"If you're like many teens, you probably feel pressured to live up to the impossible standards set by our culture, the media, and even by your peers. After all, everyone wants perfect hair, a perfect body, cool friends, and good grades. But while it's okay to strive to be your best, it's also easy to get caught up in a never-ending comparison game that can feed your inner critic and rob you of your happiness. So, how can you break free from negative self-criticism and learn to appreciate your strengths?
In Just As You Are, psychologist Michelle Skeen and her daughter, Kelly Skeen, offer simple tips to help you overcome feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness, stop comparing yourself to others, and be more open and accepting of all aspects of who you are. You'll also learn how to be more aware of your thoughts and feelings in the moment using powerful mindfulness tools, and build a plan of action for the future based on your values.
Sometimes it's hard to see yourself with clarity and kindness. With this important guide, you'll learn to move past your faults, celebrate your true strengths, and discover what really matters in your life. What are you waiting for?"
"Every human of adult age and sufficient health shall therefore donate, every sixty days, one pint of blood to the blood bank of his or her district, ensuring the survival of the vampire race, the continued safety of humankind, and peace between the species—Edict 14 of The Crimson Accord
As long as I can remember, I’ve longed for a different life—one filled with adventure, excitement, and romance. This wasn't exactly what I had in mind. One minute I was riding in a horse-drawn buggy on my way home to my quiet Amish village— the next was torn by the screech of car tires, and twisted metal, and the white hot lance of pain. There was no doubt in my mind my life was over. So when I woke to the face of a beautiful stranger who promised me the suffering would end soon, I thought I’d seen an angel.
I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Abigail Byler is caught between two worlds at the worst possible time in human/vampire history. A peace treaty signed 55 years ago allowed vampires to come out of hiding and begin participating in the world in a respectable, productive way.
Not only did it permanently solve supply chain issues arising from illness, death, and human exhaustion, (vampires make phenomenal long-haul truck drivers and night-shift workers) it also provided a non-violent option for their kind to satisfy their nutritional needs.
But now the anti-vamp movement in America is growing, and the Accord is in danger of crumbling. Abigail will have to find her new place in the world--and in the beautiful but deadly Crimson Court--if she's to have any hope of surviving and helping the human race do the same.
CRIMSON BORN is a romantic and gripping YA dystopian vampire fantasy that will transport fans of paranormal romance and YA urban fantasy to a fascinating supernatural world within our own, filled with suspense, danger, sizzling tension, and desire."
"Lanie's quiet small town life is rattled when a mysterious stranger suddenly appears, upending her family along with the past.
A strange man has been watching Lanie as she leaves high school with her friends every day, but she is reluctant to tell her parents about this unnerving development. An only child, she is close to both of her parents, but her mother's unexplained distrust of others makes Lanie worry about sharing anything distressing with them.
When the stranger ventures closer to home, his intent is revealed, and her parents' carefully concealed past is brought back in all its impossible horror.
*this sequel to A Harvest of Stars includes the A Harvest of Stars prequel short story, Moonlight"
"'The brain is the center of our universe; it is our character, our personality. When the brain is working properly, we will, too.' (Author Steven McRyan)
In Improve Your Brain Power in Only 10 Days, author Steven McRyan will teach you how anybody can learn proven and powerful daily brain improvement techniques guaranteed to quickly allow you to read faster, learn faster, and study better than your competition in less than 10 days!
In this amazing brain-training audiobook, you will learn valuable, easy-to-implement, and free methods that anybody can use for the rest of your life, in order to think better and improve your memory.
In this audiobook, you will learn:
- Ways to train your brain to utilize 100 percent of your brain capacity, rather than the 20 percent that the average person uses
- Nifty tricks and fun games for improving memory, speed reading, and accelerated learning to make it enjoyable to achieve maximum brain performance
- Steps to boost your brain power using mind-enhancing food and meditation
- Methods to save hundreds or thousands of hours of your own time over the course of your life by learning speed reading tips and memory improvement tricks that will reduce study time, get your homework done faster, and increase knowledge learned and books read
- Ways how seeking your higher self allows for optimum brain function and maximum memory improvement with the seven chakras and brain wave vibration training
- Methods to reduce memory loss associated with aging
- Brain improvement for kids - increase reading confidence, improve test scores, and make reading fun for kids that don’t like to read
Now is a great time to invest a couple of hours of your time to improve yourself by learning to read better, improve your memory, and supercharge your brain!"
"Tina und Paul sind zwei spitzbübische Kinder. Sie wohnen seit kurzer Zeit im selben Haus und gehen in den gleichen Kindergarten. Oft treffen sie sich auf dem Spielplatz hinter dem Haus. Eines Tages sind sie wieder sehr in ihr Spiel vertieft. Plötzlich ist alles sehr merkwürdig ... Wie Tina und Paul - Nein - sagen lernen, obwohl es ihnen schwerfällt, hört Ihr in diesem neuen Abenteuer von Tina & Paul."
"Two teens meet and bond when they are forced to visit their respective parents in neighboring apartments every other weekend. A sparkling, nuanced and emotional read for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Morgan Matson, and Julie Buxbaum.
Heartbreak brought them together … will love tear them apart?Adam’s life used to be awesome. Straight As, close friends, and a perfect home life. Then his oldest brother died. Now his mom cries constantly, he and his middle brother can’t talk without fighting, and the father he always admired moved out when they needed him most.Aspiring director Jolene’s life is nothing like the movies she loves—not the happy ones anyway. With her divorced parents at each other’s throats and using her as a pawn, no amount of mental reediting will give her the love she’s starving for.Forced to spend every other weekend in the same apartment building, the boy who thinks forgiveness makes him weak and the girl who thinks love is for fools begin an unlikely friendship. The weekends he dreaded and she endured quickly become the best part of their lives. Have Jolene and Adam found something real? Or is their connection doomed from the start?They’ll find out … every other weekend."
