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Jack and Laur King in a struggling marriage due to alcohol and emotional abuse attempt to rekindle their maariage with a camping trip to Big Bend and surrounding area. A murder and kidnapping lead to an investigation and search for Laura that involves, the Texas Rangers, FBI, and Navajo tracker to investigate the murder and disappearance with a surprising twist that leads to a race to obtain the remaining sample of a potion with miraculous powers.

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Finding Happiness by Strategically Balancing Roles

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Are you doing what you can at work and home, but you still drop the ball, disappoint others, and never have time for yourself?

We live in a world that makes us believe that anything is possible. You can be a top performer at work, a patient parent, a supportive friend, a frequent gym visitor, and an eager community volunteer. We can have it all, right?

The reality is that we can't. There are only so many hours in one day, and our energy is limited. Solving this puzzle by calculating how much time or energy you can spend in each role is unsuccessful. Soon enough, you realize you need more days in the week or duplicate yourself.

In Work-Life Strategy, Lieke ten Brummelhuis, a Professor of Management, takes a different perspective. Human beings have three psychological needs: to feel in control, competent, and connected. These needs are key ingredients for people to feel happy. Work-Life Strategy explains how you can strategically use your life roles to fulfill the three needs and find happiness.

Work-Life strategy is an excellent choice for those who want to be present in two roles equally (working parents) and those who prioritize one role over others (career investors, stay-at-home parents). Through hands-on exercises, the book helps you design your own work-life strategy to navigate your complex life successfully.

Praise for Work-Life Strategy

"If you ever feel overwhelmed by work and life, this is an evidence-based, actionable guide to moving toward better balance and more harmony."

~Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and HIDDEN POTENTIAL, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking

"The book's genius lies in its personalized approach, recognizing that different people require different strategies. This exceptional guide transforms the overwhelming challenge of "having it all" into the achievable goal of "having what matters most."

~Monique Valcour, Ph.D., Executive Coach, former Professor of Management, Harvard Business Review contributor

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Marni: A Story of Survival

From a childhood scarred by abuse to years lost in addiction, homelessness and prison, Marni Spencer-Devlin seemed destined for darkness. In this riveting final volume of her memoirs, she recounts how she clawed her way out of a junkie life to multimillion-dollar success - only to be stopped by a deadly diagnosis that stripped away everything she thought she was.

What follows is not just recovery, but a profound and unexpected awakening: a journey into self-discovery, authenticity, and a new creative life as an artist and author, living between California and Italy.

Marni: A Story of Survival is an unflinching and ultimately uplifting memoir - a vivid testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the life that becomes possible beyond despair.

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Red Ribbon Award-winning author Kristina Young brings the vibrant world of South African folklore to you in this spellbinding new tale.

When Athea and Edward set out on a hike through the Drakensberg mountains, they expected peace. The ancient cliffs, however, had other plans, leading the pair to stumble across a conference for career-changing legendary creatures.

Thrust into a world where African folklore meets modernity, they find themselves rubbing shoulders with a crew of myths reinventing themselves. From goddesses turned entrepreneurs to horse-headed serpents pursuing academic careers, the event is filled with innovation. It's chaotic, charming, and magical.

As the conference unfolds, however, they begin to suspect a deeper connection to this gathering. Amidst the magic and the whirlwind, a greater truth about their own journey awaits, if they are open enough to find it.

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Kristina Young, Fay Collins, Book Bright

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Three days have passed . . . three incredible days known throughout Christendom as Passion Week. And there in the midst of it all, three unlikely time travelers have found themselves 2000 years in the past. It was all a dream. It was all very real. The spirited resident physician, Elizabeth Stewart. Charismatic. Resourceful, and a relative newcomer to the faith. And Reverend Paul Ryan. A seasoned minister. Intuitive. Discerning, but not without fault nor afraid to admit it. Then there's the agnostic Professor Leonardo Van Eaton. Obstinate. Confrontational. And tenaciously unorthodox. By a strange and miraculous twist of fate, these three strangers have been thrust backward to another time-to an era filled with beginnings! God was revealing a new promise to the world itself! The old way was passing and our time travelers were there to witness it all! And the reality? Jesus had predicted the answers to their questions would be made known-and certainly they were. Dreams became reality. Wisdom was gained and lives were changed. But history rewritten? Hardly. History was defined. And now they have managed to return to their own time, though oddly, they have returned earlier than when they departed. Even more strange, unbeknownst to them, the Apostle Peter has returned with them to the 21st century. But why? Is there more to the story? Indeed! Reverend Ryan had witnessed a murder-had it on video. And that one clairvoyant link into a mysterious chain of events is suddenly within their ability to change . . . or so it seems.

