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In Rebuilding Relationships in Recovery, Janice V. Johnson Dowd shows listeners how to repair and enhance their relationships after active addiction. With personal insights and professional wisdom, Dowd—a licensed social worker in recovery—explores her own personal journey through alcoholism, offering a realistic and transformative guide.

Book 1 of a 2 book series - 273 pages & 84k words. "Where were you when the world ended?" That is the one question you will always be asked and the one answer you will always remember when you have survived a zombie apocalypse. Me? Technically, I didn't survive. Agnes LeFay had just moved into her first apartment after graduating from community college. After a rough upbringing in the foster care system, everything was finally going right for a change. That was until a major world wide event changed not just the face of the Earth, but also her whole life as she knew it. Together, with her ...

Zettelkasten and the Art of Knowledge Management will walk you through the process of creating your knowledge graph with Obsidian. It will take you step by step from the basics of Personal Knowledgeable Management(PKM), to the Zettelkasten note taking process, to setting up your knowledge vault. It will show you how to charge up your knowledge vault and how to use it to great effect. It will walk you through the habits you need to transform your learning into a lifelong investment. Knowledge doesn't live in isolation: it's fundamentally connected to the people and events in our life. Yet ...

Raised in a New Orleans mansion filled with kindness and laughter, Pearl dreams of becoming a doctor. With all the finest families wishing her well, her high school graduation party is almost as festive as Mardi Gras itself. But still, she fears that she will never know the essence of romantic passion, or her family’s buried secrets. Yet her summer job in an elegant old hospital is fascinating...and an experienced intern is eager to share his friendship with her.

My female matches two Vetusians: me, and the warrior she just killed. Fate is unpredictable. One moment I lose my destined female. The very next, I walk in on the kill of the other male who intended to claim her. For the Empire, the punishment for murder is death; her execution inevitable. Until I steal Katie and her daughter away to Odheim. A planet where all the ugliness of the universe comes together, including the darkest memories of my past. I’m a sgu’dal, an ex-addict. The shame of the healer stratum. But unsuitable, I am not, and now is the time for me to prove it.

Being the most powerful superhero on the planet has been a dream come true, but now a nightmare descends on the city of North Metro. When a supervillain with the power to clone himself puts the city in a stranglehold of fear, even my strength won't be enough. We will need a new hero to help the Vanguard stop him, one who embodies fear itself. The only catch is that she could be a friend or a foe.

Grey Flynn has dedicated her life to her mage, Kier. She will be his blade on the battlefield, his healer and protector. The deep well of raw power inside her is Kier's to use. Grey would do anything for Kier—be anything for him—if he would only ask. When a quest to protect the child of an enemy kingdom pulls them into the dangerous heart of their nation's war, Grey and Kier will need to decide what they are willing to sacrifice to protect their secret. For Grey is no ordinary magical well, but heir to the lost island of Locke—the root of all power. If she dies, all magic dies with her.

Young Teddie Crawford is dead from multiple stab wounds in a restaurant kitchen awash with blood. LAPD homicide detective Kate Delafield is relentless in her pursuit and capture of his killer. But bringing that killer to trial imperils Kate's professional standing and personal privacy—and her belief in the justice system to which she has devoted her life.

Jerry and Diane show us how to look at every relationship as if there were only two emotions: love and fear. Fear, whose motto is "seek, but never find," is a product of our ego - our negative mind that views life as a constant battle in which we must defend ourselves, pass judgments and condemn. Love, the absence of fear and its accompanying guilt, is a beautiful light symbolizing our connection to a Higher Power.

This book offers an introductory guide to psilocybin—magic—mushrooms and how to grow them at home. Whether you’re a beginner looking to get into mushroom cultivation or an enthusiast of the medicinal qualities of psilocybin, this is the book for you.

