Audiobooks narrated by Erin Grassie

The Business of Being a Writer: Second Edition

"A thoroughly revised edition of the comprehensive guide to building and maintaining a successful career in writing. Writers talk about their work in many ways: as an art, as a calling, as a lifestyle. Too often missing from these conversations is the fact that writing is also a business, and those who want to make a living from their writing must understand the basic business principles underlying the industry. The Business of Being a Writer offers the business education writers need but so rarely receive. Jane Friedman is one of today's leading experts on the publishing industry. Through her website, social media presence, online courses, email newsletters, and other media, she helps writers understand how to navigate the industry with confidence and intentionality. This book advises writers on how to build a platform in a way that aligns with their values, how to spot critical mindset issues that might sabotage their efforts before they even begin, how to publish strategically, and what it means to diversify income streams beyond book sales. For this second edition, Friedman has updated every topic to reflect how the industry has evolved over the past half decade. New features include a section on business and legal issues commonly faced by writers, exercises at the end of each chapter, and a wealth of sample materials posted on a companion website. Reaching beyond the mechanical aspects of publishing, The Business of Being a Writer will help both new and experienced writers approach their careers with the same creative spirit as their writing. Friedman is encouraging without sugarcoating reality, blending years of research with practical advice that will help writers market themselves and maximize their writing-related income. Her book will leave them empowered, confident, and ready to turn their craft into a sustainable career. This audiobook is expertly read by Erin Grassie, with audio engineering by Sam Platt. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. PLEASE NOTE: The audiobook includes a supplemental PDF. It will be provided on purchase."

Jane Friedman (Author), Erin Grassie (Narrator)

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Households, Hubbub, & Humor: Comic Tales of American Domestic Disasters

"In the hands of these classic American humorists, even the simplest household task can become a spectacular catastrophe. A cook turns a respectable home upside down. A burglar alarm causes more trouble than any burglar. Weddings descend into chaos, automobiles become runaway hazards, and the well-meaning Peterkin family proves that common sense is anything but common. Filled with wit, satire, unforgettable characters, and laugh-out-loud predicaments, these twenty-six tales celebrate the timeless humor found in family life, social pretensions, neighborhood feuds, and everyday disasters. Featuring the work of renowned authors and hidden gems of classic American fiction, including: Wanted, A Cook, by Alan Dale Mrs. Peterkin Wishes to Go to Drive, by Lucretia P. Hale Our New Bedstead, by Frederick S. Cozzens The Educational Breakfast, by Lucretia P. Hale The Boys around the House, by M Quad The Wolf at Susan's Door, by Anne Warner The Weddin' , by Jennie Betts Hartswick Mrs. Peterkin’s Tea-Party, by Lucretia P. Hale Tempest in a Tub, by James M. Bailey The Widow Bedott's Visitor, by Frances M. Whicher The Trawnbeighs, by Charles Macomb Flandrau Araminta and The Automobile, by Charles Battell Loomis The McWilliamses & the Burglar Alarm, by Mark Twain How We Bought a Sewin' Machine and Organ, by Marietta Holley The Colonel's Clothes, by Caroline Howard Gilman Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion, by Frances M. Whicher Why the Peterkins had a Late Dinner, by Lucretia P. Hale The Peterkins Snowed-Up, by Lucretia P. Hale The Peterkins are Obliged to Move, by Lucretia P. Hale A Kitchen Colonel, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Peterkins at the Farm, by Lucretia P. Hale The Old Maid's House: In Plan, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee, by Lucretia P. Hale Lucilla's Diary, by Lucretia P. Hale The Peterkins’ Christmas-Tree, by Lucretia P. Hale Aunt Pen's Funeral, by Harriet Prescott Spofford"

Alan Dale, Anne Warner, Caroline Howard Gilman, Charles Battell Loomis, Charles Macomb Flandrau, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Frances M. Whicher, Frederick S. Cozzens, Harriet Prescott Spofford, James M. Bailey, Jennie Betts Hartswick, Lucretia P. Hale, M Quad, Marietta Holley, Mark Twain, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, RF Media LLC (Author), Cara Firestone, Erin Grassie, John Hopkinson, Julia Holland, Lauren Pedersen, Marie Mitchell, Stefanie Kay (Narrator)

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Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition)

