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Things are purposely hidden in the world of a crime. Little can be known of its workings without risk. This crime thriller novelette with psychological erotic themes, murder, and robbery, deals with an unexpected event that occurs during a crime in progress. In a world of calculated risks, the unexpected can become very deadly. Indulging a foible or making a common slip can set fate on a deadly path. Who has the practice to operate in this world? Ray does.

Homeless, mistreated, and tired of making up the difference for her alcoholic mother, a 15-year-old girl from the foothills of North Carolina leaves home with no destination in mind - she just wants to get away from the crushing burden of abuse and unwanted responsibility. Thanks to the kindness of a stranger, she finds herself in Nashville, Tennessee, with a place to live and a job at a local café. She develops a sense of belonging at the café, and her coworkers and customers become her family.

What if you had a simple set of tools that could give you everything you want?

In this life-changing book you will learn: a step-by-step process for creating the relationship of your dreams, the importance of visualization and self-exploration, how to make a plan that works, how letting go of control can get you more of what you want, how to stop sabotaging your relationships by asking the WRONG questions, a powerful communication tool for preventing conflict and improving all of your relationships, the truth about honesty, the gifts of gratitude.

Are you tired of so-called professionals giving you nothing but a bunch of theories, studies, and incomprehensible psycho-babble? Want an easy-to-read book written by regular people just like you? We are not psychologists, we are relationship specialists. The examples we use in this book are from our own experience in our own relationships. This seven-step process has worked for us, it has worked for others, and it can work for you too! This is not just another book that tells you how someone else achieved results, gets you all charged up and then leaves you to fend for yourself in the real world.

We walk you through the step-by-step process that we used, and we teach you how to do it for yourself. At the end of each chapter, you will find writing exercises and action steps to move you through the process and keep you on track.

In The Seven Steps to Successful Relationships, you'll find answers to your most common questions about relationships, from finding a mate, to saving a marriage, to communicating more effectively at work.

Keith and Maura have developed practical and powerful tools for creating relationships that work.

--John Gray, Ph.D., Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Tired of his disconnected life and uninspiring job, Leon Logothetis leaves it all behind - job, money, home, and even his cell phone - and hits the road with nothing but the clothes on his back and five dollars in his pocket, relying on the kindness of strangers and the serendipity of the open road for his daily keep. Along the way, Leon offers up the intriguing and charming tales gathered along his one-of-a-kind journey: riding in trains, buses, big rigs and classic cars; sleeping on streets and couches and firehouses....

Hurt feelings severed the relationship between Mari and her sister following the tragic deaths of their parents. A single mom, Mari has dedicated her life to her daughter and avoided her sister since the reading of her parents' will. In desperate need of rest and relaxation, Mari decides to use the beach house she inherited for the first time since her parents' deaths, which is located on the island Mari loved so much that she named her daughter after it.

Children are faced with difficult decision each and every day, topics from peer pressure, problems at home, friendships and enemies, even parental issues. Most children have no way of dealing with the situation and don't know where to turn. The phrase "Be Happy, God Made Us Different" is a phrase of encouragement to help children know you are not alone and God will always be there.

Patton, a college-aged genius plans to rob a train of gold. He enlists the aid of Geronimo, a widowed ex-con; Skittles, a good-natured circus acrobat; and Royce, a cigar-chomping biker. After the robbery takes place, the gold is divided into three lots and hidden on three different vehicles. This causes confusion and betrayal by all involved in this steampunk adventure.

Video game addiction is a new concept of addiction with the introduction of video games in the last 20 years or so. It is considered to be a psychological addiction, as opposed to a physical one and a person who lives with this type of addiction feels compelled to spend a lot of time playing video games alone or with friends. Get everything you need to know here.

One Nation Under God: A Factual History of America's Religious Heritage

Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Alex returned home from Iraq with tons of baggage. Though he'd been warned transitioning back to civilian life wouldn't be easy, he had no idea had difficult it could really be... Jasalyn was grateful to Alex for saving her brother's life in Iraq and made it her personal mission to try and heal the broken soldier. What she hadn't counted on was his racist father and the demons Alex fought daily inside his own head. Will Jasalyn be able to save the shattered soldier and find love for herself in the process?

