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This is a special project that is meant to make us remember the lessons that we're always learning from our little gifts, our toddlers. I created this book as a working notebook. For each point, you will be able to write your ideas, memories, or wishes relating to your little angel. I know that you will have a smile on your face while working on this. Surely, you will enjoy reminiscing about your beautiful children, and all their special moments.Parenthood is a lesson on its own. But the best lessons in parenthood are from our children. Let's cherish them, appreciate them, and recognise their special roles in our lives. Let's love our children purely. Let's protect their innocence, and develop them into being individuals who are self-assured.Our children are the extension of ourselves. If you didn't have the best upbringing, you now have a chance to make the life of your child better. And in that, you will also be healing your younger self.

Une édition éducative à caractère universel pour la civilisation d'un peuple très spécifique; les Congolais Démocratiques. Il est temps que ce peuple mette en valeur sa langue nationale la plus usitée du pays pour la mettre à la portée du monde entier, simplement parce que elle revêt un caractère sensible et captivant de par son intonation. Plusieurs des autres nationalités ont choisi la voie de cette langue lingala pour s'intégrer dans la communauté Congolaise, si bien que la langue est le moyen le plus fort pour l'intégration. Je l'ai, en effet, mentionné dans ma dernière publication, toujours dans la même option d'apprentissage d'une nouvelle langue, dont l'intitulé est: 'A Gateway to the French World'.

"Focus! Keep your eye on the ball. And no women." Jakes du Plessis' mantra has always held him in good stead as a professional rugby player. However, a meeting with artist Angie Summers in Denver, Colorado, hinders his well-laid plans. Past demons remind him why he's not relationship material, and he flees back to South Africa.When Angie encounters Jakes du Plessis, she's surprised by the stir of emotions the brawny player elicits, especially since she's wearing another man's ring.Fate has other plans. Fleeing didn't help as Angie arrives in South Africa to help her brother and, hopefully, change Jakes' mind.Will Jakes overcome his demons to give Angie a second chance? Will she be able to show Jakes that love can conquer all?

This is a compilation of poems by a very inspiring author & poet by the name of Athel. Each of the pieces of work scribled in this book give you day-to-day relatable incidences that intend on planting a seed of hope, wisdom, love, peace, history and a whole lot of other subject matters you can think of that we have to deal with as human beings. Regard this book as your peer, parent or even as guidance in life. Written in the simplest forms of grammatic expressions, coupled with illustrations in each of the poems you will wish you were never able to put the book down.

This book seeks to creatively answer the question of why African people have brown skin. It refers to God as their creator. It refers to exposure to the sun. It confirms that brown skin is the best color for African people living under the sun-kissed continent of Africa.

Do you have a soul? Is the soul a gift from God? Or is it something else? Does the soul guarantee life after death? Or is its purpose yet to be discovered? In Angelicals Reviewed, researcher of metaphysics, Izak Botha, challenges conventional thinking around the nature of soul and presents a startling new hypothesis. In a groundbreaking study covering multiple disciplines, Izak shares his knowledge regarding the soul. In these pages you will discover: -What individuals, groups, and societies believe regarding the soul-How some accept, and others reject the notion of the soul-How opposing doctrine differ or agree-How views about the soul alter with time-How the debate around the soul is ongoing-And how the discoveries of cosmology and evolution influence the percepts of the soul.As humanity dabbles with replacing God, the question surrounding the soul-existence, purpose, and destiny-becomes all important. If you have pondered these questions, this book is for you.

Halfway through her Ph.D., Jennifer Jaine's faith has been shaken. She has become convinced that the Catholic church's authority is based on a lie. Desperate to prove herself wrong, she goes to the Vatican, only to be caught up in an international hunt for the truth about the church, the Pope, and how Jesus intended his followers to live their faith. A stolen artifact, a mysterious murder, and an escaping intruder lead Jennifer from the Vatican to the streets of Rome to the Cave Church of St. Peter in Turkey, where she discovers a secret that could delegitimize the Pope. Chased by scheming cardinals and the trigger-happy head of Vatican security, assisted only by an elderly professor, the son of an Italian Mafioso, and a mysterious-but handsome-Turk, Jennifer must decide whether to become complicit in the church's duplicity or shake the foundations of the planet's most dominant religion. "This fast-paced and intriguing work will hook readers from the first page to the last, leaving them wanting more." BookLife Prize-2017 by Publishers Weekly.

In deep anguish over the sudden departure of his firstborn Son, Doctor Raphael Sam Koopman wrote this book. This compelling book with an aim to assist people who have lost a loved one is a must read. It deals with the stages of grieve as is known and goes deeper moving the reader to a place of healing.

Traveling While Black And Lesbian is a raw and honest story about a queer, black woman's journey around the world and her struggle to navigate it as her authentic self. Khanyisa begins this "tell all" by bringing us into her childhood. She transports us to her life as a little girl growing up poor in rural South Africa, being the first generation of black children to live in post-apartheid South Africa, her conflict with her sexual identity and religion, her battle with depression and loss.As a traveler that is queer, black and female - Khanyisa has experienced the complexities of negotiating ones different identities in different parts of the world. We watch her come out of the closet in South Korea, find deep connections with her Muslim friends in Malaysia, walk in spiritual presence at the Mayan ruins in Guatemala, and so much more. Khanyisa also brings into her intimate relationships - we bear witness to her falling in love, getting her heartbroken and picking up the pieces. This is a true testimony of triumph, human connection, and the return to oneself.In this memoir, we learn the true power that lies within each of us when we finally begin to embrace our true and authentic selves.

A young noble woman awakes following a terrible illness, hundreds of miles away from her native France, with no memory of who she is or how she got there. Measles has spread through eleventh-century France. The country is in turmoil. Death is everywhere. Secluded behind a rock by her guardian, the young woman is accidentally found by a group of trading Vikings. Their leader, Thord, takes pity on the girl and takes her to his island. Placed in a cottage with just a healer for company, she must learn to quickly adapt to her captors' customs... including not becoming romantically involved with Thord, which is forbidden in their culture. Would they accept her - or is her destiny back on her own island?