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This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade three, introduces listeners to Elizabeth Jane Cochran, better known as Nellie Bly. She was an uneducated woman who landed a job as a journalist in a time when women were thought to belong at home and not in the workforce. The comprehension skills featured in this audio study include understanding informational texts, problems and solutions, and vocabulary-building.

Molly: A Love Story is a true story about a cute little pit bull, lost and alone in the world until one day she was rescued and given a home. Molly’s story teaches children about the unconditional love that a dog can bring into the lives of a family. As a cancer survivor, Molly overcame adversity, and her story shows that despite every hardship, true love is everlasting.

Twelve years old, Pat is a hundred pounds of grit thriving in the ideal childhood her parents create. A graduate’s first day on the job ends as she sleeps in her classroom after a dinner of Crisco and Red Vines. Jezebel takes stock of the consequences of her life choices as she plans her next 20 years. Following her mother’s murder, a teen reinvents herself to escape the threats and certainties she sees coming at her. Sometimes a mother's love is not enough.

Mars. The Red Planet. Bringer of war, the God of war itself. The planet that gave birth to the modern era of science fiction when H.G. Wells gazed upon the red light in the night sky and envisioned an army gathering upon its plains to invade our world. These are the stories of Mars. Stories of adventure, conflict, and war.

Menopause. Every woman goes through it, but few of us talk about it with our friends. Following the success of The Girl in the Gold Bikini, author Dana Goldstein is throwing back the curtain on the most challenging years of a woman's life. Holding nothing back, the author brings her unique sense of humor to her menopausal journey, sharing stories of hair growing where it shouldn't, erotic dreams that leave her shaken for days, and her struggle to stop herself from killing her beloved husband.

The year is 1896, and Elizabeth ("Lisi") von Schwabacher, the gifted daughter of a Jewish banker, returns home to Berlin from three years of piano study in Vienna. Though her thoughts are far from matrimony, she is pursued by two noblemen impressed as much by her stunning wealth as by her prodigious intellect and musical talent. Awakened to sudden improvements in the opportunities open to women, Lisi balks at her mother's expectation that she will contract a brilliant marriage and settle down to a life as a wife and mother.

Dana Gillespie’s 2021 memoir, Weren’t Born a Man, has been celebrated as "eye-popping" by The Spectator, "scandalous" by The Daily Mail, and "hilarious and moving" by The Times, all of them fitting descriptions that still don’t quite do it justice. It’s the tale of a true artist/adventurer’s life, told with vivid humour, no regrets, and an unflinching eye for detail. Dana’s life so far has been one from which every last drop of love, joy, and ebullience has been wrung.

Holy Wow! was written as one volume with 13 chapters...now divided into three volumes. Volume I is Chapters 1-5. Volume II is Chapters 6-9. Volume III has Chapters10-13. The odd-number chapters are the author’s story. Her journey. How she came to meditation. What she did with it. The even-number chapters take place in The Interpretorium...where beings go to prepare to incarnate human on Planet Earth...receiving updates on current customs and circumstances.

We are overly busy helicopter parents, control freaks, perfectionists, intolerants, over-consumers and social media junkies - who worry, fear, laugh less and always want more. In the midst of it, we wonder what it would feel like to open our hands and turn loose of all of it. In Holding on Loosely: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Living Unbound, author Dana Knox Wright tells stories of one who is hardwired to cling. To her children when they asked for a blessing to go.

When college student Kaylah Rhodes begins experiencing unexplained blood and memory loss, she suspects that she is the unwitting victim of a vampire. But meeting the vampire William Moore was nothing like what Kaylah expected. He is shy, socially awkward, and seems surprisingly normal for someone who drinks blood to survive

Life brings about many uncertainties, when faced with a challenge that may cause you to lose all sense of hope. What do you do? Lie down and give up, or do you stand up and find a way to make your life whole again? This is a story of how life can change in an instant. Those who are strong in their faith with God are built to endure tragedies, trials, and tribulations; undergoing a lot before getting back on track

Клинком и сердцем - фантастический роман Даны Арнаутовой и Евгении Соловьевой, третий том второй книги цикла "Королева Теней", жанр романтическое фэнтези, приключенческое фэнтези.

Studentin Barbara hat Pech in der Liebe und futtert sich weibliche Frustrundungen an. Sie weiß, sie muss etwas dagegen tun. Doch was? Früher spielte sie einmal Tennis, ist aber längst aus der Übung. Deshalb sucht sie eine neue Trainings-Partnerin und trifft auf Monika, eine erfahrene wohlhabende Unternehmerin, die ihr nicht nur auf dem Court einiges beibringen kann. Auch im Bett erweist Monika sich als erfahrene Liebhaberin. Kann sie Barbara von sich überzeugen?

Gifts are special. They are unexpected and surprising and often times fill us with happiness and joy. In 2016, at the age of four, Nico was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Told from his mother's point of view, this memoir - comprised of true, short stories - documents some of the more astonishing experiences in Nico's life and the gifts given to others from those experiences.

What image does Venus draw to your mind? A great planetary body of deadly gases neighboring Earth, existing as its own world, mysterious and alluring? Or an image of a more fantastical nature, such as the jungles described by Edgar Rice Burroughs? Or do you think, perhaps, of a goddess who holds power and beauty beyond measure, whose name, throughout the ages, has been synonymous with love? Within this book, you will find tales of wonder, some of space, some of the heart, some that follow in the footsteps of the goddess herself.

As investigative journalist Andrea Kellner is heading out of Chicago for a long weekend, a driver in front of her is shot and killed. The city's gang violence problems have spilled onto a major expressway for the third time in a month. Or is something else at play? Her career faltering and marriage all but over, Andrea desperately needs a win, provided she can find out what's really behind the shootings.

The quality of your life depends largely on the degree of self-awareness that you have. If your life isn't running as smoothly as you'd like, then perhaps taking a few steps back and asking yourself some thought-provoking questions will help. This audiobook includes over 150 questions organized by different facets of your life: Personal, emotional, physical, spiritual, and financial. Get the clarity you need in order to move forward and create the best life possible.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Eat like a Local is for you. Eat like a Local Bangkok, by author Dana Konotop, will offer the inside scoop on the best places to eat in Bangkok, Thailand. Culinary tourism is an import aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate.

Are you one of millions of people losing regular income? Do you need to start earning money from home and spending it wisely? Do you want to know why most of the 57 million US freelancers do not want to return to nine-to-five jobs? Have you ever dreamed to become a successful entrepreneur? Online livelihoods are a growing industry (15 percent in 2019), and in this audiobook, I’ll show you how you can create a sustainable income by working online and save thousands a year.

Jillian Andrews has won so many titles she could do pageants in her sleep. Or at least that’s how she feels most days. Between her solid work ethic and the guidance of her coach Ashleigh, Jillian has become one of the best junior competitors in the greater Atlanta area. Despite that, though, everything is about to be turned upside down with one short phrase: Welcome to my world.