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In this inspiring guide to discovering a vocation that feeds your heart and soul, Askinosie describes his quest to discover more meaningful work - a search that led him to volunteering in the palliative care wing of a hospital, to a Trappist monastery where he became inspired by the monks' focus on "being" rather than "doing", and eventually traipsing through jungles across the globe in search of excellent cocoa bean farmers to make award-winning chocolate. Askinosie shares his hard-won insights into doing work that reflects one's values and purpose in life.

Whether writing about the genesis of his plays, such as Aunt Dan and Lemon; discussing how the privileged world of arts and letters takes for granted the work of the “unobtrusives”, the people who serve our food and deliver our mail; or describing his upbringing in the sheltered world of Manhattan’s cultural elite, Shawn reveals a unique ability to step back from the appearance of things to explore their deeper social meanings.

The summer story of three sisters, one restaurant, and a (possible) German spy. World War II is coming in Europe. At least that’s what Frankie Baum heard on the radio. But from her small town in Maryland, in the wilting summer heat of 1939, the war is a world away. But when some people in town start accusing her father of being a German spy, all of a sudden the war arrives at Frankie’s feet and she can think of nothing else. Could the rumors be true? Frankie has to do some spying of her own to try to figure out her father’s secrets and clear his good name.

A dark night. A crowded club. A man and a woman, looking to blow off some steam. Their eyes meet, and they know that tonight is going to be one that they never forget. But will it be nothing more than an anonymous fling? Or will their attraction turn out to be far more than that? 

If you love Jack Reacher...it's time you met The Preacher, the one-eyed ex-priest and Vietnam vet turned professional gambler who wanders the country seeking redemption. The Preacher is playing the highest stakes poker game ever dealt. His opponents are mobsters, arms dealers, and terrorists. The jackpot is an atomic bomb. And if he loses, the entire city of Las Vegas will be dealt the Dead Man’s Hand. It's non-stop action and suspense featuring the most original hero in crime fiction.

Fantasies do come true! His fantasy was to make love to a pregnant girl. It was something that he had kept to himself for years and he had never tried to follow through on it. It would be rather weird for him to ask a girl who was pregnant by another man for sex. She had other issues. She was pregnant, without a man and badly in need of some satisfaction. What would happen when their two worlds collide? In "The Evolution of Eve", the author weaves a fantastic tale, exploring how two people can come together and fulfill their wishes in the direst of circumstances.

Wracked with guilt and fearful of causing Jackson anymore pain, Dove decides to flee and take some time off to clear her head. Jackson respects her feelings and throws himself into his music, despite loving her and wanting nothing more than to protect her. However, even though they are far apart, the necklace still brings them together and places them in danger again as an even more sinister attempt to steal the necklace is put into place.

Somehow, along the way of life, things got really screwed up. Jace has been in love with Classic since the first time he basically met her. Watching her dance on a pole might have brought out a different kind of love, but it was love none the less. He’s torn between the loyalty to his crew, his girl, and an old friend, Darcy. When everything goes horribly wrong, Jace and his crew will risk their lives for the patch. Who will survive? Can anyone ever really walk away from the road?

Dove and Jackson are madly in love and together they set out on tour together with different roles: Jackson as the famous pop singer who is back from hiatus; Dove as a journalist covering his tour, but also his secret girlfriend with a mysterious necklace. The tour presents a lot of rigors that threatens their new relationship, from the paparazzi, to a manager that disapproves, and kidnapping. Will their love be able to survive all these?

Dove Camden is a wannabe journalist from New Jersey who is all work and have little room for romance. In fact, with the kind of history she has, she actively avoids it. Jackson Teal is a famous pop singer who just healed from a heartbreak and values his privacy as much as he abhors the paparazzi. But when these two meet at the moonlight festival of Crested Valley, Colorado -- neither one of them could stop thinking about the other.

