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Unravelling Women’s Art: Creators, Rebels, & Innovators in Textile By P.L. Henderson

About Unravelling Women’s Art: Creators, Rebels, & Innovators in Textile By P.L. Henderson

The author unpicks the threads that link female textile artists and the arts they produce, revealing a global and historic patchwork of assorted roles, identities and representations. Entertaining as well as informative, this book offers a unique overview of female-centric textile art production including embroidery, weaving, soft sculpture and more.

Tells us:
How knitting became a spying device in wartime
Why dress design was so important for the Suffragettes
Why women and their textile arts were entangled in a web of global mythology
How women’s arts and crafts moved from the backroom to the gallery showroom

Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary textile artists, providing fascinating insights into their practices, themes and personal motivation.

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Some Rain Must Fall

Some Rain Must FallAbout Some Rain Must Fall

Inspector Thomas Sullivan doesn’t like change when it comes to his personal life.

Whether the Inspector likes it or not, things on Beta Prime are about to change drastically.

500 years in the future, regardless of which planet you live on, crime still happens. A fact the Inspector, Sully to the few he calls friends, is all too aware of.

His partner Sarah is missing, his best friends are in the hospital, and the mother of his daughter is coming to Beta Prime. Those who know Sully well are concerned. They should be.

Corruption, organized crime, and betrayal all figure into this futuristic tale of scifi crime noir. Find out who lives and who dies in Some Rain Must Fall.

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Good Enough to Eat by Jae

About Good Enough to Eat by Jae

A vampire on a no-blood diet unexpectedly falls in love with her AA sponsor in this lesbian vampire romance.

Robin’s New Year’s resolution to change her eating habits is as unusual as she is. Unlike millions of other women, she isn’t tempted by chocolate or junk food. She’s a vampire, determined to fight her craving for a pint of O negative.

When she goes to an AA meeting, hoping for advice on fighting her addiction, she meets Alana, a woman who battles her own demons.

Despite their determination not to get involved, the attraction is undeniable.

Is it just bloodlust that makes Robin think Alana looks good enough to eat, or is it something more? Will it even matter once Alana finds out who Robin really is?

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Daily Gratitude Reflections 363 Guides to Great-Full Living by Deborah Perdue

About Daily Gratitude Reflections 363 Guides to Great-Full Living by Deborah Perdue

Would you like to be a happier, more peaceful, positive person?
Learning how to easily practice gratitude is the power to transform your thoughts, your perspective, your emotions, and how you experience life. Joy and a brighter outlook are natural consequences of flowing gratitude.

Uncovering things to be grateful for, even in challenging moments, is a skill most of us need to be taught, and then we need to practice it. Most of us would benefit greatly from having a good example, a wise teacher, and a simple way to practice gratitude each day.
This book is such a guide.

Gratitude is an emotion that flows from a place of genuine thanks and appreciation. It is an awareness, a thankful recognition of the good that surrounds us in our daily life, exists innately within us, and others.

Expanding in gratitude is something well worth the effort to become more proficient. Mastered, it becomes a Super Power of sorts that can transform our perspective and worldview, resulting in more peace and joy.

Learning to uncover the buried treasures and hidden gems in everyday life and the world around us is a joy-filled journey, a delightful undertaking, a “Spiritual Scavenger Hunt.” Each day becomes a quest, where we joyfully seek out the immense value, beauty, and sacred lesson in every encounter and circumstance. These are the precious jewels that transform us and instill within us the resilient joy and deep peace that accompanies a Great-Full heart.

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The Philosopher’s Guild by Daniel Trump

About The Philosopher’s Guild by Daniel Trump

The city-state of Lothen houses humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and many more races, all fighting, adventuring, and living amazing lives – protected by the legendary teenagers of the Philosopher’s Guild: Sammy, genius archer, inquisitive and self-effacing; Phillip, overweight young chronicler of the guild’s efforts; Gotey, who hates violence; Carly, who fights for the impoverished; Mina, the legendary hero; Sally, the ideal person, and Locke, the brilliant strategist. Live their adventures in this fantasy novel.

