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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Thirty-year-old Roger marks time by the gradual shifting of sunlight and shadows outside his Toronto high-rise apartment. As a freelance columnist, he makes about as much money as a twelve-year-old with a lawn-mowing business. With all his hopes riding on the novel he started eight years ago, Roger is clearly not in a hurry to do anything except dodge life's ups and downs as much as he can.While nurturing a crush on the cute girl at the local coffee shop, Roger notices a leaflet on the table advertising a psychic demonstration. Intrigued, he bribes three caffeine-loving buddies to accompany him to the show featuring Anya Dreamchaser, psychic extraordinaire. Anya turns out to be a fake, but the real surprise comes when Roger's friend Karl begins displaying his own shockingly accurate psychic abilities. As the friends come to terms with what they have witnessed, they each embark on bizarre personal journeys of enlightenment that take one of them straight into a weird New Age cult and another into a confrontation with a maniacal Scottish churchman.Crystal Balls is a comic tale about the adventuresand misadventuresof four friends who unwittingly change their lives forever after making the fateful decision to step out of their ordinary lives into an extraordinary psychic world.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Thirteen-year-old Eric Larson is a brainiac willing to do anything to become popular, even telling a lie the size of an elephant-or in his case, a monkey. Determined to reinvent himself and not live in the shadow of his brother, Eric returns to high school after summer vacation tanned, muscular, and confident. But when he spontaneously brags to his classmates that he has a pet monkey, everything changes. Just as Eric's geek-o-meter levels start to decrease and the super-hot Stacie Hansen begins to notice him, his science teacher volunteers Eric's fictitious pet primate as the latest class project. With the help of a zoo webcam, Eric frantically begins researching what monkeys eat, how they sleep, and their natural habitats. Forced to relay his findings to his science class, Eric unintentionally discovers the dangers that jeopardize not only his fabricated monkey, Blue, but also the rain forest as a whole. Suddenly, his mission to achieve social success is replaced by his zeal to teach others about the critical depletion of this important and fragile ecosystem. Now, a teenager unwittingly caught between a lie and his conscience must decide whether he's willing to sacrifice his new social success and relationship with Stacie in order to do what's right.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Chris is a teenager drowning in his emotions. As a million questions run through his head, Chris begins to remember the events leading up to today.In the beginning of the school year, Chris is immersed in his studies, friendships, and the uneasy feelings that have been plaguing him for a week. Chris is still perplexed as to why his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Rachael, ended, when he has a chance encounter with his beautiful classmate, Veronica, who is dealing with her own issues. Torn between starting a new relationship and his unresolved feelings for Rachael, Chris embarks on an emotional journey to determine his true identity and find the answer to an internal conflict that has been plaguing him for a long time. But before he can move forward into his future, he must resolve his past.In this contemporary romance, a teenager wrestling with complex feelings and wondering if he will ever find happiness with his soul mate may soon discover that even when things seem to be at their worst, there is still hope.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Today, men and women all over the world are experiencing higher stress levels as a result of poor or reduced sleep. According to author Claes Zell, the answer to this problem could be as simple and enjoyable as stretching and targeted exercise. After years of self- experience practicing, Zell discovered that many who suffer from insufficient deep sleep complain of the same issues-restlessness, stiff limbs, and difficulty reaching the pre-sleep alpha rhythm. With this information, Zell has developed an effective ten-minute program (minimum) design to target and lengthen specific muscle groups, relaxing your body in order to allow you to relax your mind. The market for chemical remedies for sleeping disorders has become vast, and yet the problem of inadequate sleep remains. Rather than subject your body to chemical interventions that may or may not work, interventions that could cause any number of new and unpleasant problems, why not give yourself ten minutes at the end of the day With just ten minutes, you can bring your body and mind into alignment and finally get the deep, quality sleep you've been missing. