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Follow Fritz on his fascinating journey from homelessness all the way to The Ritz!Fritz is the Havachin pup that did not fit in. While living in a pet store, Fritz is overlooked and always left behind. The visitors to the pet store along with Chuck the Chihuahua and Billy the Bichon relentlessly taunt Fritz. They tell Fritz that he is not purebred, and his fur is not all one color, so who would want to give him a home!Fritz is desperate to be accepted and find what he wants most, a forever home.As the story unfolds, Fritz encounters many adventures and some misadventures when he escapes to start his journey to The Ritz!Along the way Fritz meets several memorable characters including Horatio Briggs, Eric, Marvin the Marine, Ernesto, and most notably, Dee Dee Devine.While Fritz Goes to The Ritz is a fictional story, its creation was inspired by an adorable real life Havachin pup no one wanted to adopt.

When your children are learning to speak, it can come out in grunts, screams, or yells.This can make it hard to understand them. To help them through this tough time, start by getting on their level. Look them in the eyes and reassure them that it is okay to get frustrated. Then ask them to use their words with please, thank you, and excuse me. These three basic phrases set a foundation for the language you will share between you and your child. Just remember... Repeat, repeat, repeat. Stay with their consistent repetition. You might grow tired of it, but to your two-year-old, it's the routine they need to develop.Politeness is spoken worldwide and in every language, whether in public or private. The simplicity of kindness teaches that everyone matters in this world. These three children's books ("Please, Thank You and Excuse Me," "Listen, Share, and Be Nice," and "Animal Etiquette for Kids") are lighthearted and geared for all ages. Mannerisms must start somewhere, so why not parents, grandparents, teachers, friends, and caregivers show our children mutual respect for all people, places, and things?This series of children's books is a fun way to re-introduce manners into your children's lives. It's cool to be polite and kind to everyone. Learn more by visiting www.thelostartofmannerisms.comAshley has been a professional nanny for over fifteen years and is the owner of a nanny service. She incorporates nature with mild education and mannerisms in children's lives. When Ashley is not a nanny, she is a world traveler and nature enthusiast and loves mountain biking, yoga, and spending time with her nephew, Walker.

A princess became a queen to watch over a new planet of different creatures. This planet has mermaids, dinosaurs, unicorns and aliens. An alien and a mermaid fall in love and join worlds.BMX is originally from Eau Claire, Wisconsin and resides in Menomonie, Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls with a degree in Marketing and a minor in Psychology. As a young girl she has always been fascinated with aliens and mermaids. She is an auntie to several young nieces who love to read and are always looking for unique stories. This gave her the idea to co-write An Alien and a Mermaid Join Worlds with her best friend Tari. Tari was born in Northvale, New Jersey and now lives in Elk Mound, Wisconsin. She got her degree in English Literature at St. Thomas Aquinas in New York. She has always liked unicorns and dinosaurs. She has experience in graphic design and that is why she enjoyed designing the illustrations in this book.

Most people's worst nightmare is a problem with the IRS or the bank. Jim had them both coming after him for tens of millions of dollars.Jim Masiello is widely known as the founder of the insurance giant SIAA, the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance, but what people don't know is that along the road to building his company Jim had to fight through a devastating situation with the IRS and fend off a flurry of improbable threats from big banks looking to bring him down.Far from the professional and cordial experiences most people have with their banks, Jim has stories to share from his time in the insurance and real estate worlds that shed light on the darker side of the financial industry. When millions of dollars are on the line, things turn ugly fast, but this scrappy boy from the wrong side of the tracks had a mouth to match and wasn't afraid to let anyone have it.Screw You is the true story of a man who didn't have anything handed to him and had to work hard, often against outright belligerence and jealousy, reaching the highest echelons of the business world in the process. Whether it's tense negotiations, courtroom drama, shocking letters announcing millions of dollars in debt out of thin air, or the jaw-dropping chicanery of banking executives, Jim Masiello has seen it all.

Happy Makes Me Happy by Michael Barnes is a heartwarming children's book perfect for ages 4-8. Join a little girl and her dog, Happy, on an endearing adventure filled with love, joy, and valuable lessons in kindness. Inspired by the author's first childhood dog, Happy, and beautifully illustrated by Blinky, this 32-page story highlights the special bond between a child and their beloved pet.Through bouncy rhymes and colorful illustrations, children will learn how Happy's infectious joy and gentle nature help the little girl spread love and kindness to everyone around her. From playful moments to sweet snuggles, Happy shows that when we treat others with care, we bring out the best in the world.With Happy's signature blue bandana and a smile that lights up the pages, this delightful story will capture young hearts and become a cherished bedtime favorite. Perfect for teaching empathy, kindness, and the simple joys of life, Happy Makes Me Happy is a must-read for every young dog lover!

