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Res Gestae Christiani: My Time as the President of the Cambridge University Korean Society 2002-2003by Christian Kim is a heart-warming real-life account of the struggle of Korean students at Cambridge University to empower themselves against all odds. At the helm of this endeavor is Christian Kim, who was the President of Cambridge University Korean Society from 2002 to 2003.

If you've recently been laid off, or have concern that you might soon be laid off, there are powerful things you can do to improve your chances of finding another job. I've been on both sides of the "laid off" scenario. I've had to let people go, and I've been let go.

In this short story it is the fall of 1879 and San Francisco swelters under a heat wave while Barbara Hewitt, a reserved school-teacher, uncovers a mystery with the help of her son's Boston Terrier, Dandy. This story is set in the gas-lit world created by Locke in her Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, which includes Maids of Misfortune, Uneasy Spirits, Bloody Lessons, and the short story "The Misses Moffet Mend a Marriage".

A town's terrible secret.Two years ago a woman was brutally murdered, her body burned until only ash and shattered bone remained. Police Sergeant Valerie Ryker solved that case, putting psychopath Dixon Hess in prison for life, and becoming the first female police chief of her tiny Wisconsin town. Then the original murder victim turns up in a frozen lake, all in one piece and only recently dead, and Val must enter a race against time. In only forty-eight hours, Hess will be set free, and he wants payback. And Val, her town, and everyone she loves are at the top of his list.

"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5; niv) That message is at the heart of every remarkable true account in Heaven Sent - unexpected and wondrous experiences that point to God's hidden hand at work in our lives. These thrilling events are more than mere coincidences and will open your eyes and hearts to God's love all around you.

This audiobook provides 100 tips for rearing children, with all original expressions from a nurse and mother. This is a prime example of how parental advice can be both meaningful and humorous!

This is a collection of four short stories from the Victorian San Francisco Mystery series. "Madam Sibyl's First Client" was written specifically for this collection and it finds Annie Fuller, the young widowed boarding house keeper, just starting her career as a pretend clairvoyant. In "Dandy Detects", the Boston terrier that lives in Annie Fuller's boarding house helps uncover a crime, and in "The Misses Moffet Mend a Marriage", two elderly boarders use their dressmaking skills to avert a domestic tragedy.

Their parents paid the ransom - the kidnappers released one child. Haunted by the pleading eyes of her older sister, Tess Howard has spent the last 24 years searching for Rhona. Reunited at last, the pair is thrust into a deadly world of deception where the bond of shared secrets threatens to choke the light of truth. Blood is thicker than water, but a heart of darkness exacts revenge, not love.

No Shelter, Book One When the environment is ravaged by rising sea levels and monstrous storms, America is divided and survival becomes more precious than love. Left Behind, Book Two After a harrowing rescue and escape, Nada sets off to rescue Isaac from the prison where she was forced to abandon him. Left Behind, Book Two After a harrowing rescue and escape, Nada sets off to rescue Isaac from the prison where she was forced to abandon him.

Thirteen-year-old Callie dreams of having her own adventure in the magical world of Kingsley like her grandmother and her great-great grandmother before her. But she doesn't have very high hopes since the portal to Kingsley was shut fifty-two years ago. Little does she know that the inhabitants of Kingsley are in desperate need. A plague is killing Kingsley's creatures. But Callie doesn't live on the lake, nor does she have the magical bracelet to allow her to breathe underwater. How will she get to Kingsley? And will she figure it out in time to save the land?

Manhattan, 2147. Seventeen-year-old Sera Fisk gleefully celebrates the death of her 114-year-old great-grandmother, the last Atraxian alive who still remembers what New York was like before Felicity. There is only one principle of Felicity: Suffering is optional. Those who disagree or forget this principle, as Sera's father did, are detained and "purified". Through the use of the Darklandia virtual reality and mandatory water rations, the Department of Felicity has transformed metropolises all over the country into happy, obedient communities.

Prescott Pilots is an anthology that features the romances of three sisters, triplets: Sharla, Darla (Dee), and Carla (Carlie), who are pilots for their family's air service. Based on the family's Virginia plantation, Sharla does charter piloting, Dee is an instructor, and Carlie flies cargo.

After 22 years of nearly virtuous existence, Katlyn Sanders shocked herself and the entire community of Kingston by moving in with Jared King. The decision had been momentous for someone who'd never challenged the rules of small-town conservatism. All that changed when she fell in love with the town's wealthiest bad boy. The real fireworks began when she left him and moved home again. Jared was determined to have her back on his terms. She had her own terms.

What does it take to rise to the top of any profession, group, or organization? For over two decades, author Maxwell Harris has studied the answer to that question as well as observing the top performing people in over 50 industries. He has assembled the collective insights of an extraordinary group of people he refers to as "The SUPER ACHIEVERS".

The adventure continues for Lieutenant Joan Chikage of the USS Goodall. Surely, after all she'd gone through, he couldn't mean to put her back in the same boring assignment. Even if it was important in some way, she was done with that job. And ready for something else. She'd commanded a small troop of men since then. Led the survivors to safety. Quelled the mutiny. Discovered the murderer. She'd even brought in Van der Ryn so he could pay for his crimes.

Since the devastating failure of her short-lived marriage, Cathy has buried herself in her work and kept men at arm's length. But when an old high school friend, Pam, brings her family for a short stay, Cathy's stone walls begin to crumble when she meets Jamie. Jamie, whose compassion and warmth slowly break down her defenses. Jamie, whose devotion to his four-year-old daughter melts Cathy's heart and makes her desperate for a family of her own. Jamie - who is married to Pam.

A bout with mono forces Liana Banner to leave her high-pressure designing business in New York and spend the summer on her family farm in Ohio.

Two years ago, a woman was brutally murdered, her body burned until only ash and shattered bone remained. Police Sergeant Valerie Ryker solved that case, putting psychopath Dixon Hess in prison for life, and becoming the first female police chief of her tiny Wisconsin town.