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After 10 years, Damien’s duties as Sit Room watch officer let him see it all: the good, the bad, and the disastrous. But nothing prepared him for the beauty and power of the new chief of staff. Cornelia’s new role as White House chief of staff leads her to the Situation Room, where every crisis comes home to roost. A dozen years of assisting the now-president-elect never prepared her heart for what awaits her there. Only together can they save Christmas in the nation’s capital. Only together can they discover Damien’s Christmas.

Negative Nine is intended to plant the seed of the negative numbers concept in the minds of children 0-10. Follow this "negative" negative number as he quests for his place on the great number line. Children will learn the basic concept of negative numbers along with valuable lessons in perseverance. Opposites abound as you pass zero into the realm of negatives, leaving the positive numbers behind. See if you can find them all!

From the author of Anne of Green Gables comes a Christmas story that is as warm and affirming as it is relatable and cherished. You are invited to join a small family in dire circumstances. The adults are unsure things will be as expected on Christmas morning. The children have no doubt. A delightful holiday story for all ages. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Listeners are invited to sit back and enjoy this collection of classic Yuletide tales....

John Harrington thought he hated women, but that was before he met the pigs. Admittedly that makes little sense, but this wonderful short story from L.M. Montgomery helps bore through Harrington's armor using the most unlikely of beasts. What awaits is the beautiful Mary Haden. Performed by Glenn Hascall.

Louisa May Alcott, author of the classic Little Women, consort of Emerson, Thoreau and Hawthorne, beloved icon of professors of American 19th-century literature and perhaps less loved by their legions of students, had a lusty side that was less academic, and more...transcendental than any of us knew.

Our health care system is crippled by desperate efforts to prevent the inevitable. A third of the national Medicare budget - nearly $175 billion - is spent on the final year of life, and a third of that amount on the final month, often on expensive (and futile) treatments. Such efforts betray a fundamental flaw in how we think about healthcare: we squander resources on hopeless situations, instead of using them to actually improve health.

Behind the facade of a perfect marriage lies a dangerous secret. Kenneth Lund's introduction of the swinging lifestyle may have seemed harmless at first, but it soon leads to the unravelling of his idyllic life. Faced with tragedy, Kenneth must confront his selfish ways and make amends. But as he tries to rebuild, he is tempted and drawn back into the seductive world of the swingers' club, Callisto Akantha. Will Kenneth succumb to his addiction to sex, or will he find the strength to resist the allure of pleasure at any cost?

For the past few months, Peyton has fought to become an integral part of the Ghost Squad. Their cases have taken them on adventures around the world, but nothing can prepare them for the most ironic case of their careers - solving a murder in the historic ghost town of Bodie. With Marco embroiled in his own battle with the Chechen mob, Peyton finds her attention divided between the situation at home and a suspect that’s as ethereal as a ghost, and as the Ghost Squad ventures into the Wild West, Peyton begins to question whether there really are haunts in Bodie.

Colby Thompson likes nothing better than his Secret Service patrol of the White House’s South Lawn with his trusty German shepherd, Rex. The role fits them both down to the ground. But when his childhood nemesis, Marine Corps Major Ivy Hanson, steps off the Marine One helicopter, his comfortable existence flies apart. Assigned together, they end up in the battle of their lives to protect the president. But can they step forward to find love, and leave their childhood feud back In the Weeds?

Thunder, a young pygmy forest elephant, sets out on a journey to find his mother after he escapes capture by poachers. With danger at every turn in the central African jungle, he must face his fears to survive. Some unlikely friends: Soma, a cranky rhino; Frederick, a nutty pink flamingo; Penelope, a chatty parrot; three kooky egrets; and Jennetta Blue, a blue butterfly; help him with his dream to find his mother and fulfill his quest to be reunited with his herd.

When tragedy strikes, pulling her back to her hometown and right in to the arms -- and bar -- of the last man she ever expected to see again, Jeannie starts to wonder what else she's been wrong about and whether love, like every other vice, is too addictive to walk away from.

While several version of behavior-based safety (BBS) have been around since the 1980s, few of them have truly adapted to the changing environment in which they must operate. The Lean BBS process has not only evolved, but continues to do so with each customized implementation. Making BBS fit your culture, operations, and logistical realities, rather than trying to make your company fit some idealistic model, is a key to success in today's realities.

This action-packed dystopian novel by the best-selling author of The 1929 Series takes you far into the future, where freedom and truth no longer exist. After a worldwide pandemic decimates the population, those left alive fall for the promises of a tyrannical regime.

Decades later, no one knows that the world was ever free, save a small group of men and women brave enough to escape.

An estate planning self-help guide for artists and writers. A will or trust controls who inherits what. The final letter tells your heirs ways to maintain it, even make it thrive, once they've got it. The challenge with an estate that includes Intellectual Property (books, stories, plays, films, etc.), is it has a value that can last another 70 years after your death.

The year is 1985. Allison had grown weary of her life in rural Oklahoma - she longed for the exciting and fast-paced life her former career as a model promised. Be careful what you wish for. Allison awakes into a nightmarish new world where the dead have risen and crave human flesh. Allison, and her husband, Mike, try to carve out a life together on the farm Mike's father left him. Despite the terrifying new world they find themselves in, they feel safe away from the carnage in the big city they see on their TV screen.

Military War Dog handler Liza Minot finally lands her big chance. A Delta Force mission requires her and Sergey's specialty - tracking explosives. When assigned to Master Sergeant Garret Conway's squad, her past confronts her. Back in high school days, he ran over her first dog. Rex's old age and failing health made it a cruelty or a mercy - she still can't decide which. However, Conway the boy and Conway the man are two very different problems.

"No matter what," she said, "tomorrow ends with blood." Adrien's master plan has been revealed and the battle lines are drawn. With the ashes of the Boulevard still hanging in the air, Hannah and team must race to prepare their ragtag army before the full might of Arcadia descends upon them. While Karl works to whip his troops into shape, Parker invades the belly of the beast, and Hannah and Ezekiel head on diverging paths to seek help.

In your early adult years, you think that you know it all. Well that's how I was looking back on my life. Nearly nineteen-years later, it's true what they say, you always learn by your mistakes, mistakes make you into a stronger person. Boy, did I make a hell of a lot of mistakes. I never thought that my life would turn out the way that it did.

After solving two cases in her first months with the FBI, Peyton feels things are beginning to come together in her career. Her personal life is another matter. Although Marco has shown signs he wants to work on their relationship, building trust will take time. However, that progress is put on hold when an American college student is killed in London. Peyton and the Ghost Squad must venture across the pond to solve the murder and catch a killer that grows bolder with each attack, leaving only a single clue behind - the howl of a werewolf.