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The work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and stress is constant. Social policies don't help. Of all Western industrialized countries, the US ranks dead last for supportive work-family policies: No federal paid parental leave. The highest gender wage gap. No minimum standard for vacation and sick days. Can American women look to European policies for solutions?   

It is never easy to put a painful past behind when you have been weighed down by it for so long. The burden of what you went through can put such a strain on your psychological, emotional, and physical well-being that it may make your present unbearable. This book has been written to help you to come to terms with traumatic experiences and begin to heal from within.

The adage, “go to school, get good grades, get a job, work hard, and make money,” is no longer valid. Working for a living will not make you wealthy. Now is the time to “work smarter, not harder.” You can make money in various ways, at any time and from anywhere. You can generate money while walking, conversing, commuting, surfing, etc. You can even make money during the time you spend at your regular 9-5 job! All you need to know is how to manage your time, develop new ideas, and have a burning desire to be wealthy.

Tough, cynical, and clever, Nathan Heller has been called "the perfect private eye", the best investigator that Chicago (where "lightning" means gunfire) has to offer. Created by New York Times best-selling novelist and Road to Perdition creator Max Allan Collins, the classic PI comes vibrantly to life in this collection of 13 stories, all based on real cases of the 1930s and '40s.

The concluding Hammer novel begins with a 21st-century funeral before flashing back to summer, 1973. Nine years after the events of Dig Two Graves, Hammer takes another unlikely vacation—this time on Long Island to help look after his partner Velda Sterling’s seventeen-year-old sibling, Mikki. When Mikki gets hooked on heroin, Hammer—filled with contempt for dope dealers—goes on a rampage. He will find those behind the drug racket and teach them what shooting up is all about.

From internationally acclaimed New Testament scholar Fr. Raymond F. Collins, essential listening for Christians, Catholics, and all who seek to understand scripture. Through this audio course, the capstone of Fr. Collin’s decades of teaching and scholarship, you’ll understand Paul’s Epistles like never before. Through 24 erudite and engaging lectures, you will gain new insights into the 13 letters attributed to Paul, the New Testament’s oldest texts.

Recently, it has become increasingly evident that extreme concentrations of wealth and power have profound impacts on our politics, but extreme inequality's influence on our daily lives—and our futures—has been vastly overlooked. In Burned by Billionaires, Chuck Collins, an author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, chronicles how the actions of the top .01% have severe consequences for the rest of us.

Chris Collins rose to the highest levels of business and politics—only to face a fall from grace that nearly destroyed him. As a successful entrepreneur and the first member of Congress to endorse Donald J. Trump for President, Collins was a power player at the peak of American influence. You could often find him in the halls of Congress, in Presidential meetings in the Roosevelt room, aboard Air Force One, or inside the Oval Office.

I know how you feel; I’ve been right there, experiencing your feelings and thoughts. I know the worries, and concerns. I know how it’s easy to let PCOS take control of you when in fact you should be the one controlling it. I’ve created this audiobook so you can learn how.

With thoughtful clarity, veteran pastor and itinerant Bible teacher Bruce Collins explains and illustrates how believers can learn how to hear the Lord more clearly and serve others in using the gift of prophecy responsibly.

"[T]he story offers the faithful reflection of a very happy time in my past life. It was written at Paris, when I had Charles Dickens for a near neighbor and a daily companion, and when my leisure hours were joyously passed with many other friends, all associated with literature and art, of whom the admirable comedian, Regnier, is now the only survivor. The revising of these pages has been to me a melancholy task. I can only hope that they may cheer the sad moments of others. The Rogue may surely claim two merits, at least, in the eyes of the new generation—he is never serious for two ...

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Sexuality takes a deep dive into research surrounding human sexuality, while also presenting one of the most comprehensive studies into what arouses people, using this data to explore everything, from the social structures of early hominids to the future of dating.

Ein Kampf auf Liebe, Leben und Tod - Die Hungerspiele gehen weiter. "Gefährliche Liebe" ist der zweite Band aus der "Tribute von Panem"-Trilogie. Die Geschichte der Hungerspiele ist noch nicht vorbei: Zwar sind Katniss und Peeta dank ihrer erfundenen Liebesgeschichte dem Tod entronnen, doch nun müssen sie sich als Liebespaar ausgeben. Der Grund: Katniss ist zur Symbolfigur einer Widerstandsbewegung geworden.

This dowload provides the opportunity to hear and practise the language. The phrases are kept short and simple so that by listening two or three times, you can pick up the essentials of the Dutch language.

What makes a book dangerous? Is it a radical idea, a steamy scene, a single forbidden word? Across classrooms, courts, and communities, banned books are pulled from shelves, challenged, and sometimes erased because they threaten the stories people in power prefer to keep hidden. This is not just about pages; it’s a fight over ideas that shape who we are.

The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is generally considered to be the first detective novel, and it established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel. The story was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are widely considered to be Collins' best novels, and Collins adapted The Moonstone for the stage in 1877, although the production was performed for only two months.

Deciding to throw in the spatula and live among the jellyfish, SpongeBob embarks on a new life of freedom in the open sea...

In 1927 the infamous millionaire occultist Emeric Belasco disappeared without a trace, leaving behind dozens of dead bodies in the rambling, isolated mansion known as Hell House. In 1931 a team of parapsychologists entered Hell House in order to solve the riddle of Belasco's fate, only to meet with horror, insanity and death.

Just days after the wedding of Valeria Brinton and Eustace Woodville, a series of strange incidents causes Valeria to believe her husband is hiding a dark secret. She discovers he has been living under a false name, and when questioned, Eustace refuses to discuss it. Upon further digging, Valeria finds Eustace had been on trial three years ago for the murder of his wife. However, the verdict had come down as the scotch verdict of not proven. This implied his guilt, but there was not enough evidence for a conviction nor did it exonerate him.

Phil has been single for a while now. At 40 years old and divorced, he's looking for a new type of fun. He's found a site called Giantess Link that allows him to randomly hook up with a woman - while he's six inches tall. But what he soon realizes is that he's booked his own stepdaughter! Now, she has him all to herself, helpless and begging for mercy.