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Illusion of Control is the second book in the 'Illusion' series, following Illusion of Consent. These books highlight strong Christian women helping other women find success and happiness in a broken society. With the support and financial backing of her family, Ashleigh Justice worked hard to get her architectural degrees at a school considered a man's college, and land a job in a typical man's profession in the 1980's. She thinks she has control of her life, until she realizes the values and mores of the 1980's prevents women from having control of any part of their lives. She faces sexual harassment and creates a group of professional women to protect their equal rights in the workplace. Along the way she finds it isn't easy to change society's culture. Always looking to God for guidance in her life, she establishes a group of women to help her highlight attention to this problem at the state legislature. Her job is in jeopardy and her friendships suffer because of her commitment to women's issues. Her tenacity and dedication attract the attention of two men, the 'perfect man' and the 'right man'. Will she realize what she wants and needs in her life or will she lose them both?

"It made her day better by being around him, and that thought made her freeze in her tracks"Bria, struggling with the guilt and sorrow after leaving her toxic marriage, finds herself in need of starting over. It seems she will never be herself again - that is until she meets Kai, the handsome man who finds her brokenhearted outside of a bar at her lowest point. His happiness is a ray of light to Bria, though she doesn't know he's battling his own traumas. Together, they both need to learn how to let go of the pain of their pasts and open themselves up to the possibility of finding love again - and learning to love themselves for who they are in the process.

These are, as best as can be reconstructed, the poems written by David Davis during the largest part of his life. Presented in roughly chronological order, beginning when he was just a boy and going through his early seventies, they include the good and the bad and everything in between. Basically, they amount to a form of autobiography, with a lot of the facts left out. Many present his decidedly dry sense of humor and his odd way of looking at life; others are cries from the wilderness. Deceptively simple and clear, there is often a turn of phrase or line that gives you a kick in one part of the intellect or another.

Transformed from mortal to mermaid, Marvela leaves the Amazon waters for the depths of the sea to guard tribal relics from shipwrecks on the Caribbean floor. With a fellow mermaid from Africa, however, Marvela also beholds the trauma of colonial brutality in the cold Atlantic waters. In the poem Marvela and the Broken Water, these two selected sirens depart from traditional mythology to become agents of resurrection. Marvela and the Broken Waters is an illustrated poem novella that one can read in one sitting but the author's messages and imagination reverberate justice, healing, and feminism.

Licensed Clinical Mental Therapist Christine Cantilena Barnes ventures into her divorce stemming from a loveless marriage as a Christian woman and mother. In her book, A Heart's Betrayal, she describes the process of before, during, and after her devastating divorce and picking up the pieces. This book consists of many essential tips for navigating a high-conflict divorce. This includes discovering marital affairs, divorce's effects on children, legal knowledge and helpful tips, financial concerns, regaining emotional steadiness, and reconnecting with the Lord to find your new self goals and purpose.Many things can tear one down while dealing with a divorce, and the most difficult that Christine discovered were keeping her son emotionally sound-minded and fully surrendering herself to God to regain self-confidence and self-love. Her hope is to help others who find themselves in similar situations so they, too, can learn to cope and heal from their extensive pain. Additionally, to learn the new "normal" of being a healthy-minded single parent and to recognize a strong-willed narcissist. Although Christine's experiences prove that a marriage can be filled with devastating destruction, God's mercy and a prayerful community can renew your life to an unexpected height. Her contending spirit are all factors that demonstrate there is also a path of such greatness that awaits you beyond divorce!

Captain Ukweli Aseyori and his elite team of demon hunters from the Church of the Seer return in this fast-paced, action-packed sequel. Set just after the supernatural events that concluded The Dark Reveal, Ukweli is forced to test the perceptions of the physical limitations of the human experience as he seeks to complete an impossible set of tasks in order to rescue his family from the sinister Red Dragon. Follow Ukweli all over the world he intends to save while dealing with dramatic twists in his personal relationships. Political extremism and religious persecution provide a fitting backdrop as Ukweli learns that triumph and tragedy are two sides to the same coin.

