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This vibrant, illustrated guide to the ins and outs of United States politics provides a clearer understanding of the current events and regular processes that shape this nation and the world.Decipher the American political system with this clear, easy-to-understand guide to the basics of the United States political system, from the founding of the thirteen colonies, to the foundations of the constitution, to how elections work. You’ll also find information about the history and context of current issues, like how Supreme Court justices are appointed; the electoral college and the popular vote; and how to get involved in the political process. Perfect for anyone looking for information on basic political processes, The Infographic Guide to American Government includes graphics that help simplify a range of topics from the Revolutionary War to all about a free press.

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Enjoy the numerous benefits of meal prepping especially for the vegan diet with this helpful guide!The hardest part of starting any new diet is committing to it—the vegan diet is no exception. You have every intention to stick to a plant-based diet…but then you get home from a long day of work and the urge to just order a pizza overcomes you. This is where meal prepping helps! By making all of your meals ahead of time and having them easily accessible and ready to go, it’s easier to fight off the cravings and stick to your healthy new diet. It’s also a great strategy to save tons of time and money! The Everything Vegan Meal Prep Cookbook provides hundreds of vegan recipes that make it easy to commit to your new diet—from a quinoa burrito bowl to slow cooker tortilla soup to fruit-on-the-bottom overnight oats, there’s something for every meal of the day! With this book and just a little advanced planning each wee

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Utilize food as your all-natural solution to sleeplessness with this easy guide that teaches you just what to eat—and when to eat it—to fall asleep faster and wake up refreshed. We’ve all heard that it’s the turkey that makes you so sleepy after every Thanksgiving dinner, and a cup of warm milk is just the thing to help you settle down for night, but it may surprise you to find just how much what you eat can affect how well you sleep at night. Whether you experience occasional insomnia or suffer from chronic sleeplessness, Eat to Sleep explains which foods to eat and when to eat them in order to get the best night’s rest possible. With information on how to easily incorporate “sleepy” foods into your diet, and how to prepare your food to increase its sleep-inducing effectiveness, Eat to Sleep shows you the way to getting optimal shuteye—naturally.

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Simplify the vegan diet and customize it to fit your lifestyle with this accessible, easy-to-use guide!The vegan diet has been taking the world by storm and is seemingly becoming more and more popular by the day. But with so many rules and restrictions, it can be hard to know where to start when committing to plant-based eating. Vegan Basics is here to help make veganism work for you, not the other way around. Vegan Basics acknowledges that just because a diet works one way for one person doesn’t mean it will work the same way for everyone. Instead, it offers ways to modify and customize plant-based eating to suit your needs, through short, easy-to-understand explanations of the key principles of the vegan diet that you can adapt as you see fit. Are you just not ready to give up cheese or the occasional burger? Or maybe you’re interested in vegan cooking simply as a way to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables in your diet

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Find the perfect way to take a meaningful break and relax your mind and body in just five minutes with this handy, portable guide featuring 100 different yoga sequences to improve focus, mood, energy level, and more.In 5-Minute Yoga, you’ll find 100 yoga sequences that can help you refresh your body and mind in only five minutes. Each sequence—designed to provide a specific benefit to your body, mind, and spirit—contains a detailed explanation with illustrations of each pose so it’s easy to follow along. This guide also includes a glossary with illustrations and short explanations of each yoga pose featured throughout the book—perfect for beginners! Whether you need a quick moment of peace during a hectic day or a chance to promote strength and flexibility to benefit your body, 5-Minute Yoga is sure to give you the restart you need.

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A whimsical, humorous imagining of what unicorns really think and what they truly love—including recipes for unicorn food, crafts, and the history of these mythical creatures.Glitter. Sparkles. Rainbows and shimmering manes. Sure, unicorns are magical, and their reputations have taken the world by storm, but how much do we know about what unicorns really think? What’s their favorite cookie? What about their favorite color? Would they really drink that pastel milkshake you found on Pinterest? They sure would! In Stuff Unicorns Love, you’ll get a guided tour of unicorns’ most treasured things straight from a unicorn’s mouth—from food recipes and crafts to beauty tips and their favorite activities. Learn the truth about these adorable (and painfully honest) creatures, as well as the facts behind their origins. With illustrations and tons of fascinating unicorn facts throughout, this is a perfect gift for unicorn lovers of all ages.

