Karolyn Cole and the Quest of the Seven Keys


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The original Quest of the Seven Keys, book 1 and 2 of the Cole Twins Saga, was the first translated work commissioned by the Lemurian Masters of the University. For readers who enjoy a longer read, the original full version is made available. An orphaned girl on a quest for seven mystical keys, each representing one of the great powers of true magic. As she journeys through a world rich with mystery, beauty, horror, and legend, a world on the verge of destruction, her mind, body, and spirit are tested. Helped and hindered along her journey by enchanted beings and demons, Aunan faces obstacles at every turn in her quest for the magical keys. Pursued by Akvan trackers, demons of Persian mythology, it is the determination and virtue of Aunan, as she enters into realms of illusion, reincarnation, and spirituality, which brings hope to the peoples of Azmerith that the magical keys will be found, united, and their magic renewed. Yet finding the keys and saving Lemuria from the dreaded High Lord isn’t the only destiny of Aunan. Within her soul lies a mission from her previous incarnation, that of Karolyn Cole, thirteen-year-old Catholic school brainy girl who drew spooky gothic drawings of dragons and mystical landscapes. As Aunan travels, her awareness grows as she gradually discovers her true destiny, and the history of her soul becomes clear. It is through the merging of the life of Aunan with her past life as Karolyn Cole of Earth that the quest is fulfilled, and her true mission is reborn.




The Quest of the Seven Keys


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In the legends of the Roedeer, the fifty-third age of Azmerith is known as the Age of Great Deeds. Many are the tales told of elves, dragons, warriors, and wizards, but most important among them is the journey of Aunan of Alderbrook and her quest for the Seven Keys of Azmerith. For, if it had not been for the girl Aunan and her woodling companion Tabber, there would be no tales to tell at all. Translated directly from the reed scrolls of rooks, the cuneiform tablets of unicorns, and the ancient manuscripts of the wizards of Azmerith, here you will visit all of the lands we call legend: Lemuria, Azmerith, Mu and Avalon, to name a few. There you will find the answers to the questions asked by the shadows of your dreams. Commissioned by the Lemurian Masters, one of the great legends of Lemuria is told in this tale. The Quest of the Seven Keys is about an orphaned girl on a quest for seven mystical keys, each representing one of the great powers of true magic - compassion, courage, charity, hope, faith, sacrifice and love. As Aunan journeys through a world rich with mystery, beauty, horror, and legend, a world on the verge of destruction, her mind, body and spirit are tested. Facing obstacles at every turn on her quest, pursued by demons, it is the determination and virtue of Aunan, as she enters into realms of illusion, reincarnation, and spirituality, that brings hope to the peoples of Lemuria that the powerful keys will be found, united, and their magic renewed. Yet finding the keys and freeing Lemuria from the dreaded High Lord isn't the only destiny of Aunan. Within her soul lies a mission from her previous incarnation, that of Karolyn Cole, thirteen-year-old Catholic school brainy girl who drew spooky gothic drawings of dragons and mystical landscapes. As Aunan travels, her own consciousness growing, she gradually discovers and recovers her true destiny as the history of her soul becomes clear. It is through the merging of the life of Aunan with her past life as Karolyn Cole of Earth that the quest is fulfilled and her true mission is reborn.




Keys of the Dragon


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The first book of the Cole Twins Saga. An orphaned girl, escaping the captivity of an evil lord, finds refuge in an enchanted forest where Woodlings live. Finding a single mystical key, the kind wizard of the wood tells her the key is one of seven lost keys, each possessing one of the true powers of magic. To save the Woodlings from destruction the girl begins a quest to find and unite the seven keys. Journeying through a world rich with mystery, beauty, horror, and legend, a world on the verge of destruction, her mind, body, and spirit are tested. Helped and hindered along her journey by enchanted beings and demons, the girl faces obstacles at every turn on her quest for the magical keys.




The Mystery of Lemuria


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Discovering their mother's grave is empty, Karolyn and Michael Cole begin to untangle the mystery of her disappearance. When their father vanishes from the same mountain where she was last seen, the twins are determined to find answers. They find their father's notebook with a cryptic message he left for them and a map leading to a hidden cave. Expecting to locate their lost parents, they instead find their father's notes are about an unfamiliar land, a world of demons, dragons, wizards, and witches. Was he writing a fantasy novel, or could there be another answer to his mysterious disappearance?




The Realms of Lemuria


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Searching for their lost parents, the Cole Twins have arrived in a world they never knew existed. Told they are reincarnated souls returned to this world as prophesied by their long missing father, they are captured by Akvan demons, separated, and now must find their way and the meaning of their destiny alone, each in opposing kingdoms in the midst of a war. Michael is to be executed as a temple sacrifice. Karolyn delivers a sealed letter to the Mekorian Council that she thought was a call for rescue but in fact it was a warrant for his death.




