A man's failing marriage with his sick wife turns macabre when he begins receiving bone fragments from a blackbird every morning.

Family (FatherandMotherILoveYou!) There are large families, little families, and blended families. The one ingredient that makes a family successful is love. Caring, nurturing, and the warmth of brothers and sisters brings the best of happiness. Somethings Missing is a story of a precious little girl who finds herself parentless and a loving mom and dad that find themselves daughterless. It is an interesting mystery and adventure of a missing love and how both lacking part of their family find each other through this true and sweet story of an international adoption.

Zdravka is a young hot-headed Scorpio always ready to make sudden decisions. Due to this her decisions are often wrong. After a broken engagement she practically leaves overnight her promising career and homeland to study in Germany. She later continues working in Germany, where she meets a charming compatriot, very attentive and loving and she believes she found a partner for life. They marry and soon after on her husband's initiative they migrate to Australia. In spite of being badly neglected by her husband, whose personality changed in a matter of months after the marriage, she plays deaf and blind and sticks to him through thick and thin. She finds herself in a new country with unwelcoming locals, experiences isolation, betrayal, humiliation and racism – all without sympathy, understanding and protection of a man she is emotionally involved with. One day, and after almost fifteen years of a bad relationship, Zdravka finally woke up.

One time News of the World journalist tries to explain her new belief in Christianity to her friends at the same time as working out those beliefs for herself. It's a weird and puzzling world we enter when we become Christians. Ruth Roberts, a journalist and media worker who at one time was on the staff of The News of the World, found church completely alien. She shares with us her own experiences in the form of 'diary excerpts' and letters to her father. Entertaining, insightful and poignant, Am I Missing Something? is very honest in revealing the culture clash between Christianity and the secular life. Ruth explores the nature of her new-found belief, and her struggles to reconcile many of her own ideas with that of the church, including the issue of homosexuality. Am I Missing Something? is based on a column which appeared in Christianity magazine, with additional material. 'This book should carry a health warning. It will make you laugh, cry, and could possibly change your life. Ruth Roberts gives an enjoyable and refreshingly honest account of life as a new Christian in a lively evangelical church. Am I Missing Something? isn't down on church. Instead we're encouraged to model the love, healing, acceptance, grace and holiness to which we are called.' Paul Woolley - Executive Director, Bible Society

This book is aimed at anyone interested in improving and enhancing their quality of life. So often our greatest motivator is to be 'successful' - and we strive mightily to achieve a long list of things - a good job title, a car, a house, a relationship etc. - only to feel disillusioned and empty once we've got them. Ben Renshaw shows how true fulfillment comes from finding a healthy balance between the spheres of mind, body and soul. He explains: *the principles of happiness *the confidence need not be a problem *the art of relationships *how to make you 'vocation your vacation' *that developing a sense of humour is essential With a refreshing honesty - and a thoroughly fresh approach - Ben Renshaw offers many practical solutions, much wisdom and many answers to the questions which most of us ask about our hurried, stressful often baffling lives today.

"The story of an obsessive-compulsive housebreaker whose every waking moment is jam-packed with finicky clockwork ritual--the kind of intense micro-planning that might have made even Napoleon back off...Matthew Dicks has created an unforgettable character that will have you torn between wanting to throttle him--or adopt him." --Alan Bradley, author of the New York Times bestselling Flavia de Luce novels A career criminal with OCD tendencies and a savant-like genius for bringing order to his crime scenes, Martin considers himself one of the best. After all, he’s been able to steal from the same people for years on end—virtually undetected. Of course, this could also be because of his unique business model—taking only items that will go unnoticed by the homeowner. After all, who would notice a missing roll of toilet paper here, a half-used bottle of maple syrup there, or even a rarely used piece of china buried deep within a dusty cabinet? Even though he's never met these homeowners, spending hours in their houses, looking through their photo albums and reading their journals, he feels like he knows them. So Martin decides to meddle more in their lives—playing the part of a rather odd guardian angel—even though it means breaking many of his neurotic rules. In this hilarious, suspenseful and often profound novel about a man used to planning every second of his life, Martin comes to realize that life is much better lived on the edge (at least some of the time).

ARE YOU READY TO FIND IT? We’re all searching for something. From the lifelong believers to the dedicated atheists to the wandering soul. We are all searching for something. Identity. Acceptance. Love. Peace. Joy. Belonging. We’re all searching for something. And what if the key to finding that something cannot be found until something else goes missing? In Something Is Missing you will be invited on a journey into the story, ideology, and truth of the message of Jesus in a light that many haven't seen it in before. It will challenge and shape its readers to push back their preconceived notions and traditions and unpack the real meaning of Scripture and the message of the Gospel. This journey will walk alongside the criminal on a cross and it is guaranteed to unlock new insights, perspectives, and ways of life for anyone who has a desire to follow Jesus with their life.

Something's Amiss With Miss Priss! Can you guess what it is? Miss Priss is a sweet little girl who is just starting school. She is full of energy and has a habit for going overboard in conversation. In other words, she talks too much! This charming children's story follows this little miss through the process of learning when and how to communicate with others. Her loving parents and her determined teacher both help Miss Priss to see the light and follow the correct social graces. See how Miss Priss matures during the course of her first year in school, because now there's no longer anything Amiss With Miss Priss. Melissa Bailey Slater grew up in South Carolina and Georgia, and now resides in Pasco, Washington. Her daughter Caroline was the inspiration for this book. Her previous book was titled Well, For Goodness Sake Little Jake. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/MelissaBaileySlater

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