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Just when her life felt right: new career, new home, new grandchildren, Janet Givens left it all behind and followed her new husband into the Peace Corps. Assigned to Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country finding its own way after generations under Soviet rule, Givens must also find a way to be in a world different from what she knew. And what she expected. Will it be worth it?

Klanor has destroyed Rynah's home planet, Lanyr, by stealing the crystal that controls the planet's magnetic field. His plan is to find all six of the crystals, unite them to create a deadly weapon, and destroy the entire star system...enabling him to create his own empire! With the help of the mysterious Solaris, Rynah gathers four unlikely heroes from a distant planet to fulfill the prophecy and attempt to save humanity.

In einem alten Haus finden die beiden Freunde Max und Yannick eine kleine weiße Statue. Nicht sehr interessant, so denken sie zuerst. Aber dann sieht Max ein Tierschutzplakat mit sehr ähnlichen Statuen. Sie sind aus Elefantenzähnen, also aus "Elfenbein". Jedes Jahr, so liest er, müssen 20.000 Elefanten sterben, weil Kriminelle mit dem Elfenbein sehr viel Geld verdienen. Ist ihre kleine Statue auch aus Elfenbein? Ist in dem alten Haus vielleicht ein richtiges Elfenbein-Lager?

When marine biologist Jenny Payne agrees to spend Christmas working on the Cape Adare cruise ship to escape a disastrous love affair, she envisions a few weeks of sunny climes and cocktails. What she gets is an Antarctic expedition and extreme weather. And then there’s her fellow passengers: Vera, the elderly crime writer; Lian, a young runaway, and Kit Walker; the mysterious man renting the most luxurious cabin on the ship, but who nobody ever sees.

Sexual harassment can cost a business dearly in terms of employee turn-over expenses, lost productivity, and lowered morale. This audio program explains why sexual tension occurs and how to promote healthy sexual politics to protect your business.

You Will Learn How To Handle And Prevent Tantrums In Toddlers. So why do young children tantrum so much? It’s their “knee-jerk reaction” to the frustration of not getting what they want, when they want and because it generally makes them feel better to release and work off their frustrations by having a tantrum. Yes, but what do toddlers NEED you might ask! They need to be kept safe while they explore the world. The best form of protection for them comes from having rules and guidelines which parents impose on them, but the toddlers fight these rules all the way. Here’s some hot questions that parents typically ask when I do a workshop on "How To Cope With Fighting Families".

The death of Charlie Parker in a car accident exposes a web of deceit and changes the lives of three women. His wife, Lauren, discovers that her marriage was not what it seemed. While caring for Betty, her difficult mother-in-law, she also finds herself providing for Charlie's teenage daughter Katie, a girl neither of them knew about.

Does your man NOT meet your sexual needs? Is he boring? Disinterested? Too tired? Too busy? Distracted by sport or the TV? On this audio you'll hear Clinical Psychologist and Sex Therapist Dr. Janet Hall's expert advice for women on sparking up your man's sexual desire. You will learn: The facts about loss of desire in men. How not to blame him or take the blame for yourself. The 3 Do’s and Dont’s you need to know, and more.

Art forger Mikky dos Santos has talent, cunning, athletic prowess, an independent income—and even love. But trust? Now that’s another thing. After a lifetime of betrayal, she’d finally thought it was just within her reach…. A year after an accident that nearly killed her, Mikky’s made a miraculous recovery. She’s been spending her days rebuilding the strength in her elaborately inked body by kitesurfing with the handsome nurse she fell in love with during her recovery. She’s even thinking about painting again.

What does it mean to live well? Janet is a wellness enthusiast, an experimenter, deep thinker, and an Asian American woman who is constantly exploring what it means to live well. Join her in conversations and contemplations on the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, and environmental aspects of living well. Living Well with Janet is part of the AsianBossGirl network.

These are stories of spirits in Grand Central Station...the individual accounts of many of those, formerly known as people, now known as ghosts, apparitions, or spirits. You can make your own conclusion as to allegory, fact, fiction or the overactive imagination of two people who live within the proximity of the great center of transportation in New York City.

At twenty-one, Katherine "Kit" Bonner is the de facto manager of the Flying Eagle Ranch in the badlands of North Dakota. For three generations, the Bonners have tended the land and its cattle on behalf of its absentee owners—a family of English barons who seem to be more of a myth than anything else. So Kit is taken by surprise when the current baron, Reese Talbot, shows up announced. Deceived by his American accent, Kit mistakes Reese for a salesman and tries to send him packing. He, in turn, can't quite tell if the grimy, shapeless figure on horseback is a man or a woman.

English With Janet is a popular online platform managed by Janet, an engineer-turned-English tutor. The online portal focusses on helping individuals from around the world learn to speak English fluently and confidently. From insightful blogs and basic grammar lessons to spoken English tips, you can find everything related to the English language here. By subscribing to our email alerts, you can get the latest news and updates about our online English learning activities. Visit our website https://englishwithjanet.com/ to learn more about what we do.

Lila Culhane’s life is in turmoil. As if coping with the murder of her husband isn’t enough, now the glamorous young widow has Frank’s even younger mistress to contend with. His pregnant mistress. Crystal. But Lila hasn’t got time for more heartache. With everyone grasping to profit from Frank’s death, including fighting for possession of her beloved ranch, she needs leverage for the battle. As it turns out, Crystal may be carrying just the edge Lila requires: an heir.

As a four-year-old in Nowy Targ, Poland, Gustawa Singer lived an idyllic life. Her parents doted on her, and she was always surrounded by loving relatives. Her father worked in the hardware store owned by her grandfather, and the family prospered. Then, in 1939, everything changed: Hitler's army invaded Poland, and Gustawa's carefree childhood days were gone forever.

Every state has an urban legend that evokes fear and curiosity in equal parts, and we've chronicled all of these logic-defying horrors here in the Haunted States of America anthology. From the Jersey Devil to La Llorona, each story included introduces a new chill inducing, stomach churning monster, specter, or poltergeist certain to keep you up at night. A broad ranging collection of authors, including seasoned veterans and some first timers making a fright-tastic debut, have all united to unearth the scariest lore from each state in the US, as well as D.C. and Puerto Rico.

Janet Devlin embraces her Irish nosiness and sits down with her favourite people to find out what the craic is. Unfiltered, uncensored and utterly raw conversations with no topics off the table!

CIA agent Jake McCoy is about to tackle his most difficult assignment ever—but will he travel to 1976 to complete the mission? Jake is used to running the operations at the World Travel Federation. Keeping tabs on the time travelers and calling the shots is his main priority, even if he has to tell a few lies along the way. Now, thanks to an irresponsible traveler and a…miscommunication on his part, he must put his career on the line to locate a missing woman.

Sophie and her dad hop in their canoe for a quiet paddle through a swamp. Sophie is delighted to see animals like a heron and turtle among the lily pads. In this sensory story, Sophie learns that even a quiet journey can be an adventure.

Divorced and fifty-five, Janet Silver Ghent stood in tears at Jerusalem's Western Wall in the winter of 1998 and pressed a paper between the cracks. Please, God, find me a match, she wrote. She should have marked it Rush. As 1999 dawned, she took matters into her own hands and penned a quirky personals adCute writer seeks leading man for possible lifetime dramaluring Allen, a singing Silicon Valley engineer, to a tryst in a San Francisco toy store. They tapped out tunes with their toes on a giant mat piano.