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Combining humor, honesty, and plainspoken advice, Momma Zen distills the doubts and frustrations of parenting into vignettes of Zen wisdom .Drawing on her experience as a first-time mother, and on her years of Zen meditation and study, Miller explores how the daily challenges of parenthood can become the most profound spiritual journey of our lives. This compelling and wise memoir follows the timeline of early motherhood from pregnancy through toddlerhood.

An important medical breakthrough has a shameful history. In 1840s Alabama, a slave-owning doctor performs medical experiments on involuntary subjects - enslaved women - in an effort to solve the problem of fistulas, a post-childbirth anomaly. As the experiments proceed, and he gets close to a solution, the women try to survive and even find dignity in the face of inhuman treatment.

Our deceased loved ones are always around us, sending us signs that we often miss. It could be as simple as a touch on your hand or a feather on your doorstep. Hear the personal accounts of people who have experienced visits from their deceased loved ones and learn about the various signs.

With thoughtful commentary, observation, and advice, illustrated with engaging and memorable anecdotes that are the hallmarks of John Miller’s previous books, Parenting the QBQ Way provides all moms and dads with the means and inspiration to be more effective parents - as well as teach their children how to practice their own brand of personal accountability - to create a happy, healthy family for a lifetime.

A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today’s food and hospitality landscape—from farm to table and beyond—chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more.

Two years after the death of her husband at the hands of the Bloody Espinosas, the Smiling Snake has become a successful bounty hunter in Denver Colorado. An adolescent boy named Mordecai Gray comes to hire her to help hunt down the woman who killed his father. Snake soon discovers that Mordecai and his family were slaves on the Gray Plantation before the Civil War, and the daughter of their former master is hunting down and killing the runaways. Snake must brave the growing cold to hunt down this murderous woman and her hired guns and put a stop to the bloody feud.

Tabitha Moonshadow and her mom, Molly, are running away. It's 1978, and 17-year-old Tabitha has just spent a disastrous summer with her dad, Molly's ex-husband. So mother and daughter flee to a small town in southeast Missouri. Once there, Tabitha experiences isolation and rejection at church, as well as vicious bigotry at school. However, Tabitha is befriended almost immediately by Beulah Martineau and the girls of the Circle. And in the Circle, Tabitha finds acceptance and a sense of belonging. But the Circle is more than the social club.

In this dual series mystery, Lanie Anders and Cosmo Hill (Piney Falls Mysteries) are excited to share a Christmas celebration with Lanie's newly identified cousin, only to discover he's changed his plans at the last minute. Feather Jones (Charming Mysteries) and her boyfriend, Tug, are in Piney Falls, Oregon to celebrate the holiday, their first away from Charming as a couple. Upon arrival, they are shocked to learn that their hotel room is no longer available because a murder occurred there earlier in the day.

1863. Mutilated bodies have been found all over Colorado. The papers say that this is the work of the Colorado Axe Men. Allison Enderson and her husband Jesse are unfortunate enough to have a run-in with these serial killers. After they carve her face into a permanent smile, Allison goes hunting after these men to bring them to justice. Along the way, she'll travel with militiamen, vigilantes, soldiers, and mountain men. The venom in her mouth earns Allison the nickname "The Smiling Snake," as her lust for vengeance turns her heart to stone.

Paul was a Roman. Yes, the apostle was raised as a devout Jew and later became a Christian, but he was a citizen of the Roman Empire. He lived in a Roman world. In his Epistle to the Ephesians, Paul wrote to an audience of Christians living in a Roman world, under Roman rule. They had all seen Roman legionnaires and were familiar with the armor and weapons carried by a typical Roman soldier. As contemporary Christians, we have a tendency to picture Sir Lancelot on his horse. We are using the wrong imagery. We miss the powerful symbolism of Paul's analogy.

Jennifer pours her heart out in letters to her beloved Tedward, reflecting on her faith, her life, and her unwavering love for him. Filled with hope and passion, her words reveal a love that is unbreakable. But beneath the surface lies a weight that threatens to crush her spirit.

For centuries, sweet Elaine Morrigan has fled through the mists of time, pursued by horror, death, and her sister. An ancient evil has returned out of the mists of time, and Peggy Carson must risk everything to protect her best friend Derek. Peggy is smart, funny, geeky...and plain. And Derek has no clue how much she loves him.

It has been 40 years since the United States of America abolished abortion. The long debate, which brought so much division and discord, was finally brought to an end, and two generations of citizens have reached maturity in this new normal.

For 6,000 years, Lilith and her Children have walked the earth, hunting, preying, seducing, corrupting, ruling from the shadows...until now. An ancient prophecy, spoken by Adam, Lilith's grandfather, foretells her doom. She will do anything, corrupt any innocent, murder countless mortals to save herself.

Moira and Carl Morgan have saved the city from the horror of Michael and his wives, but victory has come at terrible cost. And there are consequences to every choice, every victory. Word has spread that someone has broken Lilith’s power, that someone has defied the ancient queen. And she’s not happy.

Piper makes a gruesome discovery while remodeling the old farmhouse. The second location of their bakery must open in a month or risk losing all of their new customers. Can she solve this mystery in time?

He was supposed to be dead, but the man known as Ghost still walks in the land of the living, and now he haunts those who wish to bury the terrible truth about what happened at Area 51. Battle weary, overcome with PTSD and survivor's guilt, and manifesting strange powers, Ghost longs to put his past as a nameless military operative behind him, and begin anew under the assumed identity of Ted Anderson; a man with a history best left buried.

A masked serial killer feeds off the terror of women, devouring their souls...and he's set his sights on Tabitha. Tabitha Moonshadow Kilmore is now a young wife and a new mother, as well as a starving university student. Only her husband, her beloved Josh, knows that she's a witch. And only Tabitha knows that Josh is a warlock...her warlock. They can do nothing apart, but together, they are magnificent. It's 1982, and a masked serial killer stalks the streets of tranquil Provo, Utah, abducting and terrorizing women, consuming their fear, and devouring their souls.

Noah, a raven, is the only surviving witness to the murders, and seven years later, he has given Lenore the first clue to the assassin's identity. Now, the Hangman has decided Lenore is a threat. Lenore meets Thor Odinson, and a whirlwind courtship ensues. Lenore is swept off her feet and quickly falls in love. But Thor seems to know too much about the murders, particularly about their ritualistic nature. The Hangman is watching Lenore, waiting for just the right time to strike.

Marcus Scribonius—a Christian convert of scarcely five years and an Option in the Roman Army, second-in-command of a century of 80 men–has just survived a horrific battle against Boudicca and her Celtic rebels. Although Roman casualties were astonishingly light, one of those casualties was Marcus's beloved commander and mentor. Now serving under the command of a new centurion–who, for reasons Marcus cannot comprehend, already hates him–Marcus and his century are given a secret mission.