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Reticent and Tranquil presents an inspiring poetry collection that embraces a spiritual passion for everyday life. Author Randal Weston conjures the emotions that life's journey brings at every turn. Inner strength is evident in his poems, along with his love for others and an appreciative attitude for those around him. Throughout our years on earth, we trek many roads. Good and bad situations are guaranteed, but the way we handle them reveals our faith and core. From the patriotic beauty of 'Old Glory' to an intriguing poem about 'The Wooden Chief,' Weston's unique voice resonates in each of his poem as they bring his innermost thoughts to life. With tones ranging from realistic to fun to dreamy and visionary, the verses of Reticent and Tranquil present his peaceful energy for all to share.Night StaredAll was silent and all was still,as night stared at the two men.One wore a muddy gray uniform;the other, a muddy blue uniform.Both lives had ended due tocircumstantial fate. Neithersoldier would return home, marryor have children. Had the menmet in another time, anotherplace, perhaps they would havebeen friends. But now, all wassilent and all was still, asnight stared at the two men.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Every year, thousands of people seek asylum in the United States because they have been persecuted in other countries due to their race, religion, nationality, social group, or political opinion. In seeking refuge and protection, these immigrants must rely on the American court system to help them achieve safety from the great harm they have suffered.In her unique and compelling judicial memoir, Susan Yarbrough, a former US immigration judge, highlights five significant asylum cases that she heard and decided during almost eighteen years on the benchcases that profoundly changed her not only as a judge, but also as a person. Yarbrough recounts heartrending testimony described against the background of the countries in which the persecution took place, following each account with personal reflections on how she was emotionally and spiritually transformed by each person who testified. From Josué Maldonado, persecuted in El Salvador because of his religion, to Daniel Quetzal, an Indian from Guatemala who was tied naked to a pole and tortured because of his political opinion, the cases that the author shares provide an unforgettable glimpse into the lives of courageous people who risked everything for peace and freedom in the United States.Bench-Pressed is the story of five asylum seekers and the judge who was irrevocably changed by the intersection of her life with theirs.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Thomas Fletcher first sees her in 1916, at a drug store in Birmingham, Alabama. He doesn't know her, but her brown hair and beautiful eyes captivate him. He soon learns her name-Juliette Wilcox-and she would learn his. Their attraction cannot be denied, but something stands in their way. Thomas is a drafted soldier, about to be sent to Europe to fight in the dreaded World War I. Although Juliette begs for them to be married before he goes to boot camp, he doesn't want to leave her a widow. Their letters will keep them close. Letters are all they will have until he returns from the battlefield-hopefully, alive. For the next four years, letters arrive from far off France and Germany to Juliette's front porch in Alabama. For the next four years, their love grows, develops, and increases. Even so, war is a dark force, and many men never return. Will Thomas be one of the soldiers lost, or will he come home and make Juliette's dreams of marriage a happy reality.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Richard Eason's father committed suicide when Richard was ten years old, and the memory of the event has haunted the young man ever since. His father was a rising star among southern architects when he killed himself, and Richard has followed in his father's footsteps as an architecture student at Georgia Tech. Still, the mystery of his father's death will not leave him alone, and the mystery soon becomes an obsession.Meanwhile, with the help of his father's friend, Tanny, he labors with clever, almost maniacal passion to build a replica of the magnificent, airy cabin his father had designed, built, and perished in. So much of Richard's character has been shaped in some way by the night his father died. Now, Tanny might be a guiding light for young Richard as he searches for answers.Along with Tanny, Richard has his girlfriend Lefay, an ex-hippie turned corporate executive who calls him Reason. Even with the help of friends, however, Richard has trouble keeping a grasp on reality. He digs deeper and deeper into his father's life, but he might soon find spending so much time in the past brings disaster upon the present.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It is the summer of 1972, and writer Rianne Tavener returns to the seaside village of Port Carlyle, Nova Scotia, her childhood home. Owen Sweeney, an eccentric museum curator and guardian of the local burying ground, hires Rianne to oversee projects for the village's upcoming bicentennial celebrations. He shows her the damaged Victorian-era journal of the young woman who is buried beneath the graveyard's most distinctive headstone. Alyda Teasdale was seventeen and unmarried in 1897, the year she and her newborn baby died under mystifying circumstances. Intrigued by the journal, Rianne carefully reconstructs its entries. She traces Alyda's history as the young woman grieves the loss of her sea captain father, struggles against the dictates of her authoritarian stepfather, and experiences the euphoria of forbidden love. Owen Sweeney, citing a secret source, provides important details that are missing in the journal, but insists on controlling the project. Rianne turns to Ben Allenby, a childhood friend, for further help in piecing together Alyda's tragic tale. He complicates Rianne's task, however, by awakening feelings in her that have long been buried. Overwhelmed, Rianne begins seeing visions of a young Victorian-era woman. Has Alyda returned to help her in her quest, she wonders, or are the images creations of her own imagination In this compelling mystery tale, as Rianne uncovers the fate of a nineteenth-century woman and her baby, she discovers that even in heartbreak, life offers two constants: love and hope.