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Water voles are small, brownish, bewhiskered and charming. Made famous by 'Ratty' in The Wind in the Willows, once they were a ubiquitous part of our waterways. They were a totem of our rivers. Now, however, they are nearly gone. This is their story, and the story of a conservationist with a wild hope: that he could bring them back. Tom Moorhouse spent 11 years beside rivers, fens, canals, lakes and streams, researching British wildlife. Quite a lot of it tried to bite him.

I truly have a desire to help you build a portfolio and help you with your financial freedom plan. I know I am not perfect, and I promise there will be things that go wrong and not as planned; however, I do believe with all my heart that if you follow this plan, you will get the best results when buying rentals.

"Dios aprieta, pero no ahorca" ("God squeezes, but He doesn't strangle")—the epigraph of Machete—sets the stage for a powerful poet who summons a variety of ways to endure life when there's an invisible hand at your throat. Tomás Morín hails from the coastal plains of Texas, and explores a world where identity and place shift like that ever-changing shore.

Unraveled is a tale of chaos and near-death experiences that shares personal and private moments and the intense challenges and grueling work it takes to get sober and remain sober. It’s a unique story of a mother and son’s journey that ends with on-your-knees epiphanies that leave both parent and child asking for help. This tandem narrative is a compelling testimony of bravery and honesty that, with edgy and surprising humor, charts a family’s slow climb out of the abyss of pain into the full power of faith, redemption, and healing.

Imagine this: When the stock market crashes on the Thursday before Easter, you — an ambitious, although ineffectual and not entirely ethical young broker — are convinced that you're facing the Weekend from Hell. Before the market reopens on Monday, you must scramble and scheme to cover your butt, but there's no way you can anticipate the baffling disappearance of a 300-pound psychic, the fall from grace of a born-again monkey, or the intrusion in your life of a tattooed stranger intent on blowing your mind and most of your fuses.

Sachsen im Jahr 1190. Walter von Westereck, jüngster Spross eines Rittergeschlechtes, bestreitet unfreiwillig sein erstes Turnier beim Erzfeind seiner Familie, Graf Konrad von Lauenau. Dessen verwirrte Tochter Jolande fleht ihn an, sie aus den Händen ihres sadistischen Bruders Wilfried zu befreien. Er schenkt ihr keinen Glauben und zieht weiter, während ihr Bruder voller Hass Burg Westereck niederbrennt und seinen Vater kaltblütig hinrichtet. Walter schwört Rache, verfolgt Wilfried und Jolande, die überraschend wegen Blutschande und Sippenmord verurteilt, eine Bußfahrt ins Heilige Land antreten müssen.

Uh-oh! Molly’s parents have a secret. They want to move to a new house - maybe even a new town. But Molly can’t leave her best friends Rosie and Simon behind! Now the trio from Table 5 only have three days to come up with a scavenger hunt that will remind Molly’s parents of all the things they love about their house and neighborhood...before the moving vans come and Molly has to go.

Discover how to quiet your inner critic, break free from shyness, and overcome your social fears with Social Anxiety and Shyness. A comprehensive and studious guide to conversation skills and confidence-building, The Conversation Skills Guides is based on actual scientific research. It breaks down all concepts so that even a social beginner can find their way through and apply the great advice.

Even if you have no experience driving or working in the trucking industry, you can still have a leg up on the competition if you know the financial aspects of starting a business. While you’ll need to learn specific requirements and unique demands of the industry, you’ll still have a good idea of running a business and making it a success.

Autism therapy typically focuses on ridding individuals of “autistic” symptoms such as difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. Now Dr. Barry M. Prizant offers a new and compelling paradigm: The most successful approaches to autism don’t aim at fixing a person by eliminating symptoms, but rather seeking to understand the individual’s experience and what underlies the behavior. Rather than curb these behaviors, it’s better to enhance abilities, build on strengths, and offer supports.

So, you've gone freelance. And you're making a living. But have you made yourself a life? Freelancing should set you free. But for some, it's more like a prison sentence - because they just don't make enough money. Cash Money Freelancing is packed with ideas to turbo-charge your freelancing, from setting your goals through to making better deals, earning higher fees, and exploring new ways to grow. If you've got the skills, the work and the clients, but your freelance business still isn't jumping the way it should, Cash Money Freelancing has the answers you need.

Horror legend Tom Holland (Child’s Play, Fright Night) dares you to join him for a collection of nerve-shredding Twisted Tales. Serving up a mind-bending assortment of the macabre, it’s a collection of four nightmarish short stories, fine-tuned to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Negotiation can be a vital part of business. The skills you need to acquire for such an activity can make or break your entire company. Not just in business, but in everyday situations of our lives, we are bargaining for the best deal, the solution to our very wants and needs. Through this book, your negotiation skills will receive a significant boost as knowledge of the practice of effective negotiating will be induced into your mind.

After Molly confesses a shocking detail to Dan, the two of them are visited by multiple guests. Who or what are they, and what could they want?

Fifteen stories spanning the full spectrum of the genre. Horror, dread, and heartbreak await in Tales from Circadia, the first fiction collection from Bram Stoker Award winning author Tom Deady.

Following the release of his best selling series, Bigfoot Frightening Encounters, author Tom Lyons was contacted by several individuals who were eager to discuss their encounters with the mysterious dogman species. This issue contains eight new reports that'll make you wonder why you ever go outside.

The Sunshine Mystery Magic Club, consisting of Sara, Katy, Jonnie and Nenet, managed to save the world, which is all well and good, but there are still consequences. Namely an annoyed dragon, a half-wrecked village and the magic runes which the village depends on were destroyed. After what they’ve been through, the club should be stronger than ever, but cracks are forming. The newest member throws everyone off. And, enemies have started to notice the young girls coming into their power.

Nothing goes as planned for Doyle in the two stories told in this mystery thriller in which the kidnapped get kidnapped. Given just hours to end a kidnap, Doyle turns to gangsters for help and ignites a rash of double-crossings that twist to surprising endings.

This is the story “behind” all of my stories, starting from when I was a kid growing up in Havelock, moving on through the 45 years I spent in the field of youth work. I may have a wild imagination, but this one is nonfiction, and filled with true stories of my life and times. For all youth workers out there - I hope this resonates with you, and not only inspires you to never give up on even the toughest, belligerent kids, but serves as a clarion call for you to stand at the wall and fill the gap, while others have given up and quit.

Gunfire rings out in the Armitage town council meeting, and Bud Remmick is confronted by the shocking secret he's been hiding from the world. Always magnified by the TV news lens, Bud and Maggie Remmick's 19-year marriage has endured a killing, prison, a psychotic videographer, a corrupt governor, and Bud's dormant anger.