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You're about to discover the wonderful world of bears, as told by a friendly black bear to his new friend Bobby. Bobby is surprised and a little frightened when he meets a bear while walking in the woods... but is amazed and delighted to find that the bear can not only talk, but has been looking for him, hoping to become his friend and teach him about bears.

Money Mind Choices is a combination of psychology and personal finance that explores your money mindset and provides strategic decision making tools. We all make decisions every day that affect our finances. Making smart decisions is important to your overall health and well-being. Simple, yet effective, tools are explained and discussed to help you make big life decisions and reduce stress knowing all perspectives and outcomes were fully thought out.

Meteorologist and Peabody Award-winning journalist Bonnie Schneider looks at how climate change is already threatening our mental and physical health and offers helpful tips to tackle these challenges.

As Sugar Springs gears up for its all-class high-school reunion, Mississippi bookstore owner Arlo Stanley prepares to launch her largest event: a book signing with the town's legendary alum and best-selling author Wally Harrison. That's when Wally is discovered dead outside of Arlo's front door, and her best friend is questioned for the crime. When the elderly ladies of Arlo's Friday Night Book Club start to investigate, Arlo has no choice but to follow behind to keep them out of trouble.

A Journey without a Map gives you permission to not only feel those real and true feelings you have, but also permission to move forward. Sharing stories that span from Margaret's battle with cancer to her funeral and John's life since, John demonstrates the power of connection and shows that with the proper perspective, you can still live life to its fullest extent. You can get back to being the person you're capable of being - John wants to help you get there.

Have you started a new diet or exercise program only to end up back where you started and at the same weight as before? Why? The answer is not a lack of willpower or motivation, but rather, a flawed strategy. In Sum of the Parts, health expert Jesse Lang explains how achieving your goals requires focusing on all of the factors that contribute to your health.

Divorce, or the end of any relationship, is a traumatizing event and can leave us bereft, feeling unmoored and empty. Speaking to that tiny corner in our hearts that knows this is not end, this lovely and compassionate book helps grow this glimmering knowledge, and offers hope and healing for turning this painful time into one of renewal and rediscovery. Even if you may not feel ready to love again, this book, a balm for your broken heart, will help you mend your fragility, rediscover your inner strength, and realize the transformative power inherent in this transition.

What's more chaotic than a house with a canary, two hungry cats, and a yappy poodle with elimination issues? Answer: Barbara Marr on a murder investigation. That's right, when Barb attends her first movie review screening, film director Kurt Baugh dies within 20 minutes of meeting her. If that isn't bad enough, her friend, ex-Mafioso Frankie Romano, is arrested for the murder. In usual Barbara Marr fashion, a whole load of trouble ensues when she seeks to vindicate Frankie of the crime.

Transform your nonfiction writing now! Through concrete examples and clear guidelines, seasoned and prolific writer, teacher, and coach Jan Yager gives solid advice on how to create business and nonfiction writing that will help you to get ahead in your career. Originally published by Arco with the title, How to Write Like a Professional, this practical and extremely useful book provides guidelines for improved nonfiction writing including a self-evaluation to access your current writing skills.

This complete, easy-to-use guide explains everything you need to know to plan your own Jewish wedding in today’s ever-changing world where the very definition of what constitutes a Jewish wedding is up for discussion. With enthusiasm and flair, Anita Diamant provides choices for every stage of a wedding—including celebrations before and after the ceremony itself—providing both traditional and contemporary options. She explains the Jewish tradition of love and marriage with references drawn from Biblical, Talmudic, and mystical texts and stories.

Are you facing the challenges of caring for a loved one with dementia? Watching someone you cherish gradually succumb to dementia can evoke a tumultuous mix of emotions—grief, anger, fear. You want to provide the best care, but where do you start? Amidst the physical, financial, emotional, and legal complexities, you might question your ability to be a full-time caregiver.

Three Muses is a love story that enthralls: a tale of Holocaust survival venturing through memory, trauma, and identity, while raising the curtain on the unforgiving discipline of ballet. In post-WWII New York, John Curtin suffers lasting damage from having been forced to sing for the concentration camp kommandant who murdered his family. John trains to be a psychiatrist, struggling to wrest his life from his terror of music and his past.