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This book is educational in that it teaches young children between the ages of four and twelve how to deal with bullying. It's also a helpful resource for teachers and parents who are searching for solutions to help their children deal with bullying. It follows the life of 11-year-old Brandon, who likes to cause trouble and pick on kids smaller than him. Everyone, including Brandon's friends and teachers, are unable to stop Brandon's misbehaving and bullying until a small surprise and one that's half his size appears.

Sometimes, that promising lead turns out to be a bust. That first date doesn’t lead to a second. The sales pitch fails to land the client. But what if they could? What if you knew the steps to “set up” each conversation to increase the likelihood that you connect, engage and win?

"Even when you know who's guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the final curtain." He knows who you are and he knows what you did! He's The Whistler—a mysterious figure of the night who knows the nameless terrors of which you dare not speak! Here's radio noir at its finest in twenty tales of crime, mystery, and fate starring Bill Forman as The Whistler. The plotters and the pawns are played by Jeff Chandler, Betty Lou Gerson, Frank Lovejoy, Gerald Mohr, Eleanor Audley, Joseph Kearns, Frances Robinson, and more.

Kidnappers, bank robbers, interstate con artists, and the occasional spy—it's all in a day's work for Special Agent Jim Taylor! Drawn from official case files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, here are sixteen intriguing investigations torn from the headlines of 1951. Film star Stacy Harris is heard as Taylor, with narration by William Woodson. Tough guys like William Conrad and Sheldon Leonard and lovely ladies like Betty Lou Gerson and Georgia Ellis round out the cast.

We are a people of stories. We use them to entertain, to teach, and to instruct. Sometimes they warn us of the dangers of wandering too far into the woods, or they can be a detailed story to explain how magnificent landscapes came to be. Story has always been the way we pass time, the way we connect to each other, and most importantly, how we promote our values. Parables, especially, have a dual purpose. Not only do they keep us entertained, but they also make a point. Consider Aesop’s fables—tales of talking animals who learn valuable life lessons.

Pour mon bolide ? Pas besoin de plans compliqués : j'ai tout dans la tête. Bien sûr, ça prend des vis et des vis avant de tenir droit. Parfois ça marche, parfois pas, mais je tire la langue pour que ça roule. C'est ça, le secret des championnes ! Mamie croyait sûrement que j'allais me dégonfler, mais... Une petite fille relève les deux défis lancés par sa mamie : un, construire une voiture de course et deux, remporter son duel avec elle.

Autumn Clarke is getting her life back to normal with the help of her extraordinary shih tzu, Chrissy, when the death of a local philanthropist reveals the man’s dark family secrets, as well as unexpected ties to Autumn. When Chrissy discovers a dog-eared diary in the dead man’s family home, Autumn discovers that things in the Clarke family are not quite as they seem.

Il y a quelques années seulement, Tristan était un autre homme. Désabusé, indifférent au succès immense qu'il rencontrait en tant que tatoueur et curieux de toutes les addictions : drogues, alcool... femmes. Mais c'est justement une femme qui a bouleversé sa vie. Enfin, une version miniature : Briar Rose, un mois, fruit d'une nuit furtive avec une inconnue, a été déposée un matin sur le pas de sa porte, abandonnée par sa mère. Depuis, plus rien n'a jamais été pareil.

Sans dessus dessous est un roman d'anticipation de Jules Verne, paru en 18891, dans lequel certains personnages de De la Terre à la Lune réapparaissent. Comme dans plusieurs romans publiés à la fin de sa vie (notamment Face au drapeau, Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum ou La Chasse au météore), Jules Verne, tout en conservant le ton scientifique dont il use ordinairement dans ses Voyages extraordinaires, dénonce les excès d'une vision scientiste et rationnelle du monde, en usant d'un ton fortement teinté d'ironie envers ses héros.

When the rebels took the Crown Prince…they set the dominoes in motion. Will one young Ironside be able to change fate? Eric was a space marine assigned to a special unit. Their job was to protect the prince and his job was as a body double. How did the raiders know he wasn’t the real prince? How would they get him back? Then it got complicated. Miranda’s world just imploded. They killed her family because they knew the deadly secret. Now a colonial orphan, she has no choice. She must get revenge. Will Eric’s plan and Miranda’s destiny align?

