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Grandmother took off her amulet of power and placed it over Carena's neck. The council looked askance. Carena's sisters and mother looked jealous. Grandmother looked smug. Then she turned into a pile of dust. Carena picked up the pile of dust, then blew each bit of dust out into the air. She let the fire ripple down her arms. And one by one, she ignited each speck of dust, so that it shone like a star just for an instant. Somehow she knew, this was what Grandmother would have wanted.

I've been following advances in electric cars for nearly 50 years and advances in hybrids for 15. I started following electric cars while writing a paper in history class in seventh grade on current events. I started following hybrids when the Honda Insight was released in 1999. I also started following fuel-cell cars about that same time. The Xybrid expands on hybrid technologies, discussing new, potential, and conceptual technologies. If you're interested in cars, and especially if you're interested in hybrids and electric cars, then this book is for you, whether you understand how cars work or not.

Facilitator LadeBack of the All Cosmos Vehicle Extra-Prize encounters a Solar Magnetic Storm which sends his ship crashing into what appears to be his home planet Terry. There he meets a jolly old elf who claims to be Santa. Santa tries to give everybody something better than he gave them last year. And this year he plans to give everybody gold. But somebody is bollixing up his plan.

The Dancer is a simple story of a young woman in love, a young woman who is trying to find out who she is. While the story is simple, the manner in which it unfolds is anything but. And sometimes the ride is so wild it has everyone hanging on to their seats. The Dancer starts on the Stage and that’s where it ends. In between, it goes to the beach, to an Artist’s Studio, to a Native Village. We come to understand that the Artist’s Studio and Native Village are other worlds. Will the Dancer find true love? Will she find her place in the World?

Welcome to the wonderful world of consulting. It's a world I know well, having lived it for more than 30 years. What does a consultant do? Well I'm glad you asked. Consultants are brought into a project for their expertise, to speed the project along, and to share their knowledge with the client. Consultants are sought more for their wisdom than for their advice. I try to help the client come to wise decisions rather than telling them what they should do - nobody likes to be told what they should do.

This book details the design for a smaller living space. You can adjust the plans to meet your desires and needs.

We each have seven brains: the four lobes of the brain, the cerebellum, the heart, and the gut. Each has a separate function. Each correlates to a chakra, Kwanzaa principle, blessing mode, and Cherokee spiritual direction. Each brain also uses a particular method of coherence. I explore each method of coherence and how you can use it to heal all your brains.

During their third year of Wizard School, Leesha Fourthchild casts a spell. Actually, she casts several spells, but this one is particularly haunting. Leesha loses her boyfriend Shmedley Thrumbledack and gains him back. Shmedley plays a trick on the couple who were posing as his Parents. And the Tensome learns more about the movement of the Springboks, who Arlanda Florida the Principal is certain are up to no good. A bully becomes friends with Shmedley. Shmedley can be friends with almost anyone, so this is not that surprising. And Amanda Sunflower Triangulum also gains a friend.

Where do we find security? What happens when, even though we’re surrounded by that security, our worst nightmare comes to life? What if we were raised differently from everybody else? What if we lived our lives like everybody else, but when we went home it was too different? Would we stray from the confines of what we know, just to be normal? Just so we could be like everybody else? Or would we stay within what we knew, no matter how strange it was? From one weirdo to another, stay weird and enjoy the ride!

Oops! Now what will she do? A human has seen Nanutea the Angel through no fault of her own. Not only did he see her, he talked to her. And she was so startled that she responded. OK, OK, settle down. Humans aren't supposed to be able to see angels, but sometimes things happen. It's not the worst thing that she's ever done. Well maybe it is. But it wasn't really her fault. Just like it wasn't really her fault when all that snow had fallen off her wings and crashed through the roof of a shed.

The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) or Seatac is one of my favorite airports. I'll reveal the secrets about what makes it so great in this book. These are secrets I've gleaned from my many trips through the airport and from doing some additional research. Seattle is a prime West Coast destination. Seatac has direct flights to Alaska, Hawaii, and several continental US states.

This year was an off year for apples. At least it was in my yard. Others in my neighborhood reported a record year as far as the number of apples on their trees goes. However, my trees only really invest in producing apples every other year. And this year they were saving their energy to reach for the sun. In 2017, I wrote Strawberry Cheesecake Applesauce. That treat always makes me drool. This year I’m writing Chocolate Covered Cherries Applesauce, which is another treat that will make you be rude and salivate.

How did I find myself alone in a ship with the one person who frustrates me the most? Why does Sarah have to be so different? Why do I keep hearing her name in my head? And why did I ever agree to take her to the middle of nowhere and wait to be paid for her trip until I got there? This makes absolutely no sense to me.

The Dancer is a simple story of a young woman in love, a young woman who is trying to find out who she is. While the story is simple, the manner in which it unfolds is anything but.

Saving the Earth One Beard at a Time starts with the amusing story of how I learned to shave. It helps you understand the reasons why you shave and helps you figure out how to shave less and still be you. It takes a look at how being mindful in one daily activity can save the earth. Imagine, if we were all mindful in a few of our daily activities, how much more that would save the planet.

Meet Ambrosia, one of Gitchi Manitou's helpers. Ambrosia tells the story of the beginning. In the beginning, Gitchi Manitou created the earth on which we live. First Gitchi Manitou created the creatures of lights, mountains, trees, fish, birds, and mammals. At this time Gitchi Manitou also created the shires of Eden, Agartha, Atlantis, Shambhala, Aztlan, and Camelot. Over time, the creatures start to forget about the shires, so Gitchi Manitou creates the train to take them to the shires so they can better remember them.

Everybody wants a little piece of paradise right in their own backyard. This book is about how to make that happen without spending too much effort on it. After all, one of the rules of paradise is to let everything be as easy as it wants to be. Tired of yard work? Want to spend time in paradise in the comfort of your own backyard? This book is for you. I explore composting, replacing your lawn, play, pruning, companion planting, edible forest gardens, tree guilds, perennial plants, and creating your own microclimate.

Let's say for a moment that you're the captain of a spaceship. And you're about to land on an uninhabited planet - when your science officer informs you that those 1000 lights you're seeing down there are emitting life signs. What is it about those lights that makes them special? And more importantly, how can you communicate with them to get permission to land?

Moose Feather is a story of a young boy named Davey. His family decides to move to an Intentional Community - one where everybody has different responsibilities. In this community, everybody is assigned a Community Name. Davey gets the great name of Moose Feather, except Davey doesn’t think it’s so great. Davey has a hard time becoming part of the community. He has left all his friends behind. He meets a girl named Chipmunk who helps him with his transition. After school is over for the year, all the kids in the community move into a different time and reality - unbeknownst to the adults.

Poems that make you smile

Poems that make you groan

Poems that make you wonder

Why you're reading them alone

Poems that rhyme with rhythm

Poems that simply don't

Poems that to you make sense

Poems that surely won't

Who writes these poems anyway

Whose mind has gone astray

Just tell your tales the normal way

I don't have time to play

Poetry fans will like them

Laureates will not

Short stories added for a treat

To thicken out the plot