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HighBridge Audio presents four titles in the American Diabetes Association's 21 Things series, collected here in an essential, must-listen omnibus edition. 

For more than 30 years, the internationally renowned marital researchers from the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver have been helping couples around the globe replace loneliness with connection, frustration with understanding, fear with confidence, instability with commitment, revenge with forgiveness, and monotony with passion.

Finding the next piece of the missing artifact, the Phoenix, is paramount for Jet Black and his friends as they try to prevent a future war. But there is growing pressure from the other boarding schools, the Brotherhood, and even the Runics to discover the other missing magical books. The first visit to Dillon Lake has all the promises of discovering new alliances and uncovering the backstory of some of the most important players. The fallout from their trip is life-altering for some of the Echoes and even the Elementals.

Once upon a time, people wrote fables featuring untrustworthy ravens, wicked wolves, insincere monkeys, and power-hungry lions. Told repeatedly through generations and spread throughout the world, classic stories abound in which noble heroes and heroines matched wits with these typically treacherous beasts. But what's that you say? You feel as though you're surrounded by just these sorts of characters at work? Well, you're not alone.

In 2340 the Earth is dying. The Free Bloc creates a spaceship from an asteroid with living spaces inside it to protect 3,000 handpicked humans on their journey to an exoplanet. The “ship” is powered by ion engines utilizing fuel from xenon ions produced in a nuclear reactor. This allows the ship to continuously accelerate. The constant acceleration allows the crew to experience gravity during their journey. As they leave the asteroid belt they receive a message from aliens in the Cervantes star system who call themselves “The Mothers”.

Blaze Stark, mega best-selling author and former St. Louisan, enters Mitchell Adam's office one night convinced someone wants to kill her. Given her bizarre peccadilloes and office decorum, he suggests a female therapist, but she refuses. Reluctantly, he agrees. His initial diagnosis is a major psychiatric illness, but Blaze is not a reliable informant and has hidden her early past from the world. After two deaths of people close to her, Mitch finds the shocking truths in Blaze's past by reading her dystopic young adult novels and by enlisting help from her bodyguard, Alonso.

City Detective Baker asks Mitchell Adams, a social worker in private practice, to counsel a suicidal disabled black man named Lonnie who's been arrested for counterfeiting and armed robbery. Reluctantly, Mitch agrees and learns this is no open-and-shut case. Are the bills fake? Are Lonnie, Det. Baker, and the city prosecutor who they claim to be? Mitch's life hinges on the word of a counterfeiter and the greed of a prosecutor, and he won't back down without a fight. Counterfeit is the follow-up book to Interrogation, second in the Mitchell Adams series of four novels.

Wired for Purpose explores how purpose, meaning, and mental health are connected — for ourselves, our work, and our kids.Hosted by Travis Scott, founder of Cycling On Purpose, the show was inspired by his 2,500-mile ride from Spokane, WA to Indianapolis, IN — a journey on the bike that once belonged to his late cousin, Brent.What began as a way to honor Brent’s memory became a transformative lesson: purpose and movement can be medicine for the mind. That ride helped Travis emerge from depression and inspired him to explore the deeper links between purpose, mental health, and ...

Build the Domestic Monastery! Adapting productivity hacks, lifestyle design, and best practices from Getting Things Done, 4-Hour Work Week, and other secular sources to the Catholic Faith and Tradition to create the Domestic Monastery.

Dr. Irvin Scott, author of "Leading with Heart and Soul: 30 Inspiring Lessons of Faith, Learning, and Leadership" and a faculty member at Harvard Graduate School of Education sits down with educators from across the US - and the world. Together they talk about what it means to educate the world's children.

Their love burned bright, white hot, and strikingly blue around the edges. Some thought them careless. Some thought them crazy. No one approved. Taylor Barrett was looking for answers in a universe that had abandoned him. Jude Boehler flooded her dark world with charisma and mystery, drawing everyone into her hurricane. It was a most captivating of love affairs.

The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume 2 is the second instalment of our Modern Classics Collections, delving into a world of 20th-century literary brilliance. This anthology features a wide array of thought-provoking, genre-defining works from the 1900s, showcasing the range of modern storytelling—from existential musings to dark humour and intricate social commentary. These are the stories that have shaped modern literature, offering timeless insights into human nature and society.

From mystery and crime to romance and tragedy, in this collection you will discover award-winning writing that effortlessly spans genre and style. Witness the excess and luxury of 1920s America in The Great Gatsby, experience profound meditations on death in The Bridge of San Luis Rey, as well as Poirot's very first murder case in The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

Alexander IV has succeeded to the throne of the billion-dollar Kingwood Empire, but the people he thought he could trust aren't allies. They're enemies. Everyone he cares about is at risk. Decisions—SACRIFICES—must be made. What will he do to protect the people he loves? Will Sara Jane live or die?

I've done my time as undercover elite security and I'm ready for a change. Seeking redemption and a slower pace, I return to the one place I once vowed not to—Solace Pointe. Then, I was a hometown hero—star quarterback and Delilah Noelle's one and only. Now, I've accrued enough sins to last two lifetimes and want to retire in peace. I mistakenly forgot how rumors run rampant in a small town, and my return causes quite the ruckus. That's to be expected. I can handle church group gossip. What I didn't expect was for the only girl I ever loved to be single again.

One room. One beautiful American. One sexy Frenchman. Five days in Paris. That’s all it takes to ignite a spark into a flame. But when two opposites attract, can the language of love keep them together or will they be Lost in Translation?

Mitchell Adams is a social worker in private practice whose girlfriend is murdered, and one of his clients has framed him for the crime. Mitch must run the killer's twisted gauntlet alone in a race against time. His odyssey returns him to his days as a fledgling therapist and forces him to confront his own secret. He must choose between learning the truth about the woman of his dreams and keeping her memory alive.