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Police Chief Tess O’Rourke’s small town is still reeling from a devastating fire when the FBI asks for help: Could she shelter a witness in a high-profile human trafficking case? Initially reluctant to put the townspeople of Rogue’s Hollow at risk, Tess is swayed after she sees Pastor Oliver Macpherson’s genuine conviction to rescue those in need, a trait in him she’s coming to love more each day.

Dylan cannot sleep without his Cosydoze, but it goes missing on a visit to Granny’s house. Where has it gone? And can Mum and Dad get Dylan to sleep without it? A funny, heart-warming story for very young listeners told in rhyme.

In this work, Pascal draws an analogy between a man who was appointed king just because he resembled a long-lost king and those who are rich and powerful. He argues that the twists and turns of life are all due to chance and unforeseen events. The wealthy and powerful ought thus to despise desire and its kingdom and aspire to that kingdom of love in which all the subjects breathe nothing but love and desire nothing but the benefits of love.

Pascal illuminates the substantial differences between the early church and the Church of today. Formerly, it was necessary to forsake the world in order to be received into the Church, while people now enter the Church at the same time as they enter the world. There was thus an essential distinction between the world and the Church, the two being considered as two opposites.

The French physicist, philosopher, and mathematician Blaise Pascal discovered a great secret of persuasion. Pascal saw that the surest way of changing false beliefs is by showing all sides to a question, including the side that the erring person missed. It is best when the beauty of reality reveals itself.

Nicolas de Chamfort was a great French writer in the pessimistic tradition. He wrote comedies, political essays, literary criticism, portraits, letters, and poetry. His aphorisms are iconoclastic, colorful, and picturesque.

Blaise Pascal describes the way in which a soul comes to repentance. It is a process of realization, self-abasement, and the understanding of grace. From this follows gratitude and the determination to serve and worship.

"Beyond the Bayou" is about La Folle, an African American woman and former slave, who overcomes her crippling and irrational childhood fear of passing an imaginary territorial line or going beyond the bayou.

The short story focuses on two lovers torn apart by the American Civil War and the locket that inexorably binds them together.

"A Respectable Woman", first published in Vogue in 1894, is quintessential Chopin and shows us the full extent of her skill as a short-story writer. The story centers around Mrs. Baroda, who, somewhat reluctantly, is playing the gracious host to her husband’s surprise guest, Gouvernail, an old friend of her husband’s from college. The story delves into Mrs. Baroda’s psychology as she struggles with her desires versus her self-made image and self-opinion.

Deep in a high security shifter prison dwells the most dangerous shifter in the world. Vyr Daye is the Red Dragon, alpha to the Sons of Beasts Crew, loner, watcher, fire-breather...and he’s also completely misunderstood. But this prison isn’t what it seems, and he’s fighting to keep his dragon alive. All he needs to do is keep steady for six more months, and then he can live his life as quietly as possible with his crew, but one sexy, fast-talking prison counselor saunters in and wrecks his focus.

An intense story of love, lust, and betrayal set amidst an intense storm in the American South, The Storm is the sequel to At the 'Cadian Ball by American novelist Kate Chopin. Beautifully crafted and a considered a groundbreaking work of fiction when it was published, it candidly discusses sexual passion and extramarital affairs.

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women. In this 1916 speech, The Crisis, she called for vigorous action towards attaining women’s suffrage. It was in no small part due to Catt’s tireless efforts that American women were granted the right to vote in 1920.

Torren Taylor has a gorilla problem. The birthmark on his back says he is supposed to be the new Kong, but he wants nothing to do with his people. Shunning their traditions means his silverback is out of control and on a one-way track to crazy-town. He accepted his shortened life a long time ago, but right now, all he wants to do is live long enough to for a couple last bucket list items. When a rare beauty shows up at his door and offers to keep his animal steady for 200 bucks a week, well, he’s mighty tempted to pay to prolong his life.

Bounty hunter Nox Fuller has been challenged to do the impossible. He’s supposed to bring the Red Dragon in for a year long stint in shifter prison, but this job could be the death of him. His focus should be on the hunt, but when he meets a shy shifter named Nevada, he can’t help but be distracted by the curvy beauty. He doesn’t care that she has trouble speaking to people. He’s different, too. But as he finds out exactly what kind of shifter he’s falling for, he realizes he’s in way over his head.

Listen to rhyming verse that describes each of our eight planets. Have your child learn a little about each planet's respective chemical makeup and weather patterns. In case you can't set up a telescope anytime soon, experience the planets in their interstellar magic.

Trollet, som egentligen heter Jennifer, är ensam. Men en dag dyker Jonas upp i Trollets liv. Han har mörkt hår och gröna ögon, men ingen klocka och ingen särskild ordning i livet. Men han har en gitarr och kan sjunga. Trollet blir vän med Jonas, och blir kär i honom. Det enda problemet är att Jonas är trettio år. Trollet är en 11-årig tjej med rött hår som egentligen heter Jennifer. Hon har en mamma som är hemmafru och bantar varje morgon, en pappa som är lärare och samlar på frimärken och en storasyster som har flyttat ihop med en kille med slips.

"Fare giustizia" significa risolvere i conflitti che insorgono tra le persone, secondo i principi della legge e del diritto, attraverso l'intervento di un terzo che giudichi al di sopra delle parti. Detto così funziona egregiamente, ma in concreto cosa succede nelle aule giudiziarie? L'Italia è il paese europeo dove i processi durano di più mentre il conflitto tra magistratura e politica ha raggiunto livelli mai visti.

Scottish-born author and wordsmith Alice Scott-Ferguson has composed penetrating poems that offer transparent reflections on life, loss, longing, and love. She writes of the sacred and the mundane with the same unique look "under the covers." Her Celtic blood runs strong and she is unafraid to voice a fresh and different take on a diversity of topics. These 69 refreshing, vibrant, and thought-provoking poems make for inspiring listening.

A heartwarming story about an unwanted gift. Some gifts from the heart are more than what they appear to be.