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Angel at War tells the story of Josiah, a guardian angel Josiah has served in Heaven’s protection corps for over six thousand years, guarding Christians against attacks from evil tempters. His newest assignment, a young convert named Shawn Willis, is like no other human he has ever protected. From the moment Shawn gave his life to Christ, powerful demons have assaulted him, urging him to give over to sin and turn back to wickedness. Josiah faces the challenge of guarding a devout believer attacked by forces more powerful than the angel has ever faced before.

Thousands of people struggle with debt each year. More than 75 percent of American households have some form of debt. According to Experian, Americans carry, on average, more than $5,000.00 on credit cards alone! 54 to 66 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and nearly half of them struggle to make minimum payments. And millions of Americans suffer from poor credit scores, too. Fret not. This book shows how to raise your credit score!

When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustrated? Maybe from relief or from pride? Was it in public or in private? Did you feel better afterwards, or worse? The reasons that we cry—and the circumstances in which we shed a tear—are often surprising and beautiful. Sad Happens is a collective, multi-faceted archive of tears that captures the complexity and variety of these circumstances.

World-renowned thief, Henry Sirola, has a secret. He’s also an FBI informant. When he’s given a new assignment by the Croatian mob to retrieve a priceless artifact, he knows it could be the biggest score of his life, but he needs to keep his two worlds from colliding. Henry and his associates embark on a mission that takes them to Brazil and home again where an assassin strikes at the heart of their crew.

Leadership sabotage surrounds each of us. It's working - even when you are not - to find ways to limit your productivity, impact, and legacy. You have likely seen - and may have even experienced - leadership sabotage. The most common instances include employee defiance, bullying, reputation assassination, theft, and microaggressions that aim to stymie your life and career. Until now, leaders everywhere have been defenseless against leadership sabotage.

Samaritans Medical Center, Washington, DC, can't seem to look after itself and its increasingly desperate doctors, let alone its patients. The chairman of the board, billionaire arms dealer and part-time philanthropist David Soper, decides that it's time to kill or cure. Business school alumnus and Las Vegas hotel genius Max Green is the perfect man for the job. A man of vision. A man with a mission. A man who knows that wealth care is smarter than health care. He's going to make Samaritans great again.

My whole life has been turned upside down and set on fire, but now I’m Agent Essie Shaw, full-fledged JP team member. I walk hand-in-hand with Gideon, crave all of Marcus’s ferocious passion, yearn for Jacob’s intense stillness - and ache for Kol, whose soul is torn so deep he’s thinking of doing the unthinkable. Leaving the team.

A geeky high schooler develops superpowers and is recruited to an international peacekeeping unit at the same time as he's struggling with mental health problems. Gonzalo Lopez, nicknamed "Weakling" by his bullies, is just a normal teenager, except that he has superpowers. Ever since that fight with Bill Jackson where his powers first manifested and he broke his attacker’s hand by accident, everything has been spiraling out of control.

More than half of Americans live with a digestive disorder or autoimmune disease like IBS, Crohn's, colitis, or celiac. Finally, the simple solution is revealed by someone who put his “impossible” autoimmune disease into remission. Our modern world is set up with systems and processes that lead us to a weakened immune system and depleted microbiome, which in turn can cause disease.

Heartbroken over losing her cat, Joule, along with billions of other pet owners, Miranda learns the quantum recipe has been changed to displace all cats. Yet in their place, a green and blue cat appears out of quantum thin air via a particle collider acceleration. As Earth Cat Zero proves the existence of quantum entanglement—living in both particle and wave form simultaneously—unnamed forces work to use the accident to selfish human advantages.

Writers clamor to get into the Best Gay Erotica series because it sets the bar for the highest quality of sexy, gay stories. Richard Labont is an icon in the field of erotic and romantic writing who has a knack for finding seductive, literary talent. Blair Mastbaum, author, editor, producer, and actor, selected this year's crop, picking top-notch stories that are unparalleled in hotness and excellence. Best Gay Erotica 2010 is the biggest page-turner of them all, with stories running the gamut of gay male sexual experiences, from first times to one-night stands....

The circus has arrived at last. Prince Martin and his cousin, Princess Margaret, have a glorious time - until they see a scary Northman selling a blind bear cub into captivity. When the kids intervene, the Northman’s cryptic threat chills their blood.... But with the help of old friends, they hatch a plan to rescue the cub - and take him home to Northland, where the colossal creatures are bad...and the Northmen are worse.

Today, the ability to influence is one of the most marketable skills a manager can possess, and the ability to influence is vital for anyone who wants to accomplish their vision through others. It is especially required for anyone who has a worthwhile cause. Dan Mann has developed an effective road map that increases influence. He calls it ORBiT, an acronym that means Optimized Reality Behavior Training.

Sex, Hair, and Billionaires is about a Hollywood hairstylist whose life is catapulted into the high-end world of rock stars, billionaires, and celebrities. It's a behind the scenes look into the lives of some of the most famous and powerful people in the world. It's like being a trusted fly on the wall, but these walls are made of gold. As a hairstylist, you are exposed to your clients' lives in a way that most people never get to experience. The salon chair is better than alcohol, because when the blow dryer turns on, the gossip flows!

When you’re married to the love of your life for 30 years and lose them tragically, the part of your heart capable of love dies with them. Or so I thought. Somehow, this tiny little imp of a woman has wormed her way into the hole left behind by my wife’s death. She is way too young, is being hunted with a price on her head, and I’m about to be a grandfather. Am I too old to overcome the obstacles this new romance is taking us on, or will it all be worth the risk to make her mine?

I am the recent prospect for the SBMC. I want that patch more than anything in the world. To say that I earned it is the highest honor for me. I do the grunt work. I take the bullets. I do it all with pride. I respect this club and its members. Even more, I respect her. Cherry. The club whore. That's not how I see her. Beneath the depths of her thick skin, there is something I want to earn more than anything. Her heart.

Harper Brown is a snarky pain in Sebastian Hastings' ass. His brother's assistant not only seems to hate his guts, but she's also not afraid to talk back to him and tempting enough to distract him from the billions he should be earning. Then, pictures of their one hot kiss leak to the gossip mags, and Sebastian has a brilliant idea. What better way to get the gold diggers off his back than to take himself off the market? It's the perfect solution. Except as things with Harper heat up, it becomes harder for Sebastian to remind himself that she's only playing his fiancée for the money.

The Agile City engages the fundamental question: what to do about it? Journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell argues that we'll more quickly slow global warming - and blunt its effects - by retrofitting cities, suburbs, and towns. The Agile City shows that change undertaken at the building and community level can reach carbon-reduction goals rapidly. Adapting buildings (39 percent of greenhouse-gas emission) and communities (slashing the 33 percent of transportation related emissions) offers numerous other benefits that tax gimmicks and massive alternative-energy investments can't match.

Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty in the love of her child. There is the "good daughter" who realizes that there's only one way to help her brother and her family. Other stories center on the daily drama of the Curl-E-Que beauty shop, or capture the slapstick side of passion.

Bill met Evelyn at a time when he was least expecting to find her. He was the bass player for a popular band, had a bottomless trust fund, and had just received his letter of acceptance to Harvard. Being young, handsome, rich, and living next to Hollywood had been the perfect opportunity to date some of the most glamorous and beautiful women on the planet. Yet none of them had ever affected him the way Evelyn had from the first moment he saw her. Evelyn was not searching for love, and in fact had been avoiding it as if it were a hobby.