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Herbs of the Year Book of Potions is the latest magical collaboration from best-selling author Lisa Chamberlain and Ambrosia Hawthorn, founder of Witchology Magazine. This beginner-friendly guide to potions honors the spirit of the Wheel, with 5 magical herbs featured in each season-based chapter, and a total of 40 recipes to try your hand at as you hone your skills in the art of potion crafting. The recipes are designed for a wide range of magical benefits, including healing, love, spiritual connection, prosperity, fertility, and protection, among others.

Embark on a journey through 19th-century New England with 'A New England Nun' by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. This annotated edition unveils the nuanced layers of societal expectations and women's autonomy. Explore the symbolism of wild grapes, the metaphorical imagery of an uncloistered nun, and Joe Daggett's poignant honesty.

After surviving a dysfunctional childhood caring for her alcohol and drug addicted mother while her father buried himself in his criminal law practice, 39-year-old attorney Maeve Shaw has painstakingly constructed the perfect life. Her husband, Patrick, is a handsome senior manager at a prestigious consulting firm. They have two adorable boys, Declan and Seamus. And if Maeve just keeps her billable hours up and her mouth shut, she could actually have a shot at making partner at her male-dominated law firm.

This story chronicles the journey of an 18-year-old young woman who entered an order of teaching nuns in 1952, believing herself to have a religious vocation. After three years of novitiate training, she pronounced vows and was assigned to teach in the elementary grades of parochial schools in New Jersey, Baltimore, Fall River, and New York. During the last two years of her life as a nun, she matriculated in a program of religious studies at Fordham University. There, she enjoyed exposure to many European theologians who proffered enlightened views on religion.

In ADHD Parenting Tools for Kids: The 365° Guide, Loreen Rupert shares her experience as a mother of three—two with ADHD—and offers a compassionate, practical roadmap for parents. With 50+ proven strategies for emotional regulation, school success, and executive function, this guide equips you with tools that really work in everyday life.

My life with Chad was rocky at best. His need for control extended to me and led to an abusive situation that ended in trauma and murder. This is the story of how I found courage and healing after being married to my abuser for several years.

Christianity has obscured the fact that Jesus taught Judaism. This loss is visible in many ways, such as the misinterpretation of many New Testament Scriptures. This book rediscovers the unyielding, even strengthened, commitment to the Law by Jesus and the New Testament authors. With both Bible citations and historical references, this book restores a full understanding of the gospel of the Jewish kingdom.

Ryan Trussell just wants to fit in. Uprooted in the bleakest time of the year at the very worst time of his life things don't sound promising. Ryan's only friend can't talk but does listen well. A new friend appears and things become less bleak. That friend reveals a possible problem in Ryan's house and what follows is a roller coaster of emotions and antics that will have you checking your own attic for more than pesky flies.

When Melody Standish arrives in the small town of Embden, Maine, to teach three middle school grades in a portable classroom, she has no idea what that will look like. The literary terms she plans to introduce, words like Foreshadow, Irony, Moral, parable, emerge inside and out side the classroom. A revolving door of men enters Melody's life, all seemingly wanting something from her. The serene background of a freshwater pond and a basket of pebbles possibly dredged up from the deep provides enough rough water to keep the reader on task.

"Rowling Heights" is the most luxurious apartment building in San Diego, its opulent units overlooking the bay. Living in the building is an exquisite experience... although, the owner's son Tony might disagree, considering he was thrown over the side of his penthouse's balcony just mere hours ago. But never fear! Private Investigator Annie Hudson is on the case. She'll root through the residents' secrets, getting to the bottom of the case in this exclusive apartment building where everyone has something to hide, but nobody's talking.

Liza Larkin, a socially aberrant pathology resident, relies on these words of her late father to guide her through a world she doesn’t feel a part of. If not for his training over the years and her psychiatrist’s ongoing care, she might be in jail—or worse. So when her colleague, Megan, worries something awful has happened to her aunt, Liza does what she has learned to do. She helps. She drives Megan to Boston to look for the woman. It doesn’t take long. Megan’s aunt lies dead in her condo, in what is soon ruled a freakish accident.

Private Investigator Annie Hudson doesn't see the world like everyone else. Brought on as a special crime consultant by her childhood friend—FBI Agent Ethan Beckett—Annie Hudson can solve any case that's put in front of her. Except for the case from her childhood that made her who she is. But when Annie is summoned to Aspen Lane to solve a murder, the past breaks wide open.

Pat James is a self-described "honest-to-goodness old first grade teacher, never gets bored or lonely. She loves to laugh, and she gets excited and scared in all of life's changes. She would love to welcome you to her world of small, honest people who learn quickly and are very funny. Your own Monday mornings will be better by hearing her stories and recalling some of your own experiences in your classroom or in your home.

ORVILLE & FRIENDS Crumble the Cookie Cartel by AvanteBooks is the first in our series of pet mystery-adventure stories. Led by Orville, a smart and resourceful Labrador retriever, along with his sidekicks Tinker the poodle, Tina the cat and a crow named Crow, these heroic pets—along with other helpful animal allies—work together to unravel mysteries and help those in need.

"When Hard Lilies Cry" describes Manal's 26 years journey battling two cancers and preventing two more; she battled breast and Thyroid cancers while raising her children and coping with harsh chemo and radiotherapy, she accepted the alteration of her figure after mastectomy for the sake of her children.

When her best friend Debbie loses her granddaughter to a sudden illness, author Cindy attempts to travel from Texas to North Carolina for the funeral, experiencing humorous roadblocks along the way. Stranded in Atlanta, she reminisces about the experiences that have made them the women they are today.

The Children are settling into their new lives, but unexpected expenses are piling up with the babies’ milk and diapers, and the electricity bill on the rise as the brunt of winter inundates them. Everyone is doing what they can to pitch in, working extra shifts and doing whatever it takes to keep their heads above financial waters, to the point where K8 is contemplating using her ability to split in two to do double the work. But how much longer can they keep it up? When K8 is approached by a publisher to tell the Childrens’ story, she’s hesitant to trust the guy, but she likes the idea.

Lucy Peckham has one big problem--Christmas! Every December 25th brings Lucy the gift of pain, illness, or embarrassment of one sort or another. Steve Andrews was there to bear witness to Lucy's first humiliating Christmas back when they were both children together. Now that they're adults, will the tides finally turn for Lucy, or will this be her worst Christmas ever?

The title of this book came from a conversation between a first grader and his mother. He must have felt that his teacher was pining away every evening, every weekend, and every summer, just waiting to be with the class again. Actually, most teachers fill their off-hours very well with other children and their own children in Sunday School, Y camps, or other community programs.

This action-packed suspense thriller explores the manipulative nature of a murderer who will stop at nothing to put his victims in the ground. The investigative tenacity of the detectives is tested as they work tirelessly to unravel his daunting web of smoke and mirrors in a persistent pursuit of truth and the dispensing of justice.