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  Little Red Riding Hood

  Rebecca Bondor

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  Beautiful music and fun sound-effects help tell the classic tale of “Little Red Riding Hood.” When Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother becomes sick, she decides to visit her and bring her a basket of her favorite things. Her mother warns her to not talk to any strangers on her journey. But Little Red Riding Hood soon forgets her mother's warning and talks to a wolf along her way. The clever wolf races ahead to Grandmother's house because he wants a tasty supper. Find out how a nearby woodcutter saves Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother.  A happy ending adds interest to this fairy tale and encourages a lifelong love of great storytelling.

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  Escaping Addiction

  Patrick Bordeaux, George Koob

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  Addiction is a worldwide curse that seems to be growing in seriousness on a yearly basis. While to the general public addiction may seem almost inescapable, the truth is that there are solutions to overcoming the various addictions, though to date they seem more elusive than attainable. The goal of Escaping Addiction is to highlight the variety of causes of addiction alongside an array of useful tools anyone can use to break the cycle of addiction, whether it’s to alcohol, drugs, food, or video games. The seeds of addictive behavior are often planted in childhood then fed to grow over years of the input-and-reward cycle. Detaching the rewards from the addictive input is key to breaking the habits that keep us addicted. Presented here are a variety of treatments—from medications to therapeutic approaches—that can help. Offering a better understanding of the mechanisms of addiction, this book can help anyone struggling with addiction to unravel it in their own lives.

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  Learn Korean With Music

  Innovative Language Learning, ...

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  Can learning Korean be as simple as listening to music? 
   
  
   
  And as easy as remembering song lyrics?
   
  
   
  Just think. You remember song lyrics because lyrics are catchy, repeated throughout the song, and go with the music, right? Now, if you stuck in Korean, you’d easily learn Korean words and phrases the same way! 
   
  
   
  So, yes, learning Korean is as easy as listening to music… with the Learn Korean With Music Audiobook.
   
  
   
  Just press play, and you’ll hear Korean words and phrases repeated to the beat of upbeat and cheerful music. And… follow along!
   
  
   
  You’ll learn 180+ most common Korean words and phrases… while relaxing at home, or while driving to work.
   
  
   
  Learn Korean With Music is the easiest way to start learning Korean.. without getting overwhelmed by complicated explanations. Perfect for new learners with little to no language learning experience.
   
  
   
  What will you learn?
   
  180+ Words & Phrases Including...
   
  • Basic Greetings
   
  • Numbers
   
  • Common Questions and Answers
   
  • Parts of the Body & Talking About Your Wellbeing
   
  • Common Hobbies
   
  • And much more
   
  
   
  Learn Korean With Music includes...
   
  • 15 Songs/Lessons Inside (Each is about 7 minutes long)
   
  • Fast-Paced Review Section at the End of Each Lesson
   
  • 1 Hour 50 Minutes in Total
   
  • Accompanying PDF eBook with the Words, Phrases and Translations
   
  
   
  Download the PDF and read along

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  The Growing Roots

  Santiago Machain

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  The Growing Roots continues the multigenerational saga of a family forging their legacy on new land. As the family expands, they face the challenges of blending old traditions with new realities, welcoming newcomers, and navigating the complexities of community, trade, and law. Through shared stories, alliances, and the arrival of missionaries and other settlers, the family learns to adapt, preserve their heritage, and deepen their connection to the land and each other. The narrative explores the evolution of customs, the forging of written laws, and the celebration of unity through festivals, all while confronting the ever-present challenges of distance, change, and cultural exchange. Ultimately, the family's roots grow deeper, anchoring them in a legacy of resilience, cooperation, and hope for future generations.

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  Medieval Warfare and Crusades -...

  Harris Ropes

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  This volume presents five major narratives that shaped the geopolitics and religious landscape of Europe and the Near East from the 8th to the 15th centuries. 
  The story of Joan of Arc brings to life the courage and mysticism of a teenage girl who led French forces to victory during the Hundred Years' War, claiming divine guidance in her quest to drive out the English. Her legacy endures as both a national heroine and a symbol of spiritual resistance. 
  The Albigensian Crusade explores a lesser-known but brutal campaign within Europe itself—where the Catholic Church sought to eradicate the Cathar heresy in southern France. It reveals the tangled web of religious persecution, regional power struggles, and papal authority. 
  The Crusades section covers the series of holy wars between Christian Europe and the Muslim world over control of Jerusalem and other sacred territories. From the First Crusade’s initial fervor to the eventual decline of Christian military ambitions in the East, this section paints a vivid portrait of religious zeal, political ambition, and cultural exchange. 
  The Battle of Tours recounts the pivotal clash in 732 between Frankish forces under Charles Martel and invading Muslim armies. Often hailed as a turning point that halted Islamic expansion into Western Europe, this battle shaped the future of European Christendom. 
  The Hundred Years' War examines the long, bitter struggle between England and France over territorial claims and dynastic rights. It highlights major battles, key figures like Edward the Black Prince, and the war’s impact on national identity and military tactics. 
  Together, these five accounts offer a compelling and detailed portrait of warfare in the medieval world—where faith, politics, and ambition collided on the battlefield, forging the course of European history.

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  Ancient Rome’s Provinces: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  It can be argued that Roman culture was, indeed, Graeco-Roman rather than Roman. It was the Greek language that served as the lingua franca in the Eastern Empire and much of the west including Italy. Many Greek intellectuals, including Galen, were based in Rome and the Roman aristocracy more and more came to embrace Greek literature and philosophy. Homer’s epics inspired Virgil’s Aeneid and Seneca wrote in Greek. Earlier, Scipio Africanus (236 – 183 B.C.), the epitome of the Roman martial hero, studied Greek philosophy and regarded Greek culture as the benchmark against which all others had to be judged. The Roman poet and philosopher Horace studied in Athens during the Principate and, in common with many of his class, saw that city as the intellectual centre of the world. 
  In the minds of most people today, Gaul equates to modern France. However, the vast geographical area that Caesar named Gaul, in fact, was made up of a number of very distinct regions and covered, in addition to modern-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, parts of the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Northern Italy. The Romans called the northern area of the Italian peninsula, which is now part of modern Italy, Cisalpine Gaul, or Gaul on this side of the Alps. Early Romans did not even consider this region as part of Italy and repeated incursions southwards, and the sacking of Rome itself in 390 B.C., resulted in Rome taking full control of the area in 221 B.C. and thoroughly Romanizing it to the extent that even the Celtic language totally disappeared and was replaced by Latin. The region was initially a province but by the beginning of the 1st century B.C., it had become fully integrated into the Roman heartland and became an administrative region of Italy rather than a province. 

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