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In this riveting memoir, Lawrence Youngblood chronicles his life's journey in the grim ghetto of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a story about how a dysfunctional home and the mean streets of uptown tainted the life of a child. No one is born into the world with the mental inception that they want to be bad or a gangsta or criminal. As human beings we are born in total innocence, but in this case, a young boy's environment shaped who he was to become. Trapped by both his demons and those of his parents', he's led down a dark path that he wouldn't have otherwise chosen for himself.

Stacey is a high achiever and has faced a lot, but her new academy promises to be her biggest challenge yet!

At the end of World War 1, D. H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda ("the queen bee"), exiled themselves from England and set up home in Sicily. On the spur of the moment, Lawrence proposed a short trip to Sardinia. Setting off before dawn, they embarked on a whirlwind tour, by train to Palermo, ferry to Cagliari, and by train and bus to Terranova, returning to Rome by ferry. Back in Sicily, Lawrence wrote Sea and Sardinia, one of the great travel journals of the 20th century, in six weeks and entirely from memory.

Let me introduce you to Buck, a beloved pet dog owned by a rural family in Louisiana. Buck is the main character in this story entertaining a multitude of people who pass through his life during the endless journey to survive hurricane Katrina and find a forever home. The Brown family’s lives are about to be turned upside down too and filled with unforeseen challenge and misery. The onset of a category five hurricane changes the lives of thousands of people and animals in the immediate area of Louisiana and Mississippi.

A young woman is lost on a scuba dive in Grand Cayman. Did she suffer nitrogen narcosis? Or did she commit suicide? Experts argue both scenarios in a civil trial that takes place 14 months later. Her parents are the plaintiffs. The defendants are a large corporation and its dive master on that fateful day. There are several experts called to testify, including the author. The two lawyers object to each other's arguments, cite precedent, drill their experts. Yet one thing is missing: Her body. It will never be recovered. The Wall is fiction but it reads like a real case.

In our rapidly changing global environment where learning methods, styles and access vary dramatically it is increasingly necessary to stimulate conversation around drastically revolutionizing education. In You Can’t Make Fish Climb Trees: Overcoming Educational Malpractice Through Authentic Learning author and scholar Lawrence Muganga advocates for educational transformation and exposes our archaic education systems modeled for nineteenth-century Europe, which has allowed governments and administrators to structure and deliver education as if it were an assembly line.

In my book, DIY Small Business Accounting the Easy Way, you will start by learning the basics of accounting, such as maintaining the general journal, specialty journals, and the general ledger. Don’t worry, this is not a college textbook. I will show you what you need to know in easy-to-understand, conversational language. I came from an extensive accounting background, but that doesn’t mean that everyone understands the basics.

When quiet and politically inclined bookworm and strong believer of democrats Hillary is paired up with the political science major heartthrob and bad boy Donald for their final assessment before graduation, she thinks everything will come to an end. But as the days pass, the two grow more accustomed to each other. But there was one tiny problem. She was a Democrat, and he was a Republican.

ADHD is a disorder that continues to be researched, but as an adult, you don’t have the time to wait for the perfect cure. You need real and proven strategies and coping mechanisms before your life spirals out of control because of ADHD.

ADHD doesn’t have to control your life. With the guidance in this book, even the worst ADHD symptoms can be overcome. It’s time to take back control and rediscover the person behind ADHD.

Un virus mortel, un monde confiné, le thriller qui avait tout prévu. En Asie, 47 personnes succombent à une fièvre mystérieuse. Envoyé sur place par l'OMS, Henry Parsons, épidémiologiste de renom, découvre à quel point le virus est contagieux. Lorsqu'il apprend qu'un homme contaminé est en route vers La Mecque, où des millions de musulmans vont être rassemblés pour le pèlerinage annuel, c'est le début d'une course contre la montre pour enrayer l'épidémie.

Die von Warren Buffett verfassten Essays genießen seit mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten Kultstatus. Zusammengestellt und aufbereitet von einem der renommiertesten Experten für Value-Investing, Lawrence A. Cunningham, sind die hier zusammengefassten Briefe von Warren Buffett an seine Aktionäre ein unverklärter Einblick in die Investment-Philosophie des erfolgreichsten Investors aller Zeiten. Über Buffett ist viel geschrieben worden, doch was hat er selbst zu sagen? Die Essays stammen aus Buffetts eigener Feder.

Tony, who happened to have come from a humble background, wasn’t aware of past events that affected his future. He did not allow his past to take precedence over his future. He was a courageous, smart, intelligent, and ambitious kid who wanted everything good and learned to use the greatest gift ever given to humanity in getting what he wanted. He understood there is a force called “life” and knew how to stand and fight that force with the gifts given to humanity.

Life in a remote fishing village in the middle of a civil war is neither safe nor inspiring. So, when an opportunity comes along for village girl Lynn to be kidnapped and enslaved by Darren, a ruthless pirate queen, she takes full advantage of it. But Darren is neither as ruthless nor as piratical as she appears at first glance--and Lynn's not exactly what she seems to be, either.

In an age when technology vanquished natural death, Ryan and his sardonic AI implant are recruited at the last minute to board the first colony ship to Tau Ceti. As the lowest-ranked crewmember, he expects to cryogenically freeze right away, but the captain has other plans. Ryan begins a training program for rare individuals who heal much faster than normal, a program that teaches him to survive every possible scenario that Murphy’s Law can deliver.

This book, though short, will motivate you to take a stand for the best choices and make the difference necessary to empower this generation and others after it. It could define the best culture of our generation. This is what POP feels like when you truly act with a purpose in the world. It is the Power of Paradise! In the same breath, this is a tribute to all the pure souls who have gone before us, inspiring the seeds of change, hope, and beauty in the world. It is dedicated to every child and the child in us.

Do not talk yourself out of success; stop feeling dull, shy, or boring, and take action to develop those skills which seem so out of reach. Speak up and be noticed. Never before have so many conversational skills been analyzed, broken down into easy-to-understand lessons, and gathered in one place. Extroverts and introverts can both learn a thing or two within this guide. These seven easy steps are your ticket to deep meaningful conversations, easy-breezy chats, and everything in between.

Michael Jacobs is a divorced father of two. He is struggling to pay the bills and seek a direction, while he tries to avoid falling into anxiety and depression. He has always had a shoot from the lip and let the words fall where they may attitude. Along with that, his outward rebellious stance against religious norms has always left him on the outside of them. But this time, by biting his tongue and going along with the “program” for financial security, he has found himself in a regrettable workplace and church quid pro quo.

You are about to visit a wonderful land, a merry old kingdom called the Land of Bubble! And as your guide, meet a joyous old soul whose name is Sir Sydney Soapington, the Baron of Bubble! He makes bubbles morning, noon, and night, as does just about everybody in this wondrous land. Your adventure begins right here, my friends! With a bucket of soap and a wave of his bubble-making wand, Sir Sydney invites you to a special place of laughter and joy, thrills, and bubble hills! Discover a land where the fruits are bubbles and when ripe float off the branches and go right into your mouth!

Build confidence and assertiveness in your professional and social life starting today! Are you tired of riding an emotional rollercoaster, ping-ponging between days when you feel good about your body image, your social life, and your career prospects, and days where it all slips away? All you need are straightforward, personalizable exercises that will help you to build up your self-esteem, confidence, boundary-setting, and communication skills, a little bit every day.