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Benny Beats His Shyness: Kids and Parents Overcoming Social Anxiety

About Benny Beats His Shyness: Kids and Parents Overcoming Social Anxiety

Overcoming social anxiety and shyness is what this book is all about.
Benny Beats His Shyness introduces a unique roadmap.
For parents: Simple strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy principles.
For kids: It is a humorous and intriguing story that illustrates how children can overcome social anxiety with their parents’ help.

This book tells Benny and his parents’ story and how they worked together in beating Benny’s social fears and anxiety. Their journey was not easy, and along the way, they had to overcome one challenge after another. The result was a dramatic change in Benny’s ability to cope with his shyness. Today Benny can communicate with cubs and adults easily; he can speak in class and has a rich social life.

This book aims to engage children in overcoming their shyness and social anxiety while giving parents a roadmap for helping them through that process. This is done by using simple, proven, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies based on Dr. Kushnir’s years of experience.

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Hostile Ground

About Hostile Ground

A deserted island.

A secret training ground.

And a murderer on the loose.

Sarah Sullivan was just six years old when her parents were killed in front of her. Ever since that day, all she’s ever wanted to do is to stop others from experiencing the same devastation. And now, twenty years later, she’s just days away from realizing her dream of becoming a detective.

Then, in a heartbeat, her hopes are ripped away. Bound and blindfolded. Pitted against the ex-boyfriend who disappeared without a trace. Sarah must make a difficult choice.

Her captors say they can help her find her parents’ killer. They say their cause is noble and just. But then comes the first body…

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Tasha – The Glam Ones

About Tasha – The Glam Ones

It’s a dangerous business being this rich, this hot, this badass, but someone’s gotta tow the line.
The Glam Ones, when they play, they play. When they’re bad, they’re murderously bad.

Meet Tasha. The one with the confident swagger in her stride and a tiger tattoo resting on her back.
She’s the bold and sassy fashion designer born from well to do parents, yearning to pave her own way in the fashion streets of Ferdale.

She’s part of a tight-knit crew of thirteen, but now they’re down to twelve. Rory’s dead.
Someone in the group knows about the death of one of her best friends.
They ain’t talking and the police haven’t found the killer.

She’s a got a show that’s gonna blow the world away, but first, she’s gotta fight for her place and there’s a man who wants to help her get there.
With all the entanglements, it won’t be easy to get to her cloaked heart.

Amidst competition, backlash, deception and a killer on the loose, can she rise?
Will the Japanese investment banker Mitsuo win her heart in time?

Read on and come along for the ride to find out who Rory’s killer is… be aware this is a cliffhanger series. Just a little bit.

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Jalopy

About Jalopy

New Jersey, 1928.

All her life, Etta Wozniak has toiled on her family’s small farm, located on the outskirts of a lake resort town. After losing her mother and siblings to one misfortune or another, life has fallen into a rut of drudgery and predictability. That is, until the day she discovers something in an unlikely place; an old car. Energized by the prospects of a world beyond the one she knows, she decides to make this her last summer on the farm. However, disaster is not through with Etta yet, and there will be consequences for her upcoming departure.

Art Adams, a recent college man, arrives in town for a family reunion. After years of moving from one city to another and avoiding conflict whenever it tries to find him, he becomes enamored with the lake. However, there is another reason for Art’s visit. He is to marry a woman he has never met before; an arrangement that was made on his behalf and without his knowledge. More comfortable around numbers and machines than people, Art is reluctant to confront his parents on the matter. But if he decides to do nothing, he risks losing who and what he has come to love.

In a small town of farmers and firemen, musicians and moonshiners, bossy parents and barn parties, two people will come to understand what they must give up in order to have the chance to build something new.

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Ditching Success?: A Career Ventured; A Life Regained

About Ditching Success?: A Career Ventured; A Life Regained

A career memoir about priorities and choices, and what becomes of our passion, our spirit and dreams in an unbalanced life.
Ajlouni depicts her joys, ambitions, and struggles as a successful career woman, and shares her journey of self-discovery, her before and after, as she strives to re-invent herself…

Could happiness be regained by “Ditching Success?”

