Janice's life screeches to a halt when she becomes crippled. In the depths of despair, she draws inspiration at Paws' House, where she meets 3-legged puppy Hope. Despite the handicap, Hope embraces life and infuses Janice with his energy and optimism. Eventually, Janice adopts Hope and they brave life's challenges together.*This is part of a series "Tails of Paws' House", a tribute to the irreplaceable bond between shelter dogs and humans."

While waiting for a family to adopt her from the orphanage, Charlie chances upon an abandoned puppy near Paws' House one day. She brings the puppy back to the orphanage, where a wealthy and loving family await her. Charlie brings the puppy with her to her new home, where they both find forever homes.*This is part of a series "Tails of Paws' House", a tribute to the irreplaceable bond between shelter dogs and humans.*

Faith, an abandoned dog at Paws' House - a no-kill policy shelter - finds a new lease of life when Joe fosters him. Also down in the dumps himself, Joe has Faith to thank for reconciling him with his estranged son back home. With his boundless energy and puppy smarts, Faith takes the family through a new lease of life when he glues them together as a pack.This book is part of a series "Tails of Paws' House", a tribute to the irreplaceable bond between shelter dogs and humans.

Add 'Catch a killer' to your Christmas to-do list!Meet Mac, a retired hero cop with writer's block and a penchant for trouble. What holiday hijinks will he get himself into?Probably a murder investigation.Meet Millie, a local banker and former college athlete who may have a trick or two up her sleeve. What Christmas conundrum will she be brought in to solve?Again, a murder mystery.In this delightful cozy mystery set in downtown Geneva, Illinois, our sar...

A patient-focused practical handbook for rapid acquisition of broad surgical knowledgeThe Surgical Handbook by Michael Karsy and esteemed colleagues addresses training gaps by exposing early trainees, medical students, residents, advanced practice providers, and non-specialists to a diverse array of surgical subspecialty diseases and acute management topics. The impressive breadth of content presented in this resource reflects multidisciplinary contributio...

Navigate the transition to blended learning with this practical field guideBlended is the practical field guide for implementing blended learning techniques in K-12 classrooms. A follow-up to the bestseller Disrupting Class by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael Horn, and Curtis Johnson, this hands-on guide expands upon the blended learning ideas presented in that book to provide practical implementation guidance for educators seeking to incorporate o...

Why the F*&% do I need Life Insurance?It's a question many people ask. And it's a product we really don't want to think about needing because it only pays out when the unthinkable happens. It is a concept that seems macabre and rather morbid, but nothing could be further from the truth.Life Insurance wasn't even on JB's radar for the first thirty-five years of his life.So, why Life Insurance? Why now? Why would JB be writing a book about Life insurance? He has writte...

This book covers one person's story of life with this virus, and the effects it had on his life. There are many I am sure, stories from people living with this, or from people who know someone who has survived polio.This account is written in the victim's own words, as he lived it and viewed his life. It is a personal account.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first comprehensive account of the epoch-making Six-Day War, from the author of Ally—now featuring a fiftieth-anniversary retrospectiveThough it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of figh...

Since the advent of autism as a diagnosed condition in the 1940s, the importance of music in the lives of autistic people has been widely observed and studied. Articles on musical savants, extraordinary feats of musical memory, unusually high rates of absolute or "perfect" pitch, and the effectiveness of music-based therapies abound in the autism literature. Meanwhile, music scholars and historians have posited autism-centered explanatory models to account for the unique musical artistry o...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes a new afterword about the Iran nuclear agreement, the 2016 presidential race, and the future of the U.S.-Israel allianceMichael B. Oren’s memoir of his time as Israel’s ambassador to the United States—a period of transformative change for America and a time of violent upheaval throughout the Middle East—provides a frank, fascinating look inside the special relationship between America and its closest ally in the region....

If 1916 is the founding myth of the Irish state then the famine is the founding tragedy.It was a tragedy on a truly epic scale, the events of the famine came to pass not in one of the worlds poorest nations, but in what was at the time part of metropolitan Britain (following the Act of Union of 1800).Caused by the destruction of the staple food of the ordinary Irishman and women, the potato, by blight. the famine resulted in the massive depopulation of Irel...