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Hannah, a well educated psychotherapist, graduates from university, and is ready to pursue her chosen profession, when she meets and marries a soft spoken man of her dreams. It didn't take long before Hannah showed up at her parents home with bruises and she finally comes clean about her husband's abusive and controlling behavior. Her Aunt Agnes leaves Hannah a legacy in Seattle of a two bedroom brownhouse. While attempting to leave for Seattle in secret he finds her, drags her to a taxi, but her will to leave helps her fight for her life. She hid until her plane left Cleveland. His dysfunctional behavior keeps Hannah on the run until she gets help from the police in Seattle. But her worst nightmare comes true when he finds her again. Hannah is kidnapped, raped and beaten because she wouldn't return to the arms of Bradly.

CELEBRATION OF THE FIAT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARYThe MilAve Devotion is the recitation of 1000 Hail Mary's. We gather to celebrate the fiat of our Celestial mother. Thanks to her fiat, we have a brother, a Redeemer and the Eucharist.This devotion started back with Saint Catherine of Bologna, a mystic and a patron saint. She was the first to recite the 1000 Hail Mary's on Christmas Eve in 1445. While she was reciting the Hail Mary's, the Virgin Mary appeared to her and placed the infant Jesus in her arms. As she expressed in her own words:"It was just a moment."The Blessed Virgin Mary's Fiat did change the world. The mission of this devotion is to lead the elects to Jesus Christ through Mary's spiritual strength and humility. It can be said individually or as a group in three to four hours or expanded to 25 days of 40 Hail Mary's daily.TOTUS TUUS MARIA!

Moderating a Love Affair with Food: 10 Tips to Mindful Eating and Drinking is an easy-to-read and entertaining guidebook for the industry pro, the food- and wine-obsessed, "foodie," home cook, or any eater who adores food and drink but is looking for a little help with moderating. The book offers ten tips for self-control based on a food pro's personal experience eating and drinking at home, work, and in social settings. The book covers subjects of self-care, moderating alcohol, cooking mindfully, eating out in restaurants and navigating the many tempting social situations we find ourselves in, and the expectations that others can put on us. Throughout the book, Michelle shares funny anecdotes about everyday life and examples of ways to pay attention to our mood and surroundings. What's different about this book? There are so many recipe books on the joy of cooking. And so many apps and programs on dieting or abstinence. This book is about loving yourself enough to enjoy everything in balance. Michelle draws on her experiences working in the food and wine industries, beginning as a corporate brand manager for super-premium Italian wines and Champagnes. She holds an Advanced Level 3 from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust and is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier NY, an organization supporting aspiring professional women in food and beverage hospitality with education, advocacy and philanthropy.

Mr. Zamorano hits hard on issues that plague our society today. He has lived through each of the issues described in the book and has come up with suggestions to correct the inequities that pervade this country. He does not take sides and hits each issue head on.He takes a close look at the crime that has increased in frequency and severity and is rampant across the country. He addresses the reasons why it has increased with suggestions to correct it. He assigns responsibility to the police for overreach when thought to be necessary but also assigns responsibility to the parents of teenagers who commit crimes and suggests payment for their retribution. What a novel idea! We will see how long it takes parents to pay strict attention to the social conduct of their out-of-control children when they are hit with restitution for damages made by themHe looks at issues that are very sensitive like abortion and takes a stand for each side of the issue. There are no politics involved in the solutions made and he is respectful of each side. Of course, someone is going to read this section in the book and, regardless of the suggestions, he or she is going to have his or her own ideas of the issue that may conflict with the author's. Because the author is a military retiree, he is involved with veteran issues that should have been corrected long ago. In many instances, military, who are injured while performing combat situations and must be hospitalized, are entitled to disability pay. When it is a military retiree, he also receives compensation, however, when he is receiving retired pay along with disability, he is required to have his retiree pay diminished dollar for dollar to compensate for his disability pay. In other words, he winds up paying for the injury resulting from a combat situation or is service connected. Mr. Zamorano has written several letters to congressmen and to the president concerning this issue. He has never received an answer to any of his letters. The Democrats continue to defend the policies that have turned this country in the past two years into a smoldering, angry and divided country. America has a history of division. We have endured deep divisions between its political parties, with over industrialization; suffering a civil war; allowing illegal immigration; civil rights and anti-war protests in the 1960s, gay rights, abortion and numerous other battles that plague this country.The author cannot reconcile hypocrisy by the government that projects one version of the truth to the world when it knows the projection is false. Let's take the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier located in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Some brilliant political mind determined that it would be a good idea to construct a building, place the remains of an unknown soldier and provide military security to that structure on a 24 hour basis. Have video cameras to document to the world America's sense of honor and respect it has for its fallen soldiers. Project that image to the world.To that end, the United States Army provides sentinels to protect the tomb, changing of the guards every 30 minutes, twenty four hours a day, three hundred an sixty-five days, come rain or shine. Video cameras record the pomp and circumstance; the cameras panning out to the tourists viewing the ceremony. That is the image that we want to world to see and give the sense of our commitment to our military. Nothing can be further from the truth. We desperately need change in this country or we are on our way to becoming a third world country. We cannot let that happen. The author is making a plea in this book to readers to wake up and take a stand for this great na

