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Are you spending time trying to discover what your passion and purpose is in life? You end up thinking that you just haven’t got a clue where to start! Do you try, try, and try again but seem to fail over and over again? Seriously, it doesn’t have to be this way. Finding your passion and purpose is easy, in fact, it can actually find you! When you, your passion and purpose align, something truly wonderful happens. The Universe brings forth extraordinary magic. The stars align and incredible things start to happen. Seek and ye shall find!

East Berlin, 1961. Kirstin Beck is determined to escape to the West. She watches from her townhouse window as the border with West Berlin is closed and a barbed wire fence strung through the cemetery behind her house. With a grandmother in West Berlin who needs her, Kirstin knows she has to go. Tony Marino is an American writer living in West Berlin.

Held prisoner in a remote testing facility in the middle of the Brazilian rain forest, subjected to torture and abuse, shape-shifter and alpha male Wilson Rousseau has long since given up hope of being rescued. Days blend together until he can’t help but long for death. But he is saved from his isolated hell by a female’s distress call and feels an instant connection to her.

It's the 1940s. World War II. A New England farm boy is growing up during wartime. That's what Home Front: A Memoir from WWII is about. You'll share his experience - the blackouts, the rationing, the fears, the patriotism, and the unity everyone felt. As the men go off to war, you follow Douglas, our young narrator, as he grows to an obliged maturity, sharing with others, enduring the scarcity of the depression, the fear and patriotism during World War II and then the exuberance in that brief, post-war period when America felt safe and when the middle class was born.

On the run from the ruthless Bolshevik regime, Alexei and his comrades, Reggie and Eli, have narrowly escaped certain death. But their journey is far from over. Desperate to evade capture, they embark on a daring mission to reach their next destination and seek the king's aid. Time is running out, and danger lurks around every corner. Even if they manage to secure an audience with the king, there’s no guarantee he will offer the protection Alexei so desperately needs.

In her multi-million-copy bestseller Mindset Carol Dweck coined the terms ‘fixed’ and ‘growth’ mindset, transforming our view of individual success. Award-winning social psychologist Mary Murphy builds on Dweck's work in Cultures of Growth to present a groundbreaking argument: that mindset is not isolated to an individual. Instead, we can all influence each other to create a culture of growth mindset. This means creating an environment that people want to be in, which allows them to achieve their potential and top results.

Sadist had lived the last 10 years with one goal in mind. To make this world safer for people like his family. He lived to protect his fellow Demented Souls, his club brothers. That didn't leave room for the softer parts of life like a wife or family. He didn't know if he could share the secret that kept his brothers alive. But who would be willing to let him keep those secrets from them?

FBI agent Savannah Casillero never backs down. She already lost her partner on this case, and now she's more determined than ever to find Sergey Karev's killer. With the Mafia's former head of security under her thumb, she finally has a way inside - as Maxim's girlfriend. Controlling the lone wolf may be a bit of challenge, but Savannah's confident she can handle it. The six-and-a-half-foot Mafia man is certainly not her type, but she'll do more than play along to make it believable.

He gave his loyalty to his club, she wanted his heart. Could they work out a deal? Gizmo Martinez had long since dedicated his life to the Demented Souls and what the club meant. This was no life for a wife or family, and he knew it. But when her sweet charm pulls at something deep inside, can he walk away? Jill wants something more than her work and video games. What she needs is something or someone to add some excitement. Maybe the tattooed man who ran into her, literally, in the grocery store is just the one to show her another side of life?

This collection contains three Demented Souls novellas: Crash - Crash has done it again. There's a reason for his name. Now he's stuck recovering from his injuries, but is he ready for Amber? , Dumbass - when Jailbait stepped up, and took command over the other girls, he noticed her for the first time. But as a prospect, he had no place wanting her, and Kinard Chris Kinard lives a double life. In one he's an emergency room nurse, who saves lives and helps the sick. In the other, he’s the club medic and a member of the Demented Souls MC.

Christmas is right around the corner, but after creating a society scandal, New York heiress Melody Hascall-Ebons has nowhere to turn. Cut off by her family for running away with an actor - who turned out to be using her for publicity - Mel is penniless, homeless, and disgraced. There’s only one place to go, and that’s back to the fiancé she ditched. But instead of her ex, she finds his friend Daveed Rafik. The handsome military translator disarms Mel with his easy smile and surprising sympathy.

Stockton Clay receives a mysterious invitation to the world premiere of a secret prototype supercar. At the gala event in Southern France, one of his colleagues is killed in a bizarre accident, and Clay is secretly led to CIA agents who tell him that he was the real target in the murder. Clay then discovers he suffers from a rare disease that can only be cured by the blood cells from a direct relative. Clay's search for his biological father leads him to Japan, where he is caught in the crossfire between the CIA and a mad Russian scientist trying to sway the balance of world power.

As I placed my bare feet on the cool, moist soil, I grabbed my garden shovel, stepped over the small fence, and soaked in the mild breeze and beautiful rays of the spring sun that rained over me. The five peppers my daughter had planted from seed had outgrown their container and needed a new home. My front yard garden was the perfect place. As I dug into the soil, placing the first plant into the ground, I felt calm. I felt peace, I felt still, I felt that this was something many people needed.

Do you want to gear up for success by thinking like a millionaire so that you can create huge profits for your business? Do you know what all millionaires or even billionaires have in common? If you’re thinking that being born into money is the answer, then you’re wrong. Actually, 80 percent of all US millionaires made their riches themselves, and only 20 percent inherited their money.

My name is Coran Burke. I'm unique among the fighters in the Black Squad. I'm more than human. My new assignment takes me to Dassuria, on the trail of an alien dragon lord. To beat him, I'll have to dig deep into my own past. At his side is a woman with deep entanglements in his dealings. Despite my misgivings, I can't get her out of my head. She's unearthed feelings I'd long ago abandoned and stirred something in me like no one has ever before done. She should be my enemy, but she appears to be the key to my survival - a puzzle I'm hesitant to solve.

Hear Mr M.H. a driving instructor from Kent whose female pupils are all very keen to learn, and hear why Ms G.E. of Derby really loves the older man. John C. of Wigan tell us how he met his favourite ‘Readers Wives’ fantasy in his local market, while C.K. of York tells of the young lady delighted to have her privacy invaded by the junior reporter on the job. Listen in while Ms B.C. of Dundee describes why she likes being on top. Plus many many more.

In discussing home-centered worship, this volume explores both individual and family worship and draws on reports from a diverse sample of more than 500 Latter-day Saints who share the challenges and barriers they have faced—and successes they have experienced. Individuals and families establish and maintain a home-centered religious life and strengthen their conversion to the gospel by using these real-life experiences, quotes, and key findings.

In January 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev had agreed to enter a treaty agreement that would be labeled START II. The Russian SS-20 medium-range missile was to be removed from Eastern Europe...Nine 150 kt nuclear bombs were unaccounted for...This story is mostly fiction. Some of the characters are real, most are not. The year is 1987. This was the last year of the Reagan presidency. It would be nearly 30 years before we would see anything like it again.

Christmas is supposed to be the season of miracles. But seeing my ‘90s high school boyfriend change into a bear isn’t the miracle I’d hoped for.

Reminiscent of Nick and Amy in Gone Girl, Jack and Maria have a tortuous history. Currently, they live in a claustrophobic Manhattan apartment with their eight-year-old son, Jonah. Jack has quit booze, but his music career ended abruptly, and he isn’t doing much better as a real estate agent. Maria’s doing well at her corporate job, but she travels frequently. While they both love their son, they don’t seem to have much else in common, and their sex life is nonexistent.