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Actor and martial arts expert Bruce Lee combined the Chinese fighting art of Kung Fu with the grace of a ballet dancer. He helped make kung fu films a new art form. He was a child actor in Hong Kong who later returned to the U.S and taught martial arts. He starred in the TV series The Green Hornet (1966-67) and became a major box office draw in The Chinese Connection and Fists of Fury. 

How to speak English? Speaking English as a second language is not difficult! In this book, I provide a step-step method to learn 65 percent of the English language in three weeks, speak with American pronunciation, and improve the fundamentals of English grammar. What's inside this book? In this book are free tools which will aid, motivate, and inspire you to continue practicing English.

50 Things to Know About Square Food Gardening by Rochel Rieb Maday offers an approach to an easier gardening experience with fabulous results. Most books on gardening teaches you how to garden in traditional rows, but with square foot gardening, you can produce more with less space. Discover how to construct a square foot gardening plot and all the benefits that this method of gardening offers.

this is not just another parenting book. This book is a game-changer in the parenting world. Built on three decades of sound parenting philosophy—and put into practice with thousands of parenting groups throughout the world that began with the author’s best-selling classic The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children—this book picks up the message and moves parent-children interaction into 21st century parenting practice.

Antonio Vivaldi's music has mesmerized audiences for 300 years. A less-known story than his musical genius was the impressive figure that he was in Venetian society; the young, red-haired prodigy could make women swoon with the sweeping grandeur of his violin performances - especially after he traded in his priest's robes for the dashing attire of a celebrity. Through the words of his lifelong friend, Domenico Trapensi, Vivaldi's Girls tells the mesmerizing story of Vivaldi's time as a music teacher at Venice's Conservatorio....

Riley Lewis is an omega for hire, and he offers a specialist service - he can take an alpha knot without any of the emotional baggage. And now he’s got a client: a rich alpha who needs him to be a fake boyfriend. But Chase is adamant it’s just business. A fake relationship for show, to keep his father off his back. No sex. Definitely no knotting. But what’s Chase supposed to do when the immediate connection he feels for the omega turns into a soul-deep craving to be close, too overwhelming to ignore? 

For more than 20 years, The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children has been helping parents to put the joy back into parenting. Steven Vannoy’s unique parenting style is designed to create a harmonious family atmosphere with self-esteem, compassion, balance, humor, communication, integrity, responsibility, conscious choice, and full expression of emotions.

From the author of The Ten Greatest Gifts I Give My Children comes a collection of inspiring stories and life lessons parents across the nation have learned from their children, lessons about sharing, courage, trust, and love. 

A psychopathic killer brutally rapes and murders young women in Cologne, Germany. After the murder, he posts pictures of the dead women on their Facebook profiles. Office Lasse Brandt and his new, inexperienced partner investigate swiftly, as the killer taunts them by announcing his next crime. Can the Cologne Criminal Investigation Department catch the perpetrator before the next young woman falls victim to him? Or could Brandt become the psychopath’s target?

When Ben and his grandson Charlie build a fort out of blankets one evening, little Charlie feels the fort is magic. They fall asleep in the fort, and little do they know that the next morning they will wake up in a magical land. Every 200 years, humans are brought to this land for a very specific purpose. After one of their new friends goes missing, the two begin a journey of discovery and purpose.

Klarinda Snow is the innkeeper of Mistletoe Manor in beautiful, remote, Windy Pines, Idaho, where she brings her unique brand of hospitality to the tiny mountain town. When she finds her inn unexpectedly fully booked on a snowy Tuesday night in November, it brings back memories of a tragedy years before. Before she knows what hit her, she and her trusty team of employees (Myrtle, Pierre, and her new night manager, Josephine), have found themselves back at the task of solving another mystery at Mistletoe Manor.

Dennis and Sarah Coleman wake up one Sunday to find the message "You’re all grounded!" on both of their phones. They at first think it’s a prank, but they soon figure out that they and their two young children are locked in the house and their communications with the outside world have been severed. They then get a phone call and learn that they are at the mercy of a psychopath hell-bent on punishing them for their sins. They must do as he says if they ever want to leave their house alive.

Descent is about Jesus' resurrection and ascension that preceded the descent of the spirit - an event that purportedly made saints of ordinary men and women. This is the historical setting and the spiritual landscape upon which two outsiders intruded: Flaccus, a Roman legionnaire and deserter and Jeshua, a Judean healer and rogue.

Feeling overwhelmed when it comes to building your professional network? I'm not looking for a job you say. I learned that it's important to get to know people and to have a network before you really need to use it. Back in 2013 I was suddenly faced with the prospect of switching careers from something that I truly enjoyed, luckily for me someone in my network (all be it on the opposite coast) offered me a job and we moved from Boston to California.

This beginner's guide will lead you through the history and origins of Buddhism along with how to practice Buddhism in day-to-day life, teaching you how to embark on the spiritual and religious journey of Buddhism. Why choose this audiobook? This audiobook includes easy to follow steps on Buddhism, teaching you how to meditate and worship. We will also discover karma and reincarnation as well as the Four Noble Truths and Noble Eight-Fold Path! We will delve into the history and beginning of Buddhism and the origin of the religion as well as exploring Buddhism and Buddhists today.

Join me as I share with you tips and tactics you can apply to conquer your own fear of public speaking and ways in which you can practice without standing in front of a large audience. I'm excited to share my lessons learned with you so you, too, can apply the same strategies in raising your confidence and becoming the next speaker everyone can't wait to come see! 

These adorable furballs embody the essence of Zen Buddhism - harmony of body and mind and living fully in the present moment. Kittens exemplify the Power of Meow with their simplicity, grace and blissful Buddha nature. Each feline Zen Master in this lovely volume will get you one step closer to enlightenment as you follow the Four-Pawed Path. If you are looking for calm, clarity, and insight into the teachings of Buddha, this is the purrrrfect book for you! 

Bringing the question of whether or not children are mature enough to have their own smart devices, this downward spiral of a spoiled kid gone rotten will show the consequences of giving a child gifts for which they’re not ready. From accidentally flushing the phone down the toilet to crying for the next gadget update, parents will learn that if you give a kid a smart phone, you’ll only cause trouble. 

My Many Miracles: A Spiritual Journey describes a dozen actual miraculous events which occurred to the author of the book over many decades of his life. Each of these events helped to shape a life and are unexplainable by any ordinary means. These events began in the 1940s and have continued to the present decade; they cover a very wide range of situations and behaviors - and they are all described accurately, thoroughly, and convincingly.

This book has to be read for it's too much to explain.