"He knew he was going too fast. He tried to straighten back up but couldn't. In desperation he squeezed both hand brakes. The wheels locked. A mighty jerk jolted through his body. The bike pitched forward like a bucking bronco, sending him head first over the handlebars."¿Jacoba Dahm's predictable teaching year is turned upside down when one of her fourth graders disappears and is later found dead in the town's park. Her grief is compounded when she learns she's seriously miscalculated the significance of certain classroom events that may have contributed to the youngster's demise. Is she partly to blame for the boy's death? The Rigby family is struggling to resurface from the devastating loss of Sarah Rigby, wife and mother, in a car crash the previous winter. Dr. Solomon Rigby, already angry at God for allowing this to happen, is pushed to his limits when his son, Jonathan, tells him he wants to become a priest. Welcome to Grandburg, where a tapestry woven of the past and the present preserves what forever lingers on the edge of memory.

He was at the end of the hallway.The stillness of him is what I remember most.I didn't catch him midstride or walking away.He was just standing and looking at me. As if he'd always known I'd be there.Silent. Perfectly silhouetted in the dead center of the hallway. And then he ran, directly at me.They are the Shadow Guild. Or maybe they are The Academics. Or, on second thought, they might be BrainForce. That's all still up for debate. But one thing is certain: Marshall, Quinn, Malcolm, and Brigham are a teenage-detective team on a mission. And that mission is to uncover the mysterious motives behind Marshall's late-night mugging at Carter High School. It's a dangerous investigation that leads the normally rule-following, RPG-obsessed, straight-A honor students into a dark, crime-filled underworld that brings about an entirely new and unexpected question: Will they actually survive? And will they have to break curfew in the process?

I would like to take a few minutes to introduce myself and how I acquired these letters. My name is Steve Lawler and I am an avid history buff, antique picker and have been researching Civil War for 30 years. Myself and Neal (Mac) McBrayer were doing maintenance on our 12 lb Napoleon Cannon at Kelly Ranch near Alpine, AL. some 5 or 6 years ago. There was this trailer there and of course it caught my eye. I looked inside and it was full of boxes and books. I got to looking through the boxes and I found items from as far back as WW1. To make a long story short I was able to purchase the contents from Charles Kelly. As myself and Mac were going through the boxes and trunks, I came across these letters. I couldn't put them down. They were from Captain Kelly to his wife Amie. Nearly all the letters started with My Dear Amie hence the title of the letters. I couldn't bring myself to keep the letters. I gave them back to Charles and asked if I could take them with me and transcribe them. He agreed and a year and a half later I finally got done transcribing them. They are full of tragedies of war, humorous accounts and what Amie needed to do in keeping the farm up and running. If you are history buffs or needing to read the true account of the Civil War you will hear it from someone who lived through it day by day.

I would like to take a few minutes to introduce myself and how I acquired these letters. My name is Steve Lawler and I am an avid history buff, antique picker and have been researching Civil War for 30 years. Myself and Neal (Mac) McBrayer were doing maintenance on our 12 lb Napoleon Cannon at Kelly Ranch near Alpine, AL. some 5 or 6 years ago. There was this trailer there and of course it caught my eye. I looked inside and it was full of boxes and books. I got to looking through the boxes and I found items from as far back as WW1. To make a long story short I was able to purchase the contents from Charles Kelly. As myself and Mac were going through the boxes and trunks, I came across these letters. I couldn't put them down. They were from Captain Kelly to his wife Amie. Nearly all the letters started with My Dear Amie hence the title of the letters. I couldn't bring myself to keep the letters. I gave them back to Charles and asked if I could take them with me and transcribe them. He agreed and a year and a half later I finally got done transcribing them. They are full of tragedies of war, humorous accounts and what Amie needed to do in keeping the farm up and running. If you are history buffs or needing to read the true account of the Civil War you will hear it from someone who lived through it day by day.

