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The gospel of Jesus Christ is filled with paradoxes. Many of God's directions appear to be contrary to logic and reason. On the surface, they appear to have the opposite effect of the promised result. This book explores 12 of these gospel paradoxes with powerful scriptures and stories from the lives of faith-filled Christians. In these paradoxically statements are profound truth that lead and guide us to a life of happiness and fulfillment and ultimately eternal life with Christ.

Cody Bonner - identical twin, daughter of a major movie star, a teenage street kid in Los Angeles - she’s a bank robber at 19 and a prison inmate at 20. When she’s released after six years, she returns to LA with a purpose: to learn the truth about her sister, Julie, who washed up on a Malibu beach a year earlier. The connection between the twins was so powerful that the day Julie died, Cody collapsed in the prison yard. Now that bond is driving her to seek justice - at any cost.

Sergeant Osu Sybutu of the Legion had a simple mission. Take five men and travel unobserved to a location in the capital where he would deliver a coded phrase to a contact. Simple, that is, except for the fact that there was a war going on, and all the different factions he had to pass by on the way would cheerfully shoot him on sight. And that was only if the planet didn’t kill him first.

It is AD 2565. When 17-year-old Marine cadet Arun McEwan forges an unlikely friendship with an alien scribe, he crashes into a world of treachery and conspiracy. How can he possibly survive three more years until graduation when every day brings a new deadly threat? But survive he must because his new alien allies show him glimpses of his destiny - a vision of a better future that only he can forge. A dream called the Human Legion.

Alex, Lucy, River and Bridget. Four people with one thing in common: they are all being stalked. Their lives are filled with daily terror. Always watching. Always waiting. And never knowing what – or who – is hiding in the shadows. But this group of four used to be five, until the terrible day their friend Nat was followed home by her stalker. Coming together for Nat’s funeral, they are handed a wreath saying RIP. However, this isn’t a wreath in memory of Nat – it’s for them, with a card dated in ten days’ time. It’s a clear message: in ten days, one of them will die.

When Lou Wandsworth ran away to France with her teacher Mike Hughes, she thought he was the love of her life. But Mike wasn't what he seemed, and he left her life in pieces. Now 32, Lou discovers that he is involved with teenager Chloe Meadows. Determined to make sure history doesn't repeat itself, she returns home to confront him for the damage he's caused.

With his alien co-pilot at his side and a grin stretching across his face, Captain Fitz keeps one jump ahead of his creditors and one jump behind fabulous illicit riches. He likes it that way, even if he wouldn’t mind getting the riches…some day. Now he is chasing the biggest payoff of his career, and he’s hired a new team of marines to help win it. They call themselves Chimera Company, but they want him to be someone else.

You love your family. They make you feel safe. You trust them. But should you? When 15-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire, blames herself. She's not the only one. There isn't a single member of Billy's family who doesn't feel guilty. But the Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn't until six months later, after an appeal for information goes horribly wrong, that the truth begins to surface.

The Lost & Found Mom is a podcast for new moms navigating the identity shift of early motherhood. If you have 1–3 young children under five and feel exhausted, emotionally stretched thin, or disconnected from the woman you used to be — you are not alone. This season can feel overwhelming, overstimulating, and strangely isolating. You can track naps, diapers, meals, and milestones with precision… yet feel unsure of yourself when it comes to regulating your emotions, staying connected to your spouse, or knowing who you are outside of caregiving. Motherhood isn’t just a role — it’s a ...

Cut off from the rest of Chimera Company, Lily Hjon and her Militia comrades are sent to Eiylah-Bremah, a totalitarian world where failure to report a crime earns the same penalty as committing it. Following her orders means supporting a regime that sickens her, but joining the rebellion would mean fighting for a group that could be even worse.

With the growth of remote work and an increased focus on diversity and inclusion, companies are increasingly finding themselves in a war for talent as they source and recruit candidates from all over the world. Part call to action, part strategic road map, Reset challenges business leaders' underlying assumptions about workers and the workplace, delivers practical strategies for finding and keeping the talent needed to make businesses successful and introduces dynamic tools to sustain that success over the long haul.