"Newly Revised and Updated! Are you tormented by extremely distressing thoughts or persistent worries? Compelled to wash your hands repeatedly? Driven to repeat or check certain numbers, words, or actions? If you or someone you love suffers from these symptoms, you may be one of the millions of Americans who suffer from some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. Once considered almost untreatable, OCD is now known to be a highly treatable disorder using behavior therapy. In this newly revised edition of Stop Obsessing! Drs. Foa and Wilson, internationally renowned authorities on the treatment of anxiety disorders, share their scientifically based and clinically proven self-help program that has already allowed thousands of men and women with OCD to enjoy a life free from excessive worries and rituals. You will discover: - Step-by-step programs for both mild and severe cases of OCD - The most effective ways to help you let go of your obsessions and gain control over your compulsions - New charts and fill-in guides to track progress and make exercises easier - Questionnaires for self-evaluation and in-depth understanding of your symptoms - Expert guidance for finding the best professional help - The latest information about medications prescribed for OCD This audiobook is expertly read by Erin Grassie, with audio production by Logan Nyman. It was published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont."

Edna B. Foa, Reed Wilson (Author), Erin Grassie (Narrator)

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Original Horse Bible, 2nd Edition: The Definitive Source for All Things Horse

"Your definitive source for all things horse! - Comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about horses and our relationships with them - 210 breed profiles arranged in alphabetical order and packed with interesting details - 100 training and behavior tips; 50 riding, grooming, and health takeaways; 25 competitive activities, and more - Updated edition includes new information on medications, poisonous plants, natural horsemanship, and more The most comprehensive volume dedicated to horses, Original Horse Bible is a celebration of the relationship between humans and horses, written by two highly regarded horsewomen, the late Moira C. Allen and Sharon Biggs. This guide covers topics that span the horse world, such as evolution, domestication, horseback riding, training, competing, breeding mares, raising foals, and more. Explore profiles of 210 breeds, including rare breeds from around the world. The authors trace the evolution of modern horses from ancient ancestors, describe their looks and uses, and explain the differences between horse colors and what specific characteristics define them. A complete overview of horse reproduction provides tips on choosing a stallion, live cover versus artificial insemination, pregnancy, delivery, and care, imprinting, and handling of the young. The horse-riding section describes English, western, driving competition, rodeo, competitive trail riding, vaulting, polo, and other horse sports, as well as riding instructions, safety, fitness, and riding skills. The horse training section covers various training philosophies, early handling, lessons, and solving problems. Find important information about choosing the right horse for a novice, experienced rider, or family, purchasing the horse, proper equipment, transporting horses, stabling, boarding, feeding, grooming, veterinary care, vaccines, recognizing the signs of a healthy animal, first aid, hoof care, winter wear, battling parasites and pests, avoiding danger in your horse's environment, and alternative care. Information on horse shows and classes, show preparation for both horse and rider, and what to expect at a show is provided with priceless firsthand advice and pointers about how to succeed at events. A section on senior horses discusses a horse's golden years, signs of aging, nutrition and care, retirement from activities, and general care for aging animals. This book belongs in the library of anyone interested in horse-keeping or who admires these magnificent creatures! This audiobook is expertly read by Erin Grassie, with audio engineering by Katie Jackson. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont."

Moira C. Reeve, Sharon Biggs (Author), Erin Grassie (Narrator)

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Chicken Chicken (Goosebumps #53)

"Goosebumps now on Disney+ Everyone in Goshen Falls knows about weird Vanessa. She dresses all in black. Wears black lipstick. And puts spells on people. At least, that's what they say.Crystal and her brother, Cole, know they can't believe everything you hear. But that was before they made Vanessa mad. Before she whispered that strange warning, 'Chicken chicken.'Because now something really weird has happened. Crystal's lips have turned as hard a bird's beak. And Cole has started growing ugle white feathers all over his body..."

