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2022 Readers' Favorite award winner 2022 Best Book Awards Finalist Edited by Barbara Noe Kennedy – Former Senior Editor with National Geographic Travel Books. Cover design by Jonathan Sainsbury – designer of Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Empire of the Summer Moon. "A well-written account about a young man's mistake and the threat of dire consequences. Our verdict: Get it." Kirkus Reviews "Loved it! Along the lines of 'On the Road' and less depressing than 'Into the Wild'. Gorman's writing is clear and honest!" -- Victoria Irwin - Discovery Seattle, 1969: A snowstorm rages as 19-year-old Paul...

When Steven Carino discovered his dog, Oliver, had been stolen from his car, he knew he would do anything to get Oliver back. The friendly Yorkie-Shih Tzu mix - with his bundle of black and brown hair, long floppy ears, and big round eyes - had been Steven's companion during even the loneliest days. But it took more than one man to bring Oliver home. It took a community of friends and strangers who believed that love is worth fighting for.

Is your child interested in learning about lions? There are endless benefits to learning about animals at a young age. The truth is we all have a lot to learn from and about animals, regardless of our age, and lions are a great place to start. They’ve emerged, branched out, evolved, and adapted numerous times throughout the course of history. Their social structure and certain ways they interact with each other are incredibly heartwarming despite their notorious image.

En la casa de la abuela -en las montañas de México- los sábados estaban llenos de familiares y de mucho sol. Areli era buena jugando al escondite y aún mejor persiguiendo gallinas. Cuando Areli era sólo una bebé, su mamá y su papá se mudaron a Nueva York con su hermano -Alex- en busca de una mejor vida para su familia. Cuando Areli entró a preescolar, enviaron a alguien por ella también.

Teach your child about giraffes and learn everything there is to know about these majestic creatures! Is your child fascinated by giraffes? Do you find them watching nature channels and reading books about these wonderful creatures? Do you have to pull your child away from the giraffes at the zoo until you ultimately give in and watch with a smile the wonder in their eyes? Then you’ve come to the right place! The animal kingdom is full of amazing and exciting creatures that you probably don’t know much about—and now it’s time to change that!

If your life was committed to pages, what would your diary say? Where would it start and what secrets would it hold? Lose yourself in a dark, spiraling tale of sex, drugs, and money told by author Karen Joy who provides a survivor’s eye view of the allure and hidden perils of sex trafficking in Diary of a Pimp’s Wife! In a bold baring of soul and memory, Joy chronicles the trials and tribulations of her once common-law husband, an up-and-coming pimp named AZ. Recounting her life with a toxic bad-boy husband and experiences with rap legend, Mr. Cheeks, Joy details AZ’s riotous rise ...

In the late nineteenth century, white lawmakers in the United States created a set of policies, collectively called “Jim Crow,” that created segregated facilities, like schools and parks, for African Americans in the South. But Jim Crow–type policies didn’t just affect the South. These policies have had far-reaching effects across America, impacting where Black people live, how they’re treated by the criminal justice system, and how they’re portrayed in TV and film.

Did you know? The kilt was invented by an English factory manager. Most tartans date from 1822. Scotland had electric lighting 70 years before Edison ‘invented’ it. King Arthur and Robin Hood were both Scottish. Thought not. The Emperor’s New Kilt reveals the two secret histories of Scotland The things Scots are famous for but shouldn’t be. And the things they are not famous for but should be. 'A useful antidote to mythmaking… His disclosures are fascinating' - The Scotsman Newspaper ‘Original and fresh’ - Aberdeen Press and Journal ‘Amazing’ -The Daily Record ‘ ...

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope team unveiled the first ever image of a super massive black hole. This inspiring scientific breakthrough took years of hard work, innovative thinking, and a level of global cooperation never seen before. A multinational team of scientists, lead by Dr. Shep Doeleman and Dr. Heino Falkem, used eight of the largest telescopes from around the world to collect more than four million billion bytes of data, which was flown to teams of computer scientists and mathematicians.