A Beguiling Adventure into The World of Fairy. Developed in Ireland in and around the countryside surrounding the family's ancestral town of Tournafulla, County Limerick, Ireland. "Where the Fairy Tree lives on the Magic Road."Let your imagination take you into the world of real fairies, where it comes alive in the adventures of a New Jersey family caught up in saving their father or becoming lost in a realm of magic. Things just haven't been the same for Harold and Megan since their father mysteriously disappeared. But one night, a ghostly visitor tells Harold that his father is being held captive by a mad gnome named Gagledormius, somewhere in Ireland. To find the lair of the mad gnome. Harold must solve a riddle. Harold loses all hope: he hates puzzles of all kinds. But a magical box that belonged to his father may hold a clue. When Harold relates his strange tale to his family, his mother refuses to believe it and thinks Harold is making up stories to console himself for the loss of his father. But Megan knows there's more to it. Against their mother's wishes, Harold and Megan turn to their classmates for help. But when nobody can solve the riddle, they must convince their mother that their father is in danger. They must travel to Ireland to seek the help of relatives and friends. Little do they know what awaits them on the Emerald Isle: the mad gnome is the enemy of fairy folk. Will they receive any special help from the Mayor of the Leprechauns, as well as a surprise visitor who appears when hope is lost? Will Harold and Megan find their father and rescue him before time runs out? Follow the family across an ocean and into a magical world as they explore their first adventure into the realm of enchantment.

When Humanity Meets Divinity......contains true stories of saints and sinners who over the centuries have aspired to love God and spread that love to their families, neighbors, and the whole world. There are no plastic saints here. Instead discover inspirational lives of people just like you and me who-amidst life's struggles-have knelt and allowed God to enter their hearts and souls. People like Saint Luke the Apostle; Dismas, the good thief on the cross; St. Bernadette of Lourdes; and much more. Ever wonder how Bishop Nicholas became Santa Claus? Or why Mont St. Michel is called the eighth wonder of the world? It's all inside. Check it out!

Miracles happened to my familyBy John ChungJesus frequently emphasized the importance of faith when performing miracle statingLuke17:19 "Your faith has made you well "Miracles are profound expression of God's love and power, demonstrating his involvement in human affairs. Miracles provide reassurance of his presence and fulfillment of his promise. Miracle can be found in everyday moment of life. Many times occurred to our family but clearly recognized miracle happened to us seven times. i love to share my experience with reader of this book

Oh no, I just saw the serial killer walk behind that tall tree. Run as fast as you can, girls. We can't let him see us! They really didn't know how they got in this unusual predicament, but they sure wanted to be finished with it. The FBI came and told the ladies they needed to be put in the Witness Protection Program because the crazy serial killer wanted to kill all the girls so they wouldn't testify against him due to them seeing the man shoot a young girl in a convenience store. The eight cousins go on an annual vacation together in the summer for fun. So far, this has not been a fun vacation. The crazy wanted to kill them. Would the girls get away from the insane man? Would he find them and do what he thought had to be done. Could the FBI keep the girls safe?

Despite the threats of forced retirement and dissolution of a cherished supernatural collection, Witchy Hester "Auntie Oddity" Habbakuk braves the bureaucracy to combat an unscrupulous supervisor, and a sorcerer thief with the help of friends, spells, and a magic rope.

