Showing results by narrator "Pearce" in All Categories

A novel about love, loss, and sex -- but not necessarily in that order. Before her mother died, Shelby promised three things: to listen to her father, to love as much as possible, and to live without restraint. Those Promises become harder to keep when Shelby's father joins the planning...

Stranded in London with only the rain-soaked wedding dress on her back, American dollar princess ARABELLE FROST is on the run from a dangerous man. Drenched and desperate, she’s sure her dismal night can’t get worse … until a rogue from her past charges to the rescue. As handsome as he is arrogant, Jon Mason nearly stole her heart. She’d hoped to never again lay eyes on the tempting yet vexing rake, but she needs a place to hide. And fast. But falling for him is out of the question. Especially when an angry would-be groom with a dark secret is hot on her trail.

Pumuckl und Eder gehen angeln. Doch eine laute Hundebesitzerin, ein Taucher in Eders Angelschnur, ein hungriger Hund und streitende Kinder trüben die Idylle auf dem Land. Als Pumuckl dann plötzlich einen Fisch am Haken hat, gerät er auch noch in Lebensgefahr. Eder muss ihn retten. Sie haben den Fisch gefangen, doch Pumuckl zweifelt, als Eder erklärt, was er mit dem Fisch jetzt vorhat.

One week before All Hallows' Eve, in the tiny mountain town of Nevermore, an unexpected party invitation is issued to an eccentric group of townspeople. Among them is an heiress, a spy, and an alchemist. There is also a thief, an impostor, and a hypnotist. There is a child, too—perhaps like you—who keeps his eyes and ears wide open at all times. Each of them has a story. Each of them knows a secret. But which of them is responsible for the curious vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby?

Enlightening, revelatory, and bold, Beyond Jesus reveals how our political and religious institutions are an outward manifestation of the inner beliefs we hold about who we are, and that beneath the layers of dogma about Jesus lies a key to our spiritual evolution and the astonishing possibility it holds for the future.

Gaia Gill is the last person in the world anyone would expect to go missing. Beautiful, athletic, and recently accepted to a prestigious college, she has everything to look forward to—but the night of her going-away party at the Moon Mountain ski resort, she disappears. Gaia's younger sister Esme is supposed to be flying back to England with her family after the party, but she can't leave with Gaia missing—especially because nobody remembers Gaia leaving the party. Or if they do, they're not saying.

When captured rebel Scotsman Alex MacKinnon is granted the king’s mercy—transport across the Atlantic Ocean and exile to the colony of North Carolina—he’s indentured as a blacksmith to Edmund Carey, prosperous owner of Severn Plantation. The arrangement devastates the Scot, who mourns the life he lost and finds life on a slave plantation intolerable. Unwittingly, Alex is drawn into the plight of Carey’s slaves, particularly those connected to Carey’s stepdaughter, Joanna.

The war in the Bear Highen is over. Aster, at thirteen, has defeated her uncle and become the High Queen. Peace is good, but things are still difficult: political challenges confront her, personal challenges stymie her, and the massive Hemoth Bear, symbol of the House of the Bear, is beginning to resist her control. When, during a royal hunt, Aster stumbles on a young girl living in a nest of wyverns, matters become even more complex. Because this girl is not a girl at all. She is a living star, come down from her constellation, on a mission both terrible and glorious.

Cloaked in the deceptively simple guise of a bedtime story for all ages, this light-hearted, whimsical tale lovingly exposes the absurdity of the ego and its empires. Playfully making the connections between the global crises we face and the state of consciousness we hold, No One in I Land transports us back to the knowing that we have always been one with the “boundless, laughing love” from which we have come.

Brought to you by the author of the widely-acclaimed Single Dad Laughing and Dan Pearce Knows Nothing blogs, The All-Important, Well-Fed, Giant White Man will make you laugh as often as it makes you squirm (in all the right ways) as Dan shares his sidesplitting life stories, moments of incredible stupidity, colossal mistakes, and the awesome (albeit sometimes strange) lessons learned through it all.

