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Maggie Dahl returns in Open Secrets. It’s been six months since the media circus surrounding the last murder Maggie solved and a year since her beloved husband David died. The dust seems to have finally settled. Then, one morning, a customer walks in and asks Maggie to do her a favor.

In a world where tumbleweeds meet talismans, and cowboys clash with ancient Eastern spirits, our hero stands alone. Lo Ma is not your typical gunslinger; he is the Kung Fu Cowboy, a protector of the desperate and the destitute. Trained in the mystic arts of Shailu, a master of martial arts, neigong, qigong, and other mysteries, Lo Ma is the West's last defense against sinister sorcerers, marauding orcs, and malevolent demons. As the Weird West falls under the dark shadow of a formidable evil, Lo Ma’s path is set alight with burning purpose. He knows the time has come, the final duel ...

Young people wonder about answers to life’s big questions: “Who am I?”, “Why am I here?”, “What happens after I die?”, and others. Some adults don’t know the answers, while others may not want to talk about these topics.

Wynter Reeves lives by three rules. Don't stand out. Blend in. Remain invisible. In a world where individuality is dangerous, being forgettable keeps her alive. So when she begins showing signs of a rare disease, it's only a matter of time before she draws the unwanted attention of the State's sinister research facility, the DSD.

Pinocchio is by all odds the best puppet-story to be found anywhere, and we sigh in sympathy with the funny little chap's scrapes and punishments, or chuckle at his pranks, while we feel like exclaiming, "Why, how much Pinocchio must have been like me!" The author of this captivating tale, Signor Lorenzini, or "Collodi" as he liked to call himself after his native town in Italy, lived during the 19th century (1826-90) and devoted himself to writing and education, believing that one pleasing way to teach was through puppet-plays.

本有声书收录了佛家的十堂心理辅导课，主要围绕“平常心”这个关键词展开讲解。……本有聲書收錄了佛家的十堂心理輔導課，主要圍繞「平常心」這個關鍵詞展開講解。

Jian Wang was the founder and architect of Alibaba's cloud and has been the driving force behind its technology innovations. He was also the founder of the City Brain initiative to develop a new digital infrastructure for sustainable cities.

Welcome to the transformative journey of "Awakening to Miracles," a comprehensive exploration of the profound spiritual teachings found in "A Course in Miracles" (ACIM). This book is a guide to understanding the core principles, practices, and insights that ACIM offers to seekers of inner peace, forgiveness, and spiritual awakening. I first began to study ACIM when I heard that the course could save me a thousand years or more toward my goal of becoming enlightened.

Written in English and Mandarin (Simplified Chinese and Pin Yin), Travel, Learn and See Your Friends is a story about two first-graders attending a Mandarin Immersion school. Dean and Ethan become fast friends. Dean is ethnically Chinese, and his reasons for learning Mandarin are more cultural. Ethan is an African-American and through his language journey, he learns about himself, his family, and the world.

“This Side of the Couch” is for counselors who are sitting on “this side of the couch,” but it is also for the person who is sitting on “this side of the couch” with a counselor across from them. But even more so, it is for anyone who has curled up with a pillow and blanket on the couch and talked with a great friend. Join Audra as she talks with friends and colleagues about life, mental health, Christianity, relationships, and we might sneak in a little laughter too!

Let's Discover and Learn is a super cute collection of 5 short stories made for preschool kiddos aged 3-6. This awesome children's book is both educational and entertaining, filled with captivating tales that will grab little listeners' attention and spark their imagination.

Build a solid English vocabulary and retain what you learn using this revolutionary three-step method Do you want to improve your English vocabulary? Is English not your first language? Are you tired of failing to remember new words despite repetitional learning? Learning new words and improving the command over this language is not as easy as it seems. So, what’s the solution? An easy-to-follow process that breaks down language learning into a naturally efficient and thematic format. All you have to do is practice, and you’ll start seeing the results fast!

In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. Deng Xiaoping was clamping down on 'Spiritual Pollution'; young people were rebelling. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, Ma Jian was under surveillance. One day he bought a train ticket to the westernmost border of China and set off in search of himself.

Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club sounds deathly boring. But it turns out that the meeting, held in the Butterfly Room at the Greenwich Observatory, is not at all as Luna expects. The Butterfly Club is a society with an unusual secret...they use time travel to plunder the future for wonders. Together with her friends, Konstantin and Aidan, and a clockwork cuckoo, Luna boards the Time Train. Luna and her friends travel to 1912 and find themselves aboard a great ship travelling from Southampton to New York...the RMS Titanic.

Chronic illness is life-changing and life-challenging. We long for our active social lives, our favorite activities, our jobs. Our families must adjust to our changes, limitations, and struggles, both physical and emotional. Others can be timid or frustrated when trying to relate to us, especially if we don’t look sick. Or, they avoid us altogether. Opportunities vanish. We are faced with enormous changes and challenges, and it is up to us to decide how we respond. We can sulk and spend our lives wishing things were different.

Sam Louie grew up torn between cultures as part of a first-generation Chinese immigrant family from Hong Kong living in a predominantly African American neighborhood in the United States. He experienced the duality of existence with the tension of two vastly different worldviews, his identity intertwined with the country he lives in and his ancestral ties. What traditions and cultural beliefs get preserved, what gets discarded, and what gets lost in translation? Beneath it all was the presence of three generations of addiction, trauma, and shame.

You've heard of Frankenstein's monster, you've heard of Dracula, but have you heard of the Villa Diodati? Eve, Griffin, Hal and Ren embark on a summer they'll never forget at the birthplace of all things Gothic. The summer is beset by mysterious happenings, as the monsters they create begin to clamber out of their minds. Events rise to a horrible climax when, on a dark and stormy night, one of the villa's guests is found dead and each of our foursome becomes a suspect in a gruesome murder.

Are you single and need to rebuild yourself? Are you in and out of meaningless relationships? Are you always attracting the same type of people? Are you impatiently waiting for your kingdom marriage? In “IT’S OK TO BE SINGLE”, you will take a detox journey to concentrate on becoming a better you. In these pages, you will discover,§ Self-Care§ Dealing with loneliness, forgiveness, rejection, coveting, word curses and letting go§ Learning how to say no§ Quietly fast and wait § Getting to know yourself§ Gain self-exposed opportunitiesIf you want to get clean for a genuine ...

In this stirring memoir, JayQues recounts his beloved grandma’s bittersweet journey from the earthly realm to paradise, bringing to light the kindness with which she touched everyone she knew and absolutely lavished on her grandson. JayQues takes us on a journey of spiritual bonding that not only stretches from Kingston, Jamaica, to the Bronx, New York, but also transcends time and space. The deep, fiery love he shared with his grandma, the motherly devotion with which she raised him, and the bond they shared and continue to share in Christ are evident.

This is not black vs. blue. This isn’t about sides - the black side or the blue side. This is not an attack on the overall institution of law enforcement. Nor is this a scathing rebuke of every white law enforcement officer. As Amy states in her book, "This is about my perspective, my innermost feelings about how I am viewed as a Black person in America, why I feel vulnerable around police officers, and how it got this way." Amy Nickerson recounts numerous encounters with police officers as well as ordinary white citizens insistent on policing black people.