“Dear Asha, why is this happening to me?” Sorrow and stress are universal, but difficult situations can also be opportunities—life trying to guide us toward greater happiness—if only we had the wisdom to follow it. To find the hidden blessings within the various situations in life, you need faith, trust . . . and sometimes, a wise friend to talk to. To many spiritual seekers, that person is author, Asha (Praver) Nayaswami—who through her counseling and lectures has helped thousands worldwide gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the spiritual path. Based on letters to questing souls, this book showcases the clarity, compassion, and inspiration of Asha—a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and a meditation teacher for over 40 years. Her responses will astound you with their universality. How to help others . . . How to see life as fair . . . How to be true to yourself. Here is an example of the practical wisdom in the pages of Ask Asha: “Every apple seed contains within it the potential to become a fruit-bearing tree. It doesn't happen all at once though. It may be tiresome for the seed first to be a sprout, then a twig, then a sapling—but it is the fastest, in fact the only way to become an apple tree. “So it is with the soul. Self-realization is our divine destiny, but we can't get there in one leap. Perhaps your repeated failure is not caused by lack of will power but from lack of patience—trying to reach the goal without first walking the path. “If you reach too far beyond your actual realization, inevitably you will collapse back—perhaps to a place lower than where you started, if you define yourself now by your failure. You may think you are compromising your ideals to aim lower, but in fact that may be the surest route to success. “Spiritual progress is both a science and an art. The science is comprised of the divine laws of the universe; the art is to know which to apply and when.”

If we ask God for help, will He respond? Loved & Protected by author Asha Nayaswami The stories in this book answer loud and clear: YES! In extraordinary and eye-opening accounts, we see the Divine Hand: physically and instantaneously moving people out of harm's way healing life-threatening injuries and diseases providing important guidance for life-and-death, split-second decisions illuminating hearts and spirits darkened by fear or despair. . . and so much more. Loved & Protected is for those who want a deeper, more trusting relationship with God, and who find inspiration in the experiences of others who seek also to know Him.

"ASHA's Multicultural Issues Board has compiled this collection of thought-provoking, guided scenarios for audiologists and speech-language pathologists. This personal workbook will expand upon the knowledge that you have about the relationships between culture, communication, language, and clinical practice, and it will challenge the ways you think about how culture impacts every aspect of your professional work."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Following on from the events in For The Earth, For The Species follows Faye, Jacob, Asha and Pryce as they struggle to find their place in the world. Miles from the city of Bombay, Asha is on a solo mission to right the wrongs of the world and stop the attack on her home city. But with her family in imminent danger, she is running out of time. If she cannot gather support, she faces the possibility of standing alone for the cause of peace. On the other side of the world, Pryce battles with his conflicted emotions as he follows his ruthless Captain on a mission of destruction. With the nuclear arsenal within their grasp, Pryce’s allegiance has the potential to shape the future of the world. Meanwhile, Jacob faces a different kind of battle as he navigates the shady world of the London political landscape, doing his utmost to slow and control the plans of the city Council to seize the lands beyond their walls. His fate and Faye’s are intertwined as she seeks to warn the free people of the coming invasion. But she faces the reality that as she works to prepare the people she has sworn to protect, her every action leads them further along the path to war. With the world they know it crumbling around them, only time will tell who will succeed and who will survive…

When her peaceful town is razed by the ethereal flames of a heavenly bird, Haevynne decides to follow in her sister’s footsteps to join the Aleksarian Guard. Driven by the madness of loss, and committed to preventing such an atrocity from ever happening again, Hae is forced to leverage every tool at her arsenal to continue barreling forward, three steps at a time, toward her goals. But what are the consequences of her burning ambitions, and where will they lead her? When the smoke clears, who will Hae reveal herself to be? Osea is a fantasy novel about identity, sacrifice, dreams, and love. It explores the price of power, the impossibility of a wish fulfilled, and the haunting decisions that we make in order to protect the ones we cherish. It challenges what it means to be a "hero", and embraces what it means to be a friend. GPT Free: No AI is used in the writing or art of this novel.