Jake moves into the Bradford Estate in Fairhaven anticipating a relaxing summer with his wife and kids. A washed up body on the sands of Fort Phoenix beach quickly changes his plans. Sanctuary is the final book in the Buried Treasure trilogy. Once again the setting is Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, but this time the history emphasizes the Elizabeth Islands.

Society's foundational stories, key to uniting us, are under attack because they are judged as unhistorical biblical myths. What if that judgment is wrong? In that case, debunking these attacks would be important. Which is why this book is important!The history of the universe from the beginning to the creation of man on earth is a real history, just slightly different than as described in the bible. The cognitive revolution is a real event, just slightly different than as described in the bible. The Garden of Eden is a real place and can be pointed to on a map today. But what about the heroes?The key to identifying biblical heroes in secular sources is to synchronize the chronologies. By answering a simple question with a simple answer, this narrative is based on an alternative chronology that unmasks identities of many heroes...and they are REAL! Noah's flood was a real event and can be linked to the most catastrophic volcanic eruption of the Bronze Age. Abram was a real person, and a mayor of Jerusalem wrote and complained about him to an Egyptian Pharoah. Joseph was a real person, and his story has been known for centuries in Egypt but misidentified due to poor chronology. Moses is in the Egyptian records once you look in the right time period! And the histories of these hero's matter. They matter because the record of their history in the Bible records the maturation of an explanation for the fundamental question everyone wants to know the answer to: why? Experience the thrill of quickly and easily learning the Bible and discovering how accurate it really is while staying true to the latest modern science. The majority of the Old Testament is thoroughly explored in less than 250 pages, and they are explored as they occurred, within the larger history of man! History, alternative history, biblical history, Ancient Near East geography, military analysis, mathematics, metallurgy, the Bronze Age Collapse, archeology, linguistics, even climate change, all these topics make their appearance in these pages to help explain what the latest scholarship believes to be true about the Bible.Although this book is clearly written by a modern scientist and mathematician, it is truly hoped that it is seen for what is intended to be: a modern-day apologetic. To serve that role, it was written in a way that is hopefully easy to read and not filled with dense notes. It hopefully includes enough information to get the curious started on their own investigations. And it is hopefully clear that the author respects and is in awe of the biblical authors.

This book explains how applying effective life tools allows you to maximize your happiness and success in life. These life tools were originally developed by observing and documenting various techniques used by highly successful people. These life tools have been applied and refined for over 20 years. The amount of positive feedback is amazing. In the same manner that tools enable carpenters to build a house more effectively. When leveraging these life tools, you start to feel more confident in yourself and the people around you. You learn not to resist, but to enjoy and dance with life's challenges. The tougher life's challenges become, the more you need to embrace them spiritually, emotionally, and physically. These life tools help you accomplish this.

Uncommon Lands is an emotionally gripping story of how quickly a life can turn dangerously wrong.Mary Beth Ivy owns and manages a truck farm in south Louisiana...just south of Opelousas. Bayou country; lush, green sugar cane fields. crawfish and rice farms, alligators, and beautiful coastal sunsets.Five years after losing her husband, Jack, in a tragic accident, she is finally happy and content with her life...until west Texas rancher, Yancy McCone, traveling through south Louisiana, breaks down on I-10 and needs a place to board his thoroughbred horses overnight. The Ivy barn is perfect.Not only is he attracted to the widow, Mrs. Ivy, but he needs her farm to rescue his almost bankrupt ranch.He convinces her to visit his west Texas ranch. Within days she realizes her infatuation has led her to make a huge mistake. If the dry, dead land wasn't depressing enough, Yancy McCone shows his true character and he isn't a man she can love. She wants to go home to her farm ...and to Luther.Yancy doesn't handle rejection well, especially being dumped for an illegal farmhand, and he is determined to have her or ruin her.

This book is meant to shed light onto areas of our existence that deserve more recognition. We as humans would ultimately reach our full potential if we unified. Due to indoctrination and a dash of Willie Lynch, we all have turned a blind eye to our neighbors and potential friends. We have been taught to accept the bare minimal as humans. We have learned to promote systemically oppressive system that we are ALL subject to. Systems that some of us do not survive. My fear is that through all of this division we may have actually come to believe that there is no other way to live. Nothing could be farther from the truth. We are all one and derive from the same energy source. That is a scientific fact. So be brave! Join me in liberating yourself from our societal norms. Tear down the boundaries that have kept us from being our best selves. We can only do this together and with love.

