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Wendy Wooldridge has a perfectly lovely ordinary life but as birthdays take her ever nearer to the 'big 6-0' she wants something more. An on-line course promises to help Wendy find her 'essential adventurous self'.With encouragement from her course guru Melody Skyhorse, Wendy takes...

Our Awesome Puzzles Activity Book For Clever Kids provides hours of fun-filled activities! It is one of the best ways to educate kids, but at the same time entertain them. Your children will have the opportunity to practice fundamental skills like reading, counting, and...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916) is a novel by Vicente Blasco Ib瘻ez. Published at the height of his career as a popular Spanish author, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was adapted into a 1921 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and later...

Should a mother hide the truth from her son, for his own good? When her husband Jack has a freak training accident, Laura Harper is launched into the world of horses and in no time at all, the successful accountant is mesmerized by a...

A one-night fling won't change anything, right?After suffering a terrible loss, fighter pilot Zane North walks away from his military career and returns home to start a new life-one he's determined to control. Instead, he's confronted by his sister-in-law's unpredictable best friend, the one...

IN AN EPIC CLASH BETWEEN SALVATION AND SIN, WHICH MAN BROUGHT THEIR BETTER ANGEL?"Mr. Kelly brilliantly shares his creative talent in "Thursdays In The Grotto" where you will discover the meaning of life and love and loss through the character of Aiden Huff." (Lawrence...

Connie stared out at the quiet Cornish sea as the hazy early morning light bathed the horizon in a beautiful golden glow. She inhaled the salty, cleansing ocean air, looked down at the handwritten note and wiped away the lone tear that had started...

Cleverly written. Powerful, shocking, totally believable. 5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bestselling author Sheryl Brown.The perfect daughter...Jess Harper has spent her whole life trying to make her mum, Abigail happy and proud. And everything Jess does, from the clothes she wears, the job she has, the men she...

When Cleo Henderson divorces with a small son to support, she seeks a job as a healthcare worker. She is assigned to Zackary Hughes, an elderly white supremacist. Zachary is a complaining, gravelly voiced curmudgeon who requested a white woman; he is taken aback...

Bob, a native of Chicago, thinks he'll find a simpler life when he leaves the city for small-town Kentucky. Situations both humorous and poignant prove him wrong. He rents a room from Steve and Lou, who see him as a potential son-in-law even if...

Author: Loretta CobbISBN-10: 1604891661ISBN-13: 9781604891669Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West AlLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2016Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d

A family full of secrets...and one girl who must survive.Sixteen-year-old Alison Brennan's mother, Bernadette, is an agoraphobic hoarder, and her father Harry seems to have no past. Struggling every day, Alison seeks the help of a school counsellor.When an old homeless man is found...

Young Ephraim Goldman is the author of a perennial bestseller. A celebrated academic lion, he hobnobs with the movers and shakers of his era, such as Einstein, Berenson and Bertrand Russell.Ephraim's son Bernard is a young writer, desperate to make his own reputation in...

After cutting all ties, leaving her home in Turtle Key and moving to Boston 17 years ago because of her sister and boyfriend's betrayal, Sienna gets a phone call that they both had a fatal accident. Sienna has to travel back to the Keys...

When grandpa steps up as the father figure, the world becomes brighter for this little boyAuthor: Diana VilchesISBN-10: 8451642896ISBN-13: 9798451642894Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/08/2021Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.07d

They can't trust him with their shoes, but they can trust him with their hearts. Since Nick Marshall's wife died, he's been struggling to keep a lid on his PTSD and raise his stepdaughter Chloe and her younger half-sister, Abby. He's always run a...

When all has been lost, we find ourselves...Out of the ashes of destruction, a new world has arisen. The plagues of the past-the worship of greed and pursuit of power-are gone. Now, the communities that remain in this post-apocalyptic world focus on creating connections,...

It has been some time since Emily was officially adopted into the loving family of Monica and Jake. The whole family loves Emily very much and treats her really well. Everything goes well until one day Monica announces that Emily will be going to...

A New Hope: A New NightmareNothing is as it seems in New Hope, Indiana-the land of curly-haired designer dogs, bunco nights, and impeccably manicured lawns. Where the good kids from good families live. Except... it has a dark side. Wanting the good life for...

A seventeen-year-old academic prodigy from a small village in central Java, Lestari wants nothing more than to become a modern, self-determined woman. But she swims against powerful currents. Raised by her father, the revered guardian of an active volcano, she joins the many offerings...

After the death of his twin brother, Catholic priest Rupert Brown gains guardianship of his fifteen-year-old niece, Neti.Burdened with grief and questioning his faith, Rupert tries to recreate a family home for Neti, made more difficult by the sudden return of her mother after...

A Dying Wish...What would you do if your best friend's last wish was to help him escape from a hospice so he could "take care of a few things?"The initial dilemma for Dennis Sullivan is not the anger he will incur from Jack Nagle's...

Laine is an independent middle-aged woman, at least she is until she loses her job and must sell her deceased father's vintage Corvette online to raise funds. She travels cross-country to deliver the car, and during this journey, she meets people who influence her...

A generous and intimate novel from American literature's premier chronicler of middle-class angst in the new South. In Elroy Nights, Frederick Barthelme does a fresh turn on territory he's made his own over the last two decades: a middle-class America studded with characters maybe...

