Books with author Jean Alexander

Cleanse and heal yourself and your environment using simple smudging rituals and ceremonies. For millennia, Native Americans have burned sacred plants in a bowl or on a stick to clear space of negative energies and restore balance. These simple smudging rituals can change your life, too. Learn how to combine smudging with other ancient techniques to promote healing or to turn your home into a spiritual sanctuary. Celebrate a baby’s birth with a gentle blessing that welcomes a new soul into the world. Begin each morning with a simple cleaning so you’ll sail through the day with confidence and hope. This natural power is available to everyone.

Who would have thought that a night of babysitting could change her life forever?Since his little sister bit her in November, Matt Johnson has kept her alive. Only Natalie could have a hot guy climb through her bedroom window every night and have it mean absolutely nothing romantic. Natalie works hard to hide her crush on Matt because the last thing this newly-turned vampire needs to deal with is a broken heart. Her insecurities about Matt come to a head when the mothers insist on them going to the Valentine's dance together. Will this Valentine's Day suck worse than all her previous Valentine's days? ******Excerpt“Thanks,” I told him. “You’re getting good at solving my problems.”“That’s me,” he said, lifting the bottle to refill our glasses. “Synthetic blood deliveryman, fashion consultant, parental advice provider…”“Good friend,” I said. I wanted more, but I couldn’t exactly say, “Slurpalicious hottie." I mean, I didn’t have the guts. ******Valentine's Day Sucks is a 16,000 word novella which would be approximately 62 pages in print. Your download will include a three-chapter excerpt of Stirring Up Trouble, a young adult novel currently available at all major retailers.

If you want to understand why you're not losing weight despite your best efforts, read on...The Plant Paradox by Dr. Steven R. Grundry exposes the hidden dangers in plants and animal meat that are making people fat and sick.The aim of the book is to educate people about foods that are commonly regarded as healthy but are actually designed by nature and evolution to harm people that consume them. What is alarming is that foods that fall under this category are included in several dietary regimens whose goal is to achieve optimum health and wellness. This is a book written for people to understand why they are not losing weight despite their best efforts. It is also for patients who are diagnosed with diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune diseases so that they can better understand the diseases that plague them and find the right solution to reverse their effects In this book summary, you’ll discover:How plants use gluten and lectin as part of a built-in defence system to fight against plant eaters (Chapter 1)A critical discovery that earned humans a weapon and a key advantage in the war with plants (Chapter 2)How lectins can attach themselves to the border of every intestinal cell and cause the body’s immune system to weaken and eventually fail (Chapter 3)How 7 deadly disruptors come together and conspire with Lectins to make people fat and sick (Chapter 4)How the modern diet makes you fat - and sick (Chapter 5)A workaround for vegetarians who find it difficult to give up food like pasta, beans and grains - chapter 6How overconsumption of animal protein encourages ageing - (Chapter 6)List of foods you can consume during Phase 1 cleansing - (Chapter 7)How the Incas managed to remove the lectin from pseudo grains like Quinoa - one of the two worst lectin additions in modern diet (Chapter 8)A supplement you can take to protect the lining of the gut as well as prevent dementia and neurological issues associated with ageing (Chapter 8)Two strategies you can use to restrict animal protein consumption without feeling deprived (Chapter 9)A critical reason why fruits - which are high in fructose, should not be part of the diet of cancer patients(Chapter 10)An executive summary of the original book, a concise chapter by chapter summary, as well as, key takeaway from each chapter.A list of Food to eat and those to avoid is tabulated at the end of the book to help you with the program. …and much, much more!★★BONUS★★: Amazon will make the kindle version of this book available to you for free when you purchase the paperback version today!If you're ready to take back control of your health, grab your copy of this book summary today! Start taking control of your life by learning how to eat right, feel right and live a healthier lifestyle.Scroll to the top of the page and click the "BUY NOW" button!Disclaimer: This is a Summary Of The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in Healthy Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain By Dr. Steven Gundry. It summarizes the book in detail, to help people understand and implement the original work by Dr. Gundry. This book is not meant to replace the original book but to serve as a companion to it.

