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The Mom From Hell: A Terrifying Story Of Child Abuse, Violence And Neglect by Susan Horton
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Project Conversion: One Man, 12 Faiths, One Year
Andrew Bowen - 2013
Once consumed with hatred toward religion and the faithful, he fully immersed himself in 12 faiths and philosophies for one year in order to discover the humanity within them all. His objective: dissolve his animosity by experiencing a first person perspective into each faith and its followers. But his road was wrought with trials. Now, join Andrew as he recounts his year-long struggle toward a peace he thought impossible, and an awakening he never imagined.
Broken Bread: How to Stop Using Food and Fear to Fill Spiritual Hunger
Tilly Dillehay - 2020
The curtain had become a tablecloth, and the table was laid with Christ the son.
Ever notice how much time Jesus spent around a table? If he wasn’t sharing a meal with others, he was handing out free meals. If Jesus called himself the “bread of life,” why is it that our relationship with food is so complicated? We love it. We hate it. We hate that we love it. Whether we’re obsessing over what not to consume—carbs, sugar, alcohol—or what we will devour—fat free, dairy free, gluten free—food has become burdensome. Christian Book Award® winner Tilly Dillehay tackles the way we approach food. In Broken Bread, Dillehay identifies the four major food sins and the fears that drive them, and she offers a new way of thinking about food less in order to focus on more important matters. When we take the business of breaking bread together seriously, as the early church did, we not only use the table to build community, faith, and love, but the act of preparing and eating food becomes sweeter, more savory, and much more enjoyable.
Recovered, Not Cured: A Journey Through Schizophrenia
Richard McLean - 2003
McLean bravely shares his paranoid delusions and offers both a verbal and a visual experience by including digital artwork he created to help objectify and control his impulses and fears. As McLean relates his experiences step by step, issues of sexuality, identity, and drug abuse are discussed, along with the overarching issues relating to mental health and the medical profession. Messages from online posters who either have suffered from mental illness or have cared for the mentally ill are included throughout, adding more perspectives to the author's personal experiences. This powerful combination of words and pictures provides a unique and poignant insight into a hidden, internal world.
No More Christian Nice Girl: When Just Being Nice--Instead of Good--Hurts You, Your Family, and Your Friends
Paul Coughlin - 2010
Paul Coughlin and Jennifer Degler give women the empowering message that they have options far beyond simply acting nice or being mean--if they will emulate the real Jesus Christ and face their fears of conflict, rejection, and criticism. Brimming with enlightening information, thought-provoking questionnaires, real-life stories, and biblically based teaching from both the male author of the pioneering No More Christian Nice Guy and a female clinical psychologist, this book will motivate women to allow God to transform them into authentic, powerful women of loving faith.
This Plague of Days OMNIBUS EDITION: The Complete Three Seasons of the Zombie Apocalypse Series
Robert Chazz Chute - 2014
It's up to one autistic boy to fight for the future and save us all.
"Just when you think you've got Robert Chazz Chute and his zombies figured out, he ups the ante...it'll kill you." - Armand Rosamilia, author of the Dying Days seriesThe Walking Dead+ The Stand + Stranger in a Strange Land= This Plague of DaysThree plagues spread around the Earth. The Apocalypse killed billions as new, deadly species were born. Jaimie Spencer, a strange boy from Kansas City, Missouri, is our unlikely champion. Follow his family and an intrepid band of European refugees as we all fall into the Mindfield. To win the future, we must confront ourselves.Packed with surprises, this is a huge adventure packed with humor, twists and suspense. Chute takes us on strange journeys, from humans versus each other and humans versus infected cannibals to exploring the nature of existence amid a war like you've never seen. Finally, all three Seasons in one volume! Prepare yourself. The human condition is changing.
Season One of This Plague of Days is The Siege.
Season Two is The Journey.
Season Three is The War.
BONUS exclusive to Omnibus readers! After you've read all three Seasons in the Omnibus Edition, a private video link and the gift of another book await.
Follow the instructions at the video link to claim your free ebook, for your eyes only!
˃˃˃ A Note to Readers of Seasons One and Two You may purchase Season Three separately if you wish. In 2013, Seasons One and Two were written as a television serial and made available as novels, but also as episodes. Fewer readers are opting for the serial format, so we're leaving the episodes behind. You asked for it, you got it!Season Three or, if you choose, the Omnibus Edition, are available without having to come back for episodes week by week.I've always kept the price for the full books lower than buying episodes individually. That policy continues. The latest books are less expensive to buy (and simpler to download) instead of getting each episode individually week by week.
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Love Poems for the Office
John Kenney - 2020
From waiting in line for the printer and revising spreadsheet after spreadsheet, to lukewarm coffee, office politics, and the daily patterns of your most annoying--and lovable--coworkers, Kenney masterfully captures the warmth and humor of working the 9 to 5 in today's modern era.
