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Jessica Jackson är polis i Västervik och får ärva ett gammalt nedlagt mejeri på (den fiktiva ön) Mörkö, där hon drömmer om att starta ett mikrobryggeri. Men när en död man flyter i land på ön grusas hennes planer. Efter en fest i bygdegården försvinner en ung kvinna. Allt tyder på att hon blivit utsatt för våld. Jessica var själv med på festen, men har inte någon klar bild över vad som egentligen hände. Allt hon minns är ett bråk mellan några invandrare och den försvunna kvinnan. Eftersom hon känner till platsen dras Jessica snart in i den alltmer komplicerade polisutredningen.

Most of us dread standing up in front of a crowd. In fact sociologists rank public speaking as our greatest fear. But there's good news. You can overcome this and other fears through the Vocal Awareness® System that Arthur Joseph has spent over four decades successfully developing. Now, in Voice of a Leader, Joseph offers proven methods to create a paradigm shift in the way you present yourself.

We cannot forget the manners that we were taught as children. When someone does something for us or gives us something, we must remember to say thank you. This same thing applies when we come to God with our request. We must remember to thank him for the many blessings he has bestowed upon us. Rev. Dr. Kenneth Samuel gives us the push in a sermon titled "Somebody Say Thank You".

Your voice is your identity. It can tell people everything about who you are, how you feel about yourself, and what you believe in. Now you can gain perfect command of your voice with Vocal Awareness. Created by Arthur Joseph, an international voice specialist, Vocal Awareness is a complete system for mastering your voice and integrating it into your life. Your voice has the power to instantly reach out and connect with people.

If you've ever been told you can't even carry a tune - think again. On Sing Your Heart Out, vocal coach and master teacher Arthur Joseph shows you how to discover your authentic singing voice through self-discovery exercises that are simple to practice and profoundly effective. For over 32 years, Joseph's methods have helped thousands of students find their natural vocal talents - quickly and naturally.

Chand notes that our perceptions and thinking patterns determine our emotions, values, and beliefs, influencing how we respond to people and events. Sometimes, we are not even aware of the reasons behind what we say and do because our responses may be ingrained from childhood. But Chand believes all of us can have new thinking for a new future. He has set out to help people move beyond specific goals and consider objectives and key results, challenge themselves, ask crucial questions, and “upgrade the software” in their heads.

With The Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler threw a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, the novel is a thinly disguised account of his own childhood and youth "in the bosom of a Christian family." With irony, wit, and sometimes rancor, he savaged contemporary values and beliefs, turning inside-out the conventional novel of a family's life through several generations.

Whitehall is a royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, from Serial Box Publishing. Set in the 17th century court of King Charles II and his queen, Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. Her journey to find her place as the foreign wife in a court riddled with political and religious intrigue—not to mention the many mistresses of Charles the “Merry Monarch”—is a tale of perseverance only a true queen could endure. Love mingles with betrayal before a sensual renaissance of art, culture, and sex in this lush historical serial.

A milestone in the history of the novel, Samuel Richardson’s epistolary and elaborate Clarissa follows the life of a chaste young woman desperate to protect her virtue. When beautiful Clarissa Harlowe is forced to marry the rich but repulsive Mr. Solmes, she refuses, much to her family’s chagrin. She escapes their persecution with the help of Mr. Lovelace, a dashing and seductive rake, but soon finds herself in a far worse dilemma.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in collaboration with his friend, William Wordsworth, revolutionized English poetry. In 1798 they produced their Lyrical Ballads, poems of imagination and reflection using "the language of men" - pointing the way forward for a generation of Romantic poets.

Here are some of the finest narrative poems in the English language, dating from an age of rich inspiration.

This is an essay from the Favorite Essays collection.

A literary giant of the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson made lasting contributions to English literature as an essayist, moralist, poet, biographer, literary critic and editor. His philosophical novella Rasselas became so popular that it was translated into five languages. A new English edition was published every year and even today there are multiple print editions available.

An introduction to the Gods the Greeks worshiped, and the Heroes the Greeks adored.Western Civilization draws heavily from the Classical Greek period. Listen to these brief stories of the awesome Greek Gods, the mighty mythological Heroes, and the powerful men and events that influenced Classical Greek history.

This sharp commentary on the rise and current decline of Western Civilization touches on historical moments - including the building of early universities in the Middle Ages and the American Revolution - and figures - including Augustine, Acquinas, Edmund Burke, and Adam Smith - that exemplify the faith-reason synthesis at the heart of Western Civilization, as well as the modern villains that threaten to destroy it.

The 17th-century devotional letters of Samuel Rutherford, most of which were written during imprisonment for the sake of the gospel, are presented for the edification of a new generation of listeners. Published more than 350 years ago, The Letters of Samuel Rutherford has been a source of encouragement and inspiration for Christians throughout the world.

It is said that this daily devotional book is one of the most popular of all time, a timeless collection of carefully selected scriptures with a clear theme for each morning and each evening of the year. Heralded as one of the foremost tools for daily prayer and Christian worship, Daily Light on the Daily Path, or Daily Light, has helped countless Christians around the world.

A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666, Pepys chronicled the events of his day. His diary provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of political intrigues, naval, church, and cultural affairs, as well as a quotidian journal of daily life in London during the Restoration.

This brilliant satirical novel, tracing the life and loves of Ernest Pontifex, has continued in popularity since its original publication in 1903. Every generation finds in The Way of All Flesh a reaffirmation of youth's rightful struggle against the tyranny of harsh parents and its admirable will for freedom of personal expression.

A 25,000-copy best seller in Quebec, Arvida, with its stories of innocent young girls and wild beasts, attempted murder and ritual mutilation, haunted houses and road trips heading nowhere, is unforgettable. Like a Proust-obsessed Cormac McCarthy, Samuel Archibald's portrait of his hometown, a model town designed by American industrialist Arthur Vining Davis, does for Quebec's North what William Faulkner did for the South and heralds an important new voice in world literature.