Health & Family Audiobooks

Jojo Lost Her Confidence

Have you lost your confidence? Do you feel discouraged, stressed, or held back? Are you or your child suffering from low self-esteem?  Holistic therapist, award-winning artist, and #1 bestselling author, C. G. Ford is best known as The Queen of Uplifting Inspiration. C.G. Ford's unique blend of counselling experience and qualifications (BCA, Dip Psych.), creative skills, and wellness and holistic training (Dip Counselling, Reiki Master Teacher) blends pragmatism and well-being savvy with rare and unique insight. Her strength is and out-of-the-box-thinking and empowering anyone wanting to achieve an extraordinary life.  When we are stressed, anxious, bullied, or overwhelmed our confidence can be one of the first things to be lost. Jojo Lost Her Confidence is a short, beautiful story which will help boost self esteem for women, self esteem for kids, and self esteem men and boy at all ages and stages. From the bestselling author of The Little Princess comes the next in the brilliant Transformational Super Kids series. These modern-day heroes and heroines tackle modern-day problems with the passion and gusto of warriors.  They defeat cruel critics, they slay savage self-esteem demons, and they show people—jealous of their kindness, talent, and beauty—that their biggest superpower is staying true to themselves. There are so many reasons why you should follow your dreams. If you need some inspiration, look no further than this book. Be inspired by this journey to transformation and self-love, and self-belief as our heroine learns to overcome the vagaries of child and adult behaviour. Her personal odyssey culminates in a voyage of healing, self-esteem, and freedom to be who she truly is and who she wants to be. Bonus: Free Excerpt from The Little Princess. Suitable for ‘kids’ of all ages.      

C.G. Ford (Author), C.G. Ford (Narrator)

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Stress Management at Work & Life: Your Strategy Guide on How to Manage Stress, Deal with Changes, Su

Are you experiencing stress in your workplace? Do you have issues with your anger? Do you constantly drown in your worries? Is workplace stress ruining your interpersonal relationships? Are you in search of a way to control stress and its effects on your life?Everyone in life experiences stress in one way or the other. Although there are times when it is positive, most times it hurts our daily life. You can lose the ability to connect with others when experiencing the effects of stress.In other instances, it can create health issues in your life. Having the right information can help in protecting yourself from these issues. Anger control, preventing worries, dealing with stress, and maintaining a good relationship with others are all possible.These and many more are what you will find herein. All these are the topics that will bring about the positive turnaround you desire in your life.Your current stress level doesn’t matter, this book will help you alleviate the stress in your life. This is possible if you take the time to put what you learn into practice. As you see changes in your life, you will also improve the lives of those around you.Many people often wait until stress becomes crushing before taking a step to deal with it; this isn’t the right approach. You increase the risk of developing the various health issues associated with stress. If you’re lucky not to have developed any of these health issues, then don’t delay further in dealing with your stress.

Tony Fred (Author), Telly Ferias (Narrator)

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Free From the Tracks

A girl with secrets. A bad boy in trouble. A community out to get them.Sophia’s lifelong mission is to avoid trouble. It’s safer that way. If you don’t get noticed, trouble leaves you alone. A few short months ago she had the perfect family, but not anymore. As she nurses a painful secret, home and school implode around her and trouble comes knocking. Trouble has a name and a face. And trouble’s going to get her killed. Driven out of her friendship group, Sophia finds comfort in all the wrong places. The secret she keeps will tear her world apart and it’s easier to become involved in someone else’s problems than face her own. Stepping out of her seemingly perfect life and model home, she finds a whole other world on her doorstep. Is it possible to sit in class with someone for four years without seeing their hunger, the holes in their shoes or the bruises on their body? And once you know, what can you do? Awarded a 5* review from Readers' Favorite. 'Talented K T Bowes once again demonstrates her versatility as a writer with Free from the Tracks. She captures their trials as she develops their characters.'

K T Bowes (Author), Corinne Davies (Narrator)

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Stoicism: Stoic Way of Life, Stoicism Philo-sophy & Wisdom. Create Life Long Habits of Mental Toughn

Are you constantly feeling bad for your actions when you get upset or angry, but you can’t seem to control the emotions that take over you at times? If these all sound like things that happen to you, then Stoicism may be the right choice. Stoicism is a way to take more control over your life. It ensures that you are going to be the one who controls your emotions. You still feel emotions, but you learn how to take a step back from those emotions and evaluate them. Sometimes, those emotions are warranted and you can let them out. But many times, those emotions aren’t worth the effortor aren’t merited for that situation, and you let them pass.  This guidebook is going to take some time to talk more about Stoicism, how it can benefit your life, and different ways that you can implement it. Some of the things that we will discuss in this guidebook include:   - What is Stoicism? - The history of Stoicism and how it has changed throughout the years.  - How to become an unbiased thinker - The importance of fortitude and self-control - How to use Stoicism to become free from negative emotions like anger, greed, and jealousy.  - How to overcome some of the most destructive emotions that we feel.  - How to use Stoicism to take on the negativity that creeps into your life.  - How to recognize Stoicism in our modern world and in your own life.  - The reasons that you should implement Stoicism in your own life.  - Is it possible to become too stoic in your life? - How to use Stoicism for the long term and how to plan your future as a Stoic to get the best results. 