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This beautiful, inspiring book features 160 impactful, practical ways to transform everyday tasks into enjoyable, indulgent moments that reduce stress and leave you feeling balanced, connected, and ready to take on the day.In Rituals for Life, you’ll discover how to transform everyday activities such as waking, bathing, eating, and walking into mindfulness exercises. With 160 rituals throughout, you’ll learn how to infuse meaning into your daily life and improve your sense of health, empowerment, peace, prosperity, gratitude, intentionality, groundedness, and renewal. Examples of rituals include: -Greet the dawn -Walk through green space to reflect, refresh, and restore healthy well-being -Heat or cool your body with Ayurvedic spices -Use your breath to find bliss -Create a personal ceremony to bless your healthy body and creative mind Within each chapter, you’ll find suggested ritual sequences to further guide and

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“Want to better manage your money? This book will show you how...It simply delivers a tough topic in graphically appealing, digestible bites.” —The Washington Post Balance your budget, plan for your future, and breeze through confusing details with this easy-to-follow illustrated personal finance guide. Get your finances in shape! In The Infographic Guide to Personal Finance, you will learn all the skills you need to make good financial decisions and grow your personal wealth. Full of colorful descriptions organized in an easy-to-read format, this book contains infographics such as: -Choosing your bank -Building an emergency fund -Choosing a financial planner -Where your money is going -What not to buy -Health insurance -Property insurance -What federal taxes pay for With the help of this guide, you’ll learn how to make good investments, save for big things like a house or college tuition, budget, and more!

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After facing a vicious drug cartel in Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly sanctuary, Juan Pablo and his best friend Rocio risk everything and try to escape the cartel’s henchmen—determined to pursue them at all costs—by following the butterflies’ migration all the way to California.Juan Pablo lives in El Rosario, Mexico’s butterfly sanctuary, where millions of winged creatures gather together in one magical place. It is his home, his life. He loves his music, the butterflies, and his grandmother, who has fallen fatally ill—which is why he can’t leave, even when a nefarious drug cartel overtakes the town. But the threat of the cartel becomes ever more menacing, finally endangering the life of his best friend Rocio, the girl he loves. In a heroic act of desperation to save her, Juan Pablo poisons eight members of the cartel. Together, Juan Pablo and Rocio flee, following the instructions his grandmother gave before she took her last breath: Follow the migration of the butterflies, where someone will be waiting for you. But are they following the wings of freedom? Or death?

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From YouTube personality KL Cao (IamKayElle) comes the first step-by-step temporary tattoo book to help you rock a variety of on-trend tattoo styles for any occasion.Free spirits can now match their body art to their mood—and be ready to accessorize for the moment, no matter where, what, or when! In DIY Temporary Tattoo Art, vlogger and fashionista KL Cao uses a variety of easy-to-find materials like tissue paper, pressed flowers, gold leaf, henna ink, and more to give you what you need to amp up your style. Her thirty-five simple temporary tattoo projects include flash (metallic/shimmering), black-light reactive, watercolor style, freckle temporary tattoos, henna tattoos, and many more! So whether you want to rock glow-in-the-dark armbands at the club or show off your flower power in full force at a music festival, DIY Temporary Tattoos can help you make a statement without saying a word.

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Create gorgeous botanical art to transform any space!

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A modern twist on classic one-pot cooking! Discover fresh, innovative, one-pot recipes that definitely go above and beyond your mom's favorite weeknight go-to meals. With easy instructions, and even easier cleanup--as well as beautiful ingredients and modern flavor combinations--anyone can make these fabulous dinner party crowd pleasers! Whether you're into sweet-and-savory combinations like Baked Apple Butter Steak with Sweet Potatoes and Butternut Squash Soup with Kielbasa and Wild Rice or international flavor favorites like Beef and Roasted Vegetables with Provencal Vinaigrette and Curried Chicken with Avocado, with more than 200 one-pot recipes to choose from, you'll never run out of easy, artisan meals that are simple to make and effortless to clean up!

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Patricia Evans’s bestselling and “groundbreaking” (Newsweek) guide to overcome verbal abuse that has helped over half a million readers worldwide is now available for Spanish language readers.“Un libro pionero . . .” —Newsweek   En esta tercera edición totalmente ampliada y actualizada del clásico éxito de ventas, conocerás por qué el abuso verbal está más extendido que nunca y cómo puedes lidiar con él. Tendrás más respuestas para reconocer el abuso cuando sucede, para responder a los abusadores de forma segura y adecuada, y lo que es más importante, llevar una vida más sana y más feliz.   En dos capítulos totalmente nuevos, Evans revela las situaciones de estrés exterior que conducen al aumento del abuso verbal, y te muestra cómo puedes mitigar sus efectos devastadores en tus r

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This book helps adults manage and release their stress in a creative, relaxing and therapeutic way-through coloring intricate line-art patterns.

