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While megasellers like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly suggest that wheat may be the new asbestos, Stephen Yafa finds that it has been wrongly demonized. His revealing audiobook sets the record straight, breaking down the botany of the wheat plant we've hijacked for our own use, the science of nutrition and digestion, the effects of mass production on our health, and questions about gluten and fiber - all to point us toward a better, richer diet.

Climb into your spaceship and blastoff for an adventure through our solar system! This exciting nonfiction series uses narrative text to inform early learners about the different planets, moons, and other celestial bodies in the solar system. On their journeys, they’ll discover volcanic moons, mysterious dwarf planets, and much more! This volume includes Moons, The Outer Planets, and The Sun.

Die schönsten Kinderhörbuch-Klassiker: Biene Maja, Doktor Dolittle, Peterchens Mondfahrt, Bambi & Co. Hier findet ihr auf über 26 Stunden die schönsten und bekanntesten Kinderhörbuch-Klassiker, gelesen von den besten Stimmen - hier könnt ihr eure Helden von der Biene Maja bis Bambi, von Doktor Dolittle bis zum Lügenbaron von Münchhausen als liebevoll gestaltete Hörbuch-Klassiker entdecken. Perfekte Unterhaltung und akustische Entdeckungsreise für Jung und Alt für den Urlaub oder auch sonst Jederzeit: Wir wünschen euch einen unterhaltsamen Hörspaß bei.

Aftershock is about the real war against terror - the struggle for a world in which nobody lives in fear of atrocities perpetrated by human beings. Every day, people who push against violence and injustice or pull for peace and freedom must face their own fears. Many activists also must struggle with "aftershock," the physical and emotional reverberations of frightening, horrifying, or otherwise traumatizing experiences endured in the course of their activism.

What did 19th-century cities smell like? And how did odors matter in the formation of a modern environmental consciousness? Smell Detectives follows the 19th-century Americans who used their noses to make sense of the sanitary challenges caused by rapid urban and industrial growth.

We are overly busy helicopter parents, control freaks, perfectionists, intolerants, over-consumers and social media junkies - who worry, fear, laugh less and always want more. In the midst of it, we wonder what it would feel like to open our hands and turn loose of all of it. In Holding on Loosely: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Living Unbound, author Dana Knox Wright tells stories of one who is hardwired to cling. To her children when they asked for a blessing to go.

Here are 10 stories of erotic romance a hell of a lot more focused on the erotic than the romance. If you want explicit erotica by authors unafraid to write plainly and clearly about sex, you'll love this collection. It's just a click away, so download now.

Internationally renowned actor Geraint Wyn Davies performs Dylan Thomas’ best-known and most beloved poems: “Fern Hill,” “Death Shall Have No Dominion,” and the eternal, “Do Not Go Gentle.” Also included are complete (and abridged) performances of the best selling "A Child’s Christmas in Wales" and "A Visit to Grandpa’s."

US Marshal Jacey Noble has just taken a well-deserved vacation when one of her fugitives ends up murdered. Detective Trent Vinolva is less than enthusiastic to take on a new partner, especially hot-blooded Jacey, who lives to push his buttons. When they encounter a werewolf at the scene, Jacey is thrust into a new world of supernatural beings and high-stakes encounters with no one else to turn to but Trent. Jacey discovers that she's a Shadow, one in an order of powerful beings able to manipulate darkness.

This audiobook will help you develop effective communication skills you can use in all aspects of your daily life: at home with your family, at work, with friends, and in every situation requiring interaction with other people. You will learn how to communicate lovingly and respectfully. You will develop self-confidence and influence. Above all, you will learn why just being an effective listener can instantly elevate your ability to communicate well.

In this scintillating combination of critical race theory, social commentary, veganism, and gender analysis, media studies scholar Aph Ko offers a compelling vision of a reimagined social justice movement. Through a subtle and extended examination of Jordan Peele’s hit 2017 movie Get Out, Ko shows the many ways that white supremacist notions of animality and race exist through the consumption and exploitation of flesh. She demonstrates how a critical historical and social understanding of anti-blackness can provide the pathway to genuine liberation.

I'm in the business of hunting down and acquiring the planet's most coveted objects. Nothing thrills me more than finding and buying pieces with unbelievable value...and selling them for a massive profit. Nothing...until she bursts onto the scene. She might have the world's most tantalizing body and a smoldering look in her eyes, but she's made it clear that I have no chance. It's a challenge I can't turn down.

The story of Oprah Winfrey is one that will remain relevant to all generations. It is one that every person can identify with in one way or another, and borrow a leaf from her astounding success. Hers is a journey worthy of emulation. It leaves a lot of admiration for the young and old, male and female alike. One would be tempted to mistake her life for a creative piece of fiction, but again it is nothing but the truth. For this very reason, we can all take the lessons thereof seriously and preach the gospel of her life whenever we can.

For Dominic, the annual fishing trips with his grandfather Earl were usually uneventful. Now at 18, he knows this will be the last trip they take together because Earl has recently been diagnosed with dementia and his lucid time is running out. Clearcutting has resumed in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and, unbeknownst to Dominic, Earl has decided to sabotage the logging equipment nearby.

Mystery trifft History: Ripper‘s Daughters ist eine düster-spannende neue Trilogie des Multi-Bestsellerautors Markus Heitz. Diese fesselnde Serie entführt ihre Hörenden auf eine Reise ins viktorianische London und rund um die Welt. Sie folgt den Spuren von Jack the Ripper und seinen Töchtern, die übersinnliche Fähigkeiten besitzen. Gemeinsam folgen sie den Hinweisen auf eine gefährliche Verschwörung, und bald sind sämtliche ihrer Fertigkeiten gefragt, um zu überleben.

A country of open fields, Ireland is known for its agriculture. It is also known for its unique step dancing and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. This book teaches children about life in a country of lush green land and lively, laid-back people.

Natalya jagt die Kreaturen der Nacht. In Rumänien trifft sie auf den Karpatianer Vikirnoff. Dieser ist schon weit in die Dunkelheit versunken und droht, zum Vampir zu werden...

Jack Glasser has a gift… and a curse. After a childhood lightning strike and years of self-experimentation, he’s turned his brain into a living processor capable of absorbing massive data in minutes. But each Neural Acceleration session chips away at his body—and his grip on reality. When a top-secret cannabis company in Canada draws his attention, Jack uncovers something that puts him on the radar of a ruthless criminal syndicate known as the Organization.

When a former member of their clique dies unexpectedly, five friends reunite for a holiday tradition in an attempt to atone for their sins. But on the night of their gift exchange, they’re faced with a grim reality when mysterious boxes appear under the Christmas tree.

The Last Kids on Earth meets Margaret Peterson Haddix in this middle grade adventure about fourteen-year-old Izzy, an autistic girl surviving the end of the world who must team up with her loveable dog to uncover the hidden truth behind her family and the rest of humanity’s disappearance.