Loyalties will be tested and lives will be lost, all in the name of the brotherhood of the road. Too many lives lost. Too many loyalties turned. Jace, now president of the Cerberus Legends Motorcycle Club, is fighting a war he never wanted to start. Correction, he started it, he just never wanted to be put in the position to have to fight. Torn between women and brothers, trying to see who's telling the truth and who's lying, Jace steps up to be the leader Fork knew he could be. Except how many men must die before the truth comes out?

Freya and Kalev are the newest members of an elite warrior clan, the Recondos. They are a unique reconnaissance team. They are true telepaths who can link their minds and communicate silently, over extended distances.On their initiation recon, they see the enemies of their civilization for their first time: The Deciders and Protectors. They also witness a brutal execution ordered by the Deciders.From that day, their courage and faith will be put to severe tests.

The busy person’s go-to guide for ketogenic cooking. Making delicious low-carb, high-fat meals has never been easier and more delicious. The Keto Slow Cooker is proof that eating keto can be easy, convenient, and absolutely delicious. This audiobook is packed full of recipes that will knock your socks off with flavor - you will feel like you’re not dieting.

I've worked hard to get where I am today. I've been through my fair share of heartache, so when I get a chance at a new job in a new city, I jump at it. It’s all I've got, and I am determined to make it work. So when Anthony keeps showing up for coffee at the café, dark, mysterious, and arrogant, I don't have time to pay him any attention. Then he turns his attention on me, and I find myself falling for him. But he's just bad news, isn't he?

Despite her extraordinary magical abilities and sleuthing skills, Oona Crate's detective agency has failed to take off. But a new challenge captures her attention - The Magician's Tower Contest. Held every five years, no one has ever completed the array of dangerous tasks (such as racing on flying carpets or defeating a horde of angry apes). As the competition commences, a case emerges. A rare punchbowl - one with unparalleled magical powers - has disappeared from the carnival surrounding the Magician's Tower.

In the thrilling conclusion to the Alpha Core Trilogy, Calder McKenna and Sierra Mason are forced to face the demons that plague them and brought their team to its knees. As GenMed closes in, finding them at every turn, pushing them to run from the places and people they love, they realize once and for all that they must stand and fight or see their lives and those around them forfeit. How far can a person be pushed before instinct overpowers the one thing that drives them to kill?

Sara Gathers is just seven years old when the aliens resembling giant cicadas first come for her. After each terrifying appearance, they wipe Sara's memory clean. But since the first abduction she has been afraid of dark places and buzzing insects. Now 28 years old, Sara Parker works as a nurse and has been happily married to Tom Parker for five years. When a handsome stranger appears in the forest behind her home on the outskirts of Rapid City, South Dakota, she is confused by her attraction for him.

Texas summers are no doubt some of the hottest you'll find. The heat encountered during this summer is not at all what Taylor bargained for. She's at a crossroads between childhood and womanhood, rummaging through the emotions of first love versus passion. Two young men tangle a web of needs and desires in her heart. The summer before college begins, Taylor is thrust from her childhood home in Houston to an inherited family farm on the outskirts of Schulenburg, Texas.

In December 2128, the war with the Libra Alliance ended when the Dixie fleet diverted an asteroid into the Libra home world, killing nearly all life there. The collapse of the Libra Alliance created a major power vacuum. Old enemies that had been kept in check by the Alliance soon were once again at war with each other. Navy ships without homes became pirates. The restored League of Planets, now with a strong fleet and army, prepared to incorporate planets that had been part of the Libra Alliance into the league, by force if necessary.

Written during a long wait, this book opens up Cheryl's painfully honest, personal journals. She explores what it's like to enlist in God's Marriage Boot Camp, and how to survive singlehood year after solitary year. She wrestles with her Creator over multiple best friends that never see her "that way." Then there are those lists of what she wanted - you know, the ones she revised a billion times then laminated for safekeeping. She watches, bewildered, as much younger women find love that seems to elude her.