This #1 Amazon Best Seller from one of today’s top bloggers is a compassionate guide through the process of grieving for a lost loved one. Ty Alexander has touched many lives with her popular lifestyle blog, Gorgeous in Gray. But in her early 20s, her own life was upended when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Ty was suddenly forced to become not just a loving daughter, but a caregiver, patient advocate, and researcher. And when her mom passed the pain was overwhelming. Though she still grieves every day, her experience has taught her how to move on while still honoring the love that endures. In this beautiful, honest, and intensely personal guidebook, Ty provides the insight and inspiration that every mourner needs to make it through this time of unrelenting emotional pain and sadness. Her deep compassion, understanding, and enlightening true stories will help readers along every step of their grieving journey, from the shock of discovery through anger, disbelief, and despair, and ultimately to acceptance and healing. We all grieve differently, but the pain of loss is universal. Things I Wish I Knew before My Mom Died can provide a reassuring voice, a helping hand, and a shining beacon of hope for anyone who is heartsick and suffering.

For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Strangers in Their Own Land*A New York Post Must-Read Book**A Newsweek Best New Book**One of The Week's 20 Books to Read in 2017**One of Bustle's 16 Best Nonfiction Books Coming in February 2017**Best Non-Fiction/2017 Books by the Banks*The Wall Street Journal: "A devastating portrait...For anyone wondering why swing-state America voted against the establishment in 2016, Mr. Alexander supplies plenty of answers." Laura Miller, Slate: "This book hunts bigger game. Reads like an odd?and oddly satisfying?fusion of George Packer’s The Unwinding and one of Michael Lewis’ real-life financial thrillers."The New Yorker : "Does a remarkable job." Beth Macy, author of Factory Man: "This book should be required reading for people trying to understand Trumpism, inequality, and the sad state of a needlessly wrecked rural America. I wish I had written it." In 1947, Forbes magazine declared Lancaster, Ohio the epitome of the all-American town. Today it is damaged, discouraged, and fighting for its future. In Glass House, journalist Brian Alexander uses the story of one town to show how seeds sown 35 years ago have sprouted to give us Trumpism, inequality, and an eroding national cohesion.The Anchor Hocking Glass Company, once the world’s largest maker of glass tableware, was the base on which Lancaster’s society was built. As Glass House unfolds, bankruptcy looms. With access to the company and its leaders, and Lancaster’s citizens, Alexander shows how financial engineering took hold in the 1980s, accelerated in the 21st Century, and wrecked the company. We follow CEO Sam Solomon, an African-American leading the nearly all-white town’s biggest private employer, as he tries to rescue the company from the New York private equity firm that hired him. Meanwhile, Alexander goes behind the scenes, entwined with the lives of residents as they wrestle with heroin, politics, high-interest lenders, low wage jobs, technology, and the new demands of American life: people like Brian Gossett, the fourth generation to work at Anchor Hocking; Joe Piccolo, first-time director of the annual music festival who discovers the town relies on him, and it, for salvation; Jason Roach, who police believed may have been Lancaster’s biggest drug dealer; and Eric Brown, a local football hero-turned-cop who comes to realize that he can never arrest Lancaster’s real problems.

Can you tell how many strawberries there are? How many cats? what color is this? What Shape is this? In the brilliantly colorful baby first 12 months book. This baby first coloring book is specially designed for preschool prep activity learning. Age range 0-3 years. Teaching numbers, colors and shapes just got easier for parents and baby sitters.What you will find inside the book:• 2 sets of 24 unique designs, so there is one spare of each design, for sharing or starting again.• 48 coloring pages in total, on single side pages, with a variety of cute animals, thick and thin lines drawing.• Age appropriate drawing for pre-school and elementary age kids under 2-4 years – heart, circle, triangle, square, cross, diamond, arrow, star, sun, honey bee, frog, cat, cake, ball, fish, strawberries, hand, shark, rat, rabbit, camel and duck.• A nice large format (8.5 x 8.5 inches) for small hands to enjoy.Activities such as coloring will improve your child's pencil grip, as well as helping them to relax, self regulate their mood and develop their imagination.Order your copy today and color me happy with your baby.

Logicide! Heretic!Behold, the city of Laburnum, where all the gods are dead.The all-seeing Academy has outlawed faith and superstition. Those caught whispering about unreasonable things quickly disappear.But in this cruel city dripping with lies and conspiracy, an aristocrat and a slum boy are about to have their fates wound together by a mysterious cat. They will soon discover the dark underworld behind their city's curtain — and that evil has more than one face.Pure Dickensian Voodoo.Widdershins is a dystopian thrill-ride of top hats, politics, misfits and blood magic, from a striking new voice in fantasy.

Josie always liked visiting her grandmother in the countryside. But when her mother loses her job in the city and they're forced to relocate along with Josie's sister, Annie, she realizes she doesn't like the country that much. Especially because Grandma Jeannie has some strange rules: Don't bring any dolls into the house. And never, ever go near the house in the woods behind their yard. Soon, though, Josie manages to make friendds with the most popular girl in the sixth grade, Vanessa. When Vanessa eventually invites Josie back to her house to hang out, Hosie doesn't question it. Not even when Vanessa takes her into the woods, and down an old dirt road, toward the very house Grandma Jeannie had warned her about.As Josie gets caught up in her illicit friendship with Vanessa, Annie is caught in the crossfire. What follows is a chilling tale of dark magic, friendship, and some very creepy dolls.

