Salvation


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When firefighter John Casey heroically saves an elderly woman named Mrs. Parker in a terrible fire, he has no idea that this one act will change his life forever. A mysterious letter arrives from Mrs. Parkers attorney, summoning John and his wife, Susan, to a meeting. The couple receives news they never expected. They are the sole beneficiaries of Mrs. Parkers incredible fortune, worth an estimated two billion dollars; they now own homes in Palm Beach, Boston, and New York. With all this money comes a new challenge. As Christians, John and Susan know they need to be responsible stewards; accordingly, they give to their church and to other charities. Yet as soon as they travel to Florida to look at their new property, strange things begin to happen. Unsavory men begin following them and, unbeknownst to the couple, their own servants are involved in monitoring their every move. As John and Susan, along with their best friends, Mark and Carol, begin to dig deeper into the Parker family history, they discover a sordid tale full of deceit, murder, demons, and angels. John and Susan must adorn the armor of God if they are to prevail over Satans minions and emerge with their faithand their livesintact.




Teaching Children with Dyslexia


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Teaching Children with Dyslexia is essential reading for any teacher, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator or teaching assistant who wants an insider's account of what dealing successfully with dyslexia entails. Written by one of the most well-regarded practitioners in the field with over twenty-five years' experience, this book is packed full with photocopiable exercises, activities and recommendations for resources, tests, teaching methods, advice and suggestions for strategies and techniques that are instantly transferable to classroom environments. This essential teaching companion includes chapters on: how to spot dyslexia screening and assessment tests why it does not have to be hell to learn to spell strategies for success for reluctant writers meeting the challenge of dyslexia in adolescence. Written specifically to bolster teachers' confidence and empower them with the key to unlocking literacy problems in their most challenging pupils, this resource book should be on the shelf of every staff room.




This Perfect Day


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A modern dystopian classic that stands alongside 1984 and Brave New World, Ira Levin’s This Perfect Day is a stunningly prescient work of science fiction that asks what it means to remain human in a world increasingly governed by technology and AI. “Chip” (born Li RM35M4419) lives in a future controlled by an all-powerful global supercomputer, UniComp. In this seemingly utopian society, free from war and want, every aspect of human existence is meticulously planned and calibrated for efficiency by Uni, which guides the lives of each member of the Family—the eugenically-merged human race, who share a single language and religion, yet live under constant chemical conditioning and behavioral monitoring—long unaware that their sustenance comes at the expense of all individuality and autonomy. When Chip begins to question Uni’s benevolence, he embarks on a perilous journey to reclaim his true self, and challenge Uni’s rule. Its predictions already proving unnervingly on target, This Perfect Day is a thought-provoking exploration of free will, and of who ultimately holds the reins of power. Levin’s masterful storytelling and vividly imagined world make for an epic tale that’s as unsettling as it is unforgettable.)




Sun of God


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Pretty Secretary's Promotion


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The little secretary, Gu Yuwei, unexpectedly got to know the top figure of Jiangyou Group, Zhao Muchen. Zhao Mu Chen was handsome and wise, which made Gu Yu Wei fall in love with him. He fell in love with her from then on. Amidst the entanglement and reality attacks of the secular world, she wanted to retreat time and time again, but each time she fell deeper into the abyss ... Could their love reach the end?




#justice4Justice


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This story revolves around the journey of a social media rage, pumped by a viral hashtag - #Justice4Justice Mr. Balaram Shetty, a retired Chief Justice of the Bangalore High Court, expectantly waited on his 68th birthday for a midnight celebration, but the night stayed dormant. Although he lived with his children and family, but he seldom gets to meet them. No one cares about him anymore and are waiting like vultures, for his death to inherit his massive belongings. Raged and disgusted, the frustrated old man, called for a family meeting, at half past midnight to declare his final will. Greed for wealth, left his children in utter discontent, as Mr. Balaram declared to donate half of his wealth to an NGO. Next morning, the family decided to discuss about this with their father, only to find Mr. Balaram’s blood-soaked body, stabbed to death, in his bedroom, which was locked from inside. The demise of such popular personality spread like a wildfire as #Justice4Justice, and soon became #1 trending to seek for his justice. Being a high-profile case, Rajiv Bakshi, the Superintendent of Bangalore Police was assigned the case. How did the murderer escape from a room which was locked from inside and had no other escape routes? While the netizens pump up the pressure on Rajiv, he uncovers darker secrets which only increases the list of suspects instead of trimming it down to one. Will Justice be served to the one who served Justice for decades?




