"Hello, Reader. I am honored to know you."Tragedy is sometimes followed by mystery, at least that's what faces 13-year-old Piper and her brother, Phoenix, who has autism. Mourning the loss of their parents, they must move a thousand miles away to live with their insufferable Aunt Beryl. But it is in their aunt's cavernous library that Piper and Phoenix hear a mysterious book calling to them. Its name is Novus Fabula, and its story will change thei...

A unique middle-grade novel, The Edge of Everywhen tells the story of Piper, a 13-year-old self-proclaimed book nerd whose world has been upended after the death of her mother. She and her autistic little brother (and best friend) Phoenix cling to one another as they are forced to move 1,000 miles away from everything familiar and live with their rich, estranged aunt. Piper reaches to the books on her shelf for comfort, but it is one unique book, Novus Fabula, that offers...

Written through the eyes of a very naive nine year old farm boy. This is the follow up to the first Fly in the Microwave. Another 98 short stories also sure to make you laugh out loud, choke on your food, wet your pants and spill your beer on your school books. Find out the real facts about life growing up on a small farm in the Rocky Mountains. Shocking and crazy stories that will take you right back to your own childhood and how it really was. Better than meditation for getting back to y...

Ever had one of those nights that flips your world upside down? Yeah, that was the night I thought I had it all figured out—or so I believed. Enter Atlas Mackenzie: the first guy who actually sees me. Not just the long brown hair and those eyes that scream "haunted," but the real me. He gets it. And with him, I’m not some invisible wallflower anymore.Atlas? Total lifesaver. Yeah, he's gay, but our friendship? It's epic—way beyond any romance I've ever imagined. But then, there's hi...

A study of the role of language input, interaction, and corrective feedback in second-language learning and Second Language Acquisition research

In this New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, Whole Foods Market cofounder John Mackey and professor and Conscious Capitalism, Inc. cofounder Raj Sisodia argue for the inherent good of both business and capitalism. Featuring some of today’s best-known and most successful companies, they illustrate how these two forces can—and do—work most powerfully to create value for all stakeholders, including customers, employees, suppliers, investors, society, and the en...

**A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!From Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and his coauthors, a follow-up to groundbreaking bestseller Conscious Capitalism—revealing what it takes to lead a purpose-driven, sustainable business.John Mackey started a movement when he founded Whole Foods, bringing natural, organic food to the masses and not only changing the market, but breaking the mold. Now, for the first time, Conscious Leadership closely explor...

Being diagnosed with cancer is one of the most shocking challenges a person can face. In Positive Oncology: An Optimistic Approach to the Big C, author Sue Mackey draws on her personal experience with cancer and combines this with positive psychology strategies, evidence of mind-body connections, and wisdom from ancient cultures to provide a guide to increasing coping skills and resilience. Her Positive Oncology approach is filled with optimism for harnessing the power of ones mind to achi...

Whole Foods Market's cofounder and CEO for forty-four years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative account of the rise of this iconic company and the personal and spiritual journey that inspired its remarkable impact.The Whole Story invites listeners on the adventure of building Whole Foods Market: the colorful cast of idealists and foodies who formed the company's DNA, the many breakthroughs and missteps; the camaraderie and the conflict, and the...

What do local conflicts about land rights tell us about Indigenous-settler relations and the challenges and possibilities of decolonization? In Unsettled Expectations, Eva Mackey draws on ethnographic case studies about land rights conflicts in Canada and the U.S. to argue that critical analysis of present-day disputes over land, belonging and sovereignty will help us understand how colonization is reproduced today and how to challenge it. Employing theoretical approaches from Indigenous a...

How the recent history of Lebanon provides insight into the many trials currently facing the larger Arab community.It is crucial to the interests of the West to grasp the complexities of the Arab world. In this clear, concise volume, Sandra Mackey provides a unique view of this tortured and tortuous region through the lens of Lebanon.A small, fractured country at the gateway of the Arab east, Lebanon signals the challenges that the Arab world poses to itsel...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The salem witch trials took place in colonial massachusetts from the beginning of 1692 to mid-1693. The trails where a series of hearings, prosecutions, and executions of people, primarily women, accused of witchcraft. More than 200 people were accused and roughly 20 people were executed, however many more died in similar witch-hunts and trials before 1692 and after 1693.Although witch-hunts and trials of this n...