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An entertaining contemporary fable with a stark and timely message about conservation.One day, while all the forest animals are at a party, their homes disappear. Shocked and devastated, they try to make do. But when that doesn't work, they go searching for their homes...

An intellectual biography of one of the most celebrated and yet least understood figures of the late twentieth century, Terence McKenna. A stand-up philosopher who made a unique contribution to science, humanism, and the hidden arts, Terence McKenna (1946-2000) was the twentieth century's psychedelic...

How do you turn a forgettable graph into a compelling data story? For more than a decade, the team at storytelling with data has helped leading organizations and countless professionals transform their business communications into action-inspiring narratives. Now, they're bringing the best of those...

This imaginative collection of engaging short stories is perfect for all kids who love the unexpected. Story Snacks is a highly original collection of short stories for children aged 6-8 that demands to be read. It will excite and inspire young readers to not...

A subject as moving and powerful as humanity's past should be inviting, and when it is told well, it is. Susan Wise Bauer succeeds in telling the captivating story of history with her best-selling history series. Parents and young readers have fallen in love...

This study edition is designed to assist contemporary readers to apply the spiritual insights of Story of a Soul to their lives. It provides introductions, reflections and discussion questions for each chapter of the text.Author: Marc FoleyPublisher: ICS PublicationsPublished: 01/01/2005Pages: 459Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize:...

In this classic story by award-winning author Marguerite Henry, Misty fights for her life and the life of her unborn foal. A raging storm slashes across Assateague and Chincoteague islands. Water is everywhere! The wild ponies and the people must battle for their lives....

In a future United States under the power of a charismatic leader, everyone gets the Mark at age thirteen. The Mark lets citizen shop, go to school, and even get medical care--without it, you are on your own. Few refuse to get the Mark....

Written one hundred years ago, this collection of rich tales follows the lives of six young children living in rural Maine after the Civil War. "Some of the very best stories of New England life and character that have ever been written." -- Hartford...

AUTHOR OF THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD WINNER, PERFUME DREAMS: REFLECTIONS ON THE VIETNAMESE DIASPORA - AUTHOR OF BIRDS OF PARADISE LOST, the widely taught and anthologized debut short story collection - Andrew Lam returns with a literary exploration of love, lust, and loss...

"Stop the Shift Show" is an essential guide for managers and business owners looking to transform their hourly workforce into a top-performing super team. This book offers practical strategies and techniques for effectively managing and coaching hourly workers, including: Determining your managerial style and...

Every hour of every day, shoppers visit retail stores intending to buy but leave empty-handed. Brick-and-mortar retailers aren't being beaten by Amazon or other online competitors, they're beating themselves by not focusing on the shopper who is already in the store but left without...

This renal and kidney diet guide is for kidney or renal patients who want to try to slow or stop the progression of incurable kidney disease. The chronic kidney disease diet and CKD recipes and eating plan in this book are based on the...

"Stop All the Clocks is a cloak-and-dagger thriller reminiscent of Graham Greene and William Gibson--a nimble novel brimming with big ideas, a summer page-turner whose intrigue lies in how technological progress interfaces with human hubris."--Holiday Dmitri, Los Angeles Review of Books A Thrilling Debut...

If you've ever carried the weight of your past like stones in your pockets or stood at the edge of your dreams, wondering if you had the courage to step forward-this book is for you. In Stones, Flowers, and Lessons Learned, Dr. Alejandra Acuña...

Presley Marks has just become a cliché the jilted bride. Wearing a white dress, standing in front of her friends and family, she announces that her fiancé-according to his text-has forgotten about the wedding.Humiliated and angry, she hides from the world in the mundane...

This atmospheric Alaskan mystery for fans of Paul Doiron, Jane Harper, and C.J. Box builds to a breakneck pace against the forbidding, majestic wilderness of America's final frontier, as Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter searches for a stone-cold killer in western Alaska's most remote...

I'm starting to get attached-- whether I like it or not...Easy, breezy, beautiful--Akira. That's how Kaho's always seen him anyway. A pretty face to look at, but not someone you'd ever date or have a serious relationship with. Except, now that he's avoiding her...

Here is the debut short story collection from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Swamplandia! and the New York Times bestselling Vampires in the Lemon Grove. In these ten glittering stories, the award-winning, bestselling author Orange World and Other Stories takes us to...

Perfect Worship Aid for Personal or Parish Use...A Missal with a Rich History Meets Today's Need For over 50 years, the New St. Joseph Sunday Missal Prayerbook and Hymnal has accompanied countless Catholics in countless parishes as they approach the table of the Lord...