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About The Art of Parenting: Nurturing Happy, Confident, and Resilient Children The Art of Parenting: Nurturing Happy, Confident, and Resilient Children is the ultimate guidebook for modern parents looking to raise successful and fulfilled children. This collaboration between a pastor and cutting-edge AI technology is filled with practical advice, real-life examples, and proven strategies that will help you cultivate positive values and behaviors in your children, build strong relationships, and navigate the challenges of modern parenting. Here are three reasons why you need this book in ...

From the mystical world of religion, the endless debate of temporal politics and the meaningless existence of ”born with a death sentence” and why god went wrong.

Camryn Jakes is a self-made woman. A banker, or former banker - yeah, there's a story there, all right - to the rich and famous, she finds herself on a new journey of discovery. A city girl with a country heart, Camryn quietly disappears from the hustle and bustle of downtown Atlanta. Standing at the site of her grandmother's old house in Savannah, she discovers that there's more to the stories her Gran-gran used to tell her as a child. In fact, there's a lot more to them - and it happens to stand at six and a half feet tall with a penchant for disappearing...literally.

An engineer from out of town disappears.Then, Conor Mitchell’s girlfriend. Then, his parents. The townspeople of Sedrow Woolley, Washington, are vanishing at a horrifying rate. But they come back. They all come back days later, and they’re different. Hungry. Insectile. Creatures posing as humans.

Today's consumers can seem impossible to understand, and even harder to please. For instance, the average mall shopper will spend about $100, then leave when she hits that limit. She'll probably buy shoes rather than clothing, because she doesn't want to think about her dress size. And the store most likely to get her money isn't the one with the nicest display or the deepest discounts, it's the one closest to her parking spot.

Can I Kiss You? is an in-depth look at the realities of relationships and sexual intimacy. While most people simply “make their move” with a partner, Mike Domitrz reveals why asking first makes all the difference. Domitrz’s candid advice, real-life scenarios, and helpful strategies will revolutionize your approach to relationships while adding romance and building respect for all partners. Plus, Domitrz will heighten your awareness of potential dangers, including sexual assault. You will discover specific steps for intervening to help those you care about. People of all ages are ...

Three young adults experience a terrible tragedy. Each of them is brought before a light. They are shown what will happen to their loved ones if they stay with the light. Each is also shown what happens to their loved ones if they return to the world they just left. With their loss, the darkness will have an opportunity with the people they love. Each understands they'll be living in broken bodies the reminder of their time in the world. All of them want to save their loved ones from the darkness. All agree to return.

This self-hypnosis book is a powerful and innovative approach to increasing personal attraction, combining various elements to enhance effectiveness and help you increase your personal attraction quickly. This book is the primary tool for inducing a hypnotic state characterized by deep relaxation, heightened focus, and increased suggestibility. During this phase, you'll receive suggestions and imagery designed to help you increase your personal attraction and promote positive change.

In this thriller that will grip you from the first minute until the very last twist, a young lawyer suffering from traumatic memory loss peels back her past to discover that she might be a killer.

Nick Teffinger never follows orders, but this time it might cost him his job as a Denver homicide detective. Unsolved murders prey on Teffinger’s psyche, and when an on-the-loose killer taunts him with plans for his next kill, Teffinger has do so something, especially since he ignored the first warning with dire consequences. His unlicensed pursuit of the killer takes Teffinger across three continents and, as series fans have come to expect, into the arms of numerous exotic women along the way.

In this volume, what you will find in the sections that follow are twenty-one amazing stories of death and wealth set around a wandering cousin far out in the cold edges of our solar system. You will find Vikings, knights, warriors defending home and hearth, of triumph and tragedy, and, yes, even the god himself. You will listen to tales of great courage and great loss. Of sacrifice for a greater good and of justice delivered to the overly greedy. You will even find the aforementioned Walt Disney himself.

Attempted murder gives a man his family back. It's everything he's ever wanted, but he can't forget what he did. And the longer he holds the secret, the more control he loses to the darkness whispering in his ear. It craves violence and can't be silenced forever. The line between truth and lies is disappearing. And with it, the difference between right and wrong.

Das Diebespaar Hadrian und Royce, bekannt unter dem Namen Riyria, wollte sich eigentlich längst aus den gefährlichen Geschäften zurückziehen. Da erreicht die beiden ein Auftrag des Königs: Sie sollen des Agenten Merrick Marius habhaft werden, der allem Anschein nach im Kampf um das Königreich Melengar die Fäden in Händen hält. Als sie dafür auf dem mächtigen Segler Smaragdsturm anheuern, können sie noch nicht wissen, dass ihre Feinde längst an Bord sind.

Are contemporary soldiers exploited by the state and society that they defend? More specifically, have America's professional service members disproportionately carried the moral weight of America's war-fighting decisions since the inception of an all-volunteer force? In this volume, Michael J. Robillard and Bradley J. Strawser examine the question of whether and how American soldiers have been exploited in this way. Robillard and Strawser offer an original theory of "moral exploitation".

Einfühlsam, berührend und humorvoll – niemand erzählt so besondere Liebesgeschichten wie TJ Klune. Der erfolgsverwöhnte Anwalt Wallace Price kennt nur drei Dinge: Arbeit, Arbeit und noch mal Arbeit. Es kommt ihm daher äußerst ungelegen, als er eines Tages tot umfällt und in der Zwischenwelt landet. Dort erwartet ihn der Wächter Hugo, der Wallace auf seine Reise ins Jenseits vorbereiten soll. Doch Wallace ist noch nicht bereit, und so wird ihm Zeit gewährt, um seine Angelegenheiten zu ordnen. Zeit, in der Wallace den wahren Sinn des Lebens entdeckt. Und die Liebe findet.

“Riveting!...Incredibly unique” – Lindsay Crandall, Independent Book Review “A chilling, thought-provoking read that leaves one pondering the price of conformity and the true meaning of freedom… a holistic yet disturbing picture of a society on the brink of madness.” – Eugene Lasha, The Book Commentary From the author of My Name Was Susan O’Malley - Talis and Lark’s marriage is coming apart at the seams, but finding their true happiness requires a dowry of unspeakable value. “A bit of Orwell…with a touch of Handmaid’s Tale.” (Early reader feedback)

The alien invasion of America didn't start in 1942 with the "Battle over Los Angeles"; in truth it was thousands of years prior. From the dawn of man, Native American cultures have claimed to be visited by people that came from the stars. There are countless shocking and amazing accounts handed down for generations of aliens from other worlds visiting in our ancient past. These star people educated and civilized mankind and guided the first Americans. Their legends speak of people coming from the stars to educate, guide, and civilize people of the Earth.

How David Beats Goliath: Access to Capital for Contingent-Fee Law Firms addresses a little-known but critical flaw in America’s system of justice. Average citizens and workers who have been injured or wronged through negligence or malfeasance are guaranteed their day in court. In practice, however, this bedrock legal right is compromised. The problem is a paucity of fair and reasonable funding for expenses incurred in the bringing of personal-injury and other lawsuits.

Same-sex marriage has become one of the most volatile issues in American politics. But if most young people support gay marriage, and if there are clear indicators that a substantial majority of the population will soon favor it, why has the outcry against it been so strong?

This is the third volume in our series for church leaders who want to continue their theological education with free resources from the GCI website. Some articles are long, and some are short, but the average is still 2500 words per day, which can be read in about 20 minutes. On each of the major topics, much more could be said, and we often have additional resources on our website. For example, we have more than 100 articles about different chapters in the Bible, numerous articles on church history, prayer, missions, and other topics. Many of the website resources have been compiled into ...