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Energy Fun Land series is a new, simple and fun way to learn about energy. It is an introductory series to energy concepts, authored by Haydar Witwit and Sally Rita Witwit. The series introduces the learner to definitions and types of energy for teachers and parents to define energy for kids, aged five to seven.

Broken Conditions highlights the author’s college years and chronicles key relationships, which lead to drama, adventure, hurt, and poor choices into her 30s. See how growing up affects and influences almost every decision, relationship, and behavior. When what she learned wasn’t working, she did something about it...sometimes! The Clean Colored Girl Chronicles are stories from one woman’s life as she shares how relationships made her and broke her.

Thirty years ago, Martin Owenby came to New York City with dreams of becoming a writer. Now his existence revolves around cheap Scotch and weekend flings with equally damaged men. When he learns that his older brother, Leon, has gone missing, he must return to the Owenby farm in Solace Fork, North Carolina, to assist in the search. But that means facing a past filled with regrets, the family that never understood him, the girl whose heart he broke, and the best friend who has faithfully kept the home fires burning.

Given her incredible tenure as a Supreme Court justice as well as her monumental impact on the modern women’s rights movement, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become one of the most prominent political leaders of today. To complement her judicial significance, she has also become one of the most culturally popular political figures in US history. Not only has her workout routine gone viral (and been detailed in a book by her trainer), but RBG’s story has been featured in multiple critically acclaimed films.

The word "autophagy" comes from the Greek word which means "consuming itself". It is a recycling program in which damaged or unneeded cell components or even the entire cell are broken down and split into the individual components. In this process, our body cells build their own unusable components such as misfolded proteins and damaged cell components. Our cells use these to generate new building blocks or use them as fuel, similar to the energy recovery from fat reserves in a caloric deficit.

Lilly Anne Freemantle and her new friends have experienced the cruelty of an unimaginable being and now live in fear, knowing that it will return and that they will never be safe. They know they need to destroy the being before it claims more lives. But will their plan work? Or will others die? This novel reminds us that uttering those "three little words" can bring joy and happiness. Yet, it makes you wonder what happens when love is not reciprocated. Can this be a catalyst for terror, horror, and death?

On October 3, 2005, Kapacziewski and his soldiers were coming to the end of their tour in Northern Iraq when their convoy was attacked by enemy fighters. A grenade fell through the gunner’s hatch and exploded, shattering Kapacziewski’s right leg below the knee, damaging his right hip, and severing a nerve and artery in his right arm. He endured more than forty surgeries, but his right leg still wasn’t healing as he had hoped, so in March 2007, Kapacziewski chose to have it amputated.

Enter worlds of steampunk and terror, where you’ll meet ghosts that will raise the hairs along your arms. Among the tales, you’ll encounter a serial killer stalking a country road and a vacation destination riddled with evil. This collection of short stories explores the different writing styles and genres of Amazon best-selling author Jordan Elizabeth.

In Terror to Triumph, 12 domestic violence survivors describe the terror they experienced and the additional challenges they encountered from a system that was supposed to help them. Most importantly, they tell of the practical steps they have taken - physically, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually - to journey from darkness to light and build new lives. They tell of continued recovery, and how they have reclaimed self to reach a sense of triumph.

One of the great what-ifs among Pride & Prejudice aficionados is: If Mr. Collins married Mary Bennet instead of Charlotte Lucas, how would that influence Mr. Darcy's dogged pursuit of the elusive Elizabeth? In this breezy and hilarious re-telling of Jane Austin's classic novel, the author explores what would have changed - and what would have not - had two of literature's most self-righteous characters found their way together. Elizabeth Bennet goes to Kent with her sister Jane, and the fur flies! A wonderful, mad-cap romp!

Ein spannender Einblick in die Situation Russlands! Die einstige Supermacht Russland und ihre heutige Position in der Welt ist etwas, was als Thema oft vernachlässigt wird, dabei ist sie doch ein unverzichtbarer Partner des Westens. Um ein besonders gutes Gespür für die politische Situation in Russland und die möglicherweise damit zusammenhängenden Krisenherde zu bekommen, hat Autor Peter Scholl-Latour die verschiedenen Grenzregionen Russlands bereist und festgestellt: das Land befindet sich in einem Zangengriff.

Captain Frederick Tilney, dashing cavalry officer and rakish heir to Northanger Abbey, is interested only in fencing and enjoying himself. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams, the lovely and intriguing Violet Blakeney. However, her father is not convinced of Frederick's pledge to reform and the officer is banished from Violet’s presence. The baronet has a will of iron, for he is none other than Sir Percy Blakeney - the retired Scarlet Pimpernel!

The best-selling author of Never Unfriended opens up about midlife and what it feels like to have outgrown those teenage jeans—but finally grown into the shape of our souls. “I want to give Lisa-Jo’s book a standing ovation.”—Aarti Sequeira, chef and TV personality Do you ever...

The last of her clan of assassins, the Violet Dragon burns with rage, and she'll stop at nothing until her sisters' deaths are avenged. A reckoning is coming to those responsible for the heinous act against her family. And with the help of an American CIA operative, she’ll get her chance. Together, the unlikely duo will not only solve who murdered the people she cared about, but they’ll also discover who's been buying and selling women for profit throughout Southeast Asia.

Aurora is the leader of Tanzahar, and she is unlike anything humans have ever heard of. She is neither vampire, werewolf, witch, angel, nor demon...as Maharani she is far more powerful than any creature of the underworld. When Aurora meets Gregor, a human, she winds up saving his life when he’s suddenly attacked. Defying Tanzaharian law, she brings Gregor to her home in the underworld. Aurora and Gregor are both drawn to each other like something powerful is pulling them together.

A powerful call to step into your full potential that biblically affirms the need for women to rise up and work together to make a better world. "Jo is one of my most trusted voices in Christian leadership. . . . She leads auditoriums full of people, and she leads me one-on-one."—Jen...

Andre and Jace have promised to love each other forever but Jace is set on keeping their relationship secret for the sake of their careers. This is their journey to accept who and what they are to each other and to the public with the help of another couple who are out and proud of it. But before they find their way they find lots of hot and steamy sex both with each other and unfortunately with others. Follow them as they find their way back to each other and learn that they are all they need.

One: We’re alive, for now. Two: Gavriel’s totally lost control. Three: Santobello is hunting us. Four: Someone will die.

When your beloved witchy grandmother is dead, your best friend is dating the son of one of the meanest women in town, and your dreams have been hijacked by Southern belle spirits trying to kill you, what's a girl to do? Caffeine up and go on a ghost hunt, of course! Crescent is the story of Stella Fortunat, a girl who wears way too much eyeliner, drinks way too much coffee, and has way too many expectations set on her by an unsympathetic mother.

Jo’s mother, Babe, liked to drink, dance, and stay up very late. When the husband she adored went on sales calls, she waited for him in the parking lot, embroidering pillowcases. Jo grew up thinking that the last thing she wanted was to be like her mother. Then it dawned on her that her own happiness was derived in large part from lessons Babe had taught her.