A handful of people controls the majority of the world’s money; Kevin Voss is about to find out why.Kevin is a loving husband, father to twin boys, and a genius tech executive at a Fortune 500 company in Manhattan. He's sent to Tokyo to investigate a corporate security breach, but from the moment he steps on the plane, his life begins to unravel.The Yakuza kidnapping and bizarre sexual encounters seem like straightforward blackmail, but as Kevin soon discovers, there is an anonymous international organization pulling the strings. Their plan is dangerous, powerful, and meticulous–more importantly, they need Kevin to make it happen.They instruct him to create the Voss Coin.The stakes are devastating: Comply, and the revolutionary cryptocurrency will be a financial atom bomb. The whole world will feel the ripple effect, and Kevin Voss will take the fall. Refuse, and the trail of blood will not stop with his family.The Voss Coin is a fresh financial technothriller for the age of Bitcoin."Takes you for a wild, dark, sexual and thrilling ride into the world of cryptocurrencies and multinational corporations." — K.W. Fleet, Amazon reviewer"Jam-packed with chills, tension, and suspicion - it just has that 'it factor' that makes a psychological thriller such fun to devour." — B. Brown, Amazon reviewer

High quality and brilliantly colorful baby first 12 months book. This baby first coloring book is specially designed for preschool prep activity learning. Age range 0-3 years. Teaching baby colors just got easier for parents and baby sitters.What you will find inside the book:• 2 sets of 25 unique designs, so there is one spare of each design, for sharing or starting again.• 50 coloring pages in total, on single side pages, with a variety of cute animals, thick and thin lines drawing.• Age appropriate drawing for pre-school and elementary age kids under 2-4 years – Lion, Giraffe, Leopard, Beer, Tiger, Kangaroo, Duck, Owl, Eagle, Fox, Penguin, Goat, Hedgehog, Horse, Parrot, Chameleon and Dinosaur.• A nice large format (8.5 x 11 inches) for small hands to enjoy.Activities such as coloring will improve your child's pencil grip, as well as helping them to relax, self-regulate their mood and develop their imagination.,Order your copy today and color me happy with your baby.

For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Strangers in Their Own LandWINNER OF THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARDS AND FINALIST FOR THE 87TH CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: New York Post • Newsweek • The Week • Bustle • Books by the Banks Book Festival • Bookauthority.com The Wall Street Journal: "A devastating portrait...For anyone wondering why swing-state America voted against the establishment in 2016, Mr. Alexander supplies plenty of answers." Laura Miller, Slate: "This book hunts bigger game. Reads like an odd?and oddly satisfying?fusion of George Packer’s The Unwinding and one of Michael Lewis’ real-life financial thrillers."The New Yorker : "Does a remarkable job." Beth Macy, author of Factory Man: "This book should be required reading for people trying to understand Trumpism, inequality, and the sad state of a needlessly wrecked rural America. I wish I had written it." In 1947, Forbes magazine declared Lancaster, Ohio the epitome of the all-American town. Today it is damaged, discouraged, and fighting for its future. In Glass House, journalist Brian Alexander uses the story of one town to show how seeds sown 35 years ago have sprouted to give us Trumpism, inequality, and an eroding national cohesion.The Anchor Hocking Glass Company, once the world’s largest maker of glass tableware, was the base on which Lancaster’s society was built. As Glass House unfolds, bankruptcy looms. With access to the company and its leaders, and Lancaster’s citizens, Alexander shows how financial engineering took hold in the 1980s, accelerated in the 21st Century, and wrecked the company. We follow CEO Sam Solomon, an African-American leading the nearly all-white town’s biggest private employer, as he tries to rescue the company from the New York private equity firm that hired him. Meanwhile, Alexander goes behind the scenes, entwined with the lives of residents as they wrestle with heroin, politics, high-interest lenders, low wage jobs, technology, and the new demands of American life: people like Brian Gossett, the fourth generation to work at Anchor Hocking; Joe Piccolo, first-time director of the annual music festival who discovers the town relies on him, and it, for salvation; Jason Roach, who police believed may have been Lancaster’s biggest drug dealer; and Eric Brown, a local football hero-turned-cop who comes to realize that he can never arrest Lancaster’s real problems.