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Detective Andreas Ruffner is less than thrilled when his husband and partner, Detective Darren Corliss, announces they’ll be cat-sitting for a couple of weeks. He’s even less pleased when he realizes the cat in question is a large, grumpy thing with razor-sharp claws and no regard for personal space. When Darren deploys the puppy-dog eyes, though, Andreas is powerless to say no, so they’re on kitty detail...and despite his best efforts, Andreas is a sucker for the critter shedding all over his apartment and stealing his husband’s affection.

Thanks to the popularity of personal genetic testing services, it's now easier than ever to get information about our own unique DNA - but who does this information really benefit? And, as genome editing and gene therapy transform the healthcare landscape, what do we gain - and what might we give up in return?

Jonas has always been a wanderer, roaming from one corner of the world to the next in search of a purpose that has eluded him for a lifetime. But everything changes when he crosses paths with Eli, a stranger with a chilling secret.

Detective Andreas Ruffner is no fool—he’s found a man who loves him, puts up with him, and has stuck with him through hell and back, and it’s time to put a ring on it. Darren Corliss is the love of his life, and he wants the whole world to know it. Now the fun part—the wedding! Well, after the not-so-fun part of planning the wedding in between dealing with overbearing and impossible-to-please family members.

In this book, Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: 10 Exciting Short Stories to Learn Spanish and Improve Your Vocabulary, you will find a collection of short stories that are designed to get you conversational in Spanish in a short period of time. Each story is based on a theme that provides you with language that you can use to improve your Spanish skills. So whether you are brand new to Spanish, or have studied in the past, you will find a great deal of useful information in this book.

While Erik Z. Severinghaus has been to the top of the physical world (literally climbing Everest) and the business world (exiting companies for hundreds of millions of dollars), what has defined his journey is not the successes...but rather, the hard times of loneliness and self-doubt that nearly cost him his accomplishments and his life. This guidebook passes along the lessons needed in those dark times, with the hope that it will help every entrepreneur who is going through this struggle understand their journey and build the mental resiliency to succeed.

Since moving to Aspen Falls, Pennsylvania, to be closer to her college-age daughter, Linda Habernackle has had little time to focus on her love life. Both Detective Mark Whitman and Sorcerer Merrick Stone have expressed their desire to woo her, but she’s had to put them both on the back burner while she and her son, Reign, have gotten their new B&B up and running. But things have settled down at Habernackle’s, and now it’s time for Linda to make a decision! Which man has her heart?

Jeff Holmes arrives for the audition of The Other Me, a strange movie about the meeting of two versions of the same man from parallel universes. To obtain the role, Jeff needs not only to act well but must find a partner from among the seven other contestants. Should he ask the popular, but arrogant Andy; the experienced and muscular Brandon; the handsome, but distracted Cayden; the enigmatic and logical Desmond; the approachable, but manipulative Gerald; the intelligent and playful Hans; Or the irritating and insecure Lawrence? Finding an ally is enough for Jeff to worry about. But things ...

The Student Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner—today's premier leadership experts—demonstrate how anyone can be a leader, regardless of age or experience. Grounded in the same extensive research as the best-selling The Leadership Challenge, it uses real-life stories and examples exclusively from college students.

En su exploración de los diferentes niveles de realidad y usando el Árbol de la Vida como guía, Halevi entra en el misterio del universo macrocósmico y detalla sus niveles angélico y físico. Centra la atención en el propósito del universo, en su desdoblamiento hacia el gran Ciclo Cósmico y, en especial, en la función de la humanidad en los mundos como parte de la Creación existente.

In Stop Selling & Start Leading, you'll discover that the very same behaviors that make leaders more effective also work to make sellers more effective, too. This critical shift in the selling mind-set, and in the sales role itself, is the key to boosting your overall sales effectiveness.

Social media changed the world - and today's social media platforms evolved to meet the world's changing needs. You've got more choices than ever before - online video, web audio, teleseminars, and more - plus new ways to attract prospects, retain customers, and reach a bigger audience. The trick is learning how to put the pieces together to create a powerful social media presence that draws in your ideal clients around the clock and around the world.

Leasing is the process by which a firm can obtain the use of certain fixed assets for which it must make a series of contractual, periodic, tax- deductible payments. • The lessee is the receiver of the services of the assets under a lease contract. • The lessor is the owner of the assets that are being leased. This book is based on concepts and methods that describe whether buying or selling or leasing the asset creates positive cash inflow or negative cash inflow during its tenure of leasing period. Whether buying the asset or leasing the asset for rent is profitable or not is ...

As life became busier, each partner began to devote less time and energy to maintaining the bond. Less nurturing meant less emotional and physical closeness, which led to more irritation. The more distressed a couple is, the less likely they are to speak and connect. It is tough for a pair to escape this vicious cycle on their own, as you and your partner may be experiencing right now. This book, Integrative Couple's Therapy, will help you to break that vicious cycle.

Hazel Prescott just wants to have a little fun. So, when the world championship of poker and Gwynie are both in Vegas at the same time, but Hazel's left back at home with crazy Loni Hodges, babysitting, what's a girl to do?

In The Shepherd Leader, pastor and professor Tim Witmer laid out seven elements of an effective shepherding plan, showing church leaders how to minister to their congregations in practical, pastoral ways. Now, in this stand-alone but complementary volume, he gathers seven church leaders to show how they and their churches have addressed specific shepherding challenges in innovative ways.

The translation of the Tanya into English was a watershed event in Chasidic history, impacting the world spiritually and physically. As the world evolves and new innovations appear, the time has come to reconstruct and upgrade the learning experience offered by Lessons in Tanya.

Hazel Prescott just wants to have a little fun. She doesn’t mean to get into trouble, but trouble just sort of follows her around like a shadow. So, when Hazel gets herself embroiled in one of the biggest predicaments of her life, she can’t tell her daughter, Gwyn. She just can’t! The stakes are too high. Instead, she involves the Coffee Coven to help her out of the situation. But sometimes, secrets have a way of catching up to you, especially when the dead just won’t seem to stay put!

Meet reclusive mystery writer Johanna Hughes, and Rockland Gable Hughes, a.k.a. Rocky, JoJo’s trusty English Mastiff, loyal companion, and roommate. On a walk, just a little more than a week before Christmas, Rocky and Johanna are lured into an antique shop by an enchanting grey cat. Inside, they stumble upon a mystic snow globe hidden amongst all the antiques. Johanna is mesmerized by the gorgeous wedding gown inside the globe. Little does she know the snow globe will get her tangled up in a world of mystery she never could have imagined.

Esta obra muestra cómo los relatos bíblicos, talmúdicos y kabbalísticos sobre el viaje de los israelitas revelan las etapas internas de iniciación, prueba y rebelión que condujeron a comprender el secreto de la existencia como espejo en que el individuo refleja la imagen de la divinidad. Desde esta perspectiva el Éxodo resulta una analogía individual del escape de la esclavitud del cuerpo, representada por Egipto, y la lucha del alma por alcanzar la tierra prometida del espíritu.