RushWhen I show up to surprise my boyfriend in a barely-there festive outfit, I'm expecting him to be alone.Not hosting family. His fiancé's family. Down one boyfriend and up a lot of embarrassment, I flee with my tail between my legs. The broken heart will fade. My humiliation, not so much, but my saving grace is the fact that I never have to see either of them ever, ever again. Until I walk into work and come face to face with my new boss. HunterI never, in a million years, would have guessed the man hiding under his desk at work would be the one person I hoped to never see again.My ex-fiancé's side piece. Apparently I can't fire the guy because of personal issues, so I try to play nice, which is a whole lot harder to do when I find out my ex is still texting Rush. The same ex I haven't heard from since I walked out on his begging. Rush tells me he didn't know about me. He tells me there were others. He also tells me our ex still wants him and so, we come up with a plan. To show him what it feels like when you want someone who doesn't want you back. All we need is a camera. His number. And one shared kiss. Revenge has never been sweeter.
There is an old tale that speaks of a beautiful baby with skin as white as snow and blonde hair like corn silk. Her name is Luci. She was born in the deep Amazon jungle in a tribe that saw her difference from the other children as a curse. They demand that she be abandoned in the jungle to appease the Shadow god.Luci's father consents and takes baby Luci to the deepest part of the jungle to be left to her fate. Hearing the cries coming from a cave, a troop of monkeys takes Luci to their treetop home. Luci falls from the tree and is about to be attacked by a jaguar when she is rescued by fairies and taken to Mab, the Queen of the fairies.Over the years, Luci grows into an intelligent young woman educated by the fairies, and beloved of the animals in the jungle, including, most especially, by Kisha, the jaguar that was about to eat her when she fell from the tree.We follow her adventures with the fairies and the animals. She is introduced to humans like her - "people" - at the jungle clearing where workers are clearcutting the forest to make way for farming. The men attempt to take Luci as a prize, but are thwarted by the jungle animals and Queen Mab.Luci undergoes a life-changing transformation in a dramatic ceremony. Luci now sets about to find a woman who was seen wandering the jungle. Could it be her mother in search of Luci?
The middle of the night is for many things-binging a show, playing your favorite game, crying out the hurt, even writing the insomnia away. Like most things, Slowburn was born in the middle of the night, inspired by both the joy of the media Lee loves and the joy of discovering love for themself. These poems are for those whose doubts haunt their every step, for the people whose emotions feel too big or too small. Most importantly, this prose is for those who don't feel like they fit in at all. Ama Lee manages to walk readers through a year in their life, inspired by a mix of real events and fandom, showing how much a year can really change. This is a story of love and loss, but more importantly, it's a love story above all else-a Slowburn.
A fun rhyming children's book guaranteed to make kids smile while learning to match words to pictures. A fun rhyming children's book guaranteed to make kids smile while learning to match words to pictures.
A gentleman traveller's account of tour of Dublin via North Wales. Complains about the food, the slothfulness of the locals, the women's legs, the drunkards' racket, the fopperies of popery, and the blush-inducing displays of public indecency.
Can you imagine Elliot's dismay as he has to move from the Emirates to the UK? Elliot embarks on an unwanted relocation from the sunny shores of the Middle East to the heart of the UK. His world turns upside down as he confronts new challenges and a very different way of life. Struggling to adapt to his new surroundings, Elliot is confused as he tries to piece it all together. He refuses to accept that home is where the family is and sets about forming an ambitious 15-year plan to return to the sunshine and what he knows as 'home'.
Read this little star's diary about his adventure on Earth as he explores some of the world's natural wonders, all designed by Mother Nature, who, without a doubt, is the world's most spectacular creator.
This narrative delves into the health and healing practices of indigenous tribes across the United States prior to the arrival of settlers through to the present day. Focused on physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual well-being, the book traces each tribe's origins and their current locations, shedding light on their economic and social issues today. The book explores the impact of interactions with settlers, explorers, and neighboring communities on the health of these tribes then and now.Uniquely, it provides a comprehensive examination of traditional health and healing methods, addressing the repercussions of cultural interactions from early dealings to contemporary times. In a landscape where few works focus on the health aspects of individual tribes, this book stands out by offering a nuanced exploration of the diverse indigenous societies and their evolving health paradigms influenced by interactions with White culture.