With sabotage having been perpetrated on the Starship-Cosmic Mall in book one, The Earth's Project, a report of another incident directed at the beautiful waterfall display in the mall's center court caused many of the command crew of the starship to exclaim, "Oh No! What else can go wrong?"Robert Porter, head of security, immediately went to check it out to find out if the instigators of the sabotage were still at work to destroy the Earth's project as a new member of the Galactic Legion.This mystery and the violence that accompanied it would have to be solved and the command crew of the mall starship were determined to get to the bottom of it, before the ship, it's crew and their mission were destroyed!

Without the love of a human, elves lose their magic, their name, their memory of life with a human, and they grow old. Unlike other senior elves, Old Elf remembers the warmth of love and he is determined to return to the human world to find it. Against Santa's orders, Old Elf leaves the North Pole to follow his dream, but his journey is not what he expected. Will he succeed in his quest or fail?

For over fifteen years, Red Eye, a great black-backed gull, has been riding on Captain John's lobster boat Intrepid. After a serious injury to her leg, Captain John brings Red Eye to a wildlife rehabilitation center and saves his friend's life. This heartwarming and beautifully illustrated true story of the bond between a man and a gull helps show the benefits of our connection to nature.

For over fifteen years, Red Eye, a great black-backed gull, has been riding on Captain John's lobster boat Intrepid. After a serious injury to her leg, Captain John brings Red Eye to a wildlife rehabilitation center and saves his friend's life. This heartwarming and beautifully illustrated true story of the bond between a man and a gull helps show the benefits of our connection to nature.

Return to the Daniel Byrd Adventures in the third installment, Self-Rescue.As a GBI agent, Daniel Byrd works all kinds of cases north of Atlanta, Georgia-drugs, corrupt officials, and murder to name a few. But what he doesn't expect is to find himself tangled in a case that leads halfway across the country to Texas.Familiar faces, Trooper Montana Worley and Texas Ranger Clete Petterson, discover a strange plane flying over the Mexican border, heading east toward Georgia. As the case develops in Georgia and El Paso, Texas, Byrd and his law enforcement partners fall deeper into danger as the situation unravels. What begins as a possible drug-smuggling case turns into Byrd's biggest, spanning state lines and even the Mexican border.This time Byrd may be in so deep, no one can help him.Self-Rescue will keep you on the edge of your seat as you follow Agent Byrd-from deadly shootouts to high-flying action, and even the cartel-in his most thrilling adventure yet.

In Rivaldo Villegas's collection of short stories, Exit Childhood, each story, set in fantastical worlds, revolves around someone not quite ready to give up their youth for the daunting existence of adulthood.Life and Magic revolves around Thea, a young witch who just likes to have fun with her friends, but if Thea doesn't improve her grades, she'll be kicked out of school and won't be able to hang out with them anymore. In her pursuit to make something of herself, Thea decides to change her attitude, but by doing so, she may lose the very thing she was fighting so hard to keep.An Adventure Story follows a young man, Oleksander Lviv, on his quest for an enchanted flower to save his father. He, along with his new friends, encounters several new people and struggles, forcing our protagonist to grow up in his adventure in the great unknown.In Vision Quest, Ahigo is sent away from his village to become a man. Ahigo struggles as he tries to do what his family would want of him and his own inner morals. Ahigo learns that he can be a man, yet still be true to himself.In our final story, The Keahi Family, a young girl is sent to spend her summer break with her grandmother. At first, she finds the trip boring and would much rather be in sunny California with the rest of her family. But as she gets to know her grandmother better, she realizes that her family history is more youthful than she thinks

