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A 12-year-old boy lives with his family in a small, poverty-stricken town in Vermont. His father works at a manufacturing plant, his mother is a homemaker, and his 15-year-old brother is about to enter high school. His family has gained enough financial stability to move out of the trailer park, and as conflict rages abroad, his father’s job at a weapons manufacturing plant appears safe. But then his mother is diagnosed with cancer, and everything changes.

Mind mapping is getting more popular as the years go by. Compared to the traditional methods of brainstorming, studying and linear note taking, mind mapping is said to be 15%-20% more effective in enhancing memory and improving learning. Many people are also acknowledging that tasks become easier and complex problems are being solved faster when mind mapping is used.

The remarkable enterprise that was Moresnet was an unintended consequence of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). Created as a triangle of neutral territory between Prussia and the Netherlands by the Congress of Vienna, Moresnet encapsulates the archetype of market anarchy.

Mr. Edison has just invented a long-burning light bulb, but he's keeping a huge secret: he's also discovered time travel. In fact, he built his own time machine. The kids get an even bigger surprise when a young Mr. Crowe walks into Edison's laboratory - as his assistant! The older and dangerous Mr. Crowe is sneaking around Menlo Park, too, with plans to destroy the time machine. If he does, George and Gracie will be stuck in 1879...forever. The twins need Mr. Edison's help. But can they stop Crowe in time?

Happiness. It's what we all look for in life, yet sometimes it's a little harder to find than we expect. In this book, I have outlined the key steps that I have personally taken to lead myself towards a happier life. Whether you're upset with your career, in an unhealthy relationship, having family trouble, or looking for inner peace, I am confident the actionable steps in this book will help you accomplish the happiness you desire.

Zach and Chelsea grew up in idyllic suburbia. Then one day, their father vanished without explanation, ripping their world apart. A year later, a dangerous man shows up looking for him, a man who claims to hunt monsters and things that go bump in the night.

The law of attraction states - to put it simply - that like attracts like. Our thoughts literally become things through this process of attraction. This natural law of the universe is always working and our current circumstances are a direct result of our past and present thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and expectations. Through these thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and expectations you have attracted whatever you are currently experiencing.

With over thirty years’ experience as a senior executive, Dr. Ronald S. Glickman shares practical techniques to execute effective change initiatives, develop high-potential talent, and motivate teams to deliver breakthrough results on a global scale. A timely and important book for leaders at any stage in their career journey, Lead for a Change explains why the goal of change management is not happiness, but meeting and exceeding clear expectations.

In a frigid New Hampshire winter, Jay Porter is trying to eke out a living and maintain some semblance of a relationship with his former girlfriend and their two-year-old son. When he receives an urgent call that Chris, his drug-addicted brother, is being questioned by the sheriff about his missing junkie business partner, Jay feels obliged to come to his rescue. After Jay negotiates his brother's release from the county jail, Chris disappears into the night.

If you've ever wanted to improve your ability to learn and memorize German grammar by 100%... 200%... 300% (or more) using simple skills you can learn in under an hour, then this may be the most important audiobook you will ever listen to. Believe it or not, it doesn't matter if you have a good memory or not.

One thousand people left a failing Earth to embark on a 30-year journey to a promising new world. All passengers were placed in hibernation pods, to be awakened one month before obtaining orbit around their new home. The starship they traveled in was fully automatic and worked almost flawlessly. When they arrived, they found a virgin world of breathtaking beauty, with sparkling water and clean, fresh air. Avalon was paradise. What these pioneering colonists would soon discover is...paradise comes at a price.

Nick Caine and Ishi Cuyamel return to the United States with heavy hearts following a series of unexpected surprises in Scotland...surprises that have left them without Marie Da Vinci while placing the pair in the coerced employment of a secretive United States government agency. Rather than face the threat of extended jail time, for their role in looting precious artifacts from throughout the world, Nick and Ishi agree to give up their livelihoods as "creative archaeologists". If only working for "Project Golden Eye" was that simple.

FBI Inspector Nathaniel Croft and his team of agents get tapped personally by the FBI Director, Ann Greenburg, to solve a brutal murder at the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia. The FBI team is pressured to arrest the murderer before the Commandant of the Marine Corps Senate Confirmation Committee hearing begins in 30 days.

He was wise enough to know that what he felt for Sarah was not love. Unlike many who quickly jump into love and just as rapidly fall out of it, he was a man who knew that love could only be born of something else. Perhaps that was why what he felt for Sarah bothered him. It felt like that something else. That something else, and Sarah's proximity to him, was keeping him awake.

A Yucatan-based American tries to re-create the '50s-era market-tested USDA White Pan Loaf No. 1, and in doing so reveals how today's miracle food can become tomorrow's catastrophe.

Jay Porter, the newest employee at NorthEastern Insurance in New Hampshire, is investigating an accident claim when he learns the teenager behind the wheel was arrested for minor drug possession and sentenced to a hardcore behavioral modification center. At the county courthouse, Jay meets Nicki, a young college intern, who tips him off to a possible scandal - first-time juvenile offenders being shipped to private institutions for political kickbacks.

When Luc, his brother, and a desk jockey for the agency, sent him on this assignment, they’d both known it would be dangerous. Neither of them had anticipated that he might not come back. As hard a man as he was, he was close to losing it right now. He didn’t intend to let his prey escape. Unfortunately, he was in a tight spot—a prison cell at El Mina, off the coast of Ghana.

Ravenscar got in the car, and before pulling away, he opened the envelope. His last assignment. Three pictures fell out and Ravenscar froze. Little had he known that when he told de Laisser someone was still calling his name, de Laisser would know where the call came from. He looked back down at the pictures. Three people, three betrayals.

Twelve-year-old Tommy Bolton has only ever experienced the simple life: hang out with friends, crush on a pretty girl and enjoy summer vacation. Maybe finish the puzzle on the dining table and definitely avoid bossy Mrs. Gleeson at all costs. But then he wakes up one morning and his mom's whereabouts are unknown. His father is acting...different. And there's a woman in the basement. She's scared, alone, and asking Tommy to save her. But saving her would cost Tommy his entire simple life. And he's not sure she's worth it.

He started out as a bat boy. Then a newspaper correspondent. A press agent. A traveling secretary. A general manager. A vice president. A president. And then part-owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt 45s, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Twice Gabe Paul was named Major League Executive of the Year by The Sporting News, only the fifth baseball executive to win the award more than once.