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This book was written to give anyone, but especially brown and black women and men encouragement to apply and complete nursing school. We all have very important stories to share with the goal of giving you encouragement to live your dream of becoming a nurse. We are here to help and be an inspiration.

What is the coronavirus, and why is everyone talking about it? Narrated by Hugh Bonneville, this approachable and timely audiobook helps answer these questions and many more, providing children aged five to 10 and their parents with clear and accessible explanations about the coronavirus and its effects - both from a health perspective and the impact it has on a family’s day-to-day life.

Here is an unabridged audio collection of the "best of the best" science fiction short stories published in 2009 by current and emerging masters of the genre, as narrated by top voice talents. In "Erosion",l by Ian Creasey, a man tests the limits of his exo-suit prior to leaving a dying earth. In "As Women Fight", by Sara Genge, a hunter has no time to train for a fight to inhabit his wife's body in a society of body-switchers....

In the 1840s and 1850s, "Brady of Broadway" was one of the most successful and acclaimed Manhattan portrait galleries. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Dolley Madison, Henry James as a boy, Horace Greeley, Edgar Allan Poe, the Prince of Wales, and Jenny Lind were among the dignitaries photographed in Mathew Brady's studio. But it was during the Civil War that he became the founding father of what is now called photojournalism and his photography became an enduring part of American history.

Este libro le dará tips ejecutables y maneras para comenzar con la dieta cetogénica, proporcionándole no sólo el porqué, sino el cómo empezar este programa de dieta cetogénica. A través de este programa estructurado, usted tendrá acceso a pulgadas de reducción en sus medidas corporales, mejor humor y una mejora en su salud general.

Alyshia D'Cruz, daughter of Indian tycoon Frank D'Cruz, has grown up in London and Mumbai wanting for nothing. But one night, after a boozy evening out, she gets in the wrong cab home. Charles Boxer, ex-army, ex-police, has found his niche in private security. His specialty: kidnap and recovery. When D'Cruz hires Boxer to find Alyshia, Boxer knows Frank's crooked business empire has made him plenty of enemies. MI6 officers in India follow Boxer's leads and soon it seems more lives than Alyshia's are at stake, as the trail crosses paths with a terrorist plot on British soil.

A secluded Pacific Northwest cottage becomes a door to the past for Tom Winter, who travels back to the New York City of 1962, followed by a human killing machine that he alone must stop.

Although humankind today can peer far deeper into the universe than ever before, we still find ourselves surrounded by the unknown and perhaps the unknowable. All great science fiction has used the human imagination to explore that realm beyond the known, just as theistic religions have done since long before the genre existed. As Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson argues, the genre’s freewheeling speculation and systematic world-building make it a unique lens for understanding, examining, and assessing the truth claims of religions in general and Christianity in particular.

Get ready for a wild ride through an alternate universe of music in Rock & Roll Nightmares: Parallel Lines. These short stories, written by award-winning and bestselling authors, cover everything from hilarious antics to deep reflections, all set in a music world that's not quite what you remember. What ties them together? Each tale takes a real rock star's story and spins it in a whole new direction.

Glenda Jackson stars in this compelling drama series inspired by Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, highlighting different aspects of contemporary Britain. In 2015, double Oscar winner Glenda Jackson made a triumphant return to acting in Radio 4's Blood, Sex and Money, a radical reimagining of Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle. Now, she reprises her role as matriarch/narrator in this eclectic mix of dramas inspired by Zola's novels, but set in modern Britain.

First there was Buffy the Vampire Slayer; then its spin-off, Angel; then the cult hit Firefly and its follow-up film, Serenity. They all had two things in common: their creator, Joss Whedon...and their surprising psychological depth. Revisit the worlds of Joss Whedon...with trained psychologists at your side. What are the psychological effects of constantly fighting for your life? Why is neuroscience the Whedonverse's most terrifying villain? How can watching Joss' shows help you take on your own psychological issues?

The epic climax of the Magic Time saga finds former lawyer turned visionary leader Cal Griffin continuing his quest across the changed face of America, where machines no longer run and magic holds sway. Accompanied by his loyal band of followers, fierce warrior Colleen Brooks, expatriate Russian physician Doc Lysenko, and bipolar street wizard Herman "Goldie" Goldman, Cal follows a trail of clues he hopes will lead him to the Source of the Change that overthrew the world.

The Second Alliance presses on. The town of River's Edge is under their control. In two years since the virus, Xavier finds himself alone. His sister is dead. His mother is missing. His father is out searching for her. He thought it couldn't get any worse, but the Second Alliance proves him wrong - cracks in their facade reveal the grim truth of their presence. While the other survivors submit to this harsh new reality, Xavier refuses to bend. Someone must ignite the revolution before the Second Alliance swallows the town whole. Alone, Xavier doesn't stand a chance.

What if you put your fate in the wrong hands? What if taking it back was your worst option? A virus devastated the world, and humanity lies in ruin. Army veteran Thomas Ricard lost everything but his life - and his adopted son, Joseph. Two years later, Thomas serves the Second Alliance. They bring stability to the region's survivors. They're far from perfect. But chaos was worse. Thomas wants more for himself. Simply surviving isn't enough. The opportunity comes when a band of human traffickers encroaches on the Second Alliance's territory.

Want to bid goodbye to that stubborn fat around the waist and say hello to a slim, fit physique you have always wanted? How about snipping off the dreaded chains of diabetes and obesity while getting your blood glucose and cholesterol levels optimized? Achieve all these and more with a way that doesn’t leave you hungry and listless all the time! Come on over and hop into the world of the Ketogenic Diet!

Möchten Sie ohne viel Aufwand und mit wenig Risiko am Börsenmarkt handeln und wie von selbst ein Vermögen aufbauen? Wollen Sie mit Aktienhandel erfolgreich werden, hatten aber bisher zu viel Angst vor Verlusten? Würden Sie gerne schnell und einfach finanzielle Freiheit erlangen und sich von Ihren Geldsorgen befreien? Dann haben Sie jetzt das perfekte Buch gefunden! Entdecken Sie das Geheimnis der Profi-Trader und lernen Sie den Aktienmarkt zu lesen wie ein offenes Buch!

Four kids decide to start a clubhouse in an old, abandoned office at the edge of town. Little do they know that it really is the old office of Scrooge and Marley, and now Marley has come back with lessons for them all. They just have to find out what he's trying to teach them....

A critique of football (soccer) in the USA, the richest country in the world, and how we became mediocre on the world stage of men's football and how to get from here to become #1 in the world for both the men and the women.

Jenny’s life shattered within the grip of the Second Alliance. She had no choice but to flee the occupation of River’s Edge. After the escape, Jenny and her friends find refuge with another community - one just outside the influence of the Second Alliance. With a fresh start, she finally discovers her purpose in the world after the apocalypse. But not everything is as it seems. Unknown to Jenny, dark promises have been made that threaten her freedom. Will she uncover the plot in time to save herself? To save her friends? Or will she meet the same fate as others before her?

London, January 2014. In the space of 32 hours, in a well-planned and highly organized operation, six billionaires' children are taken off the streets of London in a series of slickly well-executed kidnaps. The gang demands £25 million per hostage for "expenses" - not ransom. And when your child goes missing, you need Charles Boxer: a man with little left to lose, who'll stop at nothing to save families suffering what he has.