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Beginning readers will love this collection of stories about kids discovering who they are. In "Someday", Ada dreams of becoming an inventor when she grows up. As she soon discovers, she is already looking for solutions to everyday problems. Also included are eight other stories of self-discovery: "Tall Enough", "Kojo's Shadow", "Sing Softer, Maggie", "If Henry Could Dance", "Wullus", "Shelby the Shy", Not Now, Natalie", and "Paint the Morning".

Two slaves, a mother and daughter, separated during the Civil War never to see each other again. From her mother's diary, Etta Jean will learn to love the mother she never knew. And from the same diary, a mother will finally give of herself.

Enjoy this collection of stories about children exploring the world around them. The collection begins with "Nature's Treasures", a poem featuring a young girl who learns about the wonders of the natural world. After this poem, enjoy eight short stories of children looking closer at nature: "Hidden Wonders", "The Building Season", "Weeds and Worms and Things that Squirm"," "A Pond for Maddie", "Flowers that Fly", "The Wasp's Picnic", "Firefly Tag", and "While Alena Was Sleeping".

School can be a tough place, filled with cliques and bullies. In this collection, discover how schoolkids learn to fit in - and discover who they are in the process. In "My Name's Not Chuck", Steve's classmates give him the nickname Chuck, but he doesn't like this at all. Find out how he can use his talking pet parrot to get them to stop calling him Chuck. Also included are six other stories about fitting in at school: "Ava the Big", "Blushing Blake", "The Tanner Mystery", "Super Tulip", "Hobby Friday", and "The Mystery of Sound."

Raised by a single parent, the outlaw collie Sam and his seven siblings run wild and free, feasting on castaway food in garbage cans and chasing after humans to scare them, all for the fun of it. Then one day disaster strikes. Sam and his brothers and sisters mistakenly frighten the wrong human. The Catchers arrive at the dilapidated doghouse in the middle of the night, guns in hand. Sam is wounded. But he manages to escape. The next day, Sam is found by a keeper, a kind human who takes the dog home and sets about training him.

This audiobook contains 17 inspirational messages to help achieve clarity of the mind and emotional well-being.

Little Jeffery is a collection of short, faith-based children's stories, as seen through the eyes of a small child. "Jesus love me, this I know...."

This audiobook will transform your life. It has instructions and 44 encoded affirmations designed to make the imprint needed in your subconscious mind for the changes that you are aiming for.

Those inspired from books such as 48 Laws of Power, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and Rich Dad, Poor Dad will appreciate this modern approach to understanding financial literacy. 10 to Get In targets an audience looking for modern examples of successful maneuvers made by extremely noteworthy and influential people. 10 to Get In is a short listen with a big impact.

Violet Jeffries meets Gavin McKenzie and she becomes confused and unsure of her love for her fiancé, Miles Croft. She breaks the betrothal and then discovers that Gavin has a hidden agenda. Miles comes to her rescue twice, but keeps his distance from her. Violet realizes her mistake - too late. She's lost the most loving and devoted man, and she fights to get him back. Miles Croft loved Violet with all this heart. He vows to never give his heart away again.

When questions arise about what the most important factors are that lead to peak performance, we tend to focus on the brain, and center around what and how people think. This brain centric approach ignores the fact that a human being is a system, with all parts acting in harmony, and when out of balance, things tend to go awry. This work is a curation of the best insights on leadership that I have found during the last decade of my research. However, insights are one thing, but actionable information is another altogether.

From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie over the course of three decades: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive-aggression.

Based on a real-life event, a moneyed client at a progressive law firm pressures the partners to drop a pro bono case they passionately believe in. Will they choose the easy path to preserve their business or keep fighting for what they believe is right?

These poems hopefully will interest you, excite you, thrill you, and maybe just maybe inspire you. Andrew Bushard is a musician, writer, runner, and motivational speaker. Additionally, he founded the organization, Free Press Media, which is dedicated to advancing and celebrating freedom of expression. Andrew currently resides in Austin, TX.

You can do anything even if you have Asperger's Syndrome! Nothing should stop you from living the life of your dreams! This short audiobook of poems inspires, motivates, and encourages all Aspies to achieve their full potential.

Consideration of the term "political elite" as a synonym of the concept of "political power" is largely an attempt to look at new values from the viewpoint of a political historian, who seeks analogues in the past.

Even if the act of travel has been transformed beyond recognition in a mere decade or two, how much has actually changed in our favorite destinations in the past two hundred years? Listeners are invited to compare their impressions with those of veteran travelers and literary legends: Charles Dickens on Rome; Mark Twain on Paris and Versailles; and Washington Irving on Stratford On Avon. Added to this mix is elegiac verse by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti.

Celebrate Halloween with three unique and fun stories: "Frankenstein: IT Support"; "Swamp Monster Voodoo"; "Vampire Caving".

Goals, goals, goals. Life is all about goals! Goals are the meaning of life and you can use the First Amendment to achieve your goals. This book shows you how to use different types of free speech to achieve your goals.

Marilynn Hughes' Out-of-Body Travel Magazine: Sad Ud Din Mahmud Shabistari - Forgotten Islamic Sufi Mystic (For more info - www.outofbodytravel.org)