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Bobby is a green balloon. He lives with dad and mummy. He has a knot that keeps him up and air inside his tummy. If you like witty, fun rhyming books, you will love Balloon Family and Hedgehog. Hope the balloons do not pop (they will not). Children's story book featuring yellow mummy balloon, blue daddy balloon, and of course green balloon Bobby.

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

World War II has forced Zane Carter to become a survivor, a fierce soldier, and a godless man whose hands are covered in blood. After a horrendous explosion he finds himself trapped in Nazi-occupied France. With no means of escape, Zane endeavors to stay low, but it is not easy surviving behind enemy lines. Every day he is tormented by the horrors of war, his tumultuous past, and strange visions. He wishes nothing but death.

When Stuart is made redundant from his post as an advisor at Rayleigh Job Centre, he finds it hard to let go. Losing his job is tough enough, but worse than that is losing his chance of finally forging a relationship with his colleague, senior job seeker Nicola, who he's been yearning for ever since their one-night stand seven years ago. Queuing up to sign on, he finds himself reunited with his old school mates Joe and Terry, who he thought he outgrew years ago. They're delighted to have him back in their gang and are soon far too busy to find a job.

Last Christmas, art therapist Issy Riley was jilted by her fiancé. This Christmas, she’s running away. A week with a client on his private Fijian island promises to save her from cheating men and the London festive season. But when the client turns out to be a gorgeous and magnetic Italian billionaire, he threatens her resolve to never again trust her heart to the wrong man.

Dr. Angeli Maun Akey and Dr. Kathleen O’Neil-Smith have used their experience to bring a living resource to life. This concise primer provides the three-essential ingredients for coping with our current health challenge - information, analysis, and practical steps forward. Starting with a summary of COVID-19, they outline practical information about the virus and how our bodies respond to infection. Adding a cherry on top, they combine their work with online resources so that it remains up to date with the latest medical research!

Greg is a hapless 20-something who travels to India to find enlightenment or, at least, some good ganja. When he falls off a truck somewhere in Tamil Nadu, tired, hungry, and hung over, he finds something else. The Upanishad of Greg is a modern-day fable about the power of tiny acts of kindness.

Kiri Love had no need for friendships. She had no time for distraction. She was in her final year of medical studies by the grace of God to do a job - and she was determined to do a darned good one. There was no way she could fail. Her mom had scrimped and saved every last dollar she earned and worked three jobs to pay for Kiri’s education, and Kiri was determined to make her proud.

Sometimes love finds you.... Amateur matchmaker Cassie Roberts has only one wish - to help her best friend find a husband. What she doesn’t realize is that sometimes love doesn’t come easily and that destiny is impossible to predict. When her efforts don’t bear fruit, she considers abandoning her fledgling career. Until she makes one last attempt. Finding a Husband is a short story full of quirky humor and the promise of a happily ever after. Set in Blenheim, in New Zealand’s sublime South Island - the gateway to the award-winning wineries of the Wairau Valley.

In The Emancipation of Slaves Through Music, music mogul Dr. Mathew Knowles presents a keen examination of the liberating effects of music on an oppressed people. By taking listeners on the journey of its secret use during slavery up through its eventual commercialization in the industry, he exposes the art form's true power. Between its informative sections, the audiobook explores the uprooting of Africans via the transatlantic slave trade and the evolving effect on the people and their music.

Forty-four-year-old Ruby Evans doesn’t want to be a "leftover girl". But finding a "forever man" is proving impossible. Suddenly single after 20 years of marriage, her husband is the only man she has ever slept with. But the one bit of security that she always thought she’d hold onto for the rest of her life is brutally ripped from her. Humiliatingly and cruelly made an ex when her husband trades her for a younger model, Chanel Zest, a longtime friend and motivational life coach, comes to Ruby’s rescue.

For music executive Mathew Knowles, the sensation that became Destiny’s Child began with his own - Beyoncé. From a unique vantage point, he not only watched but encouraged her dream alongside the ever-evolving phenomenon of the world’s most acclaimed girls group. Listeners get his insights from the mechanics of managing, motivating, and maneuvering talented children through a resistant industry; to parenting and attending to them in all other aspects. His accounts reveal a journey that let to both challenges and controversy underneath an unparalleled success.

My life was spiraling out of control. The day I found myself at an intersection waiting for a bus, I knew I’d hit rock bottom. Rather than board, I intended to step in front of it and end all the misery in my life. Fortunately, one faint spark of hope kept me on the sidewalk that day. Then I met Brad. Psychologist turned life coach, his direct, no-nonsense approach nearly drove me out of his office on the first visit. But wise and patient mentoring over time guided me in unlocking one of life’s greatest paradoxical truths: The gift in the wound. My world changed.

John Steele left his family and home at the tender age of 16 to join the Royal Navy. In a select branch of only 200, he subsequently qualified as the youngest clearance diver at that time. He then moved on to a life as a commercial oilfield diver, and for 22 years worked in the unforgiving depths of the North Sea and Persian Gulf. In 2004 a new industry was opening up. After an intense reeducation he secured a job with one of the largest private security companies working with the reconstruction of Iraq.

Past love and passionate obsessions. What will you do when love flies back into your life? Oliver Hart is used to getting what he wants. Single, 35 and a committed bachelor, he plays by his own rules. On a personal quest to catch a rare, elusive, and very valuable butterfly, he's unwittingly distracted by a former flame, Ruby Diaz - a woman who callously abandoned him eight years earlier. Deciding he wants to reclaim the beauty as his own, in his mind, it's as good as done. But Ruby is not his for the taking.

When a lonely young American woman inherits a painting, she discovers her whole life was a lie. Desperate for the truth, she goes in search of her true identity. The painting is her only clue. But everyone is determined to keep its secret past repressed, including Vitaliano Rossi, the Italian gold tycoon, unnaturally suspicious of her motives, who wants the painting vanquished. How can she discover who she really is and convince him that his love means more to her than gold?

Still reeling following her malicious sacking, family therapist Lily Rose is feeling rejected and low in spirits. Even worse, she’s broke. The last thing she needs is more money woes. Which is exactly what happens when she collides with billionaire water magnate Leonardo Ermenegildo Bressolini’s mint-condition Lamborghini. Having found a place to retreat from the madness, greed, and malevolence of his ex-wife, the last thing Leonardo wants is complications. But he is a man in need of a housekeeper. And Lily Rose owes him. Big time.

Here’s an invaluable life lesson, free of charge: Creating a better life for yourself isn’t as difficult as you believe. Balance your Life doesn't follow the same copy/paste formula that litters the self-help sections of your local bookstore. In this book, you will find a trusted guide on your journey to a better life. You will find a mentor who will give you the peace of mind knowing each step you take will be in the right direction. You will find a close friend who encourages you on this path toward personal fulfillment.

A modern romance. Can a man find love after tragedy? He can, if two determined women wish it to be so.

Sometimes the end is just the beginning...Viticulturist Joey Harper's organic vineyard is under siege from neighboring landowners with chemical sprays, wanting to turn a fast profit, and someone purchasing large tracts of land under incredible secrecy. Venetian winemaking tycoon Tomasso Rivetti has it all: a loving family, good looks, and a considerable fortune. As a final battle draws close, Joey and Tomasso are drawn irresistibly together. And while they succumb to the heat between them, they both know there can be no tomorrow...