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Part documentary, part improv comedy, Wildlife Confidential is a surreal interview show about the real animals (portrayed by humans) behind wild stories ripped from the headlines.

In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated. When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot—constant companionship and insight into her changing world. Books, however, can't tell Anna how to find a true friend. She'll have to discover that on her own.

There’s a lie masquerading as truth that’s running rampant in our culture. It goes something like this: you are powerful enough to control your circumstances and create the life you want through positive thinking, solid planning, and dreaming big enough. But if you’ve ever tried to control your life or to strive your way to self-fulfillment, you’ve discovered what lies on the other side of this supposedly empowering message. Tara Sun explores why the quest for control is overrated—not to mention downright dangerous—and reveals the surprising, lifegiving alternative: radical surrender to God.

Chloe Kwon can't stand Peter Li. It's always been that way. Their families don't get along either: their parents operate rival restaurants in the Riverwood Mall food court—Korean food for the Kwons and Chinese food for the Lis. Now it's the holiday season and it's all Chloe can do to avoid Peter's smug, incredibly photogenic face. But it turns out the mall is about to be sold to a developer and demolished for condos. Eviction notices are being handed out right before Christmas. Soon Chloe and Peter realize that the two of them need to join efforts to try to save the mall.

Guldalderen i første halvdel af 1800-tallet er en blomstrende periode i dansk åndsliv. Der er her, vi møder malere, digtere billedhuggere, filosoffer, teologer, komponister og naturvidenskabsmænd som C.W. Eckersberg, H.C. Andersen, Adam Oehlenschläger, Jens Baggesen, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Søren Kierkegaard, N.F.S. Grundtvig, B.S. Ingemann, C.E.F. Weyse, J.P.E. Hartmann og H.C. Ørsted. Genopbygningen af København efter bombardementet i 1807 er i fuld gang med C.F. Hansen som arkitekt.

Da Kim Philby flygtede til Moskva i 1963, blev han den mest omtalte og berygtede dobbeltagent i spionagens historie. Ved begyndelsen af Anden Verdenskrig var han blevet hvervet til den engelske efterretningstjeneste. Han steg hurtigt i graderne og blev efter krigen udstationeret i Washington som ledende forbindelsesofficer mellem det engelske Secret Service og CIA.

Hannah Steele loves living on Pelling, a tiny island near Seattle. She's always felt totally safe there. So when she's asked to babysit after school one day, it's no big deal. Zoe and Oscar are her next-door neighbors, and Hannah just took a babysitting class, which she's pretty sure makes her an expert. She isn't even worried that she left her inhaler at home. Then the shaking begins. The terrifying earthquake only lasts four minutes, but it changes everything.

How can I rewire my brain from anxiety? How can I rewire my brain to be positive? Scientists once thought that the brain was locked in place after puberty. But new technology shows that our brain continues to rewire itself and never stops changing as we age. We're gradually understanding that the adult brain is capable of physical change and rewiring in response to stimuli. But if you conceive of the brain as a colossally complex series of wires and computer connections, we're still basically babies with a Fisher-Paykel chisel, banging at the circuit board.

Mia’s best friend Robyn is Athens High’s most-trusted matchmaker. When Robyn refuses to set Mia up with the guy of her dreams, Mia decides to take matters into her own hands. She uses Robyn’s service to make sure popular Vince falls hard enough to ask her to homecoming. Mia needs things to work out with Vince, and fast. Vince falls for her, but Mia doesn't count on Logan, the surprisingly suave and persistent school newspaper photographer who’s showing interest in her. That’s not part of Mia’s plan.

Obsession is a story about emotional growth and the pains that accompany it. Written in an experimental voice that employs an omniscient second-person perspective, it chronicles the life of a young Chinese woman who comes to the US in order to fall in love in a foreign land. Throughout her bizarre relationship with a Jewish-American scholar, who is both brilliant and selfish, we see how cultural difference leads to different interpretations of trust, personal boundary, respect, or even rape.

Kindness and leadership aren't often synonymous. The purpose of this book is to teach leaders how to lead with kindness so they can influence the people they lead to create kinder workplaces, organizations, and the world. This book gives you a deep theoretical understanding of the importance of leading with kindness and also provides practical exercises for you to use. By the time you finish the book, you will feel confident in your ability to lead with kindness and also to address organizational problems at work, at home, and in the community with kindness.

Listeners will cheer on Pippa Park in this wonderful middle school book about friendships, bullying, crushes, and family. In this relatable story, Pippa reinvents herself and discovers who she really is on and off the basketball court.

The Monsoon Diaries is the firsthand account of Dr. Calvin Sun, an emergency-room doctor who worked tirelessly on the front lines in multiple hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing upon the lessons he learned from his adventures traveling to more than 190 countries in 10 years, as well as from the grief he experienced as a teen when his father died, Dr. Sun shares his journey, from growing up as a young Asian American in New York to his calling first to medical school and then to the open road.

From aardvark to zebra, this delightful cast of animal characters illustrates the many ways to show kindness to others, while teaching the youngest listeners their ABCs.

Ms. Sun is a charming, cash-strapped teaching artist put in charge of a rambunctious group of 10th graders at a public school in the Bronx. While directing her students in a play, Ms. Sun must lift them up while everything around them is falling apart. Written and performed by acclaimed playwright Nilaja Sun and based on her eight-year experience with arts education in New York City, No Child is an inspiring, multi-character solo show that examines America’s broken school system - and reveals the life and love that fill every classroom.

Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York’s gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before.

Being alone doesn’t have to be lonely. Consider taking time to reflect, regroup, and reconnect with the most important person in your life - you. The Loneliness Companion can help you cope with feelings of alienation and isolation while finding comfort and community in our hyperconnected modern world. Learn how to boost self-confidence and build self-esteem. The Loneliness Companion delivers real, actionable exercises and evidence-based strategies so you can navigate loneliness, heal from past relationships, and gain a healthier, positive approach to dating.

Women have finally accomplished what two-millennia of men could not; the uniting of men from all backgrounds, races, and cultures around the world through MGTOW. After 21 plus years of being a marriage coach and counselor, I came to the realization that I could no longer recommend to young men and old to get married. In fact, I awoke one morning knowing that I could no longer give any positive counsel; save for, “leave these angry women the hell alone”.

Rodney’s seen a dead girl, and not her body but her ghost, and as he explains it to Mr. Luff and the rest of the students in his seventh grade English class, the story has a ring of truth. A girl murdered. Her boyfriend murdered. All of it decades ago. Nonetheless, the class and Mr. Luff find themselves transfixed and unable to disbelieve. Whatever secrets the small town holds, the story of Ashley’s ghost might be the biggest of all.

In the tradition of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Wang Gang's English is a captivating coming-of-age novel about the power of language to launch a journey of self-discovery. When a new teacher - a tall, elegantly dressed man from Shanghai carrying an English dictionary under his arm - comes to Urumqi, the capital of China's far west region of Xinjiang, 12-year-old Love Liu turns away from Chairman Mao's little red book and toward the teacher's big blue book for answers to his most pressing questions about love and life.