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  Squat!: A Readable Sitcom

  PhD Bo Bennett

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  With the help of a freakishly wise janitor, a newly-hired membership director struggles to keep a fitness center afloat while being given ridiculous tasks from an ethically-questionable owner.Take an opinionated and all-around diverse group of fitness trainers, add a sketchy owner, a genius janitor, and throw in an endearing but largely incompetent general manager, and you have the perfect recipe for riotous, chaotic hilarity. You have Squat!Set in a large fitness center in the Boston suburbs, the sitcom follows Scott Carter, a former big-shot marketing executive who takes a job at Squat Spot Fitness out of desperation. Carter quickly discovers that the place is run by an ethically-questionable owner willing to exploit staff and clients alike, and a general manager who's in way over his head. With the help of a bright fitness director and a freakishly wise janitor, Carter manages to keep the gym open... for at least a bit longer.Squat! features an interesting cast of characters who embody many of the social and political issues of the day. Rather than address these issues directly, they remain lightly veiled within seemingly petty arguments and conflicts. Each episode offers viewers the anticipation and fun of discovering the parallel "real world" political and social issues highlighted. Without taking sides, Squat! invites viewers to laugh at the absurdity of humanity while deepening understanding of those with differing beliefs. The series presents an additional running theme of owner Jack Pemberton's dubious assignment to Scott Carter. Carter struggles to satisfy his boss without compromising his values.Squat! offers humor--of the smart, subtle, and laugh-out-loud varieties--along with  lovable, fallible characters, and even an insight or two about creativity, understanding, and ethics.The first season comprises ten fully-scripted episodes, rewritten as a comedic novel. Season One innocuously and hilariously provides a nod to such topics as  COVID / mask-wearing, claims of election fraud, QAnon conspiracy theories, pronouns, "Karens," defunding the police, multi-level marketing scams, cults, and even truth itself.If Seinfeld had a threesome with Dodgeball and The Office, and miraculously conceived a lovechild, Squat! would be it.

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  Fanciful Felties from MummySam -...

  Samantha Cotterill

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  “A darling array of characters to create out of wool felt, cotton fabrics, embroidery floss and stuffing . . . the little people make wonderful gifts.”—Small Town Living   An award-winning picture book author and illustrator, “Samantha [aka mummysam] has turned her quirky and clever drawings into the dearest of little felt playthings/art objects” (whipup.net). You’ll love these charming softies with European flair. Make your own story with uptown sophisticates or down country folks. Add a brownstone, a cottage, or even a double-decker bus and a London phone booth to give your little people plenty of places to go and things to do!   “I’ve long been a fan of Samantha’s work, combining free motion embroidery and hand-sewn elements to make whimsical creations. This book features 14 artistic softies with instructions and templates to make them yourself. I love the way each project is photographed with a hand-drawn background, pulling us into Samantha’s world of quirky characters and interesting objects.”—The Long Thread   “Oh my! the cuteness is killing me . . . From groovy cars, to chic ladies about town, school boys and bunny rabbits and village houses—you have all the ingredients for lots of afternoons of imaginary play.”—whipup.net

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  Animal Welfare 101 - How to...

