Chinese dual language immersion (DLI) education experienced unprecedented growth in recent years; hence, it has become critical that Chinese DLI research catches up to inform Chinese DLI teachers and administrators of the most effective ways to teach and run their programs. The purpose of Chinese-English Dual Language Immersion Programs: Content Area Instruction, Learners, and Evaluations is to explore three DLI themes that are under-researched: content area instruction, learners,...

'Ideal for anyone struggling with fatigue' - Claudia Hammond, author of The Art of Rest**'an exciting journey through human thought and scientific discoveries, encouraging each of us to step back, reflect and discover the pace of life that achieves our optimal energy balance. Pace Yourself is all about taking control so that we can fulfil our potential and, in the process, live happier, healthier lives.' - Prof R...

'the perfect book for the huge numbers of people struggling with fatigue in the 21st century' - Claudia Hammond, author of The Art of Rest'an exciting journey through human thought and scientific discoveries, encouraging each of us to step back, reflect and discover the pace of life that achieves our optimal energy balance. Pace Yourself is all about taking control so that we can fulfil our po...

"Opening it up to any random story will make you feel humbled, grateful, and best of all, not alone."—Anette Radonski, Military Spouse JD NetworkConversations are the heart of a gathering among friends.In Stories Around the Table: Laughter, Wisdom, and Strength in Military Life, military spouses, parents, children, and service members gather together to laugh, cry, lend perspective, and share personal stories from their military life experience. From...

La piccola Nove farebbe di tutto per fuggire dal fatiscente sottoscala dove quella vecchia serpe di Taschino "alleva" una banda di orfanelli costringendoli a rubare per lui.Un giorno sfila una casa in miniatura dalla borsa di una misteriosa donna dall'abito scarlatto, bussa alla porticina e all'improvviso si trova all'interno, dove una potente strega ha intrappolato (ma perché?) un troll armato di spolverino, un giovane mago in pigiama e un cucchiaio parlante.Solo Nove può ...

Dopo "La casa ai confini della magia", tornano le avventure di Nove (l'orfanella sfuggita alle grinfie del vecchio Taschino) e i suoi amici: il mago in pigiama Basito, il troll tuttofare Eric e il Dottor Cucchiaio, un cucchiaio parlante. In questo episodio, libera dalla maledizione che la teneva ancorata a terra, la Casa magica è pronta a viaggiare tra i mondi. Prima tappa: il Torneo di Campana che coinvolge maghi e streghe di ogni dove. Il vincitore potrà accedere alla Torre alla fine del...

Il quarto, esplosivo capitolo della saga "La Casa ai confini della magia"! Amatissima serie di genere fantasy comico. Questa volta Nove, il mago Basito e gli altri abitanti della Casa, accompagnati dalla strega Bewilde, sorella di Basito, si dirigono verso il Faro alla fine del mondo per attivare un prezioso e potente medaglione magico che conferisce poteri straordinari a chi lo possiede. Il problema è che anche le terribili Ofedia l'Imprevedibile e Griselda la Sregolata sono sulle tracce ...

Chocolatier Lanie Heaven has good friends, a booming business, and the adoration of the citizens of Merritt, Alabama. But she also has a secret. After the devastating breakup with her long time college boyfriend, she lost a baby and the hope of ever having a child - the thing she desires above all else. Though still grief-stricken eighteen months after the accident that killed his wife and best friend, Judge Luke Avery is lonely for the company of someone other than his three-year-old daug...

The last time Brantley Kincaid had an argument with someone, he was eighteen years old—and he regrets it like he will never regret anything again. If only he had not balked at going to pick up his grandfather that day, his mother would not have driven into the path of a truck and there would be two fewer graves in Merritt Cemetery. Though a frequent visitor, he hasn't lived in Merritt since burying his mother and grandfather. But now he's coming back and it might not be so easy to hide beh...

Tolly Lee is pearls, debutant balls, and old silver on the breakfast table. She is ashamed of something she did thirteen years ago, but she was only sixteen and she didn't set out to do it. Still, she should not have led college senior Nathan Scott to think she was his age. She never imagined a football star like him would keep calling her, but it was mostly a long distance relationship and it's not like they had sex. In the end, she paid for her sins with her heart and she might not be do...

When New York Yankee Marc MacNeal comes to Merritt, Alabama, for a charity golf tournament, he’s shocked to be reunited with his ex-fiancee Bailey Watkins. Their college romance came to a bitter end when he was called up to the majors and the tabloids began printing rubbish about him, dubbing Marc the new bad boy of baseball. Bailey never expected to see Marc back in Merritt ever again, and their reunion proves he’s just as infuriating as she thought he’d be. Then social chair Missy Bragg ...

No matter how many critics call him an artisan or how much money people are willing to pay for his handcrafted furniture, Will Garrett will always be the son of a drunk from Mill Town. Though he has admired Dr. Arabelle Avery ever since his teenage busboy days at the Merritt County Club, he has no aspirations where she is concerned. A boy from across the tracks doesn't go calling on a state senator's daughter. But he is stoic about all that. He has his work and the home he built with his o...