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Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible compares almost 300 proverbs from all over the continent with Bible verses, organized into forty-six broad themes. Chris Morehouse was compelled to write the book after exploring the Parallel Sayings books, which juxtapose insights from the great religious traditions with their counterparts from Jewish and Christian scriptures. These books explore resonances between Christianity and Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism.

When a man is found tucked up in bed with his throat sliced open two days after Christmas, DS Jason Smith and his team are baffled. It appears he has been drugged, killed, and carefully wrapped up in a duvet. The only evidence Smith finds are some strands of hair belonging to a woman. One month later, another man is killed in exactly the same manner but there appears to be no link whatsoever to the two men apart from the fact that they were both single, lonely, and middle-aged.

Kaliyah takes her role as older sister very seriously because she loves her younger sister, Jazzy, more than anything in the world. Now that Jazzy is about to start school, Kaliyah realizes it is time to teach her about personal safety.

Lucid can be defined as the power to manifest an amazing life through the clarification of one’s consciousness. In life, few things simultaneously intrigue and disturb the human species more than missing the mark on one’s own happiness. In Lucid, the author takes us through a journey of the body, mind, and spirit to reveal what is locked in the guarded castles of our unconsciousness.

The insecure little girl was the platform God used to get to Stevie Wonder, former President, Donald J. Trump, Whitney Houston, Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Hope, Gladys Knight, and so many more entertainers.

Narcissist. Alcoholic. Drug addict. These are not typically qualities we look for when choosing a doctor. But this isn’t the world your parents grew up in. In troubled times, perhaps only a hero with a history of sin and enough character flaws to fill a textbook can get the job done. After all, one man’s insanity is another’s genius.

Covid, financial insecurity, political division, social unrest, gun violence, climate fears—they've created a chaotic reality that we will be dealing with for years to come. Even long after some of these challenges start to lose their headlines and prime-time news slots, they will continue to occupy space in our minds, keeping us anxious, depressed and angry and ultimately keeping us from becoming our happiest selves. But maybe it doesn't have to be that way.

To See and Be Seen considers some of the ideological, aesthetic, pragmatic, institutional, cultural, commercial, environmental, and psychological forces that consciously or otherwise shape the production of news images and subsequently influence their reception. T. J. Thomson examines the expectations, experiences, and reactions of those depicted by visual journalists and considers other relevant factors: How do everyday people perceive cameras and those who operate them?

The fourth and final book in the Magicae Mathematica series concludes the story of Alex, Archimedes, and many other beloved characters as they fight against the evil Master Wizards who possess a device that could destroy the world. With time and hope running out, can Alex become the missing variable that everyone believes she is? With recent losses from both sides heavy and heartbreaking, and the most difficult decisions yet to be made. Will the Guardians make it through the mountains?

A device that can destroy the world has fallen into the hands of the two master wizards who seek to destroy the council and their city. After a terrible event strikes the city, plans are put in motion for a mission to take back the device before Diades discovers its true power. Will they reach the black castle? How will they get past the tribesmen chiefs? A city divided, alliances split, two master wizards set to conquer, and a device of incredible power. If Alex is the missing variable...now what?

Bowman Rafferty was forgiven for what he considered to be a heinous act: the killing of Armandus. However, he never forgave himself for the misdeed, accepting the tragedies in his life as payback for his offense in the bitter cold and foggy forests of the Ardennes. Later, his precious wife and son gave him solace, offering balm for the festering wound in his heart. But they would leave him. He wandered alone in this world, searching for relief from his misery, and his journey led him to the Belgian Congo, where he was befriended and loved by Catrin.

Harry Cunningham often likened bad luck to “a starving dog that followed him everywhere, eager to lap up his misery”. He was correct. Since childhood he was dogged by bad, even disastrous luck. Unbeknownst to him, there were guardians posted along the treacherous road he travelled, from the peanut fields of Georgia, to the jungles of Colombia, to the Arabian gulf, Texas, Mexico, and to the vast prairie of Illinois.

Stop feeding into the nonsense that tells you that if you sit around on your couch and hope for success that it is going to fall into your lap. Success takes work and work comes from having effective strategies in place. The most important strategies you need in your life are daily routines that will launch you into success. If the fate of your success could be summed up to one thing it would be this: learning. Learning about how you can better yourself to generate success in your life is vital if you are going to create any level of massive success in your business or personal life.

Travel back to 1958 with an angel on a mission to a Christmas Past, as we're shown a heart-rending story of a destitute family who happiness and Christmas had all but passed over. Do the impoverished deserve kindness, generosity, or love? Striving to survive life's frigid and bitter winds, a jilted mother and her four, young children will be tested like never before. Despite the crushing odds, will one boy's prayers be answered? Only time and an angel's story will tell.

The invasion by their powerful fleet was swift and furious, leaving Admiral Brubacher and all the surviving Headquarters' Field Commanders in hiding outside their own territory. Though Kurt is grieving a serious loss, he must find his associates and the means to overcome superior Isesinis technology. Then, George must plan a way to take back what's rightfully their king's. And any road to success may be a long one. The Orion Federation is huge. But the sociopathic Kil Kos, leader of Isesinis occupying forces, is relentless.

Speedway, Indiana native Ricky Wills is a hotshot racecar driver with a chip on his shoulder. As one of the brightest rising stars in the racing world, Ricky competes for a chance to race in the legendary Indianapolis 500, and struggles to maintain his small-town identity as he is swept up by industry fame and the charms of big-city celebrities.

JakeStone begins this job from atop a stagecoach, posing as a shotgun messenger. Outlaws are robbing the Southern Colorado Stage and Freight Company of gold shipments. No one knows where or when they might strike. No one has a clue where they hide. This is driving the stage company to the brink of bankruptcy. Desperate, the owner wires Stone. Stone doesn't stay atop the stage long. Explaining why he is here to the tall, lanky, tobacco-chewing driver, he and the likeable old cuss formulate a plan.

A collection of new one-act plays, on such subjects as the fate of Jack the Ripper, just why Claudius killed Hamlet's father, the motives of an obsessive-compulsive killer with a computer fixation, a brother and sister at their father's funeral, and a 45-year marriage starting to come apart as the husband begins to forget his life. Written by the author of Coming Out, these five plays are a wonderful addition to any night of one-acts.

It was just a normal day for Macy Kelly, home repair diva and necromancer. Go to work, pay some bills, give a sexy co-worker a ride home in her demon possessed car. Fight some zombies. No biggie. When Harry Wallace confesses that: 1. He is a werewolf, she's cool with that. 2. That the world ends today, she's not so happy on that front. And number 3. Macy is his mate, supernatural apocalypse or not she isn't going to chase him off - she's a lot confused, but sure of one thing - she's not wasting any time.

Allison Fallstone is caught in a conundrum of her own creation. She loves her boyfriend, Hugh Gordon, as much as she lusts for him, but when an Aos Sidhe takes a life mate she must bite him and open him up to the nightmare that is her long existence.