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Enjoy this collection of stories for children about seaside stories. In "A Day at Liberty Bay", you will experience the wonder of Liberty Bay and learn about its aquatic life with Ben and his new friend, Samantha. Also included are five other stories about kids exploring animals by the water: "Ghost Crabs", "Turtle Rescue", "Counting Horseshoe Crabs", "Sally's Rescue", and "Swan Lake."

It’s been almost a year since crime boss Alex Nicholas was killed on his home turf in Queens, and his straight-arrow brother Michael inherited the elder Nicholas’ loan sharking and betting business. Unfortunately for Michael, he also inherited Alex’s enemies—and there seem to be a lot of them. As Michael learns to navigate a world he once shunned and feared, he’s both helped and hindered by his friends, his wife Samantha, his bodyguard Sindy Steele, who’s every bit as lethal as she is stunning, and his brother Alex, who may not be as dead as everyone thinks.…

It’s two years since crime boss Alex Nicholas was murdered, and his brother Michael is still on the trail of the killers. From the streets of New York to the sidewalks of Paris and ultimately the sanctity of The Vatican, Michael’s search uncovers more than he expected. Memories and secrets from World War II which were meant to be hidden from the world resurface as Michael, Sindy Steele, and Alex discover that what was stolen cannot be kept from the world any longer.

In The Practice of Folklore: Essays Toward a Theory of Tradition, author Simon J. Bronner works with theories of cultural practice to explain the social and psychological need for tradition in everyday life. Bronner proposes a distinctive “praxic” perspective that will answer the pressing philosophical as well as psychological question of why people enjoy repeating themselves. The significance of the keyword practice, he asserts, is the embodiment of a tension between repetition and variation in human behavior.

Simone, meglio conosciuto come Simon J, è nel mondo delle radio dall’estate del 2001, ma la sua passione ha origini più lontane, quando da piccolino andava in giro col microfono per intervistare i suoi parenti durante i pranzi o le cene. Ha iniziato come fonico e regista, ma la sua vera passione era stare davanti…