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"I COULDNT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE IMAGINATION! DON FURR PUTS YOU RIGHT THERE WITH JESUS FOR THE LAST DAYS OF HIS LIFE ON EARTH. THIS REMARKABLE STORY BY A GIFTED WRITER WILL DEEPLY ENRICH YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SAVIOR." -Patrick Morley, author and president, Man in the Mirror

"Quest For The Nail Prints IS A FIRST CLASS PAGE-TURNER. DON FURR HAS GIVEN US A NAIL-BITING THRILLER WITH A FRESH AND RELEVANT KINGDOM WORLD VIEW." -Howard A. Klausner, writer - producer, Space Cowboys and The Grace Card

"What would it be like to suddenly find yourself face-to-face with the man known as Jesus of Nazareth? Don Furr tells an amazing story of how a personal encounter with the living Christ in His time creates the journey of a lifetime." -Kirk Cameron

Three ordinary people are chosen by God for an extraordinary experience, one so incredible that even they have a hard time believing it is real Through unrelated circumstances, the three travelers find themselves sharing a journey to the Holy Land--when suddenly they are thrust back in time nearly two thousand years, coming face to face with the rugged radical Nazarene known throughout the land as Jesus of Nazareth.

This is the story of how a personal encounter with the living Christ in His time creates the journey of a lifetime!

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A dragon with a mate is a dangerous dragon...

Princess Serah and the Dragon King are finally beginning to see eye to eye.

That is, until someone attempts to assassinate her.

Now, her dragon betrothed is behaving more possessive and brutish than ever. How can he expect her to stay locked up in her room when his enemies want to challenge him for the throne...

And make Serah their consolation prize?

Dive into the second volume of the story fans "can't stop reading!"

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The Inkwell Handbook of Business and Economics Quotations

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The Inkwell Handbooks of Business and Economics are a series of extensive and rigorously researched reference works covering the fields of business, industry, entrepreneurship, finance, and economics from various angles. The present volume in this series, The Inkwell Handbook of Business and Economics Quotations, provides a large number of insightful and witty quotations by a range of thought leaders in the above fields, as well as several philosophers and well-known authors from other fields. In all, the volume contains 152 articles, organized by author, from Aga Khan to Mark Zuckerberg. Each article presents a brief biographical sketch, before listing some of the author's most noteworthy and elegant comments. Within each article, the quotations are organized by topic.

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Selected Stories of the Western Frontier from "Indian Depredations in Texas"

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In the mid-nineteenth century, the counties of Young, Jack, Palo Pinto, and Parker lay along one of the most volatile stretches of the Western Frontier. From the 1850s through the mid-1870s, this region witnessed sustained conflict as settlement pressed westward across the plains of North Texas.

Drawn from J.W. Wilbarger's monumental Indian Depredations in Texas, this volume gathers selected narratives centered on these pivotal counties. Among the events treated are the Elm Creek Raid, the Warren Wagon Train Massacre, and the subsequent Indian trials that marked a turning point in American legal and frontier history.

These accounts-collected from firsthand testimony and preserved through decades of local memory-offer an unvarnished window into the realities of frontier life.

This edition presents carefully selected stories from Wilbarger's original work, preserving the voice and substance of one of Texas's earliest chroniclers of frontier violence while focusing attention on the counties most deeply affected by nineteenth-century raids and reprisals.

From the grasslands where raiding parties moved under cover of night to the courtrooms where unprecedented trials unfolded, these narratives trace the arc of a frontier in transformation. Together, they document a region that stood at the crossroads of settlement, resistance, tragedy, and change.

