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Live with Purpose: Die with Dignity
by Christina Lufkin
Average rating on Goodreads: 5.00

Christina Lufkin is an author, public speaker and advocate for the hospice model of end of life care. Her book, "Live With Purpose: Die With Dignity" is a series of vignettes, each dedicated to a life lesson she learned by caring for the dying. Christina's book is easy to read, shared in true story-teller style, bringing the reader comfortably into the world of the modern hospice volunteer. Christina has dedicated much of her life in volunteer service to others and her book is a testament to the unexpected gifts we receive when we truly give of ourselves.“A warmly written account of relationships with the dying. An inspirational and informational assessment important for anyone in Hospice care or anyone involved in personal care ofthe dying.”~ Suzanne Cuff, CNA“Live with Purpose: Die with Dignity is a book I simply could not put down. In each story the author shares a different experience of what it is like to be a hospice volunteer. The writing is descriptive and the words flow from the heart; I felt like I was sharing the experiences. I intend to use this book as a reference for our volunteer trainings.“I would recommend this book to anyone who wonders what it is like to walk beside a person who faces a terminal illness.”~ Criss East, Coordinator of VolunteersEvergreen Hospice and Palliative CareKirkland, Washington
سرد الذات
by سلطان بن محمد القاسمي
Genres: Autobiography, Biography, History
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.37

الإطلالة الخاصة على حياة حاكم الشارقة ستتيح للقراء التعرف إلى الأحداث التاريخية الكبيرة التي شهدتها المنطقة من الأربعينات وحتى السبعينات من القرن الماضي، كما ستثير فضولهم للتعرف إلى المزيد من المنعطفات المهمة التي عاشتها إمارة الشارقة خصوصاً، والخليج والعالم العربي عموماً، ومن ذلك المدّ القومي العربي والتطور الثقافي والتعليمي السريع في الإمارة.ومن جانبه، قال صاحب السمو الشيخ الدكتور سلطان بن محمد القاسمي: "إنني آمل من وراء نشر هذا الكتاب أن يعيد القراء إحياء تجاربي، وأن يتعرفوا إلى المزيد بشأن تلك الحقبة التاريخية. إن الحجم الهائل للإرث التراثي والعلاقة الوطيدة التي ربطت بين الناس وبعض المعالم الخاصة في الشارقة، ساعدتهم حقاً في تحديد شخصيتهم، وأعطت للشارقة هوية ثقافية فريدة من نوعها".ومن أبرز الجوانب التي تلفت انتباه القارئ لهذا الكتاب قدرة المؤلف على المناقشة الموضوعية الدقيقة للتاريخ الزاخر للمنطقة وعلاقته بحياته الشخصية والسفر والتجارب التي اكتسبها.وأوضح سموه في كتابه قائلاً: "لقد شرعت في إعداد هذا الكتاب لتوثيق 26 عاماً من التاريخ الذي شمل عائلتي وشعبي ودولتي. ولكي أروي القصة بلغة عربية جزلة وقوية، عمدت خلال العمل إلى تجربة الكثير من أساليب الكتابة، وقمت بتحرير وتنقيح اللغة، إلى أن وصلت إلى القناعة المطلوبة، لأقرر حينها أن أطلق على هذا الكتاب اسم "سرد الذات".وأسهم التعليم المكثف الذي حظي به صاحب السمو الشيخ الدكتور سلطان، وما تلاه من حصوله على درجة الدكتوراه، وتخصصه في شؤون الخليج والبلاد العربية، في تكوين معرفته الواسعة حول هذا الموضوع، حيث سبق لسموه أن نشر ما مجمله 29 كتاباً حول موضوعات مختلفة. وبفضل ما تتمتع به هذه الإصدارات من شهرة واسعة النطاق، فإن الكثير منها ترجم إلى لغات أخرى، كما اعتمد بعضها في المناهج التدريسية في مختلف المدارس والجامعات المحليةوقد أوقف صاحب السمو حاكم الشارقة ريع بيع كتب “منشورات القاسمي” كاملاً لـ “مدينة الشارقة لخدمات الإنسانية” - وهي مؤسسة غير ربحية تقوم على رعاية وتعليم وتأهيل ودمج المعاقين في مجتمعهم
Buried Secrets
by Brandi Salazar
Genres: Mystery
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.30