At fifty, entrepreneur and seasoned workaholic Batoul Ajlouni reached the very height of her career, her middle age, and the lowest point of her life.

The endless passion and zeal she once had for work and life have all but disappeared. Confused and anxious about her never-before situation, she is faced with a life-changing decision to make: Does she listen to the business-executive in her head, tough it all out and continue with the successful career she had spent half her life building? Or does she follow the free-spirit inside her heart, sacrifice everything she has ever worked for, and leap into a place of new hopes and dreams she knew nothing about?

In her timely memoir, Batoul Ajlouni shares her personal and professional venture of self-transformation at the most challenging of times, while re-evaluating priorities, seeking balance, and searching for answers to questions and dilemmas we all face at one point or another during our professional journeys.

Get your discounted copy on Amazon from now until X-Mas Day, while the offer lasts!

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Into the Fire: A Limited Edition Collection Romantic Suspense Anthology

Into the Fire: A Limited Edition Collection Romantic Suspense AnthologyAbout Into the Fire: A Limited Edition Collection Romantic Suspense Anthology

Danger, Secrets, Murder, Passion… Love.

Lose yourself in the world of cops and criminals, witnesses and fugitives, old loves and new flames, where the stories turn scandals into romance and secrets into passion. With all levels of law enforcement included in the intrigue, you’ll find unintended romance, passionate secrets, and forbidden love.

Your favorite contemporary romance authors invite you to join them for scintillating stories of law and order. Which of these arresting stories will have you cuffed?

Fifteen romances to take you deep into the fire.

Who will get burned when the case is cracked wide open?

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YESTERDAY TODAY AND TOMORROW

About YESTERDAY TODAY AND TOMORROW

separated from each other as young teenagers when Darcy’s mother divorces her father in order to marry Devon’s father. They meet again as young adults and discover what it was that drew them together as children but this time the bond between them is transformed by a strong romantic attraction. The unresolved past issues resulting from their parent’s infidelity impact strongly on their relationship and they have to negotiate a difficult road and make sacrifices before finding each other again…

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3 in 1 Christmas Coloring Book By Misha Mitesh Joshi

About 3 in 1 Christmas Coloring Book By Misha Mitesh Joshi

Just in time for CHRISTMAS!!

A new coloring book for children written by a grade 4 student!!!

This kids Christmas/Santa coloring book is fun, imaginative and full of educational activities!

With 60 pages packed with Christmas Super fun, reading, art, and math, your child will love all the great holiday activities.

Features & Highlights:

45unique coloring pages
3 in 1 (color, activity and reading)
positive, educational, fun and excitement
develop reading, art, math, Organizing skills, Instructions following skills, Healthy habits
dot to dot pictures
connect the numbers picture
Animal Pictures
puzzles and quizzes
small Santa fun stories and coloring Pictures
and so much more!
keeps the kids busy/ quiet/ Occupied when travelling
Will make a great Christmas/,Holiday or birthday Gift
and so much more!

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Undaunted in Darkness: Finding Your Path From Broken to Bold by Elizabeth Meyers

About Undaunted in Darkness: Finding Your Path From Broken to Bold by Elizabeth Meyers

Have you been trying to live your life for Jesus, but life isn’t turning out the way you expected?
Undaunted In Darkness: Finding Your Path From Broken to Bold, isn’t just a “feel good” overcomer story or another average “how to” book. It’s a bold declaration and tender encouragement that will help you navigate life’s toughest challenges, even when it seems impossible.
It will help you create a personalized plan so you will have the tools you need to develop a resilient life and a faith that will stand strong in any storm, endure any loss, persevere through any hardship, stick tight with God at any cost, and wave the banner of encouragement for others to do the same.
This book is for ordinary people, overcoming extraordinary challenges. Packed with practical steps to mastering the hard things in life, you will:
~ Learn practical ways to coordinate your spirit, mind, and body to build resiliency.
~ Cultivate an unshakable faith in an unfailing God through trust-filled prayer.
~ Choose which thoughts are worth keeping and how to replace those that aren’t.
~ Transform your anxious thoughts into a relaxed peace through repeated practice.
~ Develop strategies for handling discouragement in grace-filled ways that lead to hope and joy.
~ Recognize the necessity of making physical self-care a priority so you can serve others well.
Don’t stay stuck in trauma or drowning in darkness. You are meant for so much more!