Do fathers love their children more than the mothers do? Why or why not? Yusuph is Tanzania Congolese boy who born and grow in Tanzania with unaware of his mother's (Tecla) and father's (Joseph) love for him because of some complicated situation. As Yusuph grew up, he longed to live with his family but at the end he received bad news of Joseph's death. "I literally can't remember what was my dad looks like, or his voice, or anything about him but there are still some missing pieces of him deep down inside me that I brought into my countless dreams of him." Father will say they love their children just as much as their Mothers, but it looks different on the outside. He buried him in his mind, and transform almost every aspect of his live, he decided to pursue his new dream of not letting his children go through the life he went through. Yusuph and Samir were selected by the college to study abroad. Father tend to love their children in the way they perceive is the best but mother love their children in the way they can best perceive it. So, from children's perspective, the father's love may seem to be less than the mothers. Samir explore Yusuph's life situation to accomplish writing his own novel. "... He's committed to reading as many novels as he can, hoping that one day he'll find something to write about in his novel, but still, I wish I could tell my life story so he could write something..." THE BEGINNING OF NOVEL WITHIN A NOVEL. Later on Yusuph find out that, before Joseph death, he left special love message for him about his steps sister, Clementine who live in Drc Congo. It is very difficult for Yusuph to go meet his step sister because he want to spend most of his time with his girlfriend (Naomy) for his future family. As time goes by pain of loosing Joseph never leaves Yusuph. "The foot prints our loved ones leave on our souls are permanent. Never to be filled with another. Never forgotten. They live on in our memories and in our hearts." The importance of fatherhood extend beyond a provider. Keep that in mind. Yusuph couldn't deal with the future while he didn't clean all of his past memory. "Now we're all together and we can't shake hands... We can't kiss... Hugging each other is a test for us... Having sex is also a problem.... I don't think if we will get married... Bearing children is a dream..." Mother's love is mild while father's love is shape. They are different but neither is dispensable. Instead to go study abroad, he go to meet Clementine because she is the one who will restore all the love he had for Joseph without care if there a civil war. Yusuph's heart-beat, thump-thump -- His finger is taking up trigger-slack. He holds off as Justine (Rebel) continues to drag Clementine backward into the woods... So yeah, I think fathers love their children, but they way they express it can sometimes be misunderstood or undervalued.

“A story that will both warm your heart, and chill you to the bone."—KENDARE BLAKE, New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns “Dark and complex and wickedly romantic.”—GRETCHEN MCNEIL, author of Ten A girl discovers a family secret and a past full of magic that could both save her and put her in mortal danger in this suspenseful novel that's perfect for fans of Katie Alender and Natasha Preston. All sixteen-year-old Heather MacNair wants is to feel normal, to shed the intense paranoia she’s worn all year like a scratchy sweater. After her compulsion to self-harm came to light, Heather was kept under her doctor’s watchful eye. Her family thinks she’s better—and there’s nothing she wants more than for that to be true. She still can’t believe she’s allowed to spend her summer vacation as she always does: at her aunt’s home in Scotland, where she has lots of happy memories. Far away from all her problems save one: she can’t stop carving the Celtic knot that haunts her dreams into her skin. Good friends and boys with Scottish accents can cure almost anything . . . except nightmares. Heather can’t stop dreaming about two sisters from centuries ago, twins Prudence and Primrose, who somehow seem tied to her own life. Their presence lurks just beneath the surface of her consciousness, sending ripples through what should be a peaceful summer. The twins might hold the key to putting Heather’s soul at rest . . . or they could slice her future deeper than any knife. *** “An eerie blend of mystery and magic amid the Scottish highlands.”—MINDY MCGINNIS, author of A Madness So Discreet and The Female of the Species “A haunting and mysterious page turner.”—KATE KARYUS QUINN, author of Another Little Piece "A chilling gothic thriller . . . fans of Katie Alender’s Bad Girls Don’t Die series will appreciate this work and its spine-chilling twists."--SLJ “A thoroughly enjoyable contemporary Gothic.”—Kirkus “A perfect choice for fans of chilling supernatural reads.”—Booklist A YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection

