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This is the story of how Marion Bates, a middle-aged woman who suddenly hits a catastrophe in her life, meets Dee Parker, a young investigative reporter who talks her into doing things she had never even thought of before. Sooner or later, something unexpected happens to everybody. It isn't easy to accept help--especially from strangers. But sometimes just knowing you are not alone can make all the difference in the world.It was a time when all Marion could think about was how to keep on living. To tell the truth, she really didn't care about anything else. Which is the only logical explanation she could come up with--later--of why she jumped headlong into a life-or-death nightmare, just to help her new friend out of one of her own. Yes, this is how it all began...

As the economy gets tighter and tighter, Stella Madison and her friends decide to pool their resources and move to Alaska. They set out in a monstrosity of a sailboat, called the Dreadnaught (that has obviously seen better days), with an old captain-turned-inventor at the helm, and each one of them signed on as a member of the crew. But Stella has never set foot on a boat in her life, and Alaska is over a thousand miles away--through wilderness places--before they even get there. Here is the story of a rag-tag group of misfits who are trying to run away from life (for their own various reasons) even as they drag it along behind them in flying colors. It isn't long before the question of whether they can stick together and make a success of the venture turns into whether--or not--they can depend on each other enough to even survive. The only certain thing is... none of them can do it alone.

Megan Jennings is headed to Africa for high adventure and divine appointments... until she makes a small wrong turn...But what is faith, if not to strike out against impossible odds believing you will win? Or leap out into the dark knowing someone will be there to catch you? Someone does catch her. But it isn't who she was expecting. Now the question is whether Tom Anderson is part of God's plan for her life-- or the devil's. How can anyone be sure they are following God in the first place? When situations force Meg to make decisions she would have never even considered before, there's only one thing she's sure of. She has landed herself in enemy territory, where turning dreams into reality is risky business.

Here is the first of the Stella Madison Capers, the story of how everything started, and how she escaped from a catastrophe that seemed to come out of nowhere. Which is the nature of catastrophes but it's so hard to be logical when you're in the middle of one. It's also the story of how she met the colonel (if you're interested in that sort of thing). Something happened in Stella Madison's life that she never dreamed could come close to someone as careful as she was. But it did. In fact, if it hadn't been for sheer Providence and the kindness of strangers (who quickly became friends), she wouldn't be here to this day.Lesson learned: trouble comes to everybody and usually in bunches.Home Before Dark is "A Little Traveling Book: Just big enough to take you somewhere."

Stella Madison is back, this time with a bevy of friends. But just how far should a person go when it comes to sticking by their friends? There's a thief in the rambling old mansion she moved into. And while it was someone who was quick to lend help when Stella needed it most, how can she possibly return the favor without jeopardizing herself along with them? No person is obligated to go that far... right?

Stella Madison begins to enjoy her journey through Canada as a crew member of the Dreadnaught, delighted that it really isn't as hard as she thought it would be. Especially with Colonel Oliver P. Henry along. But traveling together for any length of time brings out the true nature of people. Misunderstandings can flare, rough edges get exposed, and maybe even the deepest of secrets revealed. One can put up with anything for awhile. But if ever a traitor is discovered among such a group...then all things return to primeval.

Just when things aboard the Dreadnaught have settled down to relative harmony among the crew, and the goal of finding a place to call home in Alaska seems within reach-the unthinkable happens. Now, Stella Madison and friends must discover if they have what it truly takes to survive in the wilderness, whatever that illusive quality may be. Oddly enough, it is found in the most unusual places. And while no one could have planned ahead for such a thing, it becomes perfectly clear that it will take more than just working together to get them out.

A winter in some of Alaska's deepest wilderness has made many changes in the crew of the Dreadnaught, when a series of unavoidable circumstances forces the misfit family into making the most difficult decision any of them ever faced. It is the kind one hopes they never come to, and the hardest to make. It is the last resort.

West Virginia, 1937...It was not a place one could visit without an invitation. It wasn't what Harlan Fleming had planned. Yet, when he heard there would be no school if a teacher couldn't be found for this year, something about the place called out to him. It wasn't just the fact that his only living relative had ventured into those same hills and never come out, again. Or that there were things which needed to be said between them that would take a long time to explain. Those were ordinary things.What the young teacher felt on the day he stepped off the train, in Cedarville, was not ordinary. The others were there that day, too, reaching into his heart-uninvited-the same way he was reaching out to them. As if all the forces of life were suddenly converging into that single place and time. As if something significant-and highly important-were about to happen.As if it actually would.

Each chapter in this unique manual is formatted with quick tips that will get fast results, no matter what age your children are. Coupled with in-depth information on developmental behavior that explains just how different personalities respond to the more troublesome stages of growing up, you will be able to start seeing results right away. Simply by handling the same old situations differently.What's Inside: * Quick tips that will get fast results.* Positive methods to deal with difficult personalities.* A two-week program for changing problem behaviors one at a time.*Motivational games, point sheets, and contracts that will help trade discipline for development.Good for home or classroom, The Nature of Children unlocks keys to dealing with kids of any age. It shows how to work with human nature- instead of against it-by putting the focus on who they are rather than who they aren't.

While investigating mysterious happenings at a state mental hospital...Journalist D.J. Parker learns the location of a famous cache of diamonds stolen during World War II. What she doesn't know is that the Federal Government has secretly been following the case for years. With an old journal to lead the way, she sets out aboard a yacht that once carried the infamous Hermann G ring and embarks on a thrilling treasure hunt that could prove to be the adventure of a lifetime.If the captain and his partner don't turn out to be crooks. And the FBI officers following her are really working for the FBI, or the horrendous secret Dee uncovers during the investigation has absolutely no connection to the famous jewels. But just how long can a secret remain a secret? More importantly, how does a person know who in the world to trust?