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Jimmy the beetle loves to sing to God while flying in the flower garden. Jimmy gets caught in a spider's web and has to get free. Listen to this story and discover how Jimmy gets free of the web. Go on the flower garden journey with Jimmy. This story is about persistence, courage, faith, and praise.

Rachel and Beth discover the beauty of God's glory and the power of prayer as they search for butterflies in the butterfly garden. The butterflies continue to disappear until the girls learn the butterfly secret. Scripture reference: Proverbs 3:7 (KJV). Be not wise in thine own eyes. This story is about patience, persistence, beauty, fun, and friendship.

Toby is a frog standing on his favorite lily pad croaking, "who cares?" He discovers who cares one rainy day and rescues a baby frog, teaching his friends that God cares for them.

An all-too-plausible terrorist plot to destroy the Houses of Parliament brings into focus much greater problems than the differences between two cultures in this gripping thriller from a former commissioned officer in the Parachute Regiment.

On a misty Monday - 21st June 1948 - the MV Empire Windrush sailed up the Thames and anchored at Tilbury Dock, London. There were a total of 1,027 passengers on board with 802 passengers from British Colonies in the West Indies. The infamous images of the passengers walking down the gangplank the next morning would be the moment the Windrush Generation was born. A Circle of Five reflects on the stories of the 300,000 or so making the same journey between 1948 and 1971 by showcasing the voices of five Jamaican women, Evelyn, Emma, Irene, Ivy and Melissa.

An uncompromising wake-up call. Joy White tells uncomfortable truths and blows apart our understanding of racism, crime, and policing in our inner cities. Since the 1980s, austerity, gentrification, and structural racism have wreaked havoc on inner-city communities, widening inequality and entrenching poverty.

Insecurities can affect every area of our lives, from relationships to finances to our jobs, even though experiencing some insecurities in life is perfectly normal and is something that everyone goes through. The problem comes when we allow these insecurities to take over our lives and we allow our emotions to control us. This book is going to help you understand why you are dealing with the insecurities that you deal with on a day-to-day basis, and more than that, it is going to teach you how to overcome these insecurities and become a confident person.

Imagine experiencing the death of two infants, the death of your teenager, abortion, and it's aftermath, broken engagements, the death of a parent, the death of a best friend, divorce, foreclosure, financial ruin, and injustice from the judicial system. These are just a few of the personal tragedies Debra has turned into triumph. Debra's touching, often humorous, down-to-earth real life story takes you on a journey through guilt, self-condemnation, and poor self-image. In the process she discovered peace, contentment, and forgiveness.

Are you prepared to retire on your terms? Author, coach, and personal finance professional Debra K. Menke spent years watching powerful women not properly plan for retirement. To help this strong tribe of women take ownership of their financial freedom, she offers this love letter as a route to retirement success.

Weather Menders is a cli-fi novel for the hopeful. What if time travelers from 300 years in the future told you that there was a chance that you could prevent catastrophic climate change, plagues, and wars by going back in time to key pivot points and ethically altering the outcome of rigged elections? What if failure would result in the end of all life on the planet? Would you go?

Yellow fever is ravaging the Florida frontier in 1888, killing thousands of people and destroying the dreams of thousands more. Sally Ann and Lanier Walton are struggling to stay afloat on their ranch, what with the theft of cattle, chickens, and garden foods. Many of the ranch hands have departed, some who will likely be killed by the epidemic. It’s a time of great panic, but the family has a plan to safely guide them through the danger. The story moves through time until 1897 and centers largely around the children of the ranch, especially Sarah, who is Sally’s granddaughter.

Debra Wanger knows how difficult it can be to pursue your dream of acting without compromising your health or your sanity. She drew wisdom from decades of working as an actor, talent manager, and wellness coach to write The Resilient Actor and give emerging and experienced actors a holistic approach to their profession that marries mind, body, spirit, and craft. Sustaining a healthy and satisfying career requires more than just talent - go beyond the skills you learned in your BFA program.

Emilia Rose had a secret, one that she didn’t share with anyone. Her secret was that each night in her dreams, she traveled to LiaLand and lived among the friendly, funny, cheeky, and brave LiaBots. One night, Emilia Rose was in her LiaLand dream and saw a rainbow. Rainbows just made her smile, they were so pretty. "Where do they come from?" she wondered. "I know," she said, "The LiaBots can solve this mystery for me." They were to go on an adventure out into the world and find out where rainbows begin.

Revealing step-by-step, chapter-by-chapter strategies brands can implement to effectively include Persons with Disabilities (PWD) into their customer and employee base, tapping into the trillions available through PWD market, Debra Ruh delivers insights and methodologies used in her 30+ years advising and assisting the United Nations, countries, and multi-national corporations. Included are case studies, marketing ads, and impact branding applying Ruh’s 4Ps: Profit, People, Purpose, and Planet principles.

Conversations between a Southern mom and her son.

Enjoy this collection of stories for children about life on the farm. In "Hector Helps Out", Calliope the hen enlists the help of Hector the rooster in an effort to retain her egg. They work to pull a fast one on Farmer Bean. Also included are nine other stories about animals and living on the farm: "Hatch!", "Fresh from the Farm", "Grandpa Drives a Milk Truck", "Mem and Grandpa at the Farm Stand", "Diggory Dog", "Fleece Fiber, Yarn Sweater", "Harvest Time with Papa", "Herbert, Hurry Up", and "A Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy".

Take a shot of our life with the poem One Shot of Our Life.

In A Simple Path to a Miraculous Life, author Debra Cummings focuses on propelling you forward into a life of your dreams. Forget the small, incremental steps; she talks about huge and transformational change. She shares that it isn't about meekly writing your goals and sitting idly by, hoping for a miracle. It's about taking action, stepping into your power, and having the courage to live your dreams.

By the #1 bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany and In Tuscany, Swan is a haunting novel set in the deep South -- a resonant tale of long-buried family secrets and mysteries brought suddenly to light. In her celebrated memoirs of life in Tuscany, Frances Mayes writes...

How do you explain to your son that his father will never make it home? How do you explain death? Even if you believe in god, you still have to explain to a child that his father is with god. How do you stop him from trying to join his father? Martha has to find a way as she struggles with her own grief - though the father doesn't make it easy on her with his ghostly phone calls to their son, telling him that his father is coming home.