Are you worried about your son? Your grandson? Your young male clients? Our boys and young men have been crying out to us for help, but their cries are in the form of nature's alarms signaling their distress: Behavioral, learning, and emotional problems; behavioral and chemical addictions; failure-to-launch; gender dysphoria; apathy; violence and criminal behavior; and suicide.This book will bring you on a bewildering, breathtaking journey through the traumatic primal wounds suffered by our Millennial and Generation Z sons and the socio-political, digital, neuro-chemical, and endocrine dangers hijacking their holistic wellbeing. This journey takes mothers and fathers by the hand through step-by-step principles, actions, advocacy, and treatments that will actually help their sons heal.Nurturing and Empowering Our Sons provides the puzzle pieces, insights, and solutions missing from other books about boys. It shifts the focus from the problem being within the boy to our society being out of alignment with nature's intent for the boy's optimal development. It boldly tackles tough topics like male body shaming, male victims of sexual assault, circumcision, psychiatric drugging, sexism against males, the male suicide epidemic, and many more.This book covers historical, anthropological, scientific, socio-political, and current topics pertaining to our sons. It is written in a sensitive, conversational format, interwoven with graphics, lists, and resources. It also features insights and final interviews from Laurie's adoptive son, Brycen, an extreme child trauma victim who succumbed to suicide at age 23. Nurturing and Empowering Our Sons is a deep-dive into Laurie A. Couture's "nature's intent" philosophy. It offers hope and is packed with guidance on neuro-somatic trauma healing, attachment repair, unschooling, alternative education, holistic health practices, adjunct therapies, direct advocacy, opportunities for family fun and community involvement, and so much more! It covers boys ages pre-birth to mid-20s with mild, moderate, severe, and extreme behavioral healthcare needs and includes a special chapter for guiding the behavior of special needs sons without using behavioral modification techniques.NAEOS EndorsementsNurturing and Empowering Our Sons is a magnum opus on male health spanning 34 comprehensive and insightful chapters... and not holding back by tackling controversial and often underappreciated topics in boys and young men's lives such as male sexual abuse, male genital mutilation, and misandry.-James E. Leone, PhD, Author, Concepts in Male HealthBy offering real solutions to the problems facing our sons, Couture is fearless in her commitment to the single biggest problem facing our nation, a crisis that has led to a nation of boys and young men who are feeling lost and displaced in society and looking for a place in it. Nurturing and Empowering Our Sons is a hard-hitting look at the ways boys have been marginalized by school, media, and politics for decades. -Sean Kullman, President, Global Initiative for Boys and Men; Editor of In His WordsIn this book, Laurie A. Couture explores how boys grow up and are treated in our culture, a much-neglected area. This is a profound book... In the end, no matter who you are, your assumptions are likely to be challenged and you will gain important insights.-Jerry Mintz, Director, Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)

"So often the spiritually curious reader is deterred by hefty mystic texts that can be both difficult to read and hard to understand. Author Melody Krafft has solved that problem with her delightful book, 'Get Me Out of Here! What's Behind This Madness.' Krafft proves to be an elegant storyteller and gifted teacher as she seamlessly weaves vibrant stories with clarifications of deep spiritual truths. Each chapter reveals powerful insights and new perspectives as the reader is gently led through the three levels of spiritual awakening with thorough explanations. Thank you, Melody Krafft, for exploring divine love, spiritual ideas, inner peace and life purpose in such an accessible and beautifully written book! I highly recommend."Diane L HaworthSpiritual Coach, Speaker, AuthorFounder of the Be Love PrinciplesIn Get Me Out of Here! What's Beyond This Madness, soul navigator, artist, psychologist Melody A. Krafft gives us a fascinating series of allegories and true stories showing the evolutionary shifts of consciousness through the three stages of spiritual awakening. The stories reveal both the mystery and mastery of life.

Little girl discovers her true identity.Carla O'Brien is an author and speaker who unapologetically runs to grab the middle swing on the playground. She professes laughter is her love language and a good joke is her BFF. She lives in sunny SW Florida with her football coaching husband and a black Labrador Retriever who prefers bacon.