Six separate compositions reflecting on different elements of society and the people wherein. 1) "The Secretary and the Pain," is about the U.S. Secretary of State's outstanding speech at the United Nations, the subsequent troop deployment of U.S. troops to Iraq and the suffering that followed. 2) "The Poor and Decrepit Old Men," looks into the minds of the poor, seemingly lost, and forgotten older men of America. 3) "Monument Avenue," speaks to the fact that there was a major thoroughfare in Richmond, Virginia, honoring the Confederate and how that avenue was the proud gathering site for many who worshiped the Confederate.4) "New Black Martyrs and New Black Heroes." In search of symbols of greatness, Black Americans create martyrs and heroes out of those who rarely deserve such a status. 5) "AWOL: Absent Without Leave." Black Americans have continually gone into battle for this country in an effort to allow others to be free, all the while enduring segregation, racism and brutality back home. "AWOL," looks at a Black soldier in Vietnam and his simplistic attitude. 6) "Eight to the Tenth Power," reflects upon abortions. This is one of my most controversial works. The questions raised and statements made are sure to generate anger, debate, obscenities, name-calling and denunciation.
The ravaged wasteland that was once the United States of America is more dangerous than ever. The slavers are looking for their next prize, the raiders are looking for their next loot and the seemingly endless roaming mutants are looking for their prey. Jason and Sniper wander the road north in search of a survivor from Jason's fallen hometown of Shackford when they come across a man named Camlorn who speaks of a group who claim to be able to reverse the transformation of a human into a mutant. This leaves the lingering question in their mind. Could this nightmare world finally be turned back? Jordan Allen returns with the highly anticipated sequel to his first book, Mutagenesis: The New World. Human Regression is an action-packed, post-apocalyptic tale that's blend of sci-fi and dark mystery will leave you questioning just how far is too far for revenge.
Join the great adventure with Zoey, So many stories and friends just waiting for you, is it just all one big dream or is it real life, well don't we find out on Zoey's great adventure.
Kwadan and Jorku are back in the third installment of "The Magic Umbrella." This time they meet someone who seems very interested in them; where did this person come from? And is this person a friend or an enemy?
A short, heartfelt ode to traditional Romanian recipes from a critically-acclaimed chef of mixed Taiwanese and Romanian heritage.
Charlie has a great imagination!>This delightful children's picture book will take your young child on one adventure after the other along with brave Charlie, and will help children aged around 2 to 6 years old to learn the power of allowing their imagination and creativity to run wild and give them the encouragement to dream big! Author, Sallie Arnoult, was born into one of the first families of Louisiana and enjoys blogging at Bella Musings by Sallie, writing, gardening, cooking, reading, crafting and flipping the occasional piece of furniture in her home in New Orleans. Sallie has always loved children, having helped raise her younger brother, and having poured many fun hours into the lives of her wonderful nephews and nieces, who provide inspiration for her children's stories.
When she ran away in 1947, Jasmine Holmes was beautiful. Now she's back: sick, broke, divorced, her life in ruins-a perfect project for her aunt Emma Madison, master meddler. But small-town secrets live long in darkness, and the ones that Jasmine Holmes guards might be the darkest of all. How to fix Jasmine? True, her reputation as the town tramp was well deserved. When she fled tiny Medford for Las Vegas nine years ago, it was in a cloud of scandal. Once Emma rescues Jasmine from a hospital bed and her niece's eight-year-old daughter from foster care, townspeople are dismayed at their return. And when Jasmine, after she recovers, begins nursing the dying wife of her once-supposed lover, Medford erupts in a veritable volcano of gossip. Lovers from a decade ago appear, then a new suitor. Soon emotions of desire, jealousy, spite and fear roil the once-peaceful community. During her brief stay, Jasmine sets the lives of many on trajectories they never could have expected. And although her own journey may be long and arduous, love and joy wait at the end, thanks in large part to an elderly lady with the remarkable ability to take things gone wrong and set them to rights. Subtly influencing the course of events-watching, waiting, and then pulling the strings with perfect timing, is Jasmine's sage and savvy aunt-the redoubtable Emma Madison.
