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Tina Thornton's twin sister Meg died in a childhood accident, but for almost 40 years Tina has secretly blamed herself for her sister's death. During a visit to her Uncle Edward and his sister Lucia, Tina makes a discovery that forces her to finally question her memories of the day her sister died. As Tina finds the courage to face the past, she unravels the tangled family mysteries of her estranged parents, her beautiful French Aunt Simone, the fading, compassionate Uncle Edward, and above all, the cold, bitter Aunt Lucia, whose spectral presence casts a long shadow over them all.

Most of us don't get what we want in our lives because we sabotage ourselves. It doesn't have to be that way. The way to eliminate our guilt, shame, and self-loathing is to esteem ourselves and forgive ourselves. The way to esteem ourselves and forgive ourselves is to esteem and forgive others. Forgive To Win!'s Forgiveness Diet is a structured program that teaches us how to do this. It's not complicated. And it works!

Devastated by the loss of his family, Gideon Markham has retreated to his ship and the life of the sea. Heir to a privateering tradition, he brings his schooner into the Gulf of Mexico to wage unremitting war on the British who threaten America’s freedom. But the puritanical Gideon finds the Gulf a strange and threatening place, and soon he must face Jean Laffite’s pirates, a mutiny, an attack by Red Stick Creeks, and a British invasion…none of which he finds as baffling and alarming as Maria-Anna de Suarez.

It’s snowing in Windsor Gardens, and Paddington has lost the woolly hat given to him by Aunt Lucy. Will the brave polar explorers Jonathan, Judy and Paddington be able to find it in the snow? And will they encounter a Yeti along the way?

It has taken almost five years for the United States of Europe to stabilize its position in 17th-century Europe. Now it turns its attention to the New World, where the English have ceded their colonial claims to France. There are vast lands and rich resources across the Atlantic for any nations powerful enough to rule and control them—and equal incentive for other nations to block their path.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1642. Im Heiligen Römischen Reich tobt seit 24 Jahren ein mörderischer Krieg und er scheint kein Ende zu nehmen. Als plündernde Soldaten Gustavs Familie und Zuhause zerstören, ändert sich auch sein Leben von Grund auf. Der Wundarzt Martin nimmt ihn auf und offenbart Gustav eine Wahrheit, die für ihn alles ändert. "Gustav, ich muss dir sagen, es gibt auf der Welt Dämonen, die sich von Menschenfleisch ernähren. Genau deshalb sind wir hier auf dem leichenübersäten Schlachtfeld.

Poetry can capture the imagination in a few short lines but narrative verse or poetry takes the form of telling a story, whether it be simple or complex in a longer form. Among the most ancient forms of poetry, it has widespread roots through almost every culture. In Volume 4 we bring you the classics 'The Eve of St Agnes' by John Keats; 'Flodden' by Sir Walter Scott; 'The Ballad of Agincourt' by Michael Drayton; 'Tam O'Shanter' by Robert Burns; and 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' by Robert Browning.

White wolf Devlin Moore has spent nearly the last century following his destiny: hunting rogue werewolves. His fate is to be the only one of his kind-hardened, feared, and brutally ruthless. Only now, Devlin's not alone. There are two others. And if that wasn't unsettling enough, Devlin is drawn to New York City for what appears to be a human . . .

When the Browns discover a box of garden games in the shed, Paddington can’t wait to have a go. Mr Brown is determined to win every game, but who will be the summer games champion? A delightful new Paddington picture book that teaches children that taking part is more important that winning.

Das Gayatri Mantra, 108 Wiederholungen zum Anhören, Mitsingen, Meditieren, Kontemplieren und Teilen. Gayatri (Sanskrit. f., गायत्री, gāyatrī, die weibliche Form von gāyatra (Hymnus)) bezeichnet im Hinduismus die bedeutendste vedische Hymne, das Gayatri-Mantra. Ebenso ist Gayatri das Versmaß, in dem das Mantra geschrieben wurde. Es wendet sich auch an Savitri (m., savitṛ)[1], den Aspekt der Sonne, weshalb man dieses Mantra auch Savitri (f., sāvitrī) nennt.

As a child, Henry Cadmus lived on Catalina Island, a scenic vacationland off the Southern California coast. But Henry's experiences were far from idyllic. Today, even though Henry has seen firsthand the horrors of war, the ghastly images that haunt his dreams are ones he associates with his childhood... and the island: a snarling pig-man holding a cleaver; a jackal-headed woman on a high balcony, dripping blood; strange occult rituals... and worse. If it was up to Henry, he would avoid the island entirely.

