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The Barnyard Buddies Stop for Peace

by Julie Penshorn

The delightful Barnyard Buddies engage everyone as they show how to use peaceful conflict resolution and dialogue for problem-solving! This rhyming, richly illustrated children's book, for ages 3 to 8, conveys important social skills and anger management tools. With a wonderful Parent and Educator Guide, and a complete Mentor Program Guide included, this is a comprehensive smart tool! Plus, kids love it! The Barnyard Buddies are angry because King is taking all the space under the shelter. Th... more

Discovery in the Desert: It Will Shake the Nations (The Discovery Series Book 1)

by Tom Thiele

Do you call yourself a Christian? Do you wonder about heaven? If I am a "good person," does that mean that I am heaven-bound? Heaven-bound: That is exactly how David Hart saw himself before his discovery in the desert. David Hart, a bright NASA physicist, is chosen to join a team of other NASA scientists assigned to a Classified Military Project. The team is formed to bring a new, cutting edge technology to the United States military—Time Travel. Great strides are made in deve... more

The Adventures of Isabelle Necessary

by Martii Maclean

Once upon a beach, there was an eleven-year-old girl called Isabelle Necessary. A girl with an unusual name and a rather extraordinary life. Left behind while her parents are off traveling, Isabelle roams around a sleepy beachside town getting into one sticky situation after another. She does her best to help the residents find their keys, watch over their stores and return their parrots, but not all goes according to plan for Isabelle. Fans of Beverly Cleary will enjoy this touching,... more

To Squeeze a Prairie Dog: An American Novel

by Scott Semegran

2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Winner - Gold Medal for Humor

2019 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Winner: Silver Medal for Fiction - Humor/Comedy

2019 Texas Author Project Winner: Adult Fiction

This is the story of J. D. Wiswall, a sincere young man from a small town, who joins a state government agency in a data entry department comprised of quirky clerks. Quickly endearing himself to the diverse group in ... more

The Insistence of Memory

by Susan Quilty

Nothing could prepare Joanne for the secrets her husband left behind. As she stumbles through each day, attempting to raise their young daughters alone, Joanne soon learns that Jeff's basement tinkering had led to a remarkable invention: a machine that can record memories and play them back in someone else's mind. Now, Jeff's partner-in-crime wants to turn their unfinished project into a money-making scheme, while Joanne's best friend argues the dangers of dredging up buried memories. Joanne... more

5 THINGS GREAT BOOKKEEPERS DO

by Subhajit Khara

Finding a good bookkeeper is a bit like finding a good family doctor – when you find one, you should never let them go. Now that we are well into the new financial year, we should all make sure we have a great accounts team backing us for the financial year, especially for those of us running our own small businesses.

A good bookkeeper vs a great bookkeeper

A good bookkeeper understands the process well and has the knowledge. A great bookkeeper is not only someone wh... more

Clones New People

by Angelo Gualtieri

Angelo Gualtieri traines as an Engineer and worked most of his life in engineering related activities. He started his working life as a research engineer , and retired as a Managing Director of a shipyard he helped to found. Having spent much time writing reports, he turned o stories in his retirement. Reports have to be factual he says, in stories you can let your imagination run free. ANTHONY DEVLIN Born to an uppercrust English family , Tony brekas the mould to study biology in the USA, and i... more

Grateful Grace: Having an Attitude of Gratitude

by Debbie McKiver

Winner of the Heart & Soul Book Awards for children's literature. Grateful Grace is the story of a little girl who shows gratitude in every situation. She believes that there is always something to be grateful for, and the more grateful you are the happier you are. And the happier you are for what you already have, the more good things that come to you.

Myra Kemp (Volume 1): I Need a Vacation from My Family

by Debbie McKiver

Go on an adventure around the world with 13-year-old Myra Kemp. Venture the globe everywhere from Canada to the Caribbean to Egypt and even Beijing. You’ll lounge on the beach, see great sites and eat delicious food! Or maybe not... Maybe it’s all just in Myra’s vivid imagination.

A Life with 12 Siblings

by Therese Crutcher-Marin

A story about a young girl growing up in the bread basket of the United States, Ottawa Kansas, in the 1920's with Austrian immigrant parents and 12 siblings.

Take the Late Train

by Jack Messenger

Stephen Ketley’s life goes off the rails on the night of his tenth wedding anniversary. Suddenly, his marriage to Sarah is not quite as secure as it seems. Meanwhile, his stepdaughter Emma relies on him to mediate between her warring parents, his sister refuses to speak to him, and Audrey his mother drinks too much and shouts too loud. As his certainties fragment, Stephen recalls an idyllic summer in Florence with his first love, Giuliana. Forced to choose between career and love, authenticity a... more

Only Summer

by Rachel Cullen

From the beaches of Cape Cod to the manicured lawns of Westchester to the steamy streets of Manhattan, summer is the time for clambakes, sunbathing at the country club and sunset drinks at exclusive rooftop bars. However, for Sabrina, Molly, Heather and Megan, this summer is when their lives unravel, and they have no one to blame but themselves. Only Summer is the interlaced story of four women who spend the summer making impulsive choices that have difficult and often disastrous effects on ... more

Nescient Decoy

by John Morris Benson

JASON CARTER FINN never thought he’d feel like he was watching himself in one of his grandfather’s generation black and white movies, but that’s how he felt during much of 2016 and 2017. A note on a photograph he discovered in the late summer of 2017 gives personal meaning to something his grandfather said about decoys the last Saturday of the 2000 water-fowl hunting season. Twenty-five- year-old Finn uses his personal diary and declassified CIA notes to write a travelogue of curiosity, intrig... more

The Best Uses for a Rotary Mower

by Jashon Langer

If you own a large expanse of land, there are going to be different types of terrain that need to be maintained, and different types of mowers will be needed for effective results – not to mention that using the appropriate equipment is essential for your safety on the job. For clearing tall grass and thick brush, a rotary mower with a stump jumper will be ideal. Mounted to your tractor, a rotary cutter will control the overgrowth not meant for a mere grooming mower. If you have rough areas that... more

Gap-Toothed Girl

by Ray Harvey

“Tournament night in a sweltering Las Vegas stadium, and the girl with the gap-toothed smile stood bleeding in her ballet slippers.” Thus begins Gap-Toothed Girl, the story of Dusty May, a Lakota orphan with an iron will, who runs away from the horrific circumstances of her foster home and her foster father — a man of beast-like brilliance and power — to pursue her dream of lightness and ballet, even as her foster father unleashes an army to bring her down. Part literary fiction, part thri... more

When You Were a Dinosaur

by Neil Roy McFarlane

When You Were a Dinosaur is a collection of educational and entertaining stories designed for parents to read to/with children aged five to infinity! In each story, your child will have a great time being the main character who changes into and lives the life of a mighty creature for a day. Although the main aim of this book is to entertain young readers with fantastical adventures in which they are the star, kids will also … … learn amazing facts about the workings and wonders of the n... more

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