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Merlin Bott, a now retired flight attendant diagnosed with Hydrocephalus and how she overcame adversities to live with the condition in order to become a warrior in the fight for a cure. In 2013, at the age of 58 Merlin was hospitalized for 29 days for what was believed to be a severe case of SARS but after several tests from various physicians and the Center for Disease Control, a neurosurgeon who performed an MRI and confirmed the Hydrocephalus diagnosis. Merlin documented her journey on social media and became an advocate for awareness of this rare and incurable disease by helping to organize annual walks with Hydrocephalus Association Foundation to raise funds for a cure. Strength, Resilience and Triumph, is an inspiring story of Merlin's journey from the time of her diagnosis to having brain surgery and the will to survive. Merlin's journey documents how she willingly accepted help from an entire community of people - some she met through the foundation, others were random strangers but most of all her friends and family and beautiful relationship of her husband Chris. What emerges from this book is an inspiring story for anyone coping with the overwhelming ordeal of living with Hydrocephalus.

IF A GIRAFFE SHOWED UP AT YOUR DOOR AND YOU HAD TO HIDE HIM, WHAT WOULD YOU DO A brother and a sister explore all the outrageous possibilities in this hilarious and imaginative rhyming story by award winning author Brian Donnelly.

Champagne Without Bubbles is a 31-day devotional for those thirsty for God to bring spiritual vitality to their lives especially when life seems broken. My prayer is that as you read through each day and apply its lessons to your life you will experience the following: personal intimacy with God; spiritual wholeness, healing, and renewal; and a life that refreshes the spirit of others.

Wordplay for melanin, The Adventures of Mel & An tells the story of 8 year old, Meldrick Thompson, and his sister, 6 year old, Anaya Thompson. Affectionally nicknamed, Mel & An, readers embark on a journey as these siblings adjust to a new school after moving away from their hometown of Jackson, MS.

"An Architect's Journey - Mastering Future Trends in the Anthropocene" is a journey into the future of architecture and mastering the Anthropocene's dangerous forces. The book demonstrates how architects and building professionals can lead the way to overcome climate change and the related perils of the Anthropocene by mastering future trends in the design domain. Captivating narratives show how architects can shift their emphasis from aesthetic object-making to meaningful and extraordinary achievement by understanding society's needs and expectations as they critically address the book's thesis.

A small family learns to move forward and how to love again after a loss.

Whereas the prevailing argument among academic scholars today is that the Israelites descended mainly from Canaanite tribes and maybe even Egyptians, Israel's African Ancestry: The Ethnic and National Genesis of the Israelites takes this claim to further heights. Combining archaeological, ethnological, biblical, historical, and epigraphic data, a well-rounded, comprehensive investigation is presented into the formation of Israelite identity. This book is based on a plethora of primary and secondary source materials, synthesized with existing research on the historiography of the so-called Near East. Tracing the origins of the Israelites back to a group of Neolithic Kushites called the Anu peoples, the evolution of Israelite identity is mapped from the earliest primordial recollections of Judean scribes, which go back to the Late Neolithic Period [5th millennium BC], to the earliest historical reference to the Israelites on the Merneptah Stele, dating to the Early Iron Age [c. 1200-1000 BC]. The process of Israelite identity formation is categorized and described in three phases: the Anu identity phase, the Canaanite identity phase, and the Israelite identity phase. Groundbreaking information is presented throughout this book, challenging the predominate scholarly view that the events in the biblical account that took place before the Assyrian exile are mainly ahistorical or not related to history. Much of the biblical account, from Genesis to 1 Kings, is put into historical context, authenticating several characters of the Hebrew Canon as being, at the least, renditions of genuine historical personages.

Hi! I'm Pep Pep Loo Loo and I'm starring in an all new children's book about my adventures in potty training! Pep Pep Loo Loo is a fun loving dog who wants to learn how to use the potty! She gets a few lessons from her mom and her toy friend stuffies: Goldie Giraffe, Zoe Zebra, and Willie the Whale. This is an educational yet entertaining way for parents to teach the joys of potty training. Children, caregivers and parents alike will have a laugh while accomplishing this useful task! Pep Pep Loo Loo's Tummy is Full (a potty training guide) uses colorful illustrations and words from friendly animal characters to help demonstrate how a child can recognize and communicate their body's signs of fullness, how to use the potty correctly along with teaching proper hygiene including washing hands. Celebrate your child's successful transition to the big kid toilet with the calendar/sticker rewards page in this playful toilet training educational guide. Pep Pep Loo Loo's Tummy is Full (a potty training guide), was created from a mix of comical and lighthearted ideas among our family. Pep Pep Loo Loo's character is based on our real life rescue dog named, Pepper! Pepper is the cutest dog with the funniest and most playful ears. We all love her so much and one evening began a frolicsome tale about Pepper and how cute she would be as the star character in a children's book. After many fun twists and turns Pep Pep Loo Loo, her friends, and their potty training journey came to fruition. Pep Pep Loo Loo's Tummy is Full (a potty training guide) is a fun family book which is sure to bring fun, laughter, joy and success amongst your family as you begin and/or continue the quest of potty training with your son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, god daughter, and young children alike.

