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Norway, AD 785. It began with the betrayal of a lord by a king.... King Gorm puts Jarl Harald's family to the sword but makes one fatal mistake - he fails to kill Harald's youngest son, Sigurd. His kin slain, his village seized and its people taken as slaves, Sigurd wonders if the gods have forsaken him. Hunted by powerful men, he is unsure who to trust, and yet he has a small band of loyal followers at his side.

Would you like to know about different Wicca paths and traditions? Would you like to improve your intuition so you can rely more on your gut feeling? Would you like to learn how to perform rituals? This audiobook will become an essential guide on how to draw inspiration and power from the natural world. You will learn how to tune into the world of spirits and how communing with nature can offer relief from anxiety and depression. It will show you how to harmonize your life with the seasonal cycles so you can come to terms with the cycles of your own life.

Grace Ann Bryant, queen of the Exiles, lives in Shady Grove, Alabama, a small one-horse town where the population is mostly fairies. Since taking over the title as their queen, Grace has found the job to be an overwhelming task. So, the citizens decide to hold a council election to support the fairy population and the natural trouble that arises. However, when a legitimate challenger slithers into town, the throne is suddenly up for grabs.

When the Croatian War of Independence breaks out in her hometown of Vukovar in the summer of 1991, she is nine years old, nestled within the embrace of family with her father, mother, and older brother. She is sent on a seaside vacation to be far from the hostilities. Meanwhile, her father has disappeared while fighting with the Croatian forces. By the time she returns at summer's end, everything has changed.

Dreaming the Bull continues the story of Breaca - now hailed Boudica, the Bringer of Victory, and her half brother, Bán, now an Officer in the Roman auxiliary cavalry. Each stands on the opposing side in a brutal war of attrition between the occupying army and the defeated tribes; each is determined to see the other dead. Caught between them are two children, son and daughter to two of the greatest warriors their world has ever seen, while in distant Rome, the Emperor Claudius holds the balance of lives in their hands.

2015. Eighteen-year-old Boyd Montgomery returns from her grandfather’s wedding to find her friend Isaac missing. Drought-ravaged central Texas has been newly inundated with rain, and flash floods across the state have begun to sweep away people, cars, and entire houses as every river breaks its banks.

He’s rude, mean, and looks at me like he hates me. And I’ve only just stepped into his house. Spending a year of travelling through impoverished places, trying to help people, should make handling Sargent Wolf - yes, that’s his name - a piece of cake. But even Maddox can’t deny that his father is an absolute douche. I’m only here for six months, maximum, before I get my arse back on the road. I’ll just have to stay out of his way and never suggest that he let me draw him naked. No matter how badly I want to.

Every once in a while, since I was eight, I’ve had a dream. The same one, every time. I dream of a man hidden by shadows, who never fails to save me from the searing flames that threaten to devour me. He is always there for me. Always! That’s the dream...this is now. I have a new classmate, and instinctively, I know something seems strange. In a matter of hours, dark rumors abound, labeling him an outcast. Even before he has the chance to become one of us, my classmates turned against him.

The Cat Who Lost His Meow is based on a true story that includes the love and loss of a beloved pet who had a profound effect on his family. Over 21 1/2 years, a little gray cat named Perry showed unconditional love to his human, even while that human married, added a cat-brother named Figaro, and adopted blond-haired Amelia. Even as he grew old and lost his meow, Perry was integral to his family until the very end an honest lesson in life for children and adults alike.

Power couple Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue have created a compelling and intimate collection of intriguing conversations with famous couples about their enduring marriages and how they have made them last through the challenges we all share. What makes a marriage last? Who doesn’t want to know...

Living on a small Idaho vegetable farm, Paige’s family has faced tough times before, but a year after the loss of her father, her mom is overwhelmed by the financial challenges and reluctantly agrees to sell the farm. However, when a realtor pounds the “For Sale” sign into the family’s front yard, the reality (and finality) of it is almost too much to bear. Paige is determined to do whatever it takes to save her father’s farm, which has been in their family for generations.

Having spent his life dealing with a controlling grandfather, David Brown takes the reins of his family's company, determined to control life on his terms. Until he shares a glance with a brunette beauty across a crowded holiday ballroom and follows her. Having spent her life under the thumb of her aristocratic father, Lady Diana Willoughby is banished to her aunt in NYC. When a man follows her during the ball, kissing her breathless, Diana discovers a fire inside her that only David can control. Lust at first sight is one thing. Are they brave enough to believe in love at first sight?

Racism. Immigration. Gun violence. Sexuality. Health care. The number of ethical issues that demand a response from Christians today is almost dizzying. How can Christians navigate such matters? What are faithful responses to these questions? Edited by two theologians with pastoral experience, this volume invites engagement with these issues and more by drawing on real-life experiences and offering a range of responses to some of the most challenging moral questions confronting the church today.

The Monster Zoo is a story about a playful monster in the monster zoo who is hungry and wants to be fed. Mokie the monster uses everything from smelly socks to sticks and mud to create his own culinary treats. The rhyming tale was created by a former teacher to delight pre-school age children with not only the humor and musical language, but also with the goofy monster himself. Children will love the monster who needs his lunch!

In this book, you will find stories to put your kids to sleep. And perhaps put you to sleep as well? Stories of joy, stories of splendor. Christmas is the time of year where everyone gathers together around a fire, singing songs and laughing. And after a long day of celebration, nothing puts someone to sleep like a good bedtime story.

Claire was never an ordinary girl. Living mostly in an orphanage, she struggles to understand life on the outside. When an uncontrollable power breaks the monotony of her life, Claire must fight to escape public scrutiny because each time it surfaces, she makes a bigger and bigger impact. With the power comes the need to control it...before it controls her.

Prejudice is a word that is often associated solely with race. However, the truth is that we pre-judge all the time based upon countless factors, including gender, age, race, beliefs, politics, or any other infinite number of minute differences; it is a common habit for all of humanity to form an opinion without facts, firsthand experience, or empathy and value for our fellow man. What if these habits changed? What if our default response was first to love, to learn, and to listen?

From the award-winning Southern lifestyle magazine Garden & Gun comes this rich collection of some of the South’s most notable women. For too long, the Southern woman has been synonymous with the Southern belle, a “moonlight and magnolias” myth that gets nowhere close to describing the...

Costos‘ Pläne werden genehmigt und er begibt sich mit einer handverlesenen Gruppe auf die Jagd nach dem gefährlichen Propheten der Alten Götter. Unterdessen führt die Reise der Auserwählten um Lacarna die Gefährten zu den Inseln des Vergessens, einem geheimnisvollen Inselarchipel, aus dem selten jemand zurückkommt. Kaum auf See verschlägt sie ein plötzlich aufkommender Sturm in unbekannte Gefilde irgendwo im Verlorenen Ozean. Nur knapp entkommen sie einer Gefahr, da lauert die nächste unerkannt zwischen weiteren, malerischen Inseln.

In the golden age of piracy, she was the terror of the Caribbean. Known only as the Red Butcheress, she stalked British ships like a shadow across the waves until one daring man-o’-war managed to sink her. With her reign ended, her ship battered and beaten, she became a legend and just as quickly lost from memory. Now, with the help of an ancient journal, a team of science students from the University of Tampa has found her wreck.