In this wise, warm-hearted, witty, and hilariously funny true account, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Kaplan tells what it's like when he, his wife, and two-year-old son decided to chuck it all and live the fantasy in a villa by the sea in that extraordinary corner of the world - part international café society, part billionaires' playground, part provincial France - that is the French Riviera.Whether it's matching wits with French bureaucracy, searching for the perfect bouillabaisse, encounters with con men, eccentric ex-pats, and Monaco's royal family, partying with the international set on Onassis' yacht, playing chess with a philosophical police chief, or adventures and friendships with the rich and famous and the presumably standoffish French, Once Upon a Villa will transport you to a fascinating and shrewdly-observed world that you will savor like your first-morning bite of pain au chocolate.So pour yourself a glass of wine, open the book, and Santé!
The follow-up to 6 Blocks Home is a powerful story about confronting old wounds, embracing new possibilities, and the triumph of unrelenting love.Evie is a musical prodigy who has a habit of running away when things get hard. Or messy. Or just plain awkward. Like the time she ran away from home when she discovered the devastating truth about her past.Now, at twenty-three, Evie is content with the quiet life she's carved out for herself-working at a music store, teaching violin lessons, and joking around with her coworker and best friend, Finn-but her world is about to get hard and messy and awkward again.A chance encounter with a handsome stranger sets Evie on a crash course with the very past she's spent years running from. An old flame reappears. And most terrifying of all, she's beginning to suspect Finn is more than just a friend.As events beyond her control force Evie to choose between running and risking it all, she will discover the heartache of betrayal, the strength of true friendship, and the unbreakable bonds of unconditional love.
Adventures of Rostam: A Hero's Tale for Children"The Tale of Rostam: Born to be a Hero" is an enchanting, fully illustrated book that brings to life the legendary exploits of Rostam, one of Persian literature's most celebrated heroes. Aimed at captivating the imaginations of children aged 3 to 10, this vibrant narrative is not only a gateway to ancient myths but also a visually stimulating experience that engages young readers through the artistry of its illustrations. The story is adapted to be accessible and engaging for its young audience, simplifying complex themes of bravery, loyalty, and the battle between good and evil, making it a perfect introduction to the rich tapestry of Persian mythology.At the heart of this book are several key features that make it a must-have in the collection of young readers: Fully Colored Illustrations: Each page of "The Tale of Rostam" is brought to life with vivid, full-color illustrations that captivate and engage children, encouraging their imagination to soar as they follow Rostam's adventures.Heroic Themes: The story introduces young readers to the concept of heroism, showcasing Rostam's strength, courage, and virtue in a manner that is both inspiring and relatable to a young audience.Cultural Education: Through the fantastical journey of Rostam, children are gently introduced to Persian culture, history, and literature, expanding their worldview and appreciation for global stories.Moral Lessons: Embedded within the thrilling adventures are valuable moral lessons on the importance of perseverance, the power of wisdom over brute strength, and the significance of kindness and integrity.Engagement Through Art: The book not only tells a story through words but also through art, with each illustration carefully crafted to reflect the emotions, settings, and characters of Rostam's world, making the tale as visually engaging as it is narratively compelling.Interactive Elements: Designed to be more than just a reading experience, "The Tale of Rostam" includes interactive elements such as look-and-find pictures and questions that prompt discussion, making it an interactive book that parents and children can explore together."The Tale of Rostam: Born to be a Hero" is an exemplary work that combines the traditional story of a legendary Persian hero with the modern need for engaging, educational content for children. Its detailed illustrations and age-appropriate adaptation of Rostam's tale offer young readers an immersive experience into a world where heroes triumph over adversity, guided by their virtues and the wisdom of their choices. This book stands as a bridge between generations, bringing ancient stories to life for the young minds of today, fostering a love for reading and an appreciation for storytelling's power to teach, entertain, and inspire.
What Lies Between You and The Good Life? There's a myth that the entrepreneur can flourish in either life or business. The "Lie of the Either/Or" claims you cannot achieve both. The sad reality is that many entrepreneurs fall victim to this lie, believing the only way to succeed is to suffer. Author Aaron Marcum can relate. In his past entrepreneurial journey, he found himself borrowing $100 to attend a family reunion and sleeping under a desk, to maintain the hustle. Married with six kids, he'd pop home for a quick dinner and dash back to the office to work until the early morning. Overwhelmed and exhausted, his body and brain told him something had to change. Life and business transformed for Aaron when he discovered the field of positive psychology and later developed these eight laws designed to help entrepreneurs accelerate financial freedom while creating the good life. 1. Your guiding truths illuminate your way.2. You believe in creating a better way and a bigger world. 3. What you feel called to create fuels your staying power. 4. The strength of your relationships often mirrors the success of your business.5. Your future is brighter than what you can see and feel. 6. Ultimate performance flows from your unconscious choices. 7. The energy you carry, carries you. 8. The good life you desire is your responsibility to create. Today Aaron helps humbly confident entrepreneurs transform their personal and professional lives, through his powerful Breakaway Accelerator Program, Keynotes, and Breakaway workshops. It's time to flourish - starting today.
