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Closing Invitation -- "Your Note Awaits" What if the smallest gesture could shift the entire field? After a series of personal losses, chronic illness, and silence where support should have been, Dena Sullivan began leaving invisible sticky notes--one word, placed in the mind's eye of those who...

Life doesn't always work out the way we planned. Things happen that we have no control over, and circumstances seem overwhelming. I never thought I'd marry an abusive man - a man whose mental demons turned him into two different people. I never imagined being a widow at the age of 38. I never dreamed that one decision could so profoundly change my life and my viewpoint of mental illness. I didn't know how much I still had to learn about myself.

Cyprus gained independence in 1960 without a strong national identity. Citizens considered themselves Greeks or Turks, not Cypriots. Ethnic pride, reinforced by proximity to both countries, inflamed the majority of the population, and was encouraged by the historic rivalry between the two homelands. While examining the nation-state as an institution, I discovered a mechanism I now call transnational nationalism. Analysis of the Cypriot crisis of 1974 gives further insight into cultural politics in lands such as Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Palestine, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Ava Clark, a registered nurse, gets an exciting new job in a research hospital. One day, she bumps into a man carrying a secret vial. It breaks, and she is cut with the glass, and her blood is contaminated with the substance. The doctor who invented the experimental blood sample is murdered. She starts a wild journey discovering herself and who she really is. Her dreams are so real, and she wonders what is happening to her. Is she going crazy? Are they dreams or real-life? Can she move between dimensions? Did she kill the doctor? She ends up finding herself, her past, and her future.

A handsome entrepreneur becomes involved in the love affair of his dreams. Everything seems perfect until he realizes that the games he played have come back to haunt him. The only way to make things right is to place all his loyalty and trust in the person he calls his love. But do we always follow what our hearts tells us?

Amperes Lawrence was raised in a "Christian" family, yet she denounced God when she arrived in the United States. After years of tribulations and searching, God found her and led her back into His flock. With God's love and mercy, Amperes is now living a content and joyous life.

Emily, a former police officer, is living a successful yet simple life-until she realizes that her husband has been in the grasp of alcohol addiction for years. Jacob, now faced with legal problems originating from alcohol consumption, tries to mend the damages done by the choices he made...

A raging wildfire. A marriage under pressure. A love worth fighting for.Wildland Fire Chief Noah Smith has spent his career running toward danger, risking everything to protect lives and homes.His wife, Ashley, is a dedicated neonatal intensive care nurse who saves the smallest and most fragile...

Some believe that spirits still wander between the headstones, lamenting about the life and secrets they left behind. Others believe the spirits can’t rest until injustices are righted. Whatever you believe, this book might make you second guess yourself. Are cemeteries truly haunted? What lurks among the graves of those who’ve passed on? These tales of haunted cemeteries of all ages and origins and from around the world will leave you shaking and wondering if you should chase answers…or stay far away.

Dr. Elizabeth Kettner, PhD, a well-known trauma therapist in Moraine, Washington, treats the most damaged psychiatric patients in the state. She owns her clinic catering to multiple personality disorder (MPD), and she carries 85 percent of the clinic's caseload. Her patients adore her, and her profits are through the roof. But one day, Liz's sickest patient, Gola Tecumseh, exposes this clinic for the MPD farm that it is. 

The year 2013 was my year of Job. In the Bible, Job was a very wealthy man with a large family who loved God. For reasons Job did not understand, he lost his family, wealth, businesses, and then health--quickly and violently. For about nine months, he was lost to grief and despaired even of life. But God. But God.

Every person has spiritual life seasons! We all face different natural and spiritual seasons in our lives, some uplifting, some challenging, and some life changing. Through these seasons, we find ourselves in different mental and emotional states of mind or physical wellness. Trust God with your whole life in every natural and spiritual season to increase your hope and give you the radical strength, exceptional confidence, and crazy joy to outlast your circumstances!

Buttercup and Violet are flower fairies. They live in tree houses in the Whispering Woods. Although they are each very different, they have fun together, and each complements the other. Even though Violet is shy, she is smart and enjoys sharing in Buttercup’s adventures. One day, their quiet and relaxing hours of daydreaming at the lily pond are interrupted.

Our story begins with our character, G. C. Baxter, on an 18-wheeler long-haul run where he is pulled over and told his wife (Jo) and daughter (Adrien) were in an auto accident while he was more than two thousand miles from his home in Olympia, Washington. His employer set up emergency flights to get him there ASAP. During the flight, he flashes back in his thoughts to when he first got a crush on Jo and when she made him a touching promise before high school graduation.

Growing Up on Fox Street is full of warm and uplifting stories from an era gone by. Informative, nostalgic, and engaging at its core, it is written from the viewpoint of a little girl enjoying carefree youthful days with her brothers, cousins, and friends in a small American town during the 1960s.

There is a time for everything--that is true, on the eve of the end-time harvesting, so believers must wake up and wear the whole armor of God. The divine plan to fulfill according to God's timetable the promise that He has given to his children; everlasting peace and joy, so the church must rise to perform the unusual operations that inspire itself using the opportunity God prepared for those who hunger and trust after righteousness for this great purpose to inspire the generation for successful accomplishment of the plan of God.

Many Christians today seem to be just as overwhelmed, anxious, and depressed as the rest of the world. While this has become a common thing in today's society, in the life of a believer, it should never become normal. Christians are struggling to find lasting peace and joy that isn't dependent on circumstances. They see others with passion and excitement for God and wonder why they lack that same enthusiasm. There Is More was written to take the readers deep beyond our Christian labels to really discover the heart of God.

Losing your momma is the worst thing that can happen to a young girl—or is it? Sofia's momma died when she was very young. Daddy married into a family of monsters, and Sofia became their prey. Life kicked her when she was down. Can she survive? Will she make it through life with any dignity?

If You Build It, They Will Excel is written to guide and coach today's hospitality services managers on how to become effective and accomplished leaders, and how to build a great culture of excellence at their workplace. It teaches how to focus on people first; to treat them with respect, compassion, sincerity, fairness, and appreciation. It provides guidance on how to carry a leader's mindset and build great teams. It explains how to communicate effectively, and to celebrate both employees' and the organization's successes on a regular basis.

This story takes place in the Mile High City of Denver, Colorado, in the early fifties. Elaine was a happy, playful five-year-old living with her single mom and four older sisters. Then tragedy suddenly struck home. A short time later, her mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and chronic depression. As a result of her mother’s illness, Elaine and her sisters were separated and placed in foster homes. After several temporary stays with her grandparents and other relatives, she became the property of the state of Colorado, placed permanently into the foster care system.