Straight Talk - How to Survive and Thrive as a Young Man of Color - is a book that will help boys and young men to become real men of purpose. If a young man is struggling with life in general, this book will open up new doors of revelation to him. There is a way to live joyfully, and that way starts with knowing and loving God. Everything else will open up for an individual once he has made a commitment to love and serve God and to live with integrity and joy.

After nearly a decade of sobriety, Pam Gaslow relapsed into a life of dependency on marijuana, a devastating downward spiral that shattered her. From bongs to pipes to flavored vape pens, she dove into a two-year-long 24/7 stoned void: a protracted journey to nowhere. Ultimately becoming sick from marijuana toxicity, Gaslow finally finds the willingness to save herself and seek treatment. Don't Bring Your Vibrator to Rehab is an emotionally raw memoir that reveals the terrifying and lonely world of addiction. She tells all with honesty, intelligence, wit, and a remarkable degree of self-deprecating humor.

Monogamy is for some, but it isn't for everyone. This memoir offers an unconventional approach to healing Black love through non-monogamous unions such as swinging, polyamory, and open relationships. This book offers readers a very tantalizing and seductive peak into non-monogamous culture, while offering suggestions on how to enter the Lifestyle. Join the author on her journey as she discovers her sexuality through her intimate experiences in the world of non-monogamy.

Working in senior care isn't for everyone. It isn't even for most. But for those rare few who find their passion in this multifaceted industry, the sense of job and life satisfaction are limitless. So too, however, can be the pervasive sense of loss and hopelessness. "Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living" follows the lessons, the mistakes, the smiles, and the tears as Kevin Donner stumbles upon his own passion for working with, and for, this often undervalued and ignored demographic.

Animated state characters help bring to life a coast to coast journey of our USA states. This book is packed with engaging rhyming facts about landmarks, cultural and interesting facts unique to each individual state. This fun, book is filled with colorful images unique to each state in the USA, and the clever rhyme, and animated shape of each state will quickly assist students in remembering facts about each state. The catchy rap about the USA at the end of the book targets qualities of our American Heritage. A follow up engaging activity is included as well as a list of state capitals. Students are sure to be absorbed with unique ways to learn about our fifty states.

No one plays perfect chess. We all make mistakes that can put us in a bind. The players who recover and triumph, despite adversity, are looking for the last mistake, one made by their opponents. This book teaches essential strategies for defending, drawing, and even winning when your back is against the wall.

This is an adult coloring book. Target audience beginners to seniors. The illustrated pictures are a variety of flowers, animals, some children

Have you ever seen a coin or banknote from another country? Do you know the national currency of Switzerland? Join adventurous siblings Hao and Sabine as they tour the globe to discover different kinds of money used throughout the world. From Greenland to Easter Island and everywhere in between, young readers will learn about the currencies, cultures and histories of more than 260 countries from every corner of the globe. Filled with images of coins and banknotes in circulation today, this book will capture the minds of fellow philomaths--those who love to learn! Hao and Sabine Buy the World's Currencies not only teaches readers about money but the history, customs, ecosystems, people, languages, and cuisines that make each country and territory unique!

