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This story follows Wilfred Smith during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the difficult days that followed. Based on the real letter he wrote to his family, the book describes what he saw, where he went, and how people worked together to survive and help one another after the disaster. This true story introduces young listeners to an important moment in California history through the experiences of a real person who lived through it.

Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner. Drawing on 40 years of research from their world-famous Love Lab, Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman invite couples on eight fun, easy, and profoundly rewarding dates, each one focused on a make-or-break issue: trust, conflict, sex, money, family, adventure, spirituality, and dreams.

In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? This program is read by the authors and includes a bonus PDF. Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has...

Celebrate the greatest love story of all time—the one you share with your baby! Drawing clever parallels to the very best romance storylines, Baby’s First Love Story is a charming, vibrant, and endearingly tender celebration of the bond between baby and parent and caregiver. From the moment they arrive in this world and into your arms, they bring out our most loving, healthy selves.

Thousands of women struggle with reaching a healthy weight, and it’s not through a lack of trying or wanting it bad enough. For many women, it feels like there is some kind of psychological hurdle that stops them from reaching the health they want.

Life can be a journey with no map with a lot of bumpy roads and straight, beautiful roads at times searching for the one thing we all seek true happiness. Over the years obstacles can get into your way called life and yourself; losing yourself to these things can be devastating, and it's hard trying to find your way back from losing who you really are, traumatic events, experiencing self-inflicted pain and suffering and not feeling whole, and not having peace in your life. It's never too late for you to experience true happiness once you discover what that means to you.

Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity. The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the...

The Man's Guide to Women offers the science-based answers to the question: What do women really want in men? The book explains the hallmarks of manhood that most women find attractive and helps men hone those skills to be the men women desire.

In this candid oral history of a presidential tenure, author Brian Abrams reveals the behind-the-scenes stories that illuminate the eight years of the Obama White House through more than one hundred exclusive interviews. Among those given a voice in this extraordinary account are Obama’s cabinet secretaries; his teams of speechwriters, legal advisers, and campaign strategists; as well as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who fought for or against his agenda. They recall the early struggles of an idealistic outsider candidate and speak openly about the exacting work that led to cornerstone legislation.

Many educators struggle with discussing difficult issues with colleagues. This insightful book helps listeners effectively lead challenging conversations with supervisees, peers, and supervisors. The author’s step-by-step approach emphasizes initiative and preparation as keys to a successful conversation.

"This is a narrative that describes the urgency that compels me and millions more to push for a different American story than the one being told today. It's a story that is one part danger, one part action, and all true. It's a story about how and why we fight for our democracy and win." This...

Von ihren berühmten Begegnungen mit den Schimpansen in den Gombe-Wäldern Tansanias bis zu ihrer leidenschaftlichen Arbeit als Botschafterin des Artenschutzes – Jane Goodall war die Pionierin der Natur- und Verhaltensforschung. In »Das Buch der Hoffnung« schöpft sie aus der Weisheit ihres unermüdlich der Natur gewidmeten Lebens, um uns zu lehren, wie wir auch im Angesicht von Pandemien, Kriegen und drohenden Umweltkatastrophen Zuversicht finden.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Land without Ruins by Abram Joseph Ryan. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 8, 2024. ------ Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, Catholic priest, Catholic newspaper editor, orator, and former Vincentian. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy". - Summary by Wikipedia

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Memories by Abram Joseph Ryan. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 29, 2023. ------ Abram Joseph Ryan was an American poet, Catholic priest, Catholic newspaper editor, orator, and former Vincentian. An active proponent of the Confederate States of America, he has been called the "Poet-Priest of the South" and the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy." - Summary by Wikipedia

Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, of German immigrant parents, he moved with his parents to New York City. He had a distinguished career as a lawyer and judge. He was instrumental in establishing the principle that newspapers were protected from disclosing the source of confidential information. When he died in 1919 he was the last surviving presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln. This 1916 memoir “…offers my personal recollections of the immortal Emancipator,...

A dangerous conspiracy… and a child in the crosshairs. While stopping an attack near the rodeo grounds, bullfighter and part-time deputy Daniel Sinclair is stunned to see his high school sweetheart attempting to save a stabbed undercover deputy. As a witness now in possession of crucial...

TEXAS COWBOY PROTECTOR Secrets from the past… and a child in peril. Sawyer Cantrell never expected to thwart a kidnapping, much less save the son of his ex-fiancée. Texas Ranger Mallory Foster is back in Cedar Hollow to clear her late brother’s name of murder, but someone is determined to...

In August 1913, the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, became trapped in the ice while sailing to Herschel Island near the northern Alaska/Yukon border. After drifting across the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, in January 1914 the ship was crushed by the ice and sank. In the following months, the crew struggled to survive, first on the ice and then on the shores of Wrangell Island. In all, eleven men of the crew of 25 died before rescue. - Summary by Barry Eads

What do a white whale and Alzheimer's have in common? More than you think. "The Whale in the Room" explores Moby Dick and Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip side-by-side, uncovering how both stories tackle the uncontrollable forces that change our lives forever. 3 episodes. 2 books. 1 powerful question: What do we do when we can't win?

“Leah Abrams grapples with how to live, work, and fall in love morally in a time of global upheaval. Moving, smart, and completely winning.”—Erin Somers, author of The Ten Year Affair "A modern comic Jewish voice. Dated is a rollicking literary sitcom and generous family saga, beautiful...