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After a long journey through Norway, Ingrid has returned to Barrøy, the island that bears her family name. The Second World War still casts its long shadow: former collaborators face cold shoulders, while others wish to leave the painful years in the past. When a boy arrives on the island, Ingrid assumes responsibility for him, and so he joins the Barrøy community, raised alongside Ingrid's own daughter, another child of war.

The Korean martial art of Hapkido is an advanced system of self-defense. It is designed to teach its practitioners exacting methods to defend themselves against all types of attacks. In this book, Hapkido Master Scott Shaw presents essays on this martial art designed to provide the reader with an enhanced sense of self-defense awareness and combat understanding.

Since 1994, South Africa has seen a worrying increase in the commercialization of murder – and has been rocked by several high-profile contract killings. Drawing on his research of over a thousand incidents of hired assassinations, from 2000 to 2016, Shaw reveals how these murders are used to exert a mafia-type control over the country’s legal and illegal economic activity. Contracted assassinations, and the organized criminal activity behind them, contain sinister linkages with the upper world, most visibly in relation to disputes over tenders and access to government resources.

Lady Kitty needs a husband. Lord Roscoe needs a wife. Is esteem and mutual respect enough in a marriage of convenience, or will the past rise up and ruin their chance at happiness? Respectable gentlemen tend to steer clear of Lady Kitty Pegler despite her hefty dowry. She has earned the reputation of being disagreeable simply by speaking her mind. Her stepmother has proclaimed that Kitty’s sister can’t marry until Kitty does. With her sister’s fate in her hands, Kitty makes the difficult decision to find a husband. However, after three seasons, she has yet to receive an offer. Until ...

Without a doubt, there are ways to living healthy through practicing different methods. In order to change your life, you have to change your life style. Fasting is important for good health, and Pranic Living is the wave of the future. In this book, you will learn the many benefits of both. Becoming aware of how each can increase your quality of peace. It will also teach you how to adopt the practices in your daily life for more robust health. See how Pranic Nourishment can impact your life and the lives of those around you. You will also learn about various meditations to improve your ...

It all began in 1958 when I was ten. A young family has just moved into the neighborhood. One sunny summer day, while I was sitting on the steps of my house, a young boy came up to me and rolled his ball to my feet. With the sun in my face, I said hi and rolled it back. He ran off. A few days later, he did it again. I eventually became friends with him. I told my mom that a Chinese family had moved into the neighborhood and their son, Charlie, was my new friend. She said, bring him over for supper. I did, and after supper, he left, and my mom told me a story about people who have something ...

“We weren’t heroes. We were medics. We ran toward shit everyone else ran away from.” Whiskey, Dust, and Blood is the unflinching, darkly funny, and brutally real story of Specialist Lee Shaw, a U.S. Army combat medic thrust into the chaos of Operation Desert Storm. From the scorching tarmac of Dhahran to the near-deadly blast of a SCUD missile over his foxhole, Shaw recounts the war as only a medic can—patching up the wounded while trying not to become one himself. Deployed with the 8th Evacuation Hospital and frequently attached to the 101st Airborne, Shaw shares the raw truth ...

From the pen of beloved poet Luci Shaw comes a new collection that celebrates inspired creativity as an antidote to chaos.

When Vivie learns that her mother's harlotry is the origin of her financial support, nothing in her world can ever be the same. There are serious consequences for her suitor, her mother, and herself.

This boxset includes the stories of the next generation of dragon kings and their fated mates. Two sons of King Stavrok, the son of King Eric, and the daughter of King Damon find love in this trilogy of steamy paranormal romances.

Enter a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, organised criminals terrorise communities and corporate gangsters operate outside the law. And, closely following their every move, are teams of secret agents, vigilantes and scientists who are fighting for our planet's future. Using insider sources and her expertise as a criminal psychologist, Julia Shaw takes us deep into some of the worst environmental crimes of our time.

Allie lost everything the night her boyfriend, Trip, died in a horrible car accident--including her memory of the event. She doesn't remember driving on the cliff road. She doesn't recall jumping from the truck just before Trip lost control. As their small town mourns his death, Allie is afraid to remember because doing so means delving into what she's kept hidden for so long, the horrible reality of their abusive relationship. When the police reopen the investigation, it quickly turns on Allie and her best friend, Blake, especially as their budding romance raises eyebrows around town.

A quick guide to the history of the world's most popular meditation practice. From the time of the Buddha to the age of meditation apps, this straightforward introduction gives an entire overview of the use of the term "mindfulness" in Buddhist meditative traditions. Drawing upon years of experience through practicing, researching, and teaching the history of mindfulness, Dr. Sarah Shaw offers the first-ever accessible guide to the roots of this ancient meditation technique that continues to benefit millions throughout the world.

Searching for a missing diver, Rick swims through a recreational dive tube and emerges in a different world. He learns the missing diver was killed on the other side, and that one inhabitant of the other dimension has been visiting Star Lake. The visitor is hungry for the technology on Rick’s side of the portal, and will stop at nothing to get it.

Let me take you on a journey - a journey where you can hear my pain. Learn about all the techniques I've tried when dealing with my bouts of depression and self-hatred. Some techniques are actively encouraged by professionals across the world; other techniques (prostitutes, drugs, self-harm) are pretty much frowned upon. The spoilsports. What worked for me and what most certainly didn't! Told with the blackest of humor to keep things fun!

Eli knows who he is, and he’s tired of hiding it. Exhausted and at the end of his rope, Eli’s not just in the closet when it comes to his family, he’s so far in that he’s starting to lose himself. Roman’s tired of insanity and drama queens, even sexy ones who make his pulse race. When killing each other isn’t an option, there’s only one way to release all the passion that flares between them, but sex can’t solve everything...or can it?

I’ve sworn off men. Or I guess I should say that I’ve vowed to never get tangled up with a man. I’ve seen the way that they can hurt the women that they claim to love, and I want no part of it. I’ve never been tempted to break that vow. Until Ransom moves to town. When I give in to my feelings for him, it’s only supposed to be for one night. Everything is going according to plan. Until I get the surprise of my life and find out that I’m pregnant.

I never thought that I would fall in love or get married. Not after watching my mom’s marriages fail and being there to help her pick up the pieces afterward. I had sworn off men, which was easy because no man had ever tempted me before. Not until Milo. He makes me want to try. I almost give in to my feelings when tragedy strikes, and I’m forced to sell the only thing that I have. Myself. Milo When I find out that Lilou signed up for an arranged marriage, I freak out.

It's amazing how relevant these century-old words of Bernard Shaw's are right now. Just like then nobody understands the concept of socialism, and the fact that any successful democracy is a socialist democracy to some extent.

Jessie, a veteran with PTSD and an alcohol abuse problem, fends for himself in a post-collapse Alabama fraught with poverty and corruption. As he struggles to sustain himself in an abandoned railroad signal station, he learns of a group of orphaned kids living in the forest nearby.