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A useful book to avoid spiritual personal change.

With organized religion becoming increasingly divisive and politicized and Americans abandoning their pews in droves, it’s easy to question aspects of traditional spirituality and devotion. In response to this shifting landscape, Sonja Livingston undertakes a variety of expeditions - from a mobile confessional in Cajun Country to a Eucharistic procession in Galway, Ireland, to the Death and Marigolds Parade in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Mass in a county jail on Thanksgiving Day - to better understand devotion in her own life.

In Seizing Success: A Woman's Guide to Transformational Leadership, Dr. Mary Key serves as your personal executive coach as she identifies the essential core competencies and support you need to excel as a woman in leadership. She offers strategies, tools and action steps that can make all the difference in having a successful, fulfilling career and life. The stories and examples will not only engage you but inspire you to be your personal best.

The kings of men found friendship in King Rapha and Prince Rohan, although they did not know from where the king and the prince came. The kingdom of Hevania was their ever-present help and friend for many long years. Yet within Hevania and the palace of King Rapha himself, a dark shadow began to grow, a shadow banished to the Dark Forest beyond the Mountains of Wise. The dark shadow waited in silence. At the right time, this shadow would come to the kingdom of Lorolaen, for the king and the people of Lorolaen had forsaken the council of King Rapha and Prince Rohan.

Every second of every day is our second chance to stop, be still, and listen for God's voice. To hear him speak to us. To know our God-given purpose for this one life that we are given. How do you do this when life is so busy? Take time to be still, before life stills you. God is waiting on each of us. Be still and hear him. I did ,and life will never be the same.

Two siblings are torn from their beds at night by the government and transported into an isolated stronghold hidden in deepest Siberia. Friendships will be formed and loyalties tested as the siblings struggle to locate one another, but tragedy lurks within the compound and blood relation does not always mean family. Destinies are interwoven and fates collide in The Pariahs, the explosive novella from Erik Hofstatter, author of the acclaimed Moribund Tales.

It’s Seattle, the 1970s. Vincent is a white student from the neighborhood, while Troy is one of a few African American students bussed in as part of a desegregation program. Vincent quickly admires Troy and befriends him. They share childhood moments such as kickball games, discussions of first crushes, and after-school fishing trips - before their racist environment separates them.

The scourge of the undead continues to ravage the globe. As Renée battles for survival, she finds herself embroiled in a desperate struggle against a sadistic warlord hell-bent on destroying the last of everything that she holds dear.

Set in the harsh desert of the Australian outback, Time Is the Longest Distance is a moral story of immorality in a place where "night comes on like a door slamming shut". Lilly, a 45-year-old New Yorker, is persuaded by her newly-found father, Cameron, to take on the Canning Stock Route, the most difficult outback track in the country. Crossing the dead heart of the Great Sandy and Gibson deserts, she is joined by her half-brother, Grant, and his twenty-something daughter, Jen.

Maggy isn't a sequins-and-stilettos kind of woman. She's a single mom who is more comfortable pushing a shopping cart through Stop & Shop than sipping champagne in the backseat of a stretch limo headed toward Vegas on the Jersey Shore. Still, even Maggy isn't immune to playing Cinderella for a weekend, even if it only means room service lobster and trying her hand at the penny slots. But when she locks eyes a few hours later with ruggedly handsome police detective Conor Riley, she discovers there's more to Cinderella's story than dancing until midnight.

This book explains to beginners of cryptocurrency investing exactly what blockchain technology is while giving you a breakdown of Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum.

Irving can't function socially, so he spies on people and posts the results on the Internet, where he has a cult-like following. Normally careful to preserve his anonymity, he breaks his own rules when he falls in love with pretty plus-sized Veronica, a naughty-bingo caller. Then she disappears. Should Irving pursue, even as Veronica delves deeper into international drug couriering? When it turns out she's packing something different than dope in her suitcase, and needs Irving's help to close the deal, he's drawn to play an active role in her underworld.

Plump, clumsy Lily is miserable in fifth grade where bullies torment her on the playground and in class because she has two mothers. Across the room Clara sits still as a statue, never volunteering or raising her hand, answering only in whispers with her head down to avoid curious eyes, keeping her family's secret that she has two fathers. One girl with two out-loud-and proud moms, another with in-the-closet dads. What could go wrong, right?

Have you ever wondered what makes some people more successful than others? Well, it does not always boil down to talent. Oftentimes there are far more variables involved that cause some to rise above the rest. There is no doubt that we all want to be successful in life. The million-dollar question, however, is: How should we go about obtaining that success?

Gwen Walberg, literature teacher and self-professed geek, is thrilled to acquire a priceless antique book, but soon learns why it came so cheap. The book contains the ghost of Violetta, its former owner, who spices up her boring afterlife by playing matchmaker. Gwen is her new target - and if she won't cooperate, Violetta is prepared to throw a storm of dangerous tantrums. Rather than give up the treasured book, Gwen reluctantly surrenders, and learns Violetta has already chosen the man for her: Gwen's gorgeous gardener and friend, Paul Chang.

Every time you're hurt, disappointed, depressed, or angry, what do you do with all that negative energy? Well, you could choose to bury it and pretend that everything is fine, you could decide to wallow in it and have yourself a good three-week pity party, or you could choose to practice reiki. Practicing reiki is less expensive than counseling with a therapist and a lot more effective. Reiki enables you to open and balance the energy channels in your body called chakras and rid yourself of the impact of all that negative.

Chakras: The Full Collection of Secrets, Exercises, and Techniques is the ultimate chakra book for the dedicated practitioner. The chakras are powerful tools for balancing your health and happiness. These seven power centers, called the root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, brow, and crown chakras, hold the energies of the body and help you connect with yourself and the world. They must be activated and open in order for you to live a happy, healthy life.

Kundalini awakening is the most intense and invigorating experiences that we can have. Although it is a difficult process, with determination and discipline, you can learn how to awaken the kundalini within you and experience true enlightenment.

Chakras: The Fundamentals of Practice: Easy Tips and Tricks for Improvement is an intermediate level book geared toward those who wish to take their Chakra enlightenment to the next level. Chakras are fundamental if one wishes to truly understand holistic healing. Each chapter provides the listener with valuable information on each Chakra and what their specific functions in the body are. This book will also detail meditative techniques that will help the listener activate and balance the Chakra.

Have you ever heard of self-healing techniques? Ever wondered what the fuss is all about? This audiobook is a guide to understanding all the possibilities of self-healing through therapeutic massage using a time honored treatment called Reiki. Reiki is universal life force found in all living things. It can be used for self-healing or to heal others anywhere in the world; there are no special requirements to learn Reiki, just an open mind and willingness to learn.