Zelos is off to Solistia’s border with Metis, tasked by Creston with finding the cause of an unprecedented monster stampede in the area. And it doesn’t take him long to find what’s happening: The stampeding monsters are running from an even more terrifying swarm of cockroach monsters, led by a colossal great givleon. Worse, the givleon is on the verge of evolving into a demon lord.After scouting things out, Zelos hurries to the nearby fortified city of Slaiste to inform them of the...

Anyone who has asked the question "Why do bad things happen to good people?" will find it clearly answered in Life Lessons: Our purpose in being human. The Masters of the Spirit World selected for this book 40 souls— channeled by Chicago-based psychic Toni Ann Winninger—who freely chose their life lessons before they incarnated on planet Earth. In dialogue with the book's editor, Peter Watson Jenkins, the souls were identified as having previously lived lives in many parts of the world ove...

Money can't buy happiness, but neither can pride …Julianna Magnusson is tired of working her tail off at her thankless job as a nurse practitioner for the cardiac unit at Rutherford Hospital. Tired of having little to no time for her own life. But most of all, she's tired of pretending that she's happy about it all. So when her boss insists she attend the annual hospital charity gala, spending a ton of money on a dress to impress a bunch of stuck-up snobs ...

Every contact leaves a trace: a single strand of hair or a tiny droplet of blood can be the silent witness at a crime scene. Locard's Exchange Principle underpins all forensic science and holds that the perpetrator of a crime will bring something to the crime scene and leave with something from it. Forensic experts use this principle daily to catch murderers and assailants. In Risking Life for Death, South African forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal offers a master class in this singular ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.********** 100 Bedtime Stories for 9-12 years old************100 Tales of Adventure, Imagination, and Life Lessons for 9-12 Year Olds"100 Bedtime Stories for 9 to 12 years old" is an enchanting collection of short stories specifically crafted for children on the brink of adolescence, offering an engaging, relaxing, and educational reading experience right before they drift off to dreamla...

Chise and her companions’ efforts to rehabilitate the former Wasteland of Nothingness have paid off, leaving no need for the barrier the goddess Liriel erected to isolate the region. With bittersweet feelings, the little witch watches it fall, hoping no bad egg will come to stir up trouble in the forest she now calls home.Meanwhile, north of the forest, the Mubad Empire is in dire straits. The capital is plagued by random street attacks, and the culprit has yet to be found. Even st...

Many years of counseling have enabled Dr. Henry Cloud to observe people trying to work out the most important issues of life: relationships, career, fulfillment, meaning, pain, hurt, loss, despair, and addictions. If we sincerely want to "get life right" and quit repeating the same mistakes over and over again, 9 Things You Simply Must Do provides the practical guidance we need to live life to its fullest . . . every moment.

''I rescued you on this island…and you rescued me right back."Ben Logan never asks anyone for help. Until, during a deadly hurricane, he's washed up on a deserted island. There he finds his life in the hands of sparky, petite nurse Mary Hammond. Trapped with only each other for comfort, Ben and Mary turn to one another.Back home safely, Mary dominates Ben's dreams. And when, three months later, Mary arrives at Ben's New York office, it's with news that their one night had t...

In this book, Franciscan priest Fr. Albert Haase, OFM, and Protestant pastor Phil Vestal bring to life nine spiritual practices from the life and ministry of the ancient Hebrew prophet Elisha--practices later promoted by Jesus, Paul, and subsequent figures in the history of Christian spirituality. These spiritual practices point directly to important themes in spiritual formation: -The call of God -Healing -Perseverance in the face of opposition -Gratitude and charity -Prayer, petition, an...

Good vs. Wicked. Willoughby vs. Darkmoore. And Eveline caught in the middle...She's spent her whole life on the outside, not just an outcast bullied for being an unwelcome child of both sides, but the law states she shouldn't even be allowed to live. Whatever compulsion has both matriarchs of her families on the fence about her existence hasn't done Eveline Willoughdark any favors.Can't they make up their minds already?Carving out a life as...

In the late 1950s, Glen Allan, Mississippi, was a poor cotton community. For many, it was a time and place where opportunities were limited by social and legal constraints that were beyond their control. It was a time and place where few dared to dream. Based on his own life experience, Pulitzer nominee Clifton Taulbert has teamed up with entrepreneur thought leader Gary Schoeniger to create a powerful and compelling story that captures the essence of an entrepreneurial mindset and the unl...

An inspirational account of one dads extraordinary journey through cancer, fatherhood, and several forgotten life lessons--and the discovery of one life-changing gift.Jim Higley was a forty-year-old bobblehead. Just like those collectible figurines with oversized, bouncy heads, hed put on a smiling face and bobble through his hectic, overflowing days.Higleys bobbling came to a screeching halt with the diagnosis of cancer, surgery, and a summer of healing. More than a cancer story, however,...