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Ten years after she graduated from the Fleet Academe at Terracentrus, Alysha Forrest was captain of the battlecruiser UAV Stardancer with more honor to her name than any other officer her age. But before that dawn there was a night, and it is in the darkness that souls are made...or broken.

In an era marked by increasing profiteering and inequality, The Ethical Imperative offers a compelling alternative vision-one where companies champion the collective prosperity of employees, shareholders, and communities.

Must one sister suffer in poverty while the other lives in the lap of luxury? This question plagued Harriet Clifton incessantly. Inviting herself to her widowed sister Cordelia's posh London townhouse for the season was surely the only way to meet a suitable partner - as well as escape drafty old Pringle House forever. The vain Cordelia was meanwhile casting her net for the notorious Marquess of Arden, a man who would rather court a mistress than wed a wife.

Miss Harriet Brown, daughter of a Methodist minister, is the embodiment of propriety and Christian charity - too much so, perhaps, for her own good. The virtues Harriet possesses are far from fashionable, but Amy and Effy Tribble, chaperones-for-hire, feel confident that their new charge will attract a worthy vicar or two before the end of the season. First, though, they must vanquish confirmed rake and gambler Lord Charles Marsham, catch though he is, who seems perversely determined to woo Harriet.

Three distinguished experts and policy practitioners declare: "Despite the wrongs committed against China in the past, the People's Republic of China must not represent the future, for it is corrupt." We must return in great haste to the Judeo-Christian principles upon which we were founded, which made us the most prosperous, secure, and generous nation in human history.

Search the Sky is a satirical science fiction novel set in the far future, at a time when humanity has long since colonized the stars. It begins on a planet called Halsey's, which is in a state of decline. When a Longliner generation ship arrives, having failed to make contact with at least six other colonised planets, Ross (the main protagonist in the story) is sent to investigate what is going on at the other colonies. He is given access to a faster than light spacecraft that can make each journey almost instantly.

I always believed in fairy tales. So much so that I made a career out of them. As a wedding planner, I made it my goal to perfect everyone else's happily-ever-after. I even believed in finding mine once, too, until one man left me alone and pregnant - crushing my dreams and leaving me jaded.

Take David Sedaris’ self-deprecation and deep sense of the absurd and toss in a pinch Erma Bombeck’s happy skewering of domestic life: there you have M. A. C. Farrant. In this witty, affecting collection of personal essays, Farranthas a gift for making those observations that would be harrowing, if they weren’t so funny, and here tackles the absurdities of family life from both sides of the generational divide: as a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional family in the 1960s, and as a mother herself to three troublesome teenagers.

Imagine that every aspect of your daily life has been overseen by one of the many Aspects of Nature. Now, imagine that, when you die, one of the Aspects of Nature chose you to record the living. Abby George is new to the Afterlife. She and her mentor, Gregory Peel, visit the living and record their dreams for the Aspect of Dreams. As Gregory is showing her around her new plane of existence, and what it takes to be a Dream Recorder, the unthinkable happens. Gregory and Abby are pulled into the Dreamscape with no idea how they got there or how to get out.

Dara needs a job. After graduating from college, opportunities aren't what she expected them to be. So she decides to try her hand at nannying. She meets a couple, Alex and Stacey, who have an interesting proposition for Dara. And it involves much more than looking after the children. Dara finds herself immersed in a spicy love triangle that was more than any of them anticipated.

Step into the eerie realm of my podcast, where every episode is a gateway to the unknown, filled with spine-tingling horror stories that will haunt your dreams. Picture yourself huddled close, listening intently as I spin tales of terror that will chill you to the bone.In our inaugural episode, I beckon you to join me on a journey through the corridors of a decrepit mansion, where restless spirits roam and shadows whisper secrets best left buried. As the series unfolds, I guide you through a labyrinth of fear, each episode promising a new nightmare to keep you on the edge of your seat.

