Fifteen-year-old Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war. She is also a Taker—with her touch, she can heal injuries, pulling pain from another person into her own body.But unlike her sister Tali and the other Takers who become Healer’s League apprentices, Nya’s skill is flawed: she can’t push that pain into pynvium, the enchanted metal used to store it. All she can do is shift it from person to person, a dangerous skill that she must keep...

Erin doesn't have time for a relationship. After six years of late nights and mind-numbing assignments at her job as a marketing executive at the billion dollar Silver Script Ad Agency, she's finally landed the coveted Smithson Jeweler's account—which means her love life will have to wait a little longer.When the actress at the first commercial shoot upsets the director, Erin finds herself cast as the leading lady alongside Jake, a handsome up-and-coming actor who rescued her cat f...

Thе Strеѕѕ Mаnаgеmеnt аnd Mindfulnеѕѕ fоr Bеginnеrѕ rерrеѕеntѕ thе nеw ѕtаndаrd in ѕtrеѕѕ mаnаgеmеnt fоr individuаlѕ аnd hеаlth саrе аnd mеntаl hеаlth саrе рrоfеѕѕiоnаlѕ.Nо оthеr bооk оffеrѕ thе ѕсiеntifiс ѕсоре, соmреlling ѕuссеѕѕ ѕtоriеѕ аnd соmрrеhеnѕivе mind-bоdу-ѕрirit ѕtrаtеgiеѕ fоr Strеѕѕ Mаnаgеmеnt аnd Mindfulnеѕѕ.Whаt Yоu Will Lеаrn in Thiѕ BооkMindfulnеѕѕ Fоr Pеrѕоnаl Dеvеlорmеnt аnd Innеr PеасеEffiсiеnt Wауѕ tо Imрlеmеnt Strеѕѕ Mа...

The long-awaited biography of Australian landscape designer Edna Walling, revealing for the first time the woman behind the gardens.Edna Walling designed over 300 gardens between 1920 and 1960 when most women were homemakers. Today her gardens are still considered to add value to real estate. Her achievements and the gardens themselves are well documented, yet despite the fact she was a fabulous self-publicist and a very unusual woman in her time, Edna's private li...

For fans of Ronda Rousey's My Fight Your Fight and John Kavanagh's Win or Learn comes the first book from UFC fighter and now analyst Dan Hardy, who lifts the lid on his own career and writes with insight and eloquence on all things MMA and UFC, the brutal and ever-evolving sport that launched such superstars as Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping, Georges St-Pierre, Nate Diaz and Amanda Nunes.Dan Hardy's first book is much more than a straightforward...

Phase the First: The Maiden (1–11)The novel is set in impoverished rural Wessex during the Long Depression. Tess is the eldest child of John and Joan Durbeyfield, uneducated rural peasants. One day, Parson Tringham informs John that he has noble blood. Tringham, an amateur genealogist, has discovered that "Durbeyfield" is a corruption of "D'Urberville", the surname of a noble Norman family, now extinct. The news immediately goes to John's head.That same day, Tess participates...

Dedicated vet Melinda Fortesque has a secret.One she's kept from gorgeous doctor Dragan Lovak even though she's given him her heart. Now duty is calling her, and she knows she must tell him the truth about who she really is.It's enough of a shock for Dragan to learn that the woman he trusted and fell in love with is royalty! And that HRH Melinda has been called back to her country to take the throne. But now he's learned that she's carrying his child! How can...

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership. The book might be described as an early piece of feminist literature, since it features an independent woman with the courage to defy convention by running a farm herself. Although the heroine's passionate nature leads her into serious errors of judgment, Hardy endows her with s...

In the secluded heart of a woodland community, the quiet sacrifices of unrequited love are overshadowed by the arrivals of the sophisticated and the restless. The delicate balance of life is disrupted as social status and fleeting passions collide under the trees. This melancholy narrative captures the subtle aches of the heart and the heavy weight of social expectation.

We all have a story that we feel is vital to pass along to others. Why wouldn’t we? Life is a unique experience. It is not the destination, but the journey that truly matters. Over the last thirteen years, Kindle bestselling author Lynn Hardy has... Heard the voice of God Received two undeniable physical signs from God Seen angels and demons on thirteen separate occasions Been healed three times from serious and full...

Includes:The Return of the Native2.Tess of the d'Urbervilles, a Pure WomanJude the ObscureThe Mayor of CasterbridgeFar from the Madding CrowdThe Three StrangersA Pair of Blue EyesUnder the Greenwood TreeLife's Little IroniesWessex TalesDesperate RemediesThe WoodlandersThe DynastsThe Well-BelovedA Mere InterludeA Laodicean...

Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895. It is Hardy's last completed novel. Its protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man, a stonemason, who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main character is his cousin, Sue Bridehead, who is also his central love interest. The novel is concerned in particular with issues of class, education, religion, morality and marriage.Thoma...