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The usual eccentric characters are here for their fourth murder mystery and the case is one which really hits close to home this time for Myrtle, the town's Perry Como singing and wagon-pulling bag lady. Her sister Evelyn, the local animal hoarder, is missing. Strange miniature figures fashioned of twigs are found hanging from one of Evelyn's trees as warnings. Because of them, Myrtle fears a coven of wanted-to-be witches she once knew, and escaped from, could be behind the kidnapping because she stole their ancient black grimoire - and they want it back.

For too many professional women it’s not just the glass ceiling holding them back; it’s the sticky floor, too. This may be your experience. You’ve advanced to a specific level in your career, but now you’ve stalled. In Climbing the Spiral Staircase, author Leanne Meyer shares specific, actionable strategies that will help you build the career you aspire to have. This audiobook will help you gain control of your career by reclaiming the passion and ambition with which you began.

Ann Meyers Drysdale is one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. But her rise wasn't without controversy. Her 1979 NBA bid to play with the Indiana Pacers brought a barrage of criticism. But Ann simply wanted to play among the best. She had always competed with the guys. A female first in many categories, Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman ever signed to a four-year athletic scholarship to UCLA, where she remains the only four-time Bruin basketball All American, male or female.

If you could fast forward your life to your deathbed and hear your regrets (and joys), then rewind and live your life with that knowledge, would you do it? This book provides that knowledge. After 14 years in the funeral business, Chris Meyer has sat with families and listened to their “could’ves”, “should’ves”, and “would’ves.” In doing so he learned many lessons - lessons that kept repeating themselves year after year.

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.

Zehnjähriges Jubiläum von Biss zum Morgengrauen! Jetzt ein neues Hörbuch mit bisher unveröffentlichtem Extra! Diese Ausgabe enthält: den ersten Band von Stephenie Meyers Biss-Saga, in der ungekürzten Lesung von Annina Braunmiller-Jest, und eine überraschende Neuerzählung des Romans - Biss in alle Ewigkeit, gelesen von Jacob Weigert! Für die Fans bedeutet das über 1.000 Minuten neuen Hörstoff - und mit Jacob Weigerts düster-romantischer Stimme neues Suchtpotenzial. In "Biss in alle Ewigkeit" erzählt Stephenie Meyer die Geschichte von Bella und Edward erstmals aus einer männlichen Sicht. Der Kultroman erhält plötzlich eine ganz neue Perspektive.

"Jacob zog die Augenbrauen zusammen, ein Schatten fiel auf seine tiefliegenden Augen, die jetzt pechschwarz aussahen. Sein Blick bohrte sich in meinen. 'Ich bin in dich verliebt, Bella', sagte Jacob mit fester Stimme. 'Bella, ich liebe dich. Und ich wünsche mir, dass du dich für mich entscheidest, anstatt für ihn. Ich weiß, dass du anders empfindest, aber ich muss es aussprechen, damit du weißt, dass du eine Alternative hast...."

"But as the eye of omniscient love glanced down the ages, it must have lighted with peculiar pleasure on the eager, devoted soul of Paul. God foreknew and predestined him. The divine purpose, descrying his capacity for the best, selected him for it, and it for him." - from the audio

Many diseases are caused by inflammation of the skin, lungs, joints, and other tissue, and can all be because of a bacterial imbalance since they affect our immune system. Newest studies show that intestinal bacteria connect to ADD, OCD, and Alzheimer's. This books gives you the knowledge about everything there is to gut flora, probiotics, and their health benefits. It also teaches you what you can do to prevent those diseases with the right gut flora balance.

Anno 126, Terza Era. Androidi e umani popolano le strade di Nuova Pechino, sotto lo sguardo implacabile degli abitanti della Luna. Cinder, giovane cyborg e legittima erede al trono lunare, evade dalla prigione in cui è stata rinchiusa per partire alla volta di Parigi, alla ricerca della donna che in passato l'ha nascosta dalla malvagia Regina Levana. Il suo destino si intreccia a quello di Scarlet, giovane contadina francese costretta ad abbandonare la sua fattoria per ritrovare la nonna, scomparsa senza lasciare traccia.

