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In a society that made males obsolete, the Weave engineers a female’s abilities. Girls like Dinitra are engineered by Sowers and assigned their life purpose when they turn 16. But sometimes, the Sowers get things wrong. A resistance is growing. Rebels are fabricating humans of their own—including males—and plan to topple the Weave in a war that could destroy them all. When Dinitra is assigned a job with the Legion, she uncovers the ugliest secrets of the Weave.

The Shadow Man lives in Gideon's closet. At night, he steps out and watches the five-year-old. And with each passing day, he gets a little closer to Gideon's bed. Psychic medium Eloise Blythe is brought in to remove the entity from the boy's room, but the deeper she digs into the case, she discovers the Shadow Man isn't solely tethered to Gideon. He's tied to Eloise's friends and family, as well as the darkest evil on the planet.

Try Not to Laugh is a compilation of 15 of my all-time favorite jokes. In addition, the 30-minute "live" audiobook reveals every accent that enhances many of the jokes, so I recommend listening to it for total enjoyment. If you are sensitive to ethnically slanted, politically incorrect humor, this audiobook is not for you. However, if you want some laugh-out-loud material that you’ll want to tell all your friends, in public or private, this audiobook is just for you!

Siege the castle? In my own way. Save the world? If it’s worth my while. Create a bestiary business with a group of beautiful yet contrasting women? Fully achieved. Now the house is too crowded! One moment I'm taking pictures of a fantastic sky beast, aided by a sassy witch, a pretty blonde, and a cute green goblin. The next we’re in bed for the night - and I can't get a lick of covers! This house is too small. It wasn’t meant for this many people and a bestiary business. Problem is, not a lot of folk want a goblin and a witch in their neighborhood. It’s hard to blame them.

While visiting a haunted mansion, psychic-medium Eloise Blythe senses something sinister in the shadows, something besides mere ghosts that have held the Forge family in a vice-like grip of misery for generations. As a flood rages outside, forcing everyone to remain inside the haunted mansion, Eloise both works with and against a set of bickering siblings, some of whom have their own secret agendas to claim the family fortune.

Siege the castle? Not my style. Save the world? Never gonna happen. Create a bestiary business with a group of beautiful yet contrasting women? Now that’s more like it! One minute I’m in a tree, pointing my camera at a tiger, the next I’m on my back in a medieval fantasy world, while a skittish blonde hovers over me, hoping I’m not dead. I’ve never felt more alive. Because although the dutiful smith’s assistant warns me away from the town’s sinful witch, I still have to go. The witch has the only bestiary book in town, and that’s my one hope of a comfortable life.

People are the heartbeat of business! Leaders are the life force of every team. Just as the heart pulses our nutrient-rich blood to each organ in the body, leaders push out encouragement, direction, correction, energy, growth, and influence to the team. Now more than ever, how leaders handle each pulse can empower or weaken leadership, engage or disengage teams, and positively or negatively impact an entire organization. Dawn S. Kirk shares her proven six Pulses of Heartbeat Leadership to empower leader.

What do a school shooter, a corporate swindler, and a bullheaded ideologue have in common? They all converge on what author Kirk Schneider terms "the polarized mind". The polarized mind, which is the fixation on one point of view to the utter exclusion of competing points of view, is killing us - personally, politically, and environmentally. Drawing from the standpoint of existential psychology, this audiobook details the basis for the polarized mind, how it has ravaged leaders and their cultures throughout history.

Immortal vampire assassin Sirius Sinister has a healthy libido that constantly results in bad relationship decisions. But when he’s served divorce papers by Bloodsucker Number One - a shady woman from his past - he realizes there’s a major problem: He was never even married to her, or so he thought. Regardless of the truth, Sirius is put under the jurisdiction of Immortal Divorce Court.

In the wake of the coronavirus and George Floyd killing, many of the issues dividing us as a nation - race, politics, class, gender, climate change, globalism, and religion - have only been magnified, and although the US surgeon general has called for an end to bickering and partisanship, it is unclear to what extent this will take effect. What is clear, however, is that safe, mindfully structured dialogues are imperative if we are to salvage our republic and the democratic principles on which it is built.

