Pop culture and psychobabble tell us to make ourselves the center of the universe in order to be happy. Churches have communicated the false idea that God exists to give us all that we selfishly want
“It’s all about me.” Believing that has created chaos—noisy homes, stress-filled businesses, cutthroat relationships. We’ve chased so many skinny rabbits, says Max Lucado, that we’ve missed the fat on
Celebrate the differences that make life richer and more interesting with this inclusive board book about a budding friendship.Making friends is something all children do, but sometimes it can feel sc
This book is about a young boy who had a dream of becoming a firefighter and a paramedic. Through years of hard work and dedication, he reached his goal of saving lives and property. However, not all lives and property can be saved. This book contains stories of real events that have taken place; some are tragic and some are funny scenarios.I have written this book to help me unload some of the things that I will carry with me for life. Things that I have seen, done, and dealt with almost on a daily basis. This story is not just mine; it is shared by others that do this job day in and day out. First responders deal with so much on and off duty — it was our choice to make this a career, but there is nothing easy about this job.My name is Darren Duvall. I am a retired fire captain, firefighter, and paramedic. This is my story.
A simple, friendly game of Duck, Duck, Goose goes off the rails in giggle-inducing confusion when a silly goose tries to make it all about him.“Are you kidding me? I am Goose!” A literal-minded goose
Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.The one thing you never talk about while you're in the Scholomance is what you'll do when you get out. Not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But it's all we dream about, the hideously slim chance we'll survive to make it out the gates and improbably find ourselves with a life ahead of us, a life outside the Scholomance halls. And now the impossible dream has come true. I'm out, we're all out--and I didn't even have to turn into a monstrous dark witch to make it happen. So much for my great-grandmother's prophecy of doom and destruction. I didn't kill enclavers, I saved them. Me, and Orion, and our allies. Our graduation plan worked to perfection: we saved everyone and made the world safe for all wizards and brought peace and harmony to all the enclaves of the world. Ha, onl
A witch with no magical abilities and her know-it-all nemesis must team up in the first of a new, hot romantic comedy series from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn.Could it possibly get any worse than having absolutely no magical abilities when you’re a member of the most powerful family of witches ever? It used to be that I’d say no, but then I keep getting set up on dates with Gil Connolly whose hotness is only matched by his ego. Seriously. I can’t stand him. Even if I also can’t stop thinking about him (specifically kissing him) but we’re going to pretend I never told you that part. So yeah, my life isn’t the greatest right now, but then it goes straight to the absolute worst hell when I accidentally make my sister’s spell glitch and curse my whole family. And the only person who can help non-magical me break the spell? You guessed it. Gil the super hot jerk. Now we have to work together to save my family and outmaneuver some evil-minded nefarious forces bent on world domin
This is a book about men. Not all men, just emotionally unhealthy men. The ones who make you question, "Is it him or is it me? Am I making too big a deal out of this? I try to tell him how I feel, bu
In 1992, there was an explosion of 'stock fever' in Shanghai. 'From the moment I set foot in Shanghai until my last day there, people from all walks of life wanted to talk to me about the market', Ellen Hertz writes. Her 1998 study sets the stock market and its players in the context of Shanghai society, and it probes the dominant role played by the state, which has yielded a stock market very different from those of the West. A trained anthropologist, she explains the way in which investors and officials construct a 'moral storyline' to make sense of this great structural innovation, identifying a struggle between three groups of actors - the big investors, the little investors, and the state - to control the market.
In 1992, there was an explosion of 'stock fever' in Shanghai. 'From the moment I set foot in Shanghai until my last day there, people from all walks of life wanted to talk to me about the market', Ellen Hertz writes. Her 1998 study sets the stock market and its players in the context of Shanghai society, and it probes the dominant role played by the state, which has yielded a stock market very different from those of the West. A trained anthropologist, she explains the way in which investors and officials construct a 'moral storyline' to make sense of this great structural innovation, identifying a struggle between three groups of actors - the big investors, the little investors, and the state - to control the market.
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). A dozen country hits from his decade-plus career! Songs: All About Tonight * All Over Me * Don't Make Me * Drink on It * Footloose * God Gave Me You * Goodbye Tim
With tricky puzzles, funny riddles, and eerily funny stories, this interactive middle grade book allows the reader to become a part of the plot!This is all about YOU―yes, I am talking to YOU. Your help is needed. Act NOW! Pick up and start this book no matter what else you are doing. Don’t be a goody-goody and wait for the right time―the right time is this minute! Come on, do it! Make a decision! Who cares what the adults or others say? You can start by helping me be bad―even evil! Yah, YOU! But don’t worry, because we won’t get punished―no, we’ll have fun! Guaranteed FUN. This Little Bad Book you have discovered has dreams and aspirations, but it needs help from YOU, the reader. You will find eerily funny stories packed with challenging puzzles and riddles and fantastic drawings and images. Only you, the reader, can help this little bad book get what you both want―a surprisingly terrific time together. Get started! It’s up to you, and you can do it!
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON‘Exhilarating, timely and emotive’ GUARDIAN'I devoured it. So enjoyable' ZADIE SMITH‘Love, friendship and betrayal…gorgeous’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH-----This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love. When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one morning he is catapulted straight back to childhood, and the hours they spent immersed in playing games.Their spark is instantly reignited and sets off a creative collaboration that will make them superstars. It is the 90s, and anything is possible.What comes next is a decades-long tale of friendship and rivalry, fame and art, betrayal and tragedy, perfect worlds and imperfect ones. And, above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.-----'I'm LOVING it' ZOE SUGG'One of the best books I've ever read' JOHN GREEN‘Extraordinary… made me sob' JOJO MOYES'Magnificent... Such wisdom and tenderness' RUSSELL T. DAVIES‘I couldn’t put it down’ GERI HALLIWELL‘Beau
