Life has a way of just being existence until you find the reason to truly live. I made a difference in other people's lives, but inside, I was just . . . physically there. I worked to pay the bills and took care of my family when I wasn't at work, but that was it.That is, until the day Steven walked into the video store where I worked.No, it wasn't 'love at first sight,' but it was definitely 'like at first comment.'My name is Carolyn, and this is the story of how a...

Dear Diary,I'm not ready for this, not at all. Of course, it doesn't matter what I'm ready for, life is throwing it at me anyway...literally. After dad vanished, mom moved Holly and me to a new town in Texas where everything is just a bit...more. I thought California was on the cutting edge, but we haven't seen anything yet and this house is out to prove it to us. Maybe Angie—a Texan version of our fairy godmother—will be able to help us get settled with the Hellhound and the new m...

One year. Five stories. Countless final firsts.Senior year is finally here, and the clock is ticking.

In schools, every day is "game day." Every day, teachers need the best resources and forms of support because students deserve the best we as educators can offer. An instructional playbook aims to serve as that kind of support: a tool that coaches can use to help teachers match specific learning goals with the right research-based instructional strategies.Coaches have enormous potential to help teachers learn and implement new teaching practices, but coaches will be effective only ...

A clear and comprehensive guide to evaluating and supporting instructional coaches and coaching programs, including how to recruit, hire, and retain effective coaches.With sound practices in place to evaluate coaching programs, instructional coaches will become better partners, teachers will become better mentors, and students will become better learners.Few evaluation systems are specifically geared toward coaching roles. Ensuring that school districts hav...

This trip to the past teaches students how to use computational skills to resolve word problems. Includes questions that highlight Mayan mathematics, important monuments and observational stations, in addition to the Mayan calendar and writing system.

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding.Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has captivated and inspired readers for decades. Published posthumously by her bereaved father, Anne's journal, written while she and her family were in hiding during World War II, has become one of the central texts o...

Attracting and retaining talent within the legal field is a key issue. Talent in the Legal Profession: How to Attract, Retain and Engage Top Talent sheds light on the pressing issues that law firms face in in order to secure and maintain top-level legal talent.

Kyle expects to get some candy when he accompanies his Hellhound siblings on a break-in at Sweet Dreams Sugar Factory. He knows they could run into trouble with the human police and he's ready to be stealthy. But nothing can prepare him for what the candy store actually provides.Angie receives notice that some Hellhounds have broken into a candy store in Kansas and she's put on the job of trying to stop them. She knows exactly who to bring to help out—Phaedra and Holly Doran and Ho...

Goldfrank’s is the premier toxicology textbook that should be in every emergency department or poison center library. Whether you are a student, resident, or faculty, there is something here for you. If you are a toxicology fellow or poison specialist studying for your boards, this is your go-to book. I highly recommend this work…—The Journal of Emergency MedicineThe best edition yet of the landmark text in medical toxicology

A beautiful novel exploring the little-known story of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding – from bestselling, award-winning author Alice Hoffman and published in cooperation with the Anne Frank House.In soaring prose, bestselling author Alice Hoffman brings Anne Frank to life on the page, drawing from her extensive research in Europe and the United States, to depict her experiences from the moment the Nazis invade the Netherlands until her fam...

Diversity plays an important role in how people experience illness and healthcare as patients. Listening carefully to stories of how race, class, age, gender, sexuality, and disability can affect patient experience can be revealing and provide much needed change to health communication in the patienthood narrative. This book is a collection of vibrant and engaging essays by scholars of narrative methods in health communication. Each chapter takes readers into the fascinating world of patie...