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The story of The Happy Prince has three major themes. Firstly it shows that apparent beauty is nothing and the real beauty is to bestow love and sacrifice. Secondly, it discusses that love and sacrifice are two saving forces. Thirdly, it shows that there is a large gap between rich and poor people the rulers and the masses. When the happy prince is alive he lives a happy life without sorrows, he is living a care free life but after his death he sees through a tall Colum that life has another view except happiness and that is helplessness poverty, hypocrisy and corruption of elite and ruling class.

Overcomers is a children's Christian fiction story to help children overcome fear. Nine-year-old Claudia-Rose lives in Serenade Creek, a town known for its beauty and peace, until an armed invasion kicks her life out of normal into frantic despair. A fight against fear takes her to the brink of this choice: Give in to fear, or fight fear off, with the love of God, to save the people of her lovely town. What will she choose?

Anxiety will offer you all of the tips and tools that you need to tackle this pesky issue head-on, and make sure that your child lives a happy, carefree childhood, as all children are meant to! Modern life is stressful enough as an adult, let alone as a child, which is why child anxiety is an issue that is on the rise around the world. Despite this, many of us are not well-equipped to deal with these issues, and there are little books or articles available for people to learn about child anxiety.

Are you tired of long and boring car rides? Are you tired of seeing your kids spend hours upon hours just staring at their phones or tablets? Most road trips tend to start the same way with a long, agitating, and tiresome car ride. But, it doesn't have to be that way! This road trip activity audiobook is exactly what you need to make every car ride fun and enjoyable! With a total of 400 fun, silly, and thought-provoking "Would you rather...?" questions at your disposal, time will fly by.

Life has returned to normal in Parfait, Florida. Unfortunately, normal is a relative term for Sunny Charles, who's hoping that everything will stay peaceful in the Sunny Side Up Café. When Sunny's aunt goes missing, she's convinced that nefarious causes are to blame, ones related to Sunny's looming past and newly deceased ex-husband. To make matters worse, a friend of Sunny's new beau is murdered - a case of poisoning by lemon meringue pie. If Sunny doesn't solve the case, she might wind up losing two people in one fell swoop. 

A rhyming tale of an adventurous journey seen through the eyes of a happy go lucky youngster, as she explores the natural beauty in her Grandma's Garden. A little added sparkle of magnificent imagination and a whole new secret garden comes alive as little critters and friends come to play.

Pippin Lane Hawthorne’s grand opening of Sea Captain’s Inn is tainted when a scholar studying the Lost Colony of Roanoke is brutally murdered. Like the black crow that hangs around the old house, could the untimely death be a harbinger of dark things to come? When her twin brother, Grey, begins bucking the curse by risking his life in the waters of the Outer Banks, Pippin lives in terror that he’ll be the next Lane male to be swallowed by the sea. Now she must use her gift of bibliomancy to save her brother, solve the murder, and end a 2,000-year-old pact.

The first tooth fairy has a story, and it is a big and exciting one! A reluctant, swashbuckling hero that saves the Hidden World and the Human World, and starts the tooth-trading tradition with children. This amazing tale that has never been told - until now! It is full of danger, daring, meaning, and humor. 

What’s on the menu at the Sunny Side Up Café? Murder...When Sunny Charles’ aunt comes back from her vacation, Sunny couldn’t be happier. Aunt Rita will take over and relieve all the pressure. No more dealing with mean customers, or worrying about when the air-conditioner will go on the fritz, or whether a local food vlogger is about to drop dead in the middle of the café. At least, that’s what she thinks. Things never go to plan in Parfait, and when the dead body of her aunt’s worst enemy turns up on the beach, everybody’s convinced that Aunt Rita had a lot to do with it.

What’s worse than cold chicken noodle soup? A dead ex-husband...When Sunny Charles opens her aunt’s café on a sunny Monday morning in small-town Parfait, Florida, she’s looking forward to a day of challenging work cooking and serving customers. The last thing she expects is to find her ex-husband lying dead on the floor, right between the coffee bar and the cake stand. Distraught, confused, and definitely a prime suspect, Sunny has to figure out why her ex-husband is even in Parfait in the first place, let alone murdered.

Sunny Charles has only just gotten used to running her aunt’s café. It’s been a learning curve, what with the moody customers, the eggs over easy, and now, her chef leaving for a baking course for five full days. With him gone, she’s in charge of everything "food" - and cooking is not her strong suit. Sunny’s got to hire outside help, but when she goes over to her aunt’s best friend’s house looking for advice, she walks in on a dead body instead. And the murderer, shrouded in darkness, mid-escape....

The Lane women are bibliomancers, but Cassie sees her divination not as a gift, but as a curse - one from which she desperately wants to escape. It turns out, though, that running from her fate isn’t as easy as she thought it would be. When a woman goes missing, and a neighbor is found dead, Cassie turns to the books she’s always avoided to help her find the truth.

When Sunny Charles arrives in small-town Parfait, Florida, the last thing she expects is a note from her aunt instructing her to take control of the famous Sunny Side Up Café. After going through a vicious divorce, losing her entire life savings, and, oh yeah, having the Russian mob on her tail, Sunny’s willing to give it a shot, even if it means trying her hand at cooking. Let’s face it, eggs over easy aren’t exactly "easy" to make, but they beat facing off against armed men with guns.

Every book tells two stories - one written on the pages with pen and ink, and one woven into the paper, a story of the soul. The Lane women have the gift of bibliomancy. They can read both. But Cassie Lane doesn’t see this as a gift. For her, it is a curse because the book magic comes with a price - the Lane women die young and the men are lost to the sea. As soon as she’s able, she leaves Laurel Point, Oregon, running from her past and her fate, ending up on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. 

The author used to stay quiet, not speak up, and think too much about what other people thought. That behavior inhibited confidence, financial, and personal growth. That has all changed, and At Last! I Am Me describes the journey of going from that shy type of person to someone with confidence and strong personal belief.

Delilah Monroe is desperate for a change. She lives in a trailer with her cousin and spends her days working at the local grocery store. She's worked hard to get out of her dead-end job in a backwoods Appalachian town and make a better life for herself, away from her dysfunctional family and trappings of a desperate small town. When someone she cares about makes a terrible mistake, Del must choose between helping him or helping herself. Along the way she must negotiate a world of vice and crime inhabited by all kinds of monsters, some supernatural and some mundane.

Would you like to be able to improve your emotional intelligence? How would enhanced social skills help you become a better leader and influence those around you? This book is the first step to expand your influence....

Discover the inspirational poetry of Annie Johnson Flint - a woman who Ravi Zacharias described as one of the greatest hymnwriters and whose poems have been a source of comfort to millions. Annie was, sadly, crippled with arthritis for much of her life, but like Fanny Crosby, she didn't let her physical limitations prevent her from leaving an incredible legacy of writing.

Retelling or reading bedtime stories to children is a long-standing tradition in most households. It’s hard to find good stories that can satisfy the cravings of the creative minds of children. This book has compiled thrilling short stories that will not only diminish this yearning for the night but will also rekindle it the following nights to come. It’s a good book to pick up if you are thinking about snuggling in bed with your kids to read them some stories.

To attain his dream, Kade Vaughn must ride the toughest bulls on the circuit. There's only one glitch. Now the cowboy's on a forced vacation at his friends' ranch. To get through each day, Pansy Lark pretends to be other women through cosplay. Famous, strong women who took what they wanted from life. She lost it all, but she's not that weak girl anymore.