Saving Lives

To save her father's future, she'll have to change the past. The one thing 13-year-old Margaret O'Malley is sure of is that her father is innocent. So when the unthinkable happens and he's sentenced to death by the cruel Judge Biggs, Margaret is desperate to save him. She'll do whatever it takes, even if it means using her family's secret - and forbidden - ability to travel through time. Margaret's only hope is to stop the chain of events that turned Lucas Biggs into a corrupt and jaded man.

When 18-year-old Raina Reed is given an ultimatum - her family or her first love - she chooses the latter, leaves the rigid cult community she's grown up in and finds herself shunned, ex-communicated - ghosted. Raina is happy for more time with her sweet, talented boyfriend Bryce, and enjoys the freedom found in living with him, his free-spirited cousin, Jackie, and Jackie's mom Valerie, a struggling attorney. But her heart breaks at the thought of not seeing her baby sister. Abby is 10 years younger and they've never spent one day apart - until now.

Thirteen-year-old Maureen Lindstrom has serious misgivings when her grandmother comes to live with her and her mother. They’ve never been close, despite living in the same town of Denton, Florida, where Maureen has grown up. Despite her hope that their relationship would improve, it doesn't start well and only gets worse.

It was Charlie who chose Lily from among all the cats in the shelter. He didn't frown, the way other humans did, when he saw her injured back leg, the legacy of a cruel previous owner. Instead, Charlie insisted on rescuing her. Now Lily wants to do the same for Charlie. She's the only one who's seen the bruises on Charlie's body. If she knew who was hurting him, she'd scratch their eyes out. But she can't fix this by herself. Lily needs to get the rest of the family to focus on Charlie - not easy when they're wrapped up in their own problems.

In an increasingly complex U.S. healthcare system, patients suffering from chronic illness are not always well served. Surviving Healthcare: Five STEPS to Cutting Through the BS, Getting the Treatment You Need, and Saving Your Life does exactly what the title promises. Dr. Cristy Kessler shares her five-step protocol for navigating a difficult medical journey, providing strategies that patients and their caregivers can easily put into practice as they strive with their doctors for a positive outcome.

Join twins Milo and Mia on an extraordinary adventure sparked by a mysterious map and a golden compass. Together, they journey through fantastical lands, meeting quirky characters like Buddy the Budget Bunny and the wise King Coin, all while uncovering the secrets to earning, saving, budgeting, and even investing! This enchanting audio experience transforms essential life skills into captivating tales that kids will love. From glowing piggy banks to money-growing trees, each story weaves practical lessons into fun, relatable adventures.

The United States' role in saving Europe's intellectual elite from the Nazis is often told as a tale of triumph, which in many ways it was. America welcomed Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi, Hannah Arendt and Herbert Marcuse, Rudolf Carnap and Richard Courant, among hundreds of other physicists, philosophers, mathematicians, historians, chemists, and linguists who transformed the American academy. Yet for every scholar who survived and thrived, many, many more did not. In this rigorously researched book, Laurel Leff rescues from obscurity scholars who were deemed "not worth saving".

Eleven-year-old Lorenzo Ventura knows heroes are rare - like his father, who died in the war. Renzo would never describe himself as a hero, but his chance comes when he adopts Marty, a runt piglet. Marty is extraordinary - he thinks he's a dog and acts like one, too - and his bond with Renzo is truly one of a kind. At first, the family farm seems like the perfect home for Marty, but as he approaches 350 pounds, it becomes harder for Renzo to convince his mom that a giant pig makes a good pet.

Are you a first-time home buyer looking to purchase your dream home soon? Would you like to know how to get the best mortgage and terms? Buying your first home will be one of the most important and critical decisions of your life. Your hard-earned money can be stretched immensely if you get a great deal on your first mortgage. This audiobook was created to help you source and select a mortgage option that is best for you and your family’s financial future even though you are a first-time home buyer.

Hadley Parrish is having the worst luck ever. Her boyfriend dumped her for social media fame, her stepsister got into Harvard the day Hadley failed chemistry, and now she’s been blamed for a crime she didn’t do. As punishment, she’s sent to Sterling Beach for the summer to learn some “work ethic” and “manners” from her grumpy grandfather who she barely knows. The beautiful beach is no match for Hadley’s epically bad mood, and she’s determined to spend every second of the summer locked in her room brooding.

