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When a good looking stranger wanders into Shelley Morrison's gift shop, she's immediately attracted to him. But he's more than just a handsome cowboy. She finds out his mother died during the summer, and he wants to honor her by carrying on her Christmas traditions. He's looking for a star just like his mother had for the top of his Christmas tree.

Growing up in religion, I believed that I was blessed as long as I was doing something productive for God, or I was forgiven as long as I begged and pleaded for forgiveness. The words "free" or "gift" never clicked. Whenever I heard the gospel, there was a contingent on it, "You are saved by grace through faith, but…" This "but" would always lead to something extra one must do not to lose this free gift. This mixed message left me confused, burnt out, and further away from God.

Oxygen for Educators explores the overwhelming demands placed on today's educators, often leading to burnout and emotional exhaustion. As anxiety, depression, and behavior incidents rise among students, kids need more, and the adults in the building are overextended and under-resourced. This podcast features inspiring interviews with educators, administrators and counselors making a difference in the lives of countless students. In each hopeful conversation, we acknowledge hard truths and real challenges while simultaneously mining for light-lift, high-impact ideas, practices, and solutions.

March 1942: The world is at war. Too old to fight and with jobs scarce at home, Tom Phelps found work as a carpenter in the goldfields of the New Guinea Highlands. No one expected the Japanese to attack in the Pacific. But they did. Tom and his mates weren't going to hang around and wait to be killed. With escape routes bombed by the Japanese, their only option was to try to reach safety by foot, through some of the most rugged terrain on Earth - the Bulldog Track. Back home in Sydney, Rose Phelps, their son, George, and three daughters, Joy, Shirley and Ann, waited for news of Tom's fate.

In “Getting the Band Back Together,” 14 rebel dentists and business entrepreneurs share their stories of rediscovering business and life on their terms. In opposition to the societal convention of "work hard and someday retire," each built a stream of asset-based income, which created new freedom of time. In addition, their health improved, and their relationships were renewed with a greater purpose and meaning in each person's life.

A collection of short, disgusting, and mentally disturbed zombie stories for the Internet age. Concise, bittersweet, and stomach-churning, this collection of disgusting, horrifying, and psychological thriller-based zombie stories is the result of a challenge. One night, Kyle Clements and I decided we should write a novella. We came up with the idea of writing stories based on a weekly challenge. The stories that came out of the challenge are the most terrifying, depraved, sincere, and utterly unreadable works we could have hoped for.

On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret naval codebook. The fledgling Australian Navy had an opportunity to immediately change the course of the war. But what exactly had they found? Enter the Australian code breakers ...

In this second volume of folktales, a Punjabi woman outwits seven ruthless thieves, an Incan girl restores harmony to the empire, and a mischievous Norwegian lass thwarts her entitled landowner. Spanning centuries and continents, Kamala recalls how the dazzling courage, cleverness, and power of women have always held our world together.

Who said you had to choose between living now and saving for your future? For graduates on a career path who feel they have to choose between either living life to the full or saving to buy property, this audiobook will show them how to do both. Listen to "Getting Your Money $hit Together" and learn how to: Prepare for a first home, by being awesome at saving, while enjoying guilt-free spending, Plan to buy strategically for a lifetime of changing property needs and leapfrog your peers.

Megan is an unexpected mail-order bride with a secret. Mike has a ranch to run, rustlers to capture, and a fondness for the truth. "Never fish in troubled water", the old proverb cautions. But if Megan and Michael hope to untangle the strings of the past from the promise of the future, they will need to dive right in. Was his bride a mistake or a surprise? Can an Irish rose bloom in the wicked Texas heat? Will they sink, or will they swim?

How do you successfully lead the five generations in today’s workforce? It's not a one-size-fits-all approach. You need the tools to navigate. Filled with over 100 case studies and the Generational Matrix, Gray Goldfish provides the definitive map for leaders to follow as they recruit, train, manage, and inspire across the generations.

Attorney Julius Phelps-Felton, a rising star in the Obama County State Attorney’s Office and author of The New York Times best seller Know Your Rights, is tragically killed in a police-involved shooting while trying to defend his fiancée, R&B musician Laura Mae, from being sexually violated by a police officer. The trauma from the incident sends Laura into a deep depression, eventually leading to her hospitalization and PTSD diagnosis.

Jessica Gracers sits in a jail cell. Accused of murdering her husband; a crime she insists she is innocent of. Having heard of Derek Cole and his investigative skills, Jessica hires Derek and requests he begin the investigation immediately. But when Derek Cole and Nikkie Armani arrive in the Tampa, Florida area, they learn their client has refused to give an alibi. Forced to work with Jessica’s lawyer, a woman with a past and present filled with secrets, Derek and Nikkie must first convince their client to give her alibi before they can begin their investigation.

Riley Jax, convicted murderer. Once a promising engineer in the army, he lost everything in a single night when he killed a man – an act he cannot remember. It's a devastating gap in an otherwise perfect memory. Now he's facing a new life, one behind bars, where he has to learn a whole different set of rules and only the toughest survive. And as a series of deadly bombings rocks the outside world, the only man who might be able to find the truth behind the conspiracy ... is on the inside.

A daily devotional for those who are thirsty for more of God’s Word. Our bodies benefit greatly from the consumption of water, but we must pick up the glass or cup and drink the contents to benefit from it. The same is true of living water. We must become acquainted with the giver of living water and accept his gift of life drinking deeply of him. The water he gives never goes stagnant. It’s always moving, alive, sustaining life. In his own words he tells us, “But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.” (John 4:14).

So much of current sports media is filled with hot takes and people screaming at each other. Each week, join Ben Phelps and Brandon Buskirk as they discuss current events in sports and a few other things on their minds. They are two teachers with a love of sports and sharing information with others to give rational takes on sports. If you love sports and want to learn more about advanced stats, the financial side of sports, and just want to listen to a couple of guys have fun, this baseball-centric podcast that covers all sports is for you. @theNRIpodcast New episodes drop Monday mornings.

Riley Jax, convicted murderer. Once a promising engineer in the army, he lost everything in a single night when he killed a man - an act he cannot remember. It's a devastating gap in an otherwise perfect memory. Now he's facing a new life, one behind bars, where he has to learn a whole different set of rules and only the toughest survive.

Charlotte wants to find the mother she thought was dead. She embarks on the long, dangerous search for her mother alone when her father sends hired guns to kidnap and return her to his Boston home. Ethan wants to help, but he must keep her safe, healthy - and his. So he follows her. The West is no place for a woman alone, and he will keep her safe even if it takes a trip or two over his knee. Will Charlotte and Ethan escape their pursuers? Can Charlotte survive the heat and deprivation of the journey? Will she accept Ethan's discipline and guidance?

William Lyon Phelps (1865 - 1943) was an author, critic, and scholar. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous popular books and articles. "Human Nature in the Bible" (1931) is an essay about the curiosities of human nature. Phelps looks at the Bible from another perspective than those based simply on dogma.

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