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Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14, when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embedded in asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery, getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her life forever: Miss Shaw.

Twilight tempted the imagination...New Moon made listeners thirsty for more....Eclipse turned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon...And now - the book that everyone has been waiting for...Breaking Dawn. In the much anticipated fourth book in Stephenie Meyer's love story, questions will be answered, and the fate of Bella and Edward will be revealed.

Fantasy icon Jane Yolen is adored by generations of readers and listeners of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.

Joyce Meyer stresses that spending just a few minutes each day with God can help you. Beginning each day this way is an opportunity to get off on the right foot and to set the tone for the day. This devotional draws from 19 of her most popular books providing listeners with a fresh word from God. Each devotion is an excerpt from one of Joyce's books selected for the encouraging and strengthening message it offers.

Although 18-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.

When Aviva Davis and Holly Martin meet at the holiday pageant tryouts for their local senior’s centre, they think they must be seeing double. While they both knew they were adopted, they had no idea they had a biological sibling, let alone an identical twin! The similarities are only skin deep, though, because while Aviva has a big personality and even bigger Broadway plans, Holly is more the quiet dreamer type who longs to become a famous author like her grandfather.

La alegría no es solo un "sentimiento de felicidad" basado en las circunstancias o cosas que posee. Más bien, es un fruto del Espíritu Santo que le da poder para permanecer estable y perseverar en los momentos difíciles para que pueda superarlos, en lugar de ser derrotado por ellos. Uno de los sellos distintivos de las epístolas de Pablo es la alegría con la que escribe, invitando a sus lectores a experimentarla también. Él eligió estar alegre en todas las circunstancias, incluso en los tiempos de lucha.

Engrained in our culture is the belief that unbending discipline is the only sure way to success. You must go to the gym five times a week, never order the dessert, and don't even think about buying that dress you keep staring at in the store window. Breaking from such a regimented lifestyle is a sign of weakness, right? Wrong!-and Joyce wants to tell us why...

For decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In Africa’s Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. One of the world’s foremost experts on restitution and cultural heritage, Savoy investigates extensive, previously unpublished sources to reveal that the roots of the struggle extend much further back than prominent recent debates indicate, and that these efforts were covered up by myriad opponents.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

That’s what 27 writers want you to consider, here in this collection of the strange and terrible, the shocking and amazing, the frightening and awe-inspiring. Assembled here for easy perusal are some of the finest tales of ghosts, zombies, witches, cryptozoological freaks, monsters, and aliens of the past year.

Jeff Meyer has a new podcast: ”The Police K9 Training Podcast, with Jeff Meyer” You can find the podcast here: https://jeffmeyer1.podbean.com/ or on Itunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-police-k9-training-podcast-with-jeff-meyer/id1709817061

Ten years ago Frank Lester, a Chicago homicide detective, thought he had rid himself forever of the Mud People Killer who'd kidnapped and murdered six people. Frank had shot him as he'd fled through a snowy night; had killed him, he believed, though a body was never found. But the killer wasn't dead. He'd only been waiting to take his revenge on Frank and those he cares about now...10 years later. Frank retired early and is living back in his hometown of Spookie when the killer resurfaces to take up where he left off.

Dies ist ein Sammelband der ersten drei Teile der romantischen RULES OF LOVE-Reihe: In jedem Hörbuch versteckt sich eine neue Liebesgeschichte mit unterschiedlichen Tropes! Von Sports-Romance und Enemies-to-Lovers über Friends-to-Lovers zu heißen Urlaubsflirts ist alles dabei. Hier fliegen die Funken! In diesem Sammelband sind folgende Hörbücher enthalten.

Late on the evening of October 16, 1859, John Brown and his band of 18 raiders descended on Harpers Ferry at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. In an ill-fated attempt to incite a slave insurrection, they seized the federal arsenal, took hostages, and retreated to a fire engine house. The raiders were routed, and several were captured. Soon after, they were tried, convicted, and hanged. Among Brown's raiders were five African Americans whose lives and deaths have long been overshadowed by their martyred leader and, even today, are little remembered.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

A cold case for Captain Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido of the Hawks - not what they were looking for. And a difficult case too, surrounded by mystery, lies and evasion. The body of Johnson Johnson, ex-cop, has been found by the side of a railway line. He appears to have jumped from the world's most luxurious train, and two suspicious characters seen with him have disappeared into thin air.

Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14, when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embedded in asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery, getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her life forever: Miss Shaw.

When you pray, do you ever feel like you're missing the bull's-eye? Perhaps you think you don't speak eloquently enough. Or you're not sure if God even wants to hear what you have to say. The question we must ask i,s do our prayers line up with God's word?

Eine fulminante Reise in ein versunkenes Land: Clemens Meyer betrachtet eine Büste Christa Wolfs, die vor ihm steht, und beginnt ein großes Gespräch mit der Verstorbenen über die Literatur der DDR, über die ungeheure Bedeutung, die das Lesen damals hatte, über die Visionen und Träume der Schriftsteller und wie sie Wirklichkeit werden sollten. Ist nicht schon der Titel seines ersten Romans "Als wir träumten" dem Werk Christa Wolfs entnommen? Wie viel in seinem Leben, seinem Schreiben verdankt Clemens Meyer der Literatur der DDR. Was für Größen gab es da, was für Leben, was für Bücher.