For couples who are not content merely to “survive” their core relationship in life, this self-help resource for marriage enhancement will teach you the six practices for thriving relationships. It shows the vital things all married people must do to develop and maintain a vibrant, lasting relationship with their companions, soulmates, and life partners.

Ein Monster, das aus der Vergangenheit erwacht. Eine Frau, die ihrer Bestimmung entkommen will. Und ein eiskalter Engelsfürst, der beides verhindern muss. Mayana hasst Engel. Einst fügte ein solches Wesen ihrer Familie großes Leid zu. Seitdem besteht ihr Lebenssinn darin, sich von den Unsterblichen fernzuhalten und ihre Familie vor ihnen zu beschützen. Doch als Micael ihren Weg kreuzt, gerät dieses Ziel in Gefahr. Denn der gefährlich anziehende und mächtigste aller Engelsfürsten spielt nach seinen eigenen Regeln und will Mayana zu seiner Spielfigur machen. Der Einsatz: Ihre Freiheit.

The realms face annihilation, and their greatest defender has gone missing. When Gryph is torn from the Realms by the Light, an ancient secret society sworn to end the threat of the High God Aluran, he has one mission. Get back to the Realms, at any cost. The Light offer Gryph a quest. “Help us resurrect the Source and together we can free all the peoples of the Realms.”

The handsome but arrogant Lord Charles Hawksborough desperately wants to catch the infernally insolent thief who held him up at pistol point on the King's Highway and rode off with his family's inheritance and jewels. Hawksborough tries just as desperately to not want the piquant and penniless Miss Amanda Colby when this young lady and her twin brother come to stay at his London townhouse during the height of the social season.

Être pauvre n'empêche pas d'avoir de riches idées ! Privées d'un héritage qui leur aurait assuré une belle rente, Amy et Effie Tribble, deux charmantes soeurs ruinées, proposent leurs services en tant que chaperons professionnels. L'annonce passée dans le Morning Post saura attirer une clientèle fortunée. À première vue, Clarissa est une jeune fille parfaite: ravissante, riche et aristocrate. Mais elle est d'une telle maladresse malgré son charme qu'elle fait fuir les hommes.

Gryph thought freeing his sister Brynn from the shackles of the High God would be the end of his mission. Only to learn it was just the beginning. Tasked with building an army for the Resistance, Gryph quickly realizes it will never be enough to curb the High God’s despotic quest to control the Realms. Victory seems hopeless. But then a long-buried secret resurfaces, and a desperate plan is hatched. The survival of the Realms is in Gryph’s hands. If he fails, billions of souls will suffer a fate worse than death.

Aryc Tal Venn was supposed to be the savior of the universe. But a fateful decision left him blighted, unable to cultivate the primal Aether into the life-empowering energy of the Quintessence. With nothing but hope, Aryc undertakes a desperate quest to reverse his blighting. But when a terrible truth challenges everything he believes, Aryc is forced to question whom he fights for and why. Destiny comes for Aryc Tal Venn, and the fate of the universe rests in his hands.

War is coming to the realms, and only Gryph and the power of his Godhead can prevent the apocalypse. With his loyal NPC Lex at his side, Gryph races to rescue a spy with information critical to the survival of his people. A spy who happens to be Gryph’s younger sister. But when an unknown foe rips Gryph from the Realms, Lex must lead a rag-tag bunch of companions to find the one man who can get Gryph back. Their quest has barely begun when Lex discovers that the Princes of Chaos have turned their eyes on the Mortal Realms. And where their gaze falls, destruction follows.

Jonathan Edwards is widely hailed as the greatest theologian in American history. In Edwards on the Christian Life, Dane Ortlund invites us to explore the great eighteenth-century pastor’s central passion: God’s resplendent beauty. Whether the topic was the nature of love, the preeminence of Scripture, or the glory of the natural world, the concept of beauty stood at the heart of Edwards’s theology and permeated his portrait of the Christian life.