The Lady of the Underworld has cast Sirius Sinister out of her fiery realm and into the icy Himalayas to teach him a lesson in humility. After leaving the mountains, Hedley Edrick, the Master of Masters, leads Sirius to the Queen, but their reunion is quickly interrupted by some murderous merfolk. Escaping to the House of Indigo, Hedley informs Sirius about the mystical Seven Sacred Relics, and warns him that the forces of evil will gain limitless power if they get their hands on them.

The robotic revolution is here and there's no going back. From the way we raise our children, to our work settings, to our governments, and even our wars, the quick-fix, instant result society is roiling our world. This audiobook dwells on the miracle of the unknown. It is an intimate trek into the evolving spirituality of awe - the humility and wonder and sense of adventure toward life. Can we preserve awe - the arguable "heart" of humanity - in spite of and even in light of our technologies? There is no more critical problem for our age.

Jamie has always been kind of meek and mild, but an elegant older woman who visits the coffee shop he works at takes a shine to him. She tells him she needs help sorting out the bookstore she owns and asks if he would be willing to help - paid, of course. He accepts - the coffee shop never gives him enough hours, and honestly - a bookshop? He is studying English lit, there’s worse places to work, right?

In the final installment of the Sadistic Souls series, Jocelyn is on a quest to regain her soul. With help from her friends, she battles old and new foes alike. But mounting tragedies take a devastating toll, and when new revelations spring forth, Jocelyn discovers that certain family and friends have kept secrets from her for decades, information that explains why Lucifer has been so eager to recruit her to join his army. All told, Jocelyn will need to make a choice: Sacrifice herself to help the rest of humanity or continue to rid the world of demons.

By the late 1970s, the fishermen of the Texas Gulf Coast were struggling. The bays that had sustained generations of shrimpers and crabbers before them were being poisoned by nearby petrochemical plants, oil spills, pesticides, and concrete. But as their nets came up light, the white shrimpers could only see one culprit: the small but growing number of newly resettled Vietnamese refugees who had recently started fishing. Turf was claimed. Guns were flashed. Threats were made.

Cherry is a girl with a secret. High school has been a nightmare, with the jocks picking on her - they all think she’s just a sissy boy. Little do they know the truth is much more interesting. Cherry has a bottle of pills stashed in her chest of drawers, and she has been hiding her changing body and growing breasts under baggy sweaters. But now she is finally free and moving to the big city to start fresh. She has been dreaming about this day for years - finally getting out and being the girl she has always known she ought to be.

Contemporary Theology: An Introduction by Kirk MacGregor introduces major thinkers and schools of thought from the beginning of the 19th century to the present, including non-Western voices, evangelical perspectives, and philosophical developments alongside the widely acknowledged main streams of modern theology.

Carl is shocked to wake up in a new body, about to learn some lessons and gain a whole new perspective on his relationship with his girlfriend. Dane finds the job of his dreams, but discovers that to achieve the success he desperately wants there is a catch that wasn’t mentioned in the interview. Cherry is about to shake off her small-town upbringing and see what the big city has to offer, debuting a new name and a new look.

Elora has been suspended from the council...but it’s only the beginning of her journey. Elf Elora is something of a celebrity in her home city. After being tested as a child, it’s discovered that her magical ability is off the charts - it can’t even be measured. Since working as a paranormal investigator at the royal palace and working on a cure for “half curses”, Elora has been putting her abilities to good use. Until now....

The past 10 years of scholarship have seen an unprecedented shift toward an early, high Christology, the notion that very early in the history of the Jesus movement his followers worshipped him as God. Other studies have challenged this view, arguing that Mark's story is incomplete, intentionally ambiguous, or presents Jesus in entirely human terms. Christology in Mark's Gospel: Four Views brings together key voices in conversation in order to offer a clear entry point into early Christians' understanding of Jesus' identity