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Have you ever felt powerless and alone at work? In moments where it feels like betrayal or injustice has occurred, it can be difficult to know how to act, what to say, or how to think. Yet, it's how we respond to those moments that shapes our destiny.

This book is based on a true story about a young lady who really never had a chance and the cycle changed in a way like no other. Her daughter grew up and did her best of making things better for the next generations to come. In this honest and stunning novel, Latoyi Jackson has given her audience a moving story of child neglect along with abuse of an adult with mental illness. Along with secrets which has damaged several individuals during the process.

Micaela has a big imagination. She loves to tell stories. Every night, she gathers up her toys for their bedtime story. Tonight, her cousin, Shanara, has come over because of the typhoon hitting the island. Suddenly, the power goes out! But they were ready. In the lamp light, Shanara asks to hear one of Mikay's stories. She wants to hear a scary but fun story. Before Mikay begins her tale for the night, she asks, "Are you ready?"

"The King" tells the tale of Terry the Tyrannosaurus. Terry has a big ego. He thinks he is the biggest, strongest, and the best. One day he learns a valuable lesson about bragging and being arrogant. Share this story with your children to teach them the value of being humble and thinking before speaking.

Get ready to have a happy attitude everyday and begin viewing and reacting to life with a new healthy perspective! The Attitude Antidote is a life changing 21-day devotional journey that will take you into the depths of yourself to permanently address the root cause of any bad attitude.

The story is about a girl who goes to a park in the mountains and finds a velociraptor hatching from its egg. The girl takes the dinosaur home and enjoys having a pet dinosaur for a while. When she notices that the dinosaur is growing too big in size, she decides to return it to the mountains where she found it.

John is thrown into a world where he has no idea what is going on. First he’s chased by zombies and they aren’t real. He is then thrust into the world of fantasy. For a boy who plays Dungeons and Dragons it’s just like an adventure that he and his friends have played before. However, this time around he’s not a boy, and it’s all real. He can tell by the broken nose he gets the first few hours he is in that other world. But how did he get there, and where can he find a way back to his own world?

Four generations live under one roof in Columbus, Ohio, and they've figured out how to make it work: dividing responsibilities and chores, re-designing some physical spaces for privacy, and reconfiguring others into common areas for all to gather and enjoy living together. This tale of heartache, heroism, and hope is one family's multi-generational social experiment, which encompasses kids in their teens, parents in their 40s, grandparents in their 70s, and a 90-plus year-old great-grandmother.

Crossing the USA is a very fun way to learn about our states. It has engaging rhymes. Children should really enjoy their time spent with this book. Even better when parents listen to it with them.

You really gotta travel abroad! Just look at what it did for Andrew Bushard: it totally changed his life. Through this travels to the Southern Africa region (especially South Africa,Swaziland, and Zimbabwe), he reaped the deepest personal transformations and fulfillment. You too can reap the same fulfillment if you travel abroad.

I Want to Be a Tree is a fun and goofy way of spending time with the little ones. They should enjoy the short poems in the book.

One Stuffed Animal is a very cute and fun way of learning to count to 10. Told in rhyme, this book could very well be your children's favorite counting book.

I Want to Be a Monkey is a fun and entertaining way of sharing time and knowledge with young people. All children dream of being different things. Many of those things are subjects in this book. So do they want to be a monkey? I think so :)

In Boss of My Feelings, Dania shares her experience with healing from mental illness and depression using real science and holistic emotional healing methods. She tackles some of the myths surrounding depression and offers guidance to cope with emotional pain and encouragement based on 10 long years of study and self-improvement. Her goal is to empower you to have go-to skills that are hands-on when you are feeling distressed.

Come on up and celebrate the first 100 years of America in this newly incorporated town in the mountains of Arizona called Flagstaff. Enjoy the fresh air from the tall pine trees and the rough and gruff Mr. Ryan Anderson, who's just sent off for a new bride, the most helpful local folks, 12 chickens and the lovely, with a positive attitude, Autumn Clancy.

From the number-one best seller of My Snow Day and Sparkly Me, get new ideas on what to do on a rainy day. When Gabi wakes up, she can hear the rain tapping on her bedroom window. Would she stay home all day or go out to seek new adventures? Put on your rain boots, and get ready to go on a splashy adventure with Gabi! This book is about friendship, fun, and creativity.

It's the first day of snow, and Gabi and her siblings are about to get creative. They have the most brilliant idea: they will build the best snow-woman ever! This book will not only empower your child by sending the message that children can trust their own thinking and ideas, and implement them all by themselves, but will also emphasize the importance of team work.

Meet June Dennings - her husband died, she's running out of money, there is no good local man left to marry. She takes a giant leap of faith accepts an offer of marriage and a train ticket to becoming a mail-order bride on a faraway dry, dusty desert town of Amarillo to marry a cattle rancher that she had corresponded with only four times and has never met!

Meet Rayne: she ain't getting any younger, and it's slim pickens for eligible men in her tiny Wisconsin town of Taylor Falls. Her sense of adventure and encouragement by family to go out west and seek love kicks in! She travels two weeks by train and three days by a bouncy horse stagecoach that leaves her bruised and battered so she can arrive in a newly developing town called Bozeman to marry the local veterinarian whom she has never met.

Approximately four years ago (in 2010), I saw the most unbelievable happening. My adorable Yorkshire Terrier, named Wizzie, saved a drowning kitten from my family's pool in San Diego. It was an astonishing act of bravery for this 6 and a half lb. bundle of fur.