The Secret to Clara's Calm


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Clara was a happy girl—until suddenly something didn’t go her way. Clara was a happy and popular girl. But when she lost her temper one too many times, she lost her friends with it. Clara was left all alone for summer vacation, until she received an unexpected visit from the coolest customer around: Brodhi the Bird. Over butter tarts, Brodhi teaches Clara to calm her temper through the art of meditation. Come September, Clara’s ready to go back to school and win back her friends—but will her newfound sense of calm survive the first day?




Project E.D.E.N.


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Cedric wanted to dream of being a normal seventeen-year-old boy, but instead each night he is forced to walk through others' dreams...and nightmares. Moving from one place to the next with the only family he has ever known, he finds himself in Savannah, Georgia. His responsibility has always been to stay invisible, which becomes complicated when he meets a girl with an even more electrifying life than his own. Questioning his existence, he learns of his birthplace, Initium. The city of Initium is a secret government project that contains a utopian society that has evolved without the help of Mother Nature. Cedric finds that for every answer he receives, there are only more questions. He isn't sure if he has time to learn about history's best-kept secret before the known world is destroyed in the secret city's quest to control the future.







Secret of that Night


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When Ethan is mysteriously murdered in his own home, the shocking truth unravels, sending ripples through their close-knit circle. Clara, a homemaker, is shattered by the sudden loss of her husband. As the police begin their investigation, no one can fathom who would want Ethan dead—or why. Among the few people who truly knew the couple is Emily, a college friend who shares a strong bond with them both. But the real twist begins when a shadowy figure enters Clara’s life. This unknown man offers Clara an irresistible deal: a better lifestyle and a lucrative sum of money in exchange for one unthinkable act—murdering her own husband. Clara is horrified by the request, but as her life begins to unravel, doubts and greed creep into her mind. Desperate for an escape and lured by the promise of a new life, she agrees to go through with the plan. Ethan is found dead, but the mystery deepens. Did Clara truly go through with the heinous crime, or is someone else pulling the strings? In a shocking twist, the police investigation takes an unexpected turn, revealing secrets darker than anyone could have imagined. Clara may have agreed to a deadly pact, but she’s not the one holding the weapon. Someone else—a faceless mastermind—has been orchestrating the events from behind the scenes, leading to a final revelation that no one sees coming. Secret of That Night is a gripping tale of betrayal, manipulation, and the destructive power of greed. With layers of suspense and a series of unforeseen twists, this psychological thriller keeps you guessing until the very last page. Who really killed Ethan? Why was Clara targeted? Find out out at the end of the book.




Mindfulness in Early Years


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This book is an accessible companion for all early years practitioners to explore how mindfulness can be integrated into an early years learning environment. It presents topical theory and research, giving practical advice on using mindfulness as an everyday pedagogical tool to improve the emotional wellbeing of children, families and staff members. Providing a step-by-step approach for adopting mindfulness practices, the book offers photocopiable resources, information on mindfulness techniques and opportunities for critical reflection to help create a ‘mindful early years curriculum’. Chapters follows the four pillars of Calm, Acceptance, Relational Approach and Empathy, and include: The benefits of adopting a mindful approach in the early years The importance of staff wellbeing A template mindful curriculum for practitioners to adapt and use Case studies of effective mindful practices Resources, activities and techniques to create your own mindfulness toolkit This delightful book will be a source of inspiration for early years practitioners, early years teachers and those who are interested in introducing and embedding mindfulness into early years practice.




Clara Barton


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A story focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.







Clara Schumann Studies


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Since the 1980s, when she re-emerged from the peripheries into a more central position in music studies, Clara Schumann (1819–1896) has exerted an enduring fascination over the scholarly and popular imagination. Revisionist biographies, the uncovering of primary sources (diaries, letters, memorabilia), and filmic and literary depictions of Schumann have all brought into sharper focus the details and reception of her life, while simultaneously drawing attention to how much there is still to learn about her creativity. This book brings together a team of leading scholars to reappraise Clara Schumann in three particular respects: first, by delving deeper into her social and musical contexts; secondly, by offering fresh analytical perspectives on her songs and instrumental music; and thirdly, by reconsidering her legacy as a pianist and teacher. In doing so, the volume not only contributes to a rounded picture of Schumann's creative vision, but also opens up new pathways in the wider study of women in music.




Clara Cameron


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Becoming Clara Schumann


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Well before she married Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann was already an internationally renowned pianist, and she concertized extensively for several decades after her husband's death. Despite being tied professionally to Robert, Clara forged her own career and played an important role in forming what we now recognize as the culture of classical music. Becoming Clara Schumann guides readers through her entire career, including performance, composition, edits to her husband's music, and teaching. Alexander Stefaniak brings together the full run of Schumann's concert programs, detailed accounts of her performances and reception, and other previously unexplored primary source material to illuminate how she positioned herself within larger currents in concert life and musical aesthetics. He reveals that she was an accomplished strategist, having played roughly 1,300 concerts across western and central Europe over the course of her six-decade career, and she shaped the canonization of her husband's music. Extraordinary for her time, Schumann earned success and prestige by crafting her own playing style, selecting and composing her own concerts, and acting as her own manager. By highlighting Schumann's navigation of her musical culture's gendered boundaries, Becoming Clara Schumann details how she cultivated her public image in order to win over audiences and embody some of her field's most ambitious aspirations for musical performance.