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"Star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac's parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father's approval by earning a spot on the school's basketball team. But will their friendship and support for each other be enough to keep the two boys from falling short"--
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The First Port in The Storm is the third in a series of epic fantasy short stories that introduce the characters that will populate the Empires Falling novels. In this story Miri of the Ansha is the rarest kind of practitioner of the magical arts. She is a Mystic who has had her most precious magical gift stolen with the removal out of her eyes. Her eyes were given in payment to the witch who found a way to capture her. Now blind and on a river journey...
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Empires Falling is an epic tale of the rise and fall of many empires as all involved fight for control of all the lands of their world. This first of five short stories will introduce you to a few of the characters that populate the three books that will tell the whole tale. In this story the Lord Regent, commonly known as the Hand, is trying to avoid become the third Hand in two years to be killed. One was poisoned, the second burned to death and...
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A Speaking Demon infects a wealthy young man who would have been fed to a fire if his family was no will to pay a great deal to any sorcerer who will battle the demon. Amelina, the sorceress and Lanzo the student of many types of magic will attempt to do what has cost those who came before them their lives. In this battle one will learn of their part to play in fall of empires and the freeing of a creature that could devour countless lives. Whispers...
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Within the world Of Empires Falling there are three rival empires. The Land of the Khan is the once great Eastern Empire. Decaying from within and losing territories to younger stronger kingdoms that were once part of it as this story begins the empire is facing an ending if not for the presence of a child born to change the fate of not only the Eastern Empire, but the entire world. Kiylah (meaning Fire Serpent) is her name and this is one of her...
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The United States faces a serious retirement challenge. Many of today's workers will lack the resources to retire at traditional ages and maintain their standard of living in retirement. Solving the problem is a major challenge in today's environment in which risk and responsibility have shifted from government and employers to individuals. For this reason, Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth have written this concise guide...
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Chasing Failure will help you remove every excuse for not pursuing the life you want to live, and that failure may just be the quickest way to success. We all have something we?d love to do, but often our fear of failure outweighs the potential of our destiny. But what if we found out that failure could actually help us succeed? In Chasing Failure, Ryan Leak shares the science behind why people are afraid to fail, mixing in real-life stories and adding...
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Stop beating yourself up and start living your best life. Five simple tools to let go of negative perfectionism without the frustrating mindset work.
The pressures of modern life are driving more of us to perfectionism. But this constant striving to be perfect is a socially acceptable form of self-harm. It can crush your creative spirit, trap you in a stomach-churning state of anxiety, and leave you feeling like you're "falling short" in every aspect...
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard how important it is to set goals. You've probably also heard a million different life hacks to help you reach them: get more sleep, meditate, journal. That's all helpful advice, but when push comes to shove, it won't help you lead a more fulfilling, peaceful life.
That's because the key to success is how you pick the best goals…for you. The goals you set must be consistent with your inner...
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A Short History of Falling - like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air - is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places. We keep an old shoebox, Gill and I, nestled in a drawer in our room. It's filled with thirty-three birthday cards for our two young sons: one for every year I'll miss until they're twenty-one. I wrote them because, since the end of 2017,...
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Originally published in "Worst Holiday Ever" anthology.Steamy Bites Series 1.5 Rafe: To make my perfect wife happy, I've agreed to bring her and her conservative parents to my cousin's home for Christmas Eve dinner. Hopefully the squad has made the house and the plans for the evening as "human normal" as possible and made certain Cousin Lucas was locked away somewhere. If our secrets get out I may lose any chance at happiness with Mai, the woman I'll...
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An assassin and his partner embark on the biggest job of their careers. The payment if they succeed is enough to set them up for life, potentially allowing the assassin to get out of the business and finally live a normal life. But even succeeding in a high profile job like this carries its own danger.
This is a short story, about 3,000 words long.
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The stories in this book explore the unpredictable territory of human experience with nuance and insight. Each tale is a separate gust of wind in a storm of shifting perspectives, distorted reflections and surprising destinations.
Parallel Lines emits ghostly chills without veering from the contemporary flavor of the prose; Lifeline explores the fortunes of an empty palm; mundanity coexists with schadenfreude in Green Apples; moral ambiguity changes...
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We keep an old shoebox, Gill and I, nestled in a drawer in our room. It's filled with thirty-three birthday cards for our two young sons: one for every year I'll miss until they're twenty-one. I wrote them because, since the end of 2017, I've been living with — and dying from — motor neurone disease. This book is about the process of saying goodbye. To my body, as I journey from unexpected clumsiness to a wheelchair that resembles a spacecraft,...
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Fall in love with romance writer Meadow Taylor's unforgettable characters in three heartwarming stories of finding, and keeping, true love.
When Chloe Winters answers an advertisement seeking a private tutor for a six-year-old girl, little does she know that it means relocating from metropolitan Boston to an isolated mansion on a Newfoundland cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Nor does she realize that the little girl's widower father is Gaelan...
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Short Magic and Fantasy Tales to Help Your Children Relaxing & Falling Asleep Fast.
Does your kid always keep asking for one last bedtime story?
Is it hard for them to calm down or relax after a busy day?
Listening to children's bedtime stories is very important for their mental and emotional development. This offers a double benefit to both parents and children involved in this simple yet extremely rewarding act. Listening to bedtime stories helps...
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Short Meditation and Fantasy Tales to Help Your Children Relaxing and Falling Asleep Fast.
Are you looking for a fun way to help your child get to sleep?
Want to help them relax, de-stress, and experience the benefits of mindfulness?
Sleep is essential to your child's development. Adequate amounts of sleep lead to improved attention, behavior, learning, memory, quality of life, and mental health!
But the benefits go beyond sleep. Stories allow...
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A Collection of Fantasy Short Stories to Help Children Falling Asleep Fast and Dreaming Peacefully.
Do you want to know the perfect way to help your child develop healthy sleep habits?
Do you want to help your child while having fun snuggling together every single night?
A relaxing collection of bedtime stories can help you in a critical part in your child's improvement. Child clinicians point out the cognitive benefits for youths who are raised...
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A Collection of Meditation and Funny Short Stories to Help Children Relaxing and Falling Asleep Fast.
Are you looking for an excellent and magical compilation of short stories to help your little children enter the world of meditation and natural sleep?
Listening to bedtime stories with your kids not only helps them sleep better, but also has a long-lasting impact on developing their imagination, love for books, and a stronger bond with their family.
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Robert Wuthnow is Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. His recent books include America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity and Saving America? Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society (both Princeton).
America was built on stories: tales of grateful immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, Horatio Alger-style transformations, self-made men, and...
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