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As a young doctor working in the middle of the HIV epidemic in the early ’90s, Alicia Blando feels unsure of the effectiveness of the medical profession. To gain insight into her life’s path, she seeks advice in some unconventional places, and lands on astrology as her way forward. Astrology, based in astronomy, has specific rules; it can’t be easily manipulated. The scientist in her can’t help but respond to this idea.

Problems in the sexual relationship are one of the top reasons that couples get divorced, both inside and outside of the Church. Many faithful members have sought out counsel and direction from books, bishops, and therapists. Yet a large portion still complains of low levels of sexual satisfaction or dysfunction, which pull at the marital bond and covenant marriage. Dr. Anthony A. Hughes, LMFT, is a noted sex therapist and devoted member of the LDS church. Here, he shares his vast knowledge and clinical experience for LDS couples.

Keira Swanson, 28, returns to New York City, this time with Cristiano in tow. Having him in New York, and having him meet her family, is culture shock for them both. Keira is soon assigned a new article, her most important yet: a 30 day trip to Paris - with Cristiano in tow. Her assignment: to find out if their love can last in a foreign country, on new ground for them both. As Keira and Cristiano take the romantic trip of a lifetime to Paris, they find their love tested in unexpected ways. When a surprise twist comes their way, everything changes.

ATA Girl is a drama inspired by the real women of the Air Transport Auxiliary during WWII. From the UK and beyond, 168 female pilots, alongside the men, transported a vast range of aircraft from the factories to the squadrons, sometimes flying in perilous weather conditions and without radios or instrument instruction. One in 10 ATA pilots died. Told as a series of reminiscences from (fictitious) former pilot Amelia Curtis, the stories aim to honour these unsung heroes of WWII, whose shared passion for flying contributed so much to the war effort and who represented one of the first examples of ‘equality in the workplace’ for women in the UK.

With practical, proven, hands-on methods, you can learn how to pursue your writing career from the moment you put pen to paper through marketing and social media. Every chapter of this book will give you proven techniques, online resources to begin your own career, and personal examples of the best method to use when realizing your dream of becoming a published author.

Traditional leadership frameworks emphasize control over making connections, but that underestimates the value of collaboration. By sharing the lessons of facilitative leadership, Invisible Leader gives you a new framework for tapping into your team’s potential. This book will show you how to approach, prepare, and guide team meetings to their best outcomes as well as how to use reflection to improve every stage of your work.

Are you looking for something exceptionally dirty and provocative? Do you love erotica that shamelessly breaks our society’s deepest taboos? Do you want to immerse yourself in the best erotic, hot and dirty fantasies ever? You are about to find a collection of erotic stories that will ignite passions, lust and feelings deep within you like nothing else! These erotic stories are done for every fantasy and they will tickle you in the right place of your imagination.

It was a whirlwind romance and we had the perfect relationship. He was my dream partner, loving, caring, attentive…until the day I married him and things became toxic. I spent my wedding night in A&E with an ‘unexplained’ broken wrist – but I knew what happened…. My romantic illusions shattered. My fear of the future heightened. The man I had fallen in love with wasn’t the man I married. And that was just the start of things to come. Quickly things escalated. He isolated me from family and friends, and with no one to turn to, he began to control every part of my life.

In the heart of German-occupied Paris lies Chemin de vie, an all-girls asylum with a terrible past. It is the playground of Hector Barousse, a World War I-era field medic whose fascination with pain is questionable. His methods of therapy bring the girls to such fear that they see visions of the past, but Camille Sabot isn’t like the rest.

“A five-year-old couldn’t get into too much trouble, right?” Jinx at the Greenbrier is a humorous and creative chronicle of a young girl who practically grew up at the acclaimed Greenbrier Hotel, which is one of the finest resorts in the world. Jinx at the Greenbrier offers a fascinating picture of the celebrities, high-society personalities, and government officials who frequented the grand Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia during the '30s and '40s.