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When The Sky Roars

About When The Sky Roars

The sky sure is SCARY when it ROARS! One very brave little boy has decided to face his fear and head up to the clouds to find out what’s roaring and get it to quit! What will he find up there? He’s in for one exciting… and tasty… adventure as Liam finds out what’s happening When The Sky Roars.

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How to destroy Calculus: Derivatives

About How to destroy Calculus: Derivatives

This book focuses on college calculus and includes over 100 exercises on derivatives (book is currently available for free on amazon – free book campaign untill 12/15/2021).
If you are a student at college or you have a friend or close relative who studies at college this book will help them to pass college calculus and will save them from depression and financial strugles associated with failing college calculus.

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Covid Survivor By Sarantos

About Covid Survivor By Sarantos

Covid SURVIVOR is the 2nd book in another fiction fantasy trilogy by Sarantos, an archaeologist who rides another adventure of a lifetime! Mystery lurks around every corner, leaving both the reader and the crew in a constant state of anxiety. Will they make it back home? Will the Professor finally find love?

This book continues the storyline for Professor Sarantos and his students as he picks up the pieces. Sarantos moves through this book with a unique emotional slant while trapped in and out of love. The key to survival is always delicate.

A fantastic journey awaits Sarantos and his students with some interesting plot twists. This book offers tantalizing battles scenes and its surprise twist ending will shock you to your core.

The riveting characters in this book come to life and their character development will have you hopelessly hanging on as the reader tries to keep up with the many moving parts. Will the Professor find the artifact, will he find love?

A world of secrets is revealed page after page. Will you dare to solve the mysteries that await? Will you take the plunge and ride this new wave of adventure?

Read Covid SURVIVOR with your eyes and heart wide open. You’ll feel the intrigue guide you as you leave behind this world and glide towards…

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Amish Beauty and the Beast

About Amish Beauty and the Beast

She’s an Amish beauty with a love of reading, hiding a painful secret. He’s a reclusive, scarred military hero who won’t let anyone in. Can true love really be enough?

On her way home from the bookstore, Belle’s buggy crashes in front of the old mansion that everyone else avoids, of all places. Though she just moved to Unity, Maine, she’s already heard the rumors of the vicious beast of a man who lives there, tormented by tragedies of his past. But Belle’s not afraid of monsters.

What she finds inside the mansion is not a monster, but a man. Scarred both physiologically and physically by the horrors of military combat, Cole’s burned and disfigured face tells the story of all he lost to the war in a devastating explosion. He’s been hiding from the world ever since.

After Cole ends up hiring her as his housekeeper and caretaker for his firecracker of a grandmother, Belle can’t help her curiosity as she wonders what exactly Cole does in his office all day.

Why is Cole’s office so off-limits to Belle? What is he hiding in there?

A mysterious hand-written letter, a sweet dog named Beast, buried regrets, and their mutual love of books will either bring them closer or tear them apart, but only if Cole can lower his guard and let someone in again.

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No Way Back (A Jack McNeal Thriller Book 1)

About No Way Back (A Jack McNeal Thriller Book 1)

From the author of the bestselling Jon Reznick Thriller series comes an exhilarating new adventure. When the people he loves most are in danger, Jack McNeal will get revenge…or die trying.

NYPD detective Jack McNeal is used to asking the tough questions. But a late-night visit from the Secret Service lands Jack on the other side of the table—as a suspect in the disappearance of his estranged wife, Caroline, a prominent reporter on the White House beat. When her body is found floating in the Potomac, Jack is overcome by disbelief and despair.

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