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The Hamster's Wheel is a short story of a young single mother's struggle to overcome opiate addiction. She is arrested for a DUI and has the good fortune to be placed in a caring rehab setting with a competent community health nurse assigned to her care. The up and down struggles she experiences and the effects on her two young children give the story a family focus. With the crackdown on opiate prescription pain medications, it is a pertinent story for our times.

Former SAS soldier David Shelley was part of the most covert operations team in the special forces. Now settling down to civilian life in London, he has plans for a safer and more stable existence. But the shocking death of a young woman Shelley once helped protect puts those plans on hold. The police rule the death a suicide, but the grieving parents can't accept their beloved Emma would take her own life. They need to find out what really happened, and they turn to their former bodyguard, Shelley, for help.

50 Things to Know About Search Engine Optimization, by Kiran Shahzadi, offers an approach to search engine optimization in an easy process for all the beginners.

Iraq war veteran Dan Mitchell once disobeyed an order. Now a national park ranger in the Australian outback, he’s faced with another order he is unwilling to obey.... Photographer Rachel Quinn seeks out beauty in unlikely places. But Quinn knows darkness - and Dan soon realises she needs his help as much as he needs hers. Carrie Bryant was a jockey until a racing accident broke her nerve. Now Dan and Quinn need her expertise, but can she face her fear?

Passive income is king. If you want to make money 24/7 (even while you sleep), you need to build a stream of passive income cash flow. Most people turn to rental properties to generate passive income. But if you do that, you’ll have to take on leverage (super risky), deal with pesky tenants who never seem to pay on time, and even do your own maintenance! However, if you build a successful niche site, you can earn as much money as top rental properties for a fraction of the work.

Discover the important connection between the food that we daily consume and the affect on these foods on our brain. Do you know that your brain is what you eat? The foods that we eat directly affect our brain"s ability to focus, learn, remember, create, analyze new ideas, and maintain a healthy, balanced mood. When you eat the right food , our brain will work optimally, and therefore, it helps in work productivity, a more positive life and happier life. These healthy super brain food needs not to be expensive, special, or "imported from overseas".

Justine Parker is a hopeless romantic who has long been obsessed with the Tudor period. Working in a magnificent stately home that once belonged to the dashing adventurer Sir William de Beauvais, she often daydreams about the lavish balls and grandeur of Tudor life. But when a freak electrical storm suddenly catapults her back in time, she discovers the harsh reality of Tudor England—a time of perilous accusations, ruthless witch hunts, and deadly punishments.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Virginia USA offers the inside scoop on this historic American state. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

The last thing Special Forces operator John Sunday expected to find, taped to the body of a dead terrorist, was a woman's portrait. The last thing Kat Devier expected to find beneath the paint was a lost gospel, claiming the body of Jesus Christ to be in a cave in Jordan. The clues lead to a cold, clay jar, sealed in mud, and kept hidden in darkness for thousands of years. But what’s inside? The Last Disciple is a terrifying hunt across the sands of time, for the hidden plans of gods and devils. Once revealed, John Sunday’s demons, and yours, will become real.

A serial killer is roaming the streets of New York City…the madman’s target—New York City police officers. An incident in a Queens housing project hurls highly decorated detective Tommy Galvin not only onto the front pages of the newspapers but also into the crosshairs of the sociopath.

After a brutal attack and the breakdown of her marriage, life has taught former TV star Remi Lucan that it's safer to not rely on anyone. Instead, she's buried herself in Hobart, transforming her dilapidated sandstone house back to its former splendor. But when she runs out of money, her wealthy ex-husband tries to force the sale of the property and Remi realizes her only option is to take in tenants. At first her biggest problem is adjusting to the intrusion of two unlikely housemates, but when a series of 'accidents' turns ugly, it becomes clear these incidents are more than pranks.

‘We will not achieve net zero in the cafes, dinner parties and wine bars of our inner cities.’ Little infuriated the forgotten people of the twenty-first century—women and younger voters, especially—more than Scott Morrison’s deluge of disparagement on the issues that mattered to them. The May 2022 election marked the great re-engagement of those ignored and patronised for too long on climate, integrity and gender equity.

The "death" spoken of in Genesis 3:3 was clearly not death as we know the word today. Adam and Eve went on to live for another 930 years and started the human race, so evidently, the death spoken of here was referring to spiritual death, what most Christians like to refer to today as "separation from God".

Forty-two and widowed, romance writer Jillian Grant believes hospitals equal death. Plagued by loss and convinced more is imminent, she has come to equate the absence of pain with happiness. When she spots a hot young landscaper with an eerie resemblance to the male lead in her next novel, she convinces him to pose as her cover model. In close quarters, their chemistry ignites, and Jillian is torn between facing her fears and grasping a chance at happiness.

It’s been two months since the fiery events of Burned to a Crisp, and it’s Christmas in Enumclaw. Hedy is back to hosting visitors in her waystation, while Mel and Darro are decking the halls and telling tales of Krampus in between batches of cannibal gingerbread men cookies - just another Christmas at the gingerbread hag bakery. But the holiday spirit isn’t the only thing making its way through Enumclaw. Something definitely from the naughty list is attacking the local farms and the children are possessed with mischief.

Lenny Spinx is the sister of a giant. Her little brother, Davey, has a rare form of gigantism that puzzles his doctors and astounds his friends, neighbours and teachers. Together, Lenny and Davey escape to a more wondrous reality by obsessing over the entries in their monthly instalment of Burrell’s Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia set. They lose themselves in passages about abominable snowmen, jellyfish, peregrine falcons and quicksand. Lenny vows to become a beetle expert, while Davey decides he will run away to Canada and build a log cabin.

In an era of seemingly inevitable obstacles, increasing chaos, and worn-out debates comes a refreshing combination of a better future with actionable, step-by-step plans of attack. Freequill dives deep to uncover the origins of our reoccurring challenges, exploring the murky waters of capitalism, consumerism, and our ancient monetary system. Key topics are carefully broken down along an approachable and entertaining journey packed with fresh perspectives and real-world examples.

Detective Harriet Blue is clear about two things. Regan Banks deserves to die. And she’ll be the one to pull the trigger. But Regan - the vicious serial killer responsible for destroying her brother’s life - has gone to ground. Suddenly, her phone rings. It’s him. Regan. ‘Catch me if you can,’ he tells her. Harriet needs to find this killing machine fast, even if the cost is her own life. So she follows him down the Australian south coast with only one thing on her mind. Revenge is coming - and its name is Harriet Blue....

Start tonight. Feel yourself into your desired state of consciousness. What would you be conscious of feeling if the world reflected your desire right now? I encourage you to use feeling, just as Isaac did in his story. As Isaac, you cannot see your desire as objective to yourself. It is Jacob, smooth-skinned and with no external reality while this objective world is Esau. You must clothe Jacob with such external qualities that he will feel objectively real to you.

In an isolated house on the New South Wales coast, Ruth - a widow whose sons work abroad - lives alone. Until one day a stranger bowls up, announcing that she's been sent by the authorities to be Ruth's carer. At first, Ruth is happy to have the company. Frida is efficient and helpful, and willing to listen to Ruth's stories about her childhood in Fiji and the man she fell for there. But why does Ruth hear a tiger prowling through the house at night? How far can Ruth trust this enigmatic woman? And how far can she trust herself?