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Sofia and her good friend Rachel are worried that a missing juvenile red wolf pup will not be able to make it on his own. The pup, escaped from the Madison Zoo, is part of a recovery effort to save this endangered species. Join Sofia and Rachel as they search with family members, wildlife biologists, and park rangers to find and rescue Flash the red wolf.

The modern healthcare system has become proficient at staving off death with aggressive interventions. And yet, eventually everyone dies - and although most Americans say they would prefer to die peacefully at home, more than half of all deaths take place in hospitals or health care facilities. At the End of Life tackles this conundrum head on. Featuring 22 compelling personal-medical narratives, the collection explores death, dying, and palliative care, and highlights current features, flaws, and advances in the healthcare system.

Kara Everglades has just finished her first year of high school and is longing for an adventure. So far, her only option is an invitation from some upperclassmen to watch them race a bunch of bullfrogs in a ditch. Her grandfather, Cornelius Everglades, is a family legend (and a loose cannon), who founded his own island micronation. Unfortunately, the rest of the world refuses to acknowledge it. When Cornelius shows up at Kara’s door needing her help and promising an adventure, Kara agrees to go along with his far-fetched plan.

Meet Hunter Buchanon, a towering mountain of a man who learned how to track prey in Georgia, kill in the Civil War, and prospect in the Black Hills of Dakota. Now he's trying to live a peaceful gun-free life - but fate has other plans for him. When Hunter Buchanon rescued a wounded coyote pup - and named him Bobby Lee - he had no idea the cute little varmint would grow up to be such a loyal companion.

Escape from Dannemora examines the strange case of Joyce Mitchell, the long-time prison employee who had a sexual relationship with at least one of the killers, and who smuggled them tools and aided in the escape, while they cooked up a plan to kill her husband. In the end, Benson looks closely at conditions at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, a crumbling Gothic pile now under investigation for charges of drug trafficking and brutality.

Corporate learning and development programs play an undeniable role in successful business endeavors, but only when they're done right. The significant revisions in the third edition of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning add fresh, timely elements to a resource that has become known globally as a trusted guide for professionals determined to get the most of their companies' training and development programs.

Hemp and CBD oils, while coming from the same plant, have different areas of origin and different composition. The two oils have different uses, and the mechanisms of procuring these oils are also different. For hemp oil, while the plant is still cannabis sativa, it is one with reduced tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to ensure that the effects of THC are minimized. Hemp oil comes from the seeds of the plant and is pressed out from the leaves with some application of heat along the way.

This Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook contains mouthwatering and healthy recipes that are easy to prepare. This cookbook will show you how the instant pot pressure cooker can help you cook healthy and delicious meals that are as easy as one, two, three.

The main point of The Diabetes Code is that since overconsumption of carbohydrates in a chronic manner leads to an insulin response in our bodies that causes diabetes, the most effective and fruitful way to reverse the disease is to lessen carbohydrate consumption. Disclaimer: This is an unofficial summary of The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally by Jason Fung. The original is available on Amazon and Audible.

Al Carraway has inspired the world with her conversion, redemption, and faith. Now, you can hear Al tell her story firsthand in this recording of her award-winning talk. As an author, social media personality, and award-winning public speaker, her message has reached millions. Enjoy an up-close account of Al's life and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and learn what it means to truly trust in the Lord.

David Markham, a Vietnam-era veteran, and a regular computer geek, wants to shoot guns, blow up stuff, have access to every digital device on Earth, end terrorism, eat breakfast at Lowell's, and watch football, especially the Seattle Seahawks. Only his computer - Igor - knows how much money he has. Igor is the real brains of the operation. The computer organizes everything by having access to every computer and device on the planet including printers, cameras, microphones, GPS, and other satellite data. If David wants something done, Igor gets it done.

In modern, beautiful Green City, the capital of Southwest Asia, gender selection, war, and disease have brought the ratio of men to women to alarmingly low levels. The government uses terror and technology to control its people, and now females must take multiple husbands to have children as quickly as possible. Yet there are some who resist, women who live in an underground collective and refuse to be part of the system. Secretly protected by the highest echelons of power, they emerge only at night....

Clarence Chamberlin became the second aviator to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. In June of 1927, Chamberlain, with his copilot and passenger, Charles Levine, made headlines around the world by flying farther than Charles Lindbergh. Here is his story, beginning in rural Iowa and climaxing in the Great Transatlantic Air Race between himself, Charles Lindbergh, Admiral Richard Byrd, and others.

When I learned that I had stage-four lung cancer, I started the hard battle to survive it. What I knew then could have fit into a thimble. There was a tumor in my lung along with its partner in my brain. Life had to change quickly for Fred and me because we weren’t sure where our path was leading us to. During the surgeries and treatment phases, I could not do simple tasks such as laundry or the grocery shopping. Blessed with good friends and family members we were able to live an almost normal life. Fred set up a whiteboard in the living room for scheduling my trips to the hospital....

The purpose of this audiobook is to reform weight loss by accentuating that trying to lose weight can be an interesting, painless, speedy, tasty, and productive procedure. (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)

Wanna read but not enough time? Then, grab a SpeedyReads of Homo Deus - A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah HararI now! (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.) The book delves deeply into the past, present and future of the world and humans in light of religion, science, and technology. It takes both the past and present into account to forecast the future and highlights the risks caused by artificial intelligence and other technological progress that humans may encounter.

Being human is challenging; it’s hard work. The payoff is a life well lived. But what, exactly, does that mean to you? Almost all humans, at some point in their existence, have questions - big questions - about life, career, relationships, God, morality, and where they fit in the grand scheme. Are humans merely lucky (or unlucky) animals who were cursed with advanced rational abilities inviting questions that have no easy answers? Author and conscious-living personal and professional mastery trainer Al Killeen guides his audiences along a path to life’s deepest meaning.

Imagine a machine that would end all wars and bloodshed. A machine that can create a virtual world so real, so complete, where all conflicts are waged, but where no one ever dies or gets hurt. The dueling machine is just that...until a madman dictator of a small empire finds a way to bend virtual reality to his will - and uses the dueling machine to take over the galaxy! It's up to the machine's creator and a rather inept Star Watchman to discover the plan and stop it.

The runt of the litter, Gemini Joe is no stranger to tears. His life is a story; following the Great Depression and his parents' struggle to provide for his family. Survival in his powerful, sometimes cruel family was not easy. Although he remembers with affection and occasional humor the holidays, his childhood friends, his mother and grandmother, his tough, bullying brothers and indifferent sister, his family was too much for him. He found acceptance in a bottle of scotch. In the end, he managed to conquer his addictions, but was it too late?

The debut comedy album from Cleveland's Al Jackson.