This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. For many people, sleep was never something they had to think about — until it changed. The nights grew longer, the waking more frequent, the mornings emptier of rest. And almost no one connects that change to the thing that actually caused it.The change usually arrives with isolation. A partner lost. A marriage ended. A move, a retirement, an empty house, or simply years in which the connections quietly thinned. We treat loneliness as an e...

Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for "more of the same" that created the situation in the first place: more control, more intensification, and greater efficiency."Resilience thinking" offers a different way of understanding the world and a new approach to managing resources. It embraces human and natural system...

This textbook introduces the reader to contemporary approaches to language analysis such as cognitive stylistics and corpus stylistics, reflecting recent shifts in research trends and offering students a practical way to access and understand these developments. The authors lead readers through detailed explanations, guided analyses, examples of research and suggestions for further reading. This textbook makes an ideal introduction to the field of stylistics for students who are new to the...

As far as God is concerned, widows are the special object of his protection and care.Caring for widows is a key responsibility of the church, but it’s easily overlooked. This book explores the biblical exhortation to care for widows, then offers practical guidance for ensuring that widows receive the support they need. The pastoral experience of the authors shines through in every chapter, equipping pastors for this vital part of church ministry.

The Southern Forest: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture examines the forests of the South, providing a comprehensive description of the region from which most of the nation's wood for housing and paper will be grown and harvested in the future. It gives special attention the four factors of site - edaphic, biotic, climatic, and physiographic. It also includes over 200 photographs, an extensive listing of literature citations, and appendixes of tree, insect, and disease agents. With files...

VOLUME ONEMOST LOVE STORIES HAVE ONE BEGINNING AND ONE ENDING. THIS LOVE STORY HAS MANY.From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Ann Walker comes an epic story about sacrifice, friendship, and the awe-inspiring power of love.Maggie: Ten years ago, Cash Armstrong stole my heart. Then he promptly joined the army—dragging my best friend with him—and left me crying on the front porch in a red ...

A hilarious BBC Radio sitcom of big dreams, small towns, and rock'n'roll!When Kenny (Stephen Tompkinson) gives up his life in the geography classroom to join a struggling a capella group with a beautician, a dentist and a boxer, he doesn't realise he'll soon be in the best band on the wedding circuit - and fronting the potential future of rock 'n' roll...Between trying to manage the band's failing love lives and their battling ambitions, Kenny find...

Harry Dresden’s investigation of a grisly double murder pulls him into the darkest depths of magical Chicago in the first dramatized audiobook in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series!As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most of them don’t play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far to...

It knows what scares you…A cursed mansion puts a curious house sitter’s free will to the ultimate test. An old polaroid camera holds a monster that yearns to be released. And two brothers encounter a demonic force in the caverns just beyond town…Enter a dreamscape of supernatural terror with Scare Street’s latest collection. This diabolical volume contains fifteen terrifying tales of fear and horror. And each story pulls you deeper into the realm o...

What happens when a man loses the one thing that defines him-himself?Trapped in a cycle of fear, self-doubt, and relentless setbacks, he searches for the person he used to be while life keeps throwing obstacles in his path. Every step forward feels earned, every answer just out of reach, yet quitting is not an option.The Boy in the Pit is a gripping story of survival and self-rediscovery, about a man determined to rise from the depths even when the way out is unclear. It's ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. There is a particular kind of evening that most people know. The day is done but the mind isn't. Too restless for silence, too tired for anything that asks much of it. The body wants to sleep. The brain has other ideas.This audiobook was made for that exact hour.Ten stories drawn from the science and history of sleep — each one fascinating enough to quiet a restless mind, calm enough not to keep it awake. A seventeen-year-old who s...

In 2006, Resilience Thinking addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need from them? This idea caught the attention of both the scientific community and the general public.In Resilience Practice, authors Brian Walker and David Salt take the notion of resilience one step further, applying resilience thinking to real-world situations and explo...