J.W. Wilbarger devoted decades to collecting testimony and documentary evidence concerning Indian depredations across the Texas frontier. His work remains centered on the counties most deeply affected by nineteenth-century raids and reprisals.

Jake Akins has conducted extensive research into the history of the Western Frontier in North Texas, with particular emphasis on Young, Jack, Palo Pinto, and Parker Counties. This edition presents selected narratives from Wilbarger's original work, maintaining its historical integrity while offering a focused regional lens.

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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), co-discoverer of natural selection, was second only to Charles Darwin as the 19th century's most notes English naturalist. Yet his belief in spiritualism caused him to be ridiculed and dismissed by many, leaving him a comparatively obscure and misunderstood figure. In this volume Wallace is finally allowed to speak in his own defense through his grand evolutionary synthesis The World of Life published over a century ago in 1910. More than just a reprinting of a near-forgotten work, Michael A. Flannery places Wallace in historical context and includes the very latest historiography relating to both Darwin and Wallace in his detailed introduction. Flannery exposes Charles Darwin's now-famous theory of evolution as little more than a naturalistic cover for an extreme philosophical materialism borrowed as a youth from Edinburgh radicals. This is juxtaposed by his sympathetic account of what he calls Wallace's intelligent evolution, a thoroughly teleological alternative to Darwin's stochastic processes. Though based upon very different formulations of natural selection, the Wallace/Darwin dispute as presented by Flannery shows a metaphysical clash of worldviews coextensive with modern evolutionary theory itself-design and purpose versus randomness and chance. This book is for anyone seeking to understand the historical and philosophical roots of a controversy that still rages today.

MICHAEL A. FLANNERY is Professor Emeritus, UAB Libraries, University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has published and taught in the field of medical history, bioethics, and the history and philosophy of science for over thirty years. His most recent books include Nature's Prophet: Alfred Russel Wallace and His Evolution from Natural Selection to Natural Theology (University of Alabama Press, 2018), America's Forgotten Poet-Philosopher: The Thought of John Elof Boodin in His Time and Ours, SUNY Series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought (SUNY Press, 2023), and editor of John Elof Boodin's Religion of Tomorrow: A New Edition with an Introduction Including Interpretive and Explanatory Notes (Wipf & Stock, 2024).

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Michael Flannery, Alfred Russel Wallace, William A. Dembski

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1st June 2013.

In north-east Hampshire, England, care-worker-cum-amateur-musical-star Ash is celebrating the last night of her company's run of Jesus Christ Superstar. Fifty miles away in London, cult film star and notorious playboy Joe is getting ready for another night on the town, but it's no ordinary party he's going to: this time, he's going beyond the horizon. By the end of the night, Ash has let co-star Rich rope her into running a gardening club at the exclusive rehab clinic where he works, while Joe is rushed to hospital, having been found at death's door by best friend Yoni.

Joe is not at all happy when he wakes up at the clinic, but starts warming to his situation when he spots a quirky but attractive young woman toiling alone in the garden. One fine day he stumbles upon her and, in her shock, she hands him a spade and enlists his help getting the plot ready. Joe is surprised to find himself enjoying the work and even more so when he not only joins the gardening club but volunteers to become Ash's assistant. Over the next two months, the bond between Ash and Joe deepens as they tend the garden together, despite Rich's repeated attempts to keep them apart. However, Joe can't stay at the clinic forever. When Yoni comes to reclaim his friend, Ash begins to realise that her and Joe's story is coming to an end - outside the equalising space of the garden, their worlds are just too different. Or can love bridge that gap?

This slow-burn romance testifies to the power of human connection while delving into issues of mental health, identity and self-discovery with sensitivity and humour. Although the story evolves as slowly as buds becoming blooms, readers quickly warm to the cast of highly engaging characters and remain transfixed as two people from very different worlds work their way towards The Meeting Ground.

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Lily Morgan's life has always been choreographed by grace and grit. After losing her mother at the young age of twelve, it was her father and brothers who kept her dancing-balancing ranch life with ballet shoes and unwavering love. Now, fresh from a European tour, Lily returns to the ranch in celebration rather than retreat. She's ready to once again embrace the rhythms of home, the comfort of family, and the bliss of belonging.