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Charlotte survived four long years as a prisoner in the attic of her kidnapper, sustained only by dreams of her loving family. The chance to escape suddenly arrives, and Charlotte fights her way to freedom. But an answered prayer turns into heartbreak. Losing her has torn her family apart. Her parents have divorced: Dad's a glutton for fame, Mom drinks too much, and Charlotte's twin is a zoned-out druggie. Her father wants Charlotte write a book and go on a lecture tour, and her mom wants to keep her safe, a virtual prisoner in her own home. But Charlotte is obsessed with the other girl who was kidnapped, who never got a second chance at life--the girl who nobody but Charlotte believes really existed. Until she can get justice for that girl, even if she has to do it on her own, whatever the danger, Charlotte will never be free. "For all of us who have watched the chilling news of kidnapped females rescued and thought 'There but for the grace of God' and 'How do they go on?'...here is the answer fully imagined, exquisitely written, ultimately triumphant. You will cry all the way through this story but you will not put it down." ~Jennifer Echols, award-winning author of Going Too Far "Kensie deftly explores what happens after the supposedly happy ending of a nightmare. But nothing is as simple as it seems--not even the truth." ~April Henry, author of The Girl I Used to Be; Girl, Stolen; and The Night She Disappeared "A captivating story of self-(re)discovery, Clara Kensie's Aftermath introduces us to Charlotte, a sixteen-year-old girl trying hard to reclaim her place in a family decimated by her kidnapping four years earlier. Charlotte wants only to catch up to her twin Alexa and live out all the plans they'd made as children, but finds the journey back to 'normal' is not only hers to take. Charlotte is a heroine to cheer for...with gut-twisting bravery and raw honesty, she takes us through that journey--back to the unspeakable tortures she endured in captivity and forward to how those years scarred her family, leaving us intensely hopeful and confident that she will not merely survive, but triumph." ~Patty Blount, author of Some Boys; Send; TMI; and Nothing Left to Burn "Delving deep into the darkness of abduction and its 'Aftermath,' Kensie takes us on an unflinching journey of healing, courage, and triumph of the human spirit. Heartbreaking, yet stubbornly hopeful." ~Sonali Dev, author of A Bollywood Affair and The Bollywood Bride "Aftermath is a timely, powerful portrait of hope amid tragedy, strength amid brokenness, and the healing power of forgiveness." ~Erica O'Rourke, award-winning author of the Torn trilogy and the Dissonance series "Gripping, powerful, deeply moving, Aftermath is a book I didn't want to end. It's written with such compassion that it will help readers heal. A must-read." ~Cheryl Rainfield, author of Scars and Stained A Children's Book Review pick for one of the Best New Young Adult Books, November 2016

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Linda Abbit, founder of Tender Loving Eldercare and a veteran of the caregiving industry, shares her advice on taking care of an older parent or loved one and how to handle everything that goes along with this dramatic life change.Being a caregiver can be a difficult role. It requires patience, tenderness, selflessness, and hard work. Providing care for someone, whether it’s a parent, a loved one, or as a professional requires a high level of self-love and self-care. But while it may be a rewarding experience to care for a loved one, the emotional and physical stress of caregiving can lead to burnout and exhaustion—causing caregivers to put themselves and their own well-being in the background. How can you fulfill your role as a caregiver without losing yourself? Conscious Caregiver teaches you how to navigate caring for your loved one, whether it’s full-time in-house caregiving or hiring support from outside services. With informa

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Easy to read and to solve!   Tired of straining your eyes trying to solve too-small crossword puzzles? Then The Everything Easy Large-Print Crosswords Book, Volume 7 is for you. Everything is bigger--the clues, the numbers, the grids--even the answers! Each of these brand-new puzzles is in easy-to-read large-print format--and a cinch to solve. Solve puzzles with lightly challenging clues like: Refrain in 'Old MacDonald' (EIEIO) Actor Holbrook (HAL) Gomer of TV (PYLE) Break, as a balloon (POP) Whether you're a beginner or an experienced crossword fan, these light and easy puzzles are perfect for taking a break--without having to use a dictionary!

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From the editor-in-chief of PRINT magazines, it's the inspirational reference every creative needs with hundreds of creativity-sparking quotations from artists, writers, designers, and thinkers.

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Discover the healing art of reflexology!The healing art of reflexology uses specific thumb and finger techniques to teach the body to redirect and release the blocked energy that causes pain and illness.

