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From one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the female brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humansDarwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the brilliant colors of butterflies and fishes to the songs of birds and frogs. He argued that animals have "a taste for the beautiful" that drives their potential mates to evolve features that m...

The Accountant's Secret- Unmasking Financial Deceit"The Price of Silence: Unmasking Deceit in a World Ruled by Numbers" plunges readers into a world where financial records hide a dangerous truth. James Sullivan, an accountant seemingly lost in the crowd, finds his meticulously constructed life crumbling when a massive embezzlement scheme is uncovered.Suddenly, James is no longer a mere observer. He's a key player, inextric...

AMERICAN HISTORY REMEMBERS THE REVOLUTION AND THE BIRTH OF A NATION-THIS IS A STORY THE EARTH REFUSES TO BURY.Set in the southern Appalachians during the most violent decades of colonial expansion, Indigo: A Warrior's Burden follows Yona Equa, a young Cherokee hunter, as his world begins to fracture under the weight of a foreign culture spilling over the mountains. Change comes fast-iron, rifles, and sickness carried in the wake of trade. Yona clings to the old ways, even as the li...

✨ Spirit and Soul: Discovering Your Life’s True PurposeAn inspiring journey inward to uncover what you were truly meant to do.Have you ever felt that there’s more to life than just going through the motions? That deep within, your spirit is quietly calling you toward something greater — something more you?Spirit and Soul: Discovering Your Life’s True Purpose is a heartfelt and empowering guide designed to help you reconnect with your...

Spectral Evidence: Where Ghosts, the Occult, and True Crime CollideStep into the shadows with Michael Ryan in this gripping exploration that intertwines the eerie realms of true crime and the supernatural. In Spectral Evidence, Ryan guides readers through an unsettling journey, delving deep into real-life horrors, occult rituals, and haunted legends, effectively blurring the line between psychological darkness and paranormal terror. As each page unfolds, this chill...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of My Story by Steven Gerrard, read Michael Ryan.Steven Gerrard is the former captain of Liverpool football team and of the England national football team, and is the only player ever to have scored in a FA cup final, a league cup final, a UEFA cup final and a champion's league final. His entire career, since 1998, has been spent at Anfield with Liverpool. In this book he charts his full playing career, shedding light...

Six year old Mike was just a boy out mowing the lawn for his mom on a beautiful summer day. Little did he know he was about to make a special, new friend in a most unusual way. Mike was about to meet a cool snake named Sean. Please read on to see just how these new friends meet.

This is an adventure in your backyard. You're a part of the enchanting garden where you meet all your new friends. Lovely story for parents and children.

As teacher educators, we strive to create learning experiences that can best prepare preservice teachers for the complexities they will face when entering classrooms today. Providing authentic learning experiences for teacher candidates is imperative to building their skills to handle challenging situations, and at the same time, build a positive learning community. Through this book, teacher candidates will engage in thoughtfully constructed scenarios and activities crafted by teachers ba...

What if Karma was real? Not just a real concept, a real person...Facing a medical death sentence, Tess Martin boards a flight from Seattle to Chicago and offers her seat to William Weber, a peculiar old man struggling to walk with a cane. Little does she know, her act of kindness will plunge her into a mystery that will change her world – and the world itself – forever.AN ACT OF KINDNESS is a fast-paced novel that explores themes of compassion, destiny, and the profound imp...

In Venezuelan Stick Fighting: The Civilizing Process in Martial Arts, Michael J. Ryan examines the modern and historical role of the secretive tradition of stick fighting within rural Venezuela. Despite profound political and economic changes from the early twentieth century to the modern day, traditional values, practices, and social imaginaries associated with older forms of masculinity and sociality are still valued. Stick, knife, and machete fighting are understood as key means of inst...

Eight-year-old Avery was on his way to school on the bus. He didn't know that a surprise adventure was around the next corner. Would Avery be brave enough to face it? Read on for this exciting story and find out.