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She’s an electrician starting over with her son. New job. New town. New life. He’s a coworker who’s interested in more than her ability to run conduit. The building they’re rewiring was once an insane asylum…but it appears some of the patients never left. If you like a heart-melting romance laced with a healthy dose of supernatural thrills and chills, you’ll love Electricity.

A sharecropper, a warrior, and a truth-telling prophet, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stands as a powerful symbol not only of the 1960s Black freedom movement, but also of the enduring human struggle against oppression. This is a rhetorical biography that tells the story of Hamer's life by focusing on how she employed symbols - images, words, and even material objects such as the ballot, food, and clothing - to construct persuasive public personae, to influence audiences, and to effect social change.

Most books about the Soviet Union focus on politics, food shortages, or lack of democratic freedoms. This collection of stories portrays everyday experiences of a young girl growing up in the Soviet Union of the 1970s. Childhood can be a magical and innocent time, oblivious to political regimes and problems. And that's what these 12 stories strive to convey.

Susan comes home from a bad date with her boyfriend to find her roommate feeling horrible also. Over drinks the two of them reveal to each other what has made them feel as bad as they do. As the alcohol removes inhibitions, the two of them end up pleasuring each other in ways that they had never thought of in the past.

Nerina Simpson fled the streets of New York City, hoping to find solace outside the small town of Talkeetna, Alaska. Physically scarred from a fire that claimed both her parents, Nerina keeps to herself while she tries to put the darkness of her life behind her. When a winter storm forces her into town, she collides with Victor Canidae. An arrogant man who makes it no secret that he and everyone else in the town want her to leave.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time, Dawn Staley shares powerful and inspiring stories that have shaped her journey on and off the court. A three-time Olympic gold medalist, six-time WNBA All-Star, and the first person to win the Naismith College Player of the Year award as both...

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this unputdownable mystery follows a group of students in an art master’s program that goes dangerously awry, from the internationally bestselling “new queen of crime” (Electric Literature) Janice Hallett. Gela Nathaniel, head of Royal Hastings...

“Immersive…awe-inspiring.” —The New York Times “An epic story of love, hope, and perseverance.” — #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline This “stellar read” (Los Angeles Times) is an exhilarating tale of an unforgettable young woman who bravely exposes the...

Carolyn Dawn Flynn thought she had the answer. As an author, magazine journalist, and single mother of twins, she was sure of her path. But with her twins eagerly casting their college choices to anywhere-but-here, and the newspaper industry in a death spiral, her life was on a collision course with an uncertain future. Clearly, it was time for a road trip.

Leonie lebt im Towerland, das von einer als göttlich verehrten künstlichen Intelligenz kontrolliert wird. Die Menschen würfeln hier ab ihrem 18. Lebensjahr um ihre Lebenszeit: Wer eine 7 würfelt, darf in sieben Jahren erneut würfeln, wer eine 0 würfelt, wird zu einer Person Zero und muss sterben. Die Bewohner verehren den Tower als ihren gerechten und unfehlbaren Richter, doch als Leonie eines Tages beginnt, das System zu hinterfragen, entdeckt sie, dass es nicht das hält, was es den Menschen verspricht.

Selene never asked to become a weapon, but when the memories holding her world together begin collapsing, she is forced into the role of the last Witness—the only person capable of entering unstable realms and battling the creatures born from forgotten history. Armed with a living book that carves open portals and unleashes dangerous truths, Selene is thrust into violent time rifts, shadow-ridden landscapes, and battles that twist the laws of the world itself. Every mission demands blood, memory, or both—and the cost is rising. But she isn’t alone.

Power from the Podium: The Story of Black Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos, is a wonderfully written story of two Olympic icons whose silent Black Power protest at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico reverberated worldwide. From the awards podium during the playing of the American National Anthem, Tommie and John, heads bowed with their black-gloved fists raised in the Black Power symbol, signified one of the most powerful protests in sports history that called attention to Black social justice and racial inequality.

Rikki sondert sich von Cleo und Bella ab, was die beiden natürlich beunruhigt. Schließlich wissen sie seit Wills Geständnis, dass Rikki ihnen etwas sehr Wichtiges verschwiegen hat. Zu allem Überfluss interessiert sich Ryan hartnäckig für den Gesteinsbrocken, den Cleo ihm gezeigt hat. Er vermutet, dass sie ihn über dessen Herkunft belogen hat.

Compelled by Love, the true story of the ministry of Heidi and Rolland Baker in the war-torn, poverty and disease-stricken country of Mozambique, chronicles twenty-seven years of ministry among the poorest people on earth. The audiobook is based upon the beatitudes as seen through the eyes of third-world pastors and missionaries.

Thomas Anterberry fühlt seinen Tod herannahen. Ihm bleibt gerade noch Zeit, seinen teuflischen Plan zu verwirklichen, bevor er seinen letzten Atemzug tut. Und dann beginnt eine Kette von unerklärlichen Ereignissen. Ein Mord geschieht – und der Mörder weiß nichts von seiner schrecklichen Tat. Kurz darauf findet man wieder einen Toten. Die Polizei steht vor einem Rätsel.

See the connection between spiritual warfare and your role as a mother in order for your kids to experience an awakening of their own. There is a spiritual war raging against the next generation. This audiobook is a passionate call for moms to break out of the box of “normal” and dare to be led by the Spirit in their day-to-day parenting. Deven Wallace looks at biblical examples, including the mothers of Jesus, John the Baptist, Samuel, Moses, and Samson to empower mothers today.

Bella hat die Idee, im „Rikki’s“ ein Benefizkonzert zu Gunsten eines Vereines zum Schutz von Delphinen zu geben. Sophie hört das zufällig mit an und verkauft die Idee als ihre eigene. Sie überzeugt Rikki und Zane davon, das Konzert im Café zu veranstalten und ihr die Organisation der ganzen Veranstaltung zu überlassen.

In Spiritual Housekeeping, Kimberly Daniels reveals the powerful, practical secrets of pressing forward when the enemy wants you to give up. It’s time to reclaim what the devil has stolen, break free from bondage, and live in the victory Jesus already won for you. With bold, Spirit-filled teaching, Daniels equips you to: Confront and overcome habitual sins that keep you stuck. Recognize and defeat spiritual attacks with divine authority. Operate under God’s protection and anointing—so you emerge victorious, every time.

Deep within the Canadian Rockies, buried beneath a mile of granite and fifty years of silence, lies Helix Station. History has forgotten Helix Station, once a Cold War black site, but not everyone has forgotten it. Dr. Elena Cathcart, a brilliant geneticist for Nexus Pharmaceuticals, believes she is leading a routine expedition to investigate a geological anomaly. She is mistaken. They have sent her, along with battle-hardened operative Jake Hansen and tech prodigy Marcus Singh, to awaken a hidden force.

Voice and Wisdom offers simple words of truth that will enable everyone to understand that we are all one and that there is only one God. Presenting a set of unifying principles that will be acceptable to most religions and faiths, this book will guide people of all religions (or of no religion) to adopt a way of living in godly oneness that will forever put an end to bloodshed in the name of God and religion.