Luke Caldwell (Author), Tim Edwards (Narrator)

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My Life as a Book

Janet and Jake Tashjian’s award-winning My Life series, praised by Kirkus Reviews as “a kinder, gentler Wimpy Kid with all the fun”, follows the coming-of-age misadventures of middle-grader Derek Fallon in school and through his attempts to follow his bliss. My Life as a Book is the one that started it all... Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek's dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since he's been labeled a 'reluctant reader,' his mom has pushed him to read 'real' books--something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes. As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls. My Life as a Book is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

Janet Tashjian (Author), Trevor Goble (Narrator)

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Chirp

From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to make her voice heard, set against the backdrop of a summertime mystery. When Mia moves to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, she's recovering from the broken arm she got falling off a balance beam. And packed away in the moving boxes under her clothes and gymnastics trophies is a secret she'd rather forget. Mia's change in scenery brings day camp, new friends, and time with her beloved grandmother. But Gram is convinced someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm. Is it sabotage or is Gram's thinking impaired from the stroke she suffered months ago? Mia and her friends set out to investigate, but can they uncover the truth in time to save Gram's farm? And will that discovery empower Mia to confront the secret she's been hiding--and find the courage she never knew she had? In a compelling story rich with friendship, science, and summer fun, a girl finds her voice while navigating the joys and challenges of growing up.

Kate Messner (Author), Merissa Czyz (Narrator)

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We Had to be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escape to safety on the Kindertransport. Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests. Days later, desperate volunteers sprang into action to organize the Kindertransport, a rescue effort to bring Jewish children to England. Young people like Ruth David had to say good-bye to their families, unsure if they'd ever be reunited. Miles from home, the Kindertransport refugees entered unrecognizable lives, where food, clothes -- and, for many of them, language and religion -- were startlingly new. Meanwhile, the onset of war and the Holocaust visited unimaginable horrors on loved ones left behind. Somehow, these rescued children had to learn to look forward, to hope. Through the moving and often heart-wrenching personal accounts of Kindertransport survivors, critically acclaimed and awardwinning author Deborah Hopkinson paints the timely and devastating story of how the rise of Hitler and the Nazis tore apart the lives of so many families and what they were forced to give up in order to save these children.

Deborah Hopkinson (Author), Lauren Irwin (Narrator)

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96 Miles

For fans of Gary Paulsen’s classic Hatchet and Lauren Tarshis’s bestselling I Survived series, J. L. Esplin's 96 Miles is a story of survival and desperation as two young brothers confront the worst in humanity—and themselves. Dad always said if things get desperate, it’s okay to drink the water in the toilet. I never thought it would come to that. I thought I’d sooner die than let one drop of toilet water touch my lips. Yet here I am, kneeling before a porcelain throne, holding a tin mug for scooping in one hand, and my half-gallon canteen in the other. The Lockwood brothers are supposed to be able to survive anything. Their dad, a hardcore believer in self-reliance, has stockpiled enough food and water at their isolated Nevada home to last for months. But when they are robbed of all their supplies during a massive blackout while their dad is out of town, John and Stew must walk 96 miles in the stark desert sun to get help. Along the way, they’re forced to question their dad’s insistence on self-reliance and ask just what it is that we owe to our neighbors, our kin, and to ourselves. From talented newcomer J. L. Esplin comes this story of survival and determination as two young brothers confront the unpredictability of human nature in the face of desperate circumstances. A Macmillan Audio production from Starscape

