![]() ![]() ![]() Albom’s perspective on life and its purpose really make us wonder about what we are doing in life as well as contemplate (to whatever degree) what that purpose is. I loved the entire concept behind The Five People You Meet in Heaven! Death is presented as a new beginning, not an ending. Through his conversations with these individuals, this once-unhappy widowed man starts to appreciate the work and life he had. These people help him realize his importance and his purpose on Earth. They are people who directly or indirectly had an impact on him, or he on them. Some he was close to some he had never known before. ![]() After dying he finds himself alone but as energetic as a young child with all of his misery and pain vanished. Diverse Easy Reader | Illustrated ChapterĮddie, an 83-year-old war veteran, risks his life to save the life of a young girl from a cart whose cable was loose from a ride in the amusement park. ![]()
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A friend once told me of his older cousin who, for the freakish act of installing a computer in his college dorm room, found himself immediately and irrevocably dubbed “computer Jon.” This happened in the early 1980s, and boy, have times changed. ![]() ![]() ![]() It also forces Tucker to make a terrible choice that will shatter his relationship with his soul-bonded companion Kane. ![]() The discovery of secrets known only to the native tribes of Arizona threatens to unleash an ancient force that could irreparably alter the future. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo Experience the exciting breadth of #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins's wild imagination and adventurous spirit in this anthology of his short masterworks, including a new full-length novella featuring Captain Tucker Wayne and his military war dog, Kane, as well as eleven previously published short stories, gathered together for the first time.Īt the center of this breathtaking collection of short fiction-James Rollins's first-ever anthology-is the never-before-published novella "Sun Dogs." While trekking through the Sonora desert, a gunshot thrusts Tucker and Kane into an adventure that challenges their considerable skills. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no-one can save you once you have traded away your heart. It is comprised of 10 short stories: the first eight were published in e-book format from April 2018 monthly, and the last two stories were published exclusively in the full. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland’s soul finds safe harbor. Ghosts of the Shadow Market: An Anthology of Tales is a compilation of novellas by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, Robin Wasserman, Sarah Rees Brennan, and Kelly Link. Follow Brother Zachariah and see, against the backdrop of the Shadow Market’s dark dealing and festival, Anna Lightwood’s doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin and Tessa Gray plunged into a world war. ![]() But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. There the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Worst of all: Betsy hasn’t made this journey alone, and her cosmic hitchhiker’s intentions are anything but benevolent. In addition, she suffers a fate worse than undeath when she discovers that her shoe closet is full of clogs. Apparently, Betsy returned from her latest sojourn in hell to some sort of time-traveled alternate universe where everything she knows and thinks she knows will be tested: who her friends are, what her purpose is, who’s living and who’s dead for good. After reassuring herself that she’s still alive, or at least still undead, Betsy heads back to the mansion that’s her home base to reunite with her ragtag group of supernatural friends, only to discover that something is extra-abnormal. In the latest dispatch concerning Betsy Taylor, Davidson’s vampire-queen heroine ( Undead and Unappreciated, 2005, etc.) wakes to find herself in a Chicago morgue, toe tag and all. Back from hell, a vampire queen assembles a motley crew to save the future. ![]() ![]() Their quiet haven is disrupted with the arrival of the novel's hero, Lieutenant Colonel Victor "Bram" Bramwell. Men are, for the most part, not welcome, so that the ladies can be free to be themselves. Local woman Susanna Finch has turned the village into a retreat for young ladies who do not quite fit into society. The novel is set during the Regency era, in the remote seaside community of Spindle Cove. and Teal" program, donating 25 cents to the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance for each copy the novel sold. Īvon selected the book to participate in its "K.I.S.S. It is a Regency romance and was published on August 30, 2011, by Avon. It won a RITA Award for Best Regency Historical Romance and the 2011 Romantic Times award for Historical Love and Laughter.Ī Night to Surrender is the first novel in Tessa Dare's Spindle Cove series. ![]() A Night to Surrender is a Regency romance written by Tessa Dare and published in 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From the Old Testament through the New Testament, as the Story unfolds, children will clearly see that Jesus is at the center of Gods great story of salvation-and at the center of their story too. ![]() While other kids Bibles contain stories from the Old and New Testaments, The Jesus Storybook Bible tells the Story beneath all the stories in the Bible, pointing to Jesus as our Savior. ![]() The Jesus Storybook Bible is very different from every other kids Bibles. This heartfelt, childrens Bible storybook, which has impacted over 6 million families, introduces children to Gods wonderful story, and the Savior at the center of that story. 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You will need an account (and for me to 'friend' you) in order to read most of them - this is about ensuring adulthood, not exclusivity. A full description of all available stories is at. I have a particular affinity for the desert.įind more of my writing at. I consider myself something of a naturalist and think that comes through in my writing I love examining and describing the natural world. Nearly all of my writing explores social issues, and whereas nobody would argue that I'm anything but left, I also have empathy for more conservative value systems and work hard to keep my stories honest and above all, non-preachy. I believe that my strengths as a writer are in world-building and in strong, complex characterization. :) I write to feed my id and to learn a little more about myself, my values and belief systems. She doesn’t much like TV, but her Xbox and a new RPG can suck her in for weeks at a time. Her stories range from alternate history to contemporary to science fiction and are influenced by her interest in diverse social issues, her fascination with the natural environment, and her fundamentalist upbringing. She escapes from the grind by conjuring tough and conflicted men and then throwing them at each other in romantic and not-so-romantic situations. ![]() ![]() In the mundane world, Eve Ocotillo plays a scientist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes is her debut picture book. Eva lives in New York City with her husband and two children. She is currently the head of fashion partnerships at Instagram, where she is guilty of the occasional duck-face selfie. Previously the editor in chief of Lucky, Eva has also written for ELLE, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Vogue China, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She blames her deviation from pre-med at Johns Hopkins University on a love of fashion and beauty instilled in her by her mother, whose perfect bob and lipstick made a permanent imprint on her impressionable young mind. By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5thĮva Chen is a first-generation Chinese-American who grew up in New York City. ![]() |