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From his serene parish in Lincoln, Rhode Island, Father Richard Merrill had led a seemingly quiet life as a man of the cloth, shepherding his flock toward the solace of a higher power. Now, the core of his beliefs and his being is propelled into the darkest chaos. What's more, it's all for the sake of his very own flesh and blood, two sons who were long ago given up for adoption. Their mother, Francoise Dupont, a former gallery director at the Louvre, has since married an Arab prince. And herein lies the trouble.

When the Chief Biospherist to the United Nations is killed in a suspicious accident, Tania Black is unexpectedly thrust into the UN's top environmental job. But how can she make a difference? The accelerating climate crisis has triggered famines, flooded coastlines, and worsened political instability. The Climate Council is a shambles, its corrupted politicians more concerned with plundering the last scraps of wilderness than protecting Earth.

A gutsy dame, a surly smuggler, a deep and sinister river. It's February of 1928 - late summer in the Amazon. Prudence McMarion, a film editor at Walter Disney's animation studio in Los Angeles, has taken a leave of absence to travel deep into the Amazon Rainforest with her best friend, Brazilian native Eleanor Martins, to make an independent movie in Eleanor's home village. Along the way, they meet members of the seedy, disreputable "expat community" there. None are to be trusted.

Patricia Lawrence is exploring archeology and nature with Touch the Earth Adventures, in the Coconino National Forest near Sedona, Arizona. Thousands of years ago, in the foothills of the south western edge of the Colorado Plateau, highly organized cultures lived. Among the artifacts these early Americans left behind are petroglyphs and pictographs, images painted on or picked into the red rock canyon walls we are exploring.

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Cruising and Dining at the Waterfront Restaurants of the Lower Potomac River. This is one of the most unusual dining and boating guides ever before prepared for the lower Potomac region. The names of the great establishments are real while the prices of a dozen steamed hard crabs are not. Prices will fluctuate with the weather, the time of year, the decisions of crabs on whether or not to mate and the relative sobriety of the watermen who venture out onto the water to empty their crab pots.

A group of people within a tomb are surprised by a demon. To their amazement, they are not consumed by it. Instead, they learn a GREAT, dark secret about humanity.

Written after the completion of the first draft of his second novel, this short story featured in Tales of the Jazz Age was written by Fitzgerald and features a man who settled in his love life and the daring, interesting woman who could have been his future.

Bibi erzählt, wie sie mit Arkadia auf eine Theaterhexe stößt, zusammen mit Schubia ordentlich im Park schimpft und wie sie die Neustädter Fähre rettet. Drei spannend-lustige Hörspiel-Geschichten! Bibi und Arkadia gehen ins Neustädter Theater. Doch die Vorstellung wird wegen einer Stimme aus dem Hintergrund abgebrochen. Die beiden gehen dem nach. Bibi und Schubia stoßen auf die Schimpfecke im Neustädter Stadtpark. Dort kann man seinen Ärger loswerden. Die beiden nutzen das und machen mit. Bibi will verhindern, dass die Neustädter Fähre ihren Betrieb einstellt.

Life changes for everyone in general - and for physicist Dean Matthews in particular - when astronomers detect a radio signal from a nearby star. First Contact forces humanity to face hard questions, and do it fast. Every answer spawns new questions. Every solution sets in motion a new and more daunting crisis to challenge Dean, his family - and an expanding number of interstellar civilizations - or generations to come.

In Golden Threads, fifteen extraordinary women share the pivotal moments that have shaped their lives — stories of courage, healing, and self-discovery. From overcoming profound personal loss to embracing unexpected adventures, each woman in this collection uniquely reflects on the golden threads of wisdom that run through their journeys. Through their vulnerability and strength, they invite you to discover your threads of connection and resilience. This is more than just a collection of life stories. It is a testament to the power of shared wisdom and the bonds that unite us as women.

When I stumbled upon a little girl with silver hair and piercing eyes in the woods, I knew she was no ordinary child. The words she spoke to me changed everything. My name is Kairo, and from the moment I brought her home to my parents, my destiny was sealed. Bound by duty and an unbreakable oath, I must protect her at all costs. Meanwhile, Sawyer, the formidable alpha of the Shadow Pack, is locked in a bitter war with the dragon shifters, determined to protect his people from their wrath.

Brother Mambo is a memoir of an anthropology graduate student who set out to document African cultural influences in the Guianas of South America. His initial study plan blocked by local immigration officials, he followed a hummingbird and other oracles to an Amazonian river and the Pamakans, Africans who had escaped slave plantations in Suriname to rebuild a society in the rainforest.

Alessandro was the first and only man that Claudia had ever loved. Then a fatal heart attack took the shipping magnate away from her. After falling into a state of depression, she started to waste away - until a delivery boy lit a fire in her heart. Little did they know that their love affair would tear families apart and reach the courts as outside forces try to prevent them from marrying.

A Queer Slumber is four hot gay erotica stories with one element in common - slumber! Altered states included in these stories are inebriated, hypnotic, sexsomniac, and intoxicated. In "Unconscious Desire", a straight man suffering from sexsomnia (sleep sex syndrome) must share a bed with his gay friend. In "Gay Party Favor", an escort is well paid to enter a cloudy euphoric state in which to be used as a living sex-doll by the idle rich. In "Hypnoqueer", a man seeing a hypnotherapist gets a much more important lesson! Finally, in "Sleep it Off", it takes the powers of booze to bring two lustful young men together!

An audio journey exploring eastern Guatemala. In the first days of April 2004, the Mayan Q'eqchi people living in and around the Rio Dulce River celebrated the ending of their 360-day agrarian calendar. The Ak' Tenamit Association Campus and cultural center hosted the event. The Mayan Deer dance was performed for the first time in decades.

Iustitia Academy, a private school hidden from the public just out of sight. Where the young and idealistic can hone their skills as crimefighters in the pursuit of their own justice. Steph C. Hawks, a normal teenage girl living a normal life. Going to school, spending time with friends. All of this comes to an end once her uncle takes custody of her and has her enrolled at the Iustitia.

Thirteen-year-old Melanie Cooper can’t wait to spend the week at Camp Redwoods. When she arrives, it’s even more wonderful than she imagined. She’s experiencing amazing adventures with her friends and beginning to understand more about God. But Bethany, Melanie’s frenemy, seems determined to ruin camp for her.

Melanie Cooper’s life seems perfect. She’s the star on her swim team, she has great friends, and she’s turning 13 in just a few weeks. But when her family is forced to move to Northern California, her world starts to unravel.

Like many who will pick up this book, I am a believer in Jesus Christ. I grew up and currently participate in the American Church scene. I have been to churches in shopping plazas, historic towns, major metropolitan areas, suburbs, cultural hubs, bilingual demographics, and much more. While each has its virtues, singing with their own cadence and tempo, it is always the same tune.