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Francesco Petrarch’s Canzoniere (translated in English as ‘Scattered Rhymes’) is a collection of 14th century poems famed for their exploration of love, grief, spirituality and nature. Peter Thornton's accessible new translation brings Petrarch to the 21st century in direct, rhymed, English verse - for academics and poetry enthusiasts alike.

The myth of an epic, public life—its triumphs and tragedies—is a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of such a life and attendant fame of an extraordinary, and completely made up, man.

How do you deal with the news that your 40-year-old son wants to change his sex to become a woman? The author of this audiobook chose to embrace the situation and help his child through the 10-year process, from the beginning of hormone therapy all the way to completion--male body to female body, son to daughter. The journey was not without its difficulties, but they remained best friends. Here is the journey as told by both the father and the child.

The true-life story of Sunday, a very amazing little rescue pup, told in his own words. Hear about his extremely difficult beginnings, his incredible rescue, and his adventures all across America while living in California, Texas, Florida, upstate New York, and the Smoky Mountains. Sunday's story will make you laugh, cry, and love this brave and clever little dog. Prepare to be inspired.

At some point in every man’s life, he begins to reflect on his youth, his virility, his existence. Sometimes, he longs for a time when he was sexual, virile, on top of his game. Phillip had reached that point with a stagnant marriage, a dry life, until he took a moment for himself, until he found a solitary island and some private time for him. It was a moment that changed him forever—a moment when he met a young man who sparked something deep inside, an erotic world he'd never considered.

The 14 dad authors of Tales from Fatherhood have a combined 874 years of fatherhood experience! This collection of stories of triumph over the seen and unseen challenges of fatherhood is sure to inspire, motivate, and challenge many of the “conventions” about the blessed assignment of fatherhood. You will hear stories from fathers who had to create their own blueprint for raising and loving their children, some who grew up in loving homes with their own fathers as that blueprint, and those who would mark their relationship status with their dad as “it’s complicated”.

If you’re only learning from your own experience, you’re wasting years of time doing all the wrong things. When we learn from the experiences of others, we can save those years and make the right decisions when they count. Who has the experience you should learn from? Anyone and everyone, including the author of this book. Written during the COVID-19 pandemic, Experience Matters is full of (brutal) honesty and humor.

As the third wave of the virus hits, all inhabitants of Melbourne are given until 8pm to get to their homes. Wherever they are when the curfew hits, they must live for four weeks and stay within a 5km radius. When Lou’s son Samuel doesn’t arrive home by nightfall she begins to panic. He doesn’t answer his phone. He doesn’t message. His social media channels are inactive. Lou is out of her mind with worry, but she can’t go to the police, because she has secrets of her own. Secrets that Samuel just can’t find out about. Lou must find her son herself and bring him home.

Will You Ever Be Rich? chronicles a story of an enterprising young man with above-average intellect, hard-working, driven, ambitious, and motivated, but for some reason, he feels stuck. Life is not moving in the direction he expected. He wondered what he was doing wrong and what he could do differently. He ultimately found a mentor that walked him through the lessons that led to wealth. These are lessons that you would not get anywhere in a practical manner. If you can connect with this story or if you know anyone that can connect with this story, then this book is for you.

The Misadventures of a Rich Kid - Born on Date 1964 is a collection of autobiographical narrative essays by Ed Verner. Each story stands alone, yet presented thematically under topics such as boyhood memories, young adulthood, getting older, romantic learning curve, and parent care, they collate into a memoir of a self-deprecating people watcher. Born as the last child to a wealthy Ivy League educated WWII couple in a modest southern town and growing up as it became a major city, Verner lived and recalls a fading slice of Americana.

In Deep Hole, one of the world’s foremost crime novelists crafts a sweet, poignant romance novella that could only come from his perfectly calibrated sense of time and place. It incorporates fights and misunderstandings and rejection, and is set against the backdrop of a quiet surfing town in Rhode Island where everyone knows each other’s business—and pleasure.

In this brave and provocative work, former US Vice President Al Gore asserts that only a radical rethinking of our relationship with nature will save the Earth's ecology for future generations. Gore's analysis of where we've gone wrong ranges across politics, history, science, economics, psychology, and religion. He argues that only a worldwide mobilization can save us from disaster and presents a brilliant and comprehensive plan for action that encompasses not only the Earth's ecology, but also population trends, appropriate technology, and environmental education.

In a land filled with magic and dragons, a young Blueskin girl of 18 summers survives being attacked by an old one-eyed snarcat. As a result of the attack, Kisha discovers that she’s suddenly able to communicate with animals, calling on their claws and fangs when she gets into a pinch. Armed with this power, she tries to set things right and restore justice to her tiny village of Anon. In order to save the kingdom, she’s forced to call vicious animals into the battle and do things that will haunt her conscience for the rest of her life.

Double or Nothing by Remington Kane, author of The Fix-It Man. David Manning suddenly realizes he's being watched. The woman, who’s not much more than a girl, appears to be homeless. David tries to ignore her, but the girl soon follows him wherever he goes, and so David decides to confront her. What happens next will send his life spiraling out of control in ways he could never have imagined. In the end, he’ll either unite with his soul mate or meet an untimely and violent death.

Today, families are under attack. The bondages holding families in captivity due to social influences and cultural attitudes can be identified. From there, families can step outside influences and attitudes that are destructive and learn to cope in a loving, peaceful, respectful family unit. The author David K. Ewen, M.Ed. takes the audience on a journey of discovery to show what today’s family are in and where they need to go to become the family they always dreamed of.

Many people have asked how the marriage to my wife has been so very happy from the beginning and lasted so long. The amazing testimony isn't related to how that happened, but rather when it happened. In the year that we met and got married it was a time that we would have most unlikely been married at all. This book has been on a journey of 20 years in the making. God created the true story. Today, it is shared with you. Immediately following the tragedy of 9/11, the world changed. Our testimony comes from the ashes of that change. We made a choice from the beginning.

Prepare to smile! Listen to this audiobook to your own inner child or to any child as told by a mom and her kids. Their darling voices will make you smile and lift your spirits. Keep this audiobook handy and listen to it often as a reminder of just how wonderfully precious is your child, inner or outer. Share it with others. This delightful set of poetic affirmations is great for children of all ages. So, come hear how wonderful it is to discover the answer to the question: "Who else can love you"?

From the master of crime fiction comes an unexpectedly whimsical short story about this San Diego surfer whose life plan is working perfectly until he meets a wealthy woman at an art gallery opening (the hors d’oeuvres), falls in love, and then has to masquerade as an upstanding member of society.

Have you ever wondered how some people can close deals or easily get hired at a job? Those people have practiced successful methodologies necessary to achieve success. The content and material shared in this presentation have been researched, tested, and put into practice with proven results. The tips, tricks, and techniques are applicable to a variety of situations and industries. If given the secrets then we are empowered to achieve success. After all, isn't that what all of us want to do? You are empowered, and you can.

John Faron is a natural-born tinkerer who can apparently fix anything. But when he's forced by the actions of a madman to make an unthinkable choice, he soon finds that the one thing he can't mend is his own broken heart.