Moody Aster and her spoiled sister, Ursula, are the daughters of Jasper Lourdes, Major of Bears and lord of all the realm. Rivals, both girls dream of becoming the Bear queen someday, although neither really deserve to, having no particular talent in...well, anything. But when their uncle Bram murders their father in a bid for the crown, the girls are forced onto the run, along with lowly Dev the Bearkeeper and the Lourdes's half-grown grizzly Alcor, symbol of their house.

Did you know that in the United States, 42 percent of people believe in ghosts, 64 percent believe that souls live after death, 68 percent believe in heaven, and 74 percent believe in God? Also, 41 percent believe in devil possession, 38 percent believe that ghosts are indeed the spirits of the dead, 50 percent believe in ESP (extrasensory perception), 32 percent believe in clairvoyance, 28 percent elieve in communication with the dead, 26 percent believe in witches, 15 percent believe in channeling, and 42 percent believe in hunted houses.

Yes there is! And it may not be what you think.... Marcus Pearce has interviewed more than 200 of the world’s most successful men and women. From diet experts to war survivors to everyday Exceptionals and some of humanity’s greatest icons. What makes them exceptional? What’s their secret?

Written to tell the story that takes you into a life of anger, resentment, sex, disappointment, and betrayal while following the assumption that “free will” is always free. Although, everyone knows that nothing in life is ever free, and there is a price to pay for all things natural. As a teen parent, he encountered situations that nearly cost him all that he had. The troubles he encountered and his achievements shaped him as a man in need of serious help.

Ben Hite, veteran of the recent Civil War, former member of Berdan's sniper Regiment, ventures west to the Montana gold fields searching for prosperity and a new life. While working his claim, he becomes embroiled in the looming struggle against the organized lawless element which is preying upon the miners. He also becomes responsible for a group of orphaned children, who desperately cling to the man who rescued them from death in the fierce Montana winter.

Stress-Free Self-Publishing gives independent authors a no-nonsense guide to taking control of self-publishing in a way that is professional, credible, and ethical. Using proven methods, Sam Pearce shows how authors can retain 100 percent of their copyright and royalties and still gain affordable distribution into 7000+ online retailers worldwide.

Liebe Hörer, der US-amerikanische Schriftsteller Mark Twain ist in der breiten Öffentlichkeit insbesondere für seine Romane über Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn bekannt. Er war ein begnadeter Geschichten-Erzähler, der es verstand, scharfzüngige Gesellschaftskritik in fesselnde Unterhaltung zu verflechten. Warum heißt es bei diesem Hörbuch nach Mark Twain? Der Autor veröffentlichte ursprünglich zwei Geschichten. "Extracts from Adam's Diary" erschien 1904.

Die Süddeutsche Zeitung bezeichnet ihn als "Shooting Star" und "Prince Charming" der neuen Kabarett & Comedy Szene. Und ja, er ist schwarz und Urbayer. Nun wurde das erste Soloprogramm "Allein unter Schwarzen" des "Eddie Murphy's aus Puchheim" (Freisinger Nachrichten) im ehrwürdigen Lustspielhaus München live aufgenommen. Dabei herausgekommen sind 76 Minuten beste Unterhaltung und eine Spielfreude, die greifbar zu sein scheint.

At 21 the passionate and headstrong Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to rule her own life. When her autocratic father forbids her, via formal letter, from attending a fashionable art-school ball, and even further refuses to allow her advanced study of science, she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh start alone.

The phenomenal rise of the Internet seems to have transformed business as we know it. However, according to two men who have been at the forefront of the Internet's impact, some important things haven't changed: the future still belongs to passionate companies made up of passionate people. In Clicks and Morter, Schwab co-CEO David Pottruck teams up with leadership master and best-selling author Terry Pearce to show what it takes to build a high-growth organization in today's electronic environment.