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When Dr Anna Diaz moves from an urban practice in Cardiff to take on a new job in Bly, a remote village in rural Wales, she finds a community reeling from the unexpected death of their last GP and a startling number of curious rare medical conditions. Among them, a young woman who has become so hairy she looks like an ape, a farmer who is growing new bones, a teacher who hasn't slept for a month, and an old man who has gained enormous amounts of weight and has horns growing out of his head. Deeply unsettled, the locals feel something viral and horrendous is happening to them...

As humankind moves deeper into the Anthropocene, a period marked by climate disruption, species extinction, and profound challenges to human and animal welfare, what and how we teach our children has never been of greater importance. In this passionate, incisive, and diverse collection of 13 interconnected essays, educators at every level of education and from four continents call for a re-imagined pedagogy that embeds respect for the other-than-human world, encourages imagination and resilience, and fosters open inquiry based on principles of justice, fairness, and equity.

Katrina Morgan is the daughter of world famous ballerina, Liddy Morgan. After losing her mother during a tragic accident, Kat sunk into a state of depression that jeopardized her own dancing dreams. But a decade later, Kat is determined not to allow the only real pleasure she has ever known to slip through her grasp. Leaving behind the comforts of her small town, Kat sets out to join the prominent School of American Ballet in New York City.

This audio study guide for Dawn by Octavia Butler includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as otherness, freedom, and the roles of women and people of color in a new human society. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for The Tiger Rising by Kate DeCamillo includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the confinement and release of emotions, choosing friendship over alienation, and the emotional power of art and words. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Gia loves her job working as a paramedic. She loves the adrenaline rush and sense of fulfillment that comes from saving lives and has sacrificed almost everything else in order to satisfy her addiction to her work. When Gia finds herself at the end of a long shift doing CPR with a stranger, she can’t deny the sparks that fly between them. What follows is the most intensely animalistic and sensual encounter Gia has ever experienced.

When a full moon falls on the night of a solar eclipse, it’s called a Blood Moon. The Goddess has a major influence on nights like this, and only complete isolation can keep a Shifter or Spark safe from her supernatural matchmaking. Carly, a Spark, a.k.a. a magic wielder, takes a big risk when she gives in to the temptation of a night of fun with her human best friend. One bad decision after another leaves Carly and her friend in the wrong place. Surrounded by potential Shifter and Spark mates, Carly’s only desire is to make it through the night single.

Is adopting a plant-based lifestyle for you? Discover what it means to be plant-based, vegetarian, and vegan. Uncover the motivations and effects of these three major diets. Prioritize your mental and physical health while protecting animal welfare and the environment. Learn how to source and consume healthy and sustainable meals.

Laura is having an early midlife crisis. Fast approaching her 30th birthday, nothing has gone quite to plan. Envisioning a happy career, a loving marriage, and having had children by this age, she instead has a job she is bored with, a failed relationship she had also grown bored with, and no man suitable to even consider settling down with.

This audio study guide for A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as nationalism, print capitalism, imperialism, and postcolonialism. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Between 1896 and 1922, in addition to a series of full-length novels Lucy Maud Montgomery published over 140 short stories. In general, these tales are reflective of the coming of age themes and the sylvan settings which are explored in greater detail in the novels.

It’s 1968, and Cathryn Vogeley is 18, unmarried, and pregnant. With a wedding no longer an option, she decides to put her baby girl up for adoption and never think about it again. Her decision shapes the rest of her life. For decades, Cathryn allows this choice to define her value as a woman, a wife, and a mother. In every relationship, in every hobby, she searches for something or someone to soothe the constant ache in her chest created by the loss of her infant daughter.

Through her own story of burnout, clinical depression, and anxiety, combined with the lived experience of others, Michelle explains how you can transform those tricky moments into your power using four key cornerstones—confidence, capability, communication, and compassion—to help reframe your story. You'll learn how to start those all-important conversations, with clear steps and practical advice.

When Charlie's father dies, she's devastated. Then, her worst nightmare begins. The king wants young, beautiful Charlie to marry the admiral's son, ensuring her safety and security for life. However, such a union would cut off her greedy Aunt Kathy financially forever. With too much to lose, Aunt Kathy concocts a harebrained scheme to seize Charlie's inheritance, paying devious pirates to abduct her vulnerable niece—a perfect idea, at first.

I chose the title A Childhood in God’s Arms because, throughout my life, my father hurt me. And God gave me a vision of Him picking me up and setting me on His lap as a child who was being abused. I laid my head against His chest, and there were tears falling down His cheeks while He held me in His arms.

My parents' crazy love for each other is the backbone of the story of the Mojer Mafia. They got together in 1962, and our lives were very closely intertwined with my mom's older and younger orphaned siblings from the start. We lived together off and on and traveled together and separately across the United States as self-chosen nomads, living in at least ninety-two houses in five states for the next twenty years.

The small town of Harmony’s number-one Internet sensation is crime reporter turned blogger, Sheila Sammartino. Everything is going great for Sheila until she witnesses a newcomer to the neighborhood, Arthur Jones, murdered in the alley next to Harry’s Bagel Shop. The police are quick to call it a mugging gone wrong, but Sheila saw what she saw. With the help of her outspoken former college roommate and her handsome new next-door neighbor, she takes it upon herself to get all the answers the police refuse to look for. Who was Arthur Jones, after all? And who would want to kill him?

Hypnosis will help you to change your negative mental views and turn them into positive ones, practicing gratitude for weight loss, visualizing, accepting, and appreciating your healthy body. Thanks to hypnosis, you will set and focus on your goals and keep negativity at bay while trying to lose weight.

Many consider Ricky Yamamoto to be the island’s most competent diver, but the police think she has a few screws loose. When her morning dive is interrupted by a spinning tangle of chains, bodies, and what appears to be a truck axle, she is dragged into an international free-for-all. As authorities bicker and rumors fly, the crime crew fights to eliminate loose ends, following Ricky through WWII tunnels, on a high speed chase through the lush islands of Palau, and back to where it all began - the edge of her favorite cliff.

Audra is so busy caring for her terminally ill mother and her demanding career as a trauma nurse she never found time for a personal life. She and her mom had formed a tight-knit team for all of her life, without a father figure of any kind imposing on their relationship. One fateful night, though, a patient brought into the emergency room will rock her world in unimaginable ways and change the course of her personal life and family ties forever.