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No one gets more advice than a woman with a new baby. Parents, in-laws, friends, and even complete strangers all offer their opinion when it comes to the way you raise your child. Add all the advice from books about parenting strategies, and you’ve got a recipe for guilt, competitiveness, and...

She narrates romance novels for a living… so naturally, she thinks she can control one in real life.In The Romcom Formula, a trope-obsessed narrator meddles in her sister’s love life, determined to spark a perfect neighbors-to-lovers romance with the hot handyman next door. Armed with forced proximity, slow-burn strategy, and wildly misplaced confidence, she sets the story in motion.Unfortunately, real people don’t follow the script.This is a fully scripted romantic comedy audio drama about what happens when romcom logic collides with reality… and refuses to behave.Think Emily Henry ...

Yule—also known as the winter solstice—is celebrated when nighttime has reached its maximum length, and there is a promise of brighter days to come as candles are lit and feasts are enjoyed. This guide tells you how to perform rituals and work magic with the energy of rebirth and renewal that comes with the return of the light.

Entre los beneficios del mindfulness se incluyen la mejora del rendimiento y de la creatividad, el incremento de la conciencia de uno mismo y del carisma personal, además de conseguir una mayor tranquilidad. Este audiolibro ofrece de un modo práctico los pasos que debes dar para desarrollar la atención plena en tu rutina profesional. También explica la ciencia que hay detrás del mindfulness y la razón de su eficacia, y advierte sobre las trampas en las que es posible caer. Este título incluye artículos de Daniel Goleman, Ellen Langer, Susan David y Christina Congleton. 

In this accessible and innovative work, Susan Burch tells the story of the Indigenous people - families, communities, and nations, across generations to the present day - who have experienced the impact of this history. Drawing on oral history interviews, correspondence, material objects, and archival sources, Burch reframes the histories of institutionalized people and the places that held them. Committed expands the boundaries of Native American history, disability studies, and US social and cultural history generally.

Pippi, Tommy and Annika have the best time together going to the circus, buying ALL the sweets in the sweet shop, and getting shipwrecked for the weekend. But when Pippi's long-lost father comes to visit, will Pippi sail away to sea with him and leave her friends behind? One of the most popular children's characters of all time, Pippi's unique spirit and fantastic tales have been entertaining readers for 80 years. Pippi Longstocking is Astrid Lindgren's most well-known and iconic character.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. The plains of the American Mid-West are home to some very fine exponents of the literary craft. Throughout this vast landscape stories seem to be everywhere offering their experiences as works just awaiting the final touches and flourishes of these famed authors. They deliver in very talented ways.

In Susan Wigg’s Cinderfella, a reporter must find a way to convince his beautiful boss to help a Brooklyn youth shelter stay open. Ace reporter Jack Riley was determined to keep open the Brooklyn youth shelter he volunteered at. But his privileged boss, Madeleine Langston, was the one obstacle...

First coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, a meme is any idea, behavior, or skill that can be transferred from one person to another by imitation. Susan Blackmore shows that once our distant ancestors acquired the crucial ability to imitate, a second kind of natural selection began, a survival of the fittest amongst competing ideas and behaviors. Ideas and behaviors that proved most adaptive-making tools, for example, or using language - survived and flourished, replicating themselves in as many minds as possible.

A companion to the best-selling The Book Whisperer, Reading in the Wild explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching "wild" reading.  

Meet Dot and her friend Millie, who only communicates in catchphrases; Wendy Clapper, who thinks TV, credit cards, swimming pools and soup are nothing but trouble; and Jonathan Tudge, who just can't help putting his foot in it. You’ll also encounter the worst therapist in the world, the travel agent who won't let anyone go further than Lowestoft, a registered platitudopath, a bag lady turned sacred icon, and the furniture removal men who think they're on Antiques Roadshow.

Justo antes de incorporarse a la policía de North Yorkshire, la detective Kate Linville decide aprovechar su último fin de semana libre para ir al spa que sus compañeros de Scotland Yard le han regalado en su despedida. Kate está sentada en el tren, de camino a su destino, cuando aparece una chica perseguida por un hombre con una pistola. La rápida intervención de la detective desvía la trayectoria de la bala, pero el desconocido huye. Días después, una profesora tiene un accidente con su bicicleta de montaña por culpa de un alambre colocado en el camino.

Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to London to perform A Midsummer Night's Dream in a new replica of the famous Globe theater. Shortly...

Centuries old and thousands of miles from home. When Emily and Jess Volnik's family inherits a remote, crumbling Scottish castle, they also inherit the Boggart--an invisible, mischievous spirit who's been playing tricks on residents of Castle Keep for generations. Then the Boggart is trapped in...

Eighteen years since their move to Brussels and the future is clouded with uncertainty for Neil, a Brit, American Marcy and their three Belgian-born children. Wrapped up in their own worries, Neil and Marcy fail to see how much their middle child, Alec, is struggling. When Marcy offers shelter to a young Syrian refugee, it triggers an explosive train of events that affects every member of the family.

Blue Bear Woman or Ourse bleue is the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The story of a young Cree woman’s search for her roots and identity, this is also the author’s debut novel, originally published in 2007, and it will be her second book to be published in English.

Scarborough, 2010. Un adolescente obeso, Alvin Malory, es víctima de una agresión terrible que lo deja postrado en coma vegetativo. Un caso sin resolver en la carrera de Caleb Hale. Casi diez años después, Anna Carter ve cómo un desconocido detiene el vehículo que conduce una mujer y se monta en él. A Anna la escena le parece extraña e intenta, sin éxito, llamar la atención de la conductora. Anna está cansada y hace frío, así que finalmente decide marcharse.

In the aftermath of WWI, Grace Abernathy is determined to reunite with her family, crossing an ocean to convince her widowed sister to return home to England. But Toronto holds more tragedy and her nephew, Christian, is now in the custody of his paternal relatives, the formidable Easton family, who rejected Grace's sister because of her low social status. Unconvinced that the Eastons can be fitting caretakers, Grace jumps at the chance to become Christian's nanny and to observe the family up close. But she is shocked to discover herself falling for Andrew Easton, the boy's guardian.

Everyone knows most young saplings dream of becoming Christmas trees. But one grumpy old tree who doesn't like lights, decorations, or people is determined to be different. Get ready to meet The Halloween Tree!...

Sexually Woke is a surprisingly frank and thought-provoking look at midlife sexuality. This optimistic new perspective is based not only on wisdom gained from sharing intimate stories with thousands of patients, but also on her own very candid journey as a menopausal woman navigating life post-divorce.