"This Is Us for teens, this luminous and heartbreaking contemporary novel follows a girl caught between two brothers as the three of them navigate family, loss, and love over the course of two summers. For fans of Far From the Tree, Emergency Contact, and Nina LaCour.
Before she kissed one of the Cohen boys, seventeen-year-old Jessi Rumfield knew what it was like to have a family-even if, technically, that family didn't belong to her. She'd spent her childhood in the house next door, challenging Rowan Cohen to tennis matches while his older brother, Luke, studied in the background and Mel watched over the three like the mother Jessi always wished she had.
But then everything changed. It's been almost a year since Jessi last visited the Cohen house. Rowan is gone. Mel is in remission and Luke hates Jessi for the role she played in breaking his family apart. Now Jessi spends her days at a dead-end summer job avoiding her real mother, who suddenly wants to play a role in Jessi's life after being absent for so long. But when Luke comes home from college, it's hard to ignore the past. And when he asks Jessi to pretend to be his girlfriend for the final months of Mel's life, Jessi finds herself drawn back into the world of the Cohens. Everything's changed, but Jessi can't help wanting to be a Cohen, even if it means playing pretend for one final summer."
"Tudo no ateliê lembrava Rafael. A chegada de Luna, com estranhas notícias sobre Tisiu, foi uma surpresa para Rodrigo, mas a surpresa maior seria o seu encontro com o espantalho, na subida da Pedra do Encantado, onde, ao enfrentar o mistério da morte, Rodrigo começaria a compreender algo maior: a magia da existência.
“As luzes se apagaram e quase em seguida começou a chover. Novos relâmpagos clarearam o jardim. Rodrigo viu um vulto passar correndo pelo caminho que vinha da mata até o caramanchão. A tempestade ficou mais forte e os flashes sucessivos dos relâmpagos revelaram uma cena insólita. Alguém lá fora, sem se importar com a chuva, dançava uma dança estranha, feita de rodopios e saltos desajeitados. Rodrigo correu para a janela e colou o rosto no vidro molhado. Com susto e surpresa reconheceu o dançarino. Era Tiziu. Ninguém no mundo tinha mãos tão grandes.”"
"WINNER OF THE PORTSMOUTH BOOK AWARD FOR LONGER NOVELS 2022
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIMEFEST AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS 2021
WINNER OF THE WARWICKSHIRE YEAR 9 BOOK AWARDS 2021
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUDLEY CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2021
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Lost meets The Hunger Games in this thrilling young adult novel from C.L. Taylor, the Sunday Times and million-copy bestselling author.
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Welcome to The Island.
Where your worst fears are about to come true…
It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropical island.
But when their guide dies of a stroke leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime turns into a nightmare.
Because someone on the island knows each of the group’s worst fears. And one by one, they’re becoming a reality.
Seven days in paradise. A deadly secret.
Who will make it off the island alive?
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Readers love C. L. Taylor’s gripping YA novels:
'What a fabulous storyline. A heart-popping, fast-paced page-turner from start to finish.'
'A cracking, well-informed and interesting storyline. Simply excellent. C.L. Taylor has done it again!'
'A brilliant step into the YA world.'
'From the beginning I was hooked. Twists and turns really pull you in and you find yourself on a roller coaster ride of emotions.'
'I was gripped from start to finish!'
'The concept was brilliant; I really loved the twist turns and tension. Brilliantly written and a delight to read.'"
"A girl is sent against her will to a remote wilderness boot camp where things aren't what they seem in this riveting and twisty thriller.
FROM THIS MOMENT ON, YOU'RE A BEAR CUB. YOU'LL LEARN RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT. HOW TO SURVIVE. IT'S EASIER IF YOU JUST ACCEPT IT.
Dawn isn't a bad person-she's just made some bad choices: wrong guy, wrong friends, wrong everything. But she wasn't expecting her parents to pay a boatload of money to ship her off to OUT OF THE WILD, a wilderness boot camp with a bunch of other messed up kids to learn important 'life lessons.' It's true that Dawn and the other cubs will learn a lot-but it's not what any of them expect. Because what happens in the woods isn't what their parents planned. Sometimes plans go very wrong. And this is one of those times. Suddenly Dawn is more scared than she's ever been in her life. And you will be too."
"From the author of the New York Times bestseller Wilder Girls comes a twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a mystery – until she decides to return to her mother's hometown, where history has a tendency to repeat itself . . .
Ever since Margot was born, it's been just her and her mother. No answers to Margot's questions. No history to hold on to. Just the two of them, stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along.
But that's not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past. And when she finds a photograph pointing her to a town called Phalene, she leaves. But when Margot gets there, it's not what she bargained for.
Margot's mother left for a reason. But was it to hide her past? Or was it to protect Margot from what's still there?
Burn Our Bodies Down is a blistering horror-thriller from YA author Rory Power that will grip you from its very first page, and won't let you go until long after you've put it down."
"This program includes a bonus interview with the author.
The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson.
No one can be at peace until he has his freedom.
In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days, unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken -- emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X.
Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X's young adult years. While this audiobook chronologically follows X: A Novel, it can be listened to as a stand-alone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power, prison reform, and civil rights.
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
'In this fictionalized biography of Malcom X's young adult life, written by his daughter, narrator Landon Woodson brings deep emotion to a man whose youth was fraught with injustice. Woodson transitions smoothly between Malcom's childhood/teens and his early 20s, evoking both the desperation and hope of a young Black man who could no longer stand for the unjust treatment of his people.' -- AudioFile Magazine"
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