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Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge gathers together in one place a remarkable collection of leaders who share insights on faith and leadership. Well-grounded in research, this reflective and practical book shows how Christian leaders - no matter the setting - put into place The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart.

Blood for the Gods. Death for Power. Ritual for Eternity. Across continents and centuries, the altar of civilization has been stained with blood. From the scorched pyramids of the Aztecs to the dark groves of the Druids, from the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs to the icy Andean peaks of the Inca, human sacrifice was not just a myth - it was a sacred, terrifying reality. Origins and Rituals of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Civilizations is a chilling and deeply researched exploration of one of history's most disturbing yet revealing practices. This book uncovers the beliefs, rituals, and brutal ...

Love, like hell, is a four-letter word for Agatha . . . No happily ever after for her! Recently married to neighbour James Lacey, Agatha quickly finds that love is not all it's cracked up to be - soon the newly-weds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. Then...

Rue Umberwick is a curious woman with a seemingly insatiable thirst for knowledge. When she lands her dream job as a personal librarian for the handsome yet aloof Duke of Penrith, she doesn’t think her life can get much better. But the Duke's private library and gallery are more than she expected. A collector of mostly ill gotten and supposedly cursed objects, the Duke has entrusted Rue to keep his secrets.

Twenty-six authors to agreed to write stories based on the Tarot... with the Tarot cards determining which story subject the authors would write. We took a tarot deck and the list of the twenty-six authors: read the author’s name, shuffled the deck, and drew a card. That tarot card and its traits were all the authors had to go on. The card was removed, the deck was reshuffled, and the next name was read off. Never Fear - The Tarot, contains twenty-six stories based on the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana and the four cards of the Minor Arcana. Award-...

All is quiet at 125 Gower Street. Sidney Grice is swotting up on the anatomical structure of human hair whilst his ward, March Middleton, sneaks upstairs for her eighth secret cigarette of the day. The house is, perhaps, too quiet. So when a beautiful young woman turns up, imploring London's foremost personal detective to solve the mystery of her father's murder, Grice can barely disguise his glee...

Will the last Beverley daughter marry for Mannerling?

Lizzie is the sixth and youngest daughter of the late Sir Beverley, the patriarch who gambled away their beloved estate, Mannerling. Each of Lizzie's sisters had been entrusted by their ambitious mother to cast lures for the various owners of their former home. Instead, each one married for love. Now it's Lizzie's turn to save Mannerling. But the new owner, the Duke of Severnshire, is far too arrogant for Lizzie's heart. And while the duke has no intentions toward the saucy chit, her curt dismissal of him is perplexing - no woman has ever refused him.

Im abgelegenen schottischen Fischerdorf Stoyre ist etwas im Gange. Die Einwohner verhalten sich irgendwie äußerst ... merkwürdig. Bei einem Routinebesuch findet Dorfpolizist Hamish Macbeth den Pub leer vor, während die Kirche unerwartet voll ist - und die Atmosphäre durchdrungen von Angst. Dann wird ein Ferienhaus durch eine Explosion dem Erdboden gleichgemacht, was die Einheimischen als "höhere Gewalt" bezeichnen. Hamish hat da allerdings eine andere Theorie. Mit Hilfe der scharfsinnigen Journalistin Elspeth Grant gibt er alles, um der Wahrheit auf die Spur zu kommen.

Miss Jennie Bemyss is in a position that any intelligent young lady would envy. The wealthy, worldly Marquis of Charrington has proposed a marriage of convenience that will leave him free to pursue his pleasures and leave Jennie free of his undoubtedly depraved desires. At the same time, handsome, charming Guy Chalmers, whom Jennie has loved since childhood, proposes to aid her in enjoying her freedom to the fullest.

Meet Zack and Cody Martin, identical twins and the newest residents of Boston’s swanky Tipton Hotel. Living in a suite with their mom Carey, the boys treat the Tipton like their own personal playground. But it’s hard to stay out of trouble when they’re constantly pestering candy counter...

