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Nothing strains the bonds of an alliance quite like peace and prosperity.The Defensive Compact was a fine idea at its inception—a supranational governing body created by treaty between 237 interplanetary civilizations. And all it took to bring the squabbling, self-interested, xenophobic parties to terms was a shared existential threat.That threat arrived in the form of the Dorylus Encephalon, a collective organism driven by its biological imperative to incorporate or eradicate every extrinsic genetic line it encounters. Thanks to the alliance, Compact forces managed to battle the Enceph to a stalemate. The resulting cease-fire shields Compact worlds from further Enceph incursion—as...

The pain of church hurt is different.It is not just an offense. It is a wound that can shake your trust, damage your faith and distort your view of God. Church Hurt Healed was written for the believer who is tired of carrying the weight in silence and is ready to heal, rebuild, and move forward.Lois White defines church hurt plainly: when a visitor, member, volunteer, employee, or leader is wounded by someone in the church through disrespect, verbal attacks, slander, ostracism, manipulation, exploitation, or even physical abuse. Left unresolved, it can damage relationships and hinder a person’s spiritual growth...

Most of us have crap. Unresolved stuff from our past doesn't stay buried. It shows up in your leadership, your relationships, your reactions — and no matter how successful you become, if you don't deal with what's under the surface, it will eventually deal with you.Deal With Your Crap is the complete roadmap for facing what's underneath — and actually changing it. No psychobabble. No sugar-coating. Just a step-by-step framework for surfacing the deeper patterns running your internal operating system and beginning the real work of rewiring them.This is the work behind the work. Whether you're leading a team or...

When weight loss is the goal, health becomes optional.When health is the goal, weight loss becomes inevitable.For decades, we’ve been taught to approach health through the lens of dieting. Count calories. Follow the rules. Chase a number on the scale. If it works, we celebrate. If it doesn’t, we blame ourselves and start over. But what if the problem was never your willpower?In The Art of Undieting, Monica Woolridge challenges the one-size fits-all thinking that has kept so many women stuck in cycles of restriction, frustration, and starting again. At the heart of this book are ten powerful shifts in...

When a city girl moves out west, the last thing she should ever do is fall for a cowboy. JILLJake Goldson is the last person I ever should’ve kissed at the bar. He is dangerously handsome, with a smile that’ll leave you speechless, and he has a way of knowing exactly how to drive a girl wild. At first, spending time together behind closed doors felt harmless, but everything changed when he was hurt in a traumatic bull riding accident, leaving our relationship complicated and messy. Now that I’m back from summer break, I fully intend to leave him in...

A space colonization story about seeking independence and home rule in the face of corporate greed. Tribal women bind together in a war zone where they are discounted as not important enough to save or keep safe. On Dolvia in the galaxy's Westend, women of diverse tribes fight alongside warriors to bring down greedy offworld mining corporations, and local despots, to gain liberty and home rule. Lt. Mike Shaw demands Dr. Greensboro’s doctoring skills at the hospital, forcing the closure of her bush clinic. She witnesses forced labor, forced migration, and the threat of an epidemic. She sees how tribal...

A thirty-nine-day war between the United States and Iran ends the way modern wars end now: not in surrender, but in a memorandum. The guns go silent. The money is promised. The world exhales.Buried within the language of the peace are nineteen words that quietly abandon the people who believed the bombing meant deliverance.In Washington, a small policy institute that has spent its life describing the world decides, for the first time, to act on it, and learns that the line between analysis and operation, once crossed, cannot be uncrossed.In Tehran, an air-defense colonel runs the only arithmetic that has...

When court jester Giggler takes his jokes one step too far, he insults the wrong witch—and pays the price. Transformed into a toad and tossed outside the castle, Giggler must find courage he never knew he had if he hopes to return home and save Princess Daisy from the wicked Vermina. With the help of a clever lady-toad named Tilly, Giggler faces a dangerous journey filled with unexpected challenges, while knights, rats, and magical mischief turn the kingdom upside down. Full of humor, heart, and unforgettable characters, A Toad’s Tale is a whimsical adventure about bravery, kindness, friendship, and discovering...

This 25th anniversary edition, updated by the author, reveals the miraculous communication systems present in nature. Learn how plants and insects communicate through emissions in the infrared frequency range and why poisonous pesticides do not solve the real problems facing agriculture. In this breakthrough book Phil Callahan uncovers why certain insects are attracted only to certain plants, the role of pheromones' work in nature, and how plants under stress literally signal insects to come devour them. Long out of print . . . classic Callahan!

A breathtaking love story .A MUST READ TODAY FOR BOOK LOVERS!!She thought fairy tales were over, until love gave her a second chance...Yet was it real this time, or just déjà vu?Amber's world collapsed the day Levi walked away, leaving her with nothing but broken dreams and a son who needed her to be strong.Single mother. Two jobs. Zero time for fairy tales.This wasn't the life she'd planned.She was supposed to be living her happily ever after, not struggling to pay rent while her ex-husband started over with someone new. Love was a luxury she couldn't afford anymore. She'd learned...