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If you’ve suffered from childhood neglect, abandonment, physical, emotional, or psychological trauma, Worthy: A Personal Guide for Healing Your Childhood Trauma is the perfect antidote to the lingering effects of your unresolved childhood trauma. Let this be the day you reach down deep within yourself and tenderly take the hand of your frightened, wounded inner child. They want nothing more than your unconditional love and acceptance. You remember what that was like, don’t you?  

Most couples - because they watch so many of their peers divorce and are themselves the products of failed marriages - don't have many successful long-term-relationship role models. Parenting and communication issues are perennial, while some challenges, like increasingly 24-7 work lives and economic hardships, mark the current decade. Despite all this, psychotherapist and clinical social worker Marcia Naomi Berger asserts that most couples can make love last - they just need to learn how.

Jester Falls has always been an idyllic town. Perfect for a getaway. And what better place to stay than Magnolia House, the tourist trap's most popular bed-and-breakfast, run by the eccentric Channing family. Ruth Channing loves her family - at least what's left of it. She'd do anything to protect them. But it isn't until her brother picks up a mysterious woman on the side of Route 78 that Ruth realizes how many definitions the word anything can have.

Turtle Planet is a work of philosophical fact and fiction by ordained Daoist Monk Yun Rou. This thoughtful work deeply explores the bond between humans and animals - the wisdom they teach us, the wounds they can heal, and the role we play in their destruction.

When Ruby’s mother dies, she’s dragged 3,000 miles away from her gorgeous boyfriend, Ray, to live in LA with her father, who she’s only ever seen in movies. He’s a mega-famous actor who divorced her mom before Ruby was even born, and while the rest of the world may love him, Ruby definitely does not.

Spending the summer in California isn't quite as glamorous as Rennie Winters had hoped. Time with her best friend, Maia, has been great, but all the fun came to a screeching halt when Rennie got her heart broken. And then there's the part where she's started time traveling to an unfamiliar land where the Commander and his Enforcers are trying to kill her. She’s been drawn into a world she doesn't understand, a prophecy she may or not believe in, and a love triangle she wants zero part of. Her biggest wish is to lay low and get through the rest of the summer unscathed.

From single to happily ever after...Any woman who wants to marry can...once she learns how. Marriage Minded's A-to-Z format - packed with warmth, wisdom, and humor - makes the process fun and informative. You will learn how to overcome obstacles, meet men, and date constructively; you'll listen about single women of all ages who became happily married; and in Marcia Naomi Berger, you'll have a sensitive guide to creating the lasting, loving union you've always wanted. After her parents divorced, Berger became a long-term commitmentphobe who stayed single for many years.

Brian Finney’s Dangerous Conjectures is a powerful, gripping exploration of two Americans’ inner lives living through a pandemic and a culture overrun with misinformation. 

Red-haired El Casey is a project manager a few years into her career who never seems to have enough money and desperately desires a promotion. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, seems to skyrocket in his career endeavors, as does El's entrepreneurial food truck king brother, Jack. After years of commiserating with her female friends, El meets PJ, Empowerer of Women, when they are seat mates on a flight to Florida, and El's life is forever changed.

Jane Phelan knows the odds. Women who leave don't always survive. When husband Brock's abuse turns to physical violence, she drafts a surreptitious plan to escape. She must outsmart her suspicious husband, a DEA agent with exceptional means to find her. Does she have the courage? The odds are against her.

Have you ever felt the odd person out when it comes to love? Are you the single among couples? Or maybe you’re sick and tired of people wanting you to change to fit their ideal partner? If so, this audiobook is for you. El Casey and her best friends Leticia and Teresa are back in this sequel to A Salary Cinderella Story (Or How to Make More Money Without a Fairy Godmother). Told in the same parable format as the first audiobook, A Singles Cinderella Story begins six months later when Teresa announces her engagement.

Melody Murphy shared her love of music with her father, but after tragically losing him on Christmas Eve two years ago, she no longer has any interest in music or Christmas. She returns to her hometown of Charles Town, West Virginia, to help her mother save the family antique business, content to stay focused on her work.

Serenity Winters is taking the summer off. After her last year included crushing on the wrong guy (again), having her best friend move all the way across the country, and an unexpected loss she's still not prepared to deal with, she deserves it. And a visit to see Maia in California seems the perfect getaway. Beaches, bonfires, and boys? Yes please!

A prince in danger, an epic quest, and a cup of coffee, all at your local Easy-E-Mart! When Mary Stone started her overnight shift at the convenience store, she never expected to run into an elf begging for help because she is supposed to know magic. Key word, supposed to. Now she’s caught in a world where dragons are real, were rabbits are a thing, and the creatures that go bump in the night really do hide under beds. And all of them are after her.

The United States is gone; in its place is a broken country struggling to survive. A lost microchip can turn the US back into the superpower it once was. Every year, racers head out into the desert to find the microchip, but they never return. This year, Troy is going to change all that. He plans to win the Rotham Race. Finding the microchip, though, might not be all the citizens think. Government secrets surround the race, and the one to win doesn’t receive just fame and glory. He or she gets death.

She's poor and naïve. They're rich and dangerous. At once a painful coming-of-age novel, an exciting amateur sleuth tale, and an intriguing narrative involving social issues (immigration and wealth disparity), Money Matters has mystery at its core. This emotionally charged debut novel is firmly embedded in Los Angeles culture over the 2010 mid-term election. 

Some truths can do more harm than good. This is what Isa comes to believe at the tender age of nine, when she first has a dream about kissing a girl - an act that would never be acceptable to her family. By her late 20s, Isa has left her hometown in South Texas, so that her conservative family won't discover that she’s gay, and immersed herself in the workaholic routine of law school.  

C-list actress Rosie Collins’ name is making headlines...unfortunately it’s only with the tabloids. Now, with a freshly minted reputation for being a troublemaker, not even the local Dollar General store will hire her to twirl their sign. Problem is the job offers stop, but the bills don’t. Rosie needs cash fast, like, express-lane fast. Might professional mourning be the answer? Sure, yeah, whatever.

After the Great War, British men and women grappled with their ignorance about sexuality and desire. Seeking advice and information from doctors, magazines, and each other, they wrote tens of thousands of letters about themselves as sexual subjects. In these letters, they disclosed their uncertainties, their behaviors, and the role of sexuality in their lives. Their fascinating narratives tell how people sought to unleash their imaginations and fashion new identities.

In this much-anticipated conclusion to the Paper Dreams Chronicles, Rennie must band together with her friends one last time to join forces with the mysterious rebel leader, confront the Commander, take on the Enforcers, uncover the truth behind her sister’s death, and what was that other thing? Oh right. Keep the two timelines from imploding, destroying the fabric of Time itself. So there’s that.