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This poetry audiobook is a dive into the various styles of writing. It was written to inspire critical thinking and philosophical ideals. If you are bored with "pretty poetry", this audiobook is for you. It also makes a great gift for artists and poets alike, of all ages.

Wisher: it's just a book, an old red leather bound journal. Or is it? When Wisher falls into the hands of two teenage girls, what do they wish for? Clear skin? A car? That cute boy to like them? Or something less obvious... more ominous? Ruby Vandelay and Kat Milton are tempted to take chances and make choices with this strange book of wishes, learning from their mistakes and finding solutions to the havoc they create.

Touch the Skies is a novella containing three short stories about the couples readers have come to love in Books 1, 2, and 3 in the Stardust Erotic Romance Series. A fifth and final book will be published by the end of 2014.

When Svetlana Ivanova lands a job on Desida One as trade liaison for the Russian Elite, she is over the moon. Even though her rich father owns the largest gemstone mine in the solar system, Lana wants to make it under her own steam. Working on one of the Desidan space stations is a dream come true.

Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she and her friends Tori and Alen are attacked by rebels on their way to Earth. Bruce Randall, a notorious space pirate and her father's worst enemy, kidnaps her to hold her for ransom.

Determined to have a life of her own, Victoria Weiss flees the safe haven of New Berlin on the planet Mars by accepting an internship on the most remote space station in the solar system. Being the daughter of the Great German ambassador isn’t all glitter and glamour, and Tori needs a fresh start away from her overbearing parents. But running away from your past isn’t easy when you’ve hidden away the darkest parts.

In a land steeped in myth and superstition, a raid on a small village leaves a young boy, Khu, its only survivor. Fate paves a strange and mystical path through dark and uncertain times, when the split powers of Upper and Lower Egypt compete for sovereignty over a realm plagued by instability, rebellion, and fear. Two kings and their kingdoms battle over one dream - a dream threatened by shifting allegiances and foreign invasion.

After her father's death, the last thing Ava Windsor wants is to leave Earth and move to an Elite colony on the moon for the next 10 months. Nicolas, a half-uncle she doesn't even remember meeting, is to be her custodian until she reaches the age of 21. Until then, she is not allowed to touch the money her dad has left her. Being the only child of a disowned Elite father and a common mother just got a lot more complicated. But surviving among the Luna Six Elitists who treat commoners as servants should have been the least of Ava's worries.

Tom and Charlie are living out what's left of their lives on their own terms in a remote forest, two pot growers their only connection to the outside world. But then two women arrive - a photographer on the trail of survivors of a decades-ago forest fire and an elderly escapee from a psychiatric institution - and everything changes. And the Birds Rained Down, the recipient of several prizes, is a haunting meditation on aging and self-determination.

Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is ready to enjoy a trip to a Yorkshire spa, where her widowed mother can take the waters and recover from a long mourning period. Having solved yet another murder and faced extreme peril with her best friend, Hector, over Christmas, Aggie’s Morbid Preoccupation is on alert when rumors abound about the spa's recently deceased former patient...and then another body appears under mysterious circumstances. Aggie and Hector take a closer look at the guests and staff of the Wellspring Hotel, and venture into the intriguing world of the local undertaker.

The H Factor is straight talk about leadership development and team building to help you develop a work culture that supports corporate social responsibility. But it is also about rethinking how to maximize the strengths of your employees–your human resources–to build a dynamic team where everyone achieves the satisfaction of participating in sustainable efforts that build true employee engagement and a better world.

Reminiscent of Dr. Seuss and Hilary Knight, here is a third clever read-aloud starring Priscilla. After she tries out for the lead part in her roller-skating school's upcoming play and is disappointed, Priscilla learns what it really means to be a star. Priscilla's story is told in lyrical verse and young girls will enjoy hearing her roller-skating adventure read aloud.

Moscow, 1921. Tatiana and Sasha meet in a bookstore the night it is bombed and fall in love. Tatiana is a promising young scientist, who soon follows her mentor to the Institut Mozga to study the source of genius. Sasha is an artist, who drifts aimlessly in a world increasingly indifferent to his art. When her mentor suddenly dies, Tatiana begins to speculate about the shadowy circumstances of his death. Disconcerted, she plunges into doubt—about her work as a scientist, her naïveté about the Revolution, her faith in the state, and her relationship with Sasha.

From Plato to Plutarch, Shakespeare to Churchill, Machiavelli to Melville, Jane Austen to Carl Jung, Pericles to Peter Drucker and many more - here are the best leadership ideas of the past 25 centuries. You don't need a big title or a business degree in order to lead with impact. What you need is practical wisdom: the insight, judgment and strength of character that all great leaders have but that most business schools and corporate workshops don't teach.

Marriage is hard enough for the everyday civilian. But imagine marriage when you’re separated by thousands of miles, when one of you daily faces the dangers of combat, while the other shoulders all the burden of home-front duties. Add to that the unpredictable schedules, frequent moves, and the challenge of reintegration, and it’s no wonder military marriages are under stress.

The new heartwarming and hilariously brilliant story, beautifully read by number one best-selling author David Walliams. Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones. There are young ones and old ones, clever ones and stupid ones. There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones. Of course, there are good dads and bad dads.... A high-speed cops and robbers adventure with heart and soul about a father and son taking on the villainous Mr Big - and winning!

The new jaw-achingly funny novel from David Walliams, the number-one best-selling author! Make your appointment if you dare…. Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find… a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it…? Listen to this book and find out!

Jouer avec les esprits peut être dangereux. Tenez-vous-le pour dit ! Quatorze ans avant le début de ces événements, lors d’un passage à Montréal, une famille ontarienne voit son séjour se transformer en un véritable cauchemar lorsque Judy, leur fillette de sept ans, disparaît sur le site de la plage du parc Jean-Drapeau. Après une longue enquête policière infructueuse, la mère de l’enfant fait appel à Gabriel Longchamp, un célèbre illusionniste québécois qui possède également un don de médiumnité, pour le convaincre de retrouver sa fille.

In a daring and fierce debut work of fiction - the likes of which comes along once in a generation - Virginia’s landscapes, emblems, and Thomas Jefferson’s historic plantation set the stage for a cast of unforgettable characters fighting for their right to exist in America. Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s precisely imagined debut explores burdened inheritances and extraordinary pursuits of belonging.

Patrice, dans son Clova à flanc de rails et de forêt, a réinventé sa façon d’être libraire. La nuit, les doigts sur le clavier, il alimente sa boutique virtuelle, correspond avec sa toile d’invétérés du livre rar…

Whether you're nervous, exhilarated, or overwhelmed by the idea of motherhood, this is the perfect chance to learn what normal newborn behavior is really like and how best to care for yourself and your little one.