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Help your child feel confident and capable!If your child has been given a diagnosis of anxiety, you may be feeling overwhelmed and unsure of what to do next. With The Conscious Parent's Guide to Childhood Anxiety, you will learn how to take a relationship-centered approach to parenting that engages your child and ensures that he succeeds behaviorally, socially, and cognitively. Conscious parenting is about being present with your child and taking the time to understand how to help him flourish. By practicing this mindful method, you can support your child emotionally and help nurture his development.This easy-to-use guide helps you to: Communicate openly with your child about anxiety Build a supportive home environment Determine your child's anxiety triggers Learn strategies that will help your child release anxiety and feel calm Teach your child long-term coping skills Discipline your child without incre

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'Beautiful flower designs range from simple to elaborate in this stress-free coloring book. Take some new colored pencils out for a spin, choose a color scheme and fill in some scenes of your favorite flora.' --Parade.com Free your mind with these beautiful floral designs!Stress Less Coloring: Flower Patterns inspires you to find peace and relaxation through nature's beauty. Filled with 100+ stunning floral designs, this book allows you to calm your mind, relieve stress, and manage anxiety in a therapeutic way. Each page encourages you to express yourself by using your own unique palette to fill in the black-and-white prints. Soon, you'll clear all worries from your mind as you concentrate on coloring in these gorgeous patterns.Whether you're new to art therapy or have been coloring for years, this book will help you find your inner calm and creativity--one page at a time.

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When you homeschool your children, you can shape their education according to your own standards, values, and ideas. In The Everything Guide to Homeschooling, homeschooler Sherri Linsenbach provides you with all the information, inspiration, and encouragement you need to easily and successfully homeschool your children from grades K-12.

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The best of both worlds!You might think that paleo and vegan diets are complete opposites. But that's not true! There are plenty of foods besides meat in the paleo diet. After all, our ancestors were hunters and gatherers, and they likely ate plant-based diets for much of the time. Both paleo and vegan diets focus on clean eating, and The Everything Vegan Paleo Cookbook provides readers with 300 deliciously clean recipes that focus on fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts, sprouts, and healthy fats, including: Two-Tomato Salsa Avocado-Watermelon Salad Almond Joy Smoothie Acorn Squash Autumn Bisque Veggie Kebabs with Chimichurri Sauce Tropical Cashew Nut Butter Pistachio-Pumpkin Trail Mix Plum Blueberry Coconut Crumble With these full-flavored, whole-food recipes, you’ll have hundreds of options for following both the paleo and vegan lifestyles.

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As Featured in Entertainment Weekly Easy solutions for life's toughest scenariosWhen there's a 1 in 12 million chance of a shark attack occurring and a 1 in 5 chance of bed-bug infestation, it's easy to see which scenario is worth preparing for. What Do I Do If...? helps you solve the far more common, but no less devastating, of life's little curveballs. From accidentally dropping your ring down the drain to blowing out a tire at 65 mph to dealing with a friend who won't pay you back, each entry offers practical advice for fixing or getting out of just about any situation. With these handy instructions, you'll finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief when your boss comes onto you, your brakes fail, or you get trapped in an avalanche.Filled with 120 valuable solutions to life's toughest problems, this book is there to save the day when you run into some bad luck and have no idea what to do next.

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A unique food plan to combat your acid reflux!If you''re one of the millions of Americans who suffers from acid reflux, there is hope - in the form of a new low-carbohydrate, low-glycemic diet that can help quiet the painful symptoms of acid reflux. A low-carbohydrate, whole-food diet can reduce inflammation and allow your entire digestive system to heal. Inside, you''ll find more than 180 recipes for delicious grain-free, low-glycemic, all-natural meals, including: Spinach and Gorgonzola Egg-White Omelet Garlic and Cheddar Biscuits Pear and Ginger Smoothie Grilled Pork and Mango Salsa Sandwich Thai Chicken with Peanut Dipping Sauce Rosemary Pork Chops with Apples and Raisins Asian Sesame-Crusted Scallops Beef Bourguignon Bean and Vegetable Chili Smooth Cauliflower Soup with Coriander Dark Chocolate, Walnut, and Hazelnut Torte Nut-Crusted Key Lime Pie With The Every

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When it comes to eating healthfully, modern moms face constant challenges. Unnatural and unhealthy processed foods - many touted as healthy or low-fat - are everywhere, and they make eating a balanced diet particularly difficult. But millions of women have improved their diets with the Paleo lifestyle, and now pregnant women can, too! The Everything Paleo Pregnancy Book shows you how to follow the Paleo diet during pregnancy and beyond - safely and successfully. With this pregnancy companion in hand, you’ll learn how to: Tailor the Paleo diet to meet your pregnancy needs Add the freshest, healthiest foods to your diet Combat cravings and morning sickness Exercise safely, both before and after birth Provide your body with the nutrients it needs for breastfeeding Here''s all you need for a healthy Paleo pregnancy - realistic meal plans, 125 delicious recipes, and steps for transitioning the diet for a post-pregnancy body. You''

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This guide shows you how to harness the power of meditation in your daily life with a variety of meditation techniques that you can learn and carry out in just a few minutes. From breathing exercises that can help you quickly calm down in a stressful situation to mantras that can help you state your intentions for the day.

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