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Embrace your inner witch and kickstart your magical adventure! So, you've felt that spark, the one that whispers about magic and a connection to something bigger, right? The intrigue of witchcraft has not only captured the curiosity of millions but also opened a door to a world where personal empowerment and a profound connection with nature aren't just ideals—they're achievable realities.

Penny has caught some unlucky breaks in life, which is why she is driving an Uber instead of running her own restaurant. However, her luck changes when a mysterious stranger gifts her an antique coin and then quickly kills himself right in front of her. Before she can process the trauma, Penny learns this coin is her ticket into Pendulum, an organization that controls all of the life-altering luck in the world. But to earn their unique good luck, Penny needs to choose someone and cause their bad luck. To help herself, she needs to hurt someone she knows, over and over again.

The Manual is a roadmap for teachers on how to create a classroom culture of caring, creativity, learning and emotional health. Increasingly progressive educators are focusing on play-based learning and social-emotional development, but The Happiest Preschool: A Manual for Teachers is unique in providing a comprehensive and thorough discussion of this focus and illustrating all precepts with teachable examples.

As a high school senior, Cadence Wiles doesn’t have her life figured out. Over the summer, her mentally ill mother forced impossible choices on her and now she has to face reality. Alone, without anyone to support her, it’s time Cadence explores her newfound freedom and what it really means to be an adult. But the five boys she meets aren’t in her plans and they’re more than determined to insert themselves into her life. Will they be able to break through the barriers she’s had to rely on to keep herself safe?

When the outbreak comes to a head, Laney is away from home. Chasing her dream of being the winner of a baking reality show, she is sequestered like a juror. No phone, no internet, no knowledge of what is happening. When the show evacuates all of the contestants, somehow Laney is left behind. Shut off from communication when the city loses power, Laney is clueless about what is happening and lacks the knowledge of the virus she is facing. Those infected experience a violent fever rage before the virus ultimately consumes them and takes their lives.

Resilient leaders rise: Empower yourself and your team to conquer every challenge. Have you ever experienced a moment when the pace of the world seemed to surpass your ability to keep up? As a leader, the demands of navigating through challenging times can feel utterly overwhelming. The business landscape is evolving at an unprecedented rate, presenting new challenges and uncertainties every day.

When Renee Zinn, a popular witch in Cypress Grove, returns to her enchanting hometown of Hemlock Haven, Vermont, for Thanksgiving, she expects nothing more than a nostalgic holiday filled with family, friends, and her mother's famous apple cider. But as she reunites with her magically-inclined relatives and encounters a charmingly weird being in the woods, Renee realizes that her hometown holds more secrets than she ever imagined.

Greg Benedict watches in horror as his wife and baby stand by the window inside of a burning building. Then, before the flames reach them, they vanish. It was just the beginning. Sporadic vanishings occur over the next several months, all leading to the day when half the population disappears. Gone. Chaos ensues as humanity struggles to come to grips with the sudden vanishing of half the life on Earth.

Jolly Copper is one of the few people who know the world is on the brink of cataclysmic destruction.... not because he had any scientific knowledge or prophetic dreams, but because he is nosey and read what was on a fellow bus passenger's phone one day. He learns there will be an unprecedented series of natural disasters, and the expected grand finale disaster is predicted to be a tidal wave massive enough to swallow half the globe.

Amelia Matthews never anticipated inheriting a hotel in in a small southern town, but life's twists and turns have led her to the Sunshine State. Under the hotel's quirky, rundown façade lie haunting secrets—an unsolved murder and a restless spirit who keeps turning off the air conditioner. In the summer. In Florida.

Cadence wants to believe that everything is finally looking good. She has new friends she’s able to open up to. She’s pushing her music to the limit, and so many new possibilities have opened up before her, not just in her career, but in her personal life too. But secrets have a way of finding the light, forcing Cadence to navigate around danger slowly slipping into her life.

A devastating terror attack has been unleashed. Geologist Ruth Garber and her granddaughter Stella are working on an offshore drilling rig when the power goes out. Stranded miles from shore with a raging storm on the horizon, they struggle to survive as the truth slowly sinks in. No one is coming to rescue them. All they have is each other—and their will to survive.

When a group of wild bridesmaids descend on Cypress Grove for a spirited October weekend at the Crescent Moon Inn, owner Amelia Matthews comes prepared with champagne, plans for a spooky swamp walk, and a bottomless well of patience. But the festivities take a spine-tingling twist when one bridesmaid vanishes during the haunted jaunt and emerges in a less-than-ideal state. Murder wasn't on Amelia's agenda for the inn's grand re-opening. Suddenly, suspicion blankets the group. Armed with newfound psychic powers, Amelia believes she can crack the case.

In the summer, Waldameer is like Seth and Julia's second home. The amusement park provides an unexpected thrill when new construction unearths an old locket near the carousel. Armed with only the locket's faded black-and-white photo of a young girl, Seth and Julia must track down its owner. Their investigation leads to new friends and new enemies. Like the greedy pickpockets eyeing the locket like hungry sharks.

The teachers at DS High know something’s not right. It’s the reason they don’t stay late to grade papers, they leave school in packs so nobody’s alone, and they stay away from the one boy with the cult-like following. Evil walks the high school hallways and everyone knows its name: James Bender. They’ve made it through the school year unscathed. Well, almost. Now, the graduating class is planning something special for their favorite teachers. It’s by personal invite only.

This Three Workbook Bundle contains the content from the first three workbooks in the Resilient Leaders: The Nine Secrets series. This bundle provides the script for the Audiobook version of the first three workbooks.

When Amelia Matthews stumbles upon a curious cat-shaped cookie jar at a flea market, she has no idea that she's about to embark on a tale of ghostly giggles and heartwarming revelations. As quirky occurrences start popping up around the Crescent Moon Inn, Amelia and her feline sidekick Freddie Purrcury find themselves whisker-deep in a mystery involving the late Eliza Honeydew and her spirited cat companion, Coco. Amelia and Freddie must put their paws to the ground and use wit, charm, and a sprinkle of hocus-pocus to uncover the truth and honor Eliza's legacy.

STRONG, FAST, AND TOO SMART describes tomboy Hattie Dumond, born in bilingual New Orleans in 1914. No one, including Hattie, thought that would save her life two decades later. She struggles against the restrictions women face in those early 20th century years. Yes, she's a tomboy, but she can slip into the role of debutante and trains her intellect to straddle both worlds.

Amelia Matthews, pushing fifty and embracing her inner witch, navigates her new life as the owner of the Crescent Moon Inn. But when a local coven invites her to solve a decades-old disappearance, Amelia finds herself entangled in a web of dark magic, dangerous rituals, and long-buried secrets. To make matters worse, her prickly mother arrives for an unannounced visit, forcing Amelia to juggle family dynamics while unraveling the mystery.

Four generations ago, a generation ship crashed into the sands of Savene. Since then, its survivors have eked out an existence in the planet’s hostile desert. Yet, the tech is failing, the sands are encroaching, and people are dying.