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Eight year-old Amelia Martinez is terrified to deliver a speech at the Grand Oratory. However, when the intolerant Mr. Rhetorick steals the village’s voices, Amelia must use her public speaking skills to save Voz from eternal silence. On her quest, Amelia gains confidence at every turn, from speaking to forest animals to finding her own voice. Speechless combines the fantastical and pragmatic in a tale that inspires listeners ages 6-10 to stand up and speak!

From the survivor of 10 Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, an inspiring memoir about finding strength in the face of despair. On August 14, 2017, two days after a white-supremacist activist rammed his car into a group of anti-Fascist protestors, killing one and injuring 19, the New England Holocaust Memorial was vandalized for the second time in as many months. At the base of one of its fifty-four-foot glass towers lay a pile of shards. For Steve Ross, the image called to mind Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.

Ona Judge wanted more than the best job an enslaved person could have, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman challenged why some people are masters and others enslaved, Ida B. Wells exposed post-slavery brutality, Martin Luther King Jr. was the key voice to overturn Jim Crow, and Barack Obama changed modern-day racial attitudes. For author Ray Anthony Shepard A Long Time Coming is highly personal, a chronicle of the times of his grandparents, parents, and himself.

I was kind of a genius normally. I'd managed to graduate early and was about to open my own veterinary clinic in my home town of Hell. I clearly had my life together. Until Blaze came back to town, moving slower than a sloth on crutches, more wounded emotionally than physically. We ended up bonding over stray dogs, exes from hell, and oddly enough, shared grief. But helping him get his life back together could cost me my heart . . . and destroy his friendship with my brother.

Diets don’t work! Every day there’s a new fad screaming at you to eat this and not that! Get ready to throw out all of the rules and restrictions. I lost weight without counting calories, and now I’m teaching you! With a biblical-based plan backed by groundbreaking interviews, I’ll teach you to lose weight by - learning how to recognize true hunger, quitting the yo-yo dieting, and using discernment, not deprivation! Lose weight the Chantel Ray way!

When Ray Comfort scooped up his tired dog as it ran beside his bike, the animal loved it. So he built a platform on the bike for Sam to sit on, added a seat belt, and put sunglasses on the dog. To his surprise, people came of their homes to take photos. Women called out, "How cute!" Drivers gave a thumbs up. Sam suddenly became a wonderful way to meet strangers. You may not have a dog you can use to reach the lost, but this book will tell you how you can use what you do have to fulfill the Great Commission. The book also looks at Jesus' last words on the cross, where He continually used ...

Raleigh Jackson is just a "regular girl" with a passion for romance novels and cheesy 90s music. Trystan Lay is a genuine schmillioniare, and the worlds most perfect human (according to NASA). Never in the history of the universe have opposites been known to attract...until now! Created by an audiobook narrator and musical improv comedy performer, and an erotica ghostwriter, and performed by comedians from Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings, it's the funniest, and only, multicast audiobook musical for adults!

The Greatest Stories Ever Told gathers the tallest tales, the deepest digressions, and the most fabulous fabrications, revealing life for the Tappet Brothers, both in and out of the garage. Besides telling you more than you ever wanted to know about Tom and Ray, The Greatest Stories Ever Told will answer mysteries such as "whatever happened to Tommy's Dart?" and "why is Doug the subway fugitive?"

It’s going to be so much fun! All of the kids in the neighborhood are playing a super fun game - Invasion!

How can we know if the Bible’s promise of everlasting life is true? One word: prophecy. One prophecy (among many) says that troubled times would come, with “men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth.” These certainly are troubled times. The CDC reported that in June 2020, a massive 25 million Americans seriously considered committing suicide. However, among its fearful predictions, the Bible also gives wonderful hope to those who will listen. Only God knows the future, and thanks to the Scriptures, so can we.

Like a tightly closed bud that longs to open fully, we live on the verge of an unfathomable beauty that needs only our loving attention to unfold. Meditation gives us a springboard for taking the bold leap into the limitless space of our own being. Dr. Reggie Ray has been immersed in the practice and teaching of meditation for more than 40 years.

In this short story first published by Ray Bradbury in the 1951 "Illustrated Man" collection, the game of "Invasion" has been sweeping the country. Children all across the nation pretend to have been enlisted by alien invaders, their job to overthrow their parents, and help their newfound friends take over the Earth. To Mrs. Morris, it's harmless fun — but to her daughter Mink, it's far from just a game.

For over a quarter century, Iran has been one of America's chief nemeses. Ever since Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah in 1979, the relationship between the two nations has been antagonistic: revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian support for Hezbollah, and President Ahmadinejad blaming the U.S. for the world's ills.

If there is one thing Lincee Ray has learned over the years, it's that the majority of women on the planet struggle with insecurities. Our skinny jeans mock us. Our just-trying-to-help mothers are just driving us crazy. Our social media feeds taunt us with everyone else's picture-perfect lives. It's enough to send you on a gummy-bear bender while binge-watching Friends reruns and not showering for a week. Lincee knows. She's been there. Right there, in fact. Gummy bears and all.

This audiobook includes seven great chapters to help you understand the Bible!

When a traitor enslaves a peaceful ally, it’s my job to see them rescued and the turncoat brought to justice. I never thought liberating Valkredian allies would lead me to my mate. By the looks of it, Judy doesn’t belong among the Macurians, but the little human was raised from infancy by the king and queen, and she’s just as royal as any of them. The soul of a warrior beats within her, and she’ll stop at nothing to save her people.

In this book, you will finally learn how to use positive thinking and what its benefits are. You will discover a new world. You will be able to maintain serenity in every situation and face everything in the right way, analyzing and making all the best moves. You'll notice how a few simple tips on positive thinking will improve self-esteem and health and bring you lots of luck!

Bobby and Becca Warren are enjoying college life when a mysterious disease ravages the country. With chaos ensuing, they head for home to join their family, but when they arrive they discover their home has been burned and find the graves of their mother and youngest brother in the backyard. With scavengers swarming over the neighborhood, the siblings decide to search for their father using clues he has left for them, but before they can find him they are captured by a local militia.

Like an unopened gift with your name on it, there is a version of your life that has always been present, waiting for you to fully embrace it. If you haven’t yet figured out who you are, it’s harder to answer important questions that will shape your future. For example, apart from knowing yourself, how do you go about building relationships with family, friends, and co-workers? Who do you let in? This audiobook summarizes ideas that we believe will help you answer these questions. We want to help you discover who you really are and to explain how to get to where you want to be.

Showing Up is a revolutionary step-by-step guide - by and for men - to ending toxic masculinity and leveraging men to enact heart-based leadership, increase diversity, bolster the bottom line, and create a culture so everyone in the workplace wins.