On a chill October night, a girl goes missing and sets the small town of Oakridge on edge. Five years later, James is trying to settle himself in a new house and reacquaint himself with a town he’d thought he’d left behind. When girls around town start to go missing again and James begins to suspect his friend might be behind the disappearances, he not only has a difficult decision to make, but he quickly finds himself facing the wrong side of the law as the town fingers him as the most likely suspect. James must dig for the truth before it’s too late.
Lovesick: a novelistic memoir
by Isobel Blackthorn
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.60

A wild adventure through Thatcher’s Britain, set against a backdrop of the British Indie Music Scene. Naïve, defiant and incisively witty, Isobel Blackthorn fashions her own path through the counter-culture, poverty and politics of the eighties. By turn absurdly funny, sexually charged an heartrendingly sad, Lovesick is an unforgettable, tragi-comic tale of a young woman’s search for her identity.Pretty girl, nice smile is all Isobel can say about herself. That, and she’s working class. What matters to her is she’s different. After devouring Camus’ The Outsider she realises for reasons strange to her, she is strange to the world. And she’s searching for love. It’s a disastrous mix. Her unquenchable need for romance leads her to Lanzarote, Canary Islands, were she takes unconventionality to extremes. She’d determined to be truly herself, face her fears and go with the flow. But her obsession with the charismatic Miguel, her thirst for danger and an acquired taste for cocaine launch her into the island’s criminal underworld."Seen through the eyes of a woman of heart and mind, this is a story that takes the reader on a tempestuous journey through the music and politics, the frenzies and phobias of Thatcher’s England in the 1980s. The passions of the era are enacted in Isobel Blackthorn’s headlong pursuit of love and sexual fulfilment, leading her eventually to the fabled beauty of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, a type of anti-England. The hedonism Isobel ‘adopts’ on Lanzarote as a corrective to the bleak outcomes of her political commitment and her quest for love take in, unavailingly, free-wheeling experiments with a smorgasbord of drugs. What shines through in these pages is Isobel Blackthorn’s determination, despite setbacks and episodes of despair, to engage with life truthfully. " Robert Hillman, The Honey Thief
The Twelve Steps Quotes
by William J. Booth
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.33

Quotes from 'saints to sinners;' be they by the Dali Lama or a rock star, Mother Theresa or the Happy Hooker all bring home the joys of this proven ancient path to personal spirituality. Experts from all ages are cited to illuminate a step journey for the average seeker. This new book, The Twelve Steps Quotes c, can bring anyone into a time proven self-realization, unlike any here today gone tomorrow, self-help title in history. You don't have to be a down and out, or problematic person. All are called to become a modern aged mystics! The Twelve Steps Quotes is a book which brings these principles quickly via word and original fine art. Sit back and enjoy this spiritual journey into yourself with these piercing bulleted quotes that will enlighten, delight, and motivate any reader. The Twelve Steps, now a 1500 year old spiritual tradition, were first lived by "monks and drunks (and addicts)" are now today are the basis for some 1000+ different spiritual self-help groups in over 150 countries with millions of members. Add the monks living by the 12 steps and it's an even greater number. As such, they are relevant to all seeking spiritual growth. From the modern spiritual not religious ascent to happiness, we learn that anyone can come away from a Twelve Step journey enriched. The Twelve Steps Quotes is written as the 1st sequel to The Twelve Steps c 2011... soon to be released.
The Sable City (Norothian Cycle, #1)
by M. Edward McNally
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Adventure, Amazon, Paranormal, Magic, Science Fiction Fantasy
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.66