When Richard Paul Evans was 12, his father, a building contractor, shattered both his legs. With no insurance, no income, and eight children, the family was destitute. At that difficult time young Evans was introduced to a kind multimillionaire who taught him the five secrets of wealth. Today, Evans credits those lessons not just with bringing him wealth and success but with bringing him freedom and opportunity in a world where financial slavery is ubiquitous.

Mia has made a name for herself at her school as an entrepreneur after launching not one, but two, successful businesses. Now, her classmates need her help with their own ventures, and Mia must put her problem-solving skills to the test. Whether she’s helping them get their business off the ground, work with customers, or invent new problem-solving products, Mia is sure to teach them all something new.

Să zicem că părinții tăi au hotărât să îți dea niște bani de buzunar. Fie că alegi să îi cheltuiești, să îi economisești sau să îi donezi, banii vin și pleacă din pușculița ta porcușor de parcă ar avea propria viață. De pildă, știai că bugetul familiei se duce în mare parte pe nevoi precum mâncarea, utilitățile, școala și transportul, sănătatea și impozitele către stat, și abia apoi pe distracție? Nu e de mirare că trebuie economisiți și că îi tot auzi pe ai tăi zicând că banii nu cresc în copaci.

When spunky Maddy McGuire needs money to pay for horseback riding lessons, she decides to host a week-long pet camp. Despite many near-disasters, Maddy learns that raising the money itself was much of the fun and decides to try out different businesses. Throughout the series, she discovers skills that help her be a great entrepreneur, including organization, enthusiasm, math skills, and more.

This is a story about an eleven-year-old boy making his way through school, trying to earn pocket money, stay out of trouble and make the most of the talents he has. Kofi is a natural entrepreneur, and is always quick to spot a moneyspinner. But what he had overlooked is his best friend's Kelvin's amazing photographic memory - and the fact that he can remember every single line of a song he's heard only once.

Grace and Ted Chapman are widely regarded as the perfect couple. Ted is a successful novelist and Grace, his wife of twenty years, is beautiful, carefree, and a wonderful homemaker. But what no one sees are Ted’s rages, his mood swings, and the precarious house of cards that their lifestyle is built upon. When Ted’s longtime assistant and mainstay leaves, his world begins to crumble, and Grace, with dark secrets in her past, is most vulnerable. She finds herself in need of help but with no one to turn to…until Ted’s new assistant, Beth, comes to the rescue.

Kira und ihren sprechenden Labrador Money kennen viele Leserinnen und Leser bereits aus dem Bestseller "Ein Hund namens Money" bzw. "Money und das 1x1 des Geldes". Jetzt geht die Geschichte weiter: Kira reist nach Amerika. Dort erlebt sie spannende Abenteuer und begegnet faszinierenden Menschen. Und nicht alle führen immer nur Gutes im Schilde. Aber natürlich haben diese Abenteuer einen Sinn: Kira lernt, worauf es im Leben wirklich ankommt. Sie entdeckt die 7 Lehren, die einen positiven Charakter formen. Dafür erhält sie natürlich großartige Hilfen. Diesmal ist es eine Zauberlupe, die Fotos sprechen lässt.

A book about money unlike anything else your child will ever listen to. Katie Bell and the Wishing Well will teach your kids (and you) the right way to think about, pursue, and use wealth. The author has crammed tons of wealth and money principles into an engaging story that will appeal to all ages from 9 to 99. This is not a book about savings accounts and checkbooks. Instead, it teaches core principles of wealth that all kids need to be learning, but are not being taught anywhere else.

The summer I was 12, mowing lawns with Grandpa’s old riding mower turned into big business. With advice from Arnold the stockbroker, I learned all about making money.

Pastor John Pavlovitz has become a voice and a beacon of hope for progressives around the world. His popular and beloved blog, Stuff That Needs to Be Said, offers almost daily inspiration and insight into the state of affairs in the world and expertly captures the emotional zeitgeist; the angst, rage, fear, and despair that are the “new normal” for so many people. In the face of the hand-wringing helplessness we often feel, John offers the antidote: a practical and inspirational guide to transforming your burdens into dreams and your outrage into activism.