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The Magic Word is one that everyone needs to learn. "Elisabeth Keys never said thank you, excuse me or please. She made fun of people, she'd argue and tease. She took what she wanted whenever she could, Elisabeth's manners were not very good." So begins the rhymed story of Elisabeth, who discovers her lack of friends when no one wants to come to her birthday party. Her mother suggests that she learn to be considerate of others and to say ...

Winston Henry always envied the night shift staff up at the old asylum, until there was a vacancy and he found himself working it. Then it was like he'd woken up to what Echo Heights was really like, and everything changed. He remembered the old saying, "be careful what you wish for, " because it may come true. But it wasn't exactly what he thought it would be. Up till then, Winston had never been one for listening to gossip, he avoided pe...

Kassia is having a hard time going to sleep at night. The problem is getting worse, as she keeps hearing noises from the apartment upstairs and begins to imagine all sorts of scary monsters coming for her. The Noise Upstairs is more common than we think, especially as it concerns young children. Is it really scary noises that keep children from falling asleep? Author Ada N. Letelier believes that a child's request to "read it again, mommy ...

The Journey to Darkstone Tower relates the continuing saga of the Thalin family antics, and how the size of the Thalin empire has grown in this memorable fantasy series.The family suffers pain as age and battles winnow down its members, but the Thalins continue on, even as the swordsman and the dread lords return in a strange repeat of history. Magic is afoot at Darkstone Tower: "The dark robe and long cowl were definitely concealing the true ...

In this third novel of the Abe series, Abe and Lakshmi spend their time and considerable fortune creating a school to teach humans how to raise their consciousness. The two reincarnated Tibetan masters have dedicated themselves to making the world a better place. Their efforts involve forays into manifestation, esoteric psychology, meditation, reincarnation, mind-altering substances, astrology, and clairvoyance. As usual, there is a backdrop o...

The Adventures of Henry and Eulalie explores magic and science as complementary elements that take young readers on adventures between diverse worlds. Quantum physics explains the underlying mechanisms that make young Henry's wondrous journeys plausible. We begin with 11-year-old Henry Harris seemingly passing out at baseball practice, only to learn that his consciousness has been "bilocated" back to his birth planet by three scientists, one...

Of all the mysteries the oceans hold, sea creatures are among the oldest legends known to mankind. This fantasy saga delves into one of them. Over thousands of years and sparse sightings, eyewitness accounts often become local myth, or even legend. In the present day, a diver named Mark is clearing abandoned fishing nets, when he accidentally crosses paths with a mythical creature, one that will change his life and the lives of those close...

After her father committed suicide rather than face his mounting gambling debts, Oksana Wallingford knows she will have to work in order to keep food on the table and her younger brother, the new baron, in school. When her best friend finds her a position as the nanny of his brother's children, it is the opportunity Oksana needs. But what she didn't contend with was Rafe, the recently widowed Duke of Essex and her new employer.Oksana and Rafe'...

Audra Markham is a ten-year-old girl born into privilege, but only in the sense of wealth. The granddaughter of a Viscount, Audra is the object of ridicule in her spoiled and spiteful family. Alone and unloved, Audra seeks solace in the comfort of food.In another part of London, thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Abbot lives a wretched life, forced to steal food in order to survive. Living in squalid conditions at the local orphanage, Nathaniel and t...

After her father committed suicide rather than face his mounting gambling debts, Oksana Wallingford knows she will have to work in order to keep food on the table and her younger brother, the new baron, in school. When her best friend finds her a position as the nanny of his brother's children, it is the opportunity Oksana needs. But what she didn't contend with was Rafe, the recently widowed Duke of Essex and her new employer.Oksana and Rafe'...

Princess Elise d'Orleans, niece to King Louis XIII, is a spoiled brat and is generally considered an egotistical royal pain in the, well, derriere! Overbearing, overweight, and overconfident, she simply needs a good spanking. Pierre Tonnelier, the village journeyman cooper, starts on a strange adventure when he finds an extraordinary necklace in the woods outside Chateau de Saint-Germain en Laye, a magnificent castle outside Paris. He sells th...

Escaping an abusive husband and the tragic loss of her newborn child, Tressa O'Daire leaves her home of Dublin, Ireland, for the unknown shores of New York City. There she finds work in the powerful Langley family as a nurse-maid to a baby girl. The Langleys allow Tressa, a master baker by trade, to use their baking oven. She starts a business and a new life. Ethan Langley, crippled in a riding accident that left him bound to a wheel chair, ha...

This book aims to increase the level of consciousness, communications, and authenticity in the business world. It advocates mindfulness, self-awareness, creativity, improvisation, and a cooperative nature for workers at all levels of the organization to facilitate greater leadership and enhanced organizational performance.Part One presents an observation of the business world, describing the concept that integrating nonlinear (right-brain) pra...

Declining budgets and withdrawing military forces seem to spell a period of diminishing influence for U.S. business and government officials overseas.Not so!Bees and Spiders provides answers on how to develop real influence that does not come through massive military presence or big budgets. These answers promote the idea of influence through developing relationships. Such relationships can provide influence that lasts even when there are few ...

In the stirring novel Presumed Guilty, Moses Oshoke, a young man struggling to survive in the face of economic and political turbulence in Nigeria, gets caught in an "assassination net."Circumstantial evidence locks horns with the doctrine of presumption of innocence to overwhelmingly indicate that he is guilty.A series of bitter experiences by his fellow inmates unveil the realities of inexcusable police brutality, corruption, and prison syst...

Three friends' lives are changed forever when they bring Shera into their lives. Shera is a deep space probe that's been programmed to travel the galaxy and predict where life could be found. When Shera's mission is canceled, she is stored in a vault until Barry brings her home with him. Barry hopes to use Shera's capabilities for finding life in the galaxy to instead predict sporting event scores on Earth. Together they would make a fortune, ...

The intense novel Dalia: Lost Youth follows a young girl's difficult journey through her childhood in Mexico. Hers is a story filled with pain and heartache. Before Dalia was five years old, she had the responsibility of helping her mother serve her abusive father and three older brothers, and look after her two younger siblings. When she was 12, a stranger kidnapped her and forced her to live with him and his family. Even though her real fath...

Yoga in the West, as taught by Swami Vivekananda and C.G. Jung, is a spiritual path of vocation, practiced with an attitude of non-attachment to the ego. At the same time, the Self shines through in all of one's works, and one lives in the joy and peace of the higher man or woman within. The vocation of Yoga in the West urges forward the spiritualization of world culture. Each person has a special calling, which he or she must follow, and thro...

So you're thinking of opening a small business ... Mom Hugs for Entrepreneurs will help you reflect on why you want to start your own small business and will lead you step by step through the "must know" issues of getting started on your own entrepreneurial journey. In this book packed with wisdom and practical knowledge, Raquel Gladieux puts her years of experience to work for you by revealing some of the business management secrets that cou...

Globally recognized process improvement expert Phillip C. Reinke has assembled a toolset that has differentiated him and his company toward success in a world where many have attempted and failed. The founder of The Continuous Improvement Institute, he helps businesses and organizations improve their performance based on the proven Six Sigma concepts, which increase efficiency and are enhanced with the psychological needs of individuals and or...