Bird Dream

In this groundbreaking work, based on Will Mancini's 15 years and over 10,000 hours of church team facilitation, God Dreams reveals a simple and powerful planning method that will bring energy and focus to your church like never before.

Human flight is one of the last great challenges on Earth. Not like how the Wright brothers flew, but how we fly in our dreams. This is the goal of the Wingsuit Landing Project: to soar through the sky at speeds up to one hundred miles per hour and to land without the aid of a parachute. This project is the creation of 37-year-old Jeb Corliss, Jr., a Southern Californian who seeks to emulate a mode of flight more like a flying squirrel than bird or plane.

A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star. Unearthly and unexpected, the stories in Mouthful of Birds burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary, masterful collection. Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications, leaving your pulse racing, and the line between the real and the strange blur.

Бухара начала прошлого столетия. Ранняя весна принесла горячее солнце и утомительную духоту. И этот томящий дух ранней весны словно накалял страсти давних споров между приверженцами старой и новой школ и обостряли самый главный вопрос: как жить дальше - по-старому или по-новому? 

Dr. Cass Baros is haunted by dreams of an alien world and will do anything to find it. Relentlessly, she works her science team and her fiancé, Dr. Julian Saunders. Captain Lewis’ military Spec Op team joins the scientists. Egos clash and agendas cross. Trapped, the team is plunged into a dangerous adventure beyond their control. They struggle to unravel millennia old secrets in an alien world where nothing is what it seems, especially the aliens.

Eagle's Ascent is a heartwarming tale of Nick, a boy from a modest background, who undergoes a remarkable transformation into an eagle. Guided by the wisdom of his new eagle friend, Luna, Nick learns the importance of setting high standards and striving to achieve them.

Oni Ono: the lonely little crow, introduced young listeners to a feisty, fun, independent baby bird named Oni. In her first outing she learned the value of family, and now in her second adventure - Oni Ono learns to depend upon her support structures for reassurance during stressful times. How do kids deal with difficult sleep patterns? This story serves to reinforce trust in familial social structures for child development purposes, and can help sooth little ones off to rest.

The seaside town of Isla has many stories, the most notable being the legend of the Seafaring Parrot. Locals claim that the Seafarer remembers every sound, every whisper, cry, laugh, or snort ever uttered. But, though there have been rumored Seafarer sightings, no one has actually seen the bird before. Other stories surround a boy named Pablo, who had washed up on shore in a blow-up swimming pool as an infant with only a lavender parrot as a companion.

Mary's little brother, Billy, seems perfectly normal, until one moonlit evening Mary finds him floating above his bed. From then on, whenever the full moon rises, Billy the Bird flies up, up and away and home again! In the second story, Jackson is a rabbit with a dream. He spends his days watching the tall sailing ships coming and longs to go to sea, too. So one day Jackson stows away on the Atalanta.

Do you have a fantastic idea for a startup, but not sure where to begin? Quitting your full-time job to pursue your business aspirations can be daunting, but author, podcast host and money coach Serina Bird says it's the best thing she ever did—and you can do it, too! Within The Joyful Startup Guide, Serina reveals what to do (and what to avoid) to ensure your new (or growing) business is not only prosperous and sustainable, but also highly rewarding.