R.L. Stine (Author), Erin Grassie (Narrator)

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A Guide to the Human Resource Body of Knowledge

"An essential reference for HR professionals A Guide to the HR Body of Knowledge (HRBoKTM) from HR Certification Institute (HRCI®) is an essential reference book for HR professionals and a must-have guide for those who wish to further their expertise and career in the HR field. This book will help HR professionals align their organizations with essential practices while also covering the Core Knowledge Requirements for all exams administered by HRCI. Filled with authoritative insights into the six areas of HR functional expertise: Business Management and Strategy; Workforce Planning and Employment; Human Resource Development; Compensation and Benefits; Employee and Labor Relations; and Risk Management, this volume also covers information on exam eligibility, and prep tips. Contributions from dozens of HR subject matter experts cover the skills, knowledge, and methods that define the profession's best practices. Whether used as a desk reference, or as a self-assessment, this book allows you to: - Assess your skill set and your organization's practices against the HRCI standard - Get the latest information on strategies HR professionals can use to help their organizations and their profession - Gain insight into the body of knowledge that forms the basis for all HRCI certification exams As the HR field becomes more diverse and complex, HR professionals need an informational 'home base' for periodic check-ins and authoritative reference. As a certifying body for over four decades, HRCI has drawn upon its collective expertise to codify a standard body of knowledge for the field. The HRBoK is the definitive resource that will be your go-to HR reference for years to come. This audiobook is expertly read by Erin Grassie, with audio engineering by Logan Nyman. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont."

Sandra M. Reed (Author), Erin Grassie (Narrator)

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The IEP from A to Z: How to Create Meaningful and Measurable Goals and Objectives

"A truly comprehensive, teacher- and parent-friendly guide to creating clear and effective IEPs With the skyrocketing diagnoses of ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and related conditions in U.S. schools, there is a growing need for information on creating effective IEPs for exceptional students. The IEP From A to Z is a step-by-step guide showing teachers and parents how to get the right education plan in place for students with ADHD, Autism/Asperger's, Emotional/Behavioral Disturbance, and related conditions. - Provides easy-to-understand explanations of the special education process along with a wealth of sample effective IEPs - Explains what is most important for educators and parents to keep in mind during IEP development - Provides content area-specific sample goal and objective templates, general teaching tips for maintaining the IEP, and useful resources From nationally recognized experts in the special education field, this book guides readers through the process of writing thoughtful, intelligent Individualized Education Plans that deliver high-quality, need-based educational programming to exceptional students. This audiobook is expertly read by Erin Grassie with audio engineering by Mike Thal. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont."

Diane Twachtman-Cullen, Jennifer Twachtman-Bassett (Author), Erin Grassie (Narrator)

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Dementia Home Care: How to Prepare Before, During, and After

"Dementia caregivers cope with repetitive questions, mood swings, lost personal space, and live with exhaustion, frustration, and anger. You may not know how to prepare. Dementia Home Care: How to Prepare Before, During, and After by Tracy Cram Perkins covers: - Life hacks like camouflaging doors to prevent wandering, or mom bags for life's little emergencies and what to stock in it for road trips - Distraction Techniques--Nursery Rhymes, warm blankets, food Hoarding-- - Thinning collections during sleep periods, removing trash completely from premises, canceling subscriptions, blocking shopping channels - Information needed by emergency medical personnel--what is needed on a medication list, and list of physical ailments - Working with your Pharmacist--drug interaction checks - Memory Aids--memory boards, memory books, flash cards - Powers of Attorney--Power of Attorney Health Care, Durable Power of Attorney - Death--Contacting the Credit Bureaus to add a Death Watch when a family member dies, reporting a death to Social Security, obtaining death certificates - Distinguishing the difference between a hallucination and - The empty-nester experience after the loss of a loved one--to a nursing facility or to death These are a few of the skills and tips covered in Dementia Home Care. While these tools will not stop dementia, they may ease your pain--and these skills can be taught to anyone. Whether you read from cover to cover or are a page-fanner, Dementia Home Care will help you maintain your humor and your emotional connection with your loved one longer. The purpose of Dementia Home Care is to help you look back with pride and joy. This audiobook is skillfully read by Erin Grassie, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Allie McSwain."

Tracy Cram Perkins (Author), Erin Grassie (Narrator)

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Poems of Emily Dickinson – Series 1

"Emily Dickinson was one of the most reclusive of all poets. She spent much of her life in seclusion in her father’s house in Amherst, and only a handful of her 1800 poems were published in her lifetime. Credit for the posthumous publication of her work must be given to her editor and friend Thomas W. Higginson, who reported that, in spite of the voluminous correspondence which passed between himself and Dickinson, he only met her twice in person. Dickinson’s poems are all short; few of them exceed twenty lines. Within her writing, the most mundane events of domestic life appear as events of momentous significance. The original editors of this collection write that, “The main quality of these poems is that of extraordinary grasp and insight, uttered with an uneven vigor, sometimes exasperating, seemingly wayward, but really unsought and inevitable.”"