"Matilda Lanai, she of the sickening fall and the miraculous, silt-spitting, quaking resurrection. It might be a sign at that. The Island girl wasn't stupid. She knew how to work. And she had it inside her to be ruthless. Block had seen it plain as day." Epic Fantasy, Muskets & Magic. Historical fiction in a fictional world.The Trade Houses of the Miilark Islands control the shipping lanes linking four diverse continents across the blue vastness of the Interminable Ocean. The Houses are represented abroad by the Guilders; men and women skilled in business and burglary, salesmanship and swordplay, merchandising and musketry. Tilda Lanai has trained for years to take her place among them, but now the House she is to serve is imperiled by the sudden death of the House Lord. Scenting blood in the water, rival Houses begin to circle. The desperate search for an exiled heir takes Tilda across a war-torn continent and to the gates of the Sable City, where centuries ago dark magic almost destroyed the world. Along with a sinister sorceress, a broken-hearted samurai, and a miscreant mercenary long on charm but lousy with a crossbow, Tilda must brave the demon-infested ruins to find the heir who may yet save her House.Volume I of the Norothian Cycle
The Relationship Revelation
by Pollyanna Darling
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.22

Relationship rescue in simple, easy steps, to bring you closer to a relationship that makes your heart sing.The Relationship Revelation is a practical, straightforward guide to getting out of your own way, neutralising your dysfunctional beliefs around relationships, and stepping into creating a relationship straight from the truth of your heart!“I found Pollyanna’s book beautifully clear, easy to relate to, and fun to read. The message is profound but so simple. Try it on, and it could change not only your relationships, but your whole life!” Maya Stange, actorWomen and men, single and in relationships, love this book for its simplicity, humour and powerful, practical processes. The Relationship Revelation is complemented by on-line audio processes that support readers in their love journey.
Reclaiming the Dead
by James Patrick Brotherton
Genres: Vampires, Paranormal, Horror
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.87

[Reclaiming the Dead traces the origin] "of vampires in an interpretation of events that is by far the most reasoned--and thus, disturbing--version around. Brotherton's writing far exceeds that of standard vampire fare..." -Kirkus ReviewsIn the small town of Keating, Iowa, the surname Daniels is synonymous with insanity. Recently dumped by his girlfriend and fired from his job, Merton Daniels has been reduced to crashing on a friend's couch and visiting a blood center to exchange his plasma for cash. Awakened from an unintentional drunken stupor by a voice in his head calling his name, Merton finds a mysterious card tucked under his arm. A subsequent meeting with a beleaguered bureaucrat sets Merton, along with his chattering roommate, Coaler, on an unsupervised apprenticeship in the finer points of reclaiming the dead: slaying vampires.While Merton combats delusions and an inner voice that hounds him with a relentlessness that exceeds even that of his undead adversaries, the novel tracks a thought-provoking mythology of the undead in Judas Iscariot, a shape-shifting and blood-thirsty creature who was reborn when the boundary between life and death was still convulsing.Resonant with existential echoes of Sartre and Salinger, and a singular sense of humor that recalls Vonnegut and Palahniuk, Reclaiming the Dead is an infectious and inventive tale that stands the vampire fantasy genre on its ear with a literate and sophisticated story of modern life and redemption."Anyone who fights with monsters should take care that he does not in the process become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche
Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor
by Dick Couch
Genres: Fiction, Military Fiction, War, Thriller, Audiobook, Adventure, Action
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.11

The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for over a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon SEALS from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America—an easy day. But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday. In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism inspired by real life missions, Act of Valor combines stunning combat scenes, up-to-the minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes you deep into the secretive world of today’s most elite, highly trained group of warriors. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitments to country, team, and their families back home. But each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border—where they engage in an epic firefight with potentially unimaginable consequences for America…
World War II: London Blitz Diary, Volume 3: 1942-1943
by Ruby Side Thompson
Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.30

This diary is the 3rd in a series of four volumes written by Ruby Side Thompson. They document her experience about World War Two in England and the London Blitz. The diaries are unique, written from a woman's experience during war time. They include Ruby's opinions written only for the privacy of her diary. Her views are often ahead of her time.
The Dreamer
by Scott  Massey
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.24

