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Territory is the theme that unites these four humorous plays - whether that means fighting over an allotment plot, dealing with the sudden partition of a country, guarding the privacy of a garden or battling with the council over school catchment areas.

Simon McGrath is a nice chap - he donates blood, he recycles, he cares about the world. He just happens to work as an arms dealer - or a 'defence and security equipment system solutions broker', as he prefers to call it. It wasn’t planned, and what he really wants is to pursue is his career in electronic music, but until that takes off he’ll stay where he is. After all, he has to pay his mortgage like everyone else....

In 2012, the precession of the equinox signaled a new era for Earth and her inhabitants. For many, it was an awakening of sorts, as they began to experience heightened senses and intuition. They also started to feel a sense of Oneness with all life, and a desire to create peace on Earth. If you are one of these people, then you are probably feeling called to take the next step in your spiritual journey—transcending into higher consciousness and awareness. This book will guide you through the process of taking the Rainbow Bridge into the temple of your soul.

The new goal for your life is to reinvent yourself, so you must be proactive. You must be solution-oriented to overcome obstacles. How can I have a vibrant sex life before and after my reinvented retirement? Has there been a decline in my sex life? Be honest with yourself. If the answer is yes, then what must you do to fix the issue? How can I live better, and are there treatments and medicines that can help me live my best? You should never settle for less.

When impoverished watchmaker Caron invents a pioneering device that could revolutionise timekeeping, his fortunes begin to change. Marrying a young, upper-class widow, he takes on a new noble name - de Beaumarchais - and sets out to conquer Louis XV's court. But his attempts to rise through the ranks of Versailles society are blocked by royal clockmaker Lepaute - as well as courtly crushes, rumours of war and illicit printing.

Sammy is eager to get a homeless shelter established in Sunny Cove, and now that she has the money to do it she knows she can make it a reality. The first step is finding a place to have the shelter, and she thinks she’s found it in the form of a run-down Victorian. Unfortunately, everyone in town seems to believe the house is haunted. Sammy believes in God, not ghosts, but she has to admit that activity at the house just keeps getting weirder and weirder. Sammy’s got to get to the bottom of this if she’s ever going to make this shelter a reality.

Laboring in emergency rooms all around the country is a group of dedicated doctors and nurses who just want to make a difference. Some swear, some drink, and some laugh in order to manage their emotions while providing high-quality care in the most unimaginable, shocking, and difficult cases. Among this group of highly skilled medical professionals is Goldie Fisher, a nurse who is completing her first week of orientation at a level one trauma center.

At the heart of Oxford University life, the Bodleian Library is one of the oldest working libraries in Europe with some of its reading rooms - the medieval Duke Humfrey’s Library and the circular Radcliffe Camera - immortalised in films, including The Golden Compass the Harry Potter franchise. With access to priceless archives including Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons, this documentary reveals how the Elizabethan diplomat Sir Thomas Bodley created this extraordinary library and how it flourishes as a modern institution.

The former actor and current mayor of Stone Springs, Stephen Montgomery, is on his way to Sunny Cove to campaign for governor. Sammy and Rob are particularly excited about this since one of the main issues Montgomery wants to address is homelessness. They’ve been trying so hard to get funds for a shelter, and this might be just what they need. But when Stephen Montgomery is sabotaged along every step of the campaign trail, Sammy begins to think this is about more than just politics.

In June, 1991, sitting in his hospital room contemplating cardiac bypass surgery, my father said, “Vus ich hot adorch geleibt!” (What I have lived through!). I wasn’t sure at the time if he meant his recent heart attack, but over time, especially after researching his journey, it became clear to me. I thought I knew my dad’s plight, only to realize some of his most horrible experiences were never brought to my attention.

The love story of bachelor, John Hartman, and Amish girl, Katie Byler, unfolds between 1899 and 1901 in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan. As children, they both attended the same one-room school, where John's best school chum was Katie's older brother, Danny. Years later, John and Katie become reacquainted at the auction sale of the Hartman family homestead. They experience an undeniable attraction to each other, and a spark is ignited between them.

The Art of HealingArt is a powerful tool to transform your life and to unveil your Light, which is so critical in these challenging times. Each lesson guides to a revelation that is life-transforming for all who dare to uncover their shadows, thus mastering their lives. This audiobook encompasses our life's journey. It is a call to raise our consciousness and vibrations. Its purpose is to guide us to reunite with Spirit. Awakening inner wisdom, it helps you to transcend limiting thoughts, beliefs, and habits.

When it comes to genes life's a lottery. As Abi knows - she's spent her life in the shadow of her beautiful, glamorous older sister Cleo. Headhunted as model when she was 16, Cleo has been all but lost to Abi for the last 20 years. So when Abi is invited to spend the summer in Cleo's large London home with her perfect family, she agrees despite serious misgivings. But maybe Cleo is finally as keen as Abi to regain the closeness they shared in their youth? Abi is in for a shock.

Matka Leandra wbiła we mnie spojrzenie, aż rozbolała mnie trzustka. Jej źrenice zrobiły się nienaturalnie wielkie, a długie palce postukiwały o filiżankę z kawą. Wwiercała się tak jeszcze z dziesięć minut, szczegółowo penetrując wszelkie zakątki mojego ciała, które mogłyby zdyskredytować mnie w jej oczach. Nierówne nerki? Koślawe serce? Zbyt zwinięte jelito cienkie? Zrozumiałam, że idealna kobieta, która mogłaby zaopiekować się jej synem, nie istnieje.

Looking for a beginner language course that fits into your busy lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? Michel Thomas's unique method is designed to overcome the frustrations usually faced by language learners.

Życie potrafi zaskakiwać. Można próbować ustać w miejscu lub dać mu się ponieść. A wtedy wszystko może się zdarzyć. Także miłość. Nowy związek powinien być szansą na piękną przyszłość - bez problemów, bez niespodzianek i tylko we dwoje. Klara ma za sobą długą drogę, znacznie dłuższą niż kilometry dzielące Kraków od Warszawy. Odbyła podróż w przeszłość, poznała mroczną tajemnicę swojej rodziny. Została porzucona przed ołtarzem, a potem szaleńczo - i z wzajemnością - się zakochała.

Born a peasant, raised a Lady, Charlotte does not know which she is, but she does know what she wants to be: a great composer. Her talent is remarkable, but when she turns 18, her dead father's wife sells her piano and throws her out. Charlotte becomes a governess in a gothic mansion, where a handsome and mysterious widower grieves his dead wife.

Mary Artino is a medical social worker with a 15-year career in hospice. She feels that loss is a subject that isn't addressed often enough in American culture and that much more can be done to begin teaching children about loss and death. This book is a collection of short stories that begins with her own experiences with death and loss within her family. The author believes that death is one of our most profound teachers. In writing Lessons on Loss Not Taught, Mary hopes to demystify the end-of-life experience, making it less foreboding and more relatable.

Turning on the Light presents some of her personal stories and offers tips and tricks she has learned over years of study and learning. This narrative provides valuable information and guidance for those who are visually impaired, their caregivers, and their loved ones. It is full of ideas for adapting to diminished vision and dealing with fundamentally important day-to-day routines.

When Amy and Effie Tribble, two charming but impoverished spinster sisters, lose out on an inheritance, they place this advertisement in The Morning Post and hire themselves out as professional chaperones. Vowing to prepare even the most difficult misses for marriage, the Tribble sisters will spend a London season on each client, educating them in their School for Manners. Felicity Baronsheath, their first assignment, turns out to be more of a challenge than they could have ever imagined. Not only is Felicity indifferent to the idea of marriage, she is also a spoilt brat!