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Four foster children meet an elf called Saci, sheltering in an antique rum barrel. He's a one-legged trickster in a magical red cap who smells like rotten eggs and travels in a dust tunnel - an orphan of sorts, and a long way from his home in the jungles of Brazil. Add to the mix a crafty antiques dealer who tries to cheat the children out of their discovery. What lessons will they all learn as they bond together and discover a new definition for friendship and family? That discovery will help them define who they are and what they need to be whole. The adventures await....

Walking in Love: Why and How? presents and explains a simple process for overcoming our human limitations on wisdom and strength and fulfilling our potential to love. It is totally consistent with Christian scripture but free from dogma. It uses, instead, the personal confirming experience of the listener and a core understanding of the spirituality common to all human beings as the source of authority. This book builds on and puts the cap on the messages of the author’s previous two books, Spirituality 101 and Spirituality 202.

This is a brief history of my life, woven around Christmas, and our family’s love of partying, decking the halls, and feasting. Although in recent years the idea of Christmas has become associated with largess, I have always loved the lead-up to the event: the aromas and the feeling of expectation that the season brings. The fairy lights, music, and joy combine to make this season like no other. Any excuse for a party!

Maria Magliani, a forty-something single mom, finds fate to be unfair and unkind. Since her husband Michael died—purportedly by his own hand—she and her son Chip must fend for themselves, relying on acquired skills and experiences from a parochial Irish-Italian background.

Narrated by a much-loved grandchild, herself now old enough to be a grandmother, the story is about two young people, betrayed by their first loves, who found one another in an unexpected way. Because they’re first cousins, some considered their blossoming love anathema. They didn’t care and spent the rest of their lives unashamedly loving each other. It is also the story of a family, a mother, father, son, and daughter who loved and were loved by the two titular lovers. The book brims with love between mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren, people and pets!

School is out for the summer. Normally, Danny would be excited to be spending the summer with his best friend, Ryan. But this year is different. Sadly, Danny has just lost his beloved dog, Nicky. When Ryan asks him for a favor while on the bus ride home, Danny is unsure of what to do. But as he is about to discover, sometimes the most difficult favors are the ones that help us the most.

The reconstruction and comparison of the model’s forms in the portrait and face image, in connection with new discoveries in science and archaeology, has aroused some interest in the funeral cult and its supernatural techniques. Continuum, plastic, and graphics of African art. It was a leap to understanding the image of Nefertiti, its unusual proportions, and the spiritual ideal in the work of Modigliani in his gallery.

As I journeyed through this part of my soul, I fell in love with myself and gained more passion for what my life could be. Poems of all styles flow freely in this book displaying all aspects and perspectives of my life: history, woes, troubles, circumstances, ideals, spirituality, graciousness and raw self expression. In this book, I provide a window to my soul, a legacy for the world. I hope that one day these poems will be studied by my descendants far and wide. Just like my heroine Chimamanda Ndichie.

The warning signs are everywhere: cyberbullying, sex trafficking, and school shootings are on the rise. Our children have matriculated in the digital age. With unprecedented access to information and rapidly developing technology, their views of the church, authority, and God are all shifting. If we ever hope to be successful in reaching the children of tomorrow, we must move beyond the status quo and completely revolutionize our approach, evaluate our methods, and make the investments required to become the church that this generation so desperately needs.

Timing is everything. Sometimes what you see is not what is really taking place.

What are you trying to do with your money? Few of us take the time to analyze our financial needs and goals to answer that pressing question. In Wealth Odyssey, author Larry R. Frank Sr. uses his extensive financial background to provide a universal road map that will help you determine the wealth you need to support your chosen lifestyle.

Caitlin's stories feature witches, murder, metaphysics, Tarot cards, and a bit of romance all packed into almost cozy mysteries. The Hierophant - Secrets and traditions. Rituals and ceremony. Justice - Balance and harmony. Assuming responsibility. The Lovers - Melding of heart and mind.

Edge of a Fantasy and Other Poems is an audiobook of approximately fifty poems written in English and Spanish side-by-side in a bilingual format.

Switching Dead City for the crystal arks of the 13 corporate colonies, Jack comes face to face with the full extremity of D'Alessandro's master plan. Awakening as godking in the fantasy realms of Forevermore, effectively trapped within the pages of his own faerie tale book, he realizes his only chance at redemption is to reform the A-Men for one last amazing adventure.

Maggie Walsh has entered the convent. Abandoning her dreams to be an actress or a writer, Maggie embraces church teaching that says the convent is the path to perfection. It is 1960. Church reform is a few years away, but when it comes, radical changes unfold swiftly. Maggie embraces that change. Her brother, Jack, who tries at every turn to get Maggie to come to her senses, involves Maggie in civil-rights and anti-war activities - forcing her into conflict with her superiors. Maggie must choose: Will she keep peace in the convent or follow her conscience?

Yolo dares you to look closer at the little flutters of negative thought that paralyze you from moving forward. It is an enlightening story of Yolo, a little spider monkey, who lives in her perch high atop the jungle floor and attempts to find happiness without ever taking a risk. Yolo is faced with the same unexpected challenges that we all deal with, including love, loss, family, abandonment, depression, and success.

If you have been diagnosed with celiac disease or believe you suffer from this type of intestinal distress, then picking up a concise book on the subject could save your life. Too much gluten in anyone's diet may not be healthy, but for those with celiac disease, it can be fatal. An authoritative book on the subject will recommend eliminating gluten from the diet in order to allow your body to absorb needed nutrients and regain a healthy life.

What could be worse for a former high school beauty queen who never landed the only man she ever loved than attending - alone - a 10-year high school reunion in a small town teetering on the edge of a time warp? At least that's how successful textile designer Jane Louise Jones views her situation and her hometown, just south of nowhere in the rolling hills of Louisiana, where a woman is still looked at as a failure if she isn't married.

With one sniff, sex researcher Leigh Fromm recognizes that any offspring she might have with the mysterious stranger would have a better-than-average chance of surviving any number of impending pandemics. But when Leigh finds out that the handsome "someone" at her great aunt's wake is Prince Roman Habsburg von Lorraine of Austria, she suddenly doubts her instincts - not that she was intending to sleep with the guy.

Lorelei Stewart has always accepted her role as the town tramp's daughter and has earned her fast and loose reputation. She's a hard woman who pays her way and asks for nothing, but times change. Pregnant and overburdened with responsibility, she's given up on men and has a plan to provide her baby with what she never had as a child; a decent home and a loving mother. The old bootlegger, Rollie Roper, needs a caretaker and has room for Lorelei and her coming child; a fair exchange.