Amy Steele, author of Brave Little Wings, takes young readers and their families on a journey into the world of emotions. Through imaginative poetry and vibrant, abstract artwork, she beautifully captures the feelings that make us human-whether big or small, joyful or challenging. Brave Little Wings serves as a tool for parents and children to explore emotions together, building courage, empathy, and creativity along the way.Brave Little Wings is designed...

Teacher residencies are on the rise across the United States as a successful way to address the high rate of teacher shortages and attrition. The National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) has been guiding this work for over ten years, partnering with teacher preparation institutions, local school districts, and community partners to implement best practices for teacher preparation. With an introduction by NCTR on the key components of successful residencies, each subsequent chapter is...

Internet Stock Trading and Market Research for the Small Investor presents a fresh perspective on online trading that eliminates the prerequisite of technical charting, and simplifies the formulation of buying and selling positions down to a fundamental interpretation of corporate news that drives the market.The first part of the book introduces novice traders to basic market dynamics and terminologies, and exposes them to online trade regulations and web resources where m...

Elles ont 21, 26, 29 et 34 ans... Elles sont toutes très différentes et vivent aux quatre coins du monde, mais rien ne peut les séparer. Les sœurs Adams sont unies pour la vie.La plus jeune, Candy, est une célèbre top-modèle qui parcourt la planète pour les plus grands défilés de mode. Annie a choisi Florence pour se consacrer à sa passion : la peinture. Tammy, productrice à Los Angeles, connaît un énorme succès avec sa série télé. Leur aînée à toutes, Sabrina, poursuit une brillan...

Offering comprehensive coverage of all diseases and conditions affecting the colon, rectum, and anus, Steele’s Colon and Rectal Surgery provides authoritative guidance on the full range of today’s operative procedures. Edited by Dr. Scott R. Steele, Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, and section editors Drs. Justin A. Maykel, Amy L. Lightner, and Joshua I.S. Bleier, this new reference contains 81 concise, tightly focused chapters that take you step by...

He was sent to cut out the monster’s heart, not lose his to it.Sir Finnian Brightmoor has one mission: slay the golden dragon and rescue the lost princess.But fairy tales have a nasty habit of leaving out the truth.The princess isn’t helpless.The dragon refuses to fight.And the “beast” is actually Prince Cedric—cursed, grieving, and far more interested in whittling wood than killing knights.Finn should finish the que...

Christmas Is Simply a Time for LoveEnjoy a simple Amish Christmas in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that is sweetened by second chances, trimmed in love, and wrapped in faith.Lucy’s Christmas Sunbeam by Anne BlackburneWhen her parents suddenly died, Lucy stepped into the mother role for her infant sister with Down’s Syndrome. But Lucy’s boyfriend wasn’t interested in a readymade family. Living in the dawdi house on her bro...

Christmas Is Simply a Time for Love Enjoy a simple Amish Christmas in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that is sweetened by second chances, trimmed in love, and wrapped in faith. Lucy's Christmas Sunbeam by Anne Blackburne When her parents suddenly died, Lucy stepped into the mother role for her infant sister with Down's Syndrome. But Lucy's boyfriend wasn't interested in a readymade family. Living in the dawdi house on her brother's farm, Lucy is happy with life--until she literally runs i...

The burgeoning terrain of Martin Luther King Jr. studies is leading to a new appreciation of his thought and its meaningfulness for the emergence and shaping of the twenty-first-century world. This volume brings together an impressive array of scholars from various backgrounds and disciplines to explore the global significance of King—then, now, and in the future.Employing King’s metaphor of “the great world house,” the major focus is on King’s appraisal of the global-human struggl...

The bestselling and award-winning Steele Shadows series continues in this new Protector Romance spin-off series, packed with page-turning mystery, steamy angst, exotic locations, and four dangerously attractive mercenaries.She was supposed to be the mission.She became his undoing.When American schoolteacher Samantha Greene goes missing in Mexico, the US government calls on private military...

The increasing global prevalence of obesity and nutrition-based non-communicable disease has many causes, including food availability; social norms as evidenced in local foodways; genetic predisposition; economic circumstance; cultural variation in norms surrounding body composition; and policies affecting production, distribution, and consumption of food locally and globally. The Applied Anthropology of Obesity:Prevention, Intervention, and Identity advances understanding of the many cult...

The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.’s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising,...