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A collection of one-acts by the Pulitzer-winning playwright, including Close the Book, Suppressed Desires, Tickless Time, Woman's Honor, The People, and Trifles.

Set in early 20th century New York, Edith Wharton's classic novel follows the changing fortunes of the beautiful Lily Bart, an impoverished socialite who relies on the kindness of rich friends to move in glamorous society. Lily and all her friends know that she must make a rich marriage to achieve financial security, but she is drawn to kindred spirit Lawrence Selden, a charming but decidedly middle-class lawyer. Will Lily survive in a world of predatory financiers and their ruthless wives?

The Assassination of Procrastination is a guide that can help you to overcome those catalysts that ultimately causes all of us to procrastinate. I was once a person that seemed like I was getting things done, but in reality, I was procrastinating on starting businesses that I really wanted to do. I hid my thoughts and feelings very well. I had fears. I worried about what other people would think of me. I had doubts. I was indecisive. I also wanted things to be perfect.

Fed up with diets you can’t stick to? Forget them. Now’s the time to change your mindset and finally take control of your health and happiness. Dieting feeds an unhealthy relationship with food. The media sells us the image of the perfect body; the idea that we should look a certain way. But there’s no such thing. Setting out to achieve the perfect body is working towards an unachievable goal. Intuitive eating gives your mind and body everything they need to be healthy. Weight loss is just an added bonus.

An enraged cattle rancher fires a herder and forces him to leave through a savage jungle. Then he sets his trained jaguar on the man's trail - the big cat will feast tonight!

Haypress feeding is a brutal test of strength that can kill a man. Cafferty isn't worried. He's going after Frenchie's record anyway - the prize is a dream come true.

There's nothin' like a story of love, giving and happiness for Christmas.

The morning air rocked with the explosions of a half-dozen guns. Ten cutthroats rode into Alkali Coulee to ambush the steamboat Great West. They ignored an old Indian sitting by the dock. That wasn't smart.

Whenever Ted commutes, he observes the strange and wonderful behaviors of his fellow passengers and records them for your listening pleasure. Recorded in real time over six years, allowing you to follow stories in chronological order, and occasionally link them to world events.

One-hundred and sixty-five hilarious and clean Thanksgiving themed jokes that will keep kids laughing for hours on end! A must-have for Thanksgiving Day either for your kids to listen to themselves or gift it to someone to show thanks! Buy now if you are ready for your kids to have some serious laughs or help them show gratitude on Thanksgiving by gifting this book!

These are the end times. We hear this sentiment in one way or another from various sources, from the fundamentalist preacher, to the scientist warning us of climate change. This is a time of economic uncertainty, political oppression, and cultural unraveling. Apocalypse, in the ancient world and today, is the experience of disconnection and of unraveling. It is when old gods are dying and the old stories no longer have meaning.

Grief isn’t just psychological - it can have profound effects on your health, your cognitive abilities, and even your desire to live. When you lose a loved one, the world stops making sense. Chances are that you find it difficult to maintain a sense of normalcy, to keep on going when you feel like crawling in bed, curling up in a little ball, and spending the next year under your blanket. While loss is a normal part of our human existence, we are never fully prepared for its impact.

The Bigfoot creature is well-known in North America, but reports of eight-foot-tall unknown primates abound in the forests of the UK and are reported weekly. This Euro Sasquatch is described by eyewitnesses as being between six and eight feet tall with a pronounced brow, a rounded, crested head like a gorilla, and as often all black in color. There are more than 500 sightings of creatures fitting these descriptions, and many encounters border on the supernatural.

Paranormal activity abounds in the California and Nevada deserts. Phantom beings and ghosts are reported, but there is much more happening in Death Valley and Area 51 than spirit entities. Many have encountered UFOs firsthand and even encountered alien beings from another world. From nuclear testing to grisly murders over gold and riches, the darker truth is that aliens may be inhabiting underground bases and operating portals to other dimensions in the deserts of the US.

Working his way through just slightly more than 30 years pursuing music as a career, Phil Circle makes unapologetic declarations, shares his struggles openly, observes his and others' mistakes and successes, and brings in some recent research that points in a good direction for independents everywhere. Through each story about a friend; discussion of the crafts of music, songwriting, or teaching; and piece of data, Phil brings in his own life experience.

It might be difficult to admit, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. It’s okay not to be okay. Grief is an absolutely natural response to losing someone who is important to you. There is no right way to grieve. Everybody grieves differently, but there are healthy ways to help you deal with the grieving process. If you reveal those ways, understand your emotions, take care of yourself, and seek support, you can heal. It’s true, life will never be the same. Circumstances changed your life, but now you’re the one who has the control to change it again.

Rather than as a Falstaffian figure of limited intellect, Edmund Wehrle reveals Babe Ruth as an ambitious, independent operator, one not afraid to challenge baseball’s draconian labor system. To the baseball establishment, Ruth’s immense popularity represented opportunity, but his rebelliousness and potential to overturn the status quo presented a threat. After a decades-long campaign waged by baseball to contain and discredit him, the image of Ruth that baseball perpetuated still informs how many people remember Babe Ruth to this day.

In 1980s America, coming out as gay as a father and husband was a significant journey for anyone to make. Coming out as gay as a priest guaranteed immersion into controversy, contradiction, and challenge. This audiobook tells of the Reverend Canon Ted Karpf's navigation of new social and romantic journeys, all within the context of his priestly vocation in the Episcopal Church.

Bucky Veil was a professional baseballer who played the game in the early years of the 20th century, a time when baseball was beginning to evolve into America's national pastime. As a 22-year-old rookie with the 1903 Pittsburg Pirates, he pitched in the first world series of modern major league baseball, thus witnessing firsthand an important milestone in the history of the sport.

Coaches in any sport or any field have a wonderful opportunity to inspire their students or clients to achieve their highest potential. This book provides a clear and concise road map of how to coach from the heart, focusing on the positive attributes that are the hallmark of all excellent coaches. Presented in the form of an engaging story, it illustrates and then summarizes the philosophy and characteristics of coaches who are superb leaders, in all sports or an any field of coaching or counseling.