She can't skip town until her aunt makes it to the altar. When a killer crashes the party, can she save the bride-to-be from honeymooning in jail? Glory Wells thinks her life can't get much worse after her con artist husband runs away with her money and her pride. Low on self-respect and high on misery, she reluctantly returns to her small hometown for her eccentric aunt's fourth trip down the aisle. But she finds herself in hot oil when the wedding planner is discovered dangling from the ship's mast like the fresh catch of the day. With her food-loving ...

What is your deepest desire? No matter who you are, something inside yearns for more in life. Many search for that “more” through position, status, money, or relationships. But God’s “more” is much better than anything you find in the world. He wants you to have the full and abundant life found in Jesus Christ. As God led the Israelites on to their Promised Land, he leads you to your personal promises through a relationship with him. This journey is not just about getting somewhere or taking hold of something. It’s also ...

Navvy Dypes is twenty-seven years old and lives at the bottom of a swimming pool in Palm Springs, California. By an "act of will," he has changed himself into a fish-complete with gills and scales-much to the chagrin of his father, who devises an insidious cure for his son's affliction. But Navvy is determined to retain his new identity, for it is only in the water that his consciousness expands beyond the limits of the human sensibility. A trip to Ensenada, Mexico, reveals a message concealed in the bust of Miguel Hidalgo that promises him the ability to ...

Five entered the escape room. Only four came out alive. Lisa Ashton receives a last-minute reprieve from death two weeks before her birthday. Regaining consciousness, she is horrified to learn one of her friends has been killed - and saved her life. As she recovers, she uncovers a trail of carefully guarded reputations, disturbing rumours, and lies. Soon, Lisa begins to wonder if one of her friends is hiding a terrible secret.  Because five of them entered the escape room that day, and only four got out alive. And someone is ...

A single drunken night changed everything. One positive test later, and I'm not only pregnant with my best friend's baby, but I'm falling for him too. Except when my ex finds out at work, I do the worst thing I could at that moment: I lie. I make up a fake fiancé and my boss overhears. Now I need my best friend to play the part. He's good at it, too, since we can't keep our hands off each other. When we're both forced to lean on each other, we'll have to face facts. There's nothing fake about this relationship. Even if I'll break my heart in ...

""Die Katastrophe und der Ausgang der Geschichte der Philosophie"" ist ein Buch von Augustin Smetana, das 1850 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es ist eine philosophische Abhandlung, die sich mit der Entwicklung der Philosophie von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit befasst. Smetana untersucht die verschiedenen Str������mungen der Philosophie und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Gesellschaft und die Geschichte. Dabei stellt er die These auf, dass die Philosophie eine entscheidende Rolle bei der ...

IBD is a lifelong disease with periods of active disease alternating with periods of remission. IBD is thought to result from the interaction between genetic and environmental factors that influence the normal intestinal commensal flora to trigger an inappropriate mucosal immune response. Colonoscopy remains the gold stander for diagnosis of IBD. Wireless capsule endoscope and balloon enteroscopy show many advances in diagnosis of IBD. CT and MRI help to detect extent of disease and assess complications. Serological and fecal markers alone can not establish ...

The biological truth Wells has given us would slow down an alien encounters on Star Trek or Farscape, where intrepid adventurers rarely worry about local languages, much less breathing the local air. The aliens have invaded because they have a fondness for human blood, sucked from living beings (how they discovered they had a taste for us is unclear, but it makes dramatic theater, anyway). If you haven't read Wells, you need to; Wells created a landmark -- he is a thoughtful social commentator, a pioneer of what makes SF intellectually appealing, and a ...

Alabama Fans Understand The Crimson Tide football team is part of who we are. It isn’t so much that we want the team to win. We need them to win. When they lose, we lose. When they taste victory, we taste it with them. When we talk about the program, we don’t say “they.” We say “we.” It’s an Alabama thing. In his new book,  'Bama Football Myths,  bestselling author Jacob M. Carter ( The RipTide ) statistically defends why he believes the University of Alabama offers the greatest ...