Adult Nonfiction

Dogs have masters; cats have staff. That old saying reflects the conventional wisdom about our favorite pets. Cats are described as independent and aloof. But that stereotype clashes with the reality of untold cat companions, who know that their felines can be just as affectionate, devoted, and trainable as any dog. Like Henry who rescued lost cats. Or Basil, a licensed therapist who comforts hospital patients and staff, hospice-care residents, and trauma victims. Or Belle, who repaid being rescued from a sewer in Costa Rica by becoming a devoted nurse during his caretaker's lengthy illness...

Moving from home to home and constantly changing schools was very hard for me growing up as the eleventh child. I could not fit in with other kids and had difficulty finding myself. Trying to make new friends every few months was very challenging. As I take you down the path I walked, you will see how many experiences I faced. Growing up poor was another huge problem, and I had to face it head-on. I never knew what our next dinner would be or if I would be safe walking around the neighborhood. Yet, each experience I went through helped me to grow and be the person I am today. Growing up ...

Let Osvaldo Mouszee guide your children through the life and work of three of the greatest classical composers: Beethoven, Berlioz, and Brahms. The book explains their life and works. Not only that, but you can hear their works included in the recording after learning about the composer. This is great way to educate children on classical composers and bring their works to life!

A thrilling new adventure series for children: what would the world look like if dinosaurs had never died out? Imagine a world where dinosaurs have survived and evolved as...supersaurs! This is the world that Bea Kingsley lives in, a world where humans live side by side with supersaurs, sometimes in peace but often in conflict. Bea is the daughter of explorer parents who went missing when she was just a baby.

Who would have thought the turn of the last Century would one day be ancient history? In "More Slightly Off the Mark, Why I Hate Cats, and Other Lies", former newspaper columnist Mark R. Hunter went back to collect his humor pieces from 2000 and 2001—the earliest ones to be put on a computer. In DOS format, on a floppy disk. The amount of change in just twenty years resulted in Hunter completely rewriting the columns, and inserting his present self (and his dog, Beowulf, through pictures) into the work—mostly to make fun of his older self. Along the way Mark riffs on everything from ...

Feeling that you belong can be difficult at any time in life, but even more so during your teenage years. Yet, your teenage years can be an exciting time of discovery - when you begin to connect with who you are. It can be a powerful time when you begin to see why you are here. In Thirteen Reasons Why You Belong, you have the opportunity to see that YOU and your life matter. Thirteen Reasons offers tools for you to be yourself, to trust in yourself, and to know that you belong - right here, right now.

A French prisoner struggles to survive in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. A delinquent youth is obsessed with a cemetery ghost. Good and evil fight over the soul of a zombie. A grandma thought to suffer from mental illness predicts the future. Car trouble leads to an encounter with an angel. A chief must calm a volcano before it destroys his village. A human tries to dissuade elves and dwarves from going to war. A bride confronts deception in an effort to reunite with her bridegroom. A boy encounters superhuman army ants that escape from a military laboratory and move into ...

This audiobook is full of jokes for kids of all ages.

Whether you're a seasoned dog owner or someone who just can't resist a cute pup on the street, 131 Fun Facts About Dogs is the perfect listen for you. You might learn something new to make you love dogs even more! We invite you to sit back, relax, and dive into the beautiful world of our furry friends.

A few months ago, Dan had to make a choice. Go to Geneva with his parents for a year, board at school, or move into a house with his 22-year-old bass-playing aunt, Jacq, and her friend, Naomi. He picked Jacq's place.

Now he's doing his last year at school and trying not to spin out, trying to master calculus, and trying to pick up a few skills for surviving in the adult world. Problem is, he falls for Naomi, and things become much more confusing.

Mark R. Hunter's weekly humor column "Slightly off the Mark" appeared in three newspapers for over twenty years, which is coincidentally the age of his first grey hair, before being unceremoniously cut short in 2014. This volume collects his previously unpublished and “leftover”columns. Mark is an author, 911 dispatcher, volunteer firefighter, humorist, dad, and self-proclaimed home maintenance failure who lives in northeast Indiana with his wife Emily. Together they're responsible for loosing eleven books on an unsuspecting world.

2023 FINALIST - AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS YOUNG ADULT - NONFICTION Congratulations to 16-year old author, Riley Boerger, for receiving the recognition of 2023 FINALIST - AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS, YOUNG ADULT - NONFICTION category for TWELVE SPOONS! Sixty-two doctor appointments, sixteen blood draws, one surgical procedure, and one hell of a story. Ruth Bilbruck, a normal girl living in a small town in Washington lived a normal television life. She went to school, had friends and hopes for the future. That all changed when Ruth started having sharp, stabbing pain in her hips. She traded in her ...

John Marsden has spent his adult life engaging with young minds - through both his award-winning, internationally bestselling young adult fiction and his work as one of Australia's most esteemed and experienced educators. As the founder and principal of two schools, John is at the coalface of education and a daily witness to the inevitable and yet still mysterious process of growing up.

This is an empowering bonus meditation book for children that is a blast with a cast of monkeys, a unicorn, a mermaid, rockets, dolphins, dragons, a wagon, and more.

Los Balbuena acaban de aterrizar en una expedición vikinga rumbo al norte más allá del norte. Es el año 850, hielo, fuego y guerreros despiadados les reciben. La aventura acaba de empezar y los vikingos no se andan con tonterías.

The ABC's of Chess for Kids takes listeners on a journey of chess terms, from the letter A to the letter Z. The terms cover some of the basic principles of chess, such as assembling the board. It also teaches chess notation, which helps listeners learn how to study other chess books. This amazing ABC's audiobook also includes some of the more advanced features, such as Zugszwang!

During a travel in Romania as a social clown, in October 2006, together with my friends we visited an institute hosting orphaned. The children were more than a hundred and the service staff in total counted no more than six people. In particular, I was impressed by a child among many; although he was three years old, he wasn’t able to speak. No one spent time teaching him. Something broke and, at the same time, something was born in me. It was a new awareness that, left for years at the bottom of my heart, day after day, pulse after pulse, helped me in writing this audiobook.

There are approximately two million species of animals on earth, and each animal possesses characteristics and forms that make it unique and different. This book presents 270 random animal facts that will wow your mind and increase your knowledge of the magnificent animals that call earth home.

I wanted to be a unicorn. I wanted to be a lawyer. I wanted to be an astronaut. But the thing I really wanted to be, more than anything else, was a little less like me. It was only recently that I realised not wanting to be me was at the heart of every dumb decision I ever made. And so now I am writing this book containing all the life lessons I wish someone had taught me. A book for the teenage girl in me. And for every teenage girl out there. Because the most powerful thing you can be when you grow up is yourself.

Il manuale ufficiale della serie evento di Netflix Sex Education. Per tutti coloro che vogliono leggere di relazioni e di sesso in modo libero, esplicito e sano. Anche Otis, Maeve e i loro amici sentivano il bisogno di conoscere tutti gli aspetti dell'amore. Il risultato? Una guida schietta, inclusiva e informativa alla vita. Dal conoscere l'anatomia del tuo corpo e acquisire sicurezza nel tuo aspetto, al consenso, all'identità e all'orientamento sessuale.