All 16-year-old Drew Finch wants is to be left alone. She's not interested in spending time with her mum and stepdad, and when her disruptive 15-year-old brother, Mason, is expelled from school for the third time and sent to a residential reform academy, she's almost relieved. Everything changes when she's followed home from school by the mysterious Dr Cobey, who claims to have a message from Mason. There is something sinister about the 'treatment' he is undergoing. The school is changing people.

What Shines with the Dawn is the first book of The Odysseys of Alaythia series. Book One follows the epic adventure of Virginia Singerman. After the murder of her parents, Virginia moves to East Tennessee to live under the custody of her distant uncle in his palatial estate.​ One day, while exploring her new quarters, she finds a diary in an old room that had been locked off for over 100 years. Ignoring the warning that came with the book, she flips through its pages, reading about a teenage girl from the 1800’s named Rose Cohen, who lived in the same ...

Erzsébet doesn’t want to start a revolution. She just wants to keep her head warm in the winter. When she goes against tribal tradition and refuses to shave her head, she learns of a history as twisted as her lengthy locks.

For to år siden forsvandt Frans søster, Jenna, på den maltesiske ø Gozo. Hun var med på et wellness-retreat, som gik frygteligt galt. Tom Wade, nu berygtet som manden bag Soul­Shrinks retreats, er lige blevet løsladt fra fængslet efter at have afsonet sin dom for to menneskers død. Men han har aldrig røbet, hvad der skete med det tredje offer: Jenna. Fran er fast besluttet på at finde ud af, hvad der skete, og melder sig til hans næste retreat, som er det første siden løsladelsen. Her står hun ansigt til ansigt med den mand, som måske har nøglen til hendes søsters forsvinden.

En retreat. Tre offer. Ingen flyktväg. Du kommer dit för att läka. Du väntar dig inte att dö. För två år sedan försvann Frans syster Jenna under en hälsoretreat på Gozo som gick fruktansvärt fel. Tom Wade, den nu ökände mannen bakom företaget Soul Shrink Retreats, har nyss släppts ur fängelse efter att ha avtjänat sitt straff för två människors död. Men han har aldrig avslöjat vad som hände det tredje offret: Jenna.

Whether rich or poor, in any era, this is a mammoth task. So, how did Ruth’s grandmother do it in the mid-1950s to the early '80s in rural Jamaica, as a farmer with just a primary school education? What are the secrets of her survival, and how did her children fare in the end? In this inspirational memoir, author C. Ruth Taylor, shares the story of her beloved grandmother, Enid Nelson, who accomplished this extraordinary feat as a single mother. Listen to discover the challenges she encountered and the role of the supernatural in causing her to triumph.

Syv fremmede. Syv hemmeligheder. En dødbringende løgn. Anna ønsker sig kun at kunne sove. Men søvnløshed, frygtelige minder og mareridt om en forfærdelig begivenhed gør det umuligt. Hvis bare hun ikke følte sig så skyldig. For at flygte fra fortiden tager Anna et job på et hotel på den fjerntliggende skotske ø Rùm. Men da syv gæster ankommer, forandrer tilflugtsstedet sig til et sandt mareridt. Hver af gæsterne har en hemmelighed, og én af dem lyver. Både om sin identitet, og om sin grund til at være på øen.

Du elsker din familie. De får dig til at føle dig tryg. Du kan stole på dem. Eller kan du? Da femtenårige Billy Wilkinson forsvinder midt om natten, bebrejder hans mor, Claire Wilkinson, sig selv for Billys forsvinden. Dette er hun ikke ene om. Der er ikke en eneste i familien, der ikke føler sig skyldig. Men familien Wilkinson er så vant til at holde hemmeligheder for hinanden, at det først er seks måneder efter Billys forsvinden, efter at en henvendelse om informationer går galt, at sandheden kommer frem til overfladen.

Sommetider er der ingen steder at skjule sig... Da en fremmed beder Jo Blackmore om et lift, siger hun ja, men ønsker hurtigt, at hun ikke havde. Den fremmede kender Jos navn, hun kender hendes mand, Max, og hun har en vante, der tilhører parrets toårige datter, Elise. Det, der begynder med en diskret trussel, udvikler sig hurtigt til et mareridt, hvor politiet, de sociale myndigheder og endda Jos egen mand vender sig imod hende. Ingen vil tro på, at Elise er i fare. Men Jo ved, at hun kun kan beskytte sit barn på én måde - ved at flygte.