Help your child grow strong English reading skills-without giving up Spanish. Many Spanish-speaking parents in the U.S. want to support early English reading, but school instructions arrive only in English, phonics terms feel confusing, and you don't want to replace Spanish at home. This book is a practical coaching guide written for you. Instead of theory-heavy explanations or long lesson plans, Bilingual Early-Literacy Coaching for Spanish-Speaking Parents gives you ready-to-use, bilingu...

Welcome to Traitor’s Den. I hope you like it here, because there’s no leaving the small western town that’s more theme park than authentic. Once you walk through the portal, you’re stuck as a boot heel in a half foot of mud.I’ve never seen the outside world and I don’t care. The cannon-toting, trigger-happy residents here are like family, even if most of them are a few spoons short of a full set. Eventually, everyone grows on you, kinda like nail fungus. But the booze flows freely,...

When Zora was sick during the early days of her pregnancy, Ezrah was with his first love, Piper. When Zora got into an accident and called Ezrah, he said he was busy, when in actual fact, he was buying shoes for Piper.Zora lost her baby because of the accident, and throughout her stay at the hospital, Ezrah never showed up. She already knew that he didn’t love her, but that was the last straw for the camel’s back, and her fragile heart could not take it anymore.When Ezrah a...

Second chances are as good as any spell, and she’s not passing this one up.Gales Haven is a small town hidden from the rest of the world. For centuries, it’s been a refuge for those with magic. It’s where witches and wizards can let their eccentricities hang loose.Years after leaving home, Marla is coming back with her tail tucked between her legs. Her two teenage children are sparking with their emerging powers, and as the only dud in a family of remarkable mages,...

In nineteenth century Norland, magic is forbidden, punishable by death. But it’s coming for Clara…Clara was born to the nobility at a time when rank and power are often more valuable than the bonds of family. Her parents have plans for her, none that she wants, all involving her arranged marriage to a suitor selected for her, without her input.From her birth, her entire life has been planned out for her, from lessons with her governess in academics—only what a future wife i...

What makes literature ‘literary’? Some theories argue it is a certain degree of ungraspability – openness, vagueness, or ambiguity that invites readers’ active participation in constructing meaning. This book examines five canonical twentieth-century Italian novels (by Tozzi, Landolfi, Vittorini, Gadda, and Ortese) that have consistently been described by critics as particularly “indeterminate” or “ungraspable.” Through these case studies, spanning fifty years of Italian literature, the bo...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th EAI International Conference on Future Access Enablers for Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures, FABULOUS 2025, held in Stará Lesná, Slovakia, during October 8–10, 2025.The 10 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. They are organized into the following topcial sections: Future access networks; Sustainable Communications & Computing Infrastructures; and Smart Environm...

Win the trials, earn a crown—or fail and lose everything.The heir of Embermere has unexpectedly died, and now a new prince and princess must be crowned.I’ve been hiding out with the dragons, but then mysterious fae show up at the dragons’ stronghold and abduct me at the king’s command.The royals of Embermere are hosting the Fae Heir Trials to find their successors. The winners will marry and become the next to rule the fae lands. Turns out I’m the k...

I come from a long and powerful line of supernaturals, but I’ve never shown any abilities whatsoever.So when the prestigious Magical Creatures Academy invites me to attend, I’m more than a little hesitant. From shifters to vampires and even fae, everyone flaunts their impressive abilities … everyone but me.I’m so frustrated I’m about ready to give up, when the super handsome and totally-off-limits prince of the elves decides to show me some extra attention.He’s not ...

Danica wakes up beside a strange man in the morning. The next day, she finds herself becoming the surrogate to a mysterious man, in the bid to save her twin sister Daniella from a ruthless mafia boss. But what she doesn't understand is, why did he change the rules? He wants her body once every month till she conceives yet; she can't see him face to face...Sneak peak;The moment he took a step, Danica recalled his promise and yelled, "Wait!" He halted but didn't turn his head...

My duty to save all werewolves has kept me in hiding, but a chance encounter threatens to change everything. Will I remain trapped by tradition or risk it all to follow my heart?My parents were murdered when I was an infant, making me the sole remaining heir to Callan “the Oak” MacLeod. The survival of all werewolves around the globe depends on me and the cure to our extinction I carry in my blood.Twenty-two years later, I’m confined to my pack’s territory ...

Anatomy of Illegal Power explores how illicit markets shape politics, society, and everyday life across Latin America.Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork and hundreds of interviews, Lucía Dammert blends vivid human stories with sharp analysis to reveal how “illegal power” is built, sustained, and resisted. Moving beyond crime statistics, she reframes crime as a form of power, exposing the hidden structures that link organized crime to fragile institutions, entrenche...