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In 1925 Faustus Sala fell in love. In 1944 he murdered his entire family except for one child who was taken to safety. In 1964 she inherits the family's fortune, the Collinwood Estate, and the curse. After turning the home into a country club, people start dying horribly when they fail to obey one simple rule. Never whistle inside the house!

The day Ms. Meadows walked out of court victorious after her 15-year-long struggle to regain her Constitutional rights from the state of Montana and her four parents, she knew one thing for sure.... She would one day get even with the lawyers. After more than 30 years of this insanity, they have instead succeeded in creating a deeply passionate, intelligent, driven, broad-minded and crafty machine - a lady-genius with an unstoppable force. Ms. Meadows has mastered the secret of how to beat them. Join her as she embarks on this epic journey of Changing My Perspective.

A washed-up PI bent on redeeming his career is sent for a ride when a mysterious note is delivered to his office. With reports of missing people, Dalton sets out following clues in a city covered in neon lights. Little does he know that a bigger crime awaits as he is watched from the shadows by curious eyes. Will he solve it in time or die trying?

In 1925, Faustus Sala fell in love. In 1929, the stock market crashed. In 1944, he murdered his entire family. Before taking his own life, he cursed his house. If anyone whistled inside the house, they would summon an evil from the bowels of hell to collect a debt that can never be repaid - the forgiveness of love, betrayed.

Join Anne and her friends as they gather to play their weekly D&D game and escape the everyday trials of being teenagers. Jump into the adventure, as their characters find themselves on the run from the wrong crowd, discover a hidden village, and go beyond the briar patch.

Keira is convinced her guardian, Ezekiel, knows more than he shared about her biological parents, and she will do everything she can to find out who they were. She secretly meets the powerful witch Awan at a nightclub and is promised the answers she seeks on one condition: She retrieves the legendary Book of Enchantresses.

When the past haunts Mary, will she live long enough to make it right? Mary escaped the horrific clutches of Victor Del Avilasto, a man hell-bent on leaving no loose ends. Before Victor’s dead body is buried in the Denver cemetery, her past comes alive. What she thought well behind her in Kansas City, is now in front of her with revolvers and a hangman’s noose. Ross Montgomery was with Mary when they escaped Victor’s clutches. Mary saved his life. This rough around the edges woman captured his heart, but before he could strum up the courage to call on her, she’s taken.

This audio study guide for Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as the spiritual elevation of money, rules of engagement in coded spaces, and communication and language barriers. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Mr. Anderson did something bad to one of our friends. Something despicable. So the five of us, high school seniors, tried to kill him. We failed. Now he’s back to finish the game we started ten years ago. It’s the class reunion from your worst nightmare....

John Fischer has always dreamed about owning his own carpentry business, but when an accident befalls him on the farm, his hopes are dashed and he falls into a coma. At the hospital, he is looked after by a beautiful Englischer nurse, Lisa Jones. Lisa who is a single mom to two children, finds herself increasingly attracted to John over the coming months as they continually seem to run into each other. The only problem is that she’s engaged to someone else. Why then, can she not get John out of her head?

Jonah Fischer has always loved Rebecca Weaver from afar, but knows that he can never act on his feelings as she is due to marry someone else. Jonah respects that God has a plan for everyone, but he can’t help feeling brokenhearted. Unfortunately, before Rebecca is married, tragedy strikes and she is involved in a grave accident, leaving her wheelchair bound. Unable to cope, her finance breaks off the engagement, leaving Rebecca to recover on her own. As she questions everything, including her faith, her only glimpses of happiness are the visits from Jonah Fischer.

As the eldest of three brothers, Levi Fischer’s only priority is to manage their corn farm since his father was taken ill last year. He started courting when he was 19 but stopped a year later when he realized none of the girls in the community warmed his heart the way they should. Hannah works as a cleaner and housekeeper for an Englischer and loves her job. Most people find it strange that she likes to clean, but she enjoys it and relishes the thought that one day she will have her own home to keep.

Eli Weaver has grand ideas and a plan for his life. Already breaking rules in his community, some of which he’s managed to keep secret, when he steps in a mole hole, Eli’s entire life begins to change. His chance meeting with a young Englischer girl, Holiday Drake, sends him into a downward spiral and he doesn’t know how he can get back on the right path. Eli learns that sometimes what we think we want isn’t what we might need. With Gott’s help, he realizes that life’s lessons can be bitter-sweet.

Nine-year-old MATTY BRATTY invents a time machine that runs on fart gas and the heat of taco sauce. Matty travels back to way before yesterday, to the Age of Dinosaurs so that his stuffed dinosaur, Dino, can visit his family. Like Superman, Dino was saved by his parents when the ICE AGE was coming. Dino’s parents put him in a time capsule and sent him forward in time. The time travel caused Dino’s body to change into sponge and cloth. Matty flunked third grade, but he is a genius. Just ask him.

No one is like you. You are a rare gem in a sea of rare gems and we all get to sparkle and shine like the Queens that we are. This audiobook is a guide to help you identify where you are weak when you want to be strong and the main reasons women feel that they cannot be their true selves. The audio includes topics for you to empower your true self and your voice.

Part-inventor, part-dentist, robot builder, and scientist, nine-year-old Matty Bratty just might be a misunderstood genius. Matty Bratty Robots is the hilarious, clever tale of a boy who flunked third grade but is confident enough to think that he can be a scientist. After all, Albert Einstein is his pen pal, although Albert never writes back to Matty. When Matty builds some robots in his bedroom closet science lab, chaos happens.

Nine-year-old MATTY BRATTY may have flunked third grade, but America wants him to be President of the United Sates. And some rich, powerful people are begging him to be their candidate in the national U.S. presidential election. It does not matter if Matty has never worked before. Who cares if he got an F in government? Matty is a celebrity!

Leila Wells couldn’t fight against the Phoenix any longer: Bryan Foster had to die. No more would perish by his hands. She returns to the Rulers of the Realms fighting tag tournament with Dragunov by her side to kill him. The competition doesn’t matter, they just want his blood.

Adele finds herself in a strange situation when she finds out that her boyfriend, the love of her life, is a serial killer. Their love story starts like every other, with romantic dates, lovely compliments, and passionate nights. The more time Adele spends with Luke, the more she considers him her soulmate. She believes that he is the one she’d been searching for her whole life. She begins to heal from her traumatic past and accepts the promising present.

Who’s scared of the light? When a little monster and young boy come face to face, they form a friendship that helps them overcome their own fears of light and dark, and soon realize neither have anything to fear.