Saunter through the life stages of Andraya Grangroth as she shares the healing powers of Mother Nature. This book is an inspirational memoir of an insecure girl healing into an independent woman, leaping past the multiple forms of childhood trauma to become an accomplished writer, author, small business owner, and western-hunting guide. Growing up in a sheltered and strict household, this trauma was never addressed or brought to light. Her appreciation for the natural environment has held strong throughout her life, starting with the safe feeling of ferns in the dense Washington forest. This deep appreciation as a young child led to the realization of the healing powers of wild places, along with the growth that comes with these wild places.Hunting rugged and remote terrain will test each person's mental and physical fortitude, distorting the prior image of themselves. What's Her Wild: An Untold Story depicts the mental and physical challenges of western hunting. Grangroth eloquently writes the stories of overcoming these challenges, leading to the growth of confidence as well as the successful and wholesome life she now lives. She tells her story so she can make a difference in the lives of others with similar trauma.If you struggle with past trauma or lack the confidence to get into wild places, this book will change your thoughts and, most importantly, will change your attitude

Donald Pattillo, an accomplished aviation historian, makes his historical fiction debut with the story of a young female journalist, Ellen Hobson. She begins as a newspaper reporter, a field usually not open to women, in her home city of Pittsburgh in 1904. Soon, becoming restless at being limited to covering local news, Ellen gains the opportunity to travel to Dayton, Ohio, in Spring 1905, to report on the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, who claim to have developed a powered flying machine. She meets the rather reserved brothers and is permitted to witness their flying experiments at Huffman Prairie, a field outside Dayton. Although initially skeptical, Ellen comes to believe in the Wright brothers' work and publishes well-received articles about them and their flyer. She continues her reports over the next four years as the brothers pursue recognition and success, leading them to Washington, Kitty Hawk, and then to Europe. Their path is far from smooth however, as they deal with political difficulties as well as legal challenges to their invention. Ellen's involvement with the Wright brothers changes her life in a way she would never have anticipated, including professional recognition, travel, and, unexpectedly, love. ¿Prepare for this compelling story of self-discovery, romance, hope, and ultimately, heartbreak, at the dawn of aviation. Donald Pattillo's novel, A Romance of Flight artfully combines credible fictional characters with a detailed factual portrait of the Wright brothers, their family, and their legacy as inventors of the flying machine.

What a fabulous book! This book gives parents, family members, teachers, and counselors the opportunity to learn how to create a Friends Group, with an easy, straight-forward process, specific recommendations and examples. The depth of Linda Thalheimer's insight, sensitivity, supportive and corrective means of encouraging group members to develop the kind of self-esteem, peer relationships, and a much-improved quality of life is remarkable! The concept, of bringing lonely people together so no one is lonely, is simple, yet effective, creating an environment of trust, friendship, and happiness in which social skills and confidence improve, changing lives forever.Robert A. Weaver III, Ph.D.,Director and Neuropsychologist

Making and Keeping Friends is a road map to change, to attain the wonderful and self-fulfilling relationships of friendship. It is easy to follow, and a clear guide for those who are motivated to improve their social skills. It addresses the psychological, social, emotional and trust elements as they relate to making and keeping friends. I have seen how Linda Thalheimer has greatly improved the self-esteem, communication skills, and development of trust, nurturing the endearing qualities of those needing and wanting long-lasting social skills. She shares her techniques in this remarkable book.Robert A. Weaver III, Ph.D.,Director and Neuropsychologist

