In this Closed Door version of MAGIC REMEMBERED, a peaceful orchard is a double murder scene, and Calliope - divorced and single-parenting - is charged with uncovering a killer’s motives. But how is this earth witch supposed to solve a magical crime armed with a duct-taped wand - and why would anyone want to hurt the Hidden Folk in the first place? The goddess, Iduun, is counting on a particular druid to deliver a sacred gift. Only, Tanner Marechal’s magic has been weakened by an ex-lover who’s convinced Idunn’s gift is hers to take, and Tanner is hers to destroy. When Tanner and Calliope meet, he needs to know if she’ll help him solve the murders, or if the inquisitive witch will cause him more trouble. And could she hold the key to protecting his hallowed treasure and possibly saving his life? This Urban Fantasy blends slow burn, closed door romance with vibrant world-building set in the Salish Sea.

Twelfth volume of collected inspirational stories and drawings of Brian Andreas.

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In this companion book to Dolls Remembered, men reminisce about the boyhood toys and games that still hold a place in memory.

The "Magic of Public Speaking" is a comprehensive step-by-step system for creating highly effective speeches. It is based on research from the top 1000 speakers in the modern world. The techniques you will learn have been tested on hundreds of professional speakers and work! You will receive the exact steps needed to create a speech that will keep your audience on the edge of their seats. The book is easy to follow, entertaining to read, and uses many examples from real speeches. This system will make sure that every time you go on stage your speech is an outstanding one.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion that explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage—and a life, in good times and bad—that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill with what seemed at first flu, then pneumonia, then complete septic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later—the night before New Year’s Eve—the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner after visiting the hospital when John Gregory Dunne suffered a massive and fatal coronary. In a second, this close, symbiotic partnership of forty years was over. Four weeks later, their daughter pulled through. Two months after that, arriving at LAX, she collapsed and underwent six hours of brain surgery at UCLA Medical Center to relieve a massive hematoma. This powerful book is Didion’ s attempt to make sense of the “weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ... about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself.

A battle over the Apples of Immortality is at hand. On an island in the Salish Sea, caretakers of the ancient orchards are vanishing. The earth witch in charge of protecting the groves is on the cusp of losing her magic. And the druid who investigates crimes of the magical kind is carrying deadly secrets. All Calliope Jones needs to do is survive her Blood Ceremony, keep her teenaged sons’ magic from blowing up, and help save Tanner Marechal from the hellion capable of breaking him completely.