But life has more steps in store for her than that. A chance to open her own dance studio brings her new purpose, as well as an unexpected connection with Mason Blackwell, a man whose quiet strength masks a deep loss of his own. As Lily and Mason navigate grief, healing and the tender beginnings of love, they discover that faith isn't always loud. Sometimes, it whispers, and sometimes it dances.

Whispering Grace: Faithful Steps is a story of homecoming, heartache, and the sacred beauty of rebuilding a life with faith as your guide and love as your partner.

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What happens when raiders let greed override common sense after receiving a cryptic job offer? Admiral Marcul Emberdeath and the Pirates faction is about to find out.

Join our bloodthirsty raiders as they survey their new ship after slaughtering her old crew, get a job offer to hit another ship, and argue with their ship's AI that deeply disapproves with their murderous ways.

Part one of the PiRates trilogy zine, set in the Vast Grimm universe, using the 3rd party Vast Grimm license and is not associated with Creature Curation. Vast Grimm is copyright Creature Curation.

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A coming-of-age story, a tale of terror, and an apocalyptic fable for our troubled times

There was a time when the people of Greenheart, Colorado, believed they were living in a town on the rise and a promised land of plenty. But by 1936 Greenheart is choking on biblical plagues of dust storms, locusts, and drought. Even once-thriving farming families like the Thorpes-Tom, Emily, and fourteen-year-old Will-are coming apart at the seams.

Enter Gideon Starling, a charismatic stranger who promises to stop the dusters and bring rain back to Greenheart's parched wheat fields and pastures-for a price. Aided by young Will's work as his local guide and secret informant, the silver-tongued rainmaker attracts acolytes like moths to the flame. But Will's starstruck admiration for his raconteur of a boss curdles into something approaching fear as Gideon's courtship of Greenheart takes increasingly strange and sinister turns. But what game is Gideon playing? And what are the true stakes for Will, his parents, and Greenheart itself? Only Gideon seems to know.

As Gideon's implacable charm campaign draws the desperate people of Greenheart ever closer to a mysterious abyss, Will descends into the pitch-black catacombs of the rainmaker's past in search of redemption-and answers to the questions haunting his every waking moment. Is Gideon the savior Greenheart has been waiting for? A sociopathic grifter intent on engineering the town's destruction? Or something far worse?

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Pietrele: poezii: poezii: poezii: poezii

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"Pietrele" este un volum de poezii scris in memoria mamei, in care amintirea, dorul si iubirea se impletesc intr-un discurs sincer si profund. Versurile pornesc din gesturi simple si imagini familiare - flori, anotimpuri, casa parinteasca - si reconstruiesc, treptat, o prezenta care nu mai este, dar continua sa traiasca in suflet.

Intre vis si realitate, intre trecut si prezent, poetul cauta sens in pierdere si liniste in amintire. Este o carte despre legatura care nu se rupe, despre lucrurile nespuse si despre felul in care iubirea ramane, chiar si atunci cand timpul trece. O poezie calda, directa, care vorbeste despre viata, absenta si regasire.

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"Pietrele" is a poetry collection written in memory of the author's mother, where love, loss, and remembrance intertwine. Through simple, evocative images of nature and home, the poems recreate a presence that endures beyond absence. It is a quiet, heartfelt reflection on memory, longing, and the lasting bond between parent and child.

FRANCAIS

Pietrele est un recueil de poemes dedie a la memoire de la mere de l'auteur, ou se melent amour, perte et souvenir. A travers des images simples de la nature et du foyer, les textes font revivre une presence qui persiste au-dela de l'absence. Une meditation douce et sincere sur la memoire, le manque et le lien indestructible.

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The universe is tearing apart, and the man meant to save it is the one who pulled the thread.

As the Nexil fleet arrives in Earth's orbit, humanity's hope is extinguished by a genocidal AI that levels nations in an instant. Theo Newton, activated with the ancient genome of the Aelioxar, should be their saviour; but a single act of naivety against the laws of time has created a spacetime rupture that threatens to erase existence itself.

