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Leaving Dahomey is set in 1840 in the ancient West Afrikan Kingdom of Dahomey. Our story centers around the people in their everyday lives and occupations, the applique workers, the calabash makers, pottery makers, storytellers, makers of verse, the needleworkers/designers, the smiths, and the cultivators. The story follows a year in the life of a 15-year-old hammock-borne, Adeoha, and her connection to a Vodun prophecy of a magical oracle that will appear in time.

Lieutenant Marcus Trufant sits alone in his apartment waiting for his phone to ring and praying it won't. It's April 11th and, just like the April before, he knows a United States veteran will be slaughtered in the next several hours. Each year a veteran is killed on April 11th, and another on December 1st. The first two occurred in Chicago, but the last four have been on his streets.

Andy Destra is a mostly honest cop in the most notoriously corrupt and crime-ridden city in America: Auction City. After discovering explosive information that reveals corruption within the highest levels of the police department, Andy is kicked off the force, framed, and disgraced, left to wage a lonely one-man crusade against conspiracies he can't prove.

Welcome to the Crescent Motel, a waypoint in a post-apocalyptic no man's land. At the helm are Darrell, the middle-aged mustachioed manager, and his danger-sniffing dog Bruno. When he and the motel's housekeeper, Nance, discover one of the guests dead, they decide to keep the body under wraps until they root out the killer. But before they have a chance, two mysterious men appear, looking for answers. When the first body disappears and is replaced by another, Darrell and Nance realize they're in over their heads.

Andrew lost his father a few days after Christmas in 2019. While he continues to grieve, he also continues to count the blessings that were granted in that final week in Hospice. Nobody goes through the same end-of-life experiences, but many do parallel each other in powerful ways. Sharing the blessings that occurred in the final days, and realizing the power of "3" will help you during this time.

Few revivals have been as powerful and influential as the Welsh Revival. It was birthed from the unceasing, passionate prayers of men and women of God all over Wales, and led by the anointing-saturated young man, Evan Roberts. However, because Evan Roberts was a naturally reclusive man, and the teaching of humility was so important during the revival, we have very few eyewitness accounts or testimonies that give us deeper insights into how and why God moved in that time.

I’m a dog person. So, how did I wind up fostering fifteen cats? The answer to that is Winnie Mae. She runs the local animal shelter and when someone starts a fire there, I rescue her and the cats. When she told me that they had nowhere else to go, I volunteered to take them. Why would I do that? Well, because I’m in love with Winnie.

Kate arrives at Barleybridge Veterinary Practice on her first day as the new receptionist. The setting is idyllic. Kate quickly gets to know the other staff and becomes engrossed in the work and drawn into their lives and those of the animals and their owners.

People with BPD are like people with third-degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement - Marsha Linehan Having Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is also like having a broken brain. Because people can’t see it from the outside, they expect you to be able to run the race of life with no extra help or effort. Because of this, you end up being misunderstood, judged, and alienated, leading to broken relationships, lost jobs, and feeling isolated and alone… No one seems to understand what you’re going through, not ...

In this young adult dystopian romance thriller of espionage, political spies are often casualties of a cold war. But Eddie Winslow is in love with a boy in school.

Follow the gentlemen of the Tenet Club-- an elusive group of noblemen that investigates crimes committed by the nobility-- on a rousing journey of romance, suspense, and a guaranteed happily ever-after. Sir Jack Sterling is on the trail of a cagey spy, He follows a lead to a masquerade where a moonlight garden--plus an inebriated heiress--equals trouble to more than his investigation. Miss Rachel Farnsworth has vowed never to wed, preferring her freedom to an oppressive marriage. While at a masquerade, she steals a kiss from a masked stranger that awakes something deep inside her — a ...

Brooke Woods, a woman accustomed to quiet evenings and solitude, finds herself thrust into a world of intrigue and espionage. From her quaint bungalow to a secret underwater compound, her life takes a thrilling turn she never saw coming. Meet Shotgun, a spy in training, surrounded by a motley crew of recruits, each harboring their own secrets. As they embark on their first mission, the stakes couldn't be higher—a hostage rescue operation deep within enemy territory. A terrorist organization, shrouded in secrecy, threatens to unleash chaos.

He would do anything to have her. Oliver Hunter has been doing everything to make sure that his new casino is a success. Nothing is going to distract him from his work. Then one day he sees her on the floor and his whole world is thrown into chaos. Now he's doing everything to keep her close to him and trying to get her to feel a tenth of what he feels for her. She's it for him and he will stop at nothing to have all of her. He's going to show her that know one will love her more than him. Warning: This is a quick insta-love story filled with alpha possessiveness and wild need. What's ...

New to Shaw Hart books? Try this first in series collection! Books in this boxset include: Atlas Ames Fighting Fire With Fire Signing Off With Love Kidnapping His Forever Bought & Paid For

Dreamboat: Take a trip, they said. It will be fun, they said. Yeah. Right. My relaxing trip to Italy was supposed to be just that. A chance for me to drink some wine, eat copious amounts of pasta, see some sights, and recharge my batteries. So how did I wind up here, on this boat, in the middle of the sea, with the hottest guy that I've ever seen in real life? Well, that's a long story... Not So Accidental Baby Daddy: Luca Golding knows what he wants. His head of public affairs, Nora Smith. For three years, he’s waited for her to come to the same conclusion. When he overhears her talking ...

"Ich möchte die vielfältige Welt der Bisexualität aus dem Schatten holen." - Julia Shaw eröffnet neue Wege, über die eigene sexuelle Identität nachzudenken und sie zu finden. Viele Menschen fühlen sich zu mehr als einem Geschlecht hingezogen. Und trotzdem bekennt sich kaum jemand dazu. Julia Shaw widmet sich in ihrem neuen Buch der größten sexuellen Minderheit - bisexuellen Menschen. Sie macht Bisexualität in Geschichte, Kultur und Wissenschaft sichtbar und zeigt anhand ihrer eigenen Identitätssuche, warum Bisexualität nach wie vor gesellschaftlich im Schatten steht.

Kai, a carefree once-successful musician is invited by his new Russian girlfriend, Zina, to join her family's Caribbean holiday. Impulsively accepting he learns that Zina is the daughter of a Russian oligarch, Stepan Pirumov and that the trip is aboard his yacht, the Zinaida, moored in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. The crew consists of Captain Marius Falk, the first mate, Erin Wade, and a hastily assembled staff, including a chief stewardess Marissa from Miami, a chief engineer from Lagos and a personal trainer from Los Angeles. All know how to behave around the very rich.

A collection of Matt Shaw's heartbreaking dramas. Matt Shaw does not just write horror. In fact, when asked what his favorite books are, he often names the tales collected within this set. Stories of heartbreak, loss, and grief - all with an element of hope...a hope we often forget when dealing with grief.

What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the stories of monstrous acts and the aberrant people who commit them. Dr. Julie Shaw uses case studies from academia, examples from popular culture, and anecdotes from everyday life to break down complex information and concepts and offers listeners a better understanding of the world, ourselves, and our Google search histories.

People laughed at him when he said he wanted to be a movie star, and yet here he was - the biggest night of his life - collecting his Oscar for "Best Actor". Grinning like an idiot, he couldn't even recall the speech he gave to the camera...The camera and a room full of actors, directors, and producers - people who used to look down their nose at him whenever he had a new film coming out (usually an over the top action film with huge explosions and slow-mo gun battles). They're not looking down their nose at him now though.