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When You've Been Wronged: Moving From Bitterness to Forgiveness


Erwin W. Lutzer - 2007
    Perhaps it’s a broken promise. Or someone betrayed your confidence.It’s only natural that you would be angry. These wounds cry out for justice! But what if justice isn’t possible this side of heaven? What if the damage can’t be undone? What then?You have a decision to make.You can hold on to your anger until your anguish builds a prison of bitterness, where you will live a diminished and pain-filled life. Or you can choose to forgive.Erwin Lutzer discusses dealing with difficult people such as “spear throwers” and “destroyers,” as well as handling conflict among family members and Christians in the courtroom. In this concise, quickly readable volume, you’ll learn how to move from bitterness to blessing by choosing forgiveness.By choosing forgiveness you are choosing abundant life. It’s a decision you can make today!

Twisted Beauty


Summer Cooper - 2021
    Prom queen. Head cheerleader. Footballer’s wife.She did everything according to plan—a winning formula designed by her mother.She should be living in a mansion, being served by maids, chauffeured in limos, and showered in money.She should be sipping champagne with the other wives and girlfriends by the pool.But she isn’t.Just as the once-queen-of-everything thought her life couldn’t sink any lower...A job landed on her doorstep.One that wasn’t meant for her.One that involved working for a gorgeous billionaire.One that would get her life back on track—back to what it was supposed to be.

The Storms Can't Hurt the Sky: The Buddhist Path through Divorce


Gabriel Cohen - 2008
    In Storms Can't Hurt the Sky, Gabriel Cohen bravely delves into his personal experience-along with insights from Buddhist masters, parables, humor, social science studies, and interviews with other divorces-to provide a practical and very helpful guide to surviving the pain of any break-up. Focusing on the emotions most common in the dissolution of a relationship-anger, resentment, loss, and grief -- Storms Can't Hurt the Sky shows how thinking about these feelings in surprisingly different ways can lead to a radically better experience. This compulsively readable book offers sound advice and much-needed empathy for anyone dealing with a break-up.

Social Media Marketing when you have NO CLUE!: Youtube, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook (Beginner Internet Marketing Series 4)


Gundi Gabrielle - 2017
    What is unique about each Social Media Platform? We'll cover what is unique about each social media platform and how best to use them, so you don't post the same everywhere. You'll be able to decide which social networks are best suited for your particular business and brand and how to use all the unique features available.Tips for creating great graphical posts and how to research viral topics are discussed as well as a number of great training resources (both free and paid) to take your social media marketing to the next level. Interactive with many Videos and Outside Resources Social Media Marketing has become one of the most effective strategies to build your brand online, spread your message and attract new clients and customers.This book will help you take your social media game to the next level. FREE Bonus Report: “Words that Sell” The Psychology behind the 10 most Influential Words in the English Language and how you can use them to GrowYour Following and turn Readers into Buyers Would You Like To Know More? Download now and start your Social Media Portfolio on a road to SuccessScroll to the top of the page and select the BUY button.

Give Me Four Reasons


Lizzie Wilcock - 2011
    Quiet, shy Paige has been best friends with Elfi and Rochelle for years. Together with their mate Jed, the gang vows on the last day of school to stay friends forever. But when Paige discovers no one has written in her yearbook, she starts to feel invisible. When Paige gets back to school after the summer, she accidentally falls in with the popular crowd and her world turns upside down. Can Paige find a way to stay true to herself when everything around her is changing? Give Me Four Reasons is a coming-of-age book for girls, leaving behind the comfort of primary school and embarking on the adventure of secondary school!

Happily Ever After


Rochelle Alers - 1994
    But five years later, their impetuous marraige had ended in heartbreaking divorce....and Lauren Taylor found herself haunted by memories of sensuous tropical nights and a happiness that was just out of reach.

American Dad


Tama Janowitz - 1981
    Through the eyes of the young Earl Przepasniak ("a name unwieldy as a tumour"), it narrates the outrageous and tender story of Mavis, poet and mother, and Robert, the American dad. Earl's life revolves around the deeply wounding split of his parents and his attempts, through a less-than-idyllic childhood and the inexorable onslaught of manhood, to overcome the irresistible force of his father. But it is only when his parents meet their respective fates that Earl can feel not only loyal and guilty, but also free...

Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family


Mashonda Tifrere - 2018
    When Swizz married award-winning singer/songwriter Alicia Keys, a new dynamic was born--three adults who loved and were deeply committed to raising Mashonda and Swizz's four-year old son Kasseem. In Blend, Tifrere draws on the insights they gained from their journey as well as advice from family therapists, parenting experts, and other blending families, to provide an invaluable resource for blended families.Statistics show that one in three Americans is now a step-parent, stepchild, step-sibling or other member of a blended family. The number of first time marriages or romantic relationships that end in divorce or breakups and the high percentage of remarriages and new relationships that involve children demand a unique, life-affirming approach to processing the end of one relationship and the rebirth of a new familial dynamic with the well-being of children at its center. In this book, Tifrere shares intimate details on how she and her co-parents used communication, patience and love to create an environment where they were able to work as a team and all the children involved could thrive.Blend will inspire a generation of families.

