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Get the Summary of Marianne Williamson's A Course In Weight Loss in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Course In Weight Loss" by Marianne Williamson offers a spiritual and psychological approach to weight loss, emphasizing the importance of love and divine guidance in overcoming the cycle of overeating and self-sabotage. The book suggests that excess weight serves as a protective barrier, constructed from fear,...
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'The Muslim Mother Teresa' Huffington Post Edna Adan Ismail endured it all — for the women of Africa. Edna saw first-hand how poor healthcare, lack of education and ancient superstitions had devastating effects on Somaliland's people, especially its women. When she suffered the trauma of FGM herself as a young girl at the bidding of her mother, Edna's determination was set. The first midwife to practice in Somaliland, Edna became a formidable teacher...
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Are we as Christians walking in circles around our own egos and inflated sense of self-importance?Are we only pretending to deny ourselves, and carrying our crosses to follow Jesus?We must be, otherwise, we would be walking with the fire of Christ in our hearts and the enlightening inspiration and protection of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives.We would be surely working as apostles to mirror the face of Christ in all our interactions and building...
4) The Show
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As any true sports fan will tell you, once you have an allegiance to a team it's set in stone. It's unwavering. It's finite. You never leave. Yet somehow, I've been asked to do just that.
To set aside my love for The Yankees and take ownership of The New York Lions-the worst team in Major League Baseball. Oh, yes, and turn them into winners. An impossible job I don't want, from a gift I couldn't get a refund on.
But bring me a challenge and I will...
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The Scars of Him is a standalone novel in The Scars Series, and can be read without reading The Scars of Us or Mending Scars.
KamdenI've always been the strong one of my family, the rock for my little sister, Kaiya. But that night changed everything. I had to cross a dangerous line to protect my sister, one with consequences I wasn't prepared to deal with. Something deep inside of me changed, sending me down a path filled with self-loathing and guilt...
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When challenges and uncertainties cloud our horizons, there lies within you an incredible power-the power to rise again. Rise Again: A Guide for Resilient Women in Chaotic Times serves as your unwavering companion, a guiding light that illuminates your path through the darkest moments and helps you navigate the tumultuous seas of change. In the quiet depths of your being, there resides a reservoir of strength that waits to be tapped into. This book...
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Preorder the BRAND NEW novel from Number 1 bestseller Louise Douglas.
The summer is the hottest yet in the Brittany coastal town of Morranez, but when a new case lands on the desk of the Toussaints detective agency, there can be no time to relax. As wild fires bear down on the town, the alert goes out for a missing girl.
Nineteen-year-old Briony Moorcroft has seemingly been taken from her sleepy Welsh village and brought to France. Her parents are...
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Through our challenges, we all need a reminder that our stories can empower our journeys!
Serena Sacks-Mandel built a successful tech career on the foundation of a tough childhood. Brick by brick, she laid a new foundation for herself, one where she saw each of her successes as evidence that she could do more.
A huge part of her self-empowerment came from framing her own narrative-her personal story-in a way that each roadblock became a lesson,...
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Breaking Free: Overcoming Narcissistic Bonds and Embracing Emotional Healing
A comprehensive Guide to understanding, Navigating, and Healing from Narcissistic Relationships.
In the intricate landscape of human relationships, few bonds are as complex and challenging as those with narcissistic individuals. "Breaking Free" is a beacon of hope, a guide meticulously crafted for those entangled in the web of narcissistic relationships and yearning...
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"Old houses share their secrets only if they survive. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee McColgan commits to preserving the ramshackle Loring House, built in 1702, using period materials and methods and on a holiday deadline. But his enchantment withers as he discovers the massive repairs it needs. A small kitchen fix reveals that the structure's rotten frame could collapse at any moment. In a bathroom, mold appears and spreads. He...
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"Set in a West Country farming village, The House of Broken Bricks lays bare the complexities of day-to-day life for a mixed-race family. Jess is a Londoner whose relationship with Richard transports her from a Jamaican diaspora in a city where she easily blends in into a creaking house on a floodplain where predatory birds hover over fields, eels coil in the river mud, buses run twice a day, neighbors barter honey for cider and no one looks like...
13) Ozarium
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Welcome to the genesis of a new world which begins with the colony of Ozarium. Follow along with an older woman who finds out surviving the apocalypse isn't such a good thing. Briefly meet a killer robot clown. Take a trip with Fred, a ghost attempting to figure out life as an apparition. Then find out what happens when a child wins the lottery, something strongly forbidden in Ozarium…until now. Ozarium is the second book in the Transitional Delusions...
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Botany in bricks! Take a closer look: This intricately illustrated compendium of flowers and plants has a LEGO® twist-the blooms are built of bricks! Inspired by the bestselling LEGO Botanical sets, this almanac combines floral facts, hand-drawn botanical illustrations, and exclusive stories from the LEGO set designers themselves, plus a bonus removable flower print to display.
Inspired by scientific drawings of flora, the beauty is in the details...
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After their long adventure in the Nether, our ragtag group of heroes have one final trial to overcome. Their friendships will be tested, as family seeks to tear them apart, and a looming threat lurks in the Overworld. Figuring out who was behind the plague is one thing, but stopping them? That's another.
The clock is counting down as the witch, Esmerelda, grows stronger, and our favorite adventurers are struggling to band together to form a plan....
17) Gay girl prayers
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"Queer resistance poetry, feminist poems, LGBTQIA+, religious trauma, Catholic prayers; reclaimed Bible verses, recovery, solidarity, gender liberatory, lesbian poetry, Canadian poetry."--
18) Brick
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BrickShe saved me in a bar fight. Yep, that's right.I'm a bad a** biker and a little, bitty woman saved me.When I finally got out of there, I took her with me… even though she didn't want to go.Now, I have to find a way to keep her.MadisonI noticed him when he first came in.He flirted with me and I smiled right back.When him and his buddies get jumped from behind, I do the only thing I can think of… I help him.He thinks I saved him, but in truth...
19) The Brick Wall
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He needs to get his head in the game...Goaltender Shane Conrad's game is in a slump but when he meets a redhead who raises more than his blood pressure, it's game on. One steamy night with Bliss Vescovi and Shane's winning games again. Their action in the bedroom rivals his play on the ice but both agree their affair isn't meant for the long term.Not let his heart call the shots...Bliss isn't looking for a relationship, especially not with an intense,...
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This "shocking" murder mystery addresses homophobia in the military during World War II (Richard Wright, author of Native Son). The men in the barracks, wrenched from the normal pursuits of life, are being molded into warriors in a battle against the "others." Isolated and fearful, they sometimes relieve their frustrations on the most disenfranchised civilians, namely homosexuals. But one weekend, one of them loses control and commits murder. This...
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