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Brought to you by Penguin. This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer. From memories of getting their teeth kicked out by bullies...

You will acquire the skills and information necessary to take charge of your own mental health and develop a self-care strategy that works for you after listening to these books. Whether you're trying to develop your practice or are just beginning your self-care journey, this box set is the ideal resource.

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers. 

Deep in the dark forest, in a cottage that spins on birds’ legs behind a fence topped with human skulls, lives the baba yaga. A guardian of the water of life, she lives with her sisters and takes to the skies in a giant mortar and pestle, creating tempests as she goes. Those who come across the baba yaga may find help, or hinderance, or horror. She is wild, she is woman, she is witch—and these are her tales.

I always imagined bringing my hot, charming, amazing new boyfriend home for Christmas. And I thought about how great it would be to meet his parents too. But I never really thought about what that might look like if I was dating three men. Together. As in, what it would be like if we were all dating each other. And now it's here. Our first Christmas. And our first chance to be together...with our families.

“Johnson’s lively delivery keeps listeners interested…Each chapter is delightfully introduced with music from the period that highlights the timeframe…Both teens and adults will enjoy listening to Johnson's masterful performance in this vivid production.” — AudioFile This program is...

From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. 

She thought he was dead. Four years after the disappearance of her beloved prince, Lady Allette Rittey returns to the fae realm to find Prince Senan very much alive—and on the verge of marrying a bloody princess. Desperate for answers, Allette poses as a servant to gain access to his castle. But the wedding bells are ringing, and she's running out of time before she loses him forever. Prince Senan Vale has problems. A lot of them. Most pressing, an arranged marriage not to the woman he was meant for, but the princess of a neighboring kingdom. 

They were never meant to survive... After years apart, Allette finally found her prince, only for both of them to be cast out of the fae realm. Now, stranded and destitute, she soon learns that Senan has been keeping secrets, and the consequences are grim indeed. Senan escaped one dire fate only to find himself on the brink of another. His only hope now resides in Kumulus, but so does the man who wants him dead. If either of them is caught, their lives and the love they fought so hard to save will be cut off before they've really begun.

Pregnancy changes a woman's life. It changes our physical appearance, our priorities in life, and it changes how we perceive things around us. Bringing a new life into this world is one of our many superpowers. And every day, we have to remind ourselves that our journey into motherhood is very beautiful. Positive affirmations are words of encouragement that help us fight our battles every day.

Lacy Johnson bangs on the glass doors of a sleepy local police station in the middle of the night. Her feet are bare; her body is bruised and bloody; U-bolts dangle from her wrists. She has escaped but not unscathed. The Other Side is the haunting account of a first passionate and then abusive relationship; the events leading to Johnson's kidnapping, rape, and imprisonment; her dramatic escape; and her hard-fought struggle to recover.

How strongly do you desire someone just to lay out exactly what you need to do to improve your life so you can do it? This book lays out the culmination of years of personal experience, research, training, and caring for patients and provides a proven blueprint to Escape the Chaos and achieve Mental Wellness once and for all.

Far from being just a feel-good audiobook, Levi M. Johnson shows us how a wealth of spirit, soul, mind, and body are easily accessible to anyone with the will to act. Prepare to have your life changed forever as the dreams you've always thought were out of reach suddenly become possible and dead hopes are revived. Get Abundance now, and take your first steps out of poverty to a life of possibilities, a life of your dreams, a life where lack is a thing of the past.

Lisa Montgomery presented her husband, Kevin, with their newborn baby girl, while a state way, police were investigating the brutal murder of 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett. She'd been found lying in a pool of blood, and investigators soon realized that someone had strangled Bobbie Jo to death, then cut the fetus from her womb. When they found Bobbie Jo's baby in Lisa's arms, they knew who was responsible for this grisly murder.

Luckily for humanity, scientist Marie Curie applied her brilliant mind and indomitable spirit to expanding the frontiers of science, but what if she had instead drifted toward the darkness? At the cusp of between child- and adulthood, at the crossroads between science and superstition, a teen Marie Curie faces the factual and the fantastic in this fabulous collection of stories that inspire, delight, and ask the question: What if she had used her talents for diabolical purposes?

How many nights have you suffered alone in bed wondering why you can't find one good man? Dating over 40 can be so challenging. You may feel like there is a shortage of decent men and all the good ones are taken. Maybe you're too embarrassed to look for love. Or you can't find a man who is good enough - all the men you meet are dull or losers.

Having worked with thousands of women over the last 10 years, Ronnie realized that thoughts can actually be toxic and keep you from the love you long for. These negative thoughts can be about men, love, or even yourself.

Marking a milestone for women in state government, Marlene M. Johnson became Minnesota’s first woman lieutenant governor under Rudy Perpich’s gubernatorial administration in January 1983. That same year, she met her husband, Peter, and their deeply loving relationship profoundly sustained her for twenty-seven years. Rise to the Challenge weaves these personal and professional stories together in a courageous portrait of dedication and leadership.

They may be the author of the #1 most banned book in America, but George M. Johnson isn't finished telling their story yet. Written with unflinching emotion and unapologetic boldness, And If I Die Before I Wake is nothing short of a testimony -- one the world desperately needs to hear. George M...

Following the example of Jeremiah, our people often have a burning fire shut up in their bones because the church asks them to serve in areas outside of their ministry passions. The gifts and talents of the church ache to be released and set free to minister within the local church. Release the Burning Fire provides a template for changing the culture of the local congregation to allow people to serve with joy. They are liberated to use the gifts given to them to accomplish the work of the church.

This audiobook is a one-on-one meeting with a very successful manager and corporate vice president. Take his advice, and you can become a very successful manager too.