Sixteen-year-old Savannah Scarlett struggles to reclaim her life after the devastating loss of her father. Just when she thinks things can't get any worse, Savannah witnesses an impossible phenomenon that triggers the emergence of a wild and powerful gift. She must learn to accept and control her newfound ability or die trying. That is, if a deadly organization of vicious hunters doesn't kill her first. Running for her life, Savannah soon finds refuge with the Errants, a ragtag group of powerful misfits who share her power and all the danger that comes with it.

Mit Hilfe eines besonderen Rubins gelangt Trevor in eine Fantasiewelt, in der sich mächtige Männer Harems zulegen, attraktive Fuchsdamen ihre Schwänze schwingen und es echte Magie gibt. Der Clou: Trevor ist ein waschechter Rubinmagier, der seine Feinde in Schutt und Asche legen kann.

Looking for a collection of short stories that will move you to tears of sadness and sentiments of joy? Add laughter and pillow-pondering to this list, and you'll get an idea of the magic of A Red Dress Night.

When Lucy is invited to serve her pastries at a charity gala, she's excited at the opportunity to rub shoulders with the movers and shakers in town. Things turn better than expected, when she's approached by a wealthy couple who want her to cater for a landmark event in their lives. Lucy's life is thrown into a tailspin, when she hears that this warm couple have been found dead. Things go from bad to worse when the rumor mill in Ivy Creek goes into overdrive with insinuations that Lucy's pastries might have been what killed the couple.

From the magical imagination of a young boy, to the delusional fear of an old man. From the protective love of a father, to the surreptitious revenge of a neglected wife. J Hirtle carries the listener into a land of stories and poetry, born in morning moments spent on his back porch with a cup of coffee, gazing at a world filled with people who will never be heroes, places that will never appear on the cover of travel magazines, and things...things without lore...until they meet The Storyteller.

Deepak comes to America immediately mesmerized by the immensity of its abundance. After leaving Nepal, his plan is to make his fortune in the land of opportunity. He quickly learns America is more than he bargained for, especially his newfound "friends". He questions whether he can even survive, much less succeed, in this new country until he finds an unexpected, unlikely love.

Cam et Max nagent en eaux troubles. Eux qui ont toujours cru que le plus difficile était de se déclarer leur amour sont rendus à la prochaine étape: celle de la passion à entretenir. La question pour eux n’est donc plus «doit-on prendre le risque d’aimer?», mais plutôt «comment fait-on pour que l’amour perdure?»

In South Florida, the fraud capital of the world, Jorge Gonzalez is a Cuban-American success story who just made partner in a top financial firm. But the perfect crime has just been committed. Now, Jorge is held responsible for the theft of millions. Overnight, his career is shattered, his family is shamed, and everyone has made him the scapegoat. The search for a dead man is on...With the help of a beautiful tech wiz, Jorge attempts to unlock the mystery and put his life back together.

Are you tired of seeing the ads on social media, promising you immediate success, fame, and financial freedom if you just buy this one course, or this one book? So was I. After years of trying to get the bars on the graphs of my KDP sales dashboard to rise, I figured out a few things. So, I started researching; read a few books, took a few of those courses, and even bought a few of those programs for content creation, marketing, etc. What I found as I sifted through the information was the cold hard truth about indie marketing, and not one aspect of it is a fairy tale.

Delilah et Luka ont grandi dans des caravanes voisines, au milieu d'un camping miteux, berceau de la misère. Delilah possède la beauté du diable, Luka, son âme. Poussée dans ses retranchements, elle est prête à tout pour s'éloigner très vite de cet endroit ; lui n'a pas les moyens de lui offrir un nouveau refuge. Ils s'aiment, mais ils ne sont pas capables de vivre ensemble. Delilah est butée, passionnée et vénale. Luka est froid, calculateur et sans scrupules. Quand l'un commence à prendre son envol, l'autre fomente sa vengeance.