Kevin Alexander is a normal high school freshman, but when his older brother mysteriously goes into a coma, his life becomes anything but normal. When poisoned by the same experimental drug that induced his brother's coma, Kevin quickly learns that there is more to the drug than just sleeping. He is transported to another world known as Genetrix. While this world and its creatures are real, Kevin is there in a dream and is thus capable of things only possible in dreams. To the people of Genetrix, he is a wizard. Kevin embarks on a seemingly impossible journey in order to rescue his brother from a disturbed and exceedingly powerful dreamer who has declared himself God of Genetrix. Kevin will risk everything, against all odds, to save his brother as time is running out. . .
Wounded Healers & Reconciliation Fatigue: The Search for Social Justice & Sustainable Development in South Africa
by Bryan Mark Urbsaitis
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.81

How do NGOs' understandings of reconciliation differ from those of their clients within a larger project of national healing? How do staff at these NGOs balance remembering the past with nation-building and international development when they may be victims themselves? Why do certain groups and individuals continue to feel marginalized so long after liberation? And how might NGOs in South Africa constitute a reconciliation social movement? Wounded Healers argues that while South Africans have been reconciling apartheid-era abuses since 1994, ongoing reconciliation struggles of individuals must not be overlooked within the larger quest for national healing. Focusing on memorialization, missing persons, 30,000R reparation payouts, as well as on the continued oppression of marginalized identity based on culture, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and HIV and AIDS, this ethnographic analysis will appeal to all those interested in post-conflict democratization, NGOs, international development, non-Western communication, conflict & peace-building, communication education, ethnography, cultural anthropology, activism, Africa, and anyone interested in global social justice.
Sex Lessons
by Daniel  Grant
Genres: Romance, Chick Lit, Humor, Contemporary Romance, Amazon, Adult, Adult Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.88

'Just because you couldn't get it up once, doesn't mean we cancel the whole thing,' says Jenny. Now, in her defence, she did whisper that last line. However, the fact she's saying it at all, let alone in a public sandwich bar are grounds for a firing squad as far as I'm concerned.'Straight-talking city trader James Kennedy has a problem. He's a flop in the bedroom. When his latest romance hits the buffers, James reaches the end of his tether. To make matters worse, his new bombshell of a boss might just be interested. What he really needs is someone to show him how to be a Don Juan between the sheets. To teach him where he's going wrong. But who?Sex Lessons is a frank but humorous tale about one man's extra-curricular inactivity.
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda
by Yaroslav Trofimov
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Islam, Religion, Politics, Terrorism, Journalism
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.20

On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. The same morning—the first of a new Muslim century—hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam’s holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Armed with rifles that they had smuggled inside coffins, these men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global jihad in modern times. Led by a Saudi preacher named Juhayman al Uteybi, they believed that the Saudi royal family had become a craven servant of American infidels, and sought a return to the glory of uncompromising Islam. With nearly 100,000 worshippers trapped inside the holy compound, Mecca’s bloody siege lasted two weeks, inflaming Muslim rage against the United States and causing hundreds of deaths.Despite U.S. assistance, the Saudi royal family proved haplessly incapable of dislodging the occupier, whose ranks included American converts to Islam. In Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini blamed the Great Satan—the United States —for defiling the shrine, prompting mobs to storm and torch American embassies in Pakistan and Libya. The desperate Saudis finally enlisted the help of French commandos led by tough-as-nails Captain Paul Barril, who prepared the final assault and supplied poison gas that knocked out the insurgents. Though most captured gunmen were quickly beheaded, the Saudi royal family responded to this unprecedented challenge by compromising with the rebels’ supporters among the kingdom’s most senior clerics, helping them nurture and export Juhayman’s violent brand of Islam around the world.This dramatic and immensely consequential story was barely covered in the press in the pre-CNN, pre–Al Jazeera days, as Saudi Arabia imposed an information blackout and kept foreign correspondents away. Yaroslav Trofimov now penetrates this veil of silence, interviewing for the first time scores of direct participants in the siege, including former terrorists, and drawing on hundreds of documents that had been declassified on his request. Written with the pacing, detail, and suspense of a real-life thriller, The Siege of Mecca reveals how Saudi reaction to the uprising in Mecca set free the forces that produced the attacks of 9/11, and the harrowing circumstances that surround us today.
Crack Hardy: From Gallipoli to Flanders to the Somme, the True Story of Three Australian Brothers at War
by Stephen Dando-Collins
Genres: Nonfiction, War
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.63