This is a "beary" sweet story about Lentil, a black bear cub, who wants to discover something revolutionary to bring black bears and grizzly bears together.Lentil finds himself in a pickle when GrizzLee overhears Lentil growling his favorite word; a word that GrizzLee does not understand. Some ways real bears communicate with each other are through clicking, growling, purring, roaring, humming and more. While you are reading, see if you can find when the bears in this story use these forms of communication. You will also find a hidden picture on each delightful page. It is with great joy and hope that you will treasure this book, as much as Mrs. Gedemer has treasured writing it.

Master These Lessons and Become a Successful Investor!Do you want to create more wealth? Do you want to maintain or even add to your standard of living now and during retirement? Now you can if you follow the concepts of this book. With this book, noted investment consultant Richard Rodman shows you: A wealth creation formula that WORKS!How to manage fear and greed - the two emotions that preclude sound investingHow to put financial markets in their proper perspective and not in the perspective of the media which mostly reports on short term market swingsHow to capitalize on bad news and market turmoilThis book is a distillation of over 50 years of sound investment advice and practice. It is a companion book to Rodman's first book "The 17 Laws of Successful Investing" and companion text to his popular seminar "How to Create and Manage Wealth", as well as continuing education material for CPAs. In clear language and powerful examples compiled from many years of his newsletters, Rodman makes long-term investing understandable, easy, and attainable for virtually anyone in any income bracket. In these pages you will hopefully discover a new financial reality in today's tumultuous world. Your future may actually depend on following these time-honored concepts. Ignore them at your own financial risks.

At age 20, Gabrielle Pelicci returned from her modeling career in NYC to her hometown of Scranton, PA where her mother suddenly passed away. At her mother's funeral, Gabrielle had a spiritual experience that left her reeling and set her on a heroine's journey to learn about both the scientific and mystical explanations of human consciousness. Gabrielle studied a dozen healing practices, from alternative medicine to yoga, including travel immersions in Europe, Asia and Africa. Over the next 10 years, her complex PTSD symptoms persisted. Little by little, Gabrielle's childhood experiences of domestic violence, and her parents' mental illnesses and addictions are revealed. At age 30, still grieving the loss of her mother and disgusted with the fact that she can't overcome her anxiety and depression, Gabrielle attempted to take her own life. Luckily, she survived and continued on her journey of healing and trauma recovery, earning a Ph.D. and becoming a professor of Holistic Medicine, with a dissertation on Women Healers. In this deeply personal and vulnerable account, Gabrielle reveals how childhood trauma impacts our physical and mental health - as well as our adult relationships. She explores how you are only as sick as your secrets and telling your story is the medicine that can save your life. All This Healing is Killing Me is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body and celebrates one woman's ability to write herself a happy ending.

"Powerful and brave, heart-wrenching and heartwarming, Standing on Positive Ground shows that pain can be indiscriminate, but so too can perseverance. In this remarkable story, Tony V Rodriguez shares the trials that knocked him down and the strength used to pick himself back up-repeatedly. Inside these pages is an anthem to all those who have faced life's toughest challenges and a testament to those with the heart to fight back." - J.J. Hebert, USA Today bestselling authorStanding on Positive Ground is the heartfelt, inspiring true story of Tony V Rodriguez, whose astonishing tragedies and triumphs span a lifetime. It is an unrivaled testament to survival, faith, and the indomitable human spirit. Before Tony was three years old, he experienced two car accidents, one that nearly cost him his life and permanently changed him physically and mentally. His family, unable to afford the critical extensive care, prayed for a miracle. Answered prayers came through his community, God, and organizations such as the Shriner's Burns Hospital. Since then, he has survived two near-death experiences, ten auto accidents, three motorcycle accidents, Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) cancer, a stroke, multiple innovative plastic surgeries, disfigurement discrimination, and two divorces. Through all these extraordinary challenges, Tony also experienced how truly kind people could be, along with the support of the heavenly realm. He knew that he was never alone on his arduous journey. Standing on Positive Ground is filled with tragic as well as joyous outcomes. Join Tony as he shares his personal journey, including how he rises above tremendous circumstances and ultimately lives a life of accomplishment and positivity. It is Tony's greatest hope that his life story uplifts and brings inspiration to the reader.

Melvin the pig loves spending every day on his wonderful farm with plenty of sticky mud holes for playing and napping with his brothers and sisters.But Melvin's simple, everyday world is about to change forever.Melvin's deep love for his farmers delicious food takes over, and his need for more food leads him to a place he could never have imagined!You might say that Melvin's new adventure is truly, "out of this world"!

