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Nearly all adults will become parents at some point in their lives—around 89.6 per cent of the adult population worldwide. While most of us aspire to be excellent parents, the endless challenges of parenthood can leave us feeling baffled and frustrated. Such difficulties can be seen in all developmental phases, as both parents of toddlers and teenagers can attest. Several variables work together to help children build resilience. These elements operate as a safety net for the youngsters, allowing them to grow confident.

A daughter holds clues to her father's shocking secrets and her mother would risk anything to protect those secrets. Grace Truscott, in the biography of her father - a great civil-rights advocate and Senator - raises questions about a death. Was her own father guilty of killing Ned Emory, the husband of his African-American secretary?

The rapid-fire changing world of the twenty-first century presents new challenges – and new opportunities – for leadership. The ideas, concepts, and attitudes that once drove the nation to success need to be updated. To be an authentic, inspiring leader, you'll dramatically increase your success as you meet head-on modern society's issues by cultivating new insights and perspectives.

A little summary of cancer and this water sign's traits, tendencies, potential, gifts, and more. Learning about astrological influences may help uncover more revelation and achieve peace in all areas of life.

Prince: When the World Turned Purple tells the story of one of the most influential and enigmatic musicians of our time. The book begins with the author's personal account of first discovering Prince's music, and how it sparked a lifelong love and appreciation for his artistry.

Margaret and Charles Lewin adopted Isaiah as a newborn - giving the boy all the love a child could want, and everything money can buy. But can even the most loving, caring white family be responsible for raising a black child? Selma Richards, the boy's mother, is now off drugs, learning to read, and has a responsible job. She's not rich and doesn't live in the best neighborhood, but she's healed herself. And now she wants her son back.

Sarah Cart's On My Way Back to You is a firsthand account of the rollercoaster world of lifesaving transplants and the unimaginable challenges Sarah faced as she struggled to manage her husband's devastating illness and to save his life, their marriage, and her own sanity. This audiobook is a profoundly inspirational account of one couple's medical odyssey and the patience, determination, and love that ultimately helped them find their way back to one another.

Grab a special boxed set featuring romantic detectives, Grace and Jack, and their magical cats. Magical white cat Tatania helps her human operatives solve mysteries without missing a nap. In Splendid Summer, when Grace Wentworth loses her last living relative and all her money, hot Detective and WWI Aviator Jack Brewster gets the case. Grace is learning to lead her own life instead of just following it around. Startled by Grace's lack of deference to him, Jack recognizes his romantic equal.

This audio study guide for Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as finding one's place in the world and the consequences of belief and doubt. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Londinium, AD 211. Zuleika is a modern girl living in an ancient world. She's a back-alley firecracker, a scruffy Nubian babe with tangled hair and bare feet - and she's just been married off to a fat old Roman. Life as a teenage bride is no joke but Zeeks is a born survivor. She knows this city like the back of her hand: its slave girls and drag queens, its shining villas and rotting slums. She knows how to get by. Until one day she catches the eye of the most powerful man on earth, the Roman Emperor, and her trouble really starts....

Goodreads is a difficult site to get used to and many authors give up and move on to other things. But it presents massive opportunities to authors. There are over 20 million members (and rising, fast) and they are all passionate readers - the very people authors need. This audiobook makes it quick and easy to authors to understand how to use Goodreads and how to use it as part of their author platform.

Patrick Dixon spent years working as a doctor at University College Hospital, while his wife, Sheila, was a magistrate - high-pressure careers that demanded long hours away from their home, family and passion for sailing. It is a frustrating story many occasional sailors can relate to, but unlike most, Patrick and Sheila realised early enough that they could only bend so far before something snapped; they could only take on so much before they drowned.

Looking for some delicious Mediterranean recipes to make for you and your family? Are you constantly tired and feeling out of shape? Want to reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and other health issues? Do you want to improve your mood and outlook on the world? If the answer is "yes" to any of those questions, then this might be the recipe book for you.

Mina Fairchild keeps to herself. Her secluded life protects the secrets she hides, as well as a certain peculiarity that even people in the colorful town of Auburn, Nebraska find strange. But when her movie-star sister Bernadette shows up on her sofa, Mina's cozy bungalow is overrun with paparazzi. One dark-eyed reporter seems to see straight into Mina's soul and her world begins to crumble. It's bad enough when he noses around her secrets, but then he starts digging for information about her mother.

L. Frank Baum's sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a delightful account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow, the Lion, and the Tin Man, and their strange experiences of the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkinhead, the Animated Saw-Horse, and the Gump. In the Land of Oz, young Tip runs away from his guardian, the witch Mombi, taking with him Jack Pumpkinhead and the wooden Saw-Horse, and flees to the Emerald City, where he learns the incredible secret of his past.

Best friends since the fifth grade, Vaughn, Reenie, Susan, and Audrey have always been considered the most likely to write the Great American Novel, marry a prince, find fame, and run the world, respectively. Now in their 50s, they are all still chasing those dreams - which sometimes makes the "girls" collide.

Life circumstances can leave you in a vulnerable position, causing depression to take over. But, as hard as it can be and as hopeless as you may feel, there is a way out. This audiobook is going to guide you into choosing life everyday. By the end of this audiobook, you will have a wealth of knowledge on depression and anxiety. This valuable information will give you a head start on overcoming them as well as the tools needed to do so. Take my hand, and embark on this healing journey with me.

Learn how to talk to yourself to reduce stress, eliminate mental clutter, stop worrying, and control your inner voice now!

What if evil won't let go? Along a sheltered lane, deep in the Sussex countryside, sits a house that is sometimes called home, the tenants it has held unable to forget it. When Ruby Davis gets a distressed call from Rosie Cowell, the latest inhabitant, little does she know that her life too will change forever, from the moment she steps over the threshold.

This audio study guide for The Crucible by Arthur Miller includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as deception and redemption, mob mentality, and gender and power. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.