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Soft, smooth, and lustrous, a pearl offers a wonderful symbol for the human experience. Its beautiful polished surface conceals the difficulty with which it was created - by a living creature struggling with its environment. The same can be said of the human spirit. Often it is only when we are confronted with adversity that our souls are transformed to reveal the powerful, radiant life-force within. Dr. Bettie Youngs shares real-life pearls, the inspiring stories of people who have been transformed by the hardships they've faced - emerging stronger, wiser, and more alive than they have ever been.

Hailed as a pioneer in the field of nursing and medicine, Florence Nightingale has inspired millions during her time. The field of nursing and medicine follows its basic tenets and exists because of this woman. Her written manuals, Notes on Nursing, Notes on Hospitals, along with her countless selected letters to her nurses, friends, and family, have been read and reread countless times.

Discover the answer to a thriving planet. Get inspired and motivated to make a difference for the environment. You are important. You possess the power to change things. Champion a big adventure. Be a mighty tower of rocket power. You have 10 good years to get the planet going in the right direction. Start now.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

This is the question jazz musician and poet Rafa Selase asks as he journeys to the African Slave Coast in an attempt to reconcile a tumultuous past with present-day chaos. My Journey of Faith To The African Slave Coast, Reconciling a Past Not So Long Ago, documents his intense seven-day journey with a group of unexpected travel companions as he discovers some uncomfortable truths about the Transatlantic Slave Trade, religion, race, and gender.

Ignite Your Imagination with 200 Days of Paranormal: Writing Prompts for genre-themed storytelling! Unleash your inner-storyteller with 200 Days of Paranormal: Writing Prompts. Perfectly crafted for writers, enthusiasts, and Halloween-lovers and ET hunters alike, this book is your ultimate guide to conjuring up tales that will stoke your imagination and creativity. Dive into a treasure trove of eerie, strange and otherworldly prompts designed to spark creativity and bring your most spine-chilling and futuristic ideas to life. Whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting out, these ...

How did the universe come to be? What happened during the very first instant of its existence? Scientific discovery and the Big Bang theory go into exquisite detail about the development of the universe after that first instant, but we remain in the dark about how it all began. Or do we? Join the authors in a riveting exploration of science’s latest advancements in cosmology, and the Bible’s esoteric dimension, which teaches the deepest cosmological insights into the fundamental workings of the universe.

Traditional fairytales are full of cliché and gender stereotypes. The silent Rapunzel, the beautiful sweet princesses, ugly, jealous and bitter women, girls that need rescuing, men who take the glory and their new brides being forever grateful and subservient. Good mothers, obliging lovers and pretty objects. Nikita Gill's new prose and poetry collection rewrites the fairytale classics and reworks their old-fashioned tropes into new empowering and inspirational stories.

In this profound and moving book, oncology nurse Janie Brown recounts 20 conversations she has had with the dying, including people close to her. Each conversation uncovers a different perspective on, and experience of death, while at the same time exploring its universalities. Offering extremely sensitive and wise insight into our final moments, Brown shows practical ways to facilitate the shift from feeling helpless about death to feeling hopeful; from fear to acceptance; from feeling disconnected and alone, to becoming part of the wider, collective story of our mortality.

An Engineer's Book of Poetry describes the struggle and strife of an undergraduate engineering student, trying to build beautiful things in a burnt-up world. This book was inspired by the mean, old, engineering professors who taught me the dynamics of fluids, the heat of thermodynamics, and the mechanics of machines. It is derived from real-world situations, and kind TAs who helped me pass classes. The road from wanting to be an engineer to becoming one is long; this audiobook describes my incomplete journey. It is both advice, warning, and motivation for young engineers.

The town of Maraud has been taken over by aliens. It’s been a gradual process. At the turn of the century, this was a logging town. But as the logging industry died out, so too did the town. The arrival of strangers was welcomed, especially as they seemed friendly and had brought their own means to survive - they seem to have a knack for finding gemstones.

Malala Yousafzai was born and raised in northwest Pakistan where the Taliban forbade girls like her from the basic human right of an education. An activist from a young age, she spoke up against the oppression of her people. In fact, she became such a voice for change that consequently she was shot by the Taliban at the age of 14 for speaking up for what is right and seeking change for her nation. Malala was forced to leave her childhood home and settle in Europe but, even after her near-death experience, she never stopped her activism....

Yoga Classics Vol. 1 inspires your meditations and your yoga practice with sage advice from true yoga masters. Included in this volume are the doctrine and practice of yoga by Swami Mukerji yogi of the South India Order and an introduction to yoga by Annie Besant.

Inside magic grandpa tree, Lucy's mother has just appeared to Lucy and Will to tell them that Lucy will not have to return to the hatedorphanage where dragon Sister Margaret is the head nun, and where there is bullying and unhappiness. Unfortunately, time in Lucy's mother's sphere is a little different from ordinary time on earth, and Lucy must go through more trials first. Her mean stepfather, released from jail, kidnaps her when she is in the woods helping a wounded baby deer and takes her back to his house, where his fierce dog keeps guard.

Lo imaginamos caminando con un aire de desdén, desgarbado y sucio, mofándose de la idea de patria o polis. Vestido con un burdo manto y con su morral a la usanza de su maestro, Diógenes de Sinope, apodado "el Perro", proclamaba ser "ciudadano del mundo", después de renunciar a su fortuna y a su estatus privilegiado. Era la Grecia del siglo IV a. C., recientemente sometida por los ejércitos de Alejandro Magno, y el malestar de la época se manifestaba de varias maneras.

Tiffany has never met a man like David, and as she gets to know him better, his strength and good qualities arouse feelings of passion in her. She begins fantasizing about David and what it would be like to really be with a man like him. Tiffany soon finds herself faced with one of the largest obstacles of her life: desire.