Billy is just an ordinary Farmer living in his tiny village. Nothing extraordinary has ever happened, and he doesn't believe anything ever will. But when he hears that a visitor is coming to trade, he can't help but be excited. Unfortunately, when the visitor comes, he's not quite what Billy was expecting. It turns out that his visitor is just a stupid human - and a thief Billy decides that there is only one thing he can do. The next time the stupid human comes back, he'll make sure he leaves - and stays gone. But will his traps and plans work? Or will Billy have to find a new way to deal with humans?
Join two curious kids as they explore their backyard, and contemplate their place within our vast universe in this adorable picture book that's full of comparisons to help kids understand cosmic size. If Pluto was a pea... the Sun would be like a tent, Mercury would be a marble, and Earth would be a golf ball. Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system, but how small is small? As it turns out, it only takes the contents of a lunchbox and a backyard to find out.
Justine, jeune m decin, effectue une mission humanitaire dans un pays d'Afrique centrale. Confront e aux exp riences quotidiennes des joies et des peines de la maternit v cues par ses patientes, elle ouvre les yeux sur sa propre enfance. Comment sa m re biologique a-t-elle pu l'abandonner? La n cessit de retrouver ses origines s'impose. Deux hommes marqueront cette prise de conscience ou l' pauleront dans sa qu te identitaire. Une intrigue tonnante m lant un cheminement personnel une p riode m connue de l'histoire de France des ann es 1960.
Welcome to the adventurous world of American steampunk.Agents Shuttleworth and Beacon are sent to reconnoiter Deadwood, South Dakota after a freak lightning storm destroys part of the town. It quickly becomes evident that this is the work of one evil man intent on merging the modern technology of 1879 with dark arcane arts. Can our heroes find this, "lightning lord" before he fully implements his world destroying plan?
A sexy cowboy romance by Gabrielle Monae of BWWM Club. Contains a 24 page sample of the 'What The Heart Craves' cowboy romance by Tyra Small. Frustrated city banker Lila's disappointed with her 30th birthday present - a trip to a ranch she had so been looking forward to - because all the horses and cattle have been removed leaving only a fancy hotel.When she complaints to the billionaire owner Kurt 'the cowboy', he agrees to source some horses and start offering rides to guests.All goes well.Over a celebratory dinner, they get closer and soon find love blooming.But it's only a vacation, and soon Lila will have to return to the rat race, leaving the ranch, horses and new love behind.Will she turn her back on all that she's come to love for her old job and life?Or will she jump at the chance to create a whole new life, living her passion with Kurt everyday?Find out in this inspiring and heartfelt romance by Gabrielle Monae of BWWM Club. Suitable for over 18s only due to sex scenes so hot, you'll be dreaming of your very own cowboy.
Publishers Weekly calls the book "a jaw dropping study of a lesser-known yet larger-than-life figure." Opium Queen is the true story of the widely mythologized genderqueer Burmese opium-pioneer of noble Chinese descent, Olive Yang, who secretly ran an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. Olive Yang was a widely mythologized genderqueer lesbian opium-pioneer in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. After escaping an arranged marriage with a noble cousin, Olive felt that she had no choice but to lead a life of banditry with an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA. As her smuggling empire grew, she became so powerful and infamous, novelists were inspired to write about her evil ruthlessness and beauty. Yet, Olive's real life and identity remained a mystery to many.To the Kokang people whom the Yang family once ruled, Olive was both folk-hero and villain. To the communists Olive's men harassed, she was the saboteur of the historic Sino-Burmese border agreement. To the generals who jailed her at the dawn of the Burmese military era, she was a national security threat. And to at least one man at the CIA, she was "Miss Hairy Legs." Opium Queen is a journey to uncover the true story behind the propaganda and legends. Declassified intelligence documents portray Olive as a critical operator in one of the most important fronts of the clandestine Cold War against China. Through extensive interviews with the Yang family, Olive emerges as a complex anti-hero, searching for a way to live as an open homosexual, in an era when such a lifestyle was considered deeply shameful in Burma. The great military alliances that facilitate narcotics traffic in Myanmar today are Olive's lasting legacy in the Golden Triangle, as is the disenfranchisement of the people of Kokang. Through the story of Olive's formidable life, Opium Queen examines historic events that underpinned critical diplomatic relationships between the U.S., Myanmar, and China; and were at the root of Myanmar's current political crisis.
The fairy tale is a poetic recording of the facts of life, an interpretation by the imagination of its hard conditions, an effort to reconcile the spirit which loves freedom and goodness and beauty with its harsh, bare and disappointing conditions. It is, in its earliest form, a spontaneous and instinctive endeavor to shape the facts of the world to meet the needs of the imagination, the cravings of the heart. It involves a free, poetic dealing with realities in accordance with the law of mental growth; it is the na ve activity of the young imagination of the race, untrammelled by the necessity of rigid adherence to the fact. This collection of tales, gathered from the rich literature of the childhood of the world, or from the books of the few modern men who have found the key of that wonderful world, is put forth not only without apology, but with the hope that it may widen the demand for these charming reports of a world in which the truths of our working world are loyally upheld, while its hard facts are quietly but authoritatively dismissed from attention. The modern child passes through the same stages as did the children of four thousand years ago. He, too, is a poet. He believes that the world about him throbs with life and is peopled with all manner of strange, beautiful, powerful folk, who live just outside the range of his sight; he, too, personifies light and heat and storm and wind and cold as his remote ancestors did. He, too, lives in and through his imagination; and if, in later life, he grows in power and becomes a creative man, his achievements are the fruits of the free and vigorous life of his imagination. The fairy tale belongs to the child and ought always to be within his reach, not only because it is his special literary form and his nature craves it, but because it is one of the most vital of the textbooks offered to him in the school of life. In ultimate importance it outranks the arithmetic, the grammar, the geography, the manuals of science; for without the aid of the imagination none of these books is really comprehensible. Classics included in this volume include: One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes, The Magic Mirror, The Enchanted Stag, Hansel and Grethel, The Story of Aladdin, This Story of Ali Baba, The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, The White Cat, The Golden Goose, The Twelve Brothers, The Fair One With the Golden Locks, Tom Thumb, Blue Beard, Cinderella, Puss In Boots, The Sleeping Beauty In the Wood, Jack and The Bean-Stalk
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You don't know Millennials like this.In this fast-paced leadership manual, Millennial expert Gabrielle Bosch breaks down what makes her generation tick.
"Positive Perspectives: Learning the Art of Unconditional Joy" is a daily journey of thoughts and reflections designed to teach you the path to happiness.The root of all joy is often how we approach the day that is before us. Regardless of our circumstances, joy is not based on conditions. The joy journey simply takes time and effort. The more effort we put in, the more results we will see and the better we will feel in our minds, bodies and souls.By carving out time to read the regular reflection and having a space to record your own thoughts on each inspirational topic, you will experience a shift in your thinking and understand the tools you need to accentuate what encourages you. When we expect good things to happen and start allowing positive thoughts to guide our daily routine, our outlook will gradually and effectively change for the better.Let "Positive Perspectives" be a healthy reminder to revamp your outlook. As you intentionally focus on the gifts of your journey, be inspired and uplifted through the pages of this book knowing that learning the art of unconditional joy is a process that develops through heartfelt dedication.