Total Fluff is the ultimate Fictional dog story. Follow an abandoned dog who is found and cared for by three children. Will their parents let them keep the dog?Join Sarah, Bobby, and Billy as they attempt to care for a new species of family member. But who abandoned the dog and why? Learn the answer to this mystery and more as you read on. Incorporating humor and satisfying America's love of pets, Total Fluff covers lessons in friendship, parental guidance, and responsibility.
A story about three kids and their Papa, finding stars and lucky stardust.Written by Canadian author Robert Blondin.Other books by author are Lost in The Darkness of Thought and Guilt Factors - Mind Games & Thought Nots!
Expression of Honor is a Civil War Romance. Juliette is from France and fell in love with a visiting Southern officer he must leave for the United States before her. She leaves later on a blockade runner All the revelations, predicaments, and perils gives her resilience and fortitude to meet each situation. Frank identifies himself as a Kansan after a decade of dealing with border ruffians, bloodshed spawned by the pro-slavers against the ant-slavers. Also the political wrangling from the Kansas-Nebraska act festered into bloody Kansas. Frank was sick and tired of being sick and tired. He was ready to hash it out in the Rebellion as a Lieutenant Colonel under General Ulysses Grant. The two main characters separate stories merge into a supernatural moment.
We Christians live in a rushed and hurried culture which our churches have accepted without thinking through the consequences. It seems that we have allowed ourselves to equate busyness with spirituality and bible study with the loudest opinion in the room.Reflecting attempts to call us back to a matured time in Christian history when congregants did not read the Bible speedily. One of my high school English teachers used to warn us that just vocalizing words aloud was different than truly reading. This book calls us to read the Scripture, reread the Scripture, think about what we have read, and to meditate on the concepts of a passage following them throughout Scripture. By this means, we should be able to grasp a more complete understanding of the ideas the verses have presented to us.Moreover, a slower reading and a rereading allows time for the Holy Spirit to speak to us. Often, I hear someone express that as often as they have read a certain passage of Scripture, they did not gain the newest understanding from their latest reading. Why is that?It is because we have just called words without reflecting on them. Reflecting and meditating are old ways of studying the Word of God. You will be richly blessed by beginning and maintaining the practice. It is indeed food for the hungry Christian's soul.
This book is coming to world at a time nobody expected it. This is compilation of many years of studies, pondering, meditation and reflection on a complicated topic as this one. Despite people opinions and position, interpretation and postulation, God is God; Jesus is Jesus, and the holy spirit is who he is. I will advise the reader to please sometime to come out of the misleading information so far about any of the characters: 1. - God 2. - Jesus 3. - The holy sprit Help yourself if you are already a Christian, approach this book with an open mind. Take a pencil and paper and meticulously follow the bible passage and real for yourself. If you are not yet a believer or born again you need to with help of this book, give your life to Christ and become born again: 1. - Repent 2. - Be born again 3. - Be baptized in the holy spirit. This is the set order, but God can make work the way he wants. But the essence of these is the unity in the faith. Let us not leave human effort out of this equation. Human are used to witness to us before he become born again as pastors, prophets, and evangelist. No wonder Jesus prays let them be come as we are: United. Jn 19:Read and read as many times as you can till you get it because your life depends on it enjoy your that they be conformed to the image of his dear son. Rom 8: 29: For those God for new he also predestined to be conformed To the image of his son: that he might be the first born among Many brothers and sisters.