The Great Blue Hills of God


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The creative force behind Blackberry Farm, Tennessee’s award-winning farm-to-table resort, reveals how she found herself only after losing everything in this powerful memoir of resilience. “I couldn’t put down this wise, honest, beautifully written story.”—Shauna Niequist, New York Times bestselling author of Present Over Perfect and Bread & Wine Born with the gift of hospitality, Kreis Beall helped create one of the nation’s most renowned resort destinations, Blackberry Farm, in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountain foothills. For decades, she was a fixture in the travel and entertaining world and frequently appeared in the pages of popular home and design magazines. But at the pinnacle of her success, Kreis faced a series of challenges that reframed her life, including a brain injury that permanently impaired her hearing and the conclusion of her thirty-six-year marriage to her best friend and business partner, Sandy Beall. Alone and uncertain as her world shifts and marriage ends, Kreis begins a new journey to find her faith and find God. After spending years on her beautiful exterior life and work, she begins the hardest undertaking of all: reclaiming and redesigning her interior life and soul. Kreis retreats to Blackberry Farm, moving into an unassuming, 300-square-foot shed with peeling paint on the exterior walls, “where I met myself for the first time.” She examines what it takes to redefine life after deep loss and acknowledges, for the first time, often unbearable truths that existed beneath the beauty she had created. By turns fiercely honest, heartbreaking, and warm, Kreis Beall’s story will resonate with anyone who can benefit from her discovery that “All it takes is all you’ve got. And it is worth it.”




8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience (8 Keys to Mental Health)


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A unique and personal look into treatment of eating disorders, written by a therapist and her former patient, now a therapist herself. This is no ordinary book on how to overcome an eating disorder. The authors bravely share their unique stories of suffering from and eventually overcoming their own severe eating disorders. Interweaving personal narrative with the perspective of their own therapist-client relationship, their insights bring an unparalleled depth of awareness into just what it takes to successfully beat this challenging and seemingly intractable clinical issue. For anyone who has suffered, their family and friends, and other helping professionals, this book should be by your side. With great compassion and clinical expertise, Costin and Grabb walk readers through the ins and outs of the recovery process, describing what therapy entails, clarifying the common associated emotions such as fear, guilt, and shame, and, most of all, providing motivation to seek help if you have been discouraged, resistant, or afraid. The authors bring self-disclosure to a level not yet seen in an eating disorder book and offer hope to readers that full recovery is possible.




Black Beauty: Aesthetics, Stylization, Politics


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Previous work discussing Black beauty has tended to concentrate on Black women's search for white beauty as a consequence of racialization. Without denying either the continuation of such aesthetics or their enduring power, this book uncovers the cracks in this hegemonic Black beauty. Drawing on detailed ethnographic research amongst British women of Caribbean heritage, this volume pursues a broad discussion of beauty within the Black diaspora contexts of the Caribbean, the UK, the United States and Latin America through different historical periods to the present day. With a unique exploration of beauty, race and identity politics, the author reveals how Black women themselves speak about, negotiate, inhabit, work on and perform Black beauty. As such, it will appeal not only to sociologists, but anyone working in the fields of race, ethnicity and post-colonial thought, feminism and the sociology of the body.




The Italian Ballerina


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At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together to save innocent lives in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Ariel Lawhon. Rome, 1943. With the fall of Italy's Fascist government and the Nazi regime occupying the streets of Rome, British ballerina Julia Bradbury is stranded and forced to take refuge at a hospital on Tiber Island. But when she learns of a deadly sickness sweeping through the quarantine wards--a fake disease known only as Syndrome K--she is drawn into one of the greatest cons in history. Alongside hospital staff, friars of the adjoining church, and two Allied medics, Julia risks everything to rescue Jewish Italians from the deadly clutches of the Holocaust. Soon a little girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina arrives at their door, and Julia is determined to reunite the young dancer with her family--if only she would reveal one crucial secret: her name. Present Day. Delaney Coleman recently lost her grandfather--a beloved small-town doctor and World War II veteran, so she returns home to help her aging parents. When a mysterious Italian woman reaches out claiming to own one of the family's precious heirlooms, Delaney is compelled to travel to Italy and uncover the truth of her grandfather's hidden past. With the help of the woman's skeptical but charming grandson, Delaney learns of a Roman hospital that saved hundreds of Jewish people during the war. Soon, everything Delaney thought she knew about her grandfather comes into question. Based on true accounts of the invented Syndrome K sickness, The Italian Ballerina journeys from the Allied storming of the beaches at Salerno to the London ballet stage and the war-torn streets of World War II Rome, exploring the sometimes heart-wrenching choices we must make to find faith and forgiveness, and how saving a single life can impact countless others.




The Skilled Helper


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Internationally recognised for its successful problem-management approach to effective helping, this book offers a step-by-step guide to the counselling process.