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The Amazing Beatrix works as an acrobat in a 19th-century circus, no home or family of which to speak. When a daring escape from her abusive ringleader crosses Beatrix's path with that of the daring adventurer Colonel James Bacchus, the unlikely pair teams up, flies to safety aboard the colonel’s miraculous four-story hot-air balloon, and begins a grand quest to find the most precious gem in the world: the Blue Star Sphinx.

Noah Padgett's new stepmother treats him as the worst inconvenience in the world. She wants him to disappear out of her life, along with Bluebell, the nuisance puppy his father bought him for his birthday. Her wish comes true, although too fast for her to notice, after Noah clicks the wrong link on his computer at midnight.

This program is dedicated to the stuck, the clueless, the workless, the helpless, and the directionless. Over 90 percent of the world's workforce is in the wrong job. They quest for self-expression and meaning, yet most fail to find it. This extraordinary program provides a blueprint that will enable you to find and sustain a meaningful career and life path - over the long haul. It seeks to help you determine the answer to the question that each of us pose to ourselves at some point in our lives, "Why am I here?"

This one-of-a-kind program will inspire you to achieve what you desire most in life, regardless of your age, occupation or environment. It will inspire you to realize that anything is possible, and to believe there are always opportunities to succeed despite how bleak the outlook may currently appear. Indeed, everything we desire is within reach, if we just choose to pursue it. These 30 people, and their inspiring rags to riches stories serve as proof.

High-spirited Lucinda Alden had been the belle of the season until her parents urged her to consider the attentions of the suitable Mr. Mooten. He was on the brink of proposing when Miss Alden's dinner conversation took a shocking turn. Returning home in disgrace, Miss Alden must face the consequences of her actions. Will this cheeky young lady be redeemed?

Inside, Rami explores the unseen force that controls our lives and shows you how to take control of this magical force to bring your deepest desires into reality!

How would you feel if you knew there were women out there who worked to protect the innocent from the cruel, depraved, and vindictive people who walked Earth? The Feminas, an elite group of women trained to assassinate in calculated feminine ways, work for the CLAN. They don't use guns or their bodies as lures; instead they are calculated, precise, and not easily traced when removing their targets. They are the "grey women" who blend in, observe, and create perfect accidents.

Miss Meg Farrow gave her heart to the wrong man, and her reputation barely survived. Now the last thing she needs is the outrageous, foul-mouthed parrot she just inherited. She'll be a public disgrace if she can't find someone to help tame bawdy Bartholomew's torrid tongue. But what if the man hired to train him turns out to be what she never expected yet everything that she dreamed?

Mary Ryder is a housewife, her once fiery nature ground down by a life of cleaning and cooking for her drunken husband, Nigel. A chance meeting with idealistic mineworker Lewis Evans makes her realize what love can be. Mary made a commitment to Nigel: for better, for worse. When the National Union of Mineworkers calls a strike, Mary doesn't realize it will change her and the town forever.

Arthur Pendragon has established himself as High King, building a reign of prosperity and peace in Britain. Only King Lot and his allies in the North stand in the way of perfect unity across the Isles. At the end of a bitter winter, Gawain, Lot's son, is summoned to Arthur's court at Caerleon, where he and the other northern princes will live as hostages. Even as he learns this, he remembers his teacher's last words, "Seek the Ring of Light."

A scientist makes two stunning discoveries: First, his lost soul mate is alive in an alternate universe, and second, the Earth is doomed. Science prodigies Lije (Elijah) Grant and Laura Bess Austin have been soul mates since they were kids. But as Laura Bess is flying off to college, the plane goes down and all aboard are lost. Lije is devastated; the love of his life is gone.

One little lie - the tiniest whisker - throws pampered Miss Wheaton into a pickle... and into the arms of a notorious duke. She was only trying to help a friend, how on earth could things have gone all in a muddle? The more she attempts to tidy her life, the more sordid things seem to get. Now rumors have marked her a hussy, her best friend has gone missing, and that dratted duke is doing unexpected things to her heart! However will she untangle herself from this mess?

It's September 1939, and suddenly everyone faces an uncertain future, especially the children who are evacuated from the East End of London to faraway Norfolk. Billy and Jeannie Curtis, two waifs who have had to raise themselves, are billeted in the sleepy village of Little Asham, but the evacuation is destined to have a profound effect upon both them and the troubled adults whose lives they change.

In the dark winter of Orkney, King Lot's wife delivers a stillborn daughter. In the lonely desperation that follows, she begs her husband for a single boon, to allow her sister, Morgan, to come to her, promising in return that Morgan can guarantee them a son. Ignoring the advice of his kinsman, Elóil, Lot agrees. Morgan predicts that Margaise will conceive the son she wants, but warns her that the boy will kill his father and destroy his kingdom.

Hal De Havilland is an up-and-coming attorney at a prestigious law firm. He keeps his head down, works hard, and pretends to be happy. It's a solitary existence, and given his history, he prefers it that way. Hal's artfully ordered life descends into chaos when his aunt dies, naming him in her will. The inheritance leads him on a journey he'd never expected and wasn't sure he wanted. That's when he starts hearing the disembodied voice.