“Unicorn migration is early this year,” said a deep male voice in a casual manner. “But you’re late.” Fredrick Phalen is stunned by the stranger’s greeting. While teasing his younger sister Fredrick fell into the land of Waitington, where magic is real. Those he meets believe he is magic as well—in fact, a long-awaited magician. Baffled by why he is there, and how to get home, Fredrick quickly finds out it is a crime to be a magician in Waitington. A crime punishable by death. On the run, Fredrick meets many magical friends while trying to stay alive long enough to somehow make it home.

For Eights. By an Eight. In Eight Language. What does it mean to be an Enneagram Eight? Why does it feel like everyone misunderstands and demonizes me? How do I grow into health and maturity? C.V. Meo asked these same questions of himself many years ago. Since then, he has gone on a journey of self-discovery. From reading all of the best Enneagram experts, to attending Enneagram workshops, to the hours spent in his therapist's office, C.V. has emerged with insights on what it means to be an Eight. If you want to learn more about all things Enneagram Eight, then this is the book for you. ...

From building a corporate empire in male-dominated industries, to facing the stark reality of a Women's Federal Prison Camp, V. Cheryl Womack's story is one of resilience, redemption, and the power of second chances. In this candid and empowering book, Cheryl shares hard-earned lessons and practical advice, offering a roadmap for survival and strength in the face of adversity. As founder of the Women of Worth charity, she advocates for the overlooked women in the prison system, using her experience to raise awareness and inspire change.

In The American Health Care Paradox, Bradley and Taylor illuminate how narrow definitions of health care, archaic divisions in the distribution of health and social services, and our allergy to government programs combine to create needless suffering in individual lives, even as health care spending continues to soar. They tell us how, and why, the US health care system developed as it did; examine the constraints on, and possibilities for, reform; and profile inspiring new initiatives from around the world.

Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two award-winning MIT professors, answer these questions based on years of field research from around the world.

The outbreak tore the US in two. The East remains a safe haven. The West has become a ravaged wilderness, known by survivors as the Evacuated States. It is here that Henry Marco makes his living. Hired by grieving relatives, he tracks down the dead and delivers peace. Now Homeland Security wants Marco for a mission unlike any other: He must return to California, where the apocalypse began. Where a secret is hidden. And where his own tragic past waits to punish him again.

Dorcas knew what she was doing when she volunteered to join the Forward Hope: getting as far away from her past as possible. What she found on board was a purpose and community far beyond anything she'd dreamed of since her escape. Off the planet and surrounded by aliens, she's safe from the machinations of the creature who abducted her years before...or so she thought. When a nightmare from her past threatens to come after her family, Dorcas does the only thing she knows how to do: confront the monster in his lair and pray for a rescue.

"Magic and other races really add to the magnificent story!" –Auburn, Vine Voice "Great dark fantasy!." –Kindle Reviewer Drawn kicking and screaming into a centuries-old war, can a woman on the brink of madness fulfill the realm's bloodiest prophecy? Crystalyn Creek is a tenacious survivor in her fading, hi-tech birth world. So when she spots a tome full of strange symbols at her otherwise mind-numbing job, she’s grateful for the distraction. But after her odd affinity for the book’s designs inadvertently opens a portal, she’s shocked when her carefree younger sister tumbles ...

The Bell family are terrorized by an invisible, talking poltergeist that has taken up residence in their home. While the children are beaten and harassed in their beds, their father is stricken by seizures, and visiting skeptics are confounded by a hateful, disembodied voice that ridicules their attempts at investigation. Centered around the person of young Betsy Bell, the Bell Witch haunting has been called the 19th century's answer to The Exorcist and has been the inspiration for such popular films as The Blair Witch Project and An American Haunting.

There are times when the isolation and demands of ministry can wear down even the strongest person. When the burdens of life and ministry push you to your physical and mental breaking point, how can you lead yourself, let alone others? No one is immune from the storms of leadership and the brokenness they leave in their wake, but Leading Through Storms is the emergency preparedness kit that will keep you anchored.