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1) Naomi
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It's all just cruelty, for cruelty's sake.As his rock band's tour kickoff approaches, Raiden struggles with Gabriel's growing resistance to his teaching methods. The ongoing battle of wills between mentor and protégé unearths dysfunctional dynamics beneath the vampires' collaborative efforts. When an exercise in corpse disposal goes awry, their festering sexual tension comes to a head.Elsewhere, a ghost from Raiden's past resurfaces-with an unlikely...
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Naomi feels like a born loser, both in career and romance. She's already on her second career, and her friends are sure she'll fail again. But Naomi knows she can't quit and packs her bags to head out east to work in an Amish bakery. As Naomi struggles with the culture shock of the Amish life, Lyle finds himself falling for her. And Naomi is drawn to the unexpected soft side of the silent giant but keeps him at arm's length nonetheless. But when an...
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She saw two of the men walking across a pasture adjacent to the house, enjoying themselves despite the low clouds. As she returned their waves, Keith noticed her. She smiled in greeting, gesturing to indicate that he could stay...It seemed odd, to give permission – but in such a crowded house, there was nowhere for Naomi to call her own save the tiny guest room she had been given. Once she had settled on the porch as the ideal place to sit and work...
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A collection of Amish and Christian romance and life stories...Naomi has always dreaded Christmas. Ever since she was a little girl, the holiday left her feeling a bit wanting for something more...Not to mention the fact that she has lost more than a few loved ones over Christmas time, she doesn't exactly look forward to it every year. But one of her remaining family members takes it upon herself to set Naomi up with not one, but two men who couldn't...
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July 1969. Clive, Iowa, Earth. Sixteen-year-old Allie has a big decision to make: Watch the lunar landing with her mom in their run-down double-wide trailer or boost to the stars aboard a grumpy, sentient deep space exploration vehicle (DSEV-424) buried in her backyard for 5,000 years.Accompanied by Gem, a dead space captain, now a glitchy hologram, Allie stops on the moon and surprises Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin aboard the Eagle lunar lander....
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After a conversation among her peers, 26-year-old, Jubilee Collins, is faced to address the deep rooted void she's been feeling as a result of being abandoned by her mother the day she was born. She sets out to receive closure and get answers not realizing that her seek would uncover the lost identity of her mother, and ultimately bring healing to Jubilee in a way that reveals God's will and the truth of who she is.
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Jubilee Collins' journey continues on the path of reconciling with her birth mother not realizing that the purpose of her connection is deeper than simply making amends or getting answers about why her mother wasn't there. The answers that Jubilee is about to receive on this journey will not only change the trajectory of her life forever, but it will put her in position to be the solution to seeing the chains on her mother's bloodline broken, so that...
8) Summary of the Big Myth by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway: How American Business Taught Us to L
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DISCLAIMERThis book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book.Summary of The Big Myth By Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market IN THIS SUMMARIZED BOOK, YOU WILL GET:Chapter astute outline of the main contents.Fast & simple understanding of the content analysis.Exceptionally summarized content that you may skip...
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TALES OF HUMAN FRAILTY, GREED AND OBSESSION AND, OCCASIONALLY, LOVE
"The eldest son of a great family, a youth of eighteen, has, we hear, lately eloped to Scotland, with his mother's maid" - Leeds Intelligencer, 7 May 1765
"A young lady eloped with a French dancing-master. She is said to have no less than £70,000 in her own possession" - Derby Mercury, 14 February 1777
"The young lady rose from the bed and escaped out of a window. An officer is...
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2023
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This open access book brings together leading international violence researchers to examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on experiences of, and responses to, domestic and family violence. In April 2020 the United Nations predicted that for every three months the COVID-19 lockdowns continued an additional 15 million cases of domestic violence would occur worldwide, termed the "shadow pandemic". Drawing on empirical work situated within...
11) For Cesare
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He's wealthy and ruthless.She's poor and alone. Cesare is the underboss of the notorious Italian mafia, the New York Syndicate.Kinsey is his best friend from childhood, and the one woman he has never forgotten. Life has pulled them apart, yet an impending mafia war is pushing them back together. But maybe it's too late for a second chance once Cesare discovers Kinsey's current secret? This novella is an introduction into the anarchic Syndicate world....
12) Vagina
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An astonishing work of cutting–edge science and cultural history from one of our most respected cultural critics and thinkers, Naomi Wolf, author of the modern classic The Beauty Myth
When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers-much to her own astonishment-an increasing body of scientific evidence that documents new insights about female sexual response....
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2024
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Kinethic California: Dancing Funk and Disco Era Kinships documents the emergence of new forms of black social and vernacular dance invented by youth living in 1970s California, who helped build the foundations of contemporary hip hop/streetdance culture. Naomi Macalalad Bragin weaves interviews and ethnographies of first-generation (1960s-70s) dancers of strutting, boogaloo, robotting, popping, locking, waacking, and punking styles, as it
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Unearth the secrets of nature's healing power and transform your well-being. Ever wondered how the simple act of connecting with nature can transform your mental and physical health? "Grounded in Nature" is a 2-in-1 collection that explores two distinct yet interconnected practices - forest bathing and earthing - and will revolutionize your understanding of nature's profound impact on well-being. With practical techniques, scientific insights, and...
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Beck Garrison lives on a seastead - an archipelago of constructed platforms and old cruise ships, assembled by libertarian separatists a generation ago. She's grown up comfortable and sheltered, but starts doing odd jobs for pocket money.To her surprise, she finds that she's the only detective that a debt slave can afford to hire to track down the woman's missing sister. When she tackles this investigation, she learns things about life on the other...
16) Winter Yakuza
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Nothing says 'I love you' like a dead body or two. Miyuki Satori understood the dangers that lay hidden in the shadows of his city. As a reporter based at the Sapporo Police Station, it was his job to cover every bloody murder committed by the local yakuza. And yet none of that stopped him from bringing home the injured yakuza - Ren Kuroda, second-in-command of the Ake-no-Tatsu - he stumbled across. But now Kuroda refuses to leave him alone. And as...
17) Wild Heat
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Bushfires steal so much from people, but Lyam refuses to be one of their victims. His family spent generations building the Wildlife Park, providing a home for both native and exotic animals and he refuses to let the approaching bushfire steal it away from him. He'd do anything to protect it and the animals who rely on him.Even if that means risking his own life to do it. But as the fire races toward the park, it's not just Lyam taking risks. Jordan...
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IntroductionI recently bought this journal. Everyone I know says Ishould write about Meria, but it's tough for me to say thingsabout it. Maybe it'll be easier if I write it out. Meria is different from how we perceive the world, or earth.There were certain rules you had to follow and if you didn't..there would be consequences.Romance Mystery With a TWIST!
19) A Knight for Two
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Xanth longed for a family of his own... Longed to be the one who fell pregnant... Except what Xanth wanted was nothing more than a faniciful dream, because Rhaetian knights fathered children, they didn't give birth to them. Or at least that's what Xanth thought, but a chance encounter with Ronan Moutram while at a tournament in the Kingdom of Suevia soon turns the Rhaetian knight's world on its head. A glimpse of a life he'd never thought possible....
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Owned by the Outlaw is book 3 and the finale of the Blood Warriors MC trilogy!I BOUGHT HER SO SHE COULD GIVE ME A CHILD.I need a son to fulfill my father's last wishes.The pretty bartender is perfect for the job: hot, lonely, and desperate.Now, I own all of her – from her lips to her womb.And she's going to have my baby.It sure as hell wasn't how I saw my life going.I'm a biker, after all, not some loser dad with a white picket fence and 2.3 annoying...
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