This powerful collection of short stories gives readers an intimate glimpse inside the massage room. Hunter holds nothing back while taking readers on an emotional rollercoaster that is humorous, thought-provoking, poignant, and keeps you wanting to turn the page. She sheds light on an occurrence of wrongful termination, dangerous encounters and her truth of being a black massage therapist in a predominantly white industry.

This is an amazing book about what you are doing wrong and what you should change in order to have Luck, Money, Love and Health Each Day of your life. Yes, you could have it all in your life and all you need to do to achieve it is change your behavior and your attitude to things and people around you. These are the secrets that have been known from just a very few people since ancient times. They work. Try them for yourself. This Book Gives Answers to the Questions: How to Stop Bad Things Happening to You; What to do When Life Makes You Feel Defeated and The Rules of the Universe You Need ...

Inside every loggerhead turtle is genius: the ability to find their first home, no matter how far away. Follow one, from her birth on a beach in Australia...to her trip across an ocean filled with sharks and seahorses and much more...to her rescue from a net by a fisherman, who names her Yoshi...to her rehabilitation at an aquarium...to her record-breaking swim across the Indian Ocean to the beach on which she hatched, to lay her eggs.

My life's path that I ventured upon reminds me much of the biblical character Joseph's life. Having GOD'S PROVIDENCE spoken over me while still inside my mother's womb. I did not start out in a Spiritual atmosphere. That came later in my life. I have fought my whole life through one triumphant storm to another though I did not understand what I was being prepared for. This is my story of the people who helped take me where I was meant to be, even if the hand was negative or Positive. As far as memory would serve me; I can admit that like my brother in the biblical story of "Joseph," I lost ...

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Fue la mujer encargada de limpiar el apartamento que se alquilaba por días en el barrio de Gràcia de Barcelona, quien la mañana del 21 de febrero del 2008 descubrió el cuerpo sin vida de Ana María Páez Capitán. La joven, de treinta y seis años, estaba completamente desnuda sobre un sofá y llevaba atada una bolsa de plástico en la cabeza. Junto al cadáver, los investigadores de los Mossos d'Esquadra solo encontraron una peluca y un par de botas negras. En los primeros momentos, los policías del Grupo de Homicidios se plantearon la hipótesis de una muerte por asfixia sexual.

Jiordan's family was never quite like everyone else's, with her father's mood swings, her mother's attempts at normalcy, and her two older sisters with a different last name. But on the surface, they fit in. Until the day the FBI came knocking on the door. After that, her father's mood plunged to a dangerous new low. After that, there was an investigation into his business and a sentencing in court. Soon Jiordan's father would have to leave home, and her family would change forever.

Caren Stelson brings Sachiko Yasui's story of surviving the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to a young audience. Sachiko's family home was about half a mile from where the atomic bomb fell on August 9, 1945. Her family experienced devastating loss. When they returned to the rubble where their home once stood, her father miraculously found their serving bowl fully intact. This delicate, green, leaf-shaped bowl—which once held their daily meals—now holds memories of the past and serves as a vessel of hope, peace, and new traditions for Sachiko and the surviving members of her family.

Police called it murder on New York’s Hudson River. She said it was a tragic accident. Should her name go down in the annals of America’s female murderers, or is she just one more victim of a fractured court system? Angelika Graswald claims she’s not a cold-blooded killer, but New York prosecutors say she purposely pulled a plug on her fiance’s kayak so he’d drown in the storm-tossed waves of the Hudson River. She Cries Alone: A Shocking True Crime Story takes you through the day Vincent Viafore died, the afternoon Angelika walked and talked with a New York State Police detective,...

This book is wildly funny. I lost track of how many times I laughed out loud. -- Kathleen, Amazon ReviewerAuthor Al Macy is a character and a tightwad with a unique sense of humor. He and his wife squirreled away enough money to retire early, do interesting things, and take unusual trips. As he puts it: “Every day I wake up with nothing to do, and by the end of the day, I've only gotten half of it done.” During his working life, Macy was a neuroscientist, computer game programmer, jazz trombonist, chef, CEO, piano player, clam digger, and technical writer. The book is a journal of a car...

This book is a true story of a most amazing kitten that was swept away during a hurricane and found her way back home six weeks later to teach her family about hope, spirituality, and the true spirit of survival.