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Taking chances is part of life, but when you bet your future against the odds, it's a high-risk game. Kate Madison's stylish resale shop has been a big SoHo success, supporting her and her four kids since her husband's untimely death. Now they are grown and ready to forge lives of their own. And they all choose to play against the odds, to their mother's dismay. Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when...
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For FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Evan Cooper and his partner, dignitary protection duty should have been a piece of cake. Unfortunately, Monica Callahan isn't making it easy. Estranged from her diplomat father--who is involved in a sensitive hostage situation in the Middle East--she refuses to be intimidated by a related terrorist threat back in the States. That is, until a chilling warning convinces her that the danger is very real--and escalating....
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Struggling to keep her corporate-recruiting firm afloat, Manhattan executive Melissa Grant has no time for love. Then Adam Roundtree walks into her life. But the charismatic businessman is no ordinary client. He's the man who can bring Melissa's career—and her heart—to life...until a shocking discovery jeopardizes their blossoming relationship.
For Melissa and Adam, fate couldn't have played a crueler trick: their families have been...
For Melissa and Adam, fate couldn't have played a crueler trick: their families have been...
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Betrayals. Secrets. Tragedy.
It started as a day like any other for Alex Mercer. Then he heard the news. Something that only happens in other places is happening in his hometown.
Just a few miles away at his daughter's middle school, a shooter is on the loose. Alex does what every other parent in town does-he races to the school to find out if his loved ones are safe.
His world falls apart around him, and he can't turn to his best friend because...
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Difficult times happen to everyone. But facing adversity doesn't have to stand in the way of being successful or happy. Adversity can make people tougher, wiser, and more compassionate. Bethany Hamilton, Oprah Winfrey, Ringo Starr, and Matt Moniz are examples of people who overcame incredible odds and achieved success. Learn about their inspirational stories with this informational text that is packed with fun facts, fascinating sidebars, and high-interest...
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Sienna Wright has it all: an exciting career as an investigative reporter, a handsome husband who is also an assistant district attorney, and two beautiful children-until a vicious murderer takes it all away and sends her tumbling into a terrifying black abyss. Now someone is after her, and she doesn't know why. To survive, she must trust the brusque detective working her husband's case, even though she simply wants to be left alone.Detective Nate...
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To say my childhood was dysfunctional is an understatement. Although I didn't realize it until later in life, when I saw how others lived, it became clear to me that my childhood was something no one should have to go through. But of course, I did go through it. Because of the good influences in my life, I learned how to function as a contributing member of society. I believe I have succeeded whereby all accounts I should probably have just become...
10) Against All Odds
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There comes a time in most people's lives when someone you know asks, "Why do you do that, or why do you believe this?" These might be questions you ask yourself, after a traumatic experience. They are good questions to ask occasionally, if for no other reasons than to change a personal practice or grow in understanding.
In Against All Odds, I examine the reasons for my belief in the deity of Jesus Christ. There are those who tell me I believe in...
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Liza's journey in life continues through the eyes of the modern-day writer Ellie Fuller, and this second book of the series follows her return to America with her husband, Patrick, and children but no sooner are they on their way when disaster strikes and Liza's life is threatened when she is considered a 'Jonah' by some members of the crew.
Many adventures occur on her journey but finally she reaches her beloved town of Benson. There are still highs...
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Religious institutions are among the most segregated organizations in American society. This segregation has long been a troubling issue among scholars and religious leaders alike.
Despite attempts to address this racial divide, integrated churches are very difficult to maintain over time. Why is this so? How can organizations incorporate separate racial, ethnic, and cultural groups? Should they? And what are the costs and rewards for people and...
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Life came to a dramatic halt for the Ciolkosz (cho-kis) family when they discovered a rare and dangerous brain cancer ailing their infant son. Through hospitalization, surgeries, and all the things to follow, their faith in God, prayer, and support from the community carried them through this difficult trial. Along the way values were exposed and strengthened: the strength and commitment of family, the value of community, the power of prayer, and...
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What was it like growing up in the Cayman Islands in the 1930s? In Against All Odds, retired politician and lawyer, W. Norman Bodden shares some interesting facts and his own experiences from his childhood to the present day.
Have you ever wondered how air services to, from, and within the Cayman Islands, and other developments such as tourism, the birth of Cayman Airways, got started? What about the Cayman Islands' relationship with Costa Rican...
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As a young black girl in a low-income, single-parent home, Novica Olinger finds herself in a life filled with obstacles designed to keep her on a statistical road to nowhere. The problem with statistics is most of the time, you don't get to hear the real stories behind that data; or you see negative stories played out on reality talk shows that just cause you to shake a judgmental head. In her own words, Novica gets to tell you her story. As an adult,...
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My name is Flora Padilla and I am a mother, grandmother, pastor, and an author. I married a man that physically, emotionally and mentally abused me. During this turbulent marriage, I was also trying to raise two small children, work full-time and financially support my household. Unexpectedly, I was, injured on the job and lost the stability of having a steady income. This life-changing event shifted my path to my true calling. How did I become an...
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"In this long-awaited memoir, Hannah shares the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the gradual disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah and her family's imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a searing look at what countless children endured at...
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“I Shall Live tells the gripping true story of a Jewish family in Germany and Russia as the Nazi party gains power in Germany. When Henry Orenstein and his siblings end up in a series of concentrations camps, Orenstein's bravery and quick thinking help him to save himself and his brothers from execution by playing a role in the greatest hoax ever pulled on the upper echelons of Nazi command.
Orenstein's lucid prose recreates this horrific time...
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In her New York Times bestseller, Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds, Dr. Kelly A. Turner, founder of the Radical Remission Project, uncovers nine factors that can lead to a spontaneous remission from cancer-even after conventional medicine has failed. While getting her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkley, Dr. Turner, a researcher, lecturer, and counselor in integrative oncology, was shocked to discover that no one was...
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On January 12, 2010 at 4:53 p.m., a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the island of Hispaniola near Leogane, about 16 miles west of the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I could never have imagined that a natural disaster over 1600 miles away would forever change my life. This is a story of two lives intersecting in the most serendipitous way to become the answer to each other's prayers. As I prayed and cried out to God asking if there was anything...
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