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Lolli comes from the Land of Color and speaks directly to children, guiding them through stories that they themselves adventure on and feel a part of. Kids love the whimsical nature of following where Lolli takes them and learn things incidentally along the way. A fun and creative approach to mindfulness for children.

I've been clean for years. But now my addiction has a face. Her face.... At 18, I stood at the precipice of stardom. I had the record deal. And the tour to back it up. But I succumbed to the pressure of that life. The dark side. Now, I skate on the fringe. My brother is the genius guitarist for the band Caged, and I’m the one who helped make that happen. I’m happy to run my bars and my land development company. Sure I am. And then I meet her.

Zu Beginn der 30er Jahre wird das einfache Fischermädchen Chiyo in die alte Kaiserstadt Kyoto gebracht...

Cheyanne Taylor has seen and experienced the evil that comes from the love of money. She was born to parents who chased wealth and status more than they prioritized nurturing and loving her. Thankfully, her billionaire grandfather adopted her and provided the stable home she needed. After years of toxic relationships with men of wealth or who used her because of hers, Cheyanne decides to keep her identity hidden.

From the moment Audre arrives in rural Pennsylvania, it’s clear she won’t fit in. After all, her nose ring, her horror movie obsession, and her family’s Ouija board collection aren’t likely to endear her to a town convinced there’s a secret Satanic cult conducting rituals in the nearby woods. When the preacher’s daughter and Audre’s crush, Elle, goes missing on Halloween weekend, the town is quick to point fingers in Audre’s direction.

Als ein Attentäter Reynas Leben in Gefahr bringt, hat sie genug von ihrem Job als Leibwächterin der Königin. Kurzerhand beschließen sie und ihre Partnerin Kianthe, eine mächtige Magierin, ein Büchercafé mit besonderen Teesorten zu eröffnen. Doch die erhoffte Ruhe bleibt zunächst aus: Sie müssen sich nicht nur in ihrem neuen Leben zurechtfinden, sondern auch herausfinden, was es mit den Drachenangriffen auf sich hat, die ihr neues Zuhause immer wieder heimsuchen.

In her introduction to this year’s The Best American Essays, guest editor Vivian Gornick states that her selections “contribute materially to the long and honorable history of the personal essay by way of the value they place on lived experience.” Provocative, daring, and honest at a time when many writers are deliberately silencing themselves in the face of authoritarian and populist censorship movements, the twenty-one essays collected here reflect their authors’ unapologetic observations of the world around them.

Russkaja narodnaja skazka - proizvedenie ustnogo tvorchestva russkogo naroda, odin iz vidov fol'klornoj prozy. V russkih skazkah russkij narod pytalsja vyskazat' svoe nacional'noe mirooshhushhenie, nastavit' svoih detej v pervobytnoj, no glubokoj zhiznennoj mudrosti, - razreshaja lezhavshie na ego serdce zhiznennye, nravstvennye, semejnye, bytovye i gosudarstvennye voprosy.

From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Fever Dream comes a hotly anticipated new collection of eerie short stories. Playful and unsettling, teeming with the energy of barely contained violence, Seven Empty Houses dismantles the neat appearance of domesticity to expose the darkness and discomfort that lies beneath.

The stories in Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, ravenous yearning: the hunger to be held, and seen, and known. And the terror, too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long enough. To be laid bare before your sweetheart, to their horror. To be recognized as the monstrous thing you are. In these lush, strange stories, GennaRose Nethercott explores human longing in all its diamond-dark facets to create a collection that will redefine what you see as a beast, and make you beg to have your heart broken.

After discovering a man’s body in the Rotherhithe tunnel, Alice Carter embarks on one of the most unusual cases she will ever encounter. Politicians and civilians are dying in odd circumstances and it leaves her mentor, Max Greenstick, scratching his head. Why are they being targeted, and what links the outlandish deaths together?

Some of the most common human experiences are self-criticism, self-doubt, and self-recrimination. We often are far harsher on ourselves than on others, and many of us suffer constantly for it. Research shows that when we truly accept ourselves, it changes everything. We become less reactive and more resilient. Our physical health improves. We are capable of deeper and more satisfying relationships. In The Self-Acceptance Summit: Volume Three, you’ll find a collection of insights, encouraging voices, and on-the-spot tools to help you transform your relationship with yourself.

Weeks became months, and months became years. Each day nudged Kason deeper into his addiction. Each memory of the girl destroyed fed the craving for what he could never have again. Leaving a life-altering first love behind, Adaline tried moving forward to find love and trust and happiness. Pain eventually faded, wounds slowly healed, yet scars were forever left behind. But some scars feel like kisses. When the shattered pieces of their hearts are forced to meet again, the two of them must decide how much pain their love is worth enduring.

Through Adopted Hearts explores the world of adoption from the viewpoints of both birth and adoptive parents. In this follow up to Through Adopted Eyes, author and adoptee Elena Hall guides listeners through a diverse collection of true stories filled with powerful insight into the rest of the adoption triad. If you are an adoptive parent, birth parent, adoptee, or just curious to learn more, this audiobook provides thoughtful and challenging perspective into how adoption shapes and changes lives.

¡Es la hora de contar un cuento! Ella y Rishi son muy buenos amigos y juegan en la granja urbana Lellobee mientras la abuelita Mei les cuenta fantásticas fábulas que ha recopilado en sus viajes por el mundo!

Three complete, best-selling cozy mystery stories in one boxset! Includes Muffins and Coffins, Nuts and a Choking Corpse, and Orange Mousse and a Fatal Truce.

El 2 de octubre no se olvida. A partir de testimonios de víctimas, estudiantes, maestros, padres de familia, periodistas, intelectuales, así como de agentes del estado opresor y de quienes no simpatizaban con la causa, se hilan los tensos momentos alrededor de la represión del Movimiento Estudiantil de 1968 que sembraría una nueva conciencia política y que no pudo ser silenciado ni por el más cruel de los autoritarismos: el que asesina a los jóvenes y les roba sus sueños.

Nunca se es demasiado jóven para salvar el mundo. Este es el mensaje que transmiten los 16 cuentos de este libro. 16 vidas extraordinarias de personas que luchan cada día por salvar el medio ambiente. 16 historias para los pequeños heroes que salvarán nuestro planeta. De Leonardo di Caprio a Emma Watson, pasando por supuesto por Greta Thunberg o Pierre Rabhi (considerado como el Gandhi de la ecología), el libro cuenta dieciséis historias ejemplares de personas que luchan por el medio ambiente y, por lo tanto, por salvar el planeta.

The rules of the game were simple. One weekend. We play our roles. Actually, we play lots of roles. I get the info I need for a secret work project. We go back to how we were. That’s what I proposed to handsome, clever, commanding Jake. That’s what he said yes to - this decadent gift of a weekend that would get me out of trouble. But that’s not what happened when our nights together in Vegas ended....

This audiobook has been made to empower you to get started on knitting or to improve your skills further! Learning or improving doesn’t need to be hard and dull; we have designed the audiobook to be user friendly with step-by-step instructions.