*** Promotion - returns to $4.99 on 7/28 *** "...will appeal not only to The Wheel of Time readers, but to anybody looking for a coming-of-age fantasy tale with likeable characters and strong worldbuilding." - Fantasy Faction It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost as gods - were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets. A representation of these laws is now written into the flesh of any who use the Gift, forcing those so marked into absolute obedience. As a student of the Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war fought – and lost – before he was born. Despised by most beyond the school walls, he and those around him are all but prisoners as they attempt to learn control of the Gift. Worse, as Davian struggles with his lessons, he knows that there is further to fall if he cannot pass his final tests. But when Davian discovers he has the ability to wield the forbidden power of the Augurs, he sets into motion a chain of events that will change everything. To the north, an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir. And to the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian’s wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is…

The pages in this book have come about mostly because, I believe, of the ideas, thoughts and guidance of my spiritual guides, and until I finally put them down on paper, the flow kept on and on to turn it into this beautiful book, which I hope you enjoy reading. Yes, it is very fictional and relates to no one, but if it does, it is purely co-incidental. Many messages come through in this book, relating to today's society and times, which were never given a thought to before, and off course there are others also, relating to life, how we live it, and how we solve it, as if we were a puzzle.

Dear Edie, I wanted you to know so many things. I wanted to tell you them in person, as you grew up by my side. But it wasn’t to be... When Jess gives birth to Edie, it’s the happiest day of her life. She knows, from the moment her little girl’s hand grasps her finger, that her daughter owns her heart, completely and utterly. And even though Edie’s father has left them, and single motherhood isn’t easy, her beautiful, innocent child brings her untold joy. But then Jess receives a diagnosis that changes everything. Edie’s life – that is just beginning – is interrupted by worried looks, heavy conversations. And Jess must face the possibility of leaving her daughter to grow up without her. Propelled by a ticking clock, Jess knows what she has to do. She begins to put pen to paper, to tell her daughter everything she might need to know. How to love, how to lose, how to forgive, and, most importantly, how to live when you never know how long you have... Readers love Laura Pearson: ‘Gorgeous... Tender and beautiful... As hopeful as it is heart-breaking... I loved it.’ Amy Beashel, author ‘Wow. Seriously. Just beautiful. So many wonderful elements... Such a unique angle... So many memorable characters... Beautiful and utterly affecting.’ Louise Beech, author ‘Be still my beating heart. I’ve smiled and I’ve cried and everything in between. Most importantly I’ve learned... I’d give it 10 stars if I could.’ Nicki’s Book Blog ‘This beautifully written story of friendship, love, loss and second chances captured my heart... Leaves you feeling warm, hopeful, and satisfied.’ Lisa Timoney, author ‘Such a treat!... Just beautiful... If you’re looking for a charming, warm and moving read, this is the book you need. A beautifully written story about love and longing, and a poignant reminder that it’s never too late to follow your heart.’ Holly Miller, author ‘I adored it. Laura has written a heartbreakingly beautiful story about love in all its different forms. (And she made me cry again, of course). Bravo.’ Nikki Smith, author ‘Well, I finished this in the same 24 hours as I started it. Oh... what a beautiful story and an amazing cast of characters. Poignant and inspiring!’ Jennie Godfrey, author ‘Such a poignant story. Brought a lump to my throat in many places.’ Karen Angelico, author ‘What a beautiful book about truth, love, relationships and how it's never too late to follow your heart... Moving, funny and emotionally clever. Highly recommend!’ Alison Stockham, author