Most Popular Books by Anne Hunter

Rhyming text introduces readers to a number of native New Zealand birds. Includes the English and Maori names and quirky facts about the birds.

THE ESSENTIAL TO GREAT SLEEP This book walks you through a simple, step-by-step sleep technique that doesn''t require any complicated diets or medicines. Observe notable results in just five days to four weeks. You should read this book if you''re looking for ways to get the rest you need. Disrupted sleep patterns and circadian rhythm disorders are becoming the norm in a hectic culture where it is getting harder to decompress. It is understandable why more than 35% of Americans experience the crippling affects of sleep disturbances each year. Who better to give useful tips that will improve your sleep than someone who has faced and overcome the challenges of insomnia? This powerful technique gives you the chance to have a restful night''s sleep by bringing you the potential of surprisingly easy changes to your environment and sensible and practical techniques to fall asleep faster. A MUST-HAVE GUIDE FOR EVERYONE Recognize sleep: Learn the fundamentals of restful sleep, its significance to general wellbeing, and the effects of insomnia on your health. Determine the causes: Get rid of tension, get anxiety alleviation, and become aware of typical triggers that could prevent you from getting a good night''s sleep. Create a routine: To improve mindfulness, reduce anxiety, and promote peaceful sleep each night, develop healthy sleeping practices. For long-term advantages, learn to sustainably control your sleep rhythm. Learn how to "micro-nap" to increase your energy levels all day long and much more... HELP FIX SLEEP PROBLEMS LIKE: both transient and persistent insomnia irregular sleeping patterns sleep-related stress and anxiety irregular sleeping patterns abnormalities of the circadian cycle associated to sleep Syndrome of insufficient slumber Responses to inquiries like: How can I get to sleep quicker and wake up rested every day? How can I control my sleep-related stress and anxiety? Is not getting enough sleep dangerous? What should I do to improve my sleep? How do I effectively use a sleep meditation? How can I consistently sleep with this advice? The Self-Empowering Sleep Book is the go-to manual for improving sleep and bringing about lasting transformation for a happy existence.

The Making of a School Shooter The alarming subject of my ground-breaking novel is the most severe repercussion of bullying. This story needs to be told. How do normal children become deranged killers as adolescents? Ravi Singh, a highly intelligent, sensitive, teenaged boy living in an average North American suburb, is persecuted in school, on the street and at home. His development, or rather disintegration, is set against the backdrop of typical high school life. Ever present are the harsh realities of an intolerant culture. Ravi is alienated not only because of his Pakistani heritage, but also due to an orientation difference, a result of his high I.Q. A scapegoat in a merciless milieu, friendless and addicted to alcohol, his only escape, he acts out in school and ends up expelled as well as banished from his family. A sympathetic teacher and a guidance counsellor are powerless to stop his descent into depression and, ultimately, depravity. He enters a treatment facility for addiction and seems to be making progress until a series of ill-fated events lead him to abandon any attempts to reform. A need to belong draws him naively into a dangerous gang which nurtures his anger and provides him with the impetus to retaliate. When his rage finally erupts, it comes as a mystical revelation, a delusional solution to his and the world''s problems. For Ravi, his rampage is cathartic, an act of justice, but to others it is traumatizing, an incomprehensible example of the youth violence which plagues our society. Ravi''s sad story is set against a backdrop of a lighter nature, the lives of three other teenagers. Sean and Janis are entertaining if not likeable, and the studious Fiona is the voice of reason and finally a champion of justice. Amid parties, the prom, dating and gossip, at school, at home and at the mall, they inadvertently contribute to the book''s harrowing climax.

The simmering rivalry between Pearl sorority president Susie Madden and failed presidential hopeful Paula Parker comes to a head when Susie''s younger sister Nancy, a girl clearly not suited for Pearl, pledges her sister''s sorority.

Liz Moore, the treasurer of the Pearl sorority, tries to discover who stole money from the sorority''s cashbox.

Follows the adventures of five feisty children in a small Ontario town during the 1950s.

Incarcerated individuals have many needs that are not addressed while incarcerated or upon return to the community. These needs are exacerbated by the ''collateral consequences,'' and ''invisible punishments'' of a criminal conviction which are the state and federal social policies that limit formerly incarcerated persons opportunities for voting, employment, housing, financial benefits, and education, among others. The stigma associated with a criminal conviction may impact offender reentry and reintegration and be compounded by reentry policies.