This is the true story of three Australian soldiers, the Searle brothers. One brother was killed at Gallipoli, another on the Western Front. One came home a decorated hero. Viv, a gifted poet who was planning to be a clergyman before the war, became a deadly efficient sniper. Ray shot himself and was charged with desertion. Ned was a true Australian larrikin, up for anything, and the black sheep of the family. The Searle boys had to crack hardy, as they fought in one grueling campaign after another—from the first wave of the Gallipoli landings to Lone Pine, from Ypres to Messines and Hill 60 in Flanders, to bloody Somme battles at Mouquet Farm, Bullecourt, and Hamel, with their brothers and mates falling all around them. Back home in an Australian country town, their mother, father, sisters, and remaining brother also had to crack hardy, as the bad news from the front just kept coming, and coming. The Searle brothers' great-nephew, award-winning author Stephen Dando-Collins, uses the letters and journals of the Searle brothers and remembrances of other family members, to create a compelling book that defines Australia and Australians during the making of their nation on the far-flung battlefields of World War I.
Tea with Hezbollah: Sitting at the Enemies' Table Our Journey Through the Middle East
by Ted Dekker
Genres: Nonfiction, Christian, History, Audiobook, Religion, Faith, Travel
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.85

Is it really possible to love one’s enemies? That’s the question that sparked a fascinating and, at times, terrifying journey into the heart of the Middle East during the summer of 2008. It was a trip that began in Egypt, passed beneath the steel and glass high rises of Saudi Arabia, then wound through the bullet- pocked alleyways of Beirut and dusty streets of Damascus, before ending at the cradle of the world’s three major religions: Jerusalem.Tea with Hezbollah combines nail-biting narrative with the texture of rich historical background, as readers join novelist Ted Dekker and his co-author and Middle East expert, Carl Medearis, on a hair-raising journey. They are with them in every rocky cab ride, late-night border crossing, and back-room conversation as they sit down one-on-one with some of the most notorious leaders of the Arab world. These candid discussions with leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, with muftis, sheikhs, and ayatollahs, with Osama bin Laden’s brothers, reveal these men to be real people with emotions, fears, and hopes of their own. Along the way, Dekker and Medearis discover surprising answers and even more surprising questions that they could not have anticipated—questions that lead straight to the heart of Middle Eastern conflict.Through powerful narrative Tea With Hezbollah will draw the West into a completely fresh understanding of those we call our enemies and the teaching that dares us to love them. A must read for all who see the looming threat rising in the Middle East.
Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen
by Roald Dahl
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Classics
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.23

Some Time Never is a blend of realism and outrageous fantasy. It is the story of the hitherto little-known Gremlins. It is moreover a piercing commentary on Man and the qualities in Man which are leading him to his destruction.The Gremlins were the original rulers of the earth in ages past, but with the advent of Man and the spread of his obnoxious activities to every part of the globe, the Gremlins were forced underground to a subterranean network of tunnels. Out for revenge and for the restoration of their former dominant position in the world's affairs, the Gremlins bent every effort to plotting Man's annihilation.During the Battle of Britain these odd and menacing creatures began an offensive against pilots in an effort to hasten the eradication of the human race. From the experiences of three Royal Air Force pilots, Stuffy, Peternip and Progboot, we get an appalling picture of Gremlin activities, and through the eyes of the Gremlins themselves we get a portrait of Man that is far from flattering.After the Battle of Britain the Gremlins became convinced that Man would effect his own self-destruction without any help from them—so they ceased their ingenious offensive and retired underground to wait...
Linked (Prophecy Series, #1)
by Hope Welsh
Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Amazon, Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.49

Evil is watching and time is running out. Lana Summers wants an ordinary life--and nothing to do with anything paranormal. She shuns her own paranormal abilities. When her home is broken into, Cole Thomas comes to the rescue--and he's much more than he seems. Will they be able to stop the evil or is their joining going to be the cause of evil taking control?