The Merchant family never imagined how much their lives could expand or how deeply their hearts could stretch. Gershwin and Priscilla have built a steady life rooted in love, faith, and doing what’s right, even when it’s hard. When their teenage twins, Marshall and Tae, visit a local children’s home, a quiet calling begins to reshape their family. What starts as compassion grows into a journey filled with children carrying heavy pasts and a longing to belong. Room to Grow begins the Mercha...

In a small Scottish market town, the new housing estate has finally reached the edge of an ancient holy grove on Battle hill. As construction begins, more than mere nature is displaced...Follow the adventures of earthworm Jimmy and his unusual travel companions as he battles the dangers to get home to his mum.Anna is a ten-year-old with dreams of a fairer world for all, especially insects. Although autistic, like her heroine Greta Thunberg, Anna is far too shy to save the w...

Data is becoming the world's new "natural resource," transforming industries and professions across the board. Smart, innovative organizations know that data is the new basis of gaining a competitive advantage. DB2 for z/OS remains the leading database for storing mission-critical data. This book explains how DB2 for z/OS and supporting products enable businesses to use their data to gain a competitive advantage.

The Merchant family never imagined how much their lives could expand or how deeply their hearts could stretch. Gershwin and Priscilla have built a steady life rooted in love, faith, and doing what’s right, even when it’s hard. When their teenage twins, Marshall and Tae, visit a local children’s home, a quiet calling begins to reshape their family. What starts as compassion grows into a journey filled with children carrying heavy pasts and a longing to belong. Room to Grow begins the Mercha...

This book aims at finding some answers to the questions: What is the influence of humans in controlling CAD and how much is human in control of its surroundings? How far does our reach as humans really go? Do the complex algorithms that we use for city planning nowadays live up to their expectations and do they offer enough quality? How much data do we have and can we control? Are today’s inventions reversing the humanly controlled algorithms into a space where humans are controlled by the...

Here is the library! Fifteen poems celebrate the thrill of getting your first library card, the excitement of story hour, the fun of using the computer, the pride of reading to the dog, and the joy of discovering that the librarian understands you and knows exactly which books you'll love.The poems in this engaging picture book are compiled by noted poet and anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins.All pay homage to the marvels of books and reading. Accompanied by Jane Mann...

It takes one smart sheep to escape from a piano movers’ van and find his way home in this humorous friendship story for emerging and newly independent readers by beloved, award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt and coauthor Elizabeth Stickney.Wilson is a curious sheep, and after he foolishly climbs into the back of a piano movers' truck, he ends up alone in the big city, far from the farm. But Wilson is also one smart sheep, and soon enough he's finding his way home t...

Lock Up Your Daughters... Darcy's in Town! Mrs Bennett is on a mission to marry off her five daughters to rich men. Enter, Mr Charles Bingley and his rather fit friend, Darcy. Love, loathing and bittersweet romance follow…

What made the dog turn green? And why is the water in the pool green? Will teddy save his pet-sitting business?

?Once it starts?the longing for a dog?there is no cure for it.? Not checkers or kites or furry boots with zippers; not playing the trumpet or sharing movie popcorn with your friend; nothing can stop the longing for a dog. . . . Nothing?but a dog!With lyrical text and art that ranges from bright and colorful to subtle and dreamy, this book perfectly captures one little girl?s yearning for a barking, bounding best friend. Readers young and old will recognize themselves in this emotio...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In Chapter 5, the book of the dead is preached.The silent are unforgiven.When was the last time you spent a whole year without buying something?We consume and hoard, like the dogs we punish and the bones we keep. Eventually, the things we own start owning us. It’s an old idiom, I know. But when a nuclear bomb hits the West Coast in a red and fiery exchange, everything normal dies overnight. Famil...

A funny friendship story from New York Times bestselling author Sarah WeeksMac wants to spend a day at the beach, but Cheese would rather stay in bed.Can Mac convince his best friend that the sea is the place to be?Mac and Cheese and the Perfect Plan is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar...