Genres : 60-150 Pages

Do you dread small talk? Maybe your mind goes blank the moment someone says, "So, what do you do?" Maybe you rehearse what to say, then miss what the other person is telling you. Or maybe you'd simply like to join the conversation at work, at a party, or on a date without feeling like you're performing. You don't need to become more outgoing to get better at small talk. You don't need clever lines, scripts, or a new personality....

The gold medal award-winning book from author Rich Finzer, a Blue Ribbon-winning maple syrup producer with 20+ years of experience. Get the best advice and learn the shortcuts and tricks that will save you from making rookie mistakes, save you money by telling which equipment you really need and save you valuable time during the boiling-down process. Maple on Tap includes step-by-step instructions for all sugaring activities from tapping to bottling, as age-old skills are enhanced with modern technology. Included...

What if Sherlock Holmes encountered a mystery in which no true crime had actually been committed?In The Bird That Fished at Dawn, Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to a quiet garden beside the Thames, where valuable koi carp are disappearing from dark ponds surrounded by mist and Japanese bridges. No footprints point to a thief — and yet the fish vanish one by one.The investigation leads Holmes through London’s fog-covered docklands, old Eastern traditions, and strange patterns connecting animals,...

A trip to Kenya becomes the adventure that changes everything. Eleven-year-old Nairobi is excited to visit Kenya, the country where her parents were born. She cannot wait to meet her cousin Keturah, see wild animals, and explore a place she has only heard about in family stories. But from the moment the trip begins, Nairobi has a problem she cannot shake. She wants a phone. Her mom says no. Then Nairobi meets Keturah, who not only has a phone, but...

The Pet Therapist – Curious Cases brings together five warm, thoughtful, and quietly humorous stories about animals, people, and the complicated bonds between them.Harold and Sophie run a small consulting business where families seek help with pet-related problems — though the real issue is often something far bigger than the animal itself.A dog slowly moves in with the neighbors. A snake grows larger through rumor and fear. An aging elephant becomes a question of memory and value. A proud rooster...

Make Mediterranean cooking simpler, one meal at a time. Easy Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Seniors offers 100 approachable recipes and a 28-day meal plan to help beginners bring more variety to their everyday meals. With quick meal ideas, low-sodium options, and budget-friendly grocery lists, it takes some of the guesswork out of deciding what to cook and what to buy. Whether you’re cooking for yourself or helping an older family member plan meals, this cookbook provides a practical starting point...

Will your retirement plan honor God, protect your family, and last as long as you do?Many Christians have saved diligently, worked hard, and tried to make wise decisions. Yet as retirement approaches, the same questions keep surfacing.Will I run out of money?Will I become a burden to my children?Are my investments supporting things that violate my faith?Have I planned for taxes, inflation, long term care, market volatility, and what happens after I am gone?Faith Driven Retirement was written to help...

DAUGHTER DAYS spans Julia Wendell’s entire career as a poet writing poems to and about her daughter. Poems selected from her previous six books are combined with newer poems, as well as excerpts from her memoirs, Finding My Distance and Come to the X. With this scope, forty years of writing poems for her daughter are telescoped in this compilation of new and selected poems.

Black background book cover design element, 6x9 vertical portrait aspect ratio. Solid pure blackbackground with a very faint, subtle dark circuit-board texture etched into the black (barelyvisible, not distracting). No title text, no words, no letters anywhere in the image — this is abackground layer only, text will be added separately.A rectangular icon frame runs around the outer border of the canvas, hugging the edge: 3 smallicons evenly spaced down the left edge, 3 evenly spaced down the right edge,...

Black background book cover design element, 6x9 vertical portrait aspect ratio. Solid pure blackbackground with a very faint, subtle dark circuit-board texture etched into the black (barelyvisible, not distracting). No title text, no words, no letters anywhere in the image — this is abackground layer only, text will be added separately.A rectangular icon frame runs around the outer border of the canvas, hugging the edge: 3 smallicons evenly spaced down the left edge, 3 evenly spaced down the right edge,...