'Call of Angels' is a novel for readers who are willing to explore the boundaries of harsh reality and fiction - a combination that will stretch their imagination and emotions, as Rasna fights to survive amidst personal and natural adversities, through which there is one constant factor - Marks and Rasna's unwavering and unconditional love.As COVID-19 ravages the world and the daily death toll rises, Rasna is reminded of another time and place when she had been caught in a somewhat similar cataclysmic occurrence.The lockdown creates a backdrop to flashbacks in which Rasna relives the Tsunami of 2004 which had swamped the world. She, with her family, had been on vacation in Sri Lanka when the tsunami had struck, and so had consequently become entangled in natures web of disaster in which she had not only lost but also become reunited with loved ones.Whilst reading the Call of Angels, you will walk alongside Rasna and Kirti her sister, as they pit their strength against not only their convictions and resilience against natural tragedy, but also against their personal convictions, mystery, treachery, betrayal and involvement in the ongoing political unrest.
Qué pasa con el Libro de Mormón? No se puede negar que es un libro controvertido. Muchos no lo aceptan como escritura. Creen que José Smith, hijo, lo "escribió". También creen que la Biblia es la única Escritura jamás escrita, pero en ninguna parte la Biblia hace esa a rmación. Esta creencia no es bíblica. De hecho, ocurre todo lo contrario. La Biblia da testimonio de la existencia de otras escrituras escritas y especí camente una segunda escritura escrita sobre la tribu de José (Ezequiel 37:19). Este José es el mismo José de la túnica de muchos colores, el mismo José vendido como esclavo en Egipto y el mismo José que salvó a Egipto y a todas las tribus de Israel de los siete años de hambre que hubo.Debido a su falta de conocimiento y educación, si José Smith, Jr., hubiera escrito El Libro de Mormón, habría sido refutado hace años. En cambio, a medida que pasa el tiempo, se demuestra que cada vez más cosas son correctas. José Smith no pudo haberlo escrito por muchas razones, una de las cuales es el hecho de que era un hombre apenas alfabetizado. Sabía muy poco de las Escrituras y nada de hebreo. Sin embargo, el Libro de Mormón está claramente escrito por hombres muy educados y con una sólida formación en las costumbres hebreas y técnicas de escritura, ninguna de las cuales era conocida por ningún estadounidense en el siglo XIX.En este libro se explorará más información sobre este tema.Este libro fue iniciado por dirección del Espíritu Santo y escrito para todo el cuerpo de Cristo. Algunos podrían preguntarse por qué deberían leerlo. Algunos lo leerán para intentar refutarlo; otros lo leerán para aprender y otros lo utilizarán para promover sus propias agendas. Sin embargo, debes leerlo y orar sobre él, pidiéndole a Dios a través de Su Espíritu Santo que te dé testimonio de su validez.Necesitamos la dirección del Espíritu Santo porque siempre somos vulnerables al error. Incluso los profetas pueden ser engañados (2 Crónicas, capítulo 18). Satanás hará todo lo que pueda para impedir que logremos unidad en nuestra lucha contra él. Durante años ha utilizado el plan de "divide y vencerás", y nosotros hemos sido víctimas de él. Es hora de que dejemos de pelear por nuestras pequeñas diferencias y comencemos a trabajar juntos por la salvación de toda la humanidad. La cosecha es abundante; ¡Es hora de incorporarlo y podemos hacerlo! Con la ayuda de Dios a través de Su Hijo Jesucristo y Su Espíritu Santo, podemos lograr lo que de otro modo sería imposible por nuestra cuenta.
Each dreamlike lyric in Biman Roy's Navigating the Quartz Forest is charmingly paired with a small handwritten note hastily jotted down on blue-lined notebook paper-artifacts from his daughter's life outside the family home. "All through the evening, we keep talking nonessentials, / tiptoeing around secret tulips," he says. These notes, like scraps of overheard conversations removed from their natural habitats, become the crystalline seeds of new poems. Side-by-side with each other, the poems act as translator for these somewhat oracular messages from an unknown world of teenage gossip and pop culture references, fitting the pieces together like a shattered mirror and filling in the jagged-edged gaps with the poet's expansive imagination. In Navigating the Quartz Forest, Roy's whimsical poems become a sparkling tribute from a father to his beloved daughter.
Orange Fanta has no theme greater or less than life, as it's given. Charles Elin uses language in its most simplistic to present the complexities of reaching beyond ourselves and questioning where that is. He finds a place for humor and utter disbelief in the politics of the day. These short poems just touch a phenomenology of our everyday, in the words of common banter, miscommunications and private thoughts.
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