Take a heartwarming journey with 10-year-old author, Madison Strempek, as she candidly depicts her life experience of living with her father in jail. Through her eyes, you will live the heartbreak of her life changing news, discover how she survives with her embarrassing secret, and ultimately finds resolution and strength in understanding everyone makes mistakes. It's truly a story of perseverance, forgiveness, and love. She skillfully helps ...
The exotic demons and realms of Tibetan Buddhism come to life in this epic tale. The story goes beyond simple fantasy by putting humanity's quest for spiritual enlightenment at its core and incorporating rich elements of Tibetan religious culture. The reader is introduced to a fascinating assortment of characters as the story unfolds. Gesar Despa, a young professor of Asian art history, is struck by a debilitating disease and cast into the Bud...
A mysterious explosion that leaves no damage. A sky that suddenly shimmers like sunlight reflected on water. For Gama and Hest, friends so close 'it was as though they were hatched from the same egg, ' these are the first signs that something is going terribly wrong. As things twist out of control, Gama begins to suspect a new type of intelligence is behind the strange happenings
Patricia Blok is gefascineerd door de schoonheid en de moed van vrouwen en hoe die in elk seizoen van het leven op een andere manier tot uiting komen. In Ode aan de vrouw ontmoet zij bijzondere vrouwen die haar raakten en door wie zij werd geïnspireerd. De jongste is 19 jaar en de oudste is 93 jaar, en of het nu gaat om de passie van de lente, de kracht van de zomer, de authenticiteit van de herfst of de wijsheid van de winter, elke vrouw heef...
What if there is a different gauge of success than one's accomplishments? What if life's most significant focus is the relationship that we develop with our own souls? Can we be guided to something so important by a mere rooster?
Grab your colored pencils, find a quiet space and reflect, relax & unwind with these 30 beautiful mandalas and detailed designs. Each of these illustrations will inspire your inner artist as you have fun creating stunning pictures. Printed with one image per single-sided page so you can choose your favorite media to use to color in each picture--colored pencils, pens, or markers.
Psychic Alethea Karras, the first of our reluctant virgins, has no idea her present case will change her life. Zachary Artemidis, a millionaire ship owner involved with Interpol, meets Alethea on a flight to Greece. Intrigued by her card reading Zachary decides to spend time with Alethea little suspecting what her talents will reveal. Their erotic joining leads to a psychic link that has them involved in murder and mayhem.Together they tackle ...
The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) came about as a result of the Camp David accords. This peacekeeping force (NOT under the auspices of the United Nations) keeps the peace by means of three infantry battalions (one Fijian, one Colombian, one U.S. Army), a Civilian Observation Unit and military men and women from several other countries. Maj. Crabtree, the Press and Visits Officer, served there in 2007 and saw the rise Hamas in Gaza, t...
Many children experience the loneliness created by military separation. The little boy in this story is such a child who describes his struggle with sadness when his father is deployed. But, he has a wise and creative father who knows how to turn his son's unhappiness into an opportunity for growth, with the help of his favorite shirt. How does he do it? You'll have to read the book to find out.
Life is no longer normal. After the startling events of Jason and the Draconauts, Jason, Petros, and their friends struggle to adjust to the effects of the spell cast upon them by the mage known as Norm. School, sports, jobs, and even family life have become a day to day struggle. How could it get any worse? A mysterious duo arrives from across the ocean, bearing a centuries-old book foretelling the coming of an assembly of magical beasts that...
Modern Fables is a series of tales in which animals act like humans- complete with murder, adultery, and jealousy, but also forgiveness, intelligence, and compassion. The eighteen fables contained in this volume explore issues of morality, ethics, and psychology in both serious and lighthearted ways, creating just as many questions as they answer.
The battlefields of France stole more than nearly three years of Kinnon's life-it cost him the one woman he'd ever loved.Heir to a lairdship, Kinnon Macrory is driven to prove his worth by fighting the English on the battlefields of France. His dreams of heroic valor are destroyed by the realities of war-the atrocities visited by fellow soldiers on the very people he is sworn to protect. Three years in a French prison for a crime he did not co...