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Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals. Based in part on Dr. Ruby K. Payne's myth-shattering A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Bridges reaches out to the millions of service providers and businesses whose daily work connects them with the lives of people in poverty.

I finally have everything I’ve ever wanted: a career saving lives, my dream home among the pines, and my caring fiancé, Elton. He doesn’t know about my past. And I’ll do anything to keep it that way....

The time of French king Louis XIV was a time of religious conflict. His father, Louis XIII had tried to suppress the teachings and followers of Calvin but was thwarted by his ministers. The son took a different path. The king was Catholic, and although he was tolerant of others, some in his government were less so, and persecuted the Protestant Huguenots. This is the story of Albert, Count of Morseiul as he treads the tightrope of being a Huguenot landowner and loyal subject and friend of the king.

In the backwoods, lives a man and his two teenage children. He has sought the quiet life on the frontier, although he is a friend to all and never turns away a stranger. One evening, one such stranger arrives at his door, asking for shelter for the night and he is not disappointed. But who is this stranger? He does not give his name or his errand, although he has an aristocratic bearing. As they are about to leave the table, a third man, apparently known to both, arrives and lets himself in to claim hospitality. His mission is to hold counsel with the stranger and he invites their host to join...

G.P.R. James was a historian and novelist, who took well-documented historical events and characters and wove stories around minor or imaginary actors in the events. In this work, set in seventeenth century France, we follow the adventures of young Louis, heir to the Count of Bigorre, after an encounter with the vindictive Marquis de Saint Brie forces him into exile. The tale wends its way inexorably towards the Battle of Marfee in the 30 years War and the death of the Count of Soissons in a failed coup against the much hated minister, Cardinal de Richelieu. Young love, a brush with the law, ...

The Battle of Agincourt provided a surprise English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place in 1415 and brought a turning point in the war between France and England after failed negotiations. This romance by James begins in the lead-up to the battle, with the mysterious "Hal of Hadnock" shown hospitality by Sir Philip Beauchamp while on an unknown journey. He is befriended by young Richard of Woodville, who has suspicions regarding Hal. Gradually, we learn more of Hal and Richard as we follow their fortunes and the twists and turns surrounding Richard’s love for Mary. (Summary by ...

A young man is crossing the English Channel bound for France. It is obviously not his first such trip, but who is he and what is his errand? Almost immediately, Ned, for such is his name, falls into danger. He is carried to the home of a town official, where he is tended by a doctor, the official and his beautiful ward. It emerges he is page to Lord Montagu, right-hand man to the Duke of Buckingham. What message does he carry, how will he get it to its destination and how will this affect the history of Louis XIII? He crosses paths with the infamous Richelieu and has cause to call on him ...

Scritto dagli autori di 12 strategie rivoluzionarie per favorire lo sviluppo mentale del bambino e La sfida della disciplina, entrambi bestseller del New York Times. Volete che vostro figlio sia felice e realizzi il suo pieno potenziale da adulto? O forse state cercando un modo per gestire un comportamento che ritenete sbagliato? Daniel J. Siegel e Tina Payne Bryson spiegano come funziona il cervello ancora immaturo di vostro figlio e vi aiutano a capire le vere ragioni del suo comportamento.

An EMP attack throws the nation into chaos. Ayden Miller received the call no son ever wants to hear—his mother is ill and not expected to make it. After saying goodbye to his girlfriend, Mia, and her three young sons, he returns to New York City, where he is suddenly thrust into a battle for survival when a devastating EMP attack cripples the nation, plunging it into total chaos. With chaos everywhere and society collapsing before his eyes, he'll have to risk everything to get his sister to safety and make it back to Wyoming and the people he loves.

Do you have a keen interest in the supernatural? Have you always had a burning desire to look into the amazing possibilities in your walk with God? Are you courageous enough to learn about the encounters of a prophet, including the good, the bad and the ugly? Come away with Matthew Robert Payne and hear first-hand how he has encountered Jesus, the saints, angels, witches, demons, and Satan.

Elijah called fire down from heaven, Joseph the Dreamer ranked next to Pharaoh, Samuel anointed King David, Daniel interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dreams, Ezekiel breathed on the dry bones, and John the Baptist prepared the way of the Lord. From the Old Testament to the New Testament and in today's day and age, prophets come and go. Bearing God's message, bringing his judgments, giving answers to problems, calling things to life, pointing people back to him.

We first met Jacob and Allison in Alpha Awakened and traveled through a harrowing year of revelations. Their fierce passions that brought them together in a torrid moment in time, and then the separation that left Jacob on the brink of insanity and Allison in a spell like trance the doctors called a coma. In Omega Rising, they are reunited in Alaska and must now face uncharted territory as their dormant lycanthropic blood is awakened.

This audiobook depicts graphic sexual situations and language.The chances of Jacob and Allison ever meeting are against all odds. Jacob is a billionaire philanthropist from Scotland and Allison is a horse trainer from northern California.

MEMOIRS OF A LITTLE ‘UN is a 10-part collection of heart-warming stories of growing up in rural England during the sixties by Chrissy Payne. Produced by New Perspectives Theatre Company’s Open Pitch – a unique community programme that showcases extraordinary stories from across the East Midlands. Narrated by Juanita McMahon, with sound design by Adam P McCready, supported using public funding from Arts Council England.

This early novel by James is written in the first person by "James Young", and tells of his early experiences of the deaths of his father and brother, and his enduring love for his childhood companion, Emily. We watch the development of his character, influenced by these early experiences, family, education and enduring love as he becomes a Desultory Man. Unlike James's other works, this is written as a series of sketches, thoughts and poems.(Summary by LynneT)

Short episodes to help you explore how to fix both the computer AND the customer.Decades in IT. A decade in Africa. Now restoring the human side of tech support.Vinnie’s story begins in California, where innovation was part of everyday life—his father contributed to the design of rocket nozzles for the Space Shuttle boosters. Gifted with a high IQ and high-functioning autism, Vinnie naturally gravitated toward systems, technology, and problem-solving. Early on, he realized that success required more than technical mastery—it required connection. Over time, he intentionally developed the ...

Picture a tranquil English village, with an inn on the green. A lone patron enjoys his wine and teasing the landlord's pretty daughter, when suddenly they are rudely interrupted by a local aristocrat and his two henchmen. These same three reappear the following day to disrupt the May Day celebrations.Suddenly, a group of men in Lincoln green appear to save the day. But who are they? This is a different take on the tale of Robin Hood, placing him in the time of Henry III, rather than the more traditional reign of Richard I. James claims to have history on his side as he relates the story of an ...

Fifteenth century Europe was a time of political upheaval and uncertainty. Mary of Burgundy of the House of Valois ruled over a collection of states including modern-day Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland. The only child of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, she received many offers of marriage, from the age of 5, from parties who wanted to control the territory. She was just 19 when her father was killed in battle and that same year married Maximillian of the House of Hapsburg in what appears to have been a love-match as well as a political maneuver. However, just five years later, Mary, ...

This is a little cookbook of vegetarian recipes, which were only slowly gaining popularity in England at the time of its publication in 1891. The recipes are all very clearly described, and any modern listener should be able to try them out if any of them strike their fancy. - Summary by Carolin

Nadia never thought that she’d fit in so quickly when she transferred to her new school. Nobody wants to be the new girl during senior year. Luckily love steps in and she suddenly becomes the "it girl." But she never imagined she’d lose that love just as quickly as she found it. When Nadia and Mahlik first meet neither of them have any idea how seriously their futures are connected and that they’re fated to be together for reasons beyond both of their control. But can Mahlik manage self-control in order to keep Nadia under control?