Gemma is a fish out of water, but when the Fae Prince asks for help, the answer is yes.In the charming town of Cider Hollow, Gemma, a siren and proud owner of a cinnamon roll bakery, receives a summons from the prince of the Autumn Court, Prince Forrest. As a siren, it turns out she is the best person to unravel a mystery surrounding a missing werewolf... and this is a great opportunity to prove her value to the Fae community and solidify her new friendships. Equip...

REVISED EDITION Perhaps the only thing that can impact and shape a woman's life with the same power as her mother's love and guidance is her mother's death. In 'Without My Mum', Leigh Van Der Horst shares her own honest, heartfelt story of losing her beloved mother to cancer in 2008. She invites us on a journey that is at times heartbreaking and others heartwarming, yet is ultimately comforting and inspiring. With genuine warmth and candor, Leigh tells of her transformative passage through...

Faith-based organizations are sometimes known for what we're against--and all too often that includes being against each other. But amid growing distrust of religious institutions, Christ-centered nonprofits have a unique opportunity to link arms and collectively pursue a calling higher than any one organization's agenda.Rooting for Rivals reveals how your ministry can multiply its impact by cooperating, rather than competing. Peter Greer and Chris Horst explore case studi...

Alexander Blix is a broken man. Convicted for avenging his daughter's death, he is being held in one of Norway's high-security prisons. Inside, the other prisoners take every opportunity to humiliate the former police investigator. Outside, Blix's former colleagues are hunting for a terrifying killer. Walter Kroos has escaped from prison in Germany and is heading north. The only lead established by the police is that Kroos has a friend in Blix's prison ward. And now they need Blix's help. ...

Long ago, selkies were told humans would destroy them. Can Adella bring the two races together again?Young selkie Adella loves observing the humans that come to the aquarium where she spends her days, and she longs for the day she earns her land legs and can walk among them. But far too soon, her father summons her home, leaving her only one day to say goodbye to the human friends who think she is a seal.Desperate for one chance to see her friends face to f...

Are you ready for an adventure? "What truly sets Elizabeth's stories apart is her masterful use of dialogue. The conversations between her characters are replete with the idioms and speech patterns of the time periods in which the stories unfold, lending a sense of authenticity that makes the characters feel alive. Her vivid descriptions are equally remarkable, painting rustic settings so vividly that you can almost feel the dust of the Wild West under your boots or hear t...

In his characteristic no-nonsense approach, Horst Schulze shares the visionary and disruptive principles that have led to immense global success over the course of his still-prolific fifty-year career in the hospitality industry.In Excellence Wins, the cofounder and former president of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company lays out a blueprint for becoming the very best in a world of compromise and half measures.For over twenty years, Schulze fearlessly l...

Septimius Severus was the unchallenged ruler of the Roman Empire. In every direction he cast his eye across the frontiers in search of new territories he could subdue. But the one challenge that he could never master was controlling his family.His son was nicknamed "Caracalla" for the clothing from his boyhood which he continued to wear. He was formally named "Antoninus" in hopes that he would turn out like the Five Good Emperors of recent times. He preferred to call himself "Alexa...

Anthropology has two main tasks: to understand what it is to be human and to examine how humanity is manifested differently in the diversity of culture. These tasks have gained new impetus from the extraordinary rise of the digital. This book brings together several key anthropologists working with digital culture to demonstrate just how productive an anthropological approach to the digital has already become.Through a range of case studies from Facebook to Second Life to Google Ea...

Laura Eckert takes the darkness and shame of her teenage years and sheds light on the controversial topic of abortion and her bout with a teenage sex addiction. At ages 16 and 17, Laura found herself as a patient at an abortion clinic after her parents had learned she was pregnant. Laura's story is shocking at times, yet riveting, honest and heartfelt. Join her on her journey to redemption.

A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames.

**Kifaru – A Final Stop in Africa**What does it take to leave everything behind—and start a new life in the heart of Africa?After an extraordinary 5,000-kilometer journey on horseback across the African continent—an adventure the media would later call *“The Ride of the Century”*—Esther and Horst make a life-changing decision. They turn their backs on Europe and take over a remote safari lodge on the slopes of the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.Here, far from the pre...