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Two of John Curley's investigators had just quit when he settled down on his desk to catch up. Then he saw the blinking light on his answering machine. Another case, this time across state lines. A twenty-bedroom mansion that's been under renovation for over four years. Four years was a long time in his mind - the mind of a construction foreman. There were "noises" in the house, according to the site manager, the third one hired in less than a year after the last two entire construction teams quit. How unusual this house was. Indeed it turned out to be a house of grandeur, of opulence in an...

A promise made on a Glasgow dock is tested by silence, distance, and the unforgiving American frontier. When Jeremiah McAlister leaves Scotland to carve a future from the wilderness of Idaho Territory, he swears he will send for his wife as soon as he can. Elizabeth McAlister stays behind, clinging to his letters as proof that their love still lives—until the letters stop coming. Months pass. Doubt creeps in. Another man offers safety, certainty, and a life she can see. In the mountains of the American West, Jeremiah battles isolation, brutal labor, and the fear that the woman he loves ...

Hayden has chronicled experiences from her long career as a special education teacher in several books, including One Child and The Tiger's Child. Successes in this difficult and often frustrating field can be few and hard won, a fact which Hayden deftly illustrates while simultaneously offering hope and joy in small victories. This time she brings to life the story of a scruffy seven-year-old, Venus, who is so unresponsive that Hayden searches for signs of deafness, brain damage, or mental retardation.

60,000+ women burned or hanged. So, why fear the healers more than those who killed them? Why did humanity's healers become history's most hunted? She delivered your babies. She saved your mother. She sat with your dying father. Then, accused of witchcraft, she died. The questions that haunt us: Why does the witch still fascinate us, inspire us, and terrify us? Why did entire communities turn on their healers? How did moles, pets, or poverty become proof of witchcraft? What made neighbors betray women they'd known for decades? Why did witch trials spread like a contagion across continents? ...

As smoke billows skyward from Pearl Harbor, Japan throws its full military might against the outnumbered and under-equipped Filipino forces. Admiral Hart sends his US Asiatic Fleet south, to the safety of Allied waters. When remnants of PBY Patrol Wing 10 depart with the fleet, Charles Beckner, corpsman for Squadron 102, is left behind with no apparent avenue for escape.

Every wise woman should not miss the opportunity to read this enlightening book, while every mother should make sure to pass it on to her daughter. Nurse Erin Thibaut, known for her unwavering dedication to her profession, never anticipated finding herself in a romantic entanglement. However, fate had other plans when she encountered Dr. James Brennan, who pursued her relentlessly and eventually won her heart. This captivating narrative will expose the treacherous tactics and deceit some individuals employ to manipulate others. Driven by innocence, Erin becomes trapped in a web of lies, ...

Every year, the world gives us a promise. Not loudly. Not perfectly. But faithfully. It promises that time will keep moving forward—even when we’re not ready, even when we wish it wouldn’t. Most of the time, we don’t question that promise. We celebrate it with fireworks, countdowns, and resolutions we hope we’ll keep. But what if the New Year arrived… and nothing felt new? In Calvin and Pudge: When Time Refused to Reset, a quiet mystery unfolds in the town of Maplewood when the calendar changes—but the world doesn’t. Snow hesitates. Clocks stop ticking. People repeat moments...

Korea: An Unbroken History of Survival, Identity, and Influence Korea’s history is often summarized by invasion, occupation, and division. But those moments alone do not explain how a nation repeatedly pushed to the edge of erasure continues to stand—rooted in memory, culture, and identity. This book tells the longer story. Spanning from Korea’s earliest foundations to its modern global presence, this work traces the pivotal moments that permanently reshaped the peninsula. It is not a military chronicle or a political manifesto. Instead, it is a human history—one that focuses on ...

When the train wreck took her husband, Adelaide Hartford thought grief was the cruelest thing the world could offer. She was wrong. Something ancient survived that night—something patient, furious that she refused its call. Now the dead won't stop whispering her name. And the living have begun to notice. Desperate, Adelaide turns to the church for deliverance. The ritual fails. But when the priest proclaims her healed, she realizes the lie might save her. If she can become the most pious woman in Mill Brook, the town will never suspect what still follows her home. All she has to do is ...

