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With over 20 years of experience in journalism, digital marketing, and communications, Joanne Sweeney highlights how communication has changed in our post-pandemic world. New and updated chapters include case studies from public health officials on how they modified their tactics as the public demanded more information quicker than ever before.

The Essential Classics Collection is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of five of the greatest novels ever written, and the perfect way to listen to those classics you've always been meaning to try. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including Joanne Froggatt, Stephen Fry, David Rintoul, Hugh Kermode, and Malk Williams.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love. After the unexpected death of...

International best-selling author Joanne Harris first appeared on the scene with "Chocolat", which was made into an Oscar-nominated film with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. Born in Yorkshire, of an English father and French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before somewhat reluctantly becoming a full-time writer. Hear Joanne in conversation with Maggie Lee talking about her portfolio of work, the disastrous writing advice she bravely rejected and what it was like to grow up in Yorkshire alongside diving boldly into new genres.

Widow Lucy, her young son, and unborn child are forced from their home due to unpaid debts. Needing a fresh start quickly, she begins corresponding with a doctor in Colorado. Jed is seeking someone to tend to his home and proposes to Lucy, excited to have an instant family. But as Lucy travels to Colorado, fear and doubt overtake her. While Jed seemed like a nice and kind man through his letters, she fears that he may not be that way in person.

When we look back, we always remember those few amazing teachers that have made a positive impact in our lives. This book is written by a teacher who has impacted the lives of her students and has been termed the "favorite teacher" by many of her students. In this guide, you will learn how to become the best teacher you can be, impact the lives of students, and experience great fulfillment in your career of teaching. This book provides expert opinions, tips, and personal experiences on how to become a favorite teacher.

Gilly is heel tevreden met haar leven: ze runt een succesvolle bed and breakfast in haar eigen huis en geen haar op haar hoofd die eraan denkt die prachtige plek op te geven. Maar dan ontmoet ze makelaar Leo, die niet alleen vriendelijk en behulpzaam is, maar ook nog eens verwarrend aantrekkelijk. Langzaam begint ze zich af te vragen of het wel zo erg zou zijn het roer van haar leven radicaal om te gooien. Gilly's volwassen dochter Helena heeft haar eigen beslommeringen. Haar bedrijfje als weefster komt goed van de grond nu haar prachtige stoffen steeds populairder worden.

These gripping four-minute entries compliment your daily quiet time, emboldening your faith with stories of adventure, tragedy, and hope. Step into the lives of lionhearted missionaries who risked everything to advance the Gospel.

This one-of-a-kind sales guide shows you how to stop wasting your time calling people who don’t want to hear from you and boost your close rate to 80 or 90 percent! Send your commissions soaring, work less, and enjoy it more - all without ever making another cold call. Following Joanne Black’s proven, referral selling system, you’ll discover how to turn current customers and your myriad of contacts into rich sources of referrals - as you establish relationships that ace out the competition.

This meditation lovingly guides you into your inner depths. You travel through your emotional fields with the help of dolphins and reappear freed with a light heart. Do you notice how old emotions hold you captive? Could they be emotions that are so old, that you don't even know where they came from? Would you like to transform of your old, hindering emotions and redesign your life with a free heart? This meditation helps you to gently dive into yourself and swim through your inner obstacles. It is not about "enduring and mastering" of something inside of you or even "forcing" a change.

Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of 18! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe . . . or if you are a child from the wrong social class . . . or a singer without work and the rent to be paid. Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair.

A winning pitch is more than just data points and charts—it's a compelling story that captivates from start to finish. Yet, crafting such a pitch is an art few have mastered, leading to lackluster presentations that leave audiences unconvinced and disinterested.

Online, influencer Abby Allerton is savvy, relevant, and empowered due to her Instagram profiles Plus-Size Real and Femme Fatale, but IRL not so much—she’s sadly stagnant and in need of an upgrade. When the #BTSPFW invite drops into her inbox, Abby can’t help but say, “Oui, oui, this is for me!” and do whatever it takes to get on the next plane to Paris for an exclusive behind-the-scenes Fashion Week event!

Being fired is not a pleasant experience, although it’s something I’ve become good at. I’ve had more jobs than most people have in a lifetime. When my gran has an accident, I find myself volunteering to manage her seaside café. I’m the last person anyone should rely on, but for some crazy reason, I’m on my way to save the day. What could possibly go wrong? Clover Bay is my home. Keeping my head down and enjoying the simple life is all I want. Jody’s temporarily staying in the village to help her grandmother.

Get engaged with a breathtaking psychological thriller filled with crime, suspense, and unexpected twist that will stimulate your mind, ease your brain, and relief you of your daily stressful activities. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have no empathy for others? What if your brain was rewired from birth to make you a psychopath? Would that change the way you think about yourself and how society views people with this disorder Compassion for a Psychopath will take you on a journey of the life of a psychopath.

Your Passport to Parenting explores parenting ideas from around the world, providing stories and lessons that demonstrate how values-based parenting can help create meaningful bonds between you and your child, while teaching them to be kind, secure, and empathetic.

In Edgar Allan Poe's short and turbulent life, he laid the groundwork for the genre of modern horror and, almost as an aside, invented the modern detective story.

Are you at a turning point in your life, feeling as though you're being dragged through the dark night of the soul, or worse still, are you caught up in a perpetual pattern that keeps playing out in your life? I’ll show you how to be free of those limiting beliefs, the negative emotions, fears and all the emotional issues, the physical weight and even physical symptoms. Imagine being free and empowered so that you can easily step fully into your power and be the very best that you can be physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor in rural Oxfordshire. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe’s life is in ruins. Over 150 years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items.

Lizzie gave up her stressful job in Boston to embrace her love of all things country in Smithville PA. Her dreams are coming true; if only her matchmaking, socialite mother would back off. Elliot hadn't anticipated the exotic bohemian style manager of his newest spa, or her intriguing, demanding mother. Small town antics and his interest in Lizzie extend his visit to Smithville, but will the allure of country life draw him in for good?