Lord Grayson Nash is the newly titled Earl of Ravenswood but has spent most of his adult life in the service of his majesty’s army. As the third son, he should never have inherited, but the family curse has taken its toll and he has returned to England with only his young niece to welcome him. If that isn’t bad enough, now he is told he is dying and Grayson is desperate to make prevision for his dear relation. When he meets Emma he sees her quiet courage and valiant heart. She might just b...

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success!When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop...

A blueprint for rescuing our fragile democracy by harnessing AIDemocracy is in retreat at home and abroad. Our institutions and our politics are more broken than ever. At this delicate moment, artificial intelligence has burst onto the scene, a powerful technology that holds as much potential to bolster democracy as to harm it. But we have stopped treating democracy as a solvable problem. We have built extraordinary tools but are not yet using them where they are n...

The State of Play presents an essential first step in understanding how new digital worlds will change the future of our universe. Millions of people around the world inhabit virtual words: multiplayer online games where characters live, love, buy, trade, cheat, steal, and have every possible kind of adventure. Far more complicated and sophisticated than early video games, people now spend countless hours in virtual universes like Second Life and Star Wars Galaxies not to ...

Empower young kids with the help of the critically acclaimed Teeny Tiny SteviesYou're not the boss of what other people think,what they say and how they exist.You're not the boss of how someone else behaves --the positions they take and the decisions they make.But you ARE the boss of one thing ...From Byll and Beth Stephen, the writers behind the ABC TV musical sensation Teeny Tiny Ste...

Government “of the people, by the people, for the people” expresses an ideal that resonates in all democracies. Yet poll after poll reveals deep distrust of institutions that seem to have left “the people” out of the governing equation. Government bureaucracies that are supposed to solve critical problems on their own are a troublesome outgrowth of the professionalization of public life in the industrial age. They are especially ill-suited to confronting today’s complex challenges....

Empowering and fun picture books from the cool musician mums everyone loves to sing along with ...You've got my back, and I know that I've got this,I'll show you how brave I can be.'Cause I had you to teach me.From Byll and Beth Stephen, the writers behind the ABC TV musical sensations Teeny Tiny Stevies, comes a heartwarming story about growing up and moments of everyday bravery – in every stage, and at every age.

Empowering and fun picture books from the cool musician mums everyone loves to sing along with ...Some species sleep wherever they choose to roam,But human beings sleep the very best when they are home.From Byll and Beth Stephen, the writers behind the ABC TV musical sensations Teeny Tiny Stevies, comes a bedtime story for children about the joy of sleeping ... flat on a mattress ... nice and still ... with your eyes closed ... through the n...

Celebrate an Aussie Christmas with the cool musician mums everyone loves to sing along with ...Every year in DecemberChristmas lights go up 'round here.I wait up late till it's darkerto see them in the moonlight.From Byll and Beth Stephen, the writers behind the ABC TV musical sensations Teeny Tiny Stevies, comes a celebration of summer and the joys of an Australian Christmas.Praise for Christmas Days in the...

How to take advantage of technology, data, and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problemsThe challenges societies face today, from inequality to climate change to systemic racism, cannot be solved with yesterday’s toolkit. Solving Public Problems shows how readers can take advantage of digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of our communities to design and deliver powerful solutions to contem...

Collaborative democracy-government with the people-is a new vision of governance in the digital age. Wiki Government explains how to translate the vision into reality. Beth Simone Noveck draws on her experience in creating Peer-to-Patent, the federal government's first social networking initiative, to show how technology can connect the expertise of the many to the power of the few. In the process, she reveals what it takes to innovate in government.Launched in 2007, Peer-t...

Does Jessica know what the truth is? A stunning psychological debut with a shocking twistWhen she arrives at work to discover every trace of the company she was working for has disappeared, Jessica’s life spirals into freefall.Her romance with Michael, a celebrated criminologist is already in trouble. He is sick of her unpredictable behaviour and is convinced she is a fantasist. When his flat is burgled and precious belongings that remind h...