack, everyone is on high alert, awaiting possible threats. As Shay continues to reconcile the new aspects of her life with the struggles from her family secrets, she decides to hide her hallucinations from those who care most. Declan and Duncan don’t find out until it’s too late that the Gael Fearg sword left more than a scar. Each kill made from the Gael Fearg will give knowledge to Shay so she can be capable of defending herself and defeating the Morrígan - leaving Shay linked to the one person who haunts her nightmares the most. 

Young mage Kya has a list of questions she longs to ask her guardian Dwen, who took her from her parents as a baby, allegedly to protect her from the Wooden King. Why can’t she leave the imprisonment of the walls of Raftengrad? Why does he allow her friendship with Thyme, a ghost girl who clearly makes him uncomfortable? Why has he spent her entire life training her to fight with magic? And how did he know the oil mage who tried to kill her?

I am death. The words repeat in Shay’s mind as she struggles to come to terms with the sacrifice. With so many of her loved ones gone, giving their lives for hers, Shay pushes through her grief to figure out what she’s capable of. When she is presented with the opportunity to bring one person back from the dead, she chooses carefully, not knowing that the result will affect her and everyone around her.