A Guide to Belarusians, Belarus and what makes the country unique. Being on the crossroads between invading armies since time immemorial, Belarus has emerged with a growing sense of identity that sets them apart from their neighbours. The author opens the lid on the background, attitudes and behaviour of a people about which little is known. 'Belarusians often describe themselves with the word 'Pamiarkoŭnasć'. This spans the kaleidoscope of attitudes...

Being hollow- devoid of magic-is the absolute worst thing imaginable. Curses stick harder and stronger without anything to buffer the blow. Life becomes one long struggle to flee from the missing power.Kristin can't run fast enough. There is no safe location to hide. Her past is a curse. Her future is bleak. What she thought was an empty place inside of her is about to launch her into a five-hundred-year-old mystery. If she doesn't crack the curse,...

Walking in the love of Jesus is the highest form of human existence. If you're willing, God able-although Satan antagonizes, hindering those with an empty place in their soul-your life may be a target for the devil's aim. If you personally have no covenant with God, his children are instruments of life, whom he blew life into. And yes, we can be who the Lord says we are while embracing a present of peace and the grace of God. Have you ever asked yourself...

Urban Explorers love the excitement of 'exploring' long-abandoned buildings, searching for mysteries in the dark, empty places. But when one such explorer takes a solo tour of a decaying mansion near Cherringham, he discovers that some houses can turn fatal. Just a careless accident? His friends don't believe so and call on Jack and Sarah to investigate. And before long it's clear that the past can harbour deadly secrets that nobody is safe from... Set...

The author explains how Texas politicians Bush, Cheney, Rove, & Perry created a conservative political agenda based on banking deregulation, lax environmental standards, draconian tax cuts, states rights, gun ownership, and sexual abstinence that is now sweeping the country and defining our national identity.

On the outside, Josefina Navarro's life seems fortunate enough-she lives with her father and her nursemaid, Regla, who raises her after the death of her mother in a luxurious home in Vedado, one of Cuba's wealthiest districts. She attends society dances and is courted by all of Havana's elite young bachelors. Enchanted by the rituals of her nursemaid, Josefina learns about the profound mysticism inherent in even the most mundane affairs. Though she...

The hope-filled sequel to the bestselling One Tuesday Morning In this new novel by Karen Kingsbury, three years have passed since the terrorist attacks on New York City. Jamie Bryan, widow of a firefighter who lost his life on that terrible day, has found meaning in her season of loss by volunteering at St. Paul's, the memorial chapel across the street from where the Twin Towers once stood. Here she meets a daily stream of people touched by the

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"As Buffy accompanies Dawn on her first day at the new Sunnydale High, Giles continues Willow's magic education in England. But while Buffy is surprised to be offered a guidance counselor job, Willow is shocked to experience a horrific future vision of the Hellmouth. Willow returns to Sunnydale and Giles soon follows with word that the Watcher's Council has been destroyed. Determined to make one last stand, Buffy and her allies gather for the upcoming...