An overview of programming languages: assembly language, procedural languages, and functional languages.This book is intended for readers who have a good foundation in writing code in some high level language (C++ or Java would be fine). The goal is to introduce compiler and interpreter concepts and implement various languages within the four parts of the text.- Part I focuses on assembly language and builds an interpreter for KCODE- Part II focuses on introducing procedural languages and builds a compiler for CALC- Part III builds on Part II to elaborate on specific topics within compiler construction and builds a compile for KIZE- Part IV focuses on functional programming and ultimately builds an interpreter for SKEME

What do you do when your child dies? It's a scenario that nobody wants to think about. But for some of us, this unspeakable thought becomes a reality. So in June of 2000, my oldest son Joey passed away. How could we continue without him? It seemed impossible. Yet somehow, with a lot of love, faith, and determination, I, my husband John, and my younger son Jeremy, very slowly began to find ways to continue without Joey. About ten years ago, after a conversation with a mom who had also lost her son, I realized that maybe my story might help others deal with their loss. Maybe some of the concrete things I and my family found helped us, might help them. So soon after that light bulb moment, I began writing my story. I wrote this book out of love for Joey, John and Jeremy. It has been an extremely difficult process. Yet I feel it turned out to be a very important part of my grieving and healing process. So if you have lost a child or any loved one, and are having a difficult time finding your way, maybe my journey of survival might help. I want people to understand that you can be happy again after the death of your child. Getting there is not easy but possible. Your life will never be the same, it will just be different. But happiness is attainable

This book was written to help myself and hopefully others to release their baggage and pain. The book is dedicated and about two men who shaped my life into the woman I am today, my late father and late husband. Losing them gave me a feeling of being robbed. Robbed of love and possibilities. I start off introducing you to me and my upbringing. Then I let you into my world for you to understand my feelings of being robbed. This has been an emotional journey, but I am finally free.

"Reinvent Yourself" is a life-changing journal, guide, and activity workbook that will help you gain perspective of yourself and your environment. It is a tool to help you enhance and optimize your life - designed to assist you through the process of gaining a holistic understanding of yourself. This book shares the necessary insight for you to enhance your overall growth by avoiding myopic perceptions and applying comprehensive introspection to your everyday routine.

"Real Woman Real Talk" is a ground breaking new book jam packed with information that's going to open your eyes to the many traits of women! This book will not only educate you on female characteristics and mentalities but also may make you realize something about your self, all while having you bent over with laughter & excitement!

"Esto Lo Escribí Mientras Duermes" es el segundo libro del autor Khalil Otero (K H V L X L). En este nuevo libro, el autor nos lleva por el largo camino que es sanar el pasado y a su vez enamorándose nuevamente, y como esto cambia su vida.

The Love of Oliver is written from the heart of one fine Therapy Dog about some of his adventures in dealing with thousands of adults and children in need of love that only a dog is able to give. He set out on this journey when he was an eager young pup, who learned quickly that life wasn't all about him, but all about what he could do to help others. That kind of service is not taught. It is inherent in a good dog who loves to please people. The reward that is received from serving others is immeasurable.

Most Incredible's the blueprint is a great resource to design your own MOCs (my own creations) on graph paper that's well suited for brick building toys. This notebook includes 99 pages of studs out, and 99 pages of studs up, laid out in 1:1 scale to the brick, allowing for accurate sizing of your sketches. The blueprint has an overall size of 6" x 9" for ease of use on-the-go, whether you're a seasoned AFOL who loves that plastic building toy, or a burgeoning designer learning how to sketch with ratios and math in your creations.

It's Evan's first day at a new school in a new neighborhood. As a fifth grader, he's worried and nervous about making new friends and how he will be received as a new student. A New School for Evan is a story that teaches children how to embrace new friends, sharing, being kind, forming new friendships and building long lasting bonds.

In this book, Dr. Girgis addresses patients struggling with autoimmune diseases, with the ultimate goal of placing them in the driver's seat. Utilizing evidence-based research about food, nutrition, herbs, and environment, Dr. Girgis combines ancient wisdom with 21st-century science to connect the dots regarding the causes and treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Dear Black Boy is primarily a book for parents, caregivers, and trusted adults to begin a conversation surrounding race in America with their children. Although this book was not specifically written for children, it is our hope that the content in this book will create conversation between parents and their children, as well as community leaders and the communities they serve, in an effort to promote healing that has been caused by generations of racial trauma.

A family story of life before, during and after WWII in Zagreb, Yugoslavia

In Dear Miss Bossy, you are not the boss of me, you will observe how a few employees cope with the pressures of life and work. Drawing from real-life experience, Author Brenda "Smokey" McCray, presents interesting, dysfunctional, unapologetic and explicit examination of a day-in-the-life of eight office essentials that have had enough. Life, circumstance, loss, betrayal and pain have escalated to the point of explosion and expressed in letters to The BOSS! The book is not about "us versus them". Ms. McCray and Dear Miss Bossy takes a look at office relationships and ask you to consider your own actions and think about the ways in which you can work on improving your behavior and responses to difficult situations.