Emily Dickinson (Author), Amy Soakes, Anthony St. Pierre, Brandon Keener, Caroline Mclaughlin, Charlie Albers, Denis Daly, Erin Bateman, Erin Grassie, Ginger White, Gregory Dwyer, Jennifer Fournier, Kendra Murray, Kylie Elliott, Larry Wilson, Lee Ann Howlett, Lillian Warkentin, Linda Barrans, Lisa Negrón, Lyndal Curran Doolan, Marie Hoffman, Melissa Green, Nancy Beard, Peter Sardi, Roberta Jackson, Ron Altman, Sara Sheckells, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Susan Iannucci, Tim Dehn (Narrator)

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience

"This collection arguably contains some of the most charming lyrics ever written in English. The childlike simplicity and trust of these artless verses are unique. Blake’s poems can be enjoyed, not only for their historical importance in an age which was fiercely proud of its genius and its traditions, but also for their simple and beautiful expression of “two contrary states of the human soul.” Songs of Innocence was originally a complete collection of twenty-three poems, first printed in 1789. In 1794, a composite collection entitled Songs of Innocence and of Experience, containing forty-seven poems, was published."

William Blake (Author), Adam Skousen, Aisling Gray, Alan Weyman, Ben Stevens, Blaise Doran, Bria Sterling, Charlie Albers, Christianne Lupher, Denis Daly, Emma Faye, Erin Grassie, Gary Mcfadden, Ginger White, Graham Scott, Gregory Dwyer, John Burlinson, Kendra Murray, Kris Keppeler, Laura E. Richcreek, Lee Ann Howlett, Linda Barrans, Lisa Negrón, Lyndal Curran Doolan, Nancy Beard, Rhonda Federman, Roberta Jackson, Ron Altman, Rosalind Murphy, Sarah Bacaller, Shane Emmett, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Stephen Gage, Terah Tucker, Tim Dehn, Trisha Rose (Narrator)

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English Idylls and Other Poems

"This collection contains several of Tennyson’s best-known poems and shows his mastery of both lyricism and epic narrative. Contents: “The Epic - Morte d’Arthur” “The Gardener’s Daughter, or The Pictures” “Dora” “The Talking Oak” “Love and Duty” “Ulysses” “Locksley Hall” “Godiva” The Day-dream” “St. Agnes’ Eve” “Sir Galahad” “To , after reading a Life and Letters” “Lady Clare” “The Lord of Burleigh” “Come not, when I am dead” “The Beggar Maid” “A Farewell” “The Eagle” “Break, break, break” “Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington” “The Charge of the Light Brigade” “The Brook. An Idyll” “The Daisy” “To the Rev. F. D. Maurice” “Will” “Tithonus”"

Alfred Lord Tennyson (Author), Denis Daly, Erin Grassie (Narrator)

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Now We Are Six

"This collection of 35 short poems was first published in 1927, and is a sequel to When We Were Very Young, which was the first anthology of verse dealing with the domestic adventures of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh. As the author explains in the introduction: “We have been nearly three years writing this book. We began it when we were very young … and now we are six. So, of course, bits of it seem rather baby-ish to us, almost as if they had slipped out of some other book by mistake. So we want you to know that the name of the book doesn’t mean that this is us being six all the time, but that it is about as far as we’ve got at present, and we half think of stopping there.”"

A. A. Milne (Author), Aisling Gray, Alan Weyman, Amy Soakes, Bob Gonzalez, Cath Bilson, Daniela Acitelli, David K. Martin, Denis Daly, Emma Faye, Erin Grassie, Gary Macfadden, Graham Scott, Jd Sutter, Jennie Litt, Jennifer Fournier, John Burlinson, Kathleen Li, Kendra Murray, Kris Keppeler, Lee Ann Howlett, Linda Barrans, Lucy Bacaller, Marty Krz, Melissa Green, Phil Chenevert, Rebecca H. Lee, Roberta Jackson, Rosalind Murphy, Sarah Bacaller, Sarah Jane Rose, Shane Hughes, Sumara Meers, Susan Iannucci, Ted Wenskus, Terah Tucker, Tim Dehn (Narrator)

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