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Lured by the prospect of free land, a group of New Englanders emigrate to Nova Scotia in the spring of 1760 to claim land seized from the Acadians by the British. Weary of poverty and religious oppression, Connecticut farmer Zadoc Bennet hopes to build a peaceful new life there for his family.But there is no sanctuary from war and revolution, and private tragedy stalks the family. On their first day ashore, one of their sons vanishes. Another son later succumbs to religious fanaticism and pays for his obsession with his life. Mercy, their mother, holds a secret fear close to her heart. Is she somehow at fault Life in Nova Scotia was to be a new beginning for the family, but the past cannot be undone. Their fates are inextricably entwined with that of Catherine Dupuis, an exiled Acadian woman with her own dark grief. She has suffered hatred, brutality and degradation, but she is determined to redeem what she has lost. Separated from her brother in the expulsion of the Acadians, she will stop at nothing to find him.In a story set against the backdrop of pre-revolutionary North America, these humble people struggle to survive and prosper in a harsh new land.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Identical twins Dorian and Daniel Sloane grow up inseparable, sharing the same tubes of toothpaste as children and their lives as adults. Loyalty proven many times, they have been saving each other since the day Dorian rescued Daniel from drowning in Opperman's Pond. Now, with Dorian as head of a multinational pharmaceutical company and Daniel as an innovative cardiologist volunteering in Africa, the brothers come together once again. A devastating midair collision on the basketball court during a Celtics/Pacers game sets falling dominoes in motion.After NBA legend Randy Jackson sustains a career-changing ankle injury, Daniel and Dorian partner together to try and heal him. A brilliant chemist has created a miracle arthritis drug that they hope will cure the star and also save Dorian's pharmaceutical company teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. Celebrations ensue when the Pacers' star returns to full glory-and then tragedy suddenly strikes during a casual pickup game, threatening to destroy Daniel's career as he faces a devastating malpractice suit, the possible loss of his medical license, and even a voodoo curse by the athlete's widow.In this high-stakes thriller set in the world of big-money medicine, a chain of unanticipated events culminates in a life-or-death decision two brothers never thought they would have to make. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Biblical research investigator Kemp Hastings sits quietly in the back of a classroom and absorbs the lecture from Dr. Darlene Gammay, her first public session since walking out of the university two weeks ago in a cloud of mystery. As the biblical scholar wraps up her lecture and watches Hastings approach her, Dr. Gammay has no idea that he is about to change her life forever.Hastings has been tasked to authenticate a holy parchment recently found in the tomb of a Cistercian monk, hidden away for nearly five hundred years. After he engages help from Dr. Gammay, she inadvertently touches the ancient manuscript with her bare fingers, setting off a chain of holy, unnatural events that leads to the eventual discovery of a strange tattoo emblazoned across her shoulders. Now embroiled in an ancient mystery, the couple travels to Cairo to consult with a madcap museum curator who, unbeknownst to them, has already devised his own twisted plan.In this intriguing biblical tale, chosen guardians of some of the most treasured items in the universe embark on an intrepid journey from a university classroom to Egypt and finally to Northern Scotland, where they are forced to battle underworld forces determined to remove one of them from existence forever.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Henry Lamont does not believe in ghosts. Or faeries. Imagine his surprise when they kidnap him. Set in the Scottish Highlands, THE SECOND SIGHT is a period mystery that features Henry, a young Victorian man so enamored of modern science, that he's blind to its limitations. When his father is lost at sea, Henry must venture into the Otherworld to find him. The spirit of Henry's drowned cousin and the beguiling queen of the glen faeries guide his quest. Old friends join as well: a farmer prone to fistfights, and a woman determined to attend university. Along the way, they encounter creatures of Gaelic lore, only to triumph with a magic of their own-a belief in each other.