Chasing Victory
Joanne Jaytanie - 2013
A lethal weapon. A race to protect humankind.Brilliant geneticist Victory Winters has devoted her career to helping people conquer disease. So with her cutting-edge DNA work in high demand, she’s determined to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. But when she witnesses the cold-blooded murder of her colleague, she fears for her life and flees the scene of the crime.Undercover Naval officer Tristan Farraday is convinced a massive biotech firm is dirty. But when his key insider is killed and the one eyewitness vanishes, he must work fast before the trail disappears. And the only thing that may lead him to answers is his unexpected psychic link with the missing scientist.With her delicate research at risk of creating inhuman super-soldiers, Victory doesn’t know who she can trust. And as Tristan pursues the corrupt cabal, he worries his growing connection to the lovely researcher could endanger both of their lives.Can the unlikely pair expose a sinister conspiracy before a dark superpower rises?Chasing Victory is the first book in the thrilling Winters Sisters supernatural suspense series. If you like strong women, a touch of the paranormal, and budding romance, then you’ll love Joanne Jaytanie’s action-packed tale.Buy Chasing Victory for an extrasensory journey into danger today!
Accidental Superstar
Marianne Levy - 2016
But when a video of her singing in her bedroom goes viral, she becomes a superstar overnight. As the views skyrocket and a recording contract beckons, the real world starts to feel very far away.And now Katie's riding high on her newfound fame. But the higher she goes, the further there is to fall . . .Accidental Superstar by Marianne Levy is the first in a hilarious series about a girl who accidentally finds fame singing online."
The Breeding Tree
J. Andersen - 2015
But Kate soon discovers the darker side of her profession - the disposal of fetal organs and destruction of human life. It makes sense, really. In a society where disease and malformations don't exist, human perfection demands that no genetic "mutants" be allowed to live. For Sector 4, "survival of the fittest" is not just a theory - it's The Institute's main mission. When Kate discovers that The Institute is using her DNA to create new life, her work gets personal. In order to save her unviable son, she'll have to trust Micah and his band of underground Natural Born Rebels. The problem is, if The Institute discovers her betrayal, the next body tossed in the trash could be hers. "This is a powerful story about the meaning and value of life--we don't have enough of those." ~ Terry Trueman, Printz Honor author, Stuck in Neutral
The Truth About My Success
Dyan Sheldon - 2013
A TV star and Teen Icon, she has everything most girls could ever want. On the other side of town, Dona Ginness is far from living the dream as you can get without actually being in a nightmare.Normally the paths of Paloma and Dona would never cross. But there is one thing that draws their lives together. They look so much alike they could be twins.And that's how it all begins...
Introvert Doodles: An Illustrated Collection of Life's Awkward Moments
Maureen Marzi Wilson - 2016
Meet Marzi. She's an introvert who often finds herself in awkward situations. Marzi used to feel strange about her introverted tendencies. Not anymore! Now she knows that there are tons of introverts out there just like her--introverts who enjoy peace and quiet, need time alone to recharge their battery, and who prefer staying in with their pet and a good book to awkward social interactions. Just like Marzi, these introverts can often be found in libraries, at home watching Netflix, brainstorming excuses to miss your next party, or doodling cute cartoons. Being an introvert in an extrovert world isn't always easy, but it certainly is an adventure. In Introvert Doodles, follow Marzi through all of her most uncomfortable, charming, honest, and hilarious moments that everyone--introvert, extrovert, or somewhere in between--can relate to.
It's All Your Fault
Paul Rudnick - 2016
NO I DON’T!!!!IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT, HELLER HARRIGAN!!!!
The Girl Nobody Wants - A Shocking True Story of Child Abuse in Ireland
Lily O'Brien - 2011
You could never tell that anything was wrong with me by just looking at me, as I dress clean and I keep myself tidy, and I have a smile on my face that hides my emotions and over the years I've become an expert at hiding behind it" This is the shocking true story of an innocent girl abused by the very people who said they would take good care of her. Lilly's family began the path to her destruction - they used and abused her - but they never ever wanted or loved her. The little girl was sexually physically and emotionally abused by many people around her who were able to hide behind the security of Ireland's Catholic Church-run institutions. She also suffered at the hands of other people around them who they called their friends. You only get one chance to live your life as a child, but Lilly was never given that chance - her childhood was taken from her before it ever begun. From the age of four, when she was first sexually abused, her life changed forever; when she walked through the institution's doors in Ireland, her life continued along the same path that has destroyed her soul. Her emotional pain is as strong today as it was the day it began and will never leave her alone. "When I go to sleep it's in my head and when I wake up I can see it in the mirror and I am only waiting to die." A child abuse story that will stay with you forever and one that you will talk about for many years to come, The Girl Nobody Wants is a harrowing true story that will appeal to fans of biographies.
Neighborhood Girls
Jessie Ann Foley - 2017
Her father gets a years-long jail sentence, her family falls on hard times, and the whispers around town are impossible to ignore. If that wasn’t bad enough, she gets jumped walking home from a party one night. Wendy quickly realizes that in order to survive her father’s reputation, she’ll have to make one for herself. Then Wendy meets Kenzie Quintana—a cigarette-smoking, Catholic-school-uniform-skirt-hiking alpha—and she knows that she’s met her savior. Kenzie can provide Wendy with the kind of armor a girl needs when she’s trying to outrun her father’s past. Add two more mean girls to the mix—Sapphire and Emily—and Wendy has found herself in Academy of the Sacred Heart’s most feared and revered clique. Makeover complete. But complete is far from what Wendy feels. Instead, she faces the highs and lows of a vapid, toxic friendship, the exhaustion that comes with keeping up appearances, and the only loss that could hurt more than losing herself.