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En simulant un mariage d’amour pour toucher un héritage, Declan et Iris avaient établi des règles pour éviter toute complication, des règles qui n’auraient jamais dû être brisées, peu importe la tentation.

Sr. Fran Gangloff tells the inspiring story of a woman committed to serving those in the leper settlement in Hawaii with love, compassion, respect, and grace, often in the face of both hardship and resistance from authorities blind to their needs. At her canonization in 2012, St. Marianne was called the “beloved mother of outcasts.”

The state-run guardianship system, called conservatorship in some states, is largely unregulated, ill-understood, and increasingly populated by financially motivated predators. Just how the secretive world of guardianship works and its real-life effects remained a mystery to most until the very public case of pop star Britney Spears. Currently, there are an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Americans under court control, but precise figures are not known as no government entity keeps track of citizens who have lost the right to determine their own fate.

This world is constantly nudging us—pulling, pushing, cajoling us—toward our heart's longing and our true expression of joy. Yet our stubborn and conditioned mindsets can resist these signals, too often dismissing synchronicity and serendipity (magic's very language) as little more than accident or annoyance. Playful yet potent, Be the Magic nudges us too, showing how to open ourselves to this ever-present guidance to live a more peaceful, passion-filled, and enthusiastic life.

Liza Wilcox, kindergarten teacher and amateur sleuth, is at it again. In her third adventure, together with boyfriend, Sheriff Tom Owens, and wheelchair bound cyber-sleuth, Justin Weaver, she discovers the links between her parents' deaths, eco-terrorist groups, an old murder, witness protection, and a professional killer.

Long before the global #metoo movement, Diane Demetre was dramatically sacked by her producer for apparently being "too fat" after she refused his sexual advances. She took him to court, and the ensuing court cases for wrongful dismissal became some of the highest-profile cases in Australia in the 1980s.

Isobel McEwan has been beholden to her chief for eight years—ever since he took her in and gave her a home after her parents died. So when he asks her to marry a rival laird to aid the clans in finding peace, she has little choice but to agree to his request. The only problem: She’s desperately in love with another man.

A Life Long Spiritual Walk as a Friend of Bill W. is a tribute to her formative years, being around her grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, mom and dad, and all her loving animals. She has Native roots in Canada with the Blood tribe and in Montana with the Blackfeet tribe, all of which contribute to the woman she is. She attributes the beginnings of her walk to being led to the doors of Alcoholics Anonymous on her most vulnerable and most teachable day, that being the day she began to hear for the first time in a long time. The rest of the journey speaks for itself.

Volume 1 focuses on Oughta Otter, an academic star who has never failed in her life. To guarantee her continued success, she craves the support and wisdom of a powerful mentor, lands a job with a tech entrepreneur, but struggles when her values don't align with her work. She aimlessly drifts, makes additional (even criminal) mistakes, and hits her own rock bottom.

Standing Back Up Against Addiction was written to save lives. Providing you with the information, education, and actions needed to successfully manage your disease. Standing Back Up Against Addiction is addiction's biggest nightmare as it discloses to the listener how the disease uses you to keep the addictive cycle alive and what you can do to manage it. Daily listening for personal support and self-empowerment.

Committed will make you reevaluate the way you think about love. It is a relationship manual that unfolds in two parts: the work you'll need to perform on the inside, and the seven distinct archetypes you'll encounter on the outside.

A baby is dead, and Callie Stillman blames herself. Haunted by memories of a tiny coffin, Callie can't understand how God could expect her to put her heart on the line a second time. But the evasive little girl in her Sunday school class is so obviously in trouble that Callie finds her resolve cracking.

After spending years rejecting the system, her loose goal is to find her way to a simple lifestyle abroad where she can live indefinitely. When she buys a little piece of paradise with her husband-to-be in a sleepy Panamanian village, she is shocked to discover that “living the dream” is not at all what she had imagined it to be.

From the Dragon’s Tale is a delightful fantasy adventure enjoyed by children and adults alike. Explore the thrill of discovery as the audiobook teaches lessons in friendship, cooperation, responsibility, ecology, morality, and ethics.

Volume three of this amusing and playful tale focuses on Shotta Otter, a compassionate and giving otter who always puts others first. She works as a nurse straight out of college, and courageously fights against a deadly pandemic when a virus rages through the animal community. Eventually, she reaches her breaking point.

This is not a love poem! Can you figure out what it's about?

En allant manger des crêpes chez Ferdinand, Simon se rend compte qu'il a mal, très très mal, à une dent. C'est une très grosse carie dans la molaire gauche. Il faut faire quelque chose ! Aller chez le dentiste ? Pas question ! Faire une piqûre ? Jamais de la vie ! Mais parfois, les mamans de Superlapins ont le dernier mot. En voiture, Simon, et direction le cabinet dentaire ! Installé de force dans un fauteuil de torture vert, la bouche tartinée de pâte à la fraise, Superlapin n'écoute que son courage.

Gaspard et son grand frère Simon ont passé une journée de rêve à construire une Méga Giga Grande Cabane trop stylée ! Mais c'est la nuit maintenant, et il faut dormir. Aïe ! Gaspard a oublié son doudou dans la cabane. Sans doudou, pas de dodo ! Que faire ? " Gaspard, va chercher ma cape ! " dit Simon. C'est décidé. L'heure est grave. Il est temps pour Simon de révéler à Gaspard qu'il est Superlapin, un superhéros capable de braver les ténèbres pour rapporter son doudou à un petit frère sans défense...

Il manque une seule carte à Simon pour compléter sa collection Kikojun. C'est la carte Ultra Dragaba, celle avec la petite étoile en bas à droite. Qui l'a ? demande Simon à la récré. Ferdinand répond : moi ! Hélas, il n'est pas d'accord pour l'échanger à Simon... sauf contre sa toupie Burst Blade très chère ! Il va falloir bien réfléchir.

Simon et son petit frère Gaspard étaient tranquillement en train de jouer aux petites voitures quand la révélation parentale est tombée : " Il y a un bébé dans le ventre de maman. Votre petit frère ou petite soeur va naître dans quelques mois. Vous êtes contents ? " Comment le savoir, avant de l'avoir rencontré, ce bébé ? Mais les questions qui préoccupent surtout Simon, sont : d'où vient-il ? Comment on le fait ? Papa est un peu gêné, et trop pressé pour expliquer. Heureusement, à l'école, l'attend Lou, qui sait tout.