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The cozy, comfortable and modest little life of a happy couple, Jenny and Clifford Nelson, unravels when Clifford, a 40-something commuter airline pilot, develops heart trouble and loses his job.Something about the harrowing surgery he endures, and his newly acute awareness of mortality, turns the memory of an old girlfriend -- the first girl he ever loved -- into an obsession: he must find out what became of her. When he does learn her fate, the...
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Life is filled with daily choices and subsequent consequences. We live, we learn and we discover, hopefully not too late in life, that our choices bear consequences – there is just no escaping that.God's word has much to say and teach about consequences. Given the opportunity, one can almost be certain that most, if not all the people mentioned in the bible would do things rather differently the second time around. Praise the Lord that we have God's...
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Marian Valenzuela, a young assistant, tired of her routine life, embarks on a one-night adventure that will change her destiny forever. In an unexpected twist, she discovers that the man she shared the night with is not a stranger but someone close to her unattainable love.
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Beyond the ConsequencesBook #5 of the bestselling Consequences seriesFrom New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes more of the suspenseful romantic thriller about secrets and deception, passion and love, choices and consequences.Secrets and deceptionAs the pieces of their puzzle come together, Anthony and Claire Rawlings continue to defy the odds. Together they overcame an incomprehensible beginning. Apart they endured unimaginable heartache....
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This book tackles a crucial ways in which uncovering truth can have unexpected consequences.It delves into the personal consequences that can arise when an individual uncovers deception.You'll discover in this book:-The Importance of truth and the consequences of uncovering deception-The cost of telling truth-The psychology of deception-Case studies of individuals who exposed deception-The role of media in uncovering and exposing deception-The personal...
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What do dinosaurs have in common with military history? Can gardeners with rounded bellies really stop to smell the roses? And are Jeff Lynne and John Keegan just facets from the same brilliant crystal, crafted by a long lost super being?These are just twelve of the questions that will also remain partially unanswered from reading this new and exciting journey of self-actualization.Here, Shane Genziuk delivers an absorbing yet refreshingly unique...
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We all make choices in our lives. Sometimes, the freedom to pick between many different options can feel more like bondage than freedom. Sometimes, our freedom of choice is a prison. Literally, yet, God can take any choice we make and turn it into His glory and victory.
Author Sylvia Ramos-Paneque's CHOICES: A Bail Bondswoman's Reflections is the harrowing, autobiographical account of the many life choices she made that led her to serve jail time...
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On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom called its voters at the polls to vote on a referendum on the country's stay in the European Union. 51.89% of voters voted for Leave, the exit against 48.11 in favor of Remain, the permanence, with a turnout of 71.8% of the electorate (over 30 million people ). The country was very divided. Scotland (62%), London (59.9%), Northern Ireland (55.8%), and the overseas territory of Gibraltar (95.9%) were in favor of...
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A vivid and illuminating portrayal of the surprising ways that climate change will affect the world in the near future-politically, economically, and culturally
While reporting just outside of Darfur, Stephan Faris discovered that climate change was at the root of that conflict, and began to wonder what current and impending-and largely unanticipated-crises such changes have in store for the world.
Forecast provides the answers.
Global warming...
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Time and space, delusion, and reality have been studied for centuries by man. Reality and delusion travel parallel paths. The Muckelman Paradox is a humorous story of what occurs when these parallel lines intersect and cause self-doubt, fear, and conflict.
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H.Gary Apoian, a litigation attorney for 44 years, portrays a whimsical look of whether there are other dimensions of time and space that differ from that on earth.
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The numbers are staggering: One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. Many more were never convicted, but are nonetheless subject to surveillance by the state. Never before has the American government maintained so vast a network of institutions dedicated solely to the control and confinement of its citizens.
A provocative assessment of the contemporary carceral state...
12) The Global Lives of German Migrants: Consequences of International Migration Across the Life Course
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2021
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Based on the German case, this open access book highlights the increasing flows of migration and the internationalisation of individual life courses. It analyses the experiences of migration across four central domains - employment and income, partners and families, health and wellbeing, as well as friends and social participation - which potentially have far-reaching consequences for social inequalities and life chances. The book showcases results
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The Black Death pandemic is historically known for decimating the European population. However, this pandemic brought positive consequences to European society.The plague devastated Europe by killing approximately a third of the population. Furthermore, Europe's encounter with the plague had economic, social, and religious effects that vastly changed European society and contributed to Europe's emergence into the Renaissance, an age of exploration....
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The #1 New York Times–bestselling author and child abuse survivor reveals the challenges that he still faces as an adult, as a husband, and as a father. In the blockbuster autobiography A Child Called "It", Dave Pelzer shared the story of his childhood-one of the most dramatic and extreme stories of child abuse ever prosecuted in the state of California. As a child, Pelzer was beaten, starved, and abused both emotionally and physically by his alcoholic...
15) First frost
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"Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of characters from Abaroska county tasked with solving a crime even more challenging than the last. Walt Longmire returns in this twentieth installment of the award-winning and bestselling series that has been a hit on both the page and the screen. Set in the unpsoiled countryside of Wyoming, Sheriff Walt Longmire has to navigate his own increasingly complicated...
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With Jude dead, there's another opening on the council of guardians and they want Liam to round out the twelve.
But Liam still isn't convinced that the guardians have Isa's best interest at heart and not only that, Isa doesn't want him as a guardian and he doesn't want to do anything that would anger her.
In the end Pierre convinces him that Isa's very life is on the line if he doesn't join.
He agrees and then discovers that the ceremony to become...
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Orris and Timble volume 1
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"Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn surrounded by his treasures, until the day his solitude is disrupted by a sudden flutter of wings and a loud screech. A small owl has gotten caught in a trap in the barn. Can Orris "make the good and noble choice" (as the king on his prized sardine can might recommend) and rescue the owl, despite the fact that owls and rats are natural enemies? And if he does, will he be ready for the consequences?"--
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In the Old West, a lovestruck schoolboy visits a mercantile store to purchase a gun in order to kill his rival and impress a pretty girl. The storekeep's surprisingly eager endorsement of the plan causes the youth to reconsider the consequences of his actions. At approximately seven minutes, this breezy sketch contains deeper themes and a canny perspective on the consequences of violence.Royalty free.
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Book # 1.5 of the Consequences series:From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes the much-anticipated first companion to the suspenseful thriller about secrets and deception, passion and love, and choices and consequences.What was Tony thinking?Control? Acquisition? Domination? Love? BEHIND HIS EYES CONSEQUENCES explores significant scenes as well as behind-the-scenes moments from the first book of the Consequences series.Not...
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"He kidnapped me on the eve of my cousin's wedding,And now he's the only one who can protect me…"HER:I've been to a few bad parties, but this is the first one that ended in me getting kidnapped!My hot-as-hell captor tells me he used to be a SEAL, that he'll make sure no-one hurts me…Would you trust a guy who just abducted you, ripped body and soulful green eyes aside?He came here to steal the bride,But he got me, the bridesmaid, instead.And now...
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