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The Corner Scribblers is a small writer's support group in the Chattanooga area comprised of writers, authors, and storytellers from a wide range of skills and backgrounds. We come together once a month to discuss our current projects, recent accomplishments and to share what we have each learned about the craft. Within this cover, you will find a collection of holiday-themed flash fiction stories and poetry, displaying a small sample of those combined skills.

Learning patience is hard when it means getting a dog! Oswald must show his dad he's the right onion for the job! This is the next book in the exciting Oswald the Onion Series!

“Does the past change the future or does the future change the past?” Romance. Suspense. Mystery. Set in the Ireland, early 1970s. Strangely, for more than a year, photo-journalist Natalie McKenna has been dreaming of another woman’s life. This no-nonsense 30-year veteran of armed conflicts arrives in Ireland prepared to document “the troubles” in Northern Ireland, but totally unprepared to fall in love with a man she was predestined to meet.

Have you ever wanted to improve your writing skills? Why is it important to write well? It seems like a silly question, but our writings precede us. When applying for a job we must submit a resumé and sometimes a cover letter. Or how about when sending emails to someone we don’t know well or haven't met, such as work partners, customers, or when responding on behalf of your company or institute? Your writing often forms the first impression, and you only get one chance to make it.

In this three-in-one audiobook bundle, you will receive tips on intermittent fasting, using the carnivore diet, and the benefits of apple cider vinegar.

Oswald the onion loves to play, but wants a friend with whom to play. Follow Oswald as he goes to the playground to have fun and tries to make friends.

This bundle includes information on the Dash diet and the health benefits of apple cider vinegar. While the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet was originally developed as an eating style to help lower blood pressure, it has been found to be a great way lose weight. Apple cider vinegar has been proven to cause weight loss, and the health benefits are enormous.

Intermittent Fasting With Dash Diet Meal Plans for Maximum Weight Loss and Health Benefits. New Meal Plans Included. Have you have been thinking about using intermittent fasting to lose weight and improve your health? Intermittent fasting isn’t some diet fad, it is an entirely new way of eating that is scientifically backed to enhance weight loss and activate our body’s natural fat burning mechanism. In this special edition, we are going to learn intermittent fasting combined with dash meal plans and styles.

Are you looking to lose weight, break a weight loss plateau or become healthier? Countless scientific research trials have confirmed the beneficial results of fasting. I personally have used intermittent fasting (IM) to burn off the last stubborn 12 pounds of fat I could not lose through exercise or diet. I did not have the will power to do two to three day fasts so daily intermittent fasting worked great for me - in fact, it worked so well that I can't help but to do it almost everyday, and there is NO hunger!

In a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom of both liberals and conservatives, Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, looks at the reasons for poverty in America and offers a detailed agenda for increasing wealth, incomes, and opportunity. The author argues that conservative critiques of a “culture of poverty” fail to account for the structural circumstances in which the poor live, especially racism, gender discrimination, and economic dislocation. However, he also criticizes liberal calls for fighting poverty through redistribution or new government programs.

High blood pressure is a not a natural state of the body. Nature did not intend for us to have high blood pressure in a resting state or in an unhealthy way. This audiobook is going to discuss everything you need to know to get started on improving your high blood pressure.

Paul Stringer lives a life of chance after being sexually molested by his uncle, he must find the one thing that makes him whole again as he struggles with his identity like many other gay black men through the lure of homosexuality. Will Paul Stringer be able to put back the strings which were torn by his uncle or continue to face the burdens of homosexuality on his quest from gay to straight?

When vacationing Chicago detectives Nick and Norm witness a tragic accident involving a famous entertainer, the local police chief asks for their help. The duo's investigation uncovers crime and corruption in paradise as they come face-to-face with a ruthless killer...as homegrown eccentrics, drag queens, and dwarves rush to their aid in this heart-pounding thriller!

What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread? From the diagnosis of his childhood friend’s mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden’s seen the unknown world of cancer from the lens of a young boy, a classmate, a researcher, a friend, a doctor, and a neighbor. Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer - his visits to his sick neighbor and his classmate who left school and never came back.

The premier of Nick Scott's TV talk show, The Gay Detective, appears to be a big hit until his first guest ends up murdered. Nick, also a detective with the Chicago Police Department, and his older, straight partner, Detective Norm Malone, hunt this heinous serial killer tagged The Reaper. This odd couple encounters both personal and professional conflicts as this suspenseful noir thriller races to a surprise conclusion that leaves Nick and Norm battling for their lives.

Did you realize that such enduring expressions as "the patience of Job" and "nothing new under the sun" derive from the Wisdom literature of the Bible? Now you can explore the wisdom of such extraordinary books of the Bible as Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, and Wisdom of Solomon with top Scripture scholar and master teacher Fr. Michael Guinan, OFM, as your guide.

The Bible is the best-selling book of all time, but for many it remains an intimidating read. Beginning with the basics, this informative audio series starts by exploring the origins and organization of the Bible. How did we get the Bible? When did chapter and verse numbering begin? What is the King James Bible? Why do we have so many new translations today? Find the answers to these questions and many more.

God declared creation good. But the debate raging about creation in recent decades has been anything but. If you have ever gotten lost in the storm of controversy surrounding the creationism debate, then Fr. Michael Guinan's grounding instruction is your key to understanding.

Come join one of Now You Know Media's most beloved presenters on this sublime retreat. The psalms are "the masterwork of prayer in the Old Testament" and they "remain essential to the prayer of the church.... They are suitable for people of every condition and time" (Catechism of the Catholic Church #2585-86, 2597). From the very beginning of the church's history, the psalms have played a central role for believers.

The messianic prophecies of Jesus are one of the most discussed, yet often misunderstood, topics of the Bible. Join one of the world's leading scripture scholars in exploring this fascinating subject.