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Rewire Your Brain for Love: Creating Vibrant Relationships Using the Science of Mindfulness by Marsha Lucas

Rewire Your Brain for Love: Creating Vibrant Relationships Using the Science of Mindfulness by Marsha Lucas

Book Description On the way to finding and creating vibrant, successful relationships, too many of us end up tangled in the same old patterns, tripped up by relationship habits that get in our way whether we “know better” or... Read More »

March 3, 2013 - J. A Skinner - No Comments
March 3, 2013
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5.7
The Animal Bunch, Learn Colors by Aleli Silvia

The Animal Bunch, Learn Colors by Aleli Silvia

Book Description A childrens book of colours in rhyme. Book Review This is a children’s book with a lovely cover picture and bright colours throughout. It is geared to teach very young children different colours and uses animals and... Read More »

February 14, 2013 - J. A Skinner - No Comments
February 14, 2013
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5.6
Wake up and hear the Thunder by Eileen Campbell

Wake up and hear the Thunder by Eileen Campbell

Book Description At last someone is making sense of things – hopefully before it is too late. Expect to embark on an incredible journey through history, consciousness and economics as Eileen re-assesses the state of affairs in the 21st... Read More »

February 6, 2013 - J. A Skinner - No Comments
February 6, 2013
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5.6
Jumping off the Page by Marty Weil

Jumping off the Page by Marty Weil

Book Description Jumping Off The Page uses ephemera as a portal to fascinating and seldom explored aspects of history and pop culture. Each of the three chapters of this eBook begins with a piece of ephemera–America’s cultural flotsam. The... Read More »

January 10, 2013 - J. A Skinner - No Comments
January 10, 2013
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5.6
Destination: Teach For America by Jake Whitman

Destination: Teach For America by Jake Whitman

Book Description In 2012, more than 48,000 applicants applied to Teach For America for just over 5,800 positions. With fewer than 1 in 10 students from low-income families graduating from college today, our country’s children need the most talented... Read More »

January 7, 2013 - J. A Skinner - No Comments
January 7, 2013
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5.7