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Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life-changing begins. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can't.

Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them.

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother.

Frances is 21 years-old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are interviewed and then befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, the sharply witty and emotion-averse Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.

His full name is Joseph Rooney Smith and he works for the corporation of one of the Tyneside towns as an ‘M.P.’. This has nothing to do with the Houses of Parliament, but is short for ‘Muck Pusher’: Rooney is a dustman. A shy man, Rooney has one aim in life – a comfortable home, but with a difference – he did not want a wife. As a result, Rooney spends his time dodging women; his canniness becomes the envy of his mates and the despair of predatory widows and single women.

Eating good food keeps your body healthy and gives you energy. Every food group is important. What do you eat to stay healthy and strong?

It’s important to take care of your teeth. Flossing and brushing should be part of your every day routine. What are some other ways to keep your teeth healthy?

Emily loves to draw perfect houses and perfect trees. Now all of her pictures look funny. What went wrong?

Honest conversations about the stuff I actually think about — leadership, business, marketing, AI, start-ups, social media, design, motivation, and the harder stuff too: depression, mind management, the things most people won't talk about out loud. I'm Colin Rooney. I run Wonder Works. I'll talk about whatever's worth talking about that week, sometimes deeply researched and evidence-backed, sometimes just me being raw about something I've been through. Each episode is whatever it needs to be. Some short, some long. Pull up a chair. Grab a coffee. Let's get into it.

Writing is very important to all of us! But did you know that people in the past did not have the same kind of writing instrument that we use today? Instead of using plastic or metals to create pens, people in the past used feathers to create pens! This story gives a brief history of what people used to write with and how they eventually developed the feather pen! Not only will you have a history of writing, but you will also learn how to create your very own feather pen!

This audiobook provides an introduction to rectangles by identifying things having this shape within a school.

When hard-working animals complain to "the magic desert watcher" about camel's laziness, the watcher agrees to make things more fair.

Princess May and Princess June are on a hunt for something special. Will they get lucky and find what they are looking for?

Up the mountain three trucks go. Guess which truck slides through the snow!

Provides a brief introduction to the game of volleyball as intended to be played by children.

Provides a brief introduction to the game of hockey as intended to be played by children.

What is golf, and how do you play? Learn all about it!

It is state fair time, and Uncle Pete is ready to fill his nephews' stomachs (and his own) with tasty treats. They gobble past the tallest, longest, and fastest things in the state to see the champion of them all: the big pig.

When Jamar sees a newspaper ad for a kite-flying contest, he decides he is up for the challenge. Jamar and his father make a trip to the library, where they find some books on making and flying kites. Jamar learns about lift and drag, but does he learn enough to make the winning kite?

Three truck buddies. One big race. Who will end up in first place?