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Take a Nap! Change Your Life. explains the five stages of the sleep cycle, particularly stage two, slow wave sleep, and REM, and the benefits each one provides; how to assess your tiredness and set up a personal sleep profile; and how to neutralize the voice in your head that tells you napping is a sign of laziness. (Not that anyone would have called JFK, Churchill, Einstein, or Napoleon a slug-a-bed.)

This audiobook recounts the famous tale of the race between the persevering turtle and the boastful rabbit.

Katie Merton is a modern woman with a classic problem—she lets her heart lead, even when the signs say stop. A spontaneous, all-expense-paid trip to Northanger Parks? Yes, please! Katie jumps at the chance to visit her favorite theme park, ignoring the fact that she’s in her final semester of grad school and has a new job starting soon. But when she meets charming YouTube star Ethan Thornton, the trip becomes even more magical—and she’s ready to believe in a real-life fairytale romance. Blinded by excitement, Katie ignores the red flags and follows Ethan to Florida for another ...

This audiobook tells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

A farmer learns a lesson in greed when one of his geese begins to lay one—and only one—golden egg each day.

Emma Shaw is a modern woman with a classic dilemma—love or career? Eight years ago, she chose ambition over romance, cutting out the man she loved and carrying the emotional load for her family. Now, her dream job is slipping through her fingers, and the only way to save it is to work with the one person she’s spent years avoiding—Fredrick Wentworth, the man she let go. When his book launch falls apart, Emma is forced back into Fredrick's orbit, embarking on a book tour that could either revive her career… or reopen old wounds. But as miles pass and sparks reignite, she starts to ...

A mouse begs a lion for mercy and, after he is set free, promises that he will help the lion some day in return.

Falling for the one man she’s always clashed with wasn’t part of Nora’s plan. Now she has until Yom Kippur to earn his forgiveness or lose the one person who likes her rough edges. Nora Blum and Noah Geller have been rivals since childhood, sniping at each other at family events, competing over everything from grades to opinions, and avoiding meaningful conversation at all costs. But as adults, their long-standing animosity has taken a steamy turn, and they’ve discovered that arguing isn't the only thing they do well together. They still don't like each other… until Nora crosses a...

Amelia Ward is a modern woman with a classic problem—she meddled in love, and now she’s paying the price. She thought she had a gift for matchmaking—until her latest attempt backfires spectacularly. Now, her roommate won’t speak to her, the Student Government President is out for revenge, and worst of all, her best friend Adam is disappointed in her. Amelia is used to fixing other people’s love lives, but this time, she needs to fix her own mistakes. To make things right, she’ll have to outmaneuver campus politics, regain her friends’ trust, and prove to Adam that she finally ...

21 offbeat horror tales, featuring award winners Keith Gray, Cliff McNish, Anita Sullivan, John Grey, Anthea Middleton, Mark Nutter and Jan-Andrew Henderson. Alongside them are a host of other writers whose stories deserve their moment in the shade. Meth dealing polar bear? Check. Serial killer versus shark? Of course. Giant love-struck erection? Yeah, we went there. Other contributors include Mike Deady, Mark Nutter, Sara Corris, Maxwell Price, Mike James, Jen Mierisch, Dale L Sprule, Nathan Cromwell, John Mahoney, Eric Laber, CM Barnes, Katie McIvor, Mark Silcox and Shelley Lyons

This audiobook retells how the wolf's plan to get into the sheep pen backfires when the farmer butchers him for a lamb dinner.

Ginny Darcy is a modern woman with a classic problem—she’s mastered the art of candy making, but when it comes to love, she’s completely out of her depth. After getting kicked out of her family’s famous candy shop for speaking her mind one too many times, Ginny heads to Lacock, MA to help her friends open their own sweet shop. But her arrival puts her at odds with Elliot Bennet, whose family’s struggling confectionery has been a town staple for decades. To him, she’s an entitled outsider trying to steal customers—and he makes his disdain crystal clear. The tension between them...

It’s hard to have a wild fling when you’re juggling three jobs and living in your childhood bedroom. Jenna Stein feels stuck. Nine months post-college, she’s drowning in work, crashing at her parents’ house, and her love life? Nonexistent. That is, until she meets Asher at the temple’s annual Singles Purim Party. One too many hamantaschen and a little liquid courage later, she’s making out with the most intriguing man she’s met in ages. Asher Gold is bored. A quick work trip to the suburbs wasn’t supposed to be exciting, and neither was the Purim party his cousin dragged him...

Carrie Woodhouse is a modern woman with a classic problem—she’s so busy taking care of everyone else, she’s neglecting the people who matter most. Carrie is determined to make a difference in her hometown of Lacock, MA. Between running her family’s beloved yarn shop and building a life with her longtime partner, Zack Knightly, she has everything she ever wanted. So when she’s invited to join the Community Center’s board of trustees, she jumps at the chance to put her big ideas into action. But good intentions don’t always lead to good decisions. As she clashes with the ...

Lizbeth Dreyfus is a modern woman with a classic problem—perfection is exhausting. As sorority president, an honors student, and a relentless overachiever, she expects nothing but the best—from herself and everyone around her. She certainly doesn’t have time for a man who challenges her at every turn, especially not Wil, who seems determined to find fault in everything she does. So when he confesses his feelings—flaws and all—Lizbeth is forced to confront a truth she’s been avoiding: maybe she’s the one who needs to change. If she can let go of her impossible standards, she ...

Per oltre cinquant'anni la valle del Nilo non ha conosciuto altro che guerra e distruzione per mano degli Hyksos, un popolo assetato di sangue giunto dal lontano Oriente. La situazione è disperata: a frenare l'avanzata del nemico rimane solo un manipolo di coraggiosi ribelli capitanati da Taita, potente mago e consigliere del faraone, l'unico convinto che esista ancora una speranza. Piay, che gli è stato affidato dai genitori quando aveva solo cinque anni, è stato addestrato per diventare un prode guerriero e una spia senza rivali.

Hanna Thornton is a modern woman with a classic problem—everyone thinks she should settle down, but she refuses to compromise on love. Hanna knows exactly what she wants in a partner and she’d rather be alone than lower her standards. When she’s asked, at the last minute, to be the Object of Desire on the hit reality show Romancing The One, she accepts. Not because she’s looking for love, but because the paycheck will help make her dreams come true. Then she meets Oscar Tilney. Their instant attraction is undeniable, but the producers have their own ideas about who should win ...

Este podcast explora as rápidas mudanças tecnológicas que vivemos e como a curiosidade nos ajuda a adaptar e prosperar.

Three Jewish couples are on a journey to find love over a year of holidays. Jenna can't find time for a fun fling while working three jobs and living in her childhood bedroom. Asher has realized that he's become a slave to other people’s expectations of who you should be. Falling in love with Noah, the one man she dislikes, was never in Nora's life plan, now she has to earn his forgiveness before it’s too late. Noah wants to love Nora. He needs to learn that even when she's cruel, Nora's not wrong. If he can learn to be true to himself and push back when she's mistaken. Rachel didn't ...

One-night stands aren’t supposed to lead to happily ever after. But eight nights of Chanukah might change everything. Rachel Abrams is stuck, barely making ends meet, burned out at a toxic job, and still reeling from a breakup she didn’t see coming. She thought her ex, Seth, was about to propose. Instead, he dumped her… and now he’s crashing her family’s Chanukah party with Golda Levy, the woman everyone can’t stand and his new fiancée. Blindsided and humiliated, Rachel does something completely out of character: she hooks up with Max Perlman, the charming new professor at the ...