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When friends invite Lazy Ninja to some outings, he turns them down and opts to play games and watch TV. He just can’t find the motivation, or simply put, he's stuck in a rut! But then a friend pays him a visit and helps him see what he’s missing out on. Find out what happens in this comedic book about setting goals and finding motivation.

After an alarming discovery Inspector Bronson and Detective White continue their investigation into the murders of Leslie Sykes and Casey Shawe. They learn a lot about Leslie’s background and may have found a motive for the murder. Their investigation leads them back to their beginnings with two new suspects. A surprise discovery leads to Officer Swanson severely injuring one of the suspects. Requiring a warrant to continue their investigation Inspector Bronson and Detective White make headway.

Inventor Ninja was used to creating and problem-solving. When there was a problem, it was usually Inventor Ninja saving the day. Until one day, his light bulb turned off.

Taylor is a fine turkey, except for one small problem: She has gas. She can't help it. It's just the way she is. She explains that it's so common that there are different kinds of names for each toot.

Whenever Focused Ninja had a task to do, or if he set his mind on accomplishing something, he had a remarkable way of staying focused until it was complete. But Focused Ninja didn't always have this wonderful capacity to concentrate. Once upon a time, he could lose his attention quite easily. Find out what happens in this comedic book about improving one's focus and attention. Life is hard! And it's even harder for children who are just trying to figure things out.

This succinct guide is already being used for faculty development at an Ivy League medical school, a state university, and high schools across the country. It's an straightforward and quality blueprint for how to teach online. Drawing on nearly a decade of teaching online and many years working as a technical adviser and faculty developer in higher education, author Aaron Johnson walks you through 16 distinct characteristics of excellent online teaching.

Positive Ninja wasn’t always so happy and optimistic. She used to struggle with negativity until she learned a strategy that would change her forever. Find out what happens in this comedic book about mindfulness.

Grow your Christian faith in just five minutes a day with this unique devotional where Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone meets the Bible. With messages on gratitude, courage, and loving others, Finding Jesus in a World of Wizards is the perfect book for kids, teens, men, and women of all ages that are looking for a new way to nourish their faith.

eNinja shares his best learning practices for online school with his buddy Stressed Ninja. Find out what happens in this comedic book about overcoming anxiety and struggles with virtual distance learning. Life is hard! And it's even harder for children who are just trying to figure things out. The new children's book series Ninja Life Hacks was developed to help children learn valuable life skills.

Through a child's eyes, the world may seem chaotic with coronavirus (COVID19), masks, and social distancing. Masked Ninja explains what's going on in our current pandemic and shows us actionable steps we can take to prevent the spread of viruses and racism. Find out what happens in this comedic book about pandemics, viruses, and kindness. Life is hard! And it's even harder for children who are just trying to figure things out. The new children's book series, Ninja Life Hacks, was developed to help children learn valuable life skills.

Have you ever wondered about the most memorable advice dads have given their kids over the past decades? The Best Advice My Father Ever Gave Me is a fun companion book to The Best Advice My Mother Ever Gave Me. Dads over the years have given their sons and daughters a gamut of advice from practical “measure twice and cut once” to financial “You don’t get rich by wishing”, to personal, “Don’t marry without love, but don’t love without reason.” Dr. Barboa knocks it out of the park again with advice that will make you think and smile as you reminisce.

Inspector Bronson and Detective White continue their investigation into the murder of Leslie Sykes. Visiting her dorm and speaking to roommate Casey, they learn that the murder may have a motive, one that is drug-fuelled. Their investigation leads them to an old boathouse where they make some alarming discoveries. Armed with their new leads, they continue with their investigation back at the dorm only to run into another nightmare. Officer Swanson now becoming irritated by the investigation starts to show her true brute force. She is taking no prisoners.

In this heartfelt, funny, and ultimately inspiring memoir, Shadow recounts the first year that he came to live with his two Daddies, known as DJ and DS. Since they rescued him from the SPCA, Shadow chronicled his life in a weekly series of diary entries, first posted as a Facebook blog. From getting settled in his new home, to his Daddies learning his quirks (there are many!), to celebrations and holidays and road trips, Shadow experienced so much.

It was a world turned upside down, where brother fought brother. But with an evil gray menace threatening the nation, could the heroism of a rag doll save the Boys in Blue against: The Rebel Swamp Gas Menace!

Where does fear originate and what are the different forms of fear? All forms of fear are dangerous to the believer, but not all fears are equal! There is a form of fear that is more dangerous than the others. By acting on fear, worrying, being anxious, and speaking words of fear, you grant the adversary the legal right to move into your life with manifestations of fear’s curse. Fear Free will give you the essential keys to identifying the forms and origins of fear and discovering the ways to defeat fear!

On a warm summer's morning, a young couple out for their normal walk along the beach stumble upon something that shocks them to their very core. A girls body buried in the sand washes ashore by the sea. How did she get there? Inspector Bronson and Detective White take on the task to find out what happened to the girl. Clues left behind and messages from what appears to be the perpetrator lead them into something neither of them have investigated before.

This collection of short stories displays Ed Gorman's talents as a masterful storyteller across a range of genres.

A mysterious and beautiful girl who teaches arrogant young men about true love, a lonely traveling salesman who learns that his passenger is Death, children who can absorb the psychic pain of their parents, a desperately pursued serial killer who hides his face under gauze in a hospital room, and a woman who loves the alien infant nobody else wants - these stories and 10 others make up this collection by award-winning author Ed Gorman. Here are stories that led him to be called "one of the best" by Dean Koontz and "one of the most original writers in crime fiction today" by Kirkus Reviews. Here, you'll find the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction Award.

Included in Different Kinds of Dead, and Other Tales are "Different Kinds of Dead", "Deathman", "A Girl Like You", "Loverboy", "Muse", "Riff", "The Brasher Girl", "Survival", "Masque", "Second Most Popular", and others.

This collection reveals the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction Award. His protagonists, gritty and gruff, are strangely likable, and his writing, according to Mystery News, is "powerful, disturbing, [and] often poetic".

Before Jesse Owens was an Olympic gold medalist, he was a poor kid in a big family. When his speed caught the eye of one of his high school teachers, he began to train seriously and his running took him all the way to the Olympics, where he was against fierce competitors and racist assumptions, breaking world records while winning medals.

While on the search for missing comrades, John Henry and his pards stumble on a paradise on earth. A beautiful Garden of Eden bursting with enough crops and livestock to feed Uncle Billy’s army for months. But the property is owned by Kate Bradley and her lovely daughters, who reside in a nearby home converted into a hostel for guests. An invitation to wine and dine in the company of these ladies is too tempting to resist. While the soldiers are easily seduced, John Henry is suspicious from the get go.