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On the day a black truck rattles past her house and a Klan flyer lands in her front yard, 10-year-old Beth disappears from her Simmonsville, Georgia home. Armed with skills sharpened while caring for an alcoholic mother, she must battle to survive the days and months ahead. Seven years later, Imogene Coulter is burying her father - a Klan leader she has spent her life distancing herself from. But while clearing out her father's apparent hideout, she finds a child. Young and alive, in an abandoned basement, and behind a door that only locks from the outside.

THE PERILS OF POLICING: FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, is the Memoir of the experience of a Retired Female Military Veteran, former Police Officer and Deputy Sheriff. The fact that this book depicts the many racial, and gender overtones and biases, as a female Law Enforcement Officer, was defined by the author's experience and not her mentality. By the inspiration of GOD, the Author takes you on a behind the scenes look at the good, the bad, and the overall fulfillment of the daily operations of law enforcement personnel.

Know Your Role takes you on a 21-day journey into a private evaluation of who you are to the special people in your life. It’s a 360° view into the image of your heart-life as you reflect upon God’s truths. First, you’ll listen about my past failures that brought me to this place, and then you’ll uncover your own path so you can begin the journey of learning how to rebuild the basic foundations that will equip you to become all God has created you to be.

Plongez dans un voyage fascinant et transformateur vers une vie épanouissante et authentique. Ce livre vous invite à explorer en profondeur le cœur de vos relations, de vos émotions et de votre quête de bien-être. À travers des récits émouvants, des conseils percutants et des exercices pratiques, vous découvrirez des outils puissants pour comprendre l'origine de votre besoin de sauver, ses conséquences sur vous et sur les autres, et comment le transformer en une forme d'aide saine et respectueuse.

Regardless of our race, sex, ethnicity, color, religion or philosophical beliefs, music is a universal tie that binds us as human beings. Every note a nod to history, every tune a step on the trajectory toward a more compassionate understanding of each other. The world of jazz music during the 1950s and 60s was an industry that reflected the struggles of the Civil Rights Era. And when a White musician enters the big stages and “sounds Black,” attempting to unify the culture of society, it can teeter on cultural treason.

In "Moth Mysteries: Unveiling the Life Cycle," young listeners are invited on an enchanting journey to explore the fascinating world of moths. Through engaging narratives, this book unveils the secrets of a moth's life, from its beginning as a tiny egg to its transformation into a beautiful adult. Along the way, listeners will discover the challenges and triumphs moths face throughout their life cycle, learn about different types of moths, and understand the vital role these creatures play in nature.

‘Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate is a collection of humorous essays about holidays, special occasions, and other times our celebrations make us feel not-so-celebratory. It’s understanding for those who think Christmas form letters can be honest—or they can be interesting. And it’s empathy for anyone who’s ever gotten poison ivy on Naked Hiking Day, or eaten all their Halloween candy and had to hand out instant oatmeal packets to their trick-or-treaters.

In the summer of 1916, Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood, close friends from childhood and graduates of Smith College, left home in Auburn, New York, for the wilds of northwestern Colorado. Bored by their soci-ety luncheons, charity work, and the effete young men who courted them, they learned that two teach-ing jobs were available in a remote mountaintop schoolhouse and applied—shocking their families and friends.

You might think this book is about pain. It is not. It is about the journey of two women who loved Clayton unconditionally. It is a tale of overcoming devastating loss, turning hopelessness into hope, sadness into joy and trauma into healing. It spotlights the magnification of love and a shifting of lives in surprising and unpredictable directions.

All the signs of Fairy's unraveling were there: a strict rationing of pixie dust; the disappearance of a magical species; a reckless reliance on spies plucked from human orphanages. Annabelle was no orphan. Her father was perhaps the most infamous man in Childerbridge—and she’d never live down the shame of it, though she’d also never accept that the charges against him were true—not most of the time.