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Anyone would think that a bookish spinster with bad eyesight has had her share of bad luck. But when "accidents" begin to happen at the worst possible time, Isha Elmwood spots the man behind the mischief: Mr. Bad Luck himself. Trouble is, she's the only one who can see him. Isha must find a way to put a stop to this handsome knave without subjecting herself to the worst luck of all...losing her heart.
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This open access book uncovers one important, yet forgotten, form of itinerant livelihoods, namely petty trade, more specifically how it was practiced in Northern Europe during the period 1820–1960. It investigates how traders and customers interacted in different spaces and approaches ambulatory trade as an arena of encounters by looking at everyday social practices. Petty traders often belonged to subjugated social groups, like ethnic minorities
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As perfect as a marble statue, George Frobisher, the future Earl of Chadleigh, was thunderstruck when, at the age of seventeen, he accidentally glimpsed Miss Olivia Henshaw emerging naked from her bath the day of his sister's wedding. That vision of a Venus, his Venus, would fuel his fantasies for years to come. Ten years after the wedding, Olivia Henshaw has resigned herself to spinsterhood caring for her ailing uncle in a cold and dark castle in...
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Encountering Morocco introduces readers to life in this North African country through vivid accounts of fieldwork as personal experience and intellectual journey. We meet the contributors at diverse stages of their careers–from the unmarried researcher arriving for her first stint in the field to the seasoned fieldworker returning with spouse and children. They offer frank descriptions of what it means to take up residence in a place where one is...
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Encounter God through the Scriptures as you are guided by the wisdom and experience of the Blackaby family.
The deepest need of every human heart is to encounter God. To meet with God, to be changed by Him, and to become more like Him as a result. For decades, the Blackaby family has dedicated their ministry to helping believers address this deepest need. Now you can learn from their insights to experience deeper encounters with God as you develop...
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Is Revelation really worth the effort? Does its message resonate with followers of Jesus in the here and now? Encountering Jesus in Revelation offers pastors and laypeople an accessible tool for studying Revelation within the local church. It situates Revelation in its ancient context while stressing how its apocalyptic nature addresses God's people at every point in history, including our own. It does this by introducing apocalyptic writing as a...
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As a New Testament character of note, the Apostle Paul is second only to Jesus. In this companion volume to Encounters with Jesus, Ben and Ann Witherington draw on the biblical text and deep knowledge of historical context to bring alive the reactions of several contemporaries to the famous apostle and his words and deeds. Here we hear from friends and companions as well as passing acquaintances and outright enemies of Paul. Including many photos...
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It seems Jamie Brodie can't go anywhere anymore without a body turning up. Jamie and his boyfriend Pete Ferguson are taking a week of vacation to visit Pete's brother Steve in Alamogordo, New Mexico. They arrive to find that Alamogordo has been invaded - by fans of a TV show called Alien Visitors. The host of the show, Dixon Gill, was found dead in the lobby of Steve's building. Gill's fans believe he was killed by the FBI because he was about to...
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For over 20 years I wrote in journals, expressing feelings, waxing philosophic, and following threads of thoughts and emotions that lead me sometimes to understanding and sometimes to deeper quandaries.Of course, the search for love and the desire to be close to women led to many writings in my journals. This book is the retelling of my encounters with a number of women in real time, being made up of journal entries in chronological order. Each encounter...
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Many times we experience different journeys on this faithful, spiritual walk of life. Some things we do not expect to happen, realizing or hoping everything is going according to plan. God's plan for our lives is much different from the plan that we have for our own lives. On my spiritual journey, my mother developed dementia. This is a disease that can be very hard, tiring and depressing to the caregiver. It is a disease that is known by medical...
13) Dirty Encounter
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Billionaire Kenneth Marshall has given me a chance of a lifetime. He was smoking hot and had charms that left me speechless as he offered me, one weekend. One weekend to submit to him. I'd lost my job. Soon, I'd lose my home. I had nothing to lose and so much to gain. I'd been dominated before, and this dirty encounter had given me a second opportunity far too great to miss. What was a girl to do? Apart from say, "Yes, sir."Author's Note:This is...
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From USA Today Bestselling author KL Donn comes Explosive Encounter, book 2 in her new military romance series, Task Force 779.Foster Halsey has been burned by life, by love.Recruited to the Task Force 779 elite team after a nasty divorce, Foster only wants to serve his country. He has no interest in anything except the art of explosives and saving lives. After nearly losing a team mate, and witnessing the pain his family went through, Foster is more...
15) Divine Encounter
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Long before Avery McClain came into the picture, the gods set into motion encounters that would impact the future of her family...Keona and Piper Nadal are twins with a history that keeps them as far under the Olympian radar as possible. Their last name carries an automatic death sentence if the Thracian Master discovers their existence. The last person they ever wanted to run into was a man with ties to the Castille Clan.Olympian healer, Evander...
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German nurse Kayla is visiting a friend in the USA when a group of Marines in training literally fall out of the sky at her feet. Captain Wayne Turner draws her into a whirlwind of emotions, more confusing than the wind created by the helicopter he dropped out of. After a stormy night of passion, she comes face to face with his ex-wife and runs off. But then Wayne's best friend Dale finds her and asks her to help him to prove Wayne's innocence after...
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A young nobleman nearly runs down a young woman with his carriage. The fateful encounter, and a rash decision, changes their lives forever. Lord Humphrey Dewesbury doesn't want to offer for the annoying Augusta Ratcliffe, but the alliance was concocted when they were children. Joan Chadwick, an orphened vicar's daughter, faces a dreary life as a governess. Neither wants to embrace their separate fates. Together, they can save each other by wedding....
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It's five days before Maggie's wedding day. Invited guests have arrived, and so did others. The homely atmosphere faded with every passing day. Every day, family bonds are put to the test, as love, laughter and family secrets unfolds. Her mother's untimely arrival and confession was no cheer. Her past secret sex life torments her as the wedding day approaches. Maggie is determined, her family life and past sex life must never cross paths. The past...
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As those that returned to Earth continue to prepare for Ty and Samira's wedding, Eden encounters a group of women from the university who are startled to see her, but will not tell her why. Suspicious that she knows what is happening, she goes to the laboratory to confront Ryan and discovers that the motivations behind him sending her to Uoria are far more complex than she could have imagined.Back on Uoria Maxim continues to use the information that...
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Giles Grant has been a Police Officer for five years. He was recently promoted to an armed response unit, and today is the end of his first day. He is a staunch believer in the afterlife, and that not everybody gets to move on when they die. Whilst he has only ever experienced the mildest of unexplainable events, tonight will change everything.This short story is set in the same world as Augustus Baltazar and features characters that appear in the...
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