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Take a relaxing journey in your imagination to calm your mind. Relax your body and your mind, and come to a place of rest and relaxation. In this journey to inner peace, you'll wander along a stream, through a forest, and finally come to rest by a beautiful lake. This guided meditation has a relaxing soundtrack and will help you reduce stress, relieve anxiety, and gently relax ready for sleep.

Feel like your mind is buzzing, and it's difficult to de-stress and unwind? This guided meditation leads you through a full body relaxation, followed by a gentle guided meditation on the shores of a seashore, with the sounds of the waves lapping at the beach. This meditation will help you to calm your mind, find relief from anxiety, relieve stress through mindfulness, and find inner peace. Use this guided mindfulness meditation to can create your own quiet haven of peace.

“It is an auspicious night, don’t you think?" The spirit gestured out over the mist covered graveyard before them. “Tonight is All Hallows Eve,” he breathed, “Halloween!” Melvin’s eyes widened as he turned his gaze to follow the ghosts’ hand. Distant howling floated back toward them on the chill breeze. “Tonight phantoms rise up from this last plot of hallowed ground. They assume form and substance and walk amongst the living!" A shiver ran down Melvin’s spine.

Kent Hill presents a double whammy, a double feature, one part heart and one part laughs. Necropolis Tryst begins your listening experience with a tale close to life, full of laughs, love, and tragedy. His over-the-top style comes back to earth in this coming of age that shows Hill is not only a madman, cracking jokes at whirlwind speed, but he is fully human, a romantic and poet. And once you are nice and wet, dip into the genre-splicing parody fest "Zombie Park". A wild and bizarre ride through a kaleidoscope of movies that include Predator, Aliens, and of course, Jurassic Park. Why get one? Rejoice dear listener, in thy double feature.

Snowfrog is turning another year older, and he is ready to celebrate in style! Snowfrog has his mind set on red boots and a shiny new pair of snow skis! Visions of flying high, racing fast, and jumping from the highest hill fill Snowfrog's dreams at night. Oh boy, he could almost taste the snow hitting his wide grin. But first, he and his daddy must get ready for the big birthday celebration party. Does Snowfrog's birthday wish come true? Will he be high-flying over the slopes, or does Snowfrog have another surprise waiting? Find out....

The many ills of the modern world can be debilitating. With a lot seemingly senseless violence, pain, and destruction, we need a lot of inner strength to overcome cynicism and despair - and to remain hopeful about the future. With Dr. Peale's careful guidance, you can achieve happiness and security by learning how to: conquer your fear; free yourself of guilty feelings; live well and prosper, personally and professionally; become physically healthy - the natural way; stay enthusiastic even in poor circumstances; tackle problems hopefully and creatively; and harness the power of prayer.

It's only a matter of time - the modern notion of privacy is quickly evaporating because of technological advancement and social engagement. Whether we like it or not, all our actions and communications are going to be revealed for everyone to see. Exposed: How Revealing Your Data and Eliminating Privacy Increases Trust and Liberates Humanity takes a controversial and insightful look at the concept of privacy and persuasively argues that preparing for a post-private future is better than exacerbating the painful transition by attempting to delay the inevitable.

Why does music influence how we feel so deeply—and what are the scientific mechanisms behind this phenomenon? In Music Between Your Ears, Dr. Samuel Markind explores the intriguing relationship between music and brain function. Using evolutionary theory, he illuminates the pivotal role that music plays in human survival and procreation. From communication and caregiving to social bonding and partner selection, music has molded the human species and continues to shape our lives in remarkable ways.

Building a ranch takes heart and grit. Smoke and Sally Jensen are more than capable of meeting the challenges of shaping the land, raising the livestock, and establishing their brand. But Smoke wasn’t always an entrepreneur. He’s more apt to settle accounts with a fast draw than a checkbook. And when he learns his old friend Preacher has been ambushed by outlaws, he wastes no time saddling up and hitting the vengeance trail with his fellow mountain men Audie and Nighthawk.

Gideon lowers his eye to the telescope lens, turns a dial, sees, collapses. Awakes concussed and rushes to the city square to announce his discovery: massive structures on another planet. Impossible without intelligence. He is burned at the stake for heresy. Will Lark is losing his mind. He's obsessed with a door on a roof of the apartment building next to his in San Francisco, thinks he's being followed, thinks the moon is swollen and likely to drop out of the sky. His dreams have been menacing and arguably prophetic.

What happens when a European vampire digs his way into Japan? When Lollipop comes looking to call in Frank’s debts, Frank and Wrenn find themselves in Tokyo and embroiled in a Frankenstein family reunion neither of them wanted—nor thought possible. The Vampire God formerly known as Brother has escaped his prison. Add angry kami, needy mate magic, a language neither Frank nor Wrenn understands, fragile international magical diplomacy, and… well, culture really can be a shock.