Showing results by narrator "Elli" in All Categories

Discover the answer to a thriving planet. Get inspired and motivated to make a difference for the environment. You are important. You possess the power to change things. Champion a big adventure. Be a mighty tower of rocket power. You have 10 good years to get the planet going in the right direction. Start now.

Sixteen-year-old Whisper, who has a cleft palate, lives in an encampment with three other young rejects and their caregiver, Nathanael. They are outcasts from a society (in the not-too-distant future) that kills or abandons anyone with a physical or mental disability. Whisper’s mother visits once a year. When she dies, she leaves Whisper a violin, which Nathanael teaches her to play. Whisper’s father comes to claim her, and she becomes his house slave, her disfigurement hidden by a black veil.

This is a book for everyone. As a parent, grandparent, teen, or adult, you will find one, perhaps many, of the characters in New Neighbors to be like yourself in many ways. As the story progresses, the diverse characters display their traits and emotions. While subtle in the book, they become recognizable no matter your state in life—as a teenager, parent, or a best friend—as the story progresses. Discovering yourself in New Neighbors is a part of the enjoyment of listening as well as recalling memories from your past.

Embark on a life-changing encounter as you journey through the remarkable life and death of an accomplished naval flight officer and his grieving widow’s path from unimaginable heartache to unstoppable hope. With captivating novel-like and highly accurate military scenes, excerpts of touching long-distance love letters, and raw, unfiltered emotions, Providing Promise isn’t just another memoir—it is a lifeline. Experience your own inner healing and uncover your God-given destiny as you walk alongside one who has seen firsthand how God can turn tragedy into triumph.

Orphaned by the Civil War, three sisters struggle to keep the family farm solvent. The eldest, Lucinda, must mother her deaf daughter, Harmony, and mediate between her dueling siblings, Servilia and Melody. The sisters’ fragile truce is shattered by the arrival of the handsome Ezekiel Sheffield, coming to establish a school for the deaf. Miracles, mayhem, and marriage ensue, but nothing ever comes easy.

Discover the single most important lifestyle factor for increasing your happiness, health, and longevity that has nothing to do with diet, exercise, or not smoking. In her engaging “girlfriend, let’s get real” style, international best-selling author Yvonne Aileen presents the latest breakthroughs in anti-aging and longevity by cancer researchers, nutritionists, wellness practitioners, environmental scientists, toxicologists, the National Institute of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, the Mayo Clinic, Harvard, and MIT.

Chad Ellis’ Faith over Fame takes a detailed look at six biblical characters who went unnamed in the Gospels. At first glance, you might wonder why Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John didn’t share the names of the six characters whom Ellis explores in this book. Faith over Fame plainly reveals the answer to this question: Faith triumphs over fame!

We Go High brings together the inspiring stories, motivational quotes and personal philosophies of 30 influential women of colour who have sought to overcome challenges of gender and race. Including political powerhouses such as Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama and Iriaka Ratana, as well as businesswomen like Netflix CMO Bozoma Saint John, and writers Michaela Coel and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We Go High not only celebrates their achievements but uncovers the personal beliefs, attitudes and determination that drive them.

Berserker Riley Foster rescued her cousin from vampires chasing after her pack’s stolen artifact. Not long after, she’s forced to work alongside the powerful vamps to find said artifact—for their goddess? Vampires don’t worship anything but themselves, but Kraft of the Night Bloode has been sent to recover a wolf statue for his patron—the goddess Hecate. Unfortunately, the lycans are playing games. Kraft demands to work with their powerful berserker, who intrigues him to no end.

Your journey in life poses many challenging questions. Does God exist? Is Jesus Christ the Son of God? What is the purpose of your life? Why does God allow suffering? Why do bad things happen to good people? Is there life after death? This book provides answers to these and other questions, helping you travel from doubt to faith, enriching your life with meaning and happiness.

Alle aufgepasst: Hier kommt Löre! Löre? Ja genau. Denn sie ist eine richtige Göre – das sagt man so in Berlin zu einem pfiffigen Kind. Gemeinsam mit ihrem besten Freund Luc erkundet Löre Haus, Straße, Kiez und Stadt. Die beiden wollen alles wissen und ausprobieren. Dabei geht gern auch mal etwas schief, aber das gehört zum Leben schließlich dazu! Die neue Hörspiel-Serie "Löre & Luc – Unser lautes Leben" erzählt von den großen und kleinen Konflikten der Kindheit – mit allem, was dazugehört: Familie, Freundschaft, Herausforderungen und neue Erfahrungen.