The mysteries continue as questions surrounding the many unknown artifacts unearthed throughout the world also pose danger to those charged with protecting them. Most affected by their very presence still strive to contain those answers. If their actual origin were to be openly revealed, it would lead to chaos and upended societies. Cultures would be changed forever. Those attempting to keep a lid on this knowledge face constant attacks. When might it all blow up in their faces and begin a reaction they can't put back into the genie's bottle? Rodane Arcos, as well as others, continue to learn, adapt and protect this world where they live. Their enemies and those who want to publicly unearth their ancient presence on Earth, are determined to unmask them. If successful, that would give them control of anything that would benefit themselves and dispel so many beliefs of much that has occurred on Earth over 250,000 years. Stopping them entirely is the one thing they may not be able to do, so how to turn it to their advantage and safety of the millions living in this world of today? Their calendar is fast filling up with possible revelations that could cause riots and breakdowns of Technology, Science and Religions. Failure would lead to societal instability around the globe.

When thirteen-year-old Jim discovers Sam, an older black man, fishing in his favorite spot one day, he has no idea his life is about to change. The two form a remarkable relationship and as the summer unfolds, Jim learns there is more to his new friend than he ever imagined-and that life's most valuable lessons are often the most painful. Hailed as "An excellent first novel" by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry, River Season tells the story of a young boy's magical summer in a small Texas town in the 1960s. Exploring the innocence, joy and heartbreak of youth, this semi-autobiographical tale grabs readers' hearts and does not let go.

This book is powerful collection of poetry that does an excellent job of expressing feelings, perceptions and experiences of life itself. These poems will easily relate to many as they speaks. They touch on many topics that many of us will likely come back to read them over depending on what's going on in their lives. It might make this book your favorite for a long time to come.

Author John Sager, a retired CIA intelligence officer, tells his readers how he changed from a critical suspect to a firm believer in Jesus Christ. In this anthology/apologia, he traces the historicity of the four gospels, describes their authors, and leads his readers all the way to the crucifixion and ascension of Jesus Christ. Citing reliable source material, his writing dispels any doubts his readers may have about the life and times of Jesus Christ.

Former police aviator, Jake Cahill, and family are happily ensconced on his late parent's legacy Sierra ranch, Tierra del Puma, Land of the Cougar. Life bustles for Jake, Valerie, and daughter Sarah. But then a private investigator arrives at the ranch seeking to rent a secluded cabin and making a request. She asks Jake's friend, retired FBI agent Mark Kincaid, to assist her with a small innocuous case she has pending. Suddenly, Mark finds himself treading ever so lightly through a series of events that swirl around an influential pastor and his ministry. Suspicions abound as to what hides beneath that spiritual umbrella. Jake unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in the mystery when he discovers something decidedly unusual that lies over the fence line of Tierra del Puma. Vague and twisting clues ultimately lead to a confrontation where confessions can be deadly. Meanwhile, Valerie must reconcile a new reality and the weight of a decision to tell her family. And, within the Sierra breeze, The Legend of Tierra del Puma will reveal itself to a stranger who must fulfill an obligation that could make the difference between life and death.

Island of Misfit Joys contains stories of inspiration, making mistakes, finding happiness as well as bringing to light anecdotes of deliberate and unexpected kindness. Many times these random encounters have elements of untapped joy, everyday life, vulnerability, and our reactions. Ravi Zacharias stated, "None of us escapes life without some ecstasy and heartache." When you see a baby jumping for joy, splashing water during a bath, or smiling from a hug you just gave them, we rarely question their excitement and enjoy the moment of their ebullient happiness. Not everything fits together perfectly. Sometimes a misfit experience turns into an unexpected joy!As adults, I find that we often feel guilty, (or are made to feel guilty) if we express our own joy. God has given each of us so many gifts, so that we can choose to build each other up, to keep these gifts latent, or to bring people to their knees with unkind words. I hope your day is a happy one.Brené Brown reminds us, "Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change." This book is also about what I observe, react to, and reflect on-often in complete awe. I also hope this helps you to see that there is much good in the world. We just have to look around us, and we have the power to make positive, impactful changes in our immediate surroundings and in bigger circles, too. What actions do you take when no one is looking?Alison McGhee said, "Every moment of every day you can bring people down or you can lift them up-you, one small person-by the energy you project. We choose what we want our lives to mean, and what we want to leave behind. We have the power to write our own stories. Remember that." It is in this spirit that these stories of inspiration are shared.I feel a bit overwhelmed by people who express that I am "positive." Someone asked me "What are you on?"I just realize that I have so much time left, people are generally good, some will not like you no matter what you do, and life is just one big sitcom, so laugh a little or laugh a lot.Also, I have faced my own mortality a few times, and I am continuing to see that many times you and I are, metaphorically speaking, given a bundle of Christmas lights to untangle. You unravel the lights, plug them into some good power source, and voila, you have some magic before your eyes.Or, you have a new source of power that you just plugged into, and the lights suddenly short out. Now, you have to find a new way to see the lights again.I also have witnessed enough horrible and miraculous life experiences that made me strongly consider focusing more on the miraculous, yet everyday experiences and how we can work toward achieving happiness, even if what you thought might happen did not fit. Often what we did not see fitting in our own lives often brings us unintended joy!

