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  Murder at Uncle Candyman's Grocery

  Geraldine McCall

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  This recording has been digitally produced by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesised version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration.  
   
  Tomika McNeal is the catalyst who brings three friends back together long after high school in this classic whodunit. 
    
  Murder at Uncle Candyman’s Grocery begins in 1982 when Tomika is arrested for murder. 
    
  Flash back to 1959 when the three main characters are seniors in high school. The teens – Jonathan McNeal, Vivian Brown, and Lynda Meyers– forge a lifetime friendship. 
    
  Vivian is shy and afraid to speak up for herself. Lynda acts without thinking and ends up in a lot of trouble, even after her father threatens her with reform school. Jon is spoiled by his mother and never thinks about anything except what he wants out of life. 
    
  In college, each is happy to be away from the watchful eyes of their parents. Two of the friends get into trouble that could end their college careers. Lynda and Jon get caught stealing from the local grocery store and are arrested, but Jon’s mother gets them out of trouble. 
    
  After graduating from college, Vivian gets a job at a local radio station, Jon becomes an insurance salesman, and Lynda joins the local police, becoming the first black female in the department. 
    
  Jon and Vivian end up married. Their first child, Tomika, gets arrested for murdering a man at Uncle Candyman’s Grocery. Tomika says she doesn’t know why she killed the man. What’s the real story?

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  Updated Mental Health 'Bible'

  PBS NewsHour

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  The American Psychiatric Association released a new edition of the DSM, which doctors use to diagnose and treat mental disorders. Judy Woodruff discusses the changes and implications for both patients and professionals with Dr. Michael First of Columbia University and Dr. Steven Hyman of the Broad Institute.

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  Story Play - Building Language...

  Mary Jo Huff

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  When a story comes to "The End" it does not have to be the end of the story. Instead, teachers can continue the learning with fun and playful activities and experiences. Story Play encourages teachers, librarians, child care professionals, and family members to become storytellers with ideas for expanding stories into meaningful learning experiences. Learn how to make simple storytelling props, including a Storytelling Tool Box, a Story Box, and a Story Wall, that adults and children can use to expand the pleasure of simple stories like "Jack Be Nimble" and longer stories like "Chicken Fun." With stories, poems, songs, chants, and fingerplays, as well as ideas for working with puppets and props, Story Play brings all the fun of storytelling into the classroom in new ways. These easy-to-follow ideas focus on literacy skills and are perfect for engaged, active learning. Storytelling is a powerful tool for adults who work with children, and the fun ideas and activities in Story Play are sure to light a fire in every child's imagination!

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  Twelve Ways to Please and Keep...

  Raymond Sturgis

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  There are still many good men in the world that want to be faithful and remain in love with one woman. However, with the complexities surrounding today’s relationships and dating scene and the distinct ideologies of today’s women, treating a man with love and respect has subsided. There have been many women that want love and respect, but hold true to their principles of, “What are you going to do for me, first?” The confusion and trouble with relationships and marriage, makes it almost seem that no one believes in love or is afraid to love because it makes them vulnerable.  Thus, for those women that still believe in love and with one man, this book will help them keep their man happy, and stop other women from doing what they are not doing to get their man. Also, this book respectfully looks at love from a woman’s point of view, so they will not be doing essential things to keep their man when their man is not deserving of such treatment. This book is specifically for women to get and keep men that have been good for them and who they want to remain in a committed relationship and marriage.An Author's Republic audio production.

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  The Political Determinants of...

  Daniel E. Dawes, David R. Williams

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  Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care options—these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can thrive? What is the great equalizer?In this book, Daniel E. Dawes argues that political determinants of health create the social drivers—including poor environmental conditions, inadequate transportation, unsafe neighborhoods, and lack of healthy food options—that affect all other dynamics of health. By understanding these determinants, their origins, and their impact on the equitable distribution of opportunities and resources, we will be better equipped to develop and implement actionable solutions to close the health gap.Dawes draws on his firsthand experience helping to shape major federal policies, including the Affordable Care Act, to describe the history of efforts to address the political determinants that have resulted in health inequities. Taking us further upstream to the underlying source of the causes of inequities, Dawes examines the political decisions that lead to our social conditions, makes the social determinants of health more accessible, and provides a playbook for how we can address them effectively.

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  Bitter Pills - The Global War on...

  Muhammad H. Zaman

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  The explosion of Internet commerce, coupled with globalization and increased pharmaceutical use, has led to an unprecedented vulnerability in the U.S. drug supply. Today, an estimated 80% of our drugs are manufactured overseas, mostly in India and China. Every link along this supply chain offers an opportunity for counterfeiters, and increasingly, they are breaking in. In 2008, fake doses of the blood thinner Heparin killed 81 people worldwide. In 2012, a counterfeit version of the cancer drug Avastin, containing no active chemotherapy ingredient, was widely distributed in the United States. In early 2013, a drug trafficker was sentenced to prison for distributing an assortment of counterfeit, Chinese-made pharmaceuticals across America. By the time he was arrested, he had already sold over 140,000 fake pills to customers. 
  Even when the U.S. system works, consumers are increasingly circumventing the safeguards. Skyrocketing health care costs in the U.S. have forced more Americans to become "medical tourists" seeking drugs, life-saving treatments, and transplants abroad, sometimes in countries with rampant counterfeit drug problems and no FDA. Bitter Pills will heighten the public's awareness about counterfeit drugs, critically examine possible solutions, and help people protect themselves.

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