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As the relationship between the two swiftly develops, so does the danger. It’ll be a test of the young couple’s fledgling romance and their faith in God as things rapidly escalate. Just graduated from high school, Wendy Lucas takes an internship at a local news show’s offices, hoping to fulfill her dream of becoming an anchor someday. Another dream she has is to solve the mystery of who continues to harass her family on their ranch, resorting to everything from sabotage to assault to perpetrate an unclear vendetta. But she can’t do it alone. Ken Field wants to be a camera guy. He ...

Available as a value box set (Frontier Valentine Romance Complete Series) amazon.com/dp/B08TG1Y4GZ (copy and paste the link into your browser) When the small town of Silver Ridge needs a math teacher, the high school calls Brad Maxwell, the prodigal son who left town years ago, after a terrible end to his engagement, and never looked back. Now, Brad sees an opportunity to fix his mistakes and win back the love of his life. When Mayor Valentine Anderson finds out that her former fiancé has returned to town—in the middle of the insanely busy Valentine’s season—she has little time to ...

How to become a stronger leader and a better teammate. Whatever your role or job, you need to find the sweet spot where you can fit in with your team, yet still have the ability to express your true opinions in a way that will be heard and accepted. This book is about finding that sweet spot.

Embark on an unforgettable journey of self-discovery with Mia, a first-generation Asian-American navigating the bustling streets of New York City in "Crossroads of Heritage." Mia's world takes an unexpected turn when the opportunity arises to explore her roots in Korea, her parents' homeland. This captivating novel, filled with powerful emotions and a gripping conflict, unfolds a tale of identity, heritage, and the pursuit of self-understanding. Mia's story is a poignant exploration of the clash between two cultures and the powerful yearning to bridge the gap between them. As she stands at ...

1997: For Ros, starting university at Regis is an opportunity for reinvention—a chance to be seen as interesting, to be accepted by the in-crowd, and maybe even get a boyfriend. But when she meets her roommate, Megan, with her pleated jeans and horse-print bedding, she sees her as a social liability.

You care what's happening in the world - but you can't help feeling you missed the part where the key stuff got explained. What's a budget deficit? How does voting actually work? What's the deal with the UN? And what does net zero mean again? Thankfully, No Silly Questions is here to lay out the facts and principles behind the day's headlines. Zara Seidler and Sam Koslowski, creators of The Daily Aus - Australia's leading social-first news service - are like your super well-informed mates who you can rely on to quickly bring you up to speed.

Every year, tens of thousands of children write to Highlights magazine, sharing their hopes and dreams, worries and concerns, as if they were writing to a trusted friend. From the beginning, the editors at Highlights have answered every child individually. Longtime editor in chief Christine French Cully has curated a collection of this remarkable correspondence (letters, emails, and poems) in Dear Highlights - revealing an intimate and inspiring 75-year conversation between America’s children and its leading children’s magazine.

Saroo Brierley became lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a family in Australia. Despite being happy in his new home, Saroo always wondered about his origins. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. He pored over satellite images on Google Earth, seeking out landmarks he recognised. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for.

Smartphone Nation will transform the way you–and your children–understand your devices and how they affect you. In this practical, agenda-setting audiobook, Kaitlyn Regehr–a celebrated researcher and professor of digital literacy–proposes a new, food-pyramid like framework for understanding and improving our digital consumption. She lays out how you can keep the advantages of the internet while identifying often hidden dangers and stepping away when you’re over-reliant.

Un recorrido por diversos países de Europa, América y Asia para saber cuál es su verbo clave y a la vez entender más su cultura.

Ninguna empresa científica reciente ha resultado tan seductora, aterradora y llena de extravagantes promesas y frustrantes reveses como la IA. La galardonada científica informática Melanie Mitchell revela su turbulenta historia, la reciente oleada de aparentes éxitos, las grandes esperanzas y temores que la rodean, y las cuestiones más urgentes hoy: ¿hasta qué punto son realmente inteligentes los programas de IA? ¿Qué pueden hacer realmente? ¿Hasta qué punto esperamos que se asemejen a los humanos y cuándo debemos preocuparnos de que nos superen?

A tale of borders and beliefs shaped by the games people play.

Oriol nació en Cuba, pero vive en Santa Bárbara, California, donde no logra encontrar su sitio. Sin embargo, pasa muchos buenos momentos cuando ayuda a sus padres en la clínica veterinaria de la familia, donde cuidan animales heridos. La primera ganadora latinoamericana de un Premio Nobel de Literatura, la poeta Gabriela Mistral, se muda entonces a Santa Bárbara, y Oriol se dscrube confesándole que aspira a ser escritora. Cuando la jovencita descubra que alguien está amenazando la vida de un pequeño elefante en la clínica de sus padres, decide tomar acción para protegerlo.

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Wie haben die Maya gelebt? Ihre großartigen Paläste, Tempel und Inschriften können uns darauf eine Antwort geben. Doch lange Zeit waren sie im Regenwald verborgen. Bis sich im 19. Jahrhundert neugierige Abenteurer daran machten, ihre Geheimnisse zu lüften. Aber nicht nur darüber erzählt Wigald Boning. Auch über die Entdeckung des Kakaos, der ihm sehr gut schmeckt, und über den großen Herrscher Montezuma und die Nasca-Linien.

IT'S TIME TO IMPACT PEOPLE FOR CHRIST EACH AND EVERY DAY! I often say, "It's going to take everyone to reach everyone!" Over the centuries, many in the church transitioned from being the church to simply going to church. But God is mobilizing the church once again to impact all people. Reading God's Team-Unleashing the Full Power of the Church will encourage every Christ follower to: See themselves as part of God's powerful team Embrace the responsibility of impacting lives and society Mobilize people to impact others outside the church walls seven days a week Reading God's Team-Unleashing ...

Driving is a fact of life. We are all spending more and more time on the road, and traffic is an issue we face everyday. This audiobook will make you think about it in a whole new light.

Once upon a time, Postmodernism was a buzz word. It pronounced Modernism dead or at least in the throes of death. It was a wave that swept over Christendom, promising to wash away sterile, dogmatic and outmoded forms of church. But whatever happened to postmodernism? It was regarded as the start of a major historical transition to something new and promising and hailed as a major paradigm shift. Is it a philosophy that has passed its "sell-by" date? No! The radical fringe has become the dominant view and has been integrated into all aspects of life, including the Christian church. With the ...

Oli Darling is a queer artist from the country - it says so right at the top of every press release. His art has brought him fame, money, fashionable substance abuse issues and only a little imposter syndrome. But then he goes on live TV and says the one thing that can get a rich white guy cancelled. With his reputation in tatters, nobody is buying Oli's schtick or his art. That's a problem for all the people who've invested millions in him. Powerful, dangerous people. To save his own skin, Oli will need to restore his public image.

Evie has been raised in the heart of Aboriginal Redfern, by a proud trailblazing Wiradjuri family. She remembers so much about the previous world – the Dreamtime, the ancestors, and the knowing – but she also harbours a dark pain that is becoming almost too much to bear. And then Evie meets James, a young man radiating pure love who fills her life with light. On the cusp of adulthood, with their whole lives ahead of them, they travel to Evie’s beloved country, the central west of New South Wales and the Riverina regions.