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My parents spend every Christmas in the hospital. My dad is a charge nurse, and my mom’s a doctor. And me? I’m their disappointing daughter who faints at the sight of blood and can never imagine wearing scrubs to work every day. We spend every Christmas at the hospital because injuries and illnesses don’t take a day off, and every year I feel bad for the people there. So this year, I’m going to do something about it.

Do you feel powerless with food? Are you so overwhelmed with the stress of everyday life you seek comfort and control with food? Have you ever binged so hard you felt humiliated, alone, and like a total failure? Have you binged more than once? If so, you need to know more about BINGE EATING DISORDER and how to start getting your life back. Your inability to control yourself around food is destroying your health, your relationships, and your life.

Even if you’re not familiar with solving riddles or you’ve never been good at it, once you’ve heard some of the questions in this audiobook, the creative juices will start flowing, and you will become sharper with each passing puzzle. The key is to be persistent! The best part? It’s an activity everyone can join in, and it can be done just about anywhere. During long car rides, as you go for a nice afternoon stroll, or even before bedtime as a story - every moment is a good moment.

He bullied my sister. Now it’s his turn to pay. Ryker is the top of the Emerson Academy food chain, and he uses his power to remind everyone of just how powerless they are. Until now. When I see him picking on the most innocent girl in school for her weight, I snap. Ignoring him is no longer enough. No, my friends and I are going to make him pay.

You don’t need a boyfriend, a travel partner, or anyone’s approval to travel the world. And you don’t need a massive bank account or an entire summer off work. If you’ve doubted yourself for one moment, remember this: Millions of girls travel across the globe all by themselves every damn day and you can, too. You are just as capable, just as smart, and just as brave as the rest of us. You don’t need permission - this is your life. Listen to your gut, follow your heart, and just book that ticket already! Your copy of The Solo Girl's Travel Guide is waiting to dissolve your worries and give you that extra push.

Real or Fake? Area 51 and the Aliens is a card game in which players read facts on cards about the various research, events, and conspiracies involving Area 51, a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range, and other players have to tell whether that information is true or false. Players get points if correct, and when the game ends, the player with the most points wins. You’ll also learn some intriguing facts about the research, events at the facility, and various conspiracies about aliens as you play the game.

Five friends found each other senior year of high school, but things have changed since then. From cross-country moves to demanding school and work schedules, keeping a friendship going is harder than any of them anticipated. But when their beloved Waldo’s Diner burns down, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and come together to save it. They have mere weeks to raise enough money to buy it back from a greedy corporation and rebuild it to what it once was.

Spelling can be very challenging for kids, especially when more videos are being watched than books are being read these days.nLuckily, spelling and reading comprehension are two things that can still be taught in a fun and interactive way that people of all ages can enjoy.

When my dog runs away on the beach and into the arms of a handsome surfer, I think I’m in luck. Until I realize said surfer is actually a grump who acts like he owns the ocean.

A real-life prince. Like of a country. And he’s not one of those ugly ones with big teeth that girls only like because he’s royal. No, he’s hot. On fire. I’m drooling just thinking about him. But that’s the problem, because the only reason my parents took him in is because they don’t think there’s any way a guy like him could crush on a girl like me.

Emerson Dance is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the country. And I got kicked off the team right before nationals because my curves don’t “fit.” Not their idea of a perfect dancer's body and definitely not their costume. I’m going to enter the competition on my own and show them that every body is a dancer’s body. It will mean practicing in the gym with the bodybuilders, but I can shove my nerves—and my attraction to Carter McCormac—aside long enough to win.

Ever since coming out, Xi’s parents have been her biggest cheerleaders, pushing her to join the Emerson Pride Association and making the community a better place for people like her. Now, she’s got the huge responsibility of planning Emerson Academy’s first ever inclusive prom to take place after the town’s very first pride parade, even though she’s never had a girlfriend date of her own.

A comprehensive summary of Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell. Talking to Strangers is nothing short of powerful, insightful, and highly revelatory. It tears the very fabric of what you should look out for when talking to strangers and replaces them with proven, real time instances that shape and redefine your outlook of the subject matter. It is not just a book. It is a tool for building successful and honest interpersonal relationships with those you know, as much as those you do not.

The book provides a flexible approach toward family bonding. Not only can you answer the featured questions, but you can also elaborate further on topics of interest. You can dig into a niche that interests you and you can even draft your own questions to take the experience to the next level. And on top of that, you can play the game over and over again even if you ask the same questions. As your kids grow or the relationship with your friends evolves, chances are that you’ll receive very different answers from the ones you got previously.

Have you ever thought what separates happy couples from everyone else? No, they are not relationship experts with secret skills. No, they don’t have the happily-ever-after gene. Their secret is simple: they communicate. This book is different from many others. How is it any different? Because it helps you in your relationship and communication: it is a unique book that guides you step-by-step help and teaches you why it is important to communicate but also how to communicate.

This soulful manifesto invites listeners to release shame, rewrite the narrative of beauty, and reclaim their bodies as sacred ground. With poetic honesty and ancestral reverence, Unfiltered Grace dismantles the myth of perfection and celebrates the power of imperfection as survival, story, and strength.

Terrell had his last basketball season at Emerson Academy all planned out. Step one, win the state championship. Step two, get recruited by the best colleges in the nation. Step three, play in college and then go pro. But life had other plans. When all the other starters on the team are kicked off for being caught at a party, he’s left playing with freshmen who've never seen varsity playing time.

If you're like most of us, you'd like to lose some weight, even if it's just a few pounds. You've probably tried various diets, gym routines, or some combination of both. But let's be honest - if mainstream weight loss diets and fitness advice worked, why would two in three Americans be overweight or even obese? You've probably tried diets that made you sick or dizzy, diets that required expensive superfoods or costly shakes and diets that mess up your menstrual cycle. But guess what? You don't have to suffer in order to burn fat.

Everyone knows that if you want a Christmas wish to come true, you go to Garland, Maine, and make a wish as the star is placed on top of the tree in Cider Center. And this year, I made an impossible wish–that all of my friends and I would fall in love before the holiday was over.

If you often listen to embarrassments and fears that lie. This hinders gratitude, acceptance, compassion. This hides self-discovery, personal growth, and love. So this audiobook will change your view of life! Now more than ever, we all need to cultivate feelings of self-worth, as well as acceptance and love for ourselves! This is a motivational and inspiring guide to life with all your heart, rather than just the average self-help audiobook.