Showing results by narrator "Anne-Lise Kadri" in All Categories

These short stories are meant to be listened to before bedtime to help children relax and transition into a restful sleep. These stories combine the practices of psychotherapy and meditation, with the creativity of storytelling to keep children engaged. Meditation is a Buddhist practice used for centuries, which involves becoming aware of one's physical sensations and state of mind. This practice in mindfulness allows for calmness to overcome anxieties and restlessness.

In the summer of 1921, outside the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Hanz Wolff finds twin baby girls in a wicker basket in his barn. Wrapped in woolen blankets embroidered with the Star of David, a note begs the German farmer and his barren wife to love and raise them as their own. Believing it to be a gift from God, the ecstatic couple keep the newborns’ Semitic heritage a secret, claiming that Maria had birthed them at home.

When 12-year-old Joe and his two younger sisters visit Smugglers Cove for the summer holidays, they get caught up in a thrilling adventure that is beyond their wildest imagination. Follow the children as they flee down a river, are chased by ferocious dogs, get locked up in an old manor, get lost at sea, expose a spy, and more!

That’s what your colleagues or clients will say once you have facilitated a workshop using what you will learn in this book by nationally recognized facilitator and award-winning author Eric Meade.

It is 1460 and England’s peace is torn apart by the rivalry of the houses of York and Lancaster. In the murky half-world between superstition and reality, young Rose Cooper waits to find love. Born into a family whose women are gifted with the Sight, an ability to foresee the future, Rose longs to know who she will marry. Unable to use her gift, she she turns to her mother for help. Together they awaken the slumbering forces of an ancient power, unknowingly setting off a chain of events that will change their lives forever.

Lt. Colonel Marilyn Morgan, a brilliant chemist and military officer, leads a clandestine project at a secret base, studying a mysterious artifact with origins unknown. But when an experiment goes awry, Marilyn finds herself transported to another time and place, far from the life and world she knows.

When Becket Bramble is sent to live with his aunt in York, little does he know that it would be the start of a terrifying journey that would take him back to medieval England and the iconic Tower of London. With the aid of his magic Templar pendant, Becket becomes embroiled in a desperate race against time to rescue the infamous "Princes in the Tower" from the sinister Lady Margaret Beaufort and the wicked Duke of Buckingham.

Are you holding yourself back as a leader? Then this audiobook is for you. I’m [Not] a Leader has been written to challenge anyone who does not think they are a leader or could ever be one. Leadership is principally a choice, and numerous opportunities are waiting for someone just like you to step into the role. This audiobook is also a great resource to use if you are already leading and are looking to inspire others to start leading.

November 1605. Becket Bramble once again finds himself thrust back to the past, his magical pendant propelling him into the midst of the Gunpowder Plot. When Becket saves the life of a persecuted boy, he is befriended by a Jesuit priest, Father Thomas, and is enlisted by the band of religious fanatics determined to send King James and his nobles to damnation.

When Caldwell Ellis commissions a 'find and retrieve' mission in Papua New Guinea to find Ropen eggs, Jim and Moira find themselves in a bit of a pickle when a cheese-loving Pterodactyl hatches from the egg that Moira inherits on Ellis' death, along with Ellis' cottage. Ollie is a clever soul, who bonds with Jim and Moira and communicates telepathically. Her existence creates all kinds of trouble and adventures for the Tipham crew!

Although retired, Jim Godwin takes a lowly part-time job at Slobend, Fleecem & Skinnem out of boredom and the need to eke out his pension. Unfortunately for Jim, he's had a prior altercation with two staff members. Worse, Jim knows that they are drug dealers on the side.

Artificial Intelligence is no longer science fiction — it’s real, it’s everywhere, and it’s already shaping your life whether you realize it or not. From Netflix recommendations to the news you see, from job applications to virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa — AI is behind the scenes, making decisions for you. The question is: Do you understand what it’s doing… or are you just going along for the ride?

Mindfulness for Your Success is a nonfiction, self-help book with many insights, wisdom, and strategies for taking control of emotions and transforming them into constructive energy. Emotions are things we deal with every day. Unfortunately, most of us are weighed down by negative emotions rather than positive ones, and these can come between having dreams and achieving them.

Becket Bramble is once again sent back in time, propelled back to Tudor London by his mysterious ancient pendant. Arriving in the notorious prison, the Clink, Becket is tasked with a dying prisoner’s last request: Save the key!

Lady Diana Huxley is a Brontë heroine lost in a Jane Austen fever-dream. Haunted, heartbroken, and abruptly sent to live with her newly-married cousin in a palatial country estate, Diana just wants to blend in. Utterly unfamiliar with the customs and culture of Regency Era high society, Diana is more than content to play the role of silent companion to her chatty cousin, Maggie. She certainly didn’t come to New Glenbury to fall in love.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens has enraptured readers and listeners for over a century. This is another story of redemption: his clerk, Bob Cratchit's own Christmas agony.

Mary Lennox thought her world didn’t need to extend past her aunt’s secret garden after finally finding a home with her cousin, Colin, and her uncle at Misselthwaite nearly six years ago. But when war breaks out in Europe, Mary realizes that she can’t control anything outside the garden walls when her childhood best friend, Dickon Sowerby, announces he’s leaving to fight, taking away both his steady companionship and Mary’s dream of something more. Things only spiral further with Colin’s sudden departure, and Mary is left to run an estate she never planned to manage.

Esther is a diligent bunny from Meadow who always puts duty before fun. As she prepares for the annual delivery of chocolate eggs for Easter, disaster strikes when her basket goes missing. With the holiday fast approaching, Esther sets out on a quest to find her lost basket.

September 1666. Becket Bramble once again finds himself hurtling back in time, his magical pendant propelling him into the midst of the Great Fire of London. Tussling with his evil nemesis Beaufort, Becket once again fights to discover the riddle of the ancient Templar stone. This adventure brings him face to face with squalor of Olde London, a brush with the slave trade, fetid plague pits and service as a fireguard with the dashing Prince Rupert as he careers around the city dodging the Great Fire as the city is incinerated.

Susan always knew she could sense things that she couldn't see, so when her husband James starts to act strangely is there more to his behaviour than meets the eye? With her daughter also starting to act strangely, Susan's nerves are on a knife edge, having lost all of her self-esteem at her husband's hands, not knowing where to turn and with echoes of the past still clinging persistently to her home.