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  Termites on a Stick (Unabridged)

  Michele Coxon

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  Young chimpanzees learn survival skills from adults in their group. Here, a young chimp watches his mother tear off a branch, put it in a termite hole, and pull it out covered with juicy termites. After trial and error, the young chimp savors the sweet taste of success when he licks the snack off of his own stick.

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  The Quantum Jump - The Race...

  Robert Wicks

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  Four years in deep space can stretch a man thin. On Sirius Three, Captain Brandon’s mission is simple: scout a landing site and return to the mother ship. But a sudden engine failure turns routine reconnaissance into a fireball plunge through alien skies. He ejects, alone, descending toward a red desert under twin moons while his commander circles overhead, already calculating headlines. 
  Colonel Towers has spent years promising a “quantum jump” beyond rival nations. For him, this expedition is not merely exploration—it is a declaration. Yet when Brandon survives the crash and fights to make contact, he discovers that distance is not measured only in light years. Technology falters. Oxygen runs low. The desert stretches without mercy. Over the hiss of a broken communicator, he listens as his fate is rewritten from orbit. 
  Robert Wicks delivers a taut interstellar drama grounded in rivalry, ambition, and the hard mathematics of time. The tension does not come from alien monsters, but from pride, physics, and the quiet gamble of removing an oxygen mask when there is no other choice. As dawn rises over Sirius Three, Brandon must decide whether survival is enough—or whether he owes his commander a message that will change everything. 
  Little biographical information survives about Robert Wicks beyond his appearances in mid-century science fiction magazines, where stories of spaceflight and Cold War competition were common currency. “The Quantum Jump” stands as a sharp example of that era’s speculative imagination, combining relativistic travel with military brinkmanship. It captures a moment when space exploration was both a scientific frontier and a political contest, and when the race to be first carried consequences no one fully understood.

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  The Curiosities

  W.H. Eatons, Mark Wheaton, Rowan...

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  Siblings Marlow and Zach Metzler are curious about EVERYTHING – asteroid-bound space probes, pirate ships in the woods, abandoned hotels hidden high in the mountains. Leo, a neighborhood cat, is curious about NOTHING – not pizza slices, not peacock feathers, not even laser pointers (especially not laser pointers). 
  But when all the neighborhood birds, insects, and even their favorite teacher vanish, the three face a mystery that neither can solve alone. Racing to find all the missing creatures and stop a possible alien invasion, Marlow, Zach, and Leo must lead a ragtag band of new friends and kitty commandos against zombies, monster cats, and earthquakes to save their town and maybe, THE WORLD!

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  Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Action -...

  Aayush Agarawal

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  In an era of climate crisis and environmental uncertainty, millions of people worldwide are experiencing eco-anxiety—the chronic fear and helplessness that arise from witnessing our planet's environmental challenges. This groundbreaking book offers a roadmap for transforming that anxiety into powerful, sustainable environmental action. 
  Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Action takes readers on a comprehensive journey through 22 carefully crafted chapters, moving from understanding the psychological roots of environmental fear to building lifelong practices of environmental engagement. Author [Name] combines cutting-edge research in environmental psychology, systems thinking, and behavioral change with practical strategies that work within the constraints of real life. 
  The book begins by exploring why our brains struggle with planetary-scale problems and how media overwhelm amplifies environmental anxiety. It then guides readers through a fundamental shift in perspective—from feeling like victims of environmental forces to recognizing themselves as agents of environmental change. Through detailed exploration of leverage points from home and community to workplace and political engagement, readers discover how individual actions create ripple effects that extend far beyond their apparent scope. 
  What sets this book apart is its integration of psychological wisdom with practical action. Rather than offering simplistic solutions or overwhelming readers with impossible standards, it provides frameworks for sustainable environmental engagement that honor both the urgency of environmental challenges and the complexity of human lives. Readers learn to build emotional resilience, create meaningful community connections, influence systems change, and prepare future generations—all while maintaining hope and avoiding burnout.

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  Sleep Sounds 4 Fall Asleep...

  Walkercrest

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  Welcome to a night of Deep Refreshing Sleep 
  This Audiobook gives you a bundle of two 12 hour programs. 
  The programs begin after a short narration of guided imagery to prepare you for sleep. 
  Program One: 12 hours of the sounds of a Mountain Stream and the Soothing Tones of Calming Classical Music. 
  Program Two: 12 hours of just the sounds of a Mountain Stream without the classical music. 
  The musical tones are serene arrangements of the most-loved, composers: Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Mozart, Pachelbel, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and more. 
  The producer of the audiobook is an award-winning sound designer and composer. When he and his wife struggled with sleep apnea, he searched for an audio program that would help. "I mostly found cheap sound effects with repetitive, looping tones. Granted, my background makes me a little picky, but I found these programs more annoying than relaxing." 
  So he set out to record the best sounds he could find. The ocean waves, rain, thunder, streams and waterfalls are all original recordings. 
  Next, he experimented with tones. This program is the first to include arrangements of beautiful classical music. "I have produced over twenty experimental programs now and have had sleep doctors, patients, as well as my own friends and family members try them on. This current series of “Sleep Sounds" has been very well received and has been proven to be the most effective by the largest number of people."

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  I Am Quicker! & Greedy Gull

  Katie Dale

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  Jenn runs fast, but she gets passed by family members on scooters, bikes, and a car. When is Jenn faster? Then the greedy seagull keeps taking people's food. What can't the bird take? Kids will love reading these decodable texts.

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