For many in product management, success comes from mastery of tools like road maps, MVPs, strategy frameworks, and OKRs. These and other technical skills describe what a product person does to design, build and support new complex technologies for our users. But as technologies quickly become ubiquitous, it’s the human approach to creativity, innovation, decision-making, and leadership that makes the difference in whether an individual, team, product, and even organization is successful or not.

When Kayla meets Cutter, the big, brown Belgian, she's at a crossroads. She's certain she's about to clear her brother of her parents' murder. But Dane, her longtime love, is just as sure that she's wasting her life. One man needs her. The other, apparently, doesn't.... Although it breaks her heart, the choice is made. Only, Dane Burdette isn't going anywhere. As loyal as that dog, he still loves the beautiful girl next door, even if her life has been derailed.

Eine temperamentvolle Amerikanerin. Ein verklemmter britischer Manager. Heiße internationale Verwicklungen... Ruby Miller schwebt auf Wolke sieben! Sie darf den attraktiven Stadtplaner Niall Stella, das heimliche Objekt ihrer Begierde, nach New York begleiten. Und wenn es nach ihr geht, dann wird der vielversprechende Business-Trip nicht nur ein beruflicher Höhepunkt. Die temperamentvolle Kalifornierin ist wild entschlossen, den frustrierend zugeknöpften Briten zu ihrem erotischen Sonderprojekt zu machen.

Massive attention has recently been directed towards the alkaline diet; there is a surprising increase in the number of people getting into the bottom of what it really is and what makes it so popular - and most importantly how effective it truly is. Which literature should you focus your attention to? Well, you have made the right decision in checking out this audiobook! Here, will walk you through all the basic facts you need to know about the alkaline diet: all the necessary things without the hard-to-comprehend nonsense.

Elena se pasa la juventud imaginando formas poco dolorosas de matarse, pero no quiere que su historia sea triste. Por eso se entrega, mientras tanto, a melancólicos enredos sexuales, a la vez que bosqueja libros muy distintos a los que se escriben y celebran en su asfixiante país-provincia.Esta novela constituye una indagación sobre el dolor, sobre la legitimidad del dolor.

El descubrimiento de un asesinato en una obra abandonada conduce a Will Trent y al Georgia Bureau of Investigation a un caso que se vuelve más peligroso cuando el cadáver es identificado como el de un expolicía. Tras hacer la autopsia, Sara Linto —la nueva forense del GBI y amante de Will— descubre que la ingente cantidad de sangre encontrada no pertenece a la víctima. Con seguridad, un rastro de sangre que sale fuera de la escena del crimen indica que hay otra víctima, una mujer que ha desaparecido… a la que si no encuentran pronto, morirá.

Cuando ella cree haber dejado atrás su pasado, pero al bajar de un avión y verse inundada por el calor del Mediterráneo y los recuerdos su corazón... Bum. Cuando él parece pasar de todo, pero la repentina e inesperada luz de una habitación se le clava en el pecho y... Bum. El fin de una era.

A strange symbol. Supernatural events. Portals to parallel worlds. Strange things are afoot in coastal New England. A group of extraordinary writers gathered in Salem, Massachusetts, at the legendary Hawthorne Hotel to collaborate on an eerie anthology for the Witches of Salem writers’ retreat hosted by J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon. These talented writers wrote a collection of short stories in a cocreated world that will satisfy even the most hardcore dark fantasy and speculative fiction listeners. Curse of the Spiral is a new paranormal dark fantasy anthology.

Following the success of the Living Among Bigfoot series, Tom Lyons and his friend Natalie Price have decided to partner up to co-author a new book; one that revolves around the terrifying encounter that Natalie and her family had shortly after moving to Northern California. Strangers from the Meadow is a true story.

Guillermo Trejo y Sandra Ley ofrecen en este libro una teoría novedosa y necesaria sobre la violencia criminal, que enfatiza la influencia crucial de la política. A diferencia de estudios previos, que ven a los grupos de crimen organizado como empresas económicas libres que operan en oposición a las autoridades estatales, Trejo y Ley los conciben como grupos ilegales íntimamente relacionados con el Estado. Por tanto, estos grupos responden al cambio político: el crimen organizado no puede existir ni operar con éxito si no cuenta con algún grado de protección estatal.