The Girls Who Refused to Quit shares the powerful, real-life journeys of fifteen inspirational women. They have all overcome adversity and now want to make a difference with their stories. They want you to know that no matter what challenges you face, you can hold your head high, believe in yourself and follow your dreams. They have not only found the courage to rise from the depths of despair, they have also found the strength never to give up.They are The Girls Who Refused to Quit.

Sherlock Holmes was not happy. "No, Mrs. Hudson, I will not see her now. Send her away and tell her to come back later." It was just past seven in the morning and we were enjoying an early coffee on a pleasant Sunday in the first week of June 1902, when Mrs. Hudson interrupted us. Holmes's longsuffering landlady did not leave.

THE GIRL WHO PRAYED is a tale of a kid (Cellen) born into a poor home: She's eight years old and had never being to school before because her parents had no money to put her in school. The girl (Cellen) had a strong desire to go to school and be useful to herself, but the poor situation of her parent kept her from going to school earlier; she cried so bitterly about her situation and would always weep each time she looks through her window and saw other kids going to school. She's always lonely in the neighborhood whenever her friends and neighbors had gone to school. The poverty in her ...

What happens when a baby mama tells her truth before anyone else can twist it? Savannah wasn’t looking for clout—just control. A soft launch. A subtle post. Her own story, in her own words. But when the internet connects the dots and her baby daddy’s name explodes online... It doesn’t matter how private she tried to be. The headlines write themselves. Now she’s public enemy number one in a scandal she didn’t ask for. Everyone’s got an opinion. Everyone wants a piece of the mess. The father? Powerful. Protected. Silent. Savannah? Not anymore. She’s done playing nice. She’s ...

You’re faced with a difficult health condition. You have exhausted medicine’s answers. What do you do? Susannah Meadows tells the real-life stories of seven families who persisted when traditional medicine alone wasn’t enough. Their adventures take us to the outer frontiers of medical...

The Girls Who Refused to Quit shares the powerful, real-life journeys of sixteen inspirational women. They have all overcome adversity and now want to make a difference with their stories. They want you to know that no matter what challenges you face, you can hold your head high, believe in yourself and follow your dreams. They have not only found the courage to rise from the depths of despair, they have also found the strength never to give up. They are The Girls Who Refused to Quit.

I never planned to marry—and certainly not for love. I’m Amelia Edgerton, daughter of a baron, self-declared spinster-in-training, and proud disbeliever in romance. After years of watching society pretend affection is found in title and coin, I’ve made peace with a quiet life filled with books, solitude, and zero suitors. Unfortunately, my father disagrees. He’s set on seeing me wed, parading eligible gentlemen through our door like it’s a cattle market. I’ve chased off every last one—thanks to a bit of cunning, some theatrical sabotage, and the occasional help from my ...

When architect Sophie Caldwell returns to Marigold to fulfill her late mother’s dream of restoring the historic town square, she hopes to heal old wounds — both the town’s and her own. But what she finds is a community at a crossroads: split between the promise of quick-fix progress from outside developers and the fragile hope of rebuilding from within.

He needed a woman on his arm. She wrote the rules that keep powerful men alive. When Adrian’s name turns into the headline nobody wants to touch, his team doesn’t hire a girlfriend—they hire Mara: crisis strategist, narrative assassin, the woman you call when your life is bleeding out in public. Her fix is ruthless in its simplicity: a clean public relationship, a controlled story, and a strict list of boundaries designed to make the world look away. No touching on camera unless necessary. No private intimacy. No staying over. No feelings. Mara has done this before—just not with a ...

Eleanor Marsh never asked to be a protector of Brookhaven, a small town steeped in history and haunted by secrets. As a librarian, she’s always believed in the power of stories, but when she uncovered a cursed relic capable of predicting - and causing - deaths, she learned that some stories have the power to destroy. After a harrowing battle to sever the shadow’s influence, Eleanor thought the nightmare was over. But the shadow’s whispers linger, its fragments scattered and stirring in the forgotten corners of Brookhaven. Strange occurrences ripple through the town. A creeping fog, ...

On July 4, 1861, the schooner S. J. Waring set sail from New York on a routine voyage to South America. Seventeen days later it limped back into New York's harbor with the ship's black cook and steward at the helm. While the story of that ill-fated voyage is one of the most harrowing tales of captivity and survival on the high seas, it has been tragically lost to history. Now reclaiming William Tillman as the American hero he deserves to be, historian Brian McGinty takes listeners on a courageous journey.