Throughout the Bible, God has worked through ordinary people and things to accomplish His plans. His tactics haven't changed, and we can see the results in the lives of Jim and Linda Meyer. Walk with them and witness how God still answers these questions the same way He answered the people in Biblical times. While they are the two main characters in this book, they aren't the star of this story– God is.

This is the third book in Eric Meyer's series about the exploits of a group of former Waffen-SS officers who engage the enemy in the never-ending slaughter in Vietnam. It's 1968, the fighting escalates, the body count mounts, and the fighter-bombers and gunships daily prowl the skies in the relentless hunt for their elusive enemy.

Afghanistan, a nation in perpetual torment. A frightened land where cruelty and casual killing are a part of normal life. Now the violence has worsened. The brutal Independent Islamic State has appeared, founded on a mountain of corpses. To raise funds, the Islamists embark on a campaign of kidnap and ransom. When they abduct the wife of a senior United Nations official, the husband approaches Rafe Stoner to get her back.

Army Ranger Sergeant Jack Grant is in deep trouble. A blazing attack on Bagram Airbase and a brutal boxing bout against a monstrous opponent have left him wounded and badly beaten. But more trouble is on its way. A court martial looms based on trumped-up charges, and with it the threat of a long spell of imprisonment. Battling enemies from both sides, Grant’s troubles escalate when he is falsely accused of attacking an infantry officer. The base commander, General Weathers, offers Grant a way out.

If you met Ron Carlson, CEO of a Chicago-based architectural firm, you wouldn't necessarily think of him as the daredevil type. But Ron's life has been a series of death-defying exploits. Into the Unknown: True Stories of a Pilot Cheating Death chronicles a few of Ron's most brazen endeavors, from flying to the high Arctic and being stalked by polar bears to bailing out of an old World War II bomber before it crashes.

Amanda Givens is careful how she uses her benevolent powers. She doesn't want the people of Canaan, Connecticut to know they have a witch among them…even a good white witch. For years, she's lived quietly in a remote cabin with Amadeus, her quirky feline familiar. At first with her husband, Jake, the love of her life, until a car accident; but now alone after his death. But when she's wrongly blamed for a rash of ritualistic murders committed by a satanic cult, she knows she can no longer hide.

The humans' dinosaur killing serum and extermination practices had worked far better than anyone had prayed. The Earth belonged to the humans once more, and all its lands were safe - or so the world, Henry Shore, former Chief Park Ranger at Crater Lake National Park, and his wife, Ann, had believed...until one day, years later, two new dinosaurs, craftier than any the Earth had ever seen, appeared. One of them was benevolent, a friend to mankind, and the other was not. It was blood-thirsty, eerily intelligent, and unbelievably vengeful. This dinosaur wouldn’t be so easy to kill.

Welcome to The Bright Balloon, a podcast where Sara Meyer shares bright ideas for your balloon business! I want you to make more money, eliminate stress and learn along with me as we grow our creative businesses together! Welcome to The Bright Balloon

In 1995, at the age of 23, Michael Meyer joined the Peace Corps and, after rejecting offers to go to seven other countries, was sent to a tiny town in Sichuan. Knowing nothing about China, or even how to use chopsticks, Meyer wrote Chinese words up and down his arms so he could hold conversations, and, per a Communist dean's orders, jumped into teaching his students about the Enlightenment, the stock market, and Beatles lyrics. Soon he realized his Chinese counterparts were just as bewildered by China's changes as he was.

To keep the bank from repossessing her eighteen-wheeler, Baby Blue, and putting her and her daughter, Tessa, on the street, Loretta Brennan takes a dangerous job driving it into Wyoming with a winter storm approaching. All alone she worries if she can make the deadline and navigate the roads since her driving partner husband died the year before in an accident.