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It is 1931 in Fremont County, Kansas, and Deborah Nelson's husband, Christian, disappeared months ago. But Deborah has no time to feel sorry for herself. Two children need her love, livestock require feeding, and farm crops must be tilled. Deborah is desperately trying to survive in a man's world-an especially challenging task for a woman believed to be an Indian. Even after a drought begins to cause dire conditions, Deborah refuses to leave, for her soul is still connected with the land. She decides she must sell her cattle and stop planting wheat and then finds herself fighting a field fire that comes close to burning her farmstead and threatens the life of her old friend. Things go from bad to worse when she, her children, and the community experience the first horrifying dirt storm of the drought. Deborah partners with her closest neighbors to share labor and valuable resources, not realizing that very soon, one neighbor will leave her with five more mouths to feed and a promise he may not be able to keep. The Marrow of Life continues the saga of one woman's determined journey through the hardships of the Depression and Dust Bowl era as she slowly comes to the realization that she must turn to others for help.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It is 1996 when a helicopter carrying a geological survey team is forced to land in the Amazon rain forest. There, they soon discover the only remnants of an indigenous tribe hidden for thousands of years: an elderly shaman, two boys, a girl, and an infant named Suyape. Medical tests run on the five Ipanao survivors indicate one troubling fact-something is not right with their DNA. Years later, seventeen-year-old Suyape Goncalves is back in hiding once again. Adopted in the United States by two anthropologists when she was a baby, Suyape has now begun to remember things that happened to her people from a time when ice covered the land, when the Ipanao fled the Great Plains, and when the people of the New World scattered across the globe. Now, as she attempts to conceal herself from scientists intent on exploiting her mysterious differences and from hunters determined to kill her, Suyape reunites with her lost kin in the Amazon and is soon embroiled in a challenge she could never have imagined. The Hunted shares the compelling story of a young woman who discovers that the mysteries she remembers may be all that lies between her and extinction of the earth.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Unfortunately, man's nature complicates things, and we often cheat ourselves out of great joy by doing 'our own thing.' How sad. There is no doubt God's plan for man includes man's happiness. God teaches us joyful living in at least two places. Biblically it is called 'walking in fellowship.' This First Epistle of John focuses on 'fellowship.' A verse-by-verse expository of that valuable material is extremely helpful. Also, the Old Testament prophet Enoch was given to us as a role model. God reduced his life of several years into three short phrases: 'He walked with God. He pleased God. He was translated to heaven.' God showed his pleasure with his 'walk' by taking him up to heaven without his seeing death. Skimming along the surface, modern man has developed a superficial lifestyle. You will see the joy of living a life of 'fellowship with God' on God's terms.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The New Cadet is a coming of age story about eighteen year old Alicia Randall, who enters The College of Armed Forces, CAF, as the second class of women. During her first year, she is faced with the rigorous challenges of the Tick Line and attempts to juggle her life within the college while staying connected to her old life. When her life outside the school shatters, Alicia begins walking the plank between falling apart and surviving. What ends up saving Alicia is a new found relationship with a woman, Cathleen, who introduces a variety of books, which expands Alicia's awareness and puts her on a new path of self discovery and spiritual awareness. The trials and tribulations from the school extend beyond the Tick Line when Alicia is accused of participating in behavior that is 'unbecoming of an officer,' and it takes every last ounce of strength to survive the school she had promised her brother she would never leave. In using the new concepts Cathleen taught her, it is those ideas that consequently give Alicia the tools for fighting a system and keeping her at a school she conflictingly loves.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Science Religion and God is not a scientific book or a religious book; it is a book that unites science with religion, and it is an explanation of God from the scientific point of view.There is only one God, yet religions are plenty. Religions were created by gods who were wealthy people protected by armies-people who believed that because of their wealth they were invincible and omnipotent. Their armies protected their wealth by killing all who wanted a bit of it. The gods believed they talked to God, but they were ill; God doesn't talk, doesn't write, and doesn't hear voices because God is not human.If you want to be heard by God, you have to speak with your soul, not with your lips, because God doesn't read lips. You have to pray from your soul because your soul is part of God's soul. When you pray with your soul, you pray with love, and God created everything and everybody with love from the deepest of God's heart and from the heat and light of God's soul.Science Religion and God unites all religions; it is the connection between sun and soul, soul and love, and soul and money.