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The Velveteen Rabbit is the classic tale of a beloved stuffed rabbit who, while once fluffy and huggable, has become worn out and threadbare after years of being loved. He is saved after being discarded and taken to Rabbitland, where he becomes “Real” and is cherished for the rest of time.

In Anne of Green Gables, we meet Anne Shirley, the central character of the series. Anne is an orphan in Nova Scotia and is sent to a pair of unmarried siblings in the fictional town of Avonlea. The siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, meant to adopt a boy to assist on their family farm, but they eventually accept Anne when they meet her and experience her imagination and fancifulness. Anne begins to assist Matthew at Green Gables, and her adventure begins!

After years of anxiety, stress, and sustained upheaval, I was finally able to calm my inner chaos and pivot to health, peace, and yes, joy! All it took was an understanding of where the chaos originated, a new soul-fulfilling purpose, kick-ass habits, and a laser-like focus that allowed me to break through the pain of regret and become the badass woman that I am today! Joy and positive vibes now permeate every aspect of my being, I have lost the weight I wanted to and have kept it off, and I have more spiritual and physical energy than at any other point in my life.

Have you ever felt angry? Upset? Hurt? Overwhelmed? Not up to it? This audiobook, with its pithy teachings based in Zen, will help you find the jewel in the inevitable mud of life rather than wallowing in that mud. Not only does each day offer us a new start and a chance to press reset but so does each and every breath. It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be, and your history doesn’t have to keep you trapped.

Too much noise inside our society. There's no better then stopping and try to relax, thinking about our brain, our health. Listen and learn how could be simply and beauty to know ourselves through Yoga.

Jolene’s back in Kickapoo for her mother’s annual birthday bash at the DQ, which is trouble enough, but when her checkered high school past comes back to haunt her, the problems turn decidedly deadly. Thanks to her old sweetheart, Sheriff Jerry Don Parker, high school wasn’t that bad for Jolene, but with bodies turning up faster than beer cans in the river, they’re a darned sight worse now.

I have made this audiobook so you can understand the theory without all the hard-to-understand equations and science speak. Once you understand quantum mechanics, you can use that knowledge to take control of your life.

Mindful Framing defines a novel, nature-mind body connection for the 21st century. With just 15 minutes of daily practice, you’ll experience a more intimate connection with the natural world, emotional harmony with the minds around you, and a feeling of overall invigoration.

Learn how to map your way to success with your goals and how to become a goal-seeking power-house. This book will show you how you can make the changes that will make all of the difference. Create your goals, easily complete your goals, and do it the right way.

Jolene Jackson would rather be anywhere than Kickapoo, Texas. Sweltering in the bug-infested flatlands and dodging nosy locals is never fun, but with the mayor murdered and her 72-year-old mother locked up in the county jail because of it, Jolene's dragged back to her old hometown, like it or not. Lucille isn't shedding any tears over her boyfriend's untimely demise, and her antics put her at the top of the suspect list. But when a not-so-ex Mrs. Mayor shows up to claim her due, it's pretty clear that Mother Dearest isn't the only one who's been done dirty.

Are ready to discover the best ways to improve your focus?! Is it safe to say that you get irritated in light of the fact that you can’t seem to concentrate for long periods of time and are not keeping on top of things in your everyday life? You can't seem to get out of that never ending hole of switching between various different things? The only way to get over this is to take that leap into learning how to solve your focus problems. This book is ideal for somebody wanting to learn the best ways of how to organize your life and get everything back to efficient, working order.

A safety guide covering all aspects of horses and horsemanship. Novice equestrians and professionals alike will find useful tips concerning the welfare of horse and rider. Aimed to simplify the world of horses and help to prevent injury to the equestrian and the horse.

Are ready to discover the best ways to improving your focus? Is it safe to say that you get irritated in light of the fact that you can’t seem to concentrate for long periods of time and are not keeping on top of things in your everyday life? You can't seem to get out of that hole of switching between various different things? The only way to get over this is to take that leap into learning how to solve your focus problems. This book is ideal for somebody wanting to learn the best ways of how to organize your life and get everything back to efficient, working order.

Want to learn all about body language? A practical guide for understanding the body language of others and monitoring your own. This audiobook discloses how to read and comprehend other individuals and how to be more mindful of what you are stating with your own body language. This simple guide shows you how to comprehend non-verbal messages, dealing independently with various parts of the body, for example, outward appearances, facial expressions, stances, and hand gestures.

Jesse James has learned never to rely on the men in her life. When the going gets tough, they're sure to leave. Just like the grandfather she never knew. But now her grandfather is back--if the man who knocked on her door is who he claims to be. He's a down-and-out conman, a liar, and a thief, but he needs Jesse's help. "Gramps" has swindled a dangerous man and is in hiding for his life. Against her better judgment, Jesse allows herself to get involved.

In the shadowy world of covert operations, Carly Fletcher and Bo Harris were presumed dead, a convenient fiction crafted by the CIA. But the truth was far more complex. Relocated to Europe under the guise of witness protection, they believed themselves safe, ready to carve out a new life. Fresh revelations emerge, crushing the hopes of a new start. Before long, they come to the grim realization that the individual who inflicted so much pain, is once again pursuing them.

It's springtime in upstate New York, where the lilacs are in bloom and love is all around—even for Jessica James, full-time investigative reporter and part-time fool. Well, why shouldn't she be? Everyone else is in love: her mother, still honeymooning with the mischievous Charlie Browne; and her sometime lover, mobster Marcus Andrelli, who seems to have forgotten Jesse and taken up with another woman. For Jesse, though, love is literally in the air, with a handsome pilot named Mac Devlin.

When 64-year-old Kay O'Brien hears her young Ojibwe neighbor, Shawna, scream out on the lake behind her house, she wants to help. Kay knows the girl's mother was killed years ago by a white man, but what she doesn’t know is that Shawna may soon be in trouble herself. At the same time, Kay and her son, Douglas, are both fighting ghosts of their own. Kay keeps her husband’s ashes on top of the TV and talks to him every day while drinking stiff Manhattans and trying to ignore the onset of Alzheimer’s.

FBI Agent Angel Blondeaux is the focus of a man the press has labeled the Blindfold Killer. With each victim, she receives the call informing her where the dead body is to be found. The New Orleans Police have no choice but to enlist her help in his capture.

In Literature and the New Culture Wars, Deborah Appleman calls for a reacknowledgment of the intellectual and affective work that literature can do, and offers ways to continue to teach troubling texts without doing harm. Rather than banishing challenged texts from our classrooms, she writes, we should be confronting and teaching the controversies they invoke. Her book is a timely and eloquent argument for a reasoned approach to determining what literature still deserves to be read and taught and discussed.