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The 2006 World Cup is around the corner and thirteen-year-old Sam Kerr is pumped! Even though the games are being played on the other side of the world, Sam and her best friend, Dylan, are planning to get up early to watch the games live on TV. They couldn’t be more excited! But there’s more for Sam to get excited about when she’s invited to trial for a rep soccer team. The coach of the team has seen Sam play and is blown away by how good she is. Sam gets into the team so now she has to juggle training with the Knights AND with her new rep team.

In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman who’s been banished from all dating apps attends a weekly help group with others who have been “banned for life,” and finds herself falling in love. In “Backwards,” a twist on Benjamin Button, a woman reconnects with her estranged father as he de-ages ten years each day they spend together. In “Welcome to Oxhead,” all the parents in a gated community “shut off” when the power goes out.

An inspirational guide to the 6 core qualities of healthy communities, for anyone looking to build community as a source of connection and a vehicle for social change.

The year is 1861, the eve of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration. For Kate Warn, the first female private detective in American history, the only assignment tougher than exposing a conspiracy to assassinate the new president is training her new mentee, Hattie MacLaughlin, in the art of detection. The two women’s mission to save the president takes them from the granges of rural Maryland to the heart of secessionist high society, and sets them on a collision course that could alter the course of history.

Franco Fiorvanti is a handsome lemon grower toiling on the estate of a baron. He dreams of owning his own grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambition. Determined to secure a better future, Franco will do anything to prove his loyalty to the baron. But when the baron asks him to kidnap a little boy named Dante, Franco makes a decision that will change his life—and even the history of Sicily—forever.

Vegas Duncan's release from prison is right on time for his older brother Junior's engagement to the voluptuous Sonya Brown. Unfortunately Junior's attempt at happiness comes to a screeching halt when Sonya's husband, the mysterious Brother X, and his army of Muslim hit men declare war on the Duncan clan. Duncan family patriarch LC Duncan has gone up against many foes in his time.

James Parks's thriving bloodline, Ashley and Alex Black, have transitioned back to Baltimore living, and the drama they thought was over continues to plague them. It seems like chaos and drama is hardwired in their DNA. Ashley is hard at work in her career and is enjoying her new life, but an old flame comes back into the picture and wants to play for keeps. Throw in her boyfriend, Braxton, with his own secrets, and the drama explodes.

The decentralized world of Web3 can be confusing to those not "down the rabbit hole". This guide provides an accessible introduction to numerous topics related to Ethereum including decentralization, Optimistic and ZK Rollups, the modular blockchain paradigm, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), Interplanetary File System (IPFS), mining, staking, smart contracts, the idea of "slaying Moloch", how to set up a wallet, stablecoins, EIP1559, deflation, Automated Market Makers like Uniswap, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Miner Extractable Value (MEV), the Metaverse, and much more.

We are imperfect, but we are perfectly loved because we are God’s child. He wants to heals our hurts, remove our shame, and calm our fears. Like Mephibosheth, we don’t need to hide in a low place like Lo-debar, because our king wants to raise us high.

The bitter conflict between the Union and Confederacy, spanning four terrible years from 1861 to 1865, brought the United States of America to the brink of annihilation. A war based on perceived tyranny and rebellion gave birth to many contradictions, where deceit ran rampant on both sides. Within this environment, it is known that at least four hundred women enlisted as soldiers under the pretense of being men, from both the North and South. Brave men who gave their lives for either side were not the war’s only heroes, and this story is dedicated to these remarkable women.

Companies from startups to corporate giants face massive amounts of disruption today. Now more than ever, organizations need nimble and responsive leaders who know how to exploit the opportunities that change brings. In this insightful book, Jean Dahl, a senior executive and expert in the Lean mindset and its methods, demonstrates why you need to embrace Modern Lean principles and thinking to redefine leadership in this age of digital disruption in order to continuously evolve the Lean enterprise.

