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An unusual friendship forms between a young history professor and the grandmother of one of his loveliest students. When master's student, Katherine King, receives an unsatisfactory grade on an exam, she learns two valuable lessons: Don't lose your cool with a young, handsome professor. And, two, don't tell your grandmother about it. This sweet, clean Christian romance is set in the rolling hills of the Palouse, in the university town of Moscow, Idaho.

Months after the untimely death of mafia-made man Vinnie Garlucci, his devoted wife, Carlita, discovers a mysterious key in one of his pockets while sorting through his belongings. With help from her daughter, Mercedes, she sets off to find out what the mysterious key belongs to and soon discovers she has inherited property in historic Savannah, Georgia. Carlita views the property as a sign and remembers Vinnie's dying words to her to get their family out of the mafia.

Discovering Your Girl Powers is about knowing the right combination of skills, behaviors, and talents to get you where you want to be personally and professionally. In a straightforward and easy to digest way, this book will provide you with 10 strategies to help you build confidence, charisma, and credibility.

Is Biocentrism Dead? It is a topic that many find a bit off-putting but it is a question that many individuals are starting to pose as they become wiser. The book explains what biocentrism is and how the tenets that surround this concept came into being. This is a book that the inquiring mind will appreciate, thus it is ideal for the individuals who want to learn more about themselves and the world around them. The author gradually disseminates the information to the listener, allowing them to fully understand what biocentrism really means.

What's Ethel's secret ingredient? Dare she share? After Ethel King's cinnamon rolls earn a higher ribbon than her neighbor's at the Latah County Fair, Joyce - a renowned baker - challenges Ethel to a Sticky Bun Baking Contest. Ethel has one month to discover a prize-winning recipe or risk losing in front of her friends. Thankfully, Jimmy, her 22-year-old grandson, is living with her and serves as her taste-tester.

Through declassified documents and various other sources, we further explore human experimentation. This time we zoom in specifically on mind control and the top-secret government projects that examined this realm. We name the names. This compelling book is sourced throughout. You'll find out about how the US ferried Nazi scientists into the country after World War II and how that single operation became the catalyst for the creation of multiple experimental projects.

At the age of four, Anne McTiernan is left by her mother at a boarding school. Overcome by sadness from the neglect she experiences there, Anne emotionally and physically starves. A doctor, appalled by her excessive weight loss, forces Anne's mother to bring her home, but she is still not safe.

How many of us have wished at some time or other we could go back in time and change an action or a decision or just take back something that was said? But it is what it is. There is no rewind, reboot, delete key or any other trick to change the past, right? Lynne McBriar can. She bought a 1937 camper that turned out to be a time portal. And when she meets a young woman who suffers from serious depression over the loss of a close friend 10 years earlier, she has the power to do something about it.

Even the Emperor of Sirlende cannot always do as he pleases, but when custom demands he find another bride after the death of his betrothed, a princess he barely knew, Torric Deveras defies his counselors and changes the rules rather than make a loveless marriage. Ashara Millende is the only daughter of a nobleman, but had her inheritance stolen from her by her unscrupulous stepmother. A servant in the house that should have been hers, she dreams of escaping the drudgery of her life and finding someone who will love her for who she truly is.

In The Decision, Brad and Emily find themselves at a crossroads in their seemingly perfect life together. With her unwavering strength and confidence, Emily Friessen is grateful for her loving husband and close-knit family. However, there is more to her story than meets the eye. Unexpectedly, life throws them a curveball in the form of an unplanned pregnancy during a time they least expected it. This news strains their relationship as Emily feels increasingly isolated while Brad grapples with the challenges of impending fatherhood.

In "The Business Plan," Neil Friessen has it all: the love of his life, his precious children, but there's one small hitch - an empty bank account. And Neil's keeping this secret from his wife, though she can sense something's amiss. Doubt and quicksand feelings plague him, and even his brother, Brad, can't stay on the sidelines.

There are many guides and books that give excellent wisdom for those who would seek to make an offering of their lives to God. Still there is little practical information about how about how to go about the day to day business of being a Benedictine Oblate. This audiobook is an attempt to give practical suggestions to the beginner and the "expert". However, if what you do, gets you closer to God every day, then don't change a thing. But if you need new materials, new practices, new ideas or attitudes; then just consider listening to this audiobook.

Carlita Garlucci is thrilled that her daughter-in-law and grandchildren have arrived in Savannah for their first visit. She secretly hopes that they will fall in love with the area and decide to move to the beautiful city, bringing her that much closer to fulfilling her late husband’s dying wish. The family is on their way and Carlita is anxiously awaiting their arrival when she receives an urgent phone call from her daughter, Mercedes, who is in the riverfront district, where she was planning to meet another author to discuss a cold case murder.

In a world of dust, intense heat, and no small amount of danger, life out West is challenging enough. And yet for the younger Carson brothers, Anders, Seamus, and Jacob, an even more perilous trial lies on the horizon - a chance at love. Though the Carson family has seen trouble before, now three new adventures await them. But while life seems set on dividing them from each other, there are two things that might still bind them. True love - and Carson Hill Ranch.

With lives torn by troubles and hardship, three women set out to find new beginnings for themselves. Yet by chance, their fortunes all lead to the same place, and they arrive at Carson Hill Ranch. Run by a man and his six sons, suddenly the heroines find their hands full with brand-new troubles - and the three eldest Carson brothers. They may have set out only searching for new beginnings, but these heroines will soon find that destiny has a little more in store for them.

Crystal Stapleton has everything a princess could want: ski vacations, a suite to herself in her parents' mansion, even her own Prince Charming. Too bad there's a mean streak lurking under the surface of her fiancé, one that her parents refuse to see. With her father's prodding to marry a well-connected and wealthy man and her mother's constant, ugly, domineering attitude, Crystal is prepared to do as she's told, regardless of how unhappy her future will be. 

For Miranda, Newark has nothing to offer except a dead-end job, a crummy apartment, and an abusive boyfriend. But when her younger sister signs her up for an online dating website to prove to her the kinds of guys who would be interested in her, she starts an online connection with the perfect guy. He's handsome, he's a real-life cowboy, and...he's in his 70s! Miranda steps off the bus to find the man of her dreams waiting for her, only he doesn't know it.

As the "younger" twin, Carey Carson has always lived comfortably in brother Casey's shadow, happy to let him take the lead. But when Casey leaves for his honeymoon and the cattle drive has to continue without him, it's up to Carey to step up and fill those highly respected boots. Amy McDade joined the cattle drive with a group of other vacationers, only for her, this drive isn't about learning to rope a steer or having a good time. It's her final attempt to build up her confidence again since an injury on the job has kept her from being a part of the career she's always loved.

The twins' younger brother, Joseph, is trapped in a downward spiral of drinking and drugs, all in an effort to cope with the daily pain he lives with after being thrown from his horse months ago. Not sure what to do or believe, the family enlists the help of Emma, a girl with a shady past, who knows the nightmare of addiction all too well. Can Emma help Joseph find his way out of the pit before they lose him for good? 

It just wouldn't be Texas without the occasional unpredictable storm, but when a twister rips through Carson Hill Ranch and demolishes almost everything in sight, the family has a long road ahead of them as they try to pick up the pieces and put them back together. In the chaos of the storm, no one notices that Joseph's wife, Emma, has disappeared. A mysterious phone call lets them know that there are some fates worse than death. As brothers Anders and Joseph rush in to save the women they love, the end result tears apart the Carson family in ways that no one saw coming.