Sebastian


Christina Benjamin - 2019
     Sebastian Titus has no time for love. He’s married to his billion-dollar tech firm. Unfortunately, his little sister has a real marriage just days away and his hectic schedule may cause him to disappoint her if he shows up without the one thing he promised her—cupcakes! Holly Walsh bakes love into every ounce of her sugary confections. Too bad she can’t seem to do the same when it comes to men. But running New York’s most popular bakery doesn’t give her time to pine for Mr. Right. That is until he shows up at her pastry counter demanding cupcakes for his sister’s wedding. Sparks fly when these two are forced to work together. Billionaire baking lessons and a fake wedding date later, they soon realize that if they can put aside their stubborn workaholic ways, they may find something sweeter than dessert waiting for them. Start reading this sweet & clean romance today! The Billionaire Boyfriend Series: A Clean Billionaire Romance Book 1 – Sebastian: Love Well Baked Book 2 – Cooper: Love on a Leash Book 3 – Donovan: Love on the Rise Book 4 – Eric: Love on the Rocks Book 5 – Jacob: Love on the Field

Staying For You


Jennifer Van Wyk - 2019
    Emotionally and professionally, I had nothing left. The last three books I published bombed and the ink was barely dry on my divorce papers. The divorce I never saw coming. All I needed was peace and quiet, and you gave it to me. That and so much more Hope. Courage. Friendship. Passion. The last thing I want to do is leave. But if I stayed, I’d only be staying for you. Staying For You is a friends-to-lovers contemporary romance with a push and pull that will keep you turning the pages.

Living Single


Tony Evans - 2013
    He places a very high value on His singles, and we should too.Taking truths from 1 Corinthians 7, Dr. Evans shares three vital principles for singles: How to wait on the Lord and his timing and direction, how to work for God and experience the satisfaction of fulfilling your personal calling in life, and what it means to be wedded in the Lord, whether that is through an eventual marriage or through your personal relationship with Jesus Christ.Dr. Evans writes to a variety of types of singles, the:Decidedly singleNever marriedDivorcedSeparatedWidowedSingle parentIn this hope-filled and popular title, Dr. Tony Evans encourages us to embrace the often unheard biblically-based truth about singlehood: Being single is more desirable for a Christian than being married!

Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution


Dean Takahashi - 2002
    It has already eclipsed motion pictures to become one of the largest and fastest growing markets in history and a lamplight illuminating where the future of entertainment is headed. In an effort to grab a chunk of that market, Microsoft—an absolute newcomer to the gaming industry—has put billions of dollars on the line in a gamble to build the fastest, most mature, most advanced video game console ever: the Xbox. Is this new Microsoft venture just another experiment that, like WebTV, was launched to much fanfare but will be quickly forgotten? Or will it become the next Windows, finding its way into the homes and lives of millions of people around the world?In Opening the Xbox, award-winning journalist and gaming-industry expert Dean Takahashi guides you deep into the amazing story of this much-anticipated game console. Through exclusive interviews with top executives at Microsoft, exhaustive research, and a penetrating investigation, he unveils the tumultuous story behind the development of the project and how it could change the entertainment industry forever. Inside, you'll discover that what started as Project Midway, spearheaded by Jonathan "Seamus" Blackley and three of his renegade cohorts, turned into Xbox—a multibillion-dollar enterprise that became Microsoft's largest internal startup ever and a personal pet project of Bill Gates. The colorful infighting, the cutthroat tactics used to lure partners, and the race to vanquish bitter rivals Sony and Nintendo are all laid bare in this unvarnished, high-tech drama. It's a story like no other, full of heroes and villains, plot twists and intrigue—all before the backdrop of Microsoft's grand ambition to move from the office into the living room.If you're like the millions of gamers, investors, and business spectators who anxiously anticipated the Xbox, then you don't want to miss the explosive, exclusive, behind-the-scenes story in Opening the Xbox.

Beautiful Day


Kate Anthony - 2014
    She's worried about everything: being a good mother, money and starting a new job. Philip is a lost soul in the world and he could do with a friend. They are just about to meet and when they do everything will change. Rachel and Philip don't know it yet, but they each have what the other needs. They can save one another, and not in the way you might expect.This is a story about finding happiness and love in all their forms. And how sometimes you can find them in the most unlikely of places.

The Second Chance Billionaire Boss


Taylor Hart - 2019
    When he arrives at the island for a fundraising business conference, the last person he expected to run into was the woman who broke his heart six years ago. Needing space from her ex and time with her young son, Violet Moon has the perfect summer plans—a three-month position on the beautiful tropical Coconut Island. Plan A is ruined when she runs into the man who tried to stop her wedding six years before—the man she’s tried unsuccessfully to forget. Her new Plan B is to avoid him, which she thinks she can pull of because he’s only on the island for a week. Too bad he blackmails her into a date! After a moonlit swim, a day sailing with Violet and her son, and the infamous date, Nash finds himself falling for the woman he was convinced he could never have. Can they let go of the pain of the past and believe in second chances? Or will she slip away from him again?

The Cowboy, The CHEAT, His EX-WIFE, And Her Vibrator


C.C. Coburn - 2013
    Gabe Hunter was heaven-sent: a blind date for a sex-starved single mom of four, who was good enough to eat! Way more appealing than Beth’s Plan B---cosy nights spent with a vibrator…Was Beth Harman nuts? Gabe was here reluctantly, to appease his cousin who wanted to see him fixed up with a woman. Which was why he’d stood brazenly in Beth’s doorway with a red rose between his teeth. It hadn’t put Beth off…She was intent on getting hot and heavy with him the minute she got him inside her house. However, rancher Gabe wasn’t aiming on a casual encounter with anyone. Though once he realised that, underneath her crazy exterior, Beth was very nice and very attractive, and that she and her kids could do with some male influence in their lives, he decided to stick around. Could he persuade her to put the hurt and betrayal of her cheating ex-husband behind her and settle down to something more loving? As Gabe was soon to discover, wanting to be in Beth Harman’s life was to invite a whole heap of temptation, teasing, truths… and trouble!