Under the Rhode Island summer stars in 1969, a young witch helps three teens. There's Paul, an awkward boy on the edge of manhood who's trying to understand the world, Ricci, a smooth operator with a love of cars and girls, and Gagger, who relies on jokes as his sword and shield.A high school bully, D'Ago, steals Gagger's prized ring outside Cece's shop of mystical oddities. D'Ago is accompanied by a wealthy stranger in a flame-colored Barracuda who has taken up residence in a local castle-like mansion. Cece and the stranger apparently know each other, and questions swirl around both.Paul's parents have split, and his dad is getting remarried, plus Paul is having trouble meeting girls, his sister has less time for him, and his big brother is getting into drugs. It's a lot. Cece faces issues of her own. Her husband, Mitch, is missing in action in Vietnam. Trying to help Cece discover what's happened, Paul improbably poses as her son before a military panel of inquiry. The deception fails but yields clues about Mitch's disappearance.The boys work for Phil, a contractor and wounded vet who is attracted to Cece but respects her situation. The group meets up at a boarding house run by Mrs. Xavier, who lives with a dark secret involving the Great Storm of '38. Also living at the boarding house is LeithLily, a teenage apprentice witch who flirts recklessly with Ricci and others. On the night of the Moon Landing, Cece conducts a regression that reveals Mrs. Xavier's troubled past, leading to a sudden turn of events.While enjoying summer rites, including riding in classic cars, a poignant night of teen romance at Rocky Point Amusement Park, job hunting, and sailing on Narragansett Bay, Paul bonds with Cece and Phil. The group meets Joni Mitchell at the Newport Folk Festival, and she offers Cece surprisingly helpful advice.Cece and the boys confront the stranger, Mr. Flint, a wealthy scion who dreams of taking control of his powerful family. Flint plans to use local boys, including Paul's brother, in a shady business venture unless Cece and the others can stop him.Paul draws the two factions into a showdown at Flint's mansion, and Cece conducts a wiccan ceremony aimed at giving Flint everything he wants, which she knows will be his undoing. Flint has seduced LeithLily, however, and they conspire to get Cece arrested. Paul must do some growing up and help Cece, no matter the risk. Cece and Paul share one brief bittersweet encounter under the last summer Moon before both make choices that will color their lives forever.This coming-of-age story turns on soaring successes, crushing failures, empathy, and unapologetic self-agency. Paul and his friends explore Rhode Island's lively shores, its best pizza place, a lighthouse, fabulous mansions, and a castle with something hidden in the cellar, as the story moves towards an emotional catharsis.Goody Celeste by Chris Riker is about boys with fire in their legs, biking twenty miles to the beach and back and laughing it off. It's about a remarkable woman and those caught in her emotional gravity well. The time that was, whispering to the now we've made; it's in there. A pinch of wonder, a teaspoon of melancholy, stir in humor to make a witch's brew, a recipe for reflection. It's eating fries with vinegar, listening to folk music, body surfing, driving classic cars, and making choices we cannot take back. A purple door leads into a shop of dangerous wonders, where a cat with mismatched eyes watches foolish humans get themselves tangled in the reins of love.

"We don't expect sharks to change their nature, so why do we hope narcissists will change theirs?"Pathological narcissists make up a far greater percentage of the population than people realize and leave those in their wake questioning . . ."How do I get others to understand what the narcissist does to me?""Aren't there any resources out there to share with my friends and family?""How do I protect myself from the lies they spread about me?""How do I survive?""How do I get out?""How do I heal?""How do I move forward?""How do I avoid narcissists in the future?In this Growth Book companion to Swimming with Sharks: Surviving Narcissist-Infested Waters, you will be guided and supported through your soul-mending journey. In addition to answering the questions above, the Swimming with Sharks Growth Book will give you access to:ChecklistsReflection pagesGrowth activitiesShareables-handouts for friends, family, and others in your support systemResource pagesEscape Preparation TipsAnd, of course, the expanded version of . . . THE SHARK DETECTORA licensed psychotherapist and sought-after narcissistic abuse expert, Alena has cultivated a wealth of knowledge working with survivor-victims of narcissistic abuse since 2013. She draws on her experience and expertise to increase public awareness of narcissistic abuse by leveraging the power of social media, training other mental health professionals, and engaging in speaking opportunities on the subject. Alena is also the founder and CEO of Coastal Light Counseling, a multistate private group practice employing counselors and psychologists across the US who inspire healing through loving and compassionate psychotherapy.