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Skyler has heard the words "sickle cell disease" in his visits to the hospital, but he isn't sure what they mean-until one day when his parents decide to explain his condition during one of their Saturday morning walks. At first, Skyler is confused. What is sickle cell disease? Why does he have it? How many other people have it? What can be done to make sure he stays safe and strong? As Skyler's parents patiently field his questions and educate Skyler...
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"When a strange plastic heatwave threatens life on her island, 12 year old Skyler must conjure up nature's deep magic to save the green world she loves."
Join Skyler, her mum and the climate change children as they set sail to tackle the bumbling world leaders, and the greed that threatens their future.
A 21st century fairy-story about the wisdom and fore-sight of children.
Of magic, green gadgets and hope.
A book and linked website filled with practical...
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She needs a new last name to stay in school. He's willing to help a fellow student. Can this wanna-be wife show the playboy that some things should be taken seriously?
Mallery Viera only has two semesters left to finish her degree. But her green card has expired, and she accidentally filed the wrong paperwork to renew it. In order to stay in the country and finish her education, she needs to get married.
When she pours out her heart to Skyler Walker,...
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New York Times bestselling author of The Falls, Blonde, and We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates returns with a dark, wry, satirical tale-inspired by an unsolved American true-crime mystery. "Dysfunctional families are all alike. Ditto 'survivors. '"So begins the unexpurgated first-person narrative of nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike, the only surviving child of an "infamous" American family. A decade ago the Rampikes were destroyed by the murder...
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"For fans of Julia Glass and Ann Hood, a novel about how the choices we make last a lifetime. Vegas Girls begins when three former high school friends, now in their mid-thirties, reunite in their hometown of Las Vegas-a city they vowed to escape as soon as they could-to celebrate their new lives and revisit old haunts. But what starts out as a week-long, sun-kissed reunion takes a strange turn as mysterious gifts appear, familiar faces pop up in unexpected...
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Skyler Sorensen is a man who is attracted to men. He is married to a wonderful woman who knew all about his sexual preferences before she married him. Together they are each committed to and have faith in their covenants, the Savior, and His Church.
Exclude Not Thyself will remove any doubt you might have as to whether a gay Latter-day Saint can remain a faithful member of the Lord's Church. It walks you through the valuable lessons learned by the...
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linkedin.com
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Learn how to turn contacts into meaningful and mutually beneficial lifelong relationships.
Turning contacts into quality relationships takes effort. It's not enough to connect on LinkedIn or to follow a person's journey on Facebook or Instagram. You need to invest in relationships to strengthen and grow them over time. In this course, Skyler Logsdon—a young, well-connected, and wildly ambitious tech entrepreneur—reveals the strategies that have...
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TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram. These words are enough to strike fear in the heart of any established business owner over thirty-five. But there's good news for entrepreneurs overwhelmed by social trends in digital media: you don't have to be an expert in every platform, change your business model, or hire a marketing intern.
But this doesn't mean your work is done.
You've already conquered the enormous challenge of building a successful company...
13) Great White Lies
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Focusing on the Western Australian Government's decision in January of 2014 to hunt and kill the white shark, a protected species in Australia, filmmaker Skyler Thomas visits Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand to learn more about the shark culling practices in each of those locations. Interviewing scientists, politicians, surfers, and activists, Great White Lies thoroughly examines the history of shark culling and ultimately asks the question,...
14) Forgiveness
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The moment my wife left me, my world shattered into pieces.
I begged her to give me another chance, but she filed for divorce anyway. In a desperate attempt to keep her in my life, I did the unthinkable.
I blackmailed her.
Now she's bound to me for six more months. I'll use this time to prove to her that I'm a changed man. That I'm worthy of another chance.
But just when I think I'm close to winning her over, another man enters the picture. When...
15) Faithless
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From the moment we locked eyes, Mark Walker wanted to own me. Rich, smooth-talking, and handsome as sin, he swept me away to his glamorous world and put a giant rock of a diamond on my finger before I could blink. We were happy at first. We built a home, a family, and a life that seemed perfect on paper. Until one day, I messed it all up with the first man to steal my heart. Fifteen miserable years later, Mark still hasn't forgiven me. Night after...
16) Broken Boy
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Layne has the Daddy of his dreams. Hot, strong, loving, and possessive. At least some of the time. But when the doors are closed and they're alone, everything changes. Layne can't figure out how to fix his Daddy's problems and insecurities. He's resigned himself to a life of fear when he meets the younger Branson. Smart, sweet, and endlessly patient, he's drawn to him. But what does that mean for his current relationship?Branson doesn't have dating...
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A tale of the Incrementalists, a secret society of two-hundred people, with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty-thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, communicate with one another across nations and time, and have a very modest mission: to make the world better, a little bit at a time. Their ongoing argument about just how to accomplish this is older than most of their individual memories.
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"Strike Back! A Modern Tale of AI and Music Artists". Submerge into the electrifying rhythms of the entertainment and performing arts industry with North London's sensational urban rock band, AKH, emerging from the stark realms of Hardwick's social housing. Experience their meteoric rise to fame, their battles with personal demons, and their defiance against the imposing currents of the industry.This compelling read, one of the best books on the music...
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This book chronicles what a concerned and loving mother would do for her children to ensure a balanced upbringing and the opportunity to excel in their field of interest. For almost every event that she attended with her daughter, there is a lesson inserted and a quote. This book serves as a guide for parents who have an average child, who are at wits end trying to figure out how to get that child to excel in something in this information technology...
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There have been a decent amount of hard truths I've had to embrace as a gay Latter-day Saint in order to feel secure and confident in my role as a husband and father. As I've done so, however, I've been able to be successful in creating a joyous and lasting eternal marriage with an amazing woman. It's not a contrived marriage that I have to white-knuckle my way through; it's an intuitive, natural love and companionship that has stood the test of time...
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