  HowExpert, Jessica Child

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  Have you always looked at the lizard, frog, or beetle in the shop and wondered if you could provide a good home for it? Have you been wanting a companion who will listen to you sing and hear about your long day? This book aims to teach you how to consider each pet and what types of questions to think about and ask before bringing a pet home. While you might find a dog or cat will definitely know you’re singing out of tune, a millipede won’t care at all, making them a fantastic choice. 
  This book will cover the following basics of animal husbandry: 
  • Amphibians, Insects, Reptiles: 
  - The type of habitat to choose 
  - A type of pet that can live in that habitat 
  - The types of food to feed it 
  • Aquatics 
  - The type of aquarium to choose 
  - Common fish to keep 
  - How to choose what to feed it 
  - How to maintain your freshwater aquarium 
  • Cats and Dogs 
  - How to prepare for your mammal 
  - How to care for your mammal 
  - Basic dog care and training 
  - Where to find your new pet 
  • Microscopic pets 
  - What to feed Pyrocystis & Sourdough 
  - How to care for Pyrocystis 
  - How to care for Sourdough 
  About the Expert 
  Jessica Child is an animal lover living in Colorado who cannot help but collect and learn more and more about the animal husbandry hobby. She has been keeping cats, dogs, and fish since she was a child, and began keeping amphibians and reptiles as an adult. Her newest friends include a St. Bernard / Pyrenees puppy to keep her Labs busy. She has also recently picked up more millipedes and beetles. The beetles are still grubs, munching away every slice of apple offered to them when they’re not eating leaves.In between hunting down extra snacks for these pets, she takes time to find good fried chicken, tacos and salsa, and bread. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Soul Comfort for Cat Lovers -...

  Liz Eastwood

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  Liz Eastwood, CNC, weaves her own experiences with advice from grief experts and stories from cat lovers to help you:Process your feelings and recognize them as normalCreate something positive out of the energy of grief  Cultivate a continued sense of connection to your catDeal with inconvenient grief 
  This audiobook also explores evidence of the most soulful of soul comforts: the possibility of the continuation of your loved one's spirit—and your connection to that spirit—after death. This topic is discussed from a perspective of open-minded curiosity, without bringing in any particular dogma or religion. 
  Asserting that you can live wholeheartedly after loss and that your feline friend would want nothing less for you, Soul Comfort for Cat Lovers is a compassionate handbook for your grief-healing journey.

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  Multihull Seamanship - An A-Z of...

  Gavin Le Sueur

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  This is an A-Z of seamanship skills for multihull sailors. There are many textbooks on the market which detail general seamanship principles. This is not one of them. Multihull Seamanship is about sea-going catamarans and trimarans and the skills needed to understand and enjoy them to their utmost. Both racing and cruising yachts are catered for, as are trailer-able multihulls. Seamanship is not a black and white skill. It is an evolution of knowledge; a building of information through experiment, thought and experience. There is no definitive word on an evolving skill. Multihull Seamanship started as Dr Gavin Le Sueur's personal index of 'how-to's. It has grown through experience and others sharing their knowledge. It should be on the book shelf of every catamaran and trimaran. This book is for people who are already multihull sailors, or for those who are contemplating multihull sailing. It has served this community for over 20 years and this second edition is fully updated. It is illustrated with delightful line drawings by Nigel Allison.

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  Coastal Nature Coastal Culture -...

  Paul S. Sutter, Paul M. Pressly

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  An essay collection exploring the history of 5,000-year relationship between human culture and nature on the Georgia coast. One of the unique features of the Georgia coast today is its thorough conservation. At first glance, it seems to be a place where nature reigns. But another distinctive feature of the coast is its deep and diverse human history. Indeed, few places that seem so natural hide so much human history. In Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture, editors Paul S. Sutter and Paul M. Pressly have brought together work from leading historians as well as environmental writers and activists that explores how nature and culture have coexisted and interacted across five millennia of human history along the Georgia coast, as well as how those interactions have shaped the coast as we know it today. The essays in this volume examine how successive communities of Native Americans, Spanish missionaries, British imperialists and settlers, planters, enslaved Africans, lumbermen, pulp and paper industrialists, vacationing northerners, Gullah-Geechee, nature writers, environmental activists, and many others developed distinctive relationships with the environment and produced well-defined coastal landscapes. Together these histories suggest that contemporary efforts to preserve and protect the Georgia coast must be as respectful of the rich and multifaceted history of the coast as they are of natural landscapes, many of them restored, that now define so much of the region.Contributors: William Boyd, S. Max Edelson, Edda L. Fields-Black, Christopher J. Manganiello, Tiya Miles, Janisse Ray, Mart A. Stewart, Drew A. Swanson, David Hurst Thomas, and Albert G. Way.

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