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A young girl prevails over poverty and religious bigotry to survive childhood abduction, a predatory theologian, family secrets, and the drug culture of the 1960s. In an Appalachian Mountain town during the early 1950s, guns and domestic abuse are as prevalent as prayer meetings and dubiously ordained preachers. Young Skyla Fay Jenkins is often forced to choose between what's labeled "righteous" and what she knows to be right. When her family ...

The Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital Excellence Awards have been held annually for eight years. This year we received 14 case histories for our consideration. After an initial evaluation of the abstracts and full review of the case histories which made it to the second round, we are pleased to present the six finalists in this anthology. Each of these case histories demonstrate innovative and creative examples of knowledge manag...

Authors Alex Fynn and Martin Cloake follow the Tottenham Hotspur team through the 2022/23 season, and ask why it is that Spurs continually fail to take full advantage of opportunities presented by the modern game.

I open my eyes. The room is dark and I can see no windows, only stairs leading up to a metal trapdoor. From the shadows, a figure emerges. A little girl with long, pale hair. She smiles at me. "Are you my new mommy?" she says. A young woman is missing. And Rylan Flynn was the last person to see her alive. Nobody has heard from Bess Freeman since Rylan saw her leaving a bar and walking into the night with a stranger. Normally quiet and shy,...

An exciting search for traces of the pro­venance of a katana from the Taima-school, which was forged in the early 14th century. Three hundred years later, it came into the possession of Terao Naomasa, a high-ranking samurai and vassal of Tokugawa Yoshinao, the first lord of Owari.

Bestselling Camilla Isley returns with this gorgeously funny enemies-to-lovers rom com, perfect for fans of Sarah Adams, Lynn Painter and Jo Watson.She's a self-made fitness sensation. He's a billionaire mogul. They're sworn enemies and rivals... aren't they?Blake Avery knows all about hard work. She's gone from making videos in her teenage bedroom to founding a booming fitness business and opening a state-of-the-art Manhattan gym. Now she's o...

Humans are complex creatures, we are often unpredictable, emotional, and irrational. These are real complicating factors for organizations seeking to do business ethically and in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations. In Ethics and Compliance for Humans, corporate compliance expert Adam Balfour articulates why ethics and compliance departments, HR and business leaders must keep people top of mind when designing and implementin...

In a world of pirates and murderous ghosts, one naval cadet must choose between loyalty and survival. In the Level's Naval Academy, officer candidate Silas Hunt stumbles across a secret that could get him hanged for treason. The only hope he has to save his own life and to find justice is to join up with a ruthless pirate captain, a woman known as Mad Dog-even if it means sacrificing everything he's spent his life working for. The Verity ...

Twelve years ago, 21st-century librarian Gwen decided to remain in the Dark Ages with the man she loves above all else - a man around whom endless well-known tales of legend and magic have been spun. King Arthur. Over the years, she's carved a life for herself by her husband's side, gently steering him in the direction she wants him to go, but always with an awareness that he's a Dark Age king with a Dark Age view of the world. Equipped with...

Spencer Mazio is an idiot and a genius. A hero and a coward. A star athlete who suffers from debilitating panic. He's a bookie and a brawler, a womanizer and a fool. Last of the Famous International Playboys is his uproarious and heartbreaking story-a young man from a broken family trying to piece himself together from inside the ivy-covered walls of a famous university suffering from its own identity crisis. Spencer tells his story in an irre...

Penelope had dreams, in fact she had lots. But her friends turned her cans into cannots. She made new friends, and her confidence grew. Soon, each cannot turned into a can-do! Discover the magic of positive thinking in this sweet, rhyming book that artfully blends the power of "yet, " the growth mindset, and social-emotional learning. Join Penelope on an empowering journey of self-discovery as she learns to face challenges with optimism. Thr...

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These poems included in my book are all songs I have written and sing in church, at home, or in the company of friends. They were all inspired from my relationship with Christ. I have been writing since I was about 20 and now am 62. My music is my form of prayer. I hope as others read the words, I have written they can feel inspired. And my utmost hope is this book finds its way to people who do not yet know the peace of being a Christian and ...

The journey continues. The first book, Celebrating the Lord's Feasts: A Journey into His Presence, took me on a journey into the Feasts of the Lord. Studying and observing the Feasts of the Lord, I discovered that God's time is different from mine. The Bible speaks very clear that God does things in His time. God created the world and all that there is in seven days (Genesis 1-2:3), there is a season and time to every purpose (Ecclesiastes 3:1...

In der Studie "Der König der Welt" befasst sich René Guénon mit der äußeren Erscheinung des höchsten Prinzips in unserer Welt, die sich innerhalb der zeitlichen Zyklen in Form verschiedener geistiger Zentren manifestiert. Viele traditionelle Symbole wie z. B. der Heilige Gral sind eng mit ihrem Erscheinen und Verschwinden sowie der Suche nach ihnen verbunden. Ihr Verständnis ist eine wesentliche Grundlage für die Erkenntnis der wahren geistige...

Mit der Wahl des Titels "Die Krise der modernen Welt" macht René Guénon deutlich, in welchem Zustand er unsere Zeit sieht: Die moderne Welt - und damit ist nicht nur der Westen gemeint, sondern alle Gesellschaften, in denen sich die modernen westlichen Vorstellungen ausgebreitet haben - hat eine kritische Phase erreicht. Die nach unten gerichtete Entwicklung weg von den göttlichen Prinzipien und hin zur puren Materialität oder von der Qualität...

Die Menschheit befindet sich seit einiger Zeit im "Dunklen Zeitalter", dem Kali-Yuga der hinduistischen Tradition. Es ist die letzte Phase eines größeren Zyklus, der damit sein Ende erreicht, bevor ein neuer Zyklus beginnen kann. Dieses "Dunkle Zeitalter" lässt sich durch zwei Phasen charakterisieren, die René Guénon in "Die Herrschaft der Quantität und die Zeichen der Zeit" untersucht. Die erste Stufe entspricht der Phase der "Verfestigung", ...

In seiner Studie "Osten und Westen" führt uns René Guénon die Wertlosigkeit und Gefahr jener Trugbilder vor Augen, auf denen sich die moderne westliche Zivilisation gründet. Dem Glauben an puren Materialismus, immerwährenden Fortschritt, uneingeschränkten Individualismus und die Unfehlbarkeit der modernen Wissenschaft stellt Guénon die unerschütterlichen Prinzipien einer traditionellen Denkweise gegenüber. Sie zeigt sich seit Jahrtausenden in ...

Art hat seine Verwandlung in einen Vampir überlebt. Doch nun steht er einem anderen Übel gegenüber, mit dem er nicht umgehen kann - dem alles verzehrenden Hunger nach Blut. Getrieben durch seine neu erlangten Instinkte verliert er nicht nur einmal die Kontrolle und bringt damit auch andere in Gefahr. Als wäre das nicht schlimm genug, sind ihm und Sean auch noch die Vampirjäger auf den Fersen. Und dann wäre da noch Seamus, der viel zu früh nach...

Heartrending and absorbing... The BookLife Prize An unforgettable coming-of-age saga inspired by true events... California Writers Circle In Golden Boxty in the Frypan, Pat Spencer captivates readers with a heartrending and absorbing coming-of-age saga inspired by true events. Her poignant story captures the hearts of readers as they follow Katie's journey through poverty, illness, and discrimination in Philadelphia to a glorious train trip...