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In the small town of Silverstone, Texas, 21-year-old Rosalie Watson is an average medical student just trying to get by. At least she would be average, if not for her magical ability to heal any living thing. As citizens of Silverstone begin to go missing, Rosalie wonders who or what could be behind the disappearances. When she meets heartthrob Jackson Bulgari, she’ll discover a world of magic and mystery unlike anything she ever thought possible. No doubt Rosalie will face challenges and hardship every step of the way, but the real question is: Can she handle it?

A wasp is drawn to a colony of bees, and discovers a sting in the tail. This is a story about both the stronghold of incorrect belief and the power of identification within community.

The Mynah bird longs to be special like the other animals, but he is just a dull black bird. A snake suggests that he would be more popular if he tried to be like more the other animals, and so the Mynah bird tries doing impressions.... This is a story about both the empowerment of identity and the bankruptcy of people-pleasing.

The mackerel carries injuries and is angry and bitter. But these injuries never heal because blood-sucking lampreys are attracted to the wounds. When he is hooked by a fisherman he finds out how he can be free of the blood suckers.... This is a story about both the crippling nature of bitterness and the liberty in forgiving.

The dog enjoys a carefree start to life, but soon finds himself being trained about good and bad behaviour. When he is sold, he finds that his new master is very different to the trainer. This is a story about both the power of grace overcoming the power of law and of true identity discovered.

The donkey has always felt less significant than the self-important race horses, until a purebred white horse comes and tells him he is to race.... This is a story about both the power of sacrificial love and the strength found in a name.

The crab has taken many knocks in his life and has developed protective armour. When he meets a transparent prawn he sees a different way to live...This is a story about the self-protecting nature and false identity of the flesh. This is the second of The Animal Parables series. Each tale features an animal who finds that things turn out to be quite different from how it imagined and profound life lessons are learned along the way.

When word finally reaches him that his sister and her family have died a horrid death at the hands of a cattle baron and his craven cowhands, Taggart McBain comes down off the mountain with bear traps, a double barrel coach gun, two LeMats, and a Winchester. He's on the hunt. When the task is done and blood soaks the Nemesis, NV, desert, he receives a shock - his sister is still alive.

A family is fractured and troubled. The grandfather is terminally ill, and it is not a convenient time to die. His business practices are convoluted and corrupt. He seeks to bribe God to buy his way out of Heaven.

FUBU cofounder and entrepreneur J. Alexander Martin shares his compelling story about how he helped build a neighborhood business into a billion-dollar international brand. Teaming with behavioral finance expert and author Ted McLyman, they present an easy to understand and useful road map for success and financial security. J uses his inspirational story as the backdrop to explain why financial success is about discovering your Money Values and Money Temperament.

Harold's a city boy, but when daddy buys the Bar H it's time he gets his soft hands dirty...and all the good ol' boys on the cattle drive Harold joins are going to make damn sure he gets that and lots more. It's grow up, get tough, or get home with your tail twixt your legs!

Beau Boone, starving, with half a left leg, at the end of his rope, falls off the train in the hell-on-wheels town of Nemesis. But Mr. Pettigrew intervenes. Beau owes him, but does he owe him his very life? Can a one-legged man sit shotgun in one of the toughest saloons on the Transcontinental? He can, if he doesn't have anything to lose.

Young Bradon McTavish watches the bluecoats brutally hang his father and destroy everything he's known, and he escapes their wrath into the gun smoke and blood of war. Captured and paroled, only if he'll head west of the war, he rides the river into the wilds of the new territory of Montana where savages and grizzlies await. He discovers new friends and old enemies, and a woman formerly forbidden to him.

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't so that you can spend the rest of your life living a life like most people can't. Awaken the Entrepreneur Within is about awakening that little child within you who had all of those creative thoughts and dreams - that part of you that believed that when you grew up, you could achieve anything you put your mind to.

Robbie McLaughlan er ansat i politiets Indsatsstyrke, da han skyder og dræber en røver under et bankkup - og hans liv falder fra hinanden både privat og i korpset. Familien til den døde røver finder frem til McLaughlans identitet og truer ham og hans familie. Der er kun to mennesker, han kan søge hjælp hos. Den ene er den pensionerede politimand, som tog ham under sine vinger, da han var barn. Den anden er hans kriminelle og voldelige biologiske far, som svigtede og forlod ham for en menneskealder siden.

ALS robs its victims of their physical abilities, from their muscular activity, to their nervous system, and, finally, their ability to even breathe. All the while, the mind remains intact. It is a brutal, often soul-crushing disease, and yet Marty has persevered and even grown as a result of ALS. Discover how Marty's battle with ALS has led him to a greater relationship with Christ, a better understanding of himself, and, finally, to great contentment and happiness.

George will simply not put up with a gang of terrorist rats. These rats have taken over the old Henderson's house across the street. Harnessing the power of his secret labyrinth, George wields an ultimate weapon to battle the rats. The rats will not surrender without a fight, however. Full invasion results. Who couldn't love a story about a rat named Princess making a Churchillian speech and a nod to an ancient folk-tale?

Continuously in demand since its first, prize-winning edition was published in 1975, this is the classic history of Hiroshima and the origins of the arms race, from the development of the American atomic bomb to the decision to use it against Japan and the beginnings of U.S. atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union.

Empowered Millionaire is the combined edition of two corresponding works - Your Greatest Power and How to Become a Mental Millionaire by J. Martin Kohe and Judith Williamson. By placing these motivational works in the same volume listeners can enjoy the big message that Kohe delivers in less than 30 minutes, and then immediately begin to apply the dynamic lesson in daily life by practicing the examples set in How to Become a Mental Millionaire. This double edition offers a real one-two punch for getting to the heart of the matter.

The fate of the Union and the emancipation of slavery were at stake in the national election of 1864. It was the most important election in the history of the United States, and a beacon of hope for the world. This is the story of how Lincoln mastered language, and how his words changed public perspective, drove home emancipation, reignited the ideals of freedom and saved democratic government. In all he said, Lincoln’s words speak freedom to peoples the world over today as in 1864.