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Chucky and Mother were home the day the deliveryman brought the crate into their living room. They could not imagine what might be in such a big box, but Mother let little Chucky open the crate by himself even though he was only three years old. Inside was the most beautiful puppy he had ever seen. Chucky named the pup Ginger, and she became part of their family. From the moment they met, Chucky and Ginger loved one another; the bond between them would last for many years. During the summer of 1952, Chucky, Ginger, and their whole family prepared to move from their home in Kansas to a new home in Indiana. Before making the big trip, though, it was decided: they would all spend the summer in North Carolina. Grandmother and Granddaddy South lived on a tobacco farm, and upon Chucky’s arrival, the adventures begin. Chucky and his sister Sandy explore to their hearts’ content. Even uncles and aunts join in the fun as one loving family spends a magical summer together.

After seeing 43 patients in just one day as a physical therapy student, Aaron LeBauer knew he could not treat patients effectively in the insurance model. He opened his 100% cash-based clinic, LeBauer Physical Therapy, the day he graduated with his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. He did this so he could treat patients the way he knew they needed to be cared for, not the way the insurance companies dictated.Everyone he told about his plan to charge $100 or more per visit for physical therapy scoffed, rolled their eyes in disbelief, said it was impossible or that no patient would ever pay more than their copay for physical therapy.Over the next decade, LeBauer built his successful physical therapy clinic with his wife in Greensboro, NC. Not only has the clinic had a waiting list, but it has also employed an additional therapist and started offering wellness services. All the while, LeBauer still has plenty of time off to travel with his family.

They nearly killed his wife. They abducted his daughter. Now they came for him.Blades stole Snake’s pregnant wife. Nevians rescued his wife, but stole his daughter. Zocassari – Those Who Should Never Exist – stole the clarity of his priestess’s mind.The real enemies weren’t the Nevians who invaded the Homeland. The real enemies weren’t the Blades who stole Snake’s wife and unborn daughter, intending to kill them. Their real enemies, beings of nearly pure energy appearing like wisps of smoke, were the ones who influenced both Blades and Nevians. Now they had infiltrated Snake’s Sanasinni, his priestess, clouding her judgment, putting all her people at risk. Snake thought he was tasked to get his wife and infant daughter back. In reality, he found himself battling Blades in the Outer Area streets, learning to survive in a suddenly hostile world. But, somehow, he also needed to rescue his Sanasinni from the influence of an enemy he couldn’t see.The beings already ruled their conquerors, the Nevians. They intended to also rule Snake’s people through their Sanasinni. Snake was the only one with the skills to deliver her. If he lived long enough.

After seeing 43 patients in just one day as a physical therapy student, Aaron LeBauer knew he could not treat patients effectively in the insurance model. He opened his 100% cash-based clinic, LeBauer Physical Therapy, the day he graduated with his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. He did this so he could treat patients the way he knew they needed to be cared for, not the way the insurance companies dictated. Everyone he told about his plan to charge $100 or more per visit for physical therapy scoffed, rolled their eyes in disbelief, said it was impossible or that no patient would ever pay more than their copay for physical therapy. Over the next decade, LeBauer built his successful physical therapy clinic with his wife in Greensboro, NC. Not only has the clinic had a waiting list, but it has also employed an additional therapist and started offering wellness services. All the while, LeBauer still has plenty of time off to travel with his family.

Would you like to give the ultimate gift to a child? Can you think of a child that is incapable of speaking kindly to themselves? Positive Me! helps establish positive self-talk through repeating simple and effective sentences on colorful, inclusive and engaging illustrated pages. Positive Me! can immediately redirect kids' negative thinking by completing for them, in positive terms, sentences that begin with "I am." When combined with positive, self-affirming words, "I am" can be two of the most powerful words in a child's vocabulary, words that can have a major developmental impact on a child's life. Positive Me! is original, simple, and effective. This book encourages adults to read to kids; kids can then read and practice the sentences to themselves. Although this book targets elementary school-age children, the content is universal enough to appeal to and inspire children of any age!

Try these terrific, tortuous articulation teasers to tickle the tongue. Packed with passion, power and pride, they're perfect for polishing presentations. Every speaker wishes to be understood, and these tonguetwisters are not only a curious challenge but also an invaluable tool and resource for anyone wanting to improve the clarity of their speech. Eccentric, practical and enormous fun, there is no other book quite like this collection of more than 300 original dictiondifficult phrases, designed to sharpen your vocal performance, created by the author using contemporary corporate language and idioms. A speech, a sales pitch or an announcement can read well on the page but can prove hard to enunciate when spoken aloud. The tonguetwisters are classified into speechpattern groups that you can dip into and use to test your vocal dexterity plus, there are activity tips including pronunciation guidelines and exercises. With clarity comes confidence. With confidence comes powerful communication.

