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Living for others seems to be the rule of nature. Thus begins the story about Willy, a selfless willow oak tree, who gives his unconditional love to all without discrimination. With every breath he does nothing except do good unto others. He tolerates the heat and the cold and happily forgives even before it is asked for.

Discover the secrets of how to budget in this amazing book! Inside you will find a detailed description of the different methods to budget and manage your money.

Visiting Costa Rica on a budget is a dream come true! You can surf at the beautiful sandy beaches, hike amazing trails complete with waterfalls, and eat the best homemade food in the world. With its hospitable people, amazing ecotourism, and something new around every corner, Costa Rica is the perfect journey for the traveler on a budget. In my audiobook, Thrifty Traveler’s Guide to Costa Rica: A Perfect Journey for the Budget Traveler, I will show you how to have the vacation of your dreams while saving a buck or two.

Was ist, wenn die Liebe keinen Spaß mehr macht? Wenn da gerade niemand ist, der interessant wäre oder wenn es immer nur kompliziert ist. Dass wir das ändern können, zeigt uns die Journalistin und Podcasterin Diane Hielscher: Sie klopft die Forschungsergebnisse namhafter Wissenschaftler*innen darauf ab, wie sie uns helfen können, glücklich, erfüllend und besser zu lieben.

It wasn’t unusual to find a dead body in the orchards surrounding Bakersfield, California. So when Vermilion Blew reads in the local paper about yet one more corpse dug up by a backhoe, she dismisses the discovery. That is, until the revelation that the man had a ticket in his pocket for a movie that she had attended with her fiancé, thirty-seven years before. And that movie was the last time she had seen Frankie Monroe, the evening before her nuptials. Very has gone on with her life, or so she believes, until a slippery slope of events pushes her into a painful and mostly repressed past.

Many of us are not only feeling more stress and anxiety but are growing increasingly concerned about the impact it's having on our emotional well-being, our relationships, our country, and our democracy. Despite political differences with neighbors, friends, or family members, we must choose whether we will respond with hatred and insults or transcend the emotional upset and emerge more peaceful, bringing kindness, love, and solutions to the issues our nation is grappling with. Diane Altomare reveals how to transform every political conflict into inspired action, love, and healing.

Curl up and enter the eclectic world of S. R. Mallery, where sad meets bizarre and deception meets humor; where history meets revenge and magic meets gothic. Whether it’s 500 words or 5,000, these Tales to Count On, which include a battered women’s shelter, childhood memories, Venetian love, magic photographs, PTSD, sisters’ tricks, WWII spies, the French Revolution, evil vaudevillians, and celebrity woes, will remind you that in the end, nothing is ever what it seems.

Sr. Fran Gangloff tells the inspiring story of a woman committed to serving those in the leper settlement in Hawaii with love, compassion, respect, and grace, often in the face of both hardship and resistance from authorities blind to their needs. At her canonization in 2012, St. Marianne was called the “beloved mother of outcasts.”

Penny Doyle needs to get far away - and fast. If only she could remember why. Occasional flashes of déjà vu do nothing to help fill the elusive memory gaps of Penny’s New Year’s Eve date with football star, Brock Harper. Something happened that night, though. Her bruises prove it. When investigators seek to question her about the disappearance of a fellow college coed who also attended the party, she realizes her urge to return home may not stem from mere homesickness, but rather, something far more desperate.

When we were children, we dreamed of being heroes. We wanted to slay dragons and defeat the monsters that scared us. As we grew older, we were forced to try and find our monsters. We had been told they would be easy to spot. Monsters had too much teeth, too much fur, too much size. These were lies. We stopped wanting to be heroes. We started to want to be more, to be too much. We wanted, needed, more than the world could give us. We wanted more than what we were told we should be. We wanted to become monsters.

This three-in-one audiobook bundle includes the most powerful collection of audiobooks that will help you improve every area of your spiritual, personal, and soul growth. It will quickly lead you to more rewarding and fulfilling relationships, as well as a more successful life.

When Psycho Cat alerts Beth to her step-niece Adrianna's disappearance, the klutzy landlady careens into action. She and her no-nonsense sister question Adrianna's associates. They discover that the police suspect the young woman of embezzling a huge sum of money from the Kansas City construction company where she works.

After seven years, the Giant has nothing left to say to his friend the Cornish ogre, and so he returns home to his castle - only to find that in his absence, the children have been playing in his beautiful garden. At once the selfish Giant builds a high wall to keep the children out of the garden.Winter turns into spring all over the country - but not in the selfish Giant'sgarden.

When Clare Thaddeus' sister was abducted, she was five and her family fell apart. Now, twenty-seven years later, there's a chance Lynnie could still be alive! Divorced parents, a rebellious daughter, and a devoted sister find their lives in turmoil once again. This time, will crisis tear them apart or will forgotten love knit them together once more?

From his tiny room at Hampton Court, the royal chronicler records the comings and goings of the King of England, his six Queens—and his six mothers-in-law. Introducing us to these redoubtable ladies, he relates the surprising part they played in the destiny of Henry VIII and his unfortunate wives. We meet Catherine of Aragon's duenna, Dona Elvira; Lady Boleyn, whose gentleman admirer threatens danger for her daughter Anne; and Lady Margaret, whose attempt to overturn hundreds of years of tradition leads to a dramatic confrontation.

Josie Decker has spent her whole life as an unloved and unwanted bother. Like a wild horse captured and bridled, Josie's spirit is broken. She devises a plan to start her life anew; silently biding her time, she waits for the perfect moment. When that moment arises, Josie takes the opportunity and runs freely into an uncertain future in Torey Hope.

En simulant un mariage d’amour pour toucher un héritage, Declan et Iris avaient établi des règles pour éviter toute complication, des règles qui n’auraient jamais dû être brisées, peu importe la tentation.

This is a dark short series of a submissive's first time attending a luxurious BDSM ball. Caroline is under strict orders not to play with anyone other than her Master, but when she notices a smoldering hot Derrick, the attraction is instant and all-consuming. Can she make it through the night obedient to her Master or will she forever be changed from one forbidden encounter?

The line between justice and vengeance is thin for Barrett Iron Feather, yet despite his anger management issues, he’s the most respected lawman in Bandits Hollow. Then, his world turns upside down when the police chief goes behind his back and makes him head of security - aka “the babysitter” - for a Hollywood actress and her crew filming a western in their picturesque town.

Avery Smart doesn't believe in "forever cowboys". Especially after her father died young in a tragic rodeo accident, and she watched all her girlfriends get their hearts broken by love 'em and leave 'em types in Stetsons and spurs. But when she returns to her hometown of Bandits Hollow, Colorado to take pictures of cowboys for her lucrative photography business, a new light is shed on the darkroom of her heart by Grant Hollow. He's one professional bull rider who not only intends to stick around for the right woman - he's determined to lasso her heart for good.