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After being unemployed for a year, William finally receives a call to come into Elite Surrogates and Adoption (ESA) for an interview. The sterile white interior does nothing for his confidence, as he’s led to HR Manager Sadie Jones' office, where she proceeds to question him about his job experience and reproductive knowledge. It all goes well in this paranormal medical romance until William realizes that he’s going to have to “perform” for the job. Using his own semen to propagate the reproductive cycle is more than a little weird.

Rogue officials within the Chinese and Russian intelligence agencies conspire to use a decades-long and extremely effective covert program of political infiltration and influence of United States officials to replace the US president with someone more sympathetic to the interests of the two foreign powers. They must execute the mission before the president can enter into an international agreement with other Pacific Ocean nations restricting Chinese and Russian interests in the region. The mission includes a horrific attack on the president that shocks the world. US Defense Secretary Colt ...

It is wartime and Carrie and her little brother Nick have been evacuated from their London home to the Welsh hills. In an unfamiliar place, among strangers, the children feel alone and find little comfort with the family they are billeted with: Mr Evans, a bullying shopkeeper and Auntie Lou, his kind but timid sister. When Carrie and Nick visit Albert, another evacuee, they are welcomed into Hepzibah Green's warm kitchen. Hepzibah is rumoured to be a witch, but her cooking is delicious, her stories are enthralling and the children cannot keep away.

Three manuscripts in one audiobook. Everything you need to know to develop your “superpowers” as an empathic person (and get rid of the downsides of your personality type) lies in this guide. As an empath, you have both superpowers (such as an unusual intuition) and downsides (for example, you tend to be too emotional).The thing is, your downsides prevent you from developing your superpowers. This guide provides you with the best instruments (straight from psychology and ancient wisdom) to do that.

Jane Woodland is on a hiking trip to clear her mind and determine what to do next with her life when she wanders off the trail to find some purple-leaved trees. Unfortunately, she wonders so far off the trail, she gets lost. Luckily, there's a lumberjack cutting down trees. She locates him by the sound of his chainsaw, hoping he can give her directions back to the trail, but it's getting late. After traveling to his cabin for the night, she quickly discovers the trees aren’t the only things with big wood.

When Kelly Dongle gets nominated to onboard a new financial client, the last thing she expects to run into on her three-hour road trip is an antiques-and-toys store. Unable to stop herself, she walks inside to see the best antique doll she's ever seen in her life. For being almost 100 years old, it's in fairly good condition as if it's never left a display case. Of course, it doesn't have a display case now, but that doesn't stop Kelly from purchasing it.

Alicia en el País de las Maravillas es una novela de fantasía escrita por el matemático, lógico, fotógrafo y escritor británico Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, bajo el seudónimo de Lewis Carroll, publicada en 1865. La historia cuenta cómo una niña llamada Alicia cae por un agujero, encontrándose en un mundo peculiar y extraño, poblado por humanos y criaturas antropomórficas. La novela juega con la lógica, lo que le dio una gran popularidad tanto en niños como en adultos. Está considerada una de las mejores novelas del género del Sinsentido.

I’ve been shouting “Good morning sunshine”, obnoxiously, since I was a small child - always seeking joy, light and positivity. But when my youngest of 4 children was diagnosed with a rare & incurable cancer, blood & immune disease at the age of 1 1/2… My followers were certain they would catch me in the act of “faking” my happy. What they found instead were authentic shares as we endured 1.5 years of chemotherapy - the good, the bad, the ugly… & the beauty all around it. This podcast reflects upon life & the different ways we get to approach it seeing that perspective reveals ...

The plot follows a crew of 10 trying to hunt the Snark, an animal that may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum. The only one of the crew to find the Snark quickly vanishes, leading the narrator to explain that it was a Boojum after all. The Bellman, whose only navigational skills consist of ringing his bell, is my favorite next to the nervous beaver who knits lace most of the time.