In late August, Eiji Takezo is driving across the United States on back roads, trying to escape the pressure from his father to marry the right woman and follow in his footsteps as head of the family bank. When his car breaks down, he suddenly finds himself stranded in rural Cedar Springs, Oklahoma. There he meets a strange cast of characters who take him in, befriend him, and reorder his life before he can blink. None of these new acquaintances is more interesting than Blair Don Mason. Blair is a beautiful local girl who works as a secretary, and Eiji—who begins calling himself Eli, a name given to him by the eccentric family who has taken him in—is instantly in love. When he learns that she feels the same way, he decides to stay and try to build a new life in Cedar Springs. But how long can their love last in the face of bigotry? In this humorous novel of romance and culture clash, a man stranded and lost manages to find love in an unexpected place.

Spanning 2,700 miles from Banff, Alberta, to Antelope Wells, New Mexico, the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route annually serves as the host for the Tour Divide Bikepacking race. With no awards or prize money for the winners and no entry fee, the Tour Divide is the ultimate athletic test of endurance and self-sufficiency in a battle against nature, the elements, breakdowns (both mechanical and mental), and fatigue, set against the beautiful backdrop of the Continental Divide. Divide by Two Wheels is the story of one man’s experience in racing the 2016 Tour Divide, overcoming the adversities of the route and the challenges of equipment failure while making friends and experiencing the kindness of strangers along the way. This story of an epic adventure will have you dreaming of your own Tour Divide experience, learning what you are truly capable of with new challenges around every corner and over every summit.

"Hormegeddon" is the term coined by entrepreneur and New York Times Bestselling Author Bill Bonner to describe what happens when you get too much of a good thing in the sphere of public policy, economics and business. Simply put, it ends in disaster. Drawing on stories and examples from throughout modern political history-from Napoleon's invasion of Russia to the impending collapse of the American healthcare system, from the outbreak of WWII and the fall of the Third Reich to the 21st century War on Terror, from the Great Recession to the sovereign debt crisis-Bonner pursues a modest ambition: to understand what goes wrong. History is not a clean yarn spun by its victors. It is a long tale of things that went FUBAR-debacles, disasters, and catastrophes. That each disaster carries with it a warning is what makes it useful to study. For instance, if the architect of a great ship tells you that 'not even God himself could sink this ship, ' you should take the next boat. If the stock market is selling at 20 times earnings and all the expert analysts urge you to 'get in' because you 'can't lose'-it's time to get out! Similarly, public policy disasters are what you get when well meaning people with this same Titanic degree of certitude apply rational, small-scale problem-solving logic to inappropriately large scale planning. First, you get a declining rate of return on your investment (of time or resources) until you hit zero. Then, if you keep going through the zero floor-and you always keep going-you get a disaster. The problem is, these disasters cannot be stopped by well-informed smart people with good intentions, because they are the people who cause them in the first place. From the mind of Bill Bonner comes Hormegeddon, a phenomenon that occurs when a small dose of something produces a favorable result, but if you increase the dosage, the results end in disaster. The same applies when the world gets too much of a good thing in public policy, economics, and business. Drawing on examples throughout modern political history, Bonner brings context and understanding to this largely ignored and anonymous phenomenon.

Dan walks you through each step from calculating the right Social Security to Pension moves. He then helps you calculate out the income needed in retirement and the strategies to fill that gap using your retirement nest egg. Dan then touches on how to protect your plan with the proper insurance and legal documents. He ends with some innovative and creative strategies to position your assets so they aren't drained from an unplanned hospital stay. Create your own customized bullet proof retirement plan without knowing a thing about finances.

Would you like to give the ultimate gift to a child? Can you think of a child that is incapable of speaking kindly to themselves? Positive Me! helps establish positive self-talk through repeating simple and effective sentences on colorful, inclusive and engaging illustrated pages. Positive Me! can immediately redirect kids' negative thinking by completing for them, in positive terms, sentences that begin with "I am." When combined with positive, self-affirming words, "I am" can be two of the most powerful words in a child's vocabulary, words that can have a major developmental impact on a child's life. Positive Me! is original, simple, and effective. This book encourages adults to read to kids; kids can then read and practice the sentences to themselves. Although this book targets elementary school-age children, the content is universal enough to appeal to and inspire children of any age!