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Welcome to 'Behind the Armor,' where we deep dive into the heart of what matters. I’m your host Judd Shaw, adventurer, storyteller, agent of change, and speaker on authenticity and human connection. Join me as we explore the complexities of human connection, featuring theorists, scientists, and speakers. Our mission is simple: to inspire you to reclaim your true self and create genuine connections with others. Join me as we lay down our armor and live authentically.

I would never be caught dead in a place like this. Not normally, anyway, but tonight I'm desperate. My curvy little assistant seems to have put herself up for auction, and there's no way in hell that I'm letting another man win her. Not when she's meant to be mine.

The Lame Dad Chronicles: Family Fun, Ridiculous Mysteries, and a Dash of Cringe. There’s nothing ordinary about life with Dad. In The Lame Dad Chronicles, he takes family road trips, snow days, and holiday traditions to absurd new heights. Whether he’s turning driveway basketball into a dramatic showdown or chasing down wild clues in a mystery only he believes in, Dad’s relentless enthusiasm keeps his family laughing and groaning in equal measure. Packed with humor and heart, these stories celebrate the joy (and occasional chaos) of family life.

The Pub Quiz Pod is the show where comedians Liam Shaw and Jake Bhardwaj answer a real pub quiz sent in by a real Pub Quizmaster from somewhere in the country .With the help of a different special guest each week, you can expect gags, geekery and glorious nonsense.

Fire Radio is about learning to live in a fire-adapted landscape. We discuss preparedness, defensible space, home hardening, and community resiliency. We give voice to the firefighters, the igniters of healthy fire, and the fire ecologists, who are often the same people. We help listeners understand fire and become empowered to be proactive about it.

This book draws from a lifetime of diverse experience in modern science, entrepreneurship, Investment management, Public service, environmental stewardship, and other adventures, offering insights on how to seek purposeful impact as a path to fulfillment and happiness.

For as long as I can remember, Ansel has been my protector. In middle school, he was the tall, strong, boy who kept my bullies at bay. In high school, he was the only one brave enough to stand up to my stepdad. That was when I realized I loved him. I almost told him, too. But then he left. He joined the Marines and vanished from my life, leaving me behind in our small town. I thought I’d never see him again, but now he’s back, and the moment I lay eyes on him, I know that I’m still completely, hopelessly in love with him.

When Jonathan Kozol’s Death at an Early Age appeared in 1967, it rocked the education world. Based on the Rhodes Scholar’s first year of teaching in Boston’s Black community, the book described the abuse and neglect of children for no reason but the color of their skin. Since that National Book Award-winning volume, Kozol has spent more than fifty years visiting with children and working with their teachers in other deeply troubled and unequal public schools.

Many books have dealt with sexual abuse scandals in the church and the role of pastoral care for survivors. Others have provided liberatory readings of biblical texts to support survivors of sexual violence. Surviving God takes a new approach, centering the voices of sexual abuse survivors while rethinking key Christian beliefs. Starting from experiences of oppression, beliefs that contribute to oppression are challenged, and new, hopeful, and healing beliefs take their place.

Andrew lost his father a few days after Christmas in 2019. While he continues to grieve, he also continues to count the blessings that were granted in that final week in Hospice. Nobody goes through the same end-of-life experiences, but many do parallel each other in powerful ways. Sharing the blessings that occurred in the final days, and realizing the power of "3" will help you during this time.

After a long journey through Norway, Ingrid has returned to Barrøy, the island that bears her family name. The Second World War still casts its long shadow: former collaborators face cold shoulders, while others wish to leave the painful years in the past. When a boy arrives on the island, Ingrid assumes responsibility for him, and so he joins the Barrøy community, raised alongside Ingrid's own daughter, another child of war.

This collection contains the following works: Euripides: Medea Sophocles: Antigone Aeschylus: Agamemnon Aeschylus: Eumenides Aeschylus: The Choephori William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Macbeth, William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra.

When my rental house gets condemned, I’m not exactly surprised. I mean, the place was always a dump, but it was all that I could afford. Now I have a problem. I need to find a new place to live, which is easier said than done in a small town like Wolf Valley. Then I learn that the new guy in town is looking for a roommate. He may just be the answer to my problem… and the man of my dreams.

Tom Cliffe is who many young people in the 1960s want to be: not just a lover of music, a player of music. But more than an interest, more than a passion, music and a commitment to becoming an accomplished player and recognized for it will become the driving force in Tom’s life. He will give up everything, all the accommodations of the conventional life he was brought up in and educated for.

When I got the first letter from my secret admirer, I was flattered. With the second, I grew intrigued. By the third, I’m starting to fall in love with him. I wish that I could meet him in person, but I don’t know how to arrange that.

Welcome to Managing Care Quality Improvement with the Qualitizer Process—a podcast designed for Registered Managers who want to lead with confidence, revisit strategies, refine skills, and drive success in service quality improvement! My aim is to provide you with practical tips, trusted tools, and actionable insights to make managing your services more effective and less overwhelming. Whether you’re revisiting core principles or exploring new strategies, this podcast is here to support you at every step of your journey. I know managing services is challenging, but you don’t have to do ...

At twenty-eight, I'm not supposed to be raising my three orphaned siblings and trying to run our family's pub alone. When dangerous men come to collect on Da's debt—one I can't pay—I go to the only person who might be able to help. My closest friend, Aidan. Only he's not who he says he is. As a member of the Donnelly family, and the biggest crime organization in Dublin, he's able to pay off the debt and keep my siblings and me safe. His price? Marriage.

George Bernard Shaw es un crítico musical irlandés, dramaturgo, ensayista, dramaturgo y guionista. Acerbo y provocador, pacifista y anticonformista, fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1925. Estas 100 citas pretenden dar acceso a su obra monumental a través de una selección de sus pensamientos más impactantes, en un formato accesible para todos. Una cita es más que un extracto de un discurso, puede ser un golpe de la mente, un resumen de un pensamiento complejo, una máxima, una apertura a una reflexión más profunda.

Walking us through the writings and perspectives of many scholars’ writings, Jeanie invites us to step outside our own cultural boundaries as we look at terminology and cultural backgrounds concerning Paul’s teachings on women. While respecting different viewpoints, she gives us a big-picture understanding of the different ways women’s roles have been interpreted by the church over time.

Fiona Michaels always felt a sense of longing, something she couldn’t quite name, even in the life she built with her husband. When Larry unexpectedly passes away, that void becomes all-consuming, forcing Fiona to confront the reality that she has always been lost—long before her grief began. As she navigates the challenges of single motherhood and the pressure of being strong for her children, Fiona embarks on a difficult journey of rediscovering herself. Just when she believes she can’t feel more alone, a familiar face from her past reappears—Simon, her childhood best friend.