La storia fantastica di Alice letta integralmente ad alta voce. Un capolavoro assoluto della letteratura mondiale per divertire piccini e grandi.

This landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America, the people who created it, and the pathologies it has spawned. Carroll proves a controversial thesis: the Pentagon has, since its founding, operated beyond the control of any force in government or society. It is the biggest, loosest cannon in American history, and no institution has changed this country more.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (commonly shortened to "Alice in Wonderland") tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children! It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential.

Mientras fuera nieva, Alicia juega al ajedrez con su gatita Kiti y medita sobre cómo será el mundo al otro lado del espejo colgado en la pared de su salón. Se sorprenderá al comprobar que puede atravesarlo. De ese lado le espera otra partida de ajedrez. Esta vez jugará con sus propias reglas: allí las flores hablan, los unicornios pelean con leones, el tiempo avanza en sentido contrario… Todo es posible en el mundo al revés.

Glass Soup is a loose sequel to Jonathan Carroll’s earlier work, White Apples. The story continues to explore themes of life, death, love, and the metaphysical battle between good and evil. The novel follows Vincent Ettrich and his lover, Isabelle Neukor, who were central to the plot of White Apples. Having died, Vincent is once again alive, recently resurrected for some mysterious reason. Isabelle, pregnant with their child, discovers that their unborn son is destined to play a crucial role in the cosmic struggle between chaos and order.

Strangled by shadow, the human world is gasping its last breath. General Warren Northwright vowed to save the realm from the Darkness or stand trial for his past—he didn’t expect to fail. Invading monsters from the Darkness realm have slaughtered his armies, and no matter how badly he wishes to exchange his life for the soldiers he’s lost he can’t. As he prepares for his final battle he learns this may not be the end. Upon a recently discovered parchment penned by the dead god of the Ajoiner Realm is a spark of hope. The beacon. A construct rumored to be capable of vanquishing the ...

Nothing ever happens in World's End Close. So when Stevie discovers a runaway girl in her coal shed, the first thing she does is fetch her best friend, Ray. Both are dying for a bit of adventure, and when the girl begs for help, they readily agree. Yet they soon realise they've taken on more than they bargained for. The girl, Anna, reveals she's on the run from people who are trying to poison her. Meanwhile, on the news, the Americans and Russians are arguing over missiles in Cuba. As the threat of war grows, Anna's behaviour becomes more mysterious.

Cuddle up with four sweet Christmas romance novellas! Are you ready to fall in love? Take the chill out of winter with four new multi-genre romances from best-selling and award-winning authors Tara C. Allred, Stacy Lynn Carroll, Ali M. Cross, and Stephanie Connelley Worlton. From heartwarming traditions to heart-pounding suspense, this cozy collection of toe-tingling first kisses set in Utah’s North Pole (a.k.a. Bear Lake) will leave you feeling cheerful and bright.

It's late at night, and the rain is pouring down on the Dublin city streets. A mother is grieving for her dead child. She stands silently outside the home of the teenage boy she believes responsible. She watches.... In a kitchen on the same square, a girl waits anxiously for her mum to come home. She knows exactly where she is, but she knows she cannot reach her. A few doors down, and a widow sits alone in her room. She has just delivered a bombshell to her family during dinner, and her life is about to change forever.

Sarah Dunkin's world shatters when she walks in on her husband's secret addiction. Thrown into the world of pornography, therapy, and support groups, Sarah must find a way to forgive before she drowns in betrayal and despair. The task before her seems impossible as she struggles to care for their five children on her own. Growing up without religion in her life, Sarah is forced to make difficult choices and finds herself being drawn to a higher power she never understood.

For far too long, the menace of concussions has been hidden in plain sight. On playing fields across America, lives are being derailed by seemingly innocuous jolts to the head. From the peewees to the pros, concussions are reaching epidemic proportions. This book brings that hidden epidemic and its consequences out of the shadows.