J. L. Esplin (Author), Robbie Daymond (Narrator)

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Beginners Welcome

The acclaimed author of Where the Watermelons Grow is back with a story perfect for fans of Lynda Mullaly Hunt and Ali Benjamin, about finding friendship after a tragic loss. It’s been eighty-three days since Annie Lee’s daddy died, but she still sees reminders of him everywhere. His record player mysteriously plays his favorite songs, there’s shaving cream in the sink every morning, and the TV keeps flipping to the Duke basketball games he loved. She knows Mama notices it too, but Mama’s been working around the clock to make ends meet. To make matters worse, Annie Lee’s friends ditched her over the summer. She feels completely alone—until she meets Mitch.  Though Mitch is tough and confident on the outside, she may need a friend just as badly as Annie Lee. But after losing so much, Annie Lee is afraid to let anyone get too close. And Mitch isn’t the only friend trying to break through Annie Lee’s defenses. Ray, an elderly pianist who plays at a local mall, has been giving her piano lessons. His music is pure magic, and Annie Lee hopes it might be the key to healing her broken heart. But when Ray goes missing, searching for him means breaking a promise to Mitch. Faced with once again losing those who mean the most to her, Annie Lee must make a choice: retreat back into her shell, or risk admitting how much she needs Mitch and Ray—even if it means getting hurt all over again. Just like in her debut, Where the Watermelons Grow, Cindy Baldwin brings her signature twist of magic to this authentically heartfelt story.

Cindy Baldwin (Author), Cassandra Morris (Narrator)

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Middle School's a Drag, You Better Werk!

In this heartfelt and hilarious new novel from Greg Howard, an enterprising boy starts his own junior talent agency and signs a thirteen-year-old aspiring drag queen as his first client. Twelve-year-old Mikey Pruitt--president, founder, and CEO of Anything, Inc.--has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt, who successfully ran all sorts of businesses from a car wash to a roadside peanut stand, Mikey is still looking for his million-dollar idea. Unfortunately, most of his ideas so far have failed. A baby tornado ran off with his general store, and the kids in his neighborhood never did come back for their second croquet lesson. But Mikey is determined to keep at it. It isn't until kid drag queen Coco Caliente, Mistress of Madness and Mayhem (aka eighth grader Julian Vasquez) walks into his office (aka his family's storage/laundry room) looking for an agent that Mikey thinks he's finally found his million-dollar idea, and the Anything Talent and Pizzazz Agency is born! Soon, Mikey has a whole roster of kid clients looking to hit it big or at least win the middle school talent show's hundred-dollar prize. As newly out Mikey prepares Julian for the gig of a lifetime, he realizes there's no rulebook for being gay--and if Julian can be openly gay at school, maybe Mikey can, too, and tell his crush, dreamy Colton Sanford, how he feels. Full of laughs, sass, and hijinks, this hilarious, heartfelt story shows that with a little effort and a lot of love, anything is possible.

Greg Howard (Author), Michael Crouch (Narrator)

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Home Games

Award-winning adult author Benjamin Markovits delivers a poignant coming-of-age middle grade story that will give comfort to anyone feeling like a small fish in a Texas-size sea. Perfect for fans of Kevin Henkes, Rebecca Stead, and Kate DiCamillo. Twelve-year-old Ben is a shy, quiet kid. His life isn’t perfect, but he feels at home in his New York City apartment. Then his dad takes a job in London, and everything changes. His parents separate, and Ben’s mom moves them back to her hometown of Austin, Texas. Ben’s simple life is suddenly complicated. He misses his apartment, his best friend, Jake, and his dad. Then he meets Mabley, who becomes a bright spot to Ben’s day. But when his mom starts working at his new school and making friends with his teacher, Ben finds himself at the center of all the problems the adults around him can’t resolve—and even some of his own. That includes joining the school’s basketball team, where Mabley’s best friend is the star player. After being pushed around, looking for his place, Ben will have to learn how to stand his ground.

Benjamin Markovits (Author), Kirby Heyborne (Narrator)

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Cast Away: Poems for Our Time

Acclaimed poet and Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in this collection of more than eighty original and never-before-published poems. A deeply moving, sometimes funny, and always provocative poetry collection for all ages. “Nye at her engaging, insightful best.”—Kirkus (starred review) “How much have you thrown away in your lifetime already? Do you ever think about it? Where does this plethora of leavings come from? How long does it take you, even one little you, to fill the can by your desk?”—Naomi Shihab Nye National Book Award Finalist, Young People’s Poet Laureate, and devoted trash-picker-upper Naomi Shihab Nye explores these questions and more in this original collection of poetry that features more than eighty new poems. “I couldn’t save the world, but I could pick up trash,” she says in her introduction to this stunning volume. With poems about food wrappers, lost mittens, plastic straws, refugee children, trashy talk, the environment, connection, community, responsibility to the planet, politics, immigration, time, junk mail, trash collectors, garbage trucks, all that we carry and all that we discard, this is a rich, engaging, moving, and sometimes humorous collection for readers ages twelve to adult. Features an index.

Naomi Shihab Nye (Author), Naomi Shihab Nye (Narrator)

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