Catfight in the Kitchen


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This book is a collection of short stories based on veterinarian Dr. Louis Kwantes' experiences with pets and people. Could it be that animals might show sensitivities to spiritual realities that we are often too dull to notice? Are they participating in a very real world that we somehow tend to ignore? Touching, humorous, and thought provoking, these stories reveal something of the nature of learning and personal growth, and how animals can in some way be our spiritual guides. Things are not always as they appear... Readers may find themselves reflected in the characters presented, and pet owners will certainly relate to some of the situations described. The veterinary vignettes section includes episodes from North America as well as overseas, and chapters under mundane and miraculous include several parables told from the perspective of a pet. The final series of chapters, which contain information on caring for a variety of different pets, is a resource for current and prospective pet owners.




All You


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Lori is in love with a man she doesn't know. A friendly wager gets her to reveal her feelings, but she could never have predicted how this small decision would change everything. Will Lori be able to navigate the twists and turns of her new path? Meanwhile, Lori's friends and church members have problems of their own. Abusive partners, lascivious secrets, sexual identity, and many other problems that only God can fix. Can they hold out for the Lord to answer their prayers, or will time get the best of them all?




Text Me when You Get Home


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'Text me when you get home.' After joyful nights out together, female friends say this to one another as a way of cementing their love. It's about safety but, more than that, it's about solidarity. A validation of female friendship unlike any that's ever existed before, Text Me When You Get Home is a mix of historical research, the author's own personal experience, and conversations about friendships with women across the country. Everything Schaefer uncovers reveals that these ties are making us, both as individuals and as society as a whole, stronger than ever before.




The Entity Within


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IS LOVE SOMETHING... Zoe Adams and her grandmother Irma are witches who have been banished from Boston. With nowhere to go, they accept an invitation to come to Chicago...but what they don't realize is that their new space puts them right in the heart of the most dangerous spot of all: Vamptown. YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTO? Damon Thornheart is just that—virtually untouchable when it comes to love. As Vamptown's highest-ranking demon hunter, he sees red flags when he meets Zoe and Irma, who unwittingly unleashed a brutal evil upon the community. But the more Damon gets to know the stunning, spirited Zoe, the less he understands about his own true nature. Vamps and witches have always been archrivals in the entity world; surrendering to their passion could mean losing their immortal powers. Is their desire worth the risk? Only one thing is for certain: in Entity Within, Damon will make it his mission to find out... "I want Cat Devon's vampires...by the dozen, please!" —Kerrelyn Sparks, bestselling author of Sexiest Vampire Alive




The Lible


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It is the dawning of a new age for the World and Christianity is quickly losing its prominence in this new modern society. God has to take swift action and decides that the world needs a new Messiah. Enter Tristan Ford; a young, eccentric teenager who was chosen to be the new saviour and turn things around for God by starting a new religion out of the ashes of the old. This story recounts Tristan's journey as the new Messiah as he tackles teenage love; writer's block; the betrayal of his Chief Disciple, Ross Eadon; and how he'll face his ultimate sacrifice. This retelling of the new Messiah's life is told through four completely historically and factually accurate stories that depict both Tristan's triumphs and tribulations as he takes on the mammoth task that so many other Messiahs have attempted over the years; saving humanity.




Skirting the Issue


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Arsenic with Austen


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“A cleverly-constructed village mystery, filled with hidden treats for Jane Austen fans and mystery lovers alike.” —John Clement, author of the Dixie Hemingway series Emily Cavanaugh travels to the sleepy coastal village of Stony Beach, Oregon, to claim her inheritance, centered in a beautiful Victorian estate called Windy Corner. As she gets to know the town’s eccentric inhabitants—including her own once-and-possibly-future love, Sheriff Luke Richards—she learns of a plan to develop Stony Beach into a major resort. She also hears hints that her aunt may have been murdered. Soon another suspicious death confirms this, and before long Emily herself experiences a near-fatal accident. Meanwhile, Emily reads Persuasion, hoping to find belated happiness with her first love as Anne Elliot did with Captain Wentworth. She notices a similarity between her not-quite-cousin Brock Runcible, heir to a smaller portion of her aunt’s property, and Mr. Elliot in Persuasion, and her suspicions of Brock crystallize. But as she and Luke continue to investigate, Emily realizes that underneath the innocent-looking rocks of Stony Beach lurk festering jealousies that would have shocked even the worst of Jane Austen’s charming reprobates. “An intelligent traditional mystery that stars an endearing woman of a certain age who draws on her knowledge of literature to solve crimes.” —Library Journal “Arsenic with Austen—what’s not to love in crime solved by a classic?” —Cara Black, New York Times–bestselling author of the Aimée Leduc series “Murders are solved handily, and first love is reignited in this contemporary cozy with a literary bent . . . An engaging start to a series by debut-novelist Hyde.” —Booklist




Television for Women


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Television for Women brings together emerging and established scholars to reconsider the question of ‘television for women’. In the context of the 2000s, when the potential meanings of both terms have expanded and changed so significantly, in what ways might the concept of programming, addressed explicitly to a group identified by gender still matter? The essays in this collection take the existing scholarship in this field in significant new directions. They expand its reach in terms of territory (looking beyond, for example, the paradigmatic Anglo-American axis) and also historical span. Additionally, whilst the influential methodological formation of production, text and audience is still visible here, the new research in Television for Women frequently reconfigures that relationship. The topics included here are far-reaching; from television as material culture at the British exhibition in the first half of the twentieth century, women’s roles in television production past and present, to popular 1960s television such as The Liver Birds and, in the twenty-first century, highly successful programmes including Orange is the New Black, Call the Midwife, One Born Every Minute and Wanted Down Under. This book presents ground-breaking research on historical and contemporary relationships between women and television around the world and is an ideal resource for students of television, media and gender studies.




It's Been A Business Doing Pleasure With You


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IT'S BEEN A BUSINESS DOING PLEASURE WITH YOU is my autobiography of being a high profile gay escort, from early military upbringing and its clashes with my young gay identity, to tales of leaving home under threat of shotgun. Going out into the world I made my way to find a niche of survival, only to discover soon afterwards that I had something far harder to survive, a virus called HIV. With the lost lives of friends, lovers, and dogs, I met many in my Hollywood movie like life, famous and not so famous. In my pursuit of happiness I often found myself as shaman to many souls, some lost. Sometimes sex was the last thing required, instead many needed to be held or touched, and to be reassured of their humanity. This was not lost to me, I embraced it, as kindness was healing. Rounding out my years in the oldest profession are some bits of wisdom, folly, and finally closure with my father after years of distance with his gay son.




A Chapter in My Life


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Humorous and entertaining. A look at everyday working life, and how co-workers really interact in conversations and imaginative thoughts during a dull workday. Some people say that life is a saga that never seems to end. But I say life's filled with individual chapters, that simply begin again. And these are the chapter's of our life.