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  Riders of a Certain Age - Your...

  Fran Severn

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  The fastest growing segment of the horse world is women mid-life and beyond. This thorough but light-hearted guide welcomes you to the equine life. Whether a newcomer to the world of hay and hoofs more someone who’s been in the saddle since childhood, you’ll find information about every aspect of the horse world. Riders of a Certain Age is full of wisdom and sound advice for people coming into horses as adults. It encourages us to keep riding forward at a point in life when others might expect us to whoa. From leasing to leakage, money to manure, this engagingly candid, comprehensive resource is an owner’s manual for reclaiming the right to indulge your horse-loving inner child. With carefully curated guidance collected over years of horsing around, Fran Severn presents you with tips, lessons, and advice as you begin enjoying a life with horses in it. 
  You’ll find information about: 
  -Getting into the saddle (or not, but still enjoying horses) 
  -Finding an instructor and being a good student 
  -Understanding and overcoming fear 
  -Riding with ‘replacement parts’ 
  -Dealing with the physical changes and challenges of our older bodies 
  -Learning the world of buying, leasing, and boarding horses 
  -Managing your ‘stable finances’ to pay for it all and still stay solvent

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  The Blockchain Metaverse - A...

  Donny Walters

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  Do you want to know why Internet titans such as Facebook are rebranding as Metaverse platforms? Or what augmented reality, gaming, NFTs, blockchain technology, and virtual real estate have to do with the Metaverse? If so, you need to keep reading… 
  You’ve probably heard of Beeple’s $69 million NFT sale and Ariana Grande’s virtual concert in the video game Fortnite. You might be wondering why there is so much hype around the Metaverse? And more importantly, what is the Metaverse, and how can you generate life-changing wealth for yourself and your family? 
  In The Blockchain Metaverse, you will discover:What the Metaverse actually is and the history behind this phenomenonThe traditional Metaverse vs. the blockchain MetaverseVirtual, augmented, and mixed reality in the MetaverseWhat NFTs are and how they are used in the MetaverseMetaverse games and how players are generating passive incomeWhy investors are purchasing virtual real estate in the MetaverseThe future state of the blockchain Metaverse and how you can invest in it now 
  …and so much more! 
  If you could turn back the dial to the late 90s and invest in the Internet… would you? Internet titans such as Amazon, Google, and Meta have taken investors by storm. And now is the perfect opportunity for smaller investors to front-run slow-moving hedge funds and institutions by investing in the next Internet, the Blockchain Metaverse. 
  So, if you are ready to take one more step toward understanding the next generation's largest technological advancement and unlocking financial freedom for yourself, then buy this book now!

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  The Scariest Planets We've Ever...

  John Harpoon

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  The universe is filled with wonders, but some of its most fascinating worlds are also the most terrifying. While Earth offers stability, warmth, and an atmosphere that sustains life, countless exoplanets lie scattered across the galaxy with conditions that defy imagination. These distant worlds are not just inhospitable—they are the stuff of nightmares.  
    
  The discovery of these hostile planets has revealed just how extreme nature can be. Some are scorched by relentless heat, while others are locked in frozen desolation. Toxic gases, deadly storms, and crushing gravity make these worlds far more menacing than anything we might encounter on Earth. Exploring these terrifying planets is not just about uncovering their horrors; it’s about understanding the universe itself.  
    
  One key factor that determines a planet’s hostility is its proximity to its star. Planets that orbit too close are often scorched by intense radiation, while those too far away freeze in endless darkness. But even planets in stable orbits can become dangerous if their atmospheres are packed with poisonous chemicals or if they experience violent weather patterns. Some worlds are plagued by hurricane-force winds that rip across the surface, while others endure storms of molten glass that shred everything in their path. 

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  Younger Dryas Period The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  From about 12,900 to 11,700 before present (BP), near Ice Age conditions returned to the Northern Hemisphere of the planet. It was a sudden shift from the warm temperatures that had prevailed for nearly 2,000 years. This period is referred to by archaeologists, geologists, and earth scientists as the Greenland Stadial, but it is more commonly known as the Younger Dryas. The Younger Dryas marked the end of the last glacial period, the end of the Pleistocene Era, and the beginning of the Holocene Era, which is the current era. It was a period of great change, when climate change happened quite quickly, directly affecting the flora, fauna, and humans of the Northern Hemisphere in the process. The impact on the human populations was perhaps most important because, in some places, it virtually destroyed emerging cultures, while in other places, it might have propelled humans to develop new survival traits and technologies later used to move humanity into the Neolithic era. Although scholars now know quite a bit about the Younger Dryas, many elements of it are still debated. Other aspects serve as a predictor of what humans can expect in the future. 
  	There is, however, still plenty of information about the Younger Dryas that remains unknown or open to debate. Not all scholars agree on the dates of the Younger Dryas or how long it lasted. Even more controversial are the alternate theories about what caused the Younger Dryas and the effect it had on the Northern Hemisphere’s bio-populations. This book examines the background of the Younger Dryas, its effects on bio-populations, and how it contributed to the emergence of the Neolithic Era. Alternative theories will be examined and compared to more standard ideas currently prevailing in academia.

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  Helping the Suicidal Person -...

  PhD Stacey Freedenthal

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  Helping the Suicidal Person provides a highly practical toolbox for mental health professionals. The book first covers the need for professionals to examine their own personal experiences and fears around suicide, moves into essential areas of risk assessment, safety planning, and treatment planning, and then provides a rich assortment of tips for reducing the person's suicidal danger and rebuilding the wish to live. The techniques described in the book can be interspersed into any type of therapy, no matter what the professional's theoretical orientation is and no matter whether it's the client's first, tenth, or one-hundredth session.

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  Choose Life - Answering Key...

  John K Goodrich, Jeanette Hagen...

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  You’re pro-life. But can you explain why?You already believe in choosing life. But when the counterarguments are coming at you from every angle—legal, biological, medical, ethical, moral, philosophical, and biblical—how do you defend the pro-life view? And as you defend it . . . how do you speak with wisdom, humility, and compassion?Now more than ever, the times call for a balance of truth and mercy. There are good, wise, and thoughtful rebuttals of every claim made by pro-abortion advocates. Collected here in one place, Choose Life offers you reasonable responses from leading experts in their respective fields. The authors are accomplished women and men from all walks of life. They’ll help you know what to say—and why to say it—when you’re faced with claims like:“The courts have already settled the issue.”“The fetus is not a person.”“My body, my choice.”“I shouldn’t have to raise an unwanted child.”“My circumstances justify ending my pregnancy.”“Abortions are helpful to women and society.”“The pro-life movement doesn’t care about social justice.” 
   
  It’s time to set aside the strident fist-shaking and hurled insults. Learn to make the pro-life case with intelligent arguments and compassionate love—just the way a Christian should.

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