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Television interviews can be tricky. When best-selling author Olivia Novak is asked to appear on a New York talk show for her new book The Executrix, she isn’t prepared for the invitation to include her two middle-age sisters Lauren and Danny and also Danny’s spoiled therapy dog Pogo. If the trip from Portland, Oregon, isn’t enough of a fiasco, the interview becomes a three-sister calamity.

After the emergency evacuation of Cinq Terras, the Grace family's secret private island, the underwater experts, Arthur and Carlissa, embark on some research. Below the waves near Cinq Terras they find a new sea villainess. Her name is Ampura and she's making herself at home in the island's charmed waters, along with her small army of enchanted seamerckles. Meanwhile, another villain turns up: Antonine, the infamous Atherling arsonist. Amandia's unBecoming has sparked interest in the fire-fearing Atherling community, and Antonine wants her help.

With the American student loan debt reaching over 1.4 trillion dollars, many are searching for a solution. Is it going to come from politicians, or will lenders as a whole decide to forgive all debt? Neither of these appears to be viable or even realistic options! This audiobook is authored by a millennial for other millennials who are looking for solutions to their student loan debt.

Stuck in a rut? Living Groundhog Day? Break free with a few simple habits. Imagine spending more time on things that matter. Your passions, hobbies, and creative deep work. Would it surprise you to know you’d be happier and more productive?

Norma Jean's Sun is about the life of Norma and her family history of struggle to become the parent of a child with needs beyond any comprehension, only to find in the end an ending that will touch your core! Born into a life of isolation and pain with the graphic burden of surgical manipulation to function, walk, and survive in a world of normalcy. The iconic image inspires still today and will present a platform for an audience into a never-before-filmed life inside a family struggling to accept reason!

When Kat Stafford's father dies and her mother walks out, Kat finds herself in trouble. Luckily her oldest brother, Steve, comes home to take control of the family. As Kat begins High School she catches the eye of the cutest and richest boy in school, Billy McCray. Now she just needs to convince her brothers and their friends he is the perfect boyfriend for her.

Going through a divorce is a difficult process, especially ones that involve children. It's hard to shake the loneliness and uncertainty about your future. In this book, you'll find a few nuggets of what I've learned about co-parenting, how I changed my thoughts, and how I grew through what therapist deem as the second most traumatic event next to death.

These stories are narrated in a intentionally calming way that has been proven to get younger children to sleep, set to soft background instrumental music. These audiobooks are created with bedtime in mind, avoiding too much drama, which may prevent kids from relaxing. Topics covered include the stories of four children who changed the course of history: Iqbal Masih, who escaped slavery; Joseph of Canaan, who showed compassion; Nadia Comaneci, a brave gymnast; and Margaret Knight, an inventor.

Enjoy this collection of stories about children exploring the world around them. The collection begins with "Nature's Treasures", a poem featuring a young girl who learns about the wonders of the natural world. After this poem, enjoy eight short stories of children looking closer at nature: "Hidden Wonders", "The Building Season", "Weeds and Worms and Things that Squirm"," "A Pond for Maddie", "Flowers that Fly", "The Wasp's Picnic", "Firefly Tag", and "While Alena Was Sleeping".

Instead of saying “This is what you do,” then leaving you to it, Beverley takes you by the hand and troubleshoots all the games so that you can get them absolutely right. And the joy is that this is all achieved without shouting, force, or intimidation. Just pure undiluted fun! This first book in the series of Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog introduces you to the concepts of how to get what you want from your dog, and then sends him off to sleep for you.

In this unusual book, Beverley will explain, step-by-step, the secrets of walking your dog without needing roller skates. The troubleshooting “What If?” sections cover all your questions, and down-to-earth advice is given to help you and your dog learn a new way of enjoying walks together.

Does your dog go deaf as soon as you take the lead off? Learn how to: Have your dog spin on a sixpence and race back to you when you call, stop panicking when your dog sees another dog or a squirrel, enjoy walks without stress. This audiobook unravels the mysteries of getting your dog to fly back to you - whatever else may be happening!

You've got your new dog, you've got the bowl, the collar, and the lead. Now what? This puppy doesn't seem to understand anything you say! You got your pet to be your companion - and yet all you seem to do is yell at her! Let's change this right away: instead of focussing on what you don't want your dog to do, focus on what you do want. Instead of having unnecessary battles over trivia, build up terrific games your dog longs to play with you. Soon your unruly dog will be saying, "Yes? What would you like me to do for you?"

Villains take center stage in this collection of 19 dark and magical stories. Listeners will be cheering for all the wrong heroes as some of the most fearsome, devious, and brutal antagonists perform savage deeds towards wicked ends. And why not? These characters are the champions of their own stories - evil is a matter of perspective. Contributors also include Mark Adler, Bradley P. Beaulieu, E.V. Morrigan, Peter Orullian, Matthew Ward, Kaaron Warren, Deborah A. Wolf, and Janny Wurts.

When all else fails. When people think their world is ending. When they have no choice but to ask for help. They call for me, I am the last line of defense. My name is Olivia. I am the Alpha to a mostly female pack. We get called on jobs all over the world, dealing with rogues. This job is a little too close to home. My mates are former military men that don’t want to fight any more. They just want to live in peace with others like them. They show up in my woods needing my help. Now my mates and my pack are on the line.

You’ve got your new dog; you’ve got the bowl, the collar, and the lead. Now what? This puppy doesn’t seem to understand anything you say! You got your pet to be your companion, yet all you seem to do is yell at her! Let’s change this right away. Instead of focusing on what you don’t want your dog to do, focus on what you do want. Instead of having unnecessary battles over trivia, build up terrific games your dog longs to play with you. Soon, your unruly dog will be saying, “Yes? What would you like me to do for you?”

Jessie heads to Texas to confront arsonist Antonine, who is been compelled to stop Amandia from unbecoming an Atherling. Breaking into Antonine's house is easy for the experienced Incapacitator, but dealing with what she finds there isn't. Amandia is up in St. Augustine with Anyssa, her on-again personal assistant Nancy, and the ghost of her Aunt Actavia, still trying to unBecome. She's getting closer, although she doesn't realize it in time to save herself, and others, from pain and heartbreak.

Children’s bedtimes can be a challenge for many parents. These books can help. The stories are narrated in a intentionally calming way that has been proven to get younger children to sleep, set to soft background instrumental music. These audiobooks are created with bedtime in mind, avoiding too much drama, which may prevent kids from relaxing.

Annelisa Grace-Betterman writes detective novels to entertain the troops during WWII. When she is whisked to the future by the Conductor of a thought-powered time-traveling boxcar, she learns that she is destined to write novels, and a comic book series, that change the world. Her mother, Amandia, is in St. Augustine, trying to break away from the Atherlings, a race of people with no conscience into which she was born.

Portland, Oregon’s own best-selling romance author Olivia Novak should have been entering life’s third act with a sparkling-clean storybook Tudor, her first serious novel under her belt, and a real-life romance with her husband of 32 years. Instead, her husband was killed in a hit-and-run, a case the police have shelved, and she’s too worn out from her own obsessive three-year hunt for the culprit to write. Now, her mother has died.