Tribesmen murdered in Papua New Guinea. A shaman brutally killed in the Amazon. Mercenary commandos infiltrating biolabs across the globe. Billionaire Umberto Morton will stop at nothing to assure he is the first to patent the Fountain of Youth. He has transformed his worldwide pharmaceutical empire to a single effort; he calls it the Methuselah Project.Welcome to Madagascar: land of exotic spiders, land leeches, jumping rats, crocodiles, hissing cockroaches, and the mysterious predator called the fossa. And maybe, land that is hiding a secret elixir, the Fountain of Youth.Harvard entomologist, Trygve Lindstrom, has accepted Morton's generous six-month sabbatical to a remote village in Madagascar. For centuries, mariner's reports and missionary accounts claim that these reclusive villagers, the Rock People, may have found the secret to youth and longevity. Lindstrom scoffs at the tales, but leaps at a chance to collect and study rare bugs. In time, he is accepted by the villagers, especially the children who joyfully accompany him on his collecting journeys. Then the unthinkable happens. Morton sends two armed commandoes to Madagascar. Lindstrom is determined to protect his beloved villagers and their sacred secret. But what can he do against armed intruders?

Generally, Christians believe that the scriptures in the Bible-both the Old and the New Testaments-are the words of God. They believe God resides in heaven and human beings live on the planet Earth. Then the question is, in the beginning, before the Bible says God created the heaven and the earth, where had God lived? Had he been homeless before he created heaven? In the Old Testament, humans were required to offer some burnt offerings "of a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire," and drink offerings. Should we say, "God was homeless, hungry, and thirsty, and that was why he created heaven, humans, and animals, and required humans to offer burnt animals and drinks"? Many Bible readers believe Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, paradise, and on the planet Earth. But is that true? Let us try to locate where the paradise is. Revelation 2:7 tells us, "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." Now we know "the tree of life" is in the midst of the paradise of God. Where else can we find "the tree of life" in the scripture? Genesis 2:9 tells us, "And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden." Through these scriptures, we can see that "the tree of life" is in the midst of the garden, in the midst of the paradise of God, not on the planet Earth. The scriptures also tell us that Adam and Eve were there. Could they be in physical human bodies in paradise on the planet Earth?Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." Could a person be "caught up into paradise" if the paradise was on the planet Earth?It was written in Luke 23:43, "And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise." The "him" in this verse was one of the thieves crucified with Jesus. Does any scripture tell us Jesus's resurrected physical body took the hand of the thief, also in a physical human body (Jesus must have resurrected the thief's physical human body, too), and led him into paradise, someplace on this planet Earth? No, it does not. Through all these verses, do we still believe paradise is on this planet Earth?

The story of public education in the early 21st century through the eyes of a well-respected educator and his fight against an over-zealous administration's efforts to strip its teachers of all their individuality. Both exposé and memoir, this is the tale of one man's search for the perfect career and what turned that perfect career into a struggle to maintain a teacher's ability to create his or her own curriculum, based on years of experience, instead of a one size fits all model that was being shoved down our throats by administrators who were bowing to pressure from parents as well as their own ill-conceived feelings of superiority. Do you want to know why the number of teachers are leaving the profession in greater numbers than ever before? This is the story of what started it all.