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It is Sharon's gift to us that in her richly detailed exposure of her sorrows she can still elegize songbirds, her true kin, and write that heaven comes here in life, not after it.

Essence best-selling author Jacquelin Thomas has garnered many honors for her acclaimed novels, including a nomination for the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times. With Defining Moments she crafts the stirring tale of one woman’s journey toward emotional and spiritual fulfillment. Recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Sheila Moore strikes up an invigorating friendship with the handsome Nicholas Washington. But Nicholas is also a good friend to the wife of Sheila’s former lover. Can he be trusted?

Megan has a lot on her plate. She is running a farm with her brother and cousin, trying to qualify for Nationals, and having to baby sit a childish firefighter. Derek, the firefighter, has his own baggage and reasons for the way he is. He has never met anyone like Megan and she's dangerous. Great thing about being a firefighter, they always run towards the danger. The two must learn to get alone and work together and work together to keep the farm going but the flames keep getting bigger. One of them just might get burned.

In this acclaimed collection of short stories, Pulitzer Prizewinning author Stephen Millhauser shares the dark suspense and humor that have gained him a cult following. Millhauser’s imagination and creativity are on full display with stories featuring artists gone mad, egomaniacal architects, and a historical society that’s given up its chronicling of history. Characterized by “phenomenal clarity and rapacious movement” each story “focuses on the misery wrought by misdirected human desire and ambition.” ( Publishers Weekly)

This is a memoir written to encourage someone whose roots were lost and at the point of rediscovering their origin, tell your story. In this gripping and poignant memoir, Concepta recounts the transformative journey from a childhood marked by the loss of identity to life of unexpected triumph and self-discovery, with raw honesty and deep introspection, she explores themes of resilience, family, and the search for belonging. A story of overcoming the impossible, unknown and found the strength to keep moving forward.

Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the US government's incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-war life.

Showing up to investigate a double homicide, Sheriff Phoenix Cade almost comes out of his boots when he sees the blonde--the only witness to the crime--covered in blood. He'd danced with her a few nights before and had every intention of getting her number until she threw up all over his shoes. Hell, his shoes would wash. Ria Portman has spent the better part of six years convincing her family and friends that she could take care of herself. The accident took her sight, but it didn’t take her independence. There were a lot of things she’d learned over the years, especially regarding men. They said they could handle her disability, but truth was, they lied. When her assistant and client are murdered in her studio she will have to rely on one man—the one man who makes her want to trust again.

Wie fühlt es sich an, tagtäglich als "Bedrohung" wahrgenommen zu werden? Wie viel Vertrauen besteht nach dem NSU-Skandal noch in die Sicherheitsbehörden? Was bedeutet es, sich bei jeder Krise im Namen des gesamten Heimatlandes oder der Religionszugehörigkeit der Eltern rechtfertigen zu müssen? Und wie wirkt sich Rassismus auf die Sexualität aus?

Roderick Clayton Penword lo dejó todo para huir de un padre al que considera tirano, y de una mujer que lo traicionó al casarse con otro. Ha jurado no volver a Inglaterra y construir una vida diferente en otro lugar, pero el destino le tiene reservada una gran sorpresa. Cruzando las Azores con rumbo a Nueva York, rescatará de unos piratas portugueses a una mujer única, inteligente, y que conoce desde niña. Roderick nunca habría imaginado que hallaría su verdadero lugar entre los brazos de una muchacha de férreo control, y hermosos ojos celestes.

En el Lyon ocupado de 1943, donde la Resistencia francesa se hace fuerte para combatir las barbaridades nazis y liberar a Francia de su yugo, un grupo de jóvenes se tendrá que enfrentar al jefe de la Gestapo al que se conoce como «El Carnicero de Lyon».

This book will provide you clarity about yourself and your relationship within your own being-ness that is healthy, whole and complete. It will also provide you clarity in a wholeness of a relationship with another, from an intimate loving relationship of the heart with your life-stream and with the whole Universe itself. This book is life-changing and cuts through all of the old myths about what families, religions, society, etc. have taught us about how relationships should work.

'Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor. Given the depth and richness of diversity of the Indian subcontinent, it is fitting that its diaspora is similarly varied. Growing Up Indian in Australia reflects and celebrates this vibrant diversity. It features contributions from Australian-Indian writers, both established and emerging, who hail from a wide range of backgrounds, religions and experiences. This colorful, energetic anthology offers reflections on identity, culture, family, food and expectations, ultimately revealing deep truths about both Australian and Indian life.

Tras un grave accidente de coche, Alma, una joven de 17 años, sufre un shock postraumático y es ingresada en una clínica psiquiátrica ubicada en un antiguo edificio rehabilitado. Allí convive con otros internos y sus patologías y se cruza con unos niños a los que solo ella puede ver. Poco a poco, la historia del edificio y sus antiguos ocupantes se enreda con la realidad de Alma y la lleva a desentrañar oscuros secretos encerrados durante años entre las paredes de la enorme casona y en su propia mente.

A leading new exploration of the Windrush generation featuring David Lammy, Lenny Henry, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Hannah Lowe, Jamz Supernova, Natasha Gordon and Rikki Beadle-Blair. For the pioneers of the Windrush generation, Britain was 'the Mother Country'. They made the long journey across the sea, expecting to find a place where they would be be welcomed with open arms; a land in which you were free to build a new life, eight thousand miles away from home.

These enlightened and enlightening words of the great "Avadhoot" of India, Bhagawan Nityananda, were carefully recorded by his devoted devotee, Tulsi Amma, from 1920 to 1927. Nityananda's esoteric words are like arrows that guide the soul beyond mediocre obsessions and into the heart of self realization, the great space of supreme Consciousness that is Chidakash.

This book includes two wonderful novels The Adventures of Tom Sawer Adventures (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by (1885) a famous American writer Mark Twain. Tom adores adventures, he runs away from home in order to become a pirate and to live on an island; he wanders in a mysterious cave, finds treasure and shares it with his friend Huckleberry Finn. But Huck as well is a big fan of adventures about which he tells himself in the second book by Mark Twain.

Joy Parker had the perfect childhood. Doted on by her parents, she couldn’t imagine her childhood any differently. As a child and later a young adult, she’s ignored by her much older siblings, made to feel the outsider…until a tragedy occurs, altering her life in ways she couldn’t possibly have imagined. Then suddenly another life-altering event changes the course of her life, and she must make decisions she never dreamed possible. What would you do if you won $341,726,178.10 after taxes? Come along for the ride as we discover what Joy Parker decides to do with it…

I should be dead today. Instead, I am gifted with a life beyond my wildest dreams and have yet taken that for granted. It is my responsibility to pass it on. The future is now. As I continue to witness the rising amount of suicides, overdoses, and senseless mass shootings in our country, I felt compelled to share my journey to mental wellness.

In Blues from Down Deep, Forster tells the story of Regina Pearson, a woman searching for the family she has never known. Unfortunately, her quest does not bring her the love and acceptance she expects. But just as the disappointment seems unbearable, Regina meets a man who is willing to show her what family is all about.

The prevalence of burnout among physicians in the United States was estimated to be 62.8 percent in 2021. Join us as we take a deep dive into the life of a woman physician with burnout, and the strategies they used to get to a place of thriving.