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All Gib ever wanted was to be adopted, but life with a family isn't quite what he thought it would be Gib was sent to an orphanage when he was six years old, and with each year, he knows it becomes less likely that he will be adopted into a loving family. As kids get older, they are more likely to be adopted onto a farm, meaning a hard life of unpaid labor. And after seeing a friend come back battered and near death, Gib is understandably worried....
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Throughout Love Gone Wrong, the familiar fairy tale, Cinderella, is used to outline and tell the unfamiliar journey of a victim who repressed years of childhood sexual abuse.
Laurel Bahr's step-by-step account of discovery, opposition, and lessons learned is interwoven with the "behind closed-door" stories of two friends who were ultimately inspired to follow in her footsteps. Their remarkable journey highlights the power of close, authentic, long-term...
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In this compelling duology, Dawn Bates shares with the world a rare and unique insight to what it means to be a 'Posh Paki' and a 'traitor' to those who knew her, her ethnicity, nation and her faith, simply because she embraced the faith of Islam at the age of 15 – without having ever met a Muslim!Dawn shares how she discovered Islam and knew she wanted to become a Muslim, and the journey that followed.Becoming 'revert' rather than a convert to...
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Can the ghost of Nora's mother help her stop her dad from getting remarried? It's been three years since Nora's mother died, and while she and her sister, Patsy, want her father to be happy again, they're not ready for him to remarry. They especially don't want him to marry "the Tooth"-the woman with the overbite who could soon be their stepmother. While the girls try to upend their dad's relationship, they soon find themselves competing for the new...
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A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten?
On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen's University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost...
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Dans ce livre, plongez dans un voyage profondément humain et découvrez comment la communication bienveillante peut panser les blessures et raviver l'amour. Explorez les secrets de la compréhension mutuelle, de l'empathie et de la résolution de conflits, en suivant Yves et Marianne, un couple en quête de réconciliation. Ce guide vous offre des outils pratiques, des conseils inspirants et des stratégies éprouvées pour reconstruire la confiance,...
8) Hangar 4
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The Best of the Best . . . Risk taker. Son. Badass. Husband. Combat aviator. Father. From Officer Candidates School to squadron Commanding Officer, Isaac G. Lee, Lieutenant Colonel USMC (Ret.), reached the finish line at HANGAR 4 on MCAS Miramar at the conclusion of seven deployments during his two decades of service. In this memoir, he shares the lessons, the rewards, the losses, and ultimately, the personal cost. Isaac pushed every boundary...
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Teenager Dawn Schafer struggles with big changes on the West Coast in this spin-off from the Newbery Award–winning author's Baby-sitters Club series. Thirteen-year-old Dawn is thrilled to be back in California again after living in Connecticut, but her life and friends on the West Coast aren't exactly like she remembers. As Dawn adjusts to having a new baby sister in her house and attempts to rekindle her relationship with her friend Sunny, the...
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Adopting a child is an extraordinarily important decision. In this authoritative guide, adoption experts Robert and Jeffrey Kasky provide all the information needed to navigate the adoption process and to successfully adopt a child. The book discusses the various types of adoptions; alerts readers to adoption scams; and guides readers in selecting a reputable attorney or adoption agency. Highlights include:
The rights of the birth mother, birth father,...
11) Mountain Solo
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After a disastrous concert, a teenage musical prodigy who's sick of the stress heads to Montana to figure out her next step . . .
From the moment Tess picked up the violin as a child, it was clear she wasn't like other kids. She was a prodigy, and at sixteen her life is that of a virtuoso-to-be: constant training, special schools, and a big debut before an audience of thousands.
But when she blows her moment in the spotlight, she throws it all away,...
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In Military and Mindful, Benefsheh Verell combines her knowledge of mindfulness practices with over twenty years in the Army as a Military Police and Information Operations officer to educate service members and their families about the mental, emotional, and physical benefits of yoga and meditation.
Being a mom in the military is very difficult because there is always the underlying uncertainty of what the military will bring next. A mom in the military...
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En este libro se trata el problema de la eyaculación precoz de una manera didáctica, rigurosa y extensa, con la finalidad de servir de ayuda, guía y orientación para quienes buscan solventar de manera definitiva esta patología.La eyaculación precoz es fuente muy común de rupturas de pareja con los consiguientes efectos nocivos y trastornos psicológicos que ello conlleva. Un problema mucho más frecuente de lo que se cree.Con la solución de...
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From the creator of Luther: Told with absolute veracity and unsparing candor, Heartland is the memoir of an isolated little boy and the brutish stepfather he couldn't help but love When Neil Cross was born, his mother suffered from severe postpartum depression and later admitted to trying to kill herself and her baby son. Then, when he was five, she "went out and didn't come back," leaving behind her children and their heartbroken father. Two years...
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Leaving Shangrila is Isabelle Gecils's story-a universal story of the search for belonging and normalcy. Isabelle's search, however, was constantly interrupted by adults who failed her, blocking the attainment of her dreams. Deciding to chart her own path, Isabelle, using limited resources, fought for her freedom, yet the survival skills she acquired to achieve it came back to haunt her.
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Escape the "family trap," help your loved one on the road to recovery, and take back your life.
If you have a family member who suffers from mental illness, but refuses to seek treatment, you may feel like you're caught in a trap. If you try making life easier for your loved one, you wind up perpetuating dependency and entitlement. If you push for treatment, you are met with resistance or outright animosity. And when you reach out to professionals...
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A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece together a future on your own terms.
Raised in the Christian patriarchy movement, Cait West was homeschooled and could only wear clothes her father deemed modest. She was five years old the first time she was told her swimsuit was too revealing, to go change. There would be no college in her future, no career. She was a stay-at-home daughter...
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The recipes and techniques that one mother used to turn a year of her son's military service in Iraq into a year of care packages brimming with cookies.
Single mother Maggie McCreath couldn't decide which was worse: the fact that her only son (not yet twenty-one) was off to war in Iraq for the second time or the fact that they had only five days to prepare. Even more frightening, she knew that he would be part of the Surge and, as a paratrooper in...
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Embark on a transformative odyssey into the heart of self-discovery with "Out of the Flock." This compelling guide invites you to explore the profound beauty of embracing individuality in a world often dominated by conformity.Key Highlights:Defining the Black Sheep: Delve into the historical, cultural, and symbolic significance of the "black sheep" archetype. Unearth its complexities, examining how this unique persona has been perceived across time...
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"You are a complete disappointment." On his deathbed, Mike Edison's father gasped those words to his son, and that was just the beginning of his devastating salvo. For anyone who has ever suffered from parental bullying, this often hilarious yet intensely heartbreaking memoir from the former High Times publisher will provide both solace and laughter.
It begins with a child's hunger for love and acceptance and continues through years of withering...
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