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After a reclusive Maori on the run from the police leaps onto the back of his spring buggy, retired coachman James Hardy discovers he has stumbled onto a murder scene. While tracking a gang of lumber thieves, police have found the body of a young housemaid beside a log. The local hermit is hunched over the corpse, clutching a knife with ties to the past, but did he do it? And why does he claim he took the knife for the major? When the inspector in charge of the case asks Hardy for assistance, in the mistaken belief that he is a retired Scotland Yard detective, he agrees.

Begin making all-natural homemade soap with the help of this ultimate guide! In this ultimate guide, you’ll find a detailed exploration of how you can get started with soap making. Covering everything from the basic techniques and equipment to advanced strategies and a list of ingredients, this audiobook offers practical and step-by-step solutions for making all-natural soap the easy way! So if you’re looking for practical, easy and fun ways to begin making your very own all-natural soap, then this is the audiobook for you!

A teenage girl, guilty only of being Jewish, is saved from the fate that awaits her family and hidden by her parents' Catholic friends—who pay the ultimate price for their bravery. So much was risked and so much lost but the legacy of their courage and trust lives on through the surviving generations. Now, at last, their story can be told . . . 

While the market is full of books on dieting and weight loss, Change Your Mind, Change Your Body helps you navigate your weight loss efforts to create a new healthy lifestyle. This audiobook identifies the basic patterns and belief systems that hold you back from living a more energized and happier life. It gives you insights to manage your relationship with food in a more productive way.

Dogs have always been considered companions and playmates that brighten and enrich our lives but they are also wonderful and amazing teachers. The lessons we learn from our canine friends come in all shapes and sizes, just like they do. In this audiobook, dog lovers share what they have learned from our greatest heroes and healers. Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog will delight listeners with humorous, heartwarming, and inspiring stories about lessons our canine friends have taught us.

Alexandra Fuller (Scribbling the Cat and Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight) and first-time author Wendy Kann (Casting with a Fragile Thread) discuss growing up in colonial Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. They tell many amusing and thoughtful anecdotes and reflect on their childhoods, revisiting a changed Africa as adults, the ties they have to the families and community that raised them in Africa, and the transition to living in the U.S.

You’ve had the feeling before - the one where you feel lost in the world, where you believe that everyone else has a place but yourself. You often ask yourself, “What is my mission?” or “What is my purpose?” as you wander through your life. The truth is, we all experience moments when we feel uncertain about the future and uncertain about ourselves. But what if I told you there is an ancient tool for understanding ourselves, our relationships, and our life’s path?

Proactive tax planning for 2025 and beyond. This book is for business owners who would like to better protect what they have created, pay less tax, increase cash flow and enjoy more life. A lot of tax professionals are compliance focused rather than planning focused. As such they may not be looking at ways to improve your future but rather focused on accounting for the past. As an entrepreneur you are always focused on the future and looking to optimize your business and its value.

London, 1784. Thea Worthington, Duchess of Wynchester, divides her time between social engagements and playing her luck against fickle fortune. Yet every gamble is only a bluff—a means to hide from the pain deep within her, and the loss of a babe she never held in her arms. Now Thea's luck is about to run out. Her estranged husband has returned and seeks a reunion . . .

In this truly inspirational memoir, you will get an up-close and personal look into this young woman's journey of stage four cancer, along with the trails and tribulations leading up to her diagnosis—giving you an intimate look into a cancer survivor's story of her enduring through treatments, and how she mentally, emotionally, and spiritually overcame her disease.

No matter whether they first read it in college or later in life, whether they are in their late teens or early forties, these writers all credit The Sexual Politics of Meat in one way or another with the awakening of their identities as feminists, activists, and women. Even if you haven’t read the original work, you’re sure to be moved and inspired by these tales of growing up and, perhaps more important, waking up to the truths around us. This collection of fresh, bold voices provides rousing support for the belief that women have the power to change the world.

Riley is excited about taking a first camping trip with dad, but also a little scared and uncertain of what to expect. Follow Riley's adventures on her first camping trip with dad!

During the childhood years of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the most famous women who ever lived, a young governess helped shape her into the icon the world knows today. In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring the little Princesses Elizabeth and...

Sergeant Frank Hardy and his wife Mette travel to the southernmost point of New Zealand to chase gold thieves and to retrieve a manuscript for Mette to translate. But they have chosen to travel on an ill-fated voyage. Twenty miles from Bluff, on the south coast of the South Island of New Zealand, the SS Tararua hits a reef and sinks, with massive loss of life. This real event was the second-worst maritime disaster in New Zealand's history, in a country heavily reliant on shipping at that time. But the couple has more than a shipwreck to deal with.

Is it possible to embrace the inherent dignity of womanhood while still cherishing the Bible? Many, both inside and outside the church, are concerned that an orthodox understanding of the Bible is threatening and even harmful to women. After all, the Bible has a number of passages regarding women that are deeply troubling. But is that assessment accurate?

From the author of Calming Your Anxious Mind comes Daily Mediations for Calming Your Anxious Mind, a collection of more than 60 daily mindfulness-based guided meditations to help you engage with the present moment, manage stress and anxiety, and rediscover the joy in living. Each guided meditation contains an easy-to-learn visualization exercise, affirmation, or activity, with meditations grouped into four sections.

As Philadelphia's premier image consultant, Allison Campbell helps others reinvent themselves, but her most successful transformation was her own after a scandal nearly ruined her. Now she moves in a world of powerful executives, wealthy, eccentric ex-wives, and twisted ethics. When Allison's latest Main Line client, the 15-year-old Goth daughter of a White House hopeful, is accused of the ritualistic murder of a local divorce attorney, Allison fights to prove her client's innocence when no one else will.

Si buscas mejorar tu liderazgo, ascender en tu carrera o dirigir equipos con éxito, este libro es para ti. Aprenderás estrategias prácticas para liderar con seguridad, fomentar la colaboración y optimizar la comunicación en cualquier entorno laboral.

Jenny and her friends don't only share a love of music - the four girls have discovered they have magical powers passed down from their ancestors, and only they can fight back against the evil forces threatening to destroy their community! It's almost time for the Hindu festival of Holi - a...

Haylie Winford is lowborn, clever, and fearless—qualities that make her a friend to Princess Leena, and a target for the cruelty of Alderen's royal family. When King Corland grants her family a place at court to please his beloved daughter, Haylie and her brother Cole are thrust into a world of gilded halls, whispered schemes, and hidden dangers. At first, Haylie is dazzled by palace life, but she quickly discovers the sharp edge beneath the court's splendor.