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Cosmology is the story we tell ourselves about why we are here in this Universe. Right now we humans find ourselves in a cosmological transformation that is as profound as the radical shift in collective consciousness after we realized that the Sun doesn’t orbit around the Earth. We live in a time that collapses time into timelessness; we live in a space that doesn’t acknowledge boundary. The story is changing right now, because our knowledge of who we are is changing. We must re-understand humanity, its reason for existence, and its potential for co-participating with evolution.

This delightful memoir Sojourn with Heidi is written by Heidi Fearon, a remarkable woman born in Austria during WWII. Her early life was influenced by her parents, especially her mother. She was raised to be respectful, goal-oriented, and adventurous. Heidi was expected to enrich her mind, her body, and develop an appreciation for life. Her early travels exposed her to life-changing experiences in France, England, and the United States. Heidi married her first husband, and they had a son, Scott. It was important that Scott have the same opportunities she enjoyed as a child.

A common theme in life is death. Those who lose someone to death must find a way to continue living. Grief was not something for me to understand or even question. Grief was something I had to experience. For a long time after Ricky’s death, I woke up unable to see the morning sun. Two questions overwhelmed my mind: Why did Ricky die? What am I supposed to do now? One day, the morning sun found me.

Topping Out is a story of adventure, heartaches, and challenges for a young pioneer woman who teaches the children of hardworking Idaho ranchers. The hardships included crossing the hazardous Salmon and Snake Rivers, managing horses and Smoky Mule, traversing narrow trails with pack animals, and fighting a forest fire. As a 16-year-old, Kay had to prove herself and earn respect during the seven years in the high primitive country.

This opus is a commentary on the book of Genesis, King James Version of the Holy Bible. While the entire manuscript may be listened to in just several hours, it is hoped that significantly more time will be spent on it. It’s guaranteed that doing so will be time well-spent. Not only does this work contain material suitable for the neophyte religious listener, but it also has a wealth of information for the most serious Bible scholar and student, as well.

On Wings of Hope: Leading Lily Home explores those questions through a poignant recollection of Bischoff's experience in assisting a young client through her journey with breast cancer and untimely death. Based on a true story and filled with wisdom and life lessons, this account describes Lily's inspiring passage from despair to enlightenment as a result of Bischoff's unconventional therapy and compelling and inspirational view of the afterlife.

Loose Woman tells of a life-changing year - 1979 - when Beth Kaplan, a successful actor, surprised herself by agreeing to live and work with a group of intellectually disabled men in France. In this intimate, sometimes hilarious memoir, she leaves behind the backstage and bars of the Canadian theatre scene to embark on an extraordinary odyssey of self-discovery and redemption.

In an emotional story that details one woman's struggle within a medical organization that was filled with massive illegal billing, her faith shines through. Healthcare Under Duress presents one woman's personal account and experience within a prestigious university hospital (UWP). This case is unique, representing the issuance of the largest fine ever given to a medical teaching institution within the United States for billing fraud.

Even the most devout believers may have wondered at one time or the other if God really exists, in what ways the word of God is applicable in today’s modern world, and whether a strong relationship with God is possible, even after straying from the church community. Within a practical guide tailored for anyone who knows intellectually that God exists but may not actually see him working in their own lives, the author shares personal stories and scripture that exemplify and clarify valuable Christian messages while addressing common spiritual topics.

While growing up on a cotton farm in rural Texas, Martha Elaine Couch could never have predicted that one day, she would earn three degrees from Texas Tech University and travel to more than 110 countries. In a charming and uplifting memoir, Couch shares details of a life well lived that include anecdotes and thoughts about her parents and the rest of her family, her childhood in rural West Texas, her experiences working with youth and adult volunteers, and as a professor, and her devoted faith in God as she journeyed away from her home to see the world.

Judy first sees Grace when she and her daughter attend as audience members of a television show. Grace is the featured guest, a famous seer who — out of all attendees — calls on Judy and begins relaying messages from Judy’s deceased relatives. Judy is so overcome with emotion that she faints, and so begins a friendship brought together by fate.

One marine squad, led by young upstart Jim Raynor and giant Tychus Findlay, are prepared to battle a corrupt government as it works for interplanetary domination in this action-packed thriller set in the StarCraft universe. For the poor, hardworking citizens of the Confederacy’s fringe worlds...

Perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, Echo, and Hour of the Bees, this charming time-travel story from husband-and-wife team Marisa de los Santos and David Teague follows one girl's race to change the past in order to save her father's future. Thirteen-year-old Margaret knows her father...

Corliss Myers is the kind of girl who watches TV. (Alone. On prom night.) Not the kind who works in it. So imagine her excitement when her uncle gets her an internship on a TV show called The ‘Bu. Little does Corliss realize that this internship is nothing like what she’d expected. Soon...

It covers their years of fostering, all the ups and downs, and how fostering affected their daily lives and the amount of enjoyment and happy memories they have. It is also written to acknowledge the amount of support they received from their family, friends, and neighbors.

Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this book takes listeners on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy, redemption, and, ultimately, transformation. George Grinnell was one of six young men who set off on the 1955 expedition led by experienced wilderness canoeist Art Moffatt. Poorly planned and executed, the journey seemed doomed from the start. Ignoring the approaching winter, the men became entranced with the peace and beauty of the arctic in autumn.

The authors of the national bestseller THE POWER OF NICE once again tackle conventional wisdom with a provocative and counterintuitive book about the importance of sweating the small stuff in our lives and in our careers. Our smallest actions and gestures often have outsized impact on our...

Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval have moved to the top of the advertising industry by following a simple but powerful philosophy: it pays to be nice. While so many companies encourage a dog-eat-dog mentality, The Kaplan Thaler Group has succeeded through chocolate and flowers.

Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime - they're going to Mars. Once on the Red Planet, however, Carmen realizes things are not so different from Earth. There are chores to do, lessons to learn, and oppressive authority figures to rebel against.

In 1945, both the U.S. State Department and U.S. Intelligence saw Czechoslovakia as the master key to the balance of power in Europe and as a chessboard for the power-game between East and West. Washington believed that the political scene in Prague was the best available indicator of whether the United States would be able to coexist with Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union.