Marine Patrol Adventure. When the sky is falling, do you save your friends or the world? Newly promoted Lieutenant Jennifer Slaughter takes her ship and six crew on their maiden voyage off the coast as part of the State of Maine's Marine Patrol. When they pull away from the dock, her primary concern is the last-minute addition of a rookie to the crew. Patrice Lambert's file is thin, with unexplained gaps. Will Lambert make the grade?

Reese Eddings has enough to do just keeping her rattletrap merchant vessel, the TMS Earthrise, profitable enough to pay food for herself and her micro-crew. So when a mysterious benefactor from her past shows up demanding she rescue a man from slavers, her first reaction is to say "NO!" And then to remember that she sort of promised to repay the loan. But she doesn't remember signing up to tangle with pirates and slavers over a space elf prince…

Jason thought reclaiming his father’s throne would be a straight path—until King Pelias sends him on a suicide “diplomatic” mission for the Golden Fleece. To survive, Jason gathers a crew of legends and sails into a world where the sea crushes ships, monsters stalk the deep, and foreign courts smile like predators. When Colchis demands impossible tasks, Jason’s only hope arrives in the form of Medea—brilliant, dangerous, and carrying a bargain that stains every victory. Jason can win the Fleece. But can he pay the price? As the Argo flees through storm and pursuit, trust begins ...

After interviewing the best minds in business and investing on his top-rated business and investing podcast, Cashflow Ninja®, M.C. Laubscher shares the most unique alternative cashflow investments shared on his show in The 21 Best Cash Growth Niches™, Growing Your Wealth In The Best Alternative Investments In this book, you will learn more about alternative wealth-building strategies and alternative asset investing. In this book, you will learn: Why most people struggle financially Why successful entrepreneurs fail at investing How the ultra-wealthy protect and build wealth in any ...

I am Zara Wolf, the heir to the throne of all the packs. I’m also in possession of a stolen faerie treasure used to tap my people’s magic for decades. The witches want it back; the fae want it returned. But I had no idea I was getting involved in a war between the faerie courts. There are seven men who hold my heart, who make up my own personal pack. But there’s only one human: my best friend, Faith Cassidy. She’s the one link I have to my humanity, the thing that keeps the wolf in me at bay. If the Seelie Prince wants her, he’ll have to kill me first.

Agatha Raisin ist empört: Jill Davent, die neue Therapeutin im Dorf, scheint es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht zu haben, pikante Geheimnisse aus Agathas Vergangenheit hervorzukramen. Als Jill kurz darauf erdrosselt in ihrer Praxis aufgefunden wird, gerät Agatha zunächst selbst unter Mordverdacht. Entschlossen, dem wahren Mörder auf die Spur zu kommen, findet sie heraus, dass mindestens das halbe Dorf ein Mordmotiv gehabt hätte.

Maria Kendall is stunningly beautiful, impeccably mannered, effortlessly graceful - in short, a perfect candidate for marriage. Thus all of polite London society is astonished that she is the latest charge of Amy and Effy Tribble, eccentric spinsters specializing in making matches for unmarriageable misses. But when Maria’s suitors - among them the roguish and exceedingly aristocratic Duke of Berham - meet her vulgar and boorish parents, proposals of marriage invariably vanish.

"Theosophy was once the universal religion of mankind, and is destined to be the universal religion of the future. Even now its great principles are permeating thought and action everywhere, and everywhere the most advanced mind are looking forward to the idea of a universal religion as humanity's one hope." Katherine Tingley.

The secret to permanent weight loss revealed. The real reason diets fail has nothing to do with calories and everything to do with the balance of bacteria in your gut. A simple guide to show you how to finally achieve your ideal weight. The 100 trillion bacteria that live in your digestive...

ONE MOMENT QUEEN... THE NEXT, OUTCAST Surela Silin Asaniefa was convinced she could rule the Eldritch people better than her enemy, Liolesa Galare, and for ten whole days following her coup, she made the attempt—and failed. Resigned to her death as a traitor, she was given a choice by the Queen’s newest protege, Reese Eddings: to be executed, or to accept a commuted sentence and attempt to rebuild her life and make amends for her crimes. To die would have been the act of a dramatic maiden, and as a woman of more sense and years, Surela chooses instead to see what she can make of herself...