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After surviving a life changing experience with a rusty chainsaw and “The Great Meltdown of 2013” Randi decides to leave behind two broken marriages, sell her beloved home and change her life. What she never imagined was that she would find her dream vintage home and with it a delightful new friend in the home’s deceased former owner. Through a series of letters and recipes, Randi shares the story of how a very special house, a friendly ghost and her cat completely transform and charm a weary heart.

Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one could care less - except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that have possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn - not only about their leaders, but also about their own people - stuns them to the core.

Long before his iconic paraphrased Bible translation, The Message, Eugene H. Peterson (1932-2018) faithfully preached for decades to the small congregation of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. As the seasons passed, along with the accompanying fasts and feasts, Peterson faithfully revealed ways to cultivate a robust, authentic life of faith, intimacy, obedience, and joy. Now you can gain new insights into Peterson’s preaching and pastoral life through this collection of his most compelling yet never-before-published sermons.

Los años extraordinarios recoge las memorias de Jaime Fanjul, nacido en Salamanca en 1902 en el seno de una familia burguesa apasionada por las serpientes, y nos propone un recorrido valleinclanesco por el siglo XX a través de sus recuerdos y viajes.

Elena Garro: los recuerdos sin porvenir es una obra única por su acercamiento frontal a la escritora y su hija por una editora que convivió con ellas los últimos años de su vida. Recorre las horas de penuria y rencor de estas mujeres, los momentos lamentables de hambre y vicio, el asedio de la enfermedad, el alcohol, la violencia doméstica y sus amados gatos: testigos de esta tragedia que sóloatemperaba la contemplación del cielo de México, las postales de París, las fotografías de Madrid, los anhelos de Buenos Aires.

In an era where unseen forces exert influence on our lives, "Monitoring Spirits Exposed & Defeated" is your lifeline, a blueprint to assert your spiritual authority and reclaim your divine destiny. As a standout in the spiritual warfare book category, it unveils the mysteries of the spiritual realm, illuminating your path to spiritual freedom. This book explores the covert operations of monitoring spirits, entities that track your progress and manipulate circumstances to thwart your purpose. It uncovers their strategies, equipping you with an in-depth understanding and providing detailed ...

The award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of The Best American Short Stories, returns with a highly anticipated collection. A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father’s past. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith.

Introducing "Solar Greenhouse," the ultimate guide for those passionate about sustainability, self-sufficiency, and year-round gardening, transforming your green thumb into a green superhero! This revolutionary eBook is your one-stop resource, taking you on a journey through the world of solar greenhouses and empowering you with the knowledge to create and nurture your very own thriving, eco-friendly garden oasis. Dive into the fascinating evolution of greenhouse technology as this comprehensive guide expertly breaks down everything you need to know about solar greenhouse designs, concepts,...

Considered a troublesome burden, Evelyn Talbot is banished by her family to their remote country house. Tall Chimneys is outmoded and inconvenient, but Evelyn is determined to save it from abandonment or demolition. The woman and the house shore each other up - until love comes calling, threatening to pull them asunder. Her desertion will spell its demise, but saving Tall Chimneys could mean sacrificing her hope for happiness, even sacrificing herself. A century later, a distant relative crosses the globe to find the house of his ancestors.

Boomer Chicks, this one’s for you! You’ve lived, loved, and learned—and now it’s time to thrive like never before. Tips and Tricks for Boomer Chicks is the ultimate tongue-in-cheek guide to navigating life’s next exciting chapter with confidence, style, and grace. Packed with practical advice, witty wisdom, and fresh insights, this book covers everything you need to live your best life while embracing the freedom and joy that come with experience. This is not your average advice book. Inside, you’ll discover creative solutions for everyday challenges and exciting ways to ...

Quince muchachos de distintas edades y nacionalidades han naufragado en una isla desierta del Pacífico. ¿Cómo se las ingeniarán, sin ayuda de ningún adulto, para sobrevivir... y para superar los peligros más inesperados?

Millions of women and men have restored youthful radiance, smoothness, and suppleness to their skin through Dr. Nicholas Perricone’s advice, care, and transformative eating plan–and all with the welcome yet unexpected benefit of losing excess weight along with the wrinkles! Building on this discovery, Dr. Perricone breaks new ground with his trademark anti-inflammatory program based on the foods, supplements, and lifestyle changes with the proven ability to accelerate fat loss by increasing metabolism and building and maintaining muscle mass.

The Hundred Years' War changed language, national identity, weaponry, and even the way people think about war. It is part of the greater narrative of human history and gives a snapshot of how human nature can behave when pressed by the extremity of such a conflict - sometimes with unspeakable honor and courage and other times with cowardice, selfishness, and arrogance.

Hiding is no longer acceptable…she needed answers…but answers alone might not be enough… What did Jackson see…and how does he tell Simon… Mick Johnson might be dead but his killer is unknown and the clues leading to them are non-existent. Completely non-existent…which according to Jackson never ever happens…then he finds one but how does he tell Simon…But Elijah Sullivan, the father she adored all her life left clues…she just has to unravel them even as she comes to terms with her feelings about Harper…and his for her. It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and ...

Me sorprendió que la erupción de un volcán a mediados de 1815, en Indonesia, hubiera sido una de las causas eficientes del nacimiento en Occidente de la moderna leyenda del vampiro y de la pesadilla del ser viviente hecho con fragmentos de cadáveres.

Our lives were forever changed after a wild and intoxicating night with an old gent who turned us into vampires. Now, we're on the run, stealing a ship and seeking help from new pirate friends to survive. Our journey takes us to exotic destinations like Nassau and Tortuga, but we soon discover someone is betraying us to the King. We flee to The Forbidden Island where we hope to find a guide and a gemstone that can help us to walk in sunlight, but danger lurks around every corner.

When Frank Johnson arrived in Vietnam in 1969, he was 19, a young soldier untested in combat like thousands of others - but with two important differences: Johnson volunteered for the elite L Company Rangers of the 101st Airborne Division, a long range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit, and he kept a secret diary, a practice forbidden by the military to protect the security of LRRP operations. Now, more than three decades later, those hastily written pages offer a rare look at the daily operations of one of the most courageous units that waged war in Vietnam.

One day Heidi Julavits sees her son silhouetted by the sun and notices he is at the threshold of what she calls “the end times of childhood.” When did this happen, she asks herself. Who is my son becoming—and what qualifies me to be his guide? What follows starts to feel like uncharted waters. Rape allegations rock the university campus where she teaches, unleashing questions of justice and accountability. Julavits begins to wonder how to prepare her son to be the best possible citizen of the world he’s about to enter. And what must she learn about herself in order to responsibly steer him.

Surprising, charming, upsetting, enlightening, and ultimately hopeful - driven by the insight and humor of Salzman’s voice and by the intelligence, candor, and strength of his students, whose writing appears throughout the book - True Notebooks is itself a reward of the self-expression Mark Salzman teaches: a revelatory meditation on the process, power, and meaning of writing.

The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents' wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her stepfather, who is stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time.