This fun little book introduces children to the activity of mudlarking. A craft mostly done in the United Kingdom is now making its way all around the world. Children not only get to go outside and experience nature and fresh air, they also get...

Elizabeth and Her German Garden, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book...

Description: Our planet, our future. It is important to remember this from childhood. Coloring book by drawing develops the child and teaches in these important topics Specifications: Cover Finish: Matte Paperback notebook with soft cover Large 8.5 x 11 inch pages Pages: 70Author: Patty...

Kim, born and raised in the dilapidated Joy City; a forgotten town where doing dirt was inevitable. As a teenager, she was believed to be the one that would make it out of the city; be something, be someone, go far and matter to...

Fanny Herself (1917) is a novel by Edna Ferber. Inspired by her experience as a young Jewish woman from the Midwest, Fanny Herself is the story of a young woman who recognizes the unhappiness in her life and decides to risk it all for...

13 year old Simon is determined not to accept his mother's new partner Philip and his future stepsister, 11 year old Lissie. His new life on Philip's farm in the North of England is very different from his previous life in London, and he...

An Athlete. A Therapist. A Murder. A Medal.Siana Singh can run fast; she is just slow in discovering where she belongs, wedged between her traditional Punjabi family and her western beliefs. She clashes with her father on everything from ripped pants to life goals...

Welcome to your life. It's probably not what you expected it to be. About to turn thirty years old, Guy Bradford finds himself trapped in his dead-end job at the Gas and Go on the outskirts of Richmond, Illinois. Stuck caring for his perpetually...

He survived Andersonville . . . and then his trials really began.Solomon Ramsdell brought the love of his life to his new farm in pioneer Michigan, then the Civil War threatened all they were building together. He heeded the call to the Union army,...

After having spent her whole life in the dusty, dull town of Cattles Creek, Cherry Daily is ready to pack her bags and head to Sydney to partake in the prestigious pageant, Miss Chevrolet Pin-Up.Together with her childhood best friend, Andy, she travels through...

The war is over but the fight for freedom has only just begun. Berlin. August 1961. The Cold War. When the Berlin Wall brutally divides East from West, Sabine is separated from her beloved brother, Dieter. Escape to the West is the only option...

Unfazed by chaos and bad luck, Melvin Scott knows, Some things a man must do himself. No matter how dumb that man is. His wife disagrees. In debt over his head, he learns that a penny will grow to over $10,000,000 in thirty days...

The Country of the Pointed Firs is an 1896 book by American writer Sarah Orne Jewett. It is considered by some literary critics to be her finest work. The Country of the Pointed Firs was serialized in the January, March, July, and September 1896...

FAMILY SECRETSWhat happens in this house follows a young girl Vivian Smith throughout her childhood. While dealing with problems at home. Vivian is forced to spend time with different family members and family friends. Going from one place to another, she soon realizes. Her...

The Surgeon's Daughter is part of Chronicles of the Canongate which is a collection of stories by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1827 and 1828 in the Waverley novels series. They are named after the Canongate, in Edinburgh. After his financial ruin at the...

The Vacationer tells the powerful story of T.J. Carlson, a decent man prisoner to his own bad decisions and reckless actions. The world is the stage in this tense, psychological family drama, following his descent into despair on a global scale. He never could...

Merci Samuel was not the kind of woman who believed in much; not in second chances, not in the redemption of people and certainly not in love. But ghosts were about the only thing she was sure were real. She had been running for...

Every year in a small town magic is created by a family whose love of Christmas surpasses anything anyone has ever seen. Their annual Christmas light display brings joy to visitors from all over town. It's something Grace's family plans for 365 days a...

"Strike three and you're out " the umpire yelled, as young Jimmy Watson made the walk of shame back to the bench in front of his friends and his crush - a moment forever etched in his memory." After his mother's death, handsome and...

Bhoomi 'Mother Earth' - a small town girl whose talent helps her rise aboveher circumstances.Deepani 'Still waters' - an innocent, sheltered teenager awakening to the pleasures of her body.Pavani 'Blowing in the wind' - a classic tale of a poor little rich girl.Three young...

In "The Journey Home" Part II of Michael J. Sullivan's series "Forgotten Flowers," Madeline Orsini had retired as Executive Director of Magnolia Garden, an exclusive assisted living facility in Charleston, South Carolina. Her life's dream of a husband and children long ago crushed by...

Learn the basics of mindfulness along with twins Kyla & Corbin, as Mom starts things off teaching them about mindful listening.Author: Ryan Ames, Kristene A. GeeringISBN-10: 0692192727ISBN-13: 9780692192726Publisher: Let Us Learn TogetherLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2019Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

Ally McVeigh has landed her dream job at Woodbury High. But when single dad, Owen Davies walks into her office with a tragic past and anxious daughter in tow, he threatens more than just her career plans.Struggling to distance herself from the rugged father's...

When Jacob and Sara visited Pelican Island as college students, they knew that someday they were destined to live there-even though the island was a magnet for every passing hurricane. Clinging tightly to their dream, they sell their Illinois farm and move to the...

So now I'm writing to you, 'Dad, ' hoping you will be reasonable and help me out...The baby's due in August...I need money to live on...By the way, does your wife know about me? And does she know you got forced into retirement? If...

From a USA TODAY Bestselling Author of Women's Fiction comes this true story of mother-daughter relationship problems. Based on the actual events that took place in her family, Crosby calls this a memoir of sorts. She looks back to a time when the sisters...