It’s leaf-peeping season in Naneda, New York, and Agnes Blythe has settled into helping her eccentric Great Aunt Effie restore the Stagecoach Inn. It seems nothing can shatter the golden idyll—or the ka-ching of cash registers—until a mechanic at Hatch Automotive is found bludgeoned to death with a wrench. Sweeping into action, Agnes and Aunt Effie are on the scene, when a tourist-laden motor coach breaks down outside of town. The Stagecoach Inn isn’t exactly ready for guests, but Agnes and Effie agree to take in a group of seniors while they wait for repairs.

New South Wales, 1972. Following the death of her beloved Aunt Hilda, widow Clare Barclay inherits Bellevue, an historic property in the Blue Mountains township of Numbulla, Australia. Giving up her teaching job to move there, Clare plans to restore the house to its original glory. She also hopes to track down a box of missing documents that may shed light on why her husband Jack secretly second-mortgaged their home. Clare makes friends with the locals, including a boy named Joe. She soon hears of plans to redevelop Numbulla, and to exploit the land bordering the protected wilderness area.

Sommaridyllen Frida mötte när hon först kom till Agnesbacken har skiftat till snö som faller mjukt utanför de spröjsade fönstren. Julen närmar sig. Frida gör sig redo för att ge keramikföretaget en andra chans, samtidigt som hon renoverar huset och hjälper sin åldriga granne Rune. Hon har fått upp ögonen för Tobias, en påflugen men charmig snickare. Trots att Agnesbacken nu känns som hemma har den nya årstiden också med sig nya utmaningar. Skulderna spökar och det som först verkade vara början på en fin relation övergår i ett triangeldrama.

Att vara klok är inte alltid så lätt, det kan nog de flesta hålla med om. Och många gånger är det du själv som sätter upp hinder genom att "tänka fel” eller tro att du inte klarar av någonting. Tulsa Jansson ger här exempel på visdomshinder som kan stå i vägen för dig, men också visdomsnycklar – tips för att förhoppningsvis bli lite klokare. Tulsa Jansson är filosof och filosofisk praktiker. Sedan 2011 driver hon företaget Philosophy at Work, där hon utbildar organisationer i filosoferandets konst. Hon är också grundare av och ordförande i Svenska Sällskapet För Filosofisk Praxis.

The High Low Buffalo challenge will stir up great discussion to the close of any day, week, or special gathering with friends and family. The high represents the exciting and best part of your day with the low representing a disappointment or less than desired experience.

Heart over Time encapsulates the sense of intrigue, of appointed times, and of personal election that permeates the writer's work throughout. Marie Barrett's poetry and prose has a "Jacob's ladder" type feel to it, the journey of life winding and rewinding itself with new revelations revealed in old themes.

Write it all down. The day Lisa Bain’s mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she said these words to her daughter. Lisa took her mother’s advice and picked up her pen at the beginning of her own frightening health crisis. She discovered that God was faithful to give her words that were not only a comfort to her, but many others.

I Danmarks dyraste villaområde bor tre familjer genom ekonomisk uppgång och fall. Lina kämpar för att rädda sitt äktenskap med maken som hellre sitter i bilen i garaget än umgås med familjen. Caroline försöker balansera jobbet som framgångsrik kvinnorättsadvokat med privatlivet och en man besatt av sex och pengar. Cille och Ask är det unga paret som har köpt ett lite för gammalt och lite för dyrt hus men som vägrar släppa drömmen om det goda livet.

Som barn var systrarna Stine och Lene bästa vänner, men någonstans på vägen tappade de bort varandra i livets karusell. Det enda de numera har gemensamt är sitt ointresse för Camping Linblomman – stället i Hälsingland som familjen drivit i flera generationer. Men när deras föräldrar hamnar på sjukhus under den mest bokade tiden på året, blir systrarna tvungna att ställa in sina egna sommarplaner och ta över campingen under några veckor.