Although the title of this book indicates one parent's story or struggle, it's actually about the battle between all parents and teens. It has actually risen to the potential for generational warfare. Teenagers have little respect for adults, especially parents.

Every Friday for the last 25 years of her life, I had lunch with Charlotte and each week she told me more of her extraordinary story. To all appearances, she was a strong and dignified survivor, with old-world courtesies, a twinkling sense of humor, and a lilting Austrian syntax. Yet deep within, she'd been scarred by a profound personal trauma.

When the Nesbitts anchor in the Southern Bahamas one night in a moonlit cove, Madeleine discovers someone wants to make sure her family never makes it out of paradise alive. The double murder of her parents shatters the only security she's ever known. Now trust into a world of international intrigue, she vows to find answers before the killer returns for the next of kin. This is a contemporary thriller about the bravery of those determined to fight injustice and how big bucks and bigger dreams corrupt the motives and hearts of so many.

This book reveals the interplay between official government channels, covert intelligence agents and others, who acted largely behind the scenes of the peace process between Egypt and Israel that began in1978 and is still holding. The world leaders: Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, and Anwar Sadat, were driven by deeply held faith and conviction. Others were military hawks who, later saw peace as the only viable option. Still others saw peace and stability in terms of business and prosperity.

The Kaddish has long been considered to be a special prayer for the dead. It isn't. Those who recite the prayer faithfully for 52 Friday nights after the death of a loved one may wonder why there is no place for the name of the deceased in the prayer. This book contains much new information on the Kaddish, including how it was created during the Crusades as an homage to God.

Based on a true story, real characters and actual events. The dawning of the nuclear age and the Cold War brings nuclear mushroom clouds to Tonopah, Nevada. Lone Dog Barking murders a killer to avenge an earlier murder. His trial platform helps him spark quenching of nuclear smoke signals around the globe in the Test Ban Treaty of 1963. Support comes from surprising quarters. A pack of five young boys bear witness to these events.

The authors reached back into history to understand the reasons and methods brilliant rabbis and Talmudic scholars abandoned the Holy Land, both physically and spiritually, to settle in what came to be known as the lands of the Diaspora. This dramatic exodus was contrary to the biblical injunction that all Jews must live in the land of Israel. The Battle of the Two Talmuds explains in great detail how the Babylonian scholars created their own interpretation of the Torah that grew to take precedence over that of the Jerusalem scholars. This book shows that all human beings are subject in various ways to power, glory, and guilt.

Do you dream of starting an online business that makes you money, brings you joy, and provides freedom? Starting a business online is like putting together a massive puzzle. If you try to assemble all the pieces at once, you’ll become overwhelmed, confused, and frustrated. It almost feels easier to abandon your dream of earning money from home and becoming your own boss. I know. I’ve been there. I almost quit pursuing my passion because I was overloading myself with too much information. Luckily, I managed to bounce back. This time, more focused than ever.

La Muerte de Ivan Ilich simboliza una crítica directa de Tolstói a lo que él consideraba una vida sin sentido. Nuestro personaje, Ivan Ilich, es uno de tantos burócratas de la época quien vive su vida en la trivialidad, carente de empatía y con total indiferencia por cualquier persona o cosa que no interfiera con su cómoda existencia; hasta que un hecho trágico cambia su perspectiva de la vida.

Anna Karénine est une jeune femme mariée à Alexis Karénine et mère d'un jeune garçon. Elle se rend à Moscou chez son frère Stiva Oblonski. En descendant du train, elle croise le comte Vronski. Anna tombe amoureuse de Vronski, cet officier brillant, mais frivole. Elle lutte contre cette passion et finit pourtant par s'abandonner avec un bonheur coupable. Puis Anna tombe enceinte. Elle décide d'avouer son infidélité à son mari.