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During the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002, an estimated 20,000 children were forced to join the fighting. As villages were raided and youths rounded up, it was not uncommon for a child to be ordered to kill a friend, relative, or neighbor. The goal was to make it impossible for the captives to return home and be accepted back into their communities. Betancourt's study provides insight into the long-term psychological and developmental effects of family separation, war, and exposure to violence.

When the body of girl is discovered in the walls of a Woodbridge church, Detective Amanda Steele is immediately called to the scene. On arrival she meets FBI Special Agent Sandra Vos who explains that while negotiating a hostage incident moments before, a gun was fired. The bullet missed its target but exposed human remains.

Verene steht an einem Wendepunkt: Ihr drittes Jahr an der Kallorwegischen Akademie beginnt, doch die Herausforderungen, die auf sie warten, drohen nicht nur sie, sondern das gesamte Königreich zu überfordern. Ihre Kräfte wachsen weiter, doch mit jeder neuen Fähigkeit scheint auch die Gefahr zu wachsen, dass ihre Geheimnisse ans Licht kommen. Während sich die Intrigen am königlichen Hof verdichten, wird deutlich, dass der Kampf um Macht und Loyalität nur der Anfang ist.

I’ve spent my entire life telling anyone and everyone who would listen that I’ll never get married, that I’ll never even date. My mother made marriage and dating look completely unappealing, so romance is not in the cards for me. What I never counted on was Sam Holland. He was my brother’s best friend first, but somewhere along the way, he became my closest friend, the person I told all of my news to, the one I wanted by my side through it all.

Florida boasts mysterious tales that stretch back more than twelve thousand years. Dive into the lives of the proud Wakulla Pocahontas and the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge. Meet local lawbreakers like John Ashley, as well as transplants like Ma Barker and Al Capone. Stalk stumpy gators or Hogzilla as they prowl Florida's swamps and suburbs. Discover the quintessential Cracker cowboy and the Barefoot Mailman, plus the origin of names like Boca Raton and Orlando.

Is love a duty to fulfill or a gift to be received freely? This question lies at the heart of Finding Freedom in Love: Untangling Mother’s Expectations and God’s Grace. Love is a word often used, but rarely understood. For some, it is associated with sacrifice, guilt, and obligation.

Ein heißer Sommer in Norwegen. Beim Blumengießen bemerkt Studentin Sonja einen Schatten im Haus der verreisten Nachbarn. Sie schöpft Verdacht und ruft die Polizei. Als die junge Polizistin Snø dem Hinweis nachgeht, scheint in dem idyllischen Viertel alles mit rechten Dingen zuzugehen. Aber ein ungutes Gefühl bleibt. Snø will noch einmal mit Sonja sprechen, doch die ist spurlos verschwunden. Wurde sie Zeugin eines Verbrechens und nun zum Schweigen gebracht? Oder weisen die zahlreichen Vermisstenfälle der letzten Monate auf einen Serientäter hin?

After spending a blissful few weeks with her husband, Michael, in Bern, Switzerland, Monika is assigned to return to Berlin, the most dangerous city in the world. Her mission for the OSS is to meet and collect information from the asset she cultivated, a man with access to a treasure trove of confidential Nazi documents. Sarah volunteers to go with her, and despite Monika’s protests, the two cousins travel to the heart of the Reich together.

When Detective Katie Scott is approached by a smartly dressed woman with desperation in her eyes, Katie’s senses go into high alert. Moments later, questions still buzzing through her mind, Katie finds the woman dead in the carpark, blood pooling around her, and just enough life left to utter the words: find my daughter. Katie doesn’t waste a second gathering her team and pulling the casefile for Anna Braxton, a teen with sparkling blue-eyes and an even brighter future, who left to meet her best friend in the mall, then disappeared.

Warum muss einem der Traummann begegnen, wenn man im Schlafanzug und mit fettigen Haaren im Supermarkt steht? Und wieso muss das zweite Treffen im Handtuchturban stattfinden? Seit ihrer Scheidung hat Orla der Männerwelt abgeschworen, aber dann trifft sie unerwartet auf Leonardo Garcia. Der charmante Ex-Cop fasziniert sie und entpuppt sich als echter Gentleman. Vielleicht sollte sie ihm doch eine Chance geben ... Als plötzlich jemand aus ihrer Vergangenheit auftaucht, kommt sie ins Grübeln. Und dann ist Leonardo auch nicht das, was er zu sein scheint. Ohne Männer ist das Leben doch leichter.