Alle aufgepasst: Hier kommt Löre! Löre? Ja genau. Denn sie ist eine richtige Göre – das sagt man so in Berlin zu einem pfiffigen Kind. Gemeinsam mit ihrem besten Freund Luc erkundet Löre Haus, Straße, Kiez und Stadt. Die beiden wollen alles wissen und ausprobieren. Dabei geht gern auch mal etwas schief, aber das gehört zum Leben schließlich dazu! Die neue Hörspiel-Serie "Löre & Luc – Unser lautes Leben" erzählt von den großen und kleinen Konflikten der Kindheit – mit allem, was dazugehört: Familie, Freundschaft, Herausforderungen und neue Erfahrungen.

Yoga teacher and journey guide Laurie Ellis-Young learned early on that the quality of breath directly impacts the quality of life, personally and professionally. By leading adventure treks in the Himalayas and Andes for over a decade, she experienced the absolute necessity of maximizing oxygen flow to build stamina and keep going under stress. The mountains became her teachers in how to access the life-giving power of breath—not just for extreme adventure but in transforming everyday lives for better health, greater peace, and enhanced well-being.

A Season by the Sea covers the 2003 baseball season played by the Point Loma Nazarene University baseball team at their Carroll B. Land Stadium, situated on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It is perhaps America's most scenic ballpark location, and an inspiration for those players and fans alike who come to play and watch baseball in its purest and most meaningful form.

Alle aufgepasst: Hier kommt Löre! Löre? Ja genau. Denn sie ist eine richtige Göre - das sagt man so in Berlin zu einem pfiffigen Kind. Gemeinsam mit ihrem besten Freund Luc erkundet Löre Haus, Straße, Kiez und Stadt. Die beiden wollen alles wissen und ausprobieren. Dabei geht gern auch mal etwas schief, aber das gehört zum Leben schließlich dazu! Die neue Hörspiel-Serie "Löre & Luc - Unser lautes Leben" erzählt von den großen und kleinen Konflikten der Kindheit - mit allem, was dazugehört: Familie, Freundschaft, Herausforderungen und neue Erfahrungen.

Alle aufgepasst: Hier kommt Löre! Löre? Ja genau. Denn sie ist eine richtige Göre - das sagt man so in Berlin zu einem pfiffigen Kind. Gemeinsam mit ihrem besten Freund Luc erkundet Löre Haus, Straße, Kiez und Stadt. Die beiden wollen alles wissen und ausprobieren. Dabei geht gern auch mal etwas schief, aber das gehört zum Leben schließlich dazu! Die neue Hörspiel-Serie "Löre & Luc - Unser lautes Leben" erzählt von den großen und kleinen Konflikten der Kindheit - mit allem, was dazugehört: Familie, Freundschaft, Herausforderungen und neue Erfahrungen.

Celia was only fourteen years old when she was acquired by John Newsom, an aging widower and one of the most respected citizens of Callaway County, Missouri. The pattern of sexual abuse that would mark their entire relationship began almost immediately. Over the next five years, Celia bore Newsom two children; meanwhile, she became involved with a slave named George and resolved at his insistence to end the relationship with her master. When Newsom refused, Celia one night struck him fatally with a club. Her act quickly discovered, Celia was brought to trial.

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university's entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States. Inspired by more than a hundred student-led protests during the Movement for Black Lives, contributors examine how campus rebellions - and university responses to them - expose the racialized inequities at the core of higher education.

Kaia has had it with her mother. Talk about touchy. Offend the sea witch and pay the price. Oy. Granted, Kaia’s last boyfriend had been an idiot, but nearly sacrificing him to a dark god had been totally unnecessary. And those deals her mother keeps making with demons to obtain more power? Not a healthy way to achieve balance.

This novel comes at precisely the right moment as we figure out what 2020 means for the future. The Antifan Girlfriend shows you what will happen after the left has used the pandemic to destroy freedom: Political polarization erupts into civil war, the Green New Deal is used by elites to grab stuff for themselves, pagan Earth Mother religion replaces Judeo-Christian traditions, and the US surrenders its status as a world power.