Welcome to Madison Park, a small community in Alabama founded by freed slaves in 1880. And meet Eric Motley, a native son who came of age in this remarkable place where constant lessons in self-determination, hope, and unceasing belief in the American dream taught him everything he needed for his journey to the Oval Office as a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush. This charming, engaging, and deeply inspiring memoir will help you remember that we can create a world of shared values based on love and hope.

Curious and not a little unnerved, Errol sneaks into the graveyard where his father is buried. What he finds there changes his life forever. Caught up in a war between a secret government security agency and an alien presence infecting our world, touched by "the Wave", he knows that nothing will ever be the same again.

Life is not going well for archaeologist Sam Bellamy. She's stuck in the middle of the ocean on a salvage boat with people who want her dead. It wasn't her gift for being able to sense objects of power that got her here, rather her need to make a secret society called the Knights of the Dragon pay for killing her mentor. Sam doesn't believe in dragons, but the Knights do, and if she can get one of the sacred artifacts they're searching for away from them, she'll consider it payback.

Bildgewaltige Fantasy des Besteller-Autorenkollektivs "Fünf Federn". Der Winter zieht in die Minenstadt ein. Kaum ist Schnee über die letzten Morde gefallen, erschreckt eine neue Untat die Obrigkeit. Ausgerechnet der Gast einer hochrangigen Delegation wird im Palast der Feehlenwerks auf brutale Weise ermordet – Fleisch und Knochen des Opfers sind bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verformt. Hauptmann Gunter steht vor einem Rätsel, denn alle Spuren führen ins Nichts. In der Not beschließt er, erneut auf die Talente von Zauberin, Wirt, Heiler und Diebin zurückzugreifen.

In “Whispers in the Dark,” an ex-con sells his organs to ensure his brilliant nephew’s future. The boy will grow up to have the highest IQ ever recorded, but the uncle, who sold his eyes, won’t be able to see it. In “Voices,” a history professor becomes addicted to a drug called pulse, which gives him access to a world of vivid fantasy while tearing his brain to shreds. By the time the professor qualifies for a brain transplant, he’s no longer sure what’s real and what’s imagined. And in “Angel’s Island,” a convict in the world’s largest private prison reveals the facility’s chilling secrets.

Wounds Are Where Light Enters is a collection of stories that are warm, sometimes funny, sometimes not, but always taking unexpected turns to find the care of God in all the pathways of life. In them we find the grace that enables us to live with the answers we see and the answers we don't see. In this collection we meet Arthur Bias, the retired black police officer who loves those who hate; Agnes Brill, the shrill piano teacher of patience; Junie Piper, precious of the homeless; Melvin, who honors his aging mother by honoring the little girl she has become; Lucian; and more.

From insulin comas and lobotomy to incarceration and exile, Walter Brown chronicles the troubling history of the diagnosis and (often ineffective) treatment of bipolar disorder through the centuries, before the publication of a groundbreaking research paper in 1949. Cade's "Lithium Salts in the Treatment of Psychotic Excitement" described, for the first time, lithium's astonishing efficacy at both treating and preventing the recurrence of manic-depressive episodes, and would eventually transform the lives of patients, pharmaceutical researchers, and practicing physicians worldwide.

This book is a scholarly yet practical edition of the I Ching both for beginners and seasoned practitioners. The special focus of this divination guide is upon leadership, self-leadership, and leading others. The central concern of the author is to help the reader understand the I Ching from a point of view of decision-making, and as an aid to decision-making. In this sense, the ‘oracle book’ becomes an effective guide for taking action, which can mean bold action, nonaction or retreat. The wisdom is to arrive at right action, in whatever form it has to be carried out.

Wenn im Winter der Fluss gefriert, wird der Schattenstaub über das Eis kriechen und gierig das verbliebene Leben des Kontinents verschlingen. Eine Prüfung, so unerbittlich und tödlich wie dieser Feind, soll Rettung bringen. Die Magier des Lichts suchen nach drei Helden, auf deren breiten Schultern, die Hoffnung des ganzen Volkes lasten kann. Drei Recken, die aus blutigen Spielen hervorgehen - kampferprobt, tollkühn und entschlossen. Bei der Göttin des Lichts! Was haben der alte Mönch, die betrunkene Räuberin und der junge Ziegenhirte nur in der Prüfung verloren?