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The Adventures of Carmelo is a series of children's learning stories. These stories help them to understand new adventures, teaching respect, listening, following instructions, to be brave, and that it's okay to be scared when facing a new adventure like going to the eye doctor.

It begins in November 1938 on The Night of the Broken Glass, when Jewish people of Germany are terrified as Hitler's men shatter their store windows, steal, destroy their belongings, and arrest many Jewish fathers and brothers. Parents face unparalleled fear for their own lives, but their focus is on protecting their beloved children.

Travel from the dusty, tout-filled streets and holy sites of Nepal to the sultry metropolises and picture-perfect beaches of Thailand, as Zelda and Ian try to outsmart the smugglers and escape Asia alive. This fast-paced, thrilling travel mystery set in Nepal and Thailand is sure to captivate listeners thirsty for some armchair adventure. Down and Out in Kathmandu is the perfect book for lovers of dark comedy, backpacker fiction, and (mis)adventure novels.

Jade Burt can do without her grandmother’s meddling in her love life. But when Millie finds an abandoned baby possum, it leads her to Caleb Young. Caleb would be perfect for Jade! When Jade meets Caleb, it’s hard to argue with her grandmother’s choice. Still, Jade is determined to push Caleb away, but his friendship with Millie concerns her. What if he’s a slick con man trying to take advantage of a sweet old lady? Jade needs to figure Caleb out before he breaks her grandmother’s heart…and Jade’s too!

Witnessing a bar scuffle was not what Navajo paralegal Naomi Manymules expected, but the chaos in Sage Landing was just getting started. A famous Hollywood producer has brought in truckloads of outsiders to make his next blockbuster. As if her movie-dazzled kids and her criminal dog aren’t problems enough, Naomi worries that her boss, attorney Grant Carson, won’t take on enough legal work to keep the office going.

The Adventures of Carmelo is a series of children’s learning stories. These stories help children understand new adventures, teaching respect, listening, following instructions, understanding responsibilities, keeping a promise, being brave, and knowing that it’s okay to be scared when facing a new adventure.

The Adventures of Carmelo is a series of children’s learning stories. These stories help children understand new adventures, teaching respect, listening, following instructions, to be brave, and that it’s okay to be scared when facing a new adventure, like going to learn Jiu Jitsu.

It’s the year 1949. The war is over. NYC Detective Johnny Verohas been promoted to lieutenant, partly as a result of capturing the serial killer Jean-Paul Vincent in France the previous year with the help of Interpol.

The Adventures of Carmelo is a series of children’s learning stories. These stories help children understand new adventures, teaching respect, listening, following instructions, to be brave, and that it’s okay to be scared when facing a new adventure like going to the hospital.

The Adventures of Carmelo is a series of children’s learning stories. These stories help them to understand new adventures, teaching respect, listening, following instructions, to be brave, and that it’s okay to be scared when facing a new adventure like going to the dentist.

The Adventures of Carmelo is a learning tool for children. It’s about a two-year-old’s experience while taking swimming survival lessons. It teaches respect, listening, following instructions, to be brave, and that it’s OK to be scared.

Imagine. Love, life, lies. Playing the game of imagining is a dangerous one. It can leave you paralyzed by all the possibilities. Not knowing what could be because you are scared to dream. When my life finally all came together, I thought I’d imagined every outcome. I dreamed of the ocean. The waves. But most of all the shore. Covered in sand or snow. It haunted me every night but in the most wonderful of ways. Until that night. It was absolutely heartbreaking.

Sharp-witted paralegal Ellie Greenberg has a dynamite career at a law firm in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Happily divorced, in the middle years of her life and trying to keep all her plates spinning in the air, she decompresses from the demands of her career by joining the jazz scene at a local college. The instant she sees the very-married new soloist, trumpet player Vincent Keyes, she's speared directly in the heart by Cupid's arrow. Unfortunately, Ellie has also walked straight into the romantic cross-hairs of ace lawyer Stan Feldman.

Detective Lily Blanchette will stop at nothing to solve a murder. Her current case involves the killing of an undercover cop working to bring down the mob for prostitution and drugs. But Lily's usual laser-like focus on the case has been disrupted. Two weeks earlier, she learned she was pregnant by her murderous husband whom she'd killed in self-defense. Unsure whether to keep her baby or place the child of this cruel man up for adoption, Lily keeps the pregnancy a secret from her colleagues.

Six months after Lily's sister's death, the bodies of two young women are discovered. One look at the way the bodies have been posed and Lily knows her sister's killer is back. And she's determined to get him. When Lily visits the family of victim Tanya O'Neal, she learns the woman had arranged to meet a man going by the handle CtryGeek23 on the social networking site Scatter. Lily thinks finding the man behind the account is key to solving the case.

On the edge of the Navajo Nation, rookie paralegal Naomi Manymules pauses on a lakeside clifftop to enjoy a moonlit moment. She hears someone swimming in the darkness far below her, and a boat drifts out of the shadows. When she glimpses something that might be a naked butt shining in the moonlight, she decides to head for home. What she saw was the bare behind of a murdered local sleaze. His passing upsets exactly no one, but his wife can offer only a coyote for an alibi.

Adventures of Carmelo™ is a series of children’s learning stories that help children understand new events, teach respect, being brave, and learn it’s okay to be scared when facing a new adventure. The series encourages listening, following instructions, understanding responsibility, and keeping promises. This is the Adventures of Carmelo on his summer vacation.