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Everything has changed in a blink of an eye, yet Seraphina Waters must find a way to solve a civil war while fulfilling her scariest role yet as Maid of Honor. The past resurges to haunt both Link and Phina, revealing secrets hidden for decades. After the truth is revealed, Phina has to pick up the pieces. Not easy when the sum of your interstellar experience is measured in months while dodging assassination attempts and navigating new relationships. When disaster strikes, Phina is resolved that not even a league of assassins will stand in the way of the future she craves.

Using Sun Tzu's revered The Art of War as a point of inspiration and reference, Michael Waddington offers up bite-size pieces of advice, snippets of strategy, and countless nuggets of wisdom he's accumulated over hundreds of trials. Instead of dwelling on the logistics and technicalities of trial practice, The Art of Trial Warfare illustrates the habits of a successful trial attorney. It speaks eloquently to the art of attack, of exploiting weaknesses, and of leveraging each success.

What is the relationship between charity and knowledge in the theology of Thomas Aquinas? Did Aquinas in his mature thought portray charity's act as antecedent to and independent of practical reasoning? Did he view charity's motion as rendering us morally good before God, apart from whether or not we do what is right in our actions? A dominant stream in contemporary Catholic ethics holds for precisely such a concept of charity, and many recent commentators on Aquinas maintain that this is his position as well.

How far would you go to discover the truth? Seraphina Waters embarks on her latest mission just as she's on the verge of graduation. Armed with hard-earned skills, talent, and a mouthy companion, Phina pursues the identity of a traitor among the ranks of SpyCorps. Even if the answer could be a stab to the heart. Following shadows and rumors, Phina races time to discover the truth. Little does she know that while she's chasing the traitor, the traitor is chasing her.

Imagine: a fantasy world, but not one based on medieval/Dark Ages European culture and myth, but rather on the tropes of the spaghetti Western and Chinese Wuxia. Add steampunk elements. Mix well.

Selling at Combat Speed - Finding the Inner Sales Warrior is for people who get up in the morning to make a difference in other people's lives. It is about changing your habits and behaviors, and realizing that your life and those around you depend upon sales. It is designed for those who crawl into the trenches every day, look the enemy square in the eyes, and never give into defeat.

Here are some of the best of Churchill’s letters, many of a more personal and intimate nature, presented in chronological order, with a preface to each letter explaining the context. The recipients include a vast range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower. They are taken from within the Churchill Archive in Cambridge, where there is a mass of Churchill’s correspondence. Several of the letters included have never appeared in book form before.

Educating for Purposeful Life documents positive change within the Anaheim Union High School District, whose overarching mission is to prepare high school graduates who possess a clear sense of purpose and the capacity to achieve their goals This work illuminates the district's Career Preparedness Systems Framework, which integrates affective and cognitive development opportunities, trade and professional development programs, and community engagement efforts.

The Coronavirus Bible is what happens when a bunch of Christian comedians get together (virtually) during quarantine to raise money to support those in need. This coronavirus comedy bible will not only raise a laugh, but also raise funds to help those in need. And since laughter is also good medicine, you’ll be helping yourself, too. Honest.

An ancient South American cathedral extracts a heavy price from a visiting photojournalist. Ghost hunters stumble across a cursed field from which there is no escape. And a friendly neighbor discovers the new girl in town is more than she appears. Peer into the depths of Scare Street’s latest collection, a fun house mirror full of terror and nightmares.

Suffering, in one form or another, is present in all of our lives. But why do we suffer? On one reading, this is a question about the causes of physical and emotional suffering. On another, it is a question about whether suffering has a point or purpose or value. In this groundbreaking book, Michael Brady argues that suffering is vital for the development of virtue, and hence for us to live happy or flourishing lives.

A compassionate and accessible guide for parents whose children have experienced traumatic or life-threatening events written by one of the foremost authorities on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. Dr. Scheeringa understands the desperation many parents feel and explains the impact of trauma, simplifies the science into layman’s terms, debunks the myths, and provides direction on navigating the confusing maze of the mental health world to find appropriate care.

There's Something About That Chair invites listeners to embark on a journey of faith and redemption, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and miracles abound. Through tears and triumphs, doubts and revelations, the transformative power of prayer is revealed in all its glory, offering hope to the hopeless and redemption to the lost. Discover the untold story of the prayer chair and witness the transformative power of prayer. Join in the call to unlock the biblical keys to divine intervention and embrace the promise of hope.

It’s hard to identify more important, or more intricate, places to work than the U.S. Army’s Tank-automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM). "In General Terms'', with Major General Lalor, not only gives listeners an appreciation for TACOM’s history and its commitment to the future, it also shares the General’s unique perspective of what it’s like to have the responsibility over a $5 billion dollar company that generates nearly 60 percent of the Army's total equipment. If you ever wondered what goes into ensuring our military forces are prepared when it comes to impending warfare, join ...

In The Methuselah Gene, Michael S. Maurer’s mesmerizing medical thriller, Alex Morton, a talented but unorthodox scientist, undertakes the care of little Jimmy Higgins who suffers from one of the rarest diseases in the world, progeria, a genetic mutation that grossly accelerates the aging process. Alex’s study of progeria yields staggering discoveries about the mother of all diseases, aging. What Alex does not know is that Mother Nature jealously guards her secrets and that his newly developed therapies will lead to calamitous unintended consequences.

After spending my last 58 years on this planet as a student at the School of Hard Knocks, I decided to jot down—spill my guts, really—all the pain and joy I've experienced throughout life. And I decided to call this little gem of wisdom The Way of the Ray. Starting with the trials and tribulations that formed my existence here on Mother Earth, I try to dissect and explain why I came to be where I am in life. And maybe how you, with a little understanding of your fellow humans, can make a path for yourself in this crazy and less than perfect world.

Depression can be severe and debilitating, or it can be rather mild - of the variety that many people have, but never even bother to address. But what all depression has in common is that to some degree it takes the joy, the laughter, and the sweetness out of life. And sometimes depression can virtually destroy your whole quality of life. You may even know the root causes of your depression. But that doesn’t necessarily make it any easier to correct.

This powerful and highly acclaimed audio self-help program is used by people around the world to help to them manage and overcome their anger. Overcoming Your Anger: In the Shortest Time Possible is also used, recommended, and highly endorsed by therapists, coaches, physicians, and other professionals everywhere to help their clients/patients learn anger management and how to control their temper when temper is a problem. The program contains numerous proven strategies for controlling anger on the spot, as well as for examining and changing the attitudes that underlie anger.

3 Die hard baseball guys giving you news, hot takes, predictions, and overall fun humor for an hour of baseball.

For Alina LaRosa, what was supposed to be the start of a glorious new life at a new life at Ravenswood Academy quickly spirals into a disaster. Bullies, rich arrogant guys, and to top it off, she discovers she's homeless! With no one to turn to and no where to go, until who should offer a helping hand but her teacher...Mister Thorburn.