Eliza Foss
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Forty-two-year-old Jessie is summoned home to Egret Island off the coast of South Carolina after her obsessively devout mother inexplicably cuts off her own finger, and finds herself oddly exhilarated to be free of her husband, and wildly attracted to Brother Thomas, a monk who has yet to take his final vows.
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This work discusses how to achieve romantic love that is not dependent on external circumstances, defining love as a readily accessible inner state of being through which people bring love to the outside world by emulating the methods of leading spiritualists and scientists.
4) Kidnapped
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Jan Burke delivers a thrilling volume from her Irene Kelly series. Years have passed since Richard Fletcher was murdered. Although his stepson was convicted of the crime, Irene isn't so sure. To finally uncover the truth, the investigative journalist joins forces with Richard's son Caleb, a graduate student in forensic anthropology.
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Presents an inside look at the New York City police department's Cold Case Squad, a group of detectives charged with trying to solve murders that are sometimes decades old,and follows them as they work to find answers to four unsolved murder cases going back as far as 1951.
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" Angel's Tip is a riveting read that snaps with the beat of New York….A knuckle-biting journey that'll keep you turning pages until the very end." --Faye Kellerman, bestselling author of the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus novels "Alafair Burke has created a winning heroine in Ellie Hatcher, someone to root for." --Tami Hoag, bestselling author of Down the Darkest Road "Complex plotting, multi-layered characters, a creepy serial killer--in Angel's...
10) The Runaway
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I'm in trouble. Come get me.
On a remote island off the coast of Maine lies a secluded estate. There, behind wrought iron gates and rock walls, sits Halcyon Hall. Today, it is an exclusive spa catering to wealthy elites and pampered celebrities. But once, it had another name-and a terrifying reputation ...
Rosemary Tulle has come to Halcyon Hall desperate to find her younger sister. Seventeen-year-old Genevieve left a brief, troubling message...
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There's an 80 percent chance you're poor. Time poor, that is. Four out of five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. These time-poor people experience less joy each day. They laugh less. They are less healthy, less productive, and more likely to divorce. In one study, time stress produced a stronger negative effect on happiness than unemployment. How can we escape the time traps that make us feel this way...
12) The Other Child
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Where Innocence Dies...
Expectant parents Karen and Mike Houston are excited about restoring their old rambling Victorian mansion to its former glory. With its endless maze of rooms, hallways, and hiding places, it's a wonderful place for their nine-year-old daughter Leslie to play and explore. Unfortunately, they didn't listen to the stories about the house's dark history. They didn't believe the rumors about the evil that lived there.
...The...
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Palmer Kippola is on a mission to make autoimmune disease history. When she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at age 19, she began a journey toward healing that resulted in a complete reversal of her symptoms. Now, with the help of leading medical experts, including renowned specialists in immunology and longevity from UCLA and Stanford medical schools, as well as leading practitioners in the field of autoimmunity and functional medicine, Kippola...
14) The Hunted
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YOU'RE GOING TO PAY
The pressures of fame and an obsessive stalker have driven pop star Olivia Smith to take shelter at Halcyon Hall, an exclusive spa on a remote island off the coast of Maine. Yet, from the moment she arrives, there are rumors about women disappearing, and stories about the resort's grisly past. Then a note arrives from her stalker, proving that nowhere is truly safe...
It's been twenty-five years since Sheriff Deacon Howell discovered...
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Life's too short to be unhappy at work…
"I'm working harder than I ever have, and I don't know if it's worth it anymore." If you're a manager or leader, these words have probably run through your mind. So many of us are feeling fed up, burned out, and unhappy at work: the constant pressure and stress, the unending changes, the politics--people feel as though they can't give much more, and performance is suffering.
But it's work, after all, right?...
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He'd certainly never set eyes on-much less gone to bed with-Tula Barrons. That he would have remembered. Yet businessman Simon Bradley agreed to let Tula and her infant cousin-a child she claimed was his-stay in his mansion until he had proof of the little boy's paternity. But having Tula under his roof revealed something unexpected-her father had once nearly destroyed Simon's business. The billionaire now had the perfect opportunity for revenge....
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Simple science text and dramatic illustrations give a close-up view of the fascinating world of the dung beetle. When an animal lightens its load, dung beetles race to the scene. They battle over, devour, hoard, and lay their eggs in the precious poop. Dung is food, drink, and fuel for new life-as crucial to these beetles as the beetles are to many habitats, including our own.
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One day in July 1967, B. decides to pass her first counterfeit check and flee San Francisco for California's Central Valley. Unmarried and thirty years old, B. doesn't understand the new youthful counterculture. She likes the dresses and kid gloves of her mother's generation-but doesn't fit into that world either. Beset by an oppressive anxiety she calls "the carsickness," she finds the only relief comes in handling illicit checks and driving endlessly...
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Watch your back. Trust no one. And, when a killer closes in, hide yourself away.
It should have been an ideal week during a perfect summer in "America's First Resort." But, just hours before the KEY News crew arrives for their broadcasts from Newport, Rhode Island, the skeleton of a socialite who disappeared fourteen years ago is found in a dank tunnel beneath a famous mansion.
It doesn't end there. Next, the socialite's daughter is found at the...
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Have you ever felt you're not getting through to the person you're talking to, or not coming across the way you intend? You're not alone.
That's the bad news. But there is something we can do about it. Heidi Grant Halvorson, social psychologist and bestselling author, explains why we're often misunderstood and how we can fix that.
Most of us assume that other people see us as we see ourselves, and that they see us as we truly are. But neither is...