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"'Boy, do I have a lot to learn!'" Anyone who's ever picked up a musical instrument of any kind - from the first caveman banging rocks to that little kid at the guitar shop - has thought that. I know I did. I'd been trying for years to break in to the music scene, to show everyone my chops, to make my mark. And I was good. But I wasn't great. I knew that there was something wrong. Then the teacher showed up...."

Are you looking for a children's book that is highly entertaining, great for early listeners, and is jam-packed with bedtime stories? This children's storybook has it all! This is an excellent listen for beginning and early listeners. Each story is easy to enjoy and listen to! This book is especially great for traveling, waiting rooms, and listening at home.

Discover how to unlock the full potential of your employees—and stay true to your authentic self. Six Functions, One Vision is your go-to resource for leading with confidence, creating lasting change, and inspiring others to achieve greatness.

A supportive guide that gives busy moms permission to care for themselves, from a popular parenting blogger with one million Facebook followers.

In Everyone is a Consultant, renowned relationship strategist and speech-language pathologist, Dr. Dorothy Leone, reveals a bold truth: whether you're a coach, entrepreneur, healer, executive, or just someone trying to influence change—you are already a consultant. And the most effective consultants don't sell ideas; they build trust, one authentic relationship at a time. This transformative book redefines the way we engage with clients, but it can also inform our work with colleagues and collaborators. Through decades of experience and powerful human insight, Dr.

After departing London to follow her heart's desire to become a psychology lecturer, Ceri D'Altroy vows to leave her matchmaking ways behind her for good. Unfortunately, all she seems to do is inspire the new people she meets to change their lives. There's Ed, who's decided to declare his love to a woman who is way out of his league; Mel and Claudine, two long-term friends who are now tempted to start an illicit affair; and Gwen, the chain-smoking head of department who has a deep, dark secret she only wants to share with her new employee.

‘Tis the Season to Feel Inadequate is a collection of humorous essays about holidays, special occasions, and other times our celebrations make us feel not-so-celebratory. It’s understanding for those who think Christmas form letters can be honest—or they can be interesting. And it’s empathy for anyone who’s ever gotten poison ivy on Naked Hiking Day, or eaten all their Halloween candy and had to hand out instant oatmeal packets to their trick-or-treaters.

When PJ Spoon returns home for her beloved daddy’s funeral, she doesn’t expect to stick around. Why abandon her PhD program at Vanderbilt for the humble charms of her hometown, Pennywhistle, Tennessee? Mamma’s broken heart, that’s why. But truth be told, PJ’s own heart ain’t doing too good either. She impulsively takes a job as a fry cook at Pennywhistle’s beloved Chickie Shak, where locals gather for Nashville-style hot chicken. It may not be glamorous, but it’s something to do.

Fourteen-year-old Lizzie is experiencing a lot of change: Her family had to move after the incident with their neighbor, leaving behind not only her beloved apple tree but what feels like her childhood along with it. Lizzie's brother is too busy for her in his first semester of college, and her friends are more interested in dating than dolls. It’s hard not to feel left behind, especially as she tries to explain the fact that she still has zero interest in boys, girls, or the baffling behavior known as “flirting.”

Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In this gripping tale of self-discovery, Victoria Benton Frank introduces us to Maggie, struggling to find her place in the world when she receives a phone call bringing her back to her hometown of Sullivan's Island.

This book is more than just a book of child abuse stories. The victims of child sexual abuse are one out of four girls and one out of seven boys (World Health Organization). A majority of the offenders are people they know and trust like their family members.

This is the story of a young Liverpool woman widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family. With the blessing of her mother, with whom she runs a B&B, she goes to Normandy to see where her husband was killed in the D-Day landings. Once she is there, she meets an impoverished French poultry farmer, now reduced to driving a beaten up (and still rare) taxi and looking after his old mother and dying brother. Will these two find happiness together?

Forerunner to the renowned operas, The Figaro Plays by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais are a celebration of how intelligence and wit can bring any servant level with their aristocratic masters. Considered scandalous in their time, the plays went on to be adapted by Rossini (The Barber of Seville) and Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro) to become some of the most popular and acclaimed operas of all time. These original plays show us the stories behind these popular operas.

All businesses experience the insidious cost of conflict. Unfortunately, few have the skills or resources to combat this toxic and pervasive problem. Until now!

Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a “family policing system” that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare a majority of Black children, putting their families under intense state surveillance and regulation.

I was supposed to be in charge. That was always my intention. Until that slick corporate raider, Ethan Bradford, clicked his fancy pen and poof! Just like that, I was under him, instead of on top. Rich and powerful men - especially arrogant, handsome ones - are all the same. I know exactly how to handle him, but when my father pulls rank and orders me to play nice, my plans of putting him in his place vanish. I know his type. I've been around men like him my entire life, but one chance meeting with him and his son, makes me question everything I thought I knew.

When Tippi and Stan meet, their lives change. Tippi's sheltered world is opened by her friendship with Stan, and Stan finds an unlikely ally in Tippi. Both absurd and very real, Tippi and Stan touches on those things that make life worth living. This is a funny, fresh, at times laugh-out-loud story of a friendship between a cat and a pigeon who lands on her window sill.

Jennifer Mason loves medicine. She lives on the family farm with her beloved younger brother, feeds her thirst for medical knowledge through any books she can find, and spends her time learning from the doctor in town and the nearby Shawnee medicine man. Then tragedy strikes, and Jennifer’s life is changed forever. Unable to save her brother’s life after a horrifying accident, Jennifer wonders whether her search for knowledge was a waste. Unsure of herself and driven by loneliness and despair, she takes the first option she finds for a new start.

The beautiful message in Wear Your Crown Littles and Bigs will move children of all ages to live with open-hearted courage and acceptance of their greatness even when life is difficult. If you are looking for a story that begins to introduce the concept of worthiness to children, then this book is for you.

Mary Rose Martin is desperate. With seven younger sisters all happily married, her wealthy Virginia family is starting to give up on her, and she faces the dismal fate of being an old maid. Her only choice is to marry Thorton Ellis, 30 years her senior - and completely odious. Mary Rose can’t face the prospect of spending her life with him. Instead, she flees, and gets on the first train West.