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The point at which one 'gets it' is the most powerful experience that any of us will ever experience. Author Cindy Harris-Saldat writes about this and many other powerful moments in life in her new poetry and prose collection, My Spiritual Orgasm. This collection offers a compilation of diverse and inspirational material applicable to the lives of many. It describes a combination of trials and spiritual successes, taking us from our darkest moments to the enlightenment our spirit and empowering us to become the best possible people we are destined to be. From the poignancy of 'Your Passage through Time' to the buoyancy of 'Freedom,' her verses capture the essence of the emotions of our everyday lives. As part of the collection, she also offers 'Quotes for Your Day,' which encourage us to think about how we approach life on a daily basis. At their core, the writings of My Spiritual Orgasm come from Cindy Harris-Saldat's experiences, emerging from the deepest part of her heart, soul and spirit. Changes When you believe, your world opens up Be glad for yesterday's trials For it makes us stronger For a brighter today And better changes for tomorrow You have the power within To make a choice and a change We learn by changes And grow by mistakes With belief all things are possible And good things don't always have to come to an end Rely on others But always count on yourself.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - PASSION presents a collection of 150 poems and lyrics written by Judith Weinshall Liberman during 2012. This collection is a sequel to REFLECTIONS, her previous anthology of poems, lyrics, and stories, created with her daughter, Dr. Laura Liberman.Illustrated with photographs that highlight some of the people depicted in the verses, this collection covers a wide array of topics arranged in categories from love and relationships to looking back and remembering. Some of the writings are humorous, while others are somber. From the poignancy of 'First Love' to the heartbreak of 'Losing a Sibling,' Liberman captures the essence of what we feel when these changes occur in our lives.Like life itself, PASSION covers the whole gamut of human experience.Two-Way StreetSomewhere along the line I learnedLove's not a one-way street,For if you take but do not give,You'll end up in defeat.So don't forget to give your loveTo those of whom you're fond.For true love is a two-way street.Your love will seal your bond.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Have you ever wondered what it's like to fight cancer at sixteen Have you ever asked yourself how someone could be diagnosed with cancer and still believe there's a God or that something good could actually come of it Have you ever considered what it's like to live after being struck with such a catastrophe When I was sixteen years old, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. While in the hospital, many people gave me journals and pens and told me to use the gift God had given me to write. Not long after I began my journaling process, God laid it on my heart that I would someday publish my journal to encourage others. Three years later, my story is published just for you. I pray that it makes an impact on your own story. After all, that's why we're here, to make an impact, leave a legacy, and be love, all on behalf of Christ. I hope your perspective is transformed by the beauty of Christ as you step into my world and witness it shatter and heal in a way only explained by the God of the universe.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Sanctuary of the Soul provides a bold, new interpretation of spiritual life, which C. T. Lewis describes as 'an interiorization of the practices of temple worship established in the Torah of Moses.' Through a searching analysis of the Old and New Testaments, the author leads the reader through the primary stages in the journey of the soul, from its mystical union with God through the sacrificial work of Christ, to an interior life of worship expressed in the spiritual gifts of incense, light, and food.'The Sanctuary of the Soul is scholarly, intriguing, and refreshing, the kind of book that will repay many trips back to it.'-Douglas Wilson, pastor of Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho Fellow of Philosophy and Classical Languages, New St. Andrews College.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - We're all love hacks . but it doesn't have to be this way. Jesus gave a new teaching on the eve of His crucifixion: 'Love one another as I have loved you.' He said that His followers would be known for their love. Yet few have experienced His love. Fewer still actually love like Him. As a recovering love hack, Rankin knows firsthand the struggles of moving beyond feelings and good intentions into the reality of loving others through actions. For love to become a way of life, we need to follow Jesus down a clear path. Do Love is a fresh call to establish love as the distinctive Christlike trait in our lives.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Marked early by death, neglect, and abuse, what was the point of this child's life With no foundation for life, she walks boldly into Satan's playground, where he is waiting to destroy the rest of her life. Is this really God's plan for anyone How could He let this happen Be saddened, angered, fearful, and anxious as you follow the roller coaster ride of this life and see how God's amazing grace covers and heals all.…