Sara saw things differently.Two weeks before her due date, Sara lost a healthy baby girl. Four weeks later, doctors discovered Stage IV colon cancer. A week after this terminal diagnosis, Sara set up a profile on Caring Bridge and began telling her story of the "most wonderful terrible thing" that had ever happened to her. Sara's transparency about the experience of the physical and emotional turmoil of her illness serves as a brilliant example of a woman firmly convinced that God h...

Os livros da série “Manual do Candidato” são compilações abrangentes do conteúdo de cada matéria escritos por especialistas. As obras permitem ao candidato a imersão na matéria estudada com o nível de profundidade e reflexão crítica que serão exigidos no concurso de admissão à carreira diplomática.

An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges.What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like.In Life as No One Knows It, physicist and astrobiologi...

An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges.What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like.In Life as No One Knows It, physicist and astrobiologi...

Welcome to The Oddment is the debut novella from Jake Horner. It is a whimsical, cozy fantasy about Elora Bramble. A highly anxious woman who is leaving her high stress job in the city to run a small tea shop in a magical town called Oakhaven. She learns to lean into found family and might even learn to relax a little bit. At least, that is, until her former life catches up with her in the form of a previous boss, a corporate tyrant, intent on draining the magic from Oakhaven. Elora must l...

Discover over 10 hours worth of the forbidden fantasies collection that you can indulge in guilt free, while exploring your sexuality like never before!Every story is written so you can feel like you’re actually there, experiencing every second play out.This is the perfect way for couples to explore their true desires and finally have a chance to make those fantasies a reality, and create the dream sex life you both crave. What better way to start communication on a fantasy...

Live out your most forbidden desires with explicit stories that make your skin tingle and your toes curl!So, if you’re looking to make your wildest fantasies come alive or relive the days when you lived in reckless abandon, then brace yourselves for the explicit sex stories in this Best Seller written by Theresa Reno.Nothing will stop you from fantasizing about them with this wide collection of topics and stories. This is what this book is made for. You will find different ...

"Finding the Unpredictable Good" is a collection of short stories and essays by four authors sharing their real-life experiences. The challenges they've faced reflect their pursuit of the unpredictable good each of us discovers as we move through life. The realization of this good shows up in the most amazing moments, in the most unpredictable ways. Life always provides a gift.

All it took was one look, and my panties dropped—literally.Castor DeMatteo has been off-limits since I was a teenager. He used to be a nice jock who'd rustle my hair like I was his kid sister. Now? He's a capo of the Valentino crime family, lathered in ink and covered in gold rings… everywhere. How do I know? Because one night, at the restaurant where I work, he rented the back room and asked me to work it. There's only one problem… He's my brother's best friend.

Marrying a mobster was the worst decision I ever made.Joey Lucrazi ratted on his entire family, and now because of it, I'm forced to live in fear of retaliation. I count down the days in witness protection until I'm caught, but it turns out reality is worse than imagination when Leandro Rigiano—the most ruthless hitman in the five families—comes knocking.Six feet of tattooed muscle stomps into our quiet house and takes his revenge, revealing that the rat I ...

Donny Valentino is the name that haunts me.This was supposed to be my last hush money payment to a dirty cop for a crime I didn't commit. I've been tethered to danger since I was a little girl because of my last name. Of course, when I see the light at the end of the tunnel, it's stripped from me… by him, a ruthless up-and-coming mob boss with no business being this hot.Donny's the guy they call to kill the hitmen. And now he's trapped me for the rest of my...

I wanted answers.To know who I was and where I came from. How had I ended up in those woods all alone? Why didn't I have elemental magic like everyone else? What made me so different?I thought I wanted it more than anything, but I was wrong. Everything is spinning out of control as my past and present collide, leaving me feeling like a stranger to myself.I always wanted to find my home, a place where I belong, but what if home isn't a place? What if...