Tired of feeling small and never enough? Rediscover the remarkable you that's been hiding in plain sight as you reclaim your strength and purpose. Award-winning author Lisa Are Wulf embraces your greatness because you matter. You always matter. Like a trusted friend, Lisa's warm, comforting style will nourish your spirit.

Do you feel stuck in a life of mediocrity? Do traumas you've experienced seem to stop you from reaching new goals? This book will teach you effective engagement with life, showing you the way to authentic relationships with people, to seeing projects through to successful completion, to serenity and acceptance of your own physical beauty.

Italia, domani, anzi oggi. Era nell'aria da un po' e alla fine è successo: il neonato governo di destra, guidato dal presidente del Consiglio Diego Cederna, ha approvato la cosiddetta "Legge della Buona Vita", che spazza via la storica Legge 194 del '78 sull'interruzione volontaria di gravidanza: in Italia l'aborto diventa reato. Tra le tante voci che si levano in protesta, c'è quella di Gaia Zavattini, giovane parlamentare dell'opposizione, che, impotente e amareggiata, posta sui social uno sfogo che suona come una chiamata alle armi.

Max, an adventurous and playful young Rottweiler, is on a mission to become the Easter Bunny! After overhearing the exciting tale of the Easter Bunny, Max spends a whole year preparing his big Easter surprise for his siblings. With the help of his crafty best friend Betsy, Max designs a colorful costume, gathers berries for vibrant eggs, and plans a fun-filled adventure they'll never forget!

Lucy is sick of turning the other cheek. Ten years ago, an anti-Mormon mob drove her family and friends from their homes in Illinois. But now, the tables have turned. Rumor has it, some of those same men are traveling through Utah on their way to California. And this time, Lucy won’t run. Katrina knew the trek west would be difficult. But she had no idea she’d be walking straight into hell. The young mother of four is prepared to do whatever it takes to protect her family from the violence closing in, but the battle to survive will be more harrowing than anything she can imagine.

Nya can’t remember the last time she felt safe. The rundown rental house didn’t seem so bad at first. But now, someone is stealing her food. Rattling her bedroom doorknob. Digging through her belongings. Each night brings more disturbing incidents. And each night, Nya is more convinced that it’s not an intruder. She suspects the culprit is hiding in plain sight: her peculiar roommate-of-necessity, Sidney.

Jenny Summerlin is struggling to save her dying orange grove when a baffling mystery upends her world. A skeleton buried with a priceless treasure has been found on her land, which brings of flood of investigators onto her property to study a decades old crime. Captain Wyatt Rossiter is charged with solving the puzzling discovery. Unfortunately, he is also the man who broke Jenny's heart two years earlier. Plagued with regrets and unresolved feelings for Jenny, Wyatt resists getting drawn back into her world, but he cannot rest until he solves the unusual crime.

Historian Calvin Schermerhorn traces four hundred years of Black dispossession and decapitalization—what Frederick Douglass called plunder—through the stories of families who have strived to earn and keep the fruits of their toils. Their struggles reveal that the ever-evolving strategies to strip Black income and wealth have been critical to sustaining a structure of racialized disadvantage. These accounts also tell of the quiet heroism of those who worked to overcome obstacles and defy the plunder.

Paris, 1940. Ever since the Nazi Party began burning books, German writers exiled for their opinions or heritage have been taking up residence in Paris. There they opened a library meant to celebrate the freedom of ideas and gathered every book on the banned list . . . and even incognito versions of the forbidden books that were smuggled back into Germany. For the last six years, Corinne Bastien has been reading those books and making that library a second home. But when the German army takes possession of Paris, she loses access to the library and all the secrets she’d hidden there.

What if your vocation doesn't align with your passion? In You Have a Calling, award-winning author Karen Swallow Prior has encouraging news: If we pursue the good, true, and beautiful in all our work, we will find our greatest fulfillment. In an age when passion and calling are often confused, Prior helps listeners understand that passions come from within, while our calling, or vocation, comes from without and is about being called by others to serve. That crucial distinction can help us understand how God can use both our passions and our work, even if for different purposes.