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Laura has spent her entire life up until this point eager to see what the summer before college has in store for her. The tales from the older brothers and sisters of her friends and the teenagers in TV shows and movies all had her convinced that it was going to be the best three months of her life. The reality, she finds, is sadly different. It feels less like fun and freedom than a headfirst plunge into the icy waters of adulthood with a life jacket that kept threatening to slip off.

On another lonely night, convinced that none of her friends will understand, she searches the internet to find a group called Ladies Can Code. At this group meeting, Latka comes into contact with an older woman. A mentor and an inspiration from the start, she will end up changing Latka's life forever. But will she ultimately have changed it for the better?

Love is not an easy thing to come by - a concept born from undying appreciation, it is something that requires the unrequited endeavor to make someone happy, whatever the cost. This book explores love and life, and how the joy of infatuation and fate can bring together people in the strangest of ways, regardless of past experience, personal preference, or social normality. However, there are more elements that surround love which also play an important part here.

Ask yourself: how many times did you wake up and feel like a train ran over you? If this happens to you and you didn't consume alcoholic beverages the previous night, probably some inflammatory process has started in your body because of your weakened immune system. Here you will find everything you need to know about inflammatory, how it's linked with your immune system, and how can you raise your own awareness of what every human can do to strengthen his/hers defense mechanism and raise function the of immune system.

Parenting is the most challenging and transformative activity of our lives, yet none of this come with an infallible instruction manual preinstalled. It's been said that raising children is the toughest job you'll ever love, yet like any job there are certain tasks that must be mastered, the first of which is developing a parental style.

While the book examines what introversion is, it doesn't place it in a box. Some introverts are shy, but not all, for example. Some are quiet and don't like socializing, but not all are like that. It looks at the constructive aspects of being introverted and seeks to show the listener the right path to take when choosing a career, or allowing them to include their introversion in their daily lives and see it as a positive force.

This Short Read book will give you the best weight loss advice to get started now without any equipment.

It is said that the average women says four words per day to her husband, most of which is some type of request relating to the house, finances, or children. Is it that men are from a different planet and speak a completely different language from their wives? With the divorce rate higher than it was a century ago, it seems that many couples have given up trying to have any meaningful conversation at all. But why is there a discord between the sexes?

The second edition is about a woman, Jane Applebee who decides to move from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon. What forces were in play to make her want to make such a decision? Was she following her destiny or did Fate have a play in her decision making? She meets a couple in Portland who adopts her as their mother. She in turn adopts them as her children. Possibly the very reason for her move to Portland. Could that possibly be her destiny or had fate something to do with her decision?

Fed up watching her friends and older brother, Mikey, succumb to addiction, gangs, and violence, she embarked on a whirlwind journey moving state to state earning her stripes in TV news. With aggressive drive to succeed, Melissa realized there was a silent warfare brewing within her family, suppressing any milestone of success. The enemy and its ability to make those it touched powerless, hopeless, and teetering on deaths door was an undiagnosed mental illnesses that afflicted her brother, her hero, and protector growing up.

The year is 1970. Eighteen-year old Abby Douglas and her best friend, Linda, are enrolled in a theater class and become entangled in misfortune at the Rockford University Campus. Weeks before her first class, Abby begins having reoccurring dreams. Reluctantly she gets entangled in another mystery. Danger is lurking, and the theater professor may have to cancel the play. If the mystery isn't solved soon, the university officials will consider terminating the entire theater program.

What does it take to become a successful author in today’s publishing world? It’s not enough to write a powerful book - today’s author must understand and leverage the business side of writing. Authorpreneurship: The Business of Writing by Sharon Jenkins takes the aspiring writer from curiosity to career, combining both sides of publishing - author and entrepreneur - to empower writers with direction, publishing options, marketing solutions, and business savvy to grow their career.

Take a moment to think about this.... How would it feel to wake up each morning and know that your child is looking forward to seeing you? Would you like to be a fun parent? Are you meeting all your child's needs or just their obligatory needs? How do you cope with a bored child? Do you regularly have to deal with your child having tantrums and what approach do you take? This book can provide you with the tools to change all of that and give you a positive outlook on raising your child.

Here are 11 tales of crime and mystery. Tales of people of all ages making desperate choices, calculated choices, and survival choices. Everything from killers and junkies on the run to innocents caught in a web of danger. Darkness and fear rule, and surprises occur when some think they're safe at last. It's Crime Time, and it's a black, cold street at night here....

Dallas Novak swore off women after his fiancée broke their engagement. His plans change when he becomes responsible for his family and their ranch, Novak Springs. Resigned to his new life, he throws himself into making the ranch successful. Ginnifer Zeiss is a well-established journalist from New York. When approached to write an article on Cowgirl Yoga, she drops everything to experience what a real ranch is like. She secretly loves ranches and is attracted to sexy cowboys.