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A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran. This is the self-portrait that sparked "My Stealthy Freedom", a social media campaign that went viral. But Masih is so much more than the arresting face that sparked a campaign inspiring women to find their voices. She's also a world-class journalist whose personal story, told in her unforgettably bold and spirited voice, is emotional and inspiring.

Almost all environmental books treat the environmental crisis as though humans are in charge of nature, rather than part of it. The Earth and I is the first book to put all preconceived notions aside and to ask, naïvely: Who are we really? What is our relationship to the earth? How is it possible that we, out of all the millions of species, have come to destroy our common home? The answers are surprising and have far-reaching implications for those searching for solutions.

In der Ausstellung "Geheimnisse der Tiefe" entdecken die Meerjungfrauen einen wunderschönen Armreif in der Form eines Drachen. Weilan erinnert das an eine Zeichnung in Onkel Shens Laden. Onkel Shen erzählt ihnen daraufhin die Legende von Jiao Long, nach der ein magischer Armreif einen Drachen besiegte. Ob das Ausstellungsstück auch solche Kräfte hat?

You can say no. You can stop people-pleasing and start setting boundaries. You can ask for what you need. You can love and be loved - without sacrifice - by breaking the codependency cycle. The Codependency Recovery Plan empowers you to have healthy, happy interdependent relationships. This actionable five-step program is designed to help you get in touch with yourself, assert boundaries, and communicate confidently. You’ll be free to nurture true intimacy.

So far, women have lost $800 billion in the pandemic. For decades, if not centuries, women have earned 75 cents to the dollar of their male counterparts, with an even bigger gap for women of color. The Science of Getting Rich for Women aims to be an antidote to this global financial gap and a catalyst for women’s financial freedom and empowerment.

From one of the world's leading experts, an absorbing narrative history of the changing structure of modern families, showing how children can flourish in any kind of loving home.

Modern Astrology offers a new, self-developmental approach to astrology with skills and strategies to take control of your life path and purpose. Astrology is a cosmic blueprint of who you are and what life holds, but it is not set it in stone. Leaving predictions to the past, Modern Astrology uses a contemporary psychological approach to decode your life’s path and promote positive, personal growth through actionable skills and strategies.

Best-selling author Laurie Beth Jones brings you the ultimate guide to transforming your team and sparking inspiration in your business. In Jesus, CEO, Jones compares Jesus to a CEO who turned a disorganized "staff" of 12 into a thriving, long-lasting enterprise. With the 25th anniversary edition of Jesus, CEO, Jones revises and updates her original modernized guidance, ensuring that everyone can continue to apply the ancient wisdom pulled straight from the Bible.

On May 27, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet. For three years the starling lived with Mozart, influencing his work and serving as his companion, distraction, consolation, and muse.

Since his death in 1993, Vincent Price's legacy as a Hollywood legend has only grown in stature. His lengthy and distinguished career - as the voice of The Saint on the radio; as an actor in such unforgettable horror films as House of Wax and The Fly, in classic movies such as Laura and The Song of Bernadette, and on popular TV shows such as Batman and The Brady Bunch; and as a star on the Broadway stage - spanned 65 years.

Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist listener and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of 22 essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in subtler ways that inform how we think about our histories, our countries, and ourselves. Each author looks to a history that has refused to remain past and uses the tools of the academy to read and re-read familiar stories, objects, symbols, and myths.

For a gardener blessed with a green thumb, Savannah Collins’s life sure seems like it’s all thorns, zero roses. She has no job, no relationship, and no place to live. With nothing but a car full of plants and her new rescue kitten, Savannah heads to Bloom, North Carolina, to spend the summer with her beloved Aunt Eleanor, a retired librarian. Her aunt shares her love of literature with the Finders Keepers Library, located in her beautiful garden, where anyone can stop by to pick a book or leave a book.

Durch einen magischen Fehler wird Rita in eine alte Frau verwandelt. Die Meerjungfrauen suchen verzweifelt nach einer Methode, um Rita wieder in ihr altes Ich zurück zu verwandeln. Die Zeit drängt. Denn Rita hat am Nachmittag einen wichtigen Termin in der Schule, bei dem entschieden werden soll, ob sie Schulleiterin bleibt.

Anne has spent most of her 13 years dreaming of the day she and her best friend Penelope will finally leave Saint Lupin's Institute for Perpetually Wicked and Hideously Unattractive Children. When the big day arrives, a series of very curious happenings lead to Anne being charged with an epic quest. Anne, Penelope, and new questing partner Hiro have only days to travel to strange new locales, solve myriad riddles, and triumph over monstrous foes - or face the horrible consequences.

Frankie Chasing Bear is caught between cultures. She wants to raise her son Harold to revere his Lakota heritage, but she knows he will need to learn the white man's ways to succeed. After the untimely death of her husband, Frankie joins the US Government's Relocation Program and moves to Arizona. There she begins sewing a Lakota Star pattern quilt for Harold with tribal wisdom sung, sewn, and prayed into it. A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars, but neither the quilt - nor her new life - comes easily to Frankie.

Whether you’re hoping to feel confident at work, create stronger relationships, or complete unfinished home projects - lasting change starts with positive thinking. The Path to Positivity gives you the mental tools to overcome negativity, renew your motivation, and get unstuck from the daily grind - all with the help of positive thinking. Find empowerment through positive thinking with supportive advice on things like goal setting, relationship management, and self-care.

When a brother or sister dies, surviving siblings often receive little support or recognition of their pain. But their grief is real, and there is a way to recover from it. Through intimate, true stories and interviews with brothers and sisters who have lost a sibling, expert on grief Katherine Fair Donnelly provides valuable insight on how to survive this traumatic experience.

Some people aren't meant for happily ever after. And Deborah Standridge is one of them. When she called off her wedding to the perfect man to pursue her passion as an architect, she didn't mean to hurt anyone. But Deborah saw her chance to finally make her own dreams come true, and she took it, setting in motion a tragedy that has haunted her ever since. Now, as one of Denver's most successful architects, Deborah has avoided love at all costs...until Daniel Parker walks into her life.

Mimmi und Chris haben sich am Strand verabredet. Ondina findet die Beziehung zu einem Landmenschen zu gefährlich für eine Meerjungfrau und verfolgt die beiden auf Schritt und Tritt. Als sich Mimmi und Chris immer näher kommen, wird es Ondina zu bunt. Sie lässt eine Regenwolke über Mimmi abregnen. Mimmi stürzt panisch ins Meer, um ihr Meerjungfrauen-Geheimnis zu wahren.

Mimmi ist fest davon überzeugt, dass ihre Mutter noch lebt. Sie versucht mit Hilfe ihres Mondrings eine Vision von Nerissa heraufzubeschwören. Doch statt der Mutter erscheint der Wasserdrache. Er verfolgt Mimmi bis ans Ufer und bedroht sie. Plötzlich jedoch zieht er sich zurück. Zac und die Meerjungfrauen stehen vor einem Rätsel. Cam dagegen steht vor einer schweren Entscheidung.