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1) Powerless
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He was built to be invincible.Merq and Armise return to the States after their mission to assassinate the remaining Committee members only to find the leadership of the Revolution isn't as stable as they had thought.Outside forces come crashing down on a Revolution stronghold, leaving two of their soldiers gravely wounded. Merq's history with his brothers in arms Simion and Neveed forces him into making decisions that will impact his future with the...
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Christopher De Vinck's moving account of his life with his brother made a deep impression on the hearts and minds of Americans. Due to a tragedy at birth, Oliver de Vinck was born severely handicapped-blind, mute, crippled, helpless. Despite the doctors' bleak prognosis, his loving parents took him home, where they and their children cared for him. He lived for thirty-three years.
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Trauma-bonded kindred spirits Wes Valentine and Tyler Gill try to support one another in the face of incessant high school bullying. The principal and administrators won't intervene because the bullies are star athletes. Counselor Sam Bazewell wants to help but is powerless to make any real changes. Bazewell assures them things will get better, but Wes and Tyler decide they're tired of waiting.
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Sometimes, the only enemy a man has is his own …
Jed Parks, Bernard Paltoquet's new gardener, has an unusual psychic gift: he can see people's auras. A black aura is a death sentence. He also has a guilty secret.
Having helped to cover up two murders, he lives in fear his past will come back to haunt him. Thus, when Lady Mountjoy, his former employer and lover, turns up telling him he is the father of her son, he is torn between his old life and...
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"Dr. Dodes's approach runs directly counter to the paralyzing, but standard, message of 'powerlessness'-a message that reinforces the sense of helplessness that is at the root of addicts' life predicaments! Many psychiatrists recognize that this is where we must head, but Dr. Dodes is one with the guts to shine a beacon in the right direction."
-Stanton Peele, PhD, author of 7 Tools to Beat Addiction and The Life Process Program of Treatment
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Uses Jesus' words and actions found in the New Testament to systematically evaluate his rhetorical stylings, drawing real lessons from his teachings that today's readers can employ.
Jesus of Nazareth never wrote a book, held political office, or wielded a sword. He never gained sway with the mighty or influential. He never took up arms against the governing powers in Rome. He was a lower-class worker who died an excruciating death at the age of thirty-three....
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Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College – Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance....
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Deborah Blake's Modern Witchcraft is a guidebook to witchcraft as a female-empowering religion, including detailed instructions on how to practice self-care in today's society through goddess worship and magic.
In a time when most formal religions are on the wane, Wicca is said to be the fastest growing religion in North America. What is it that draws people to Witchcraft, and how does a spiritual path with its roots in ancient beliefs and traditions...
9) Mind Control
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Never Get No as an Answer With This Book That Will Show You How to Sway Every Situation in Your Favor!
Are you struggling to achieve your desired outcomes in personal and professional interactions?
Do you find it challenging to understand people's thoughts and motivations?
Are you tired of always falling victim to people's hidden intentions?
The power to understand what's truly going on behind a person's mind may seem so out of reach, leaving you...
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You don't find the Phantom Library. It finds you.
Seventeen books lay waiting on its dusty shelves. Tendrils of fear uncurl from their spines, searching for children to trap in their stories. Many curious minds have been taken by the library. Ordinary kids living ordinary lives looking for excitement, but what they found was an extraordinary heart-pumping race.
You may escape the library, but the stories never leave you.
Check out if you dare.
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