The Honest Season


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2 political rivals fighting for power 1 journalist caught in the battle 6 tapes secretly recorded in Parliament 1 government with a lot to hide Sikander Bansi, an unlikely political heir in Delhi, secretly records politicians in Parliament as they haggle to become cabinet ministers, bag defence contracts, dodge criminal charges and collect corporate largesse. Among them is a rising leader of the People’s Party, Nalan Malik, whose success has come through unscrupulous means. When Sikander suddenly disappears, Mira Mouli, a newspaper journalist with an unusual gift for knowing people’s thoughts, receives the controversial Parliament tapes along with clues to find him. She is attracted to Sikander’s principles and is wary of Nalan’s deceit. But her powers of knowing tell her a different story, one that she can unravel only at the cost of her life. From the bestselling author of Shoes of the Dead, this is a disturbing political fiction that reveals why Parliament functions behind gates closed to the public.




The Lore Adventure


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Two teenage boys are lost in Minnesota's rugged Boundary Waters wilderness area. While struggling to survive, they're sucked into the plots of two so-called fiction novels that one of the boys has read. Every direction they turn leads them deeper into the wilderness and into the extraordinary secrets and dangers encompassing the books' plots. Perilously tangled up in mystery, magic and suspense, the boys weave their way toward the books' mystical island of Olyqua where they must face the ultimate conflict between the forces of good and evil. Is it real? That's the plaguing question as supernatural events get in their way and unknown forces try to stop them.




Grantville Gazette IX


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NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING SERIES. The ninth anthology of tales set in Eric Flint’s phenomenal Ring of Fire universe—all selected and edited by Flint. WHERE WERE YOU IN 1632? The most popular alternate history series of all continues. When a cosmic disturbance hurls your town from twentieth-century West Virginia back to seventeenth-century Europe—and into the middle of the Thirty Years War—you have to adapt to survive. And the natives of that time period, faced with American technology and politics, need to be equally adaptable. Here’s a generous helping of more stories of Grantville, the American town lost in time, and its impact on the people and societies of a tumultuous age. Featuring stories by Eric Flint, Tim Sayeau, Robert Noxon, Griffin Barber, Bjorn Hasseler, Clair Kiernan, Margo Ryor, Mark Huston, Robert Waters, Phillip Riviezzo, Jack Carroll, Terry Howard, Tim Roesch, Sarah Hays, Mike Watson, Iver P. Cooper, Kerryn Offord, Rick Boatright, Brad Banner, Anne Keener, Jackie Britton Lopatin, Bjorn Hasseler, and David Carrico. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire series: “[Eric] Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.”—Booklist “[Eric Flint] can entertain and edify in equal, and major, measure.”—Publishers Weekly




Villains and Heroes


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Featuring a group of errant wasps, VILLAINS AND HEROES is the second in a series of CREATURES OF THE WILDERNESS books which also feature BERNIE BEETLE. This particular book has been written in the wake of recent violent incidents involving young people and using the group of wasps as an example, it aims to educate young people in respect to the repercussions of violence, in that it follows the lives of the perpetrators of violence. It also shows how hard their lives become after they have carried out violent acts. It also aims to teach young people to be respectful towards those around them. As well as stressing the importance of having self-respect; this particular book also gives guidance as to how to attain this most valuable of commodities, in the hope that the young people who encounter this particular book will learn valuable lessons from it, will grow up well adjusted, and be respectful to others, so that they will have no need to use violence, or be disrespectful towards others. The first few chapters focus on the horrors of violence. In subsequent chapters the focus then moves on to justice this section has been written and designed for interactive discussion between the reader and those in their company whereby suitable punishment can be discussed. The back half of this book concentrates upon the villains trying to rehabilitate themselves back into society with great difficulty, having been excluded for good reason, with few being willing to trust them. There are some very difficult moments where the villains become ill and compassion is brought into focus as an issue, as is forgiveness and atonement, when the villains seek to apologise for what they have done and to show their genuine remorse through doing good deeds.