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Our health care system is crippled by desperate efforts to prevent the inevitable. A third of the national Medicare budget - nearly $175 billion - is spent on the final year of life, and a third of that amount on the final month, often on expensive (and futile) treatments. Such efforts betray a fundamental flaw in how we think about healthcare: we squander resources on hopeless situations, instead of using them to actually improve health.

In this first book of The Snow Kingdom series, we find Sasha, a beautiful white Siberian Husky puppy, and her brothers being auctioned off to new masters at the family farm. Unfortunately, Sasha is sold to "Grubby," an abusive and neglectful owner. While she loves Grubby's daughter, Penny, Sasha is determined to escape Grubby's house to the fabled Siberian Husky "Snow Kingdom" in the mountains.

Fjelstad shares his life as a "baby boomer" struggling to search for answers to several questions. Does God cause everything to happen, intervene on our behalf and interact with us personally? Fjelstad struggled through the challenges of a dysfunctional family as a boy, financial hardship and employment rejection as a young man and a medical diagnosis of acute cancer at age 32 with six months to live.

Dr. Norman L. Fjelstad has Masters Degrees in Psychological Counseling and Educational Administration and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a Christian, Fjelstad faced death at age 32. This audiobook relives the numb echo of the doctor's diagnosis giving him six months to live and the fear, raw emotions and thought process he went through that is common to those facing a terminal illness or tragic accident.

She’s beautiful. She’s enchanting. She’s mysterious and unfathomable. She’s your fondest dream and your worst nightmare. She’s sweet and sublimely submissive. She’s dark and fully in charge. She’s flirty yet mysterious. She promises safety in her arms but there’s danger in her eyes. One look, one scent, one taste, one sigh and you’re rock hard or dripping wet. She’s sex incarnate.

One day a mysterious uncle "Sam" that Rae has never met arrives on her farm. After several shocking events revolving around Sam's arrival Rae finds out she is far from normal. Instead, she's one of the few remaining members of four Viking clans tasked by Odin to protect the world from evil beings that most people only assumed to be myths and legends.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work.

This is a collection of remarkable personal accounts of a variety of American Civil War incidents, from both Union and Confederate perspectives. These vivid and absorbing reminiscences provide an inside view of many fascinating events of the time, shedding light on our shared past and illuminating the character and point of view of those who lived through an extraordinary time in our nation's history. Enjoy these excursions back through the mists of time, recounted by those who were there.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Faulkner's Short Stories supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read The Count of Monte Cristo.

The 2011 EAACON in Las Vegas has produced this first collection of seven erotic stories from the sensual pens of the writers in the Erotic Authors Association. This audio edition was edited by Essemoh Teepee and Genevieve Ash, with D.L. King. It includes ‘The Art of Watching’ by K.D. Grace: Sanya is the maid who cleans rich voyeur Mr Smith’s posh hotel room every day. And every day, she rewards herself by taking advantage of his well-positioned telescope, until she is caught in the act....

Negative Nine is intended to plant the seed of the negative numbers concept in the minds of children 0-10. Follow this "negative" negative number as he quests for his place on the great number line. Children will learn the basic concept of negative numbers along with valuable lessons in perseverance. Opposites abound as you pass zero into the realm of negatives, leaving the positive numbers behind. See if you can find them all!

When it comes to losing weight, the false beliefs most of us cling to could fill a book - this one! As a medical doctor, medical journalist, and veteran of the diet wars, Nancy L. Snyderman knows better than almost anyone what really works and what sabotages your best efforts to shed pounds and keep them off. Do you believe any of these prevalent diet myths?

Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. These are the central values of the American dream. But are they actually compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors. Where did these values come from? How have they failed those on the edges of our society? And how can we disentangle ourselves from our culture's headlong pursuit of these values and live faithful lives of service to God and our neighbors?

In a peaceful coastal town, a young woman is found brutally murdered, a piece of Scripture held tightly in her hand. Local detective Charlotte Callaghan is put on the case, and she’s glad for the distraction - Gull Bay can be a hard place to keep a secret, and she’s holding on to a few. After Charlotte asks her brother, Father Joseph Callaghan, about the verse, her suspicions fall on his parishioners. Then a second victim is found, along with another biblical message.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Hemingway's Short Stories supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more.

Our 21st century global business environment is more geographically and culturally diverse than ever before. With the proliferation of technology worldwide, businesses throughout the world are now interconnected and have unthwarted access to the international business community. Business professionals must be prepared to engage in this highly diverse business environment. This includes the ability to effectively interact with business professionals of different cultures and different religious affiliations.

Scarlet Peacock was a bastard child, stripped from her birth mother, and unwanted by the father’s wife, Queen Petra Peacock. When shame was brought upon the Peacock Kingdom, Scarlet was sent with two of King Gunther Peacock’s servants for protection. She grew up only knowing one name, Lucia Faust, and had no idea of her birthright until she was bought by the highest bidder at the Fair Maiden Proffer.

Gilgamesh l’Epopea del Re di Uruk | Letto da Francesco PannofinoL’epopea di Gilgamesh è il più antico racconto dell’umanità. E tanti sono gli elementi di questa mitica vicenda che ritroveremo negli scritti delle epoche successive.Gilgamesh non è solo una storia di avventure, di travagli e successi, ma è un percorso umano, quello di un essere vivente, amato dagli déi, che vaga alla ricerca di una verità.Egli desidera conoscere il mistero dell’immortalità, per poi rendersi conto che non esiste.Attraverso lotte, incontri, passioni, mostri, catastrofi, Gilgamesh giungerà a ...