In an underground world on a planet light years from Earth, the children of Triune have been learning how to survive their Final Binding. It's an electrifying procedure that will push their bodies to reach their full potential or kill them while trying. Gilly is the only one of her friends who hasn't bloomed into any of her Gifts. The Gifts that come with each binding made one stronger for the next, and soon the strongest most powerful binding would be thrusted onto them. Gilly and her friends have spent their entire lives in The Middle training and fighting to one day make it to The Upper. The Upper was a place they had heard so much about and dreamed of one day seeing with their own eyes. Now with the most powerful binding merely days away mysteries and lies start to unravel as the friends push on to find answers so they all can survive to make it to the Upper and find their Hiraeth.

""Sam was only seven-years old when he destroyed his first universe. He didn't do it on purpose, though. In fact, he had no idea what he was doing." So begins the story of Sam, a New York City bartender who one day discovers that his girlfriend, Una, happens to own an Aboriginal idol that can transport them to alternate realities. But after Una's sudden and untimely death, Sam's sanity becomes a wobbling tightrope act as he convinces himself that Una must still be alive somewhere in the multiverse. As he searches for her with the reluctant help of Sal, a sardonic loner, and Hazel, Sam's best friend, his understanding of reality rapidly unravels as he explores universes of Fear, Death, Dream, and even the Primordial Void. Of course, it's when Sam learns out how to travel through Time that things start to get really weird. Both hilarious and tragic, ARTEFACTUM tells the story of the more unfortunate side of fate where, for every knight destined to slay a dragon, someone else is destined to be the dragon." --

It is rare to hold such a comprehensive, onpoint, and powerful compilation of all that is positive in my hands. I have to go back to The Power Of Positive Thinking, written by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in 1952, to find its equal." Tim Green, NY Times Best Selling Author, Former Atlanta Falcons Star Defensive EndHope does not disappoint and neither does this book. Hope Not Nope gently challenges that we have been led astray at the hands of outdated expert opinions that create feelings of rejection, fragility, brokenness, incapability, and not being enough - summed up as "Nope."The author Dr. Dillon Caswell, a board-certified sports physical therapy specialist and human performance expert who has worked with the world's top 1% of performers, artfully intertwines an empowering methodology of hope and science to turn the "Nope" we have faced into "Hope." "Hope Not Nope challenges the dogma that humans are fragile and vulnerable, planting the seeds for robustness and resilience." Dr. Tim Gabbett, Ph.D. Top 25 Most Impactful Sports Scientists of All Time Dillon has a way of skillfully explaining complex neuroscience simply, making the reading digestible, thought-provoking, entertaining, and well, it deserves to be said twice: Thought-provoking!Readers can expect to have trouble putting the book down once they get started and experience the urge to re-read chapters that speak to them. "I couldn't put this book down. It will be a continuous read in my home." Reader ReviewHope Not Nope powerfully moves you towards a more positive existence by equipping you with the tools to update your mindset and become a modern-day champion. In the title and writing the term "Lifelong Athlete" is utilized to imply hope is cultivated in this identity, but also adds a fresh perspective: Hope is not wishful thinking, it's learned and earned. The "Lifelong Athlete" identity is not just related to competitive events, it's living out the values of servant-based leadership to achieve wholeness: Health."Hope Not Nope reveals the timeless prescription for vitality and well-being." Featured on: NBC, ABC, CBS, FOXIf your goal is to achieve the desires placed on your heart, make each day better than the last, and leave a lasting legacy for the next generation to follow, then the simple not easy solutions presented in this "wellness and longevity roadmap" will be your inspiration and guide. "Dr. Caswell supports the reader with tools and frameworks to enhance their health outcomes and reclaim their birthright of a healthy and athletic body." Marcus Filly, Founder & Owner of Functional Bodybuilding, 6x CrossFit Games Competitor

If you are searching for your purpose, take that first step today. It is absolutely worth it!Challenge Yourself, Be . . . became a unique vision for rebuilding internal self-confidence to act on your given purpose in life. It teaches you the principles that factor into personal and organizational behavior that directly impacts vision and legacy. After identifying my purpose in teaching, I want to help you self-evaluate what specifically speaks to you and identify your purpose in life. Each section of the book covers a key factor in your development, from core values to wellness. John Michalyshin studies Health and Human Development while teaching about the importance of Purpose, Mental Health, and Innovation. My purpose is to learn, teach, and apply developmental principles toward daily habits that impact others. I believe in research and development, vision, and core values. I previously worked in business management. I analyze the importance of data and how that factors into the decision-making process.)