From the sacred, hidden archives of the Vatican to the distant worlds of Aeliox and Genetrix, Theo must race through time to find the Codex Sine Anima before an antimatter rift consumes the galaxy.

In a final cosmic battle between submission and extinction, "The One" must decide if he will become the god prophesied, or the humble protector they truly need.

If you enjoy works such as James Rollins - The Sigma Force Series, Blake Crouch - Recursion and Dark Matter or Douglas E. Richards - Wired and Split Second; then the Theo Newton trilogy may be your match.

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Discover the transformative power of togetherness with Unity: The Power of Unity by Ron Cherry. This motivational and inspirational guide shows how unity can break down barriers, build trust, and fuel success in every area of life. Perfect for leaders, teams, families, communities, and anyone seeking meaningful connection and growth, this book empowers readers to turn challenges into triumphs and unlock their greatest potential.

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Ad0m: The First of the Curse is a dark, emotionally charged supernatural coming-of-age story that blends psychological realism, cultural identity, generational trauma, and emerging mythological power. At its core, the story follows Adam-Vu Edirisingh, a 17-year-old boy navigating grief, isolation, and quiet suffering-while unknowingly standing at the center of something ancient, and inevitable. Adam has spent his life surviving quietly and invisibly. But when a hidden past resurfaces and a dangerous force begins to stir, survival is no longer enough.  As secrets unravel and threats close in, Adam must confront a truth buried in his blood: he is not just a victim of the world...he is the beginning of something it cannot control.

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The Longest Service Monarch In The History Of Britain

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Throughout the centuries, the British monarchy has been defined by remarkable figures whose reigns shaped the nation's history. This book offers a concise yet insightful overview of Britain's kings and queens, focusing on their names, marital status, and the length of time they served on the throne.

From the early monarchs who laid the foundations of the kingdom to the modern sovereigns who guided Britain through times of change, each chapter provides a snapshot of their personal lives and reigns. Readers will discover how marriage alliances influenced politics, how royal partnerships strengthened dynasties, and how the duration of each reign reflected both stability and turbulence in British society.

The book highlights monarchs such as Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years and was married to Prince Albert, leaving a legacy of industrial progress and empire expansion. It also explores the reign of King George III, who ruled for 59 years, married Queen Charlotte, and witnessed both triumphs and challenges, including the loss of the American colonies. Other monarchs, like Henry VIII, are remembered not only for their reigns but also for their complex marital histories, which reshaped the religious and political landscape of Britain.

At the heart of this narrative lies Queen Elizabeth II, whose reign stands unparalleled in British history. Married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, she ascended the throne in 1952 and served with unwavering dedication for over 70 years. Her reign surpassed that of Queen Victoria, making her the longest-serving monarch Britain has ever known.

In conclusion, this book demonstrates how the monarchy has been defined by both personal and public duty, with each sovereign leaving a unique mark on the nation. Yet, among them all, Queen Elizabeth II remains exceptional. Her longevity, devotion, and service ensured her place not only as Britain's longest-serving monarch but also as one of its most cherished figures, remembered for generations to come.

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Emma has spent three years mastering the art of silence. Now the past is calling her name.

In sleepy Saleth, where whispers travel faster than wind and magick weaves are forbidden-she fills her days surrounded by shelves of books and unasked questions. Her past is a story she's rewritten, until the day her old flame appears, remembering the version of her she tried to bury.

His arrival tears through the calm like lightning over still water. Old allegiances stir, and the King's Guard begins to circle. As danger closes in, Emma must decide whether to keep her secrets buried or confront the truth that could destroy her.

The magick breathes beneath the surface of a broken kingdom, and bartering betrayal and secrets holds more valuable than coin.

Elementally Woven: Ash and Tide is a dark romantic fantasy filled with forbidden magick and slow-burning desire, with an array of intricate, beautifully woven characters. Perfect for readers who crave emotional depth, divine mythology, folklore, and tension that smoulders long after the final page.

How far would you go to protect the life you built from the ashes-or allow the tide of fate to call you home?

Perfect for readers who love Throne of Glass, crave the slow-burn romantasy of A Court of Thorns and Roses, and devour darker, emotionally charged fantasy like The Plated Prisoner.