Megan is sad about moving and leaving her friends, but she soon discovers the positive aspects of living in a new place.

The new edition of this popular, evidence-based guide compiles and reviews all the latest knowledge on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood maltreatment – including neglect and physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional abuse. Readers are led through this complex problem with clear descriptions of legal requirements for recognizing, reporting, and disclosing maltreatment as well as the best assessment and treatment methods. The focus is on the current gold standard approach...

Take one pretty chef with confidence issues…Add one sexy restaurateur with blind ambition…Untested recipes are always a risk … is this one worth taking?She's going to ask the arrogant hottie for a special favor…Talia Madej, a personal chef, has kept a recent harrowing crisis secret from her friends and the local gossips in her small town. She has enough ba...

She's a big city math genius who's flunking at love. Add a rugged, smal town carpenter to the equation and it's a problem she can't work out.Jessica Channing is wired differently. Once a math prodigy, she was groomed by her academic parents to excel, except where it matters most…with people.She may be brilliant when it comes to her high-tech career in New York City, but Jess is socially inept when it comes to men and the illogical concept of romanc...

From a field developed out of the need to train military personnel at scale to its current role in enabling virtual learning and training experiences, instructional design has developed into a complex, multifaceted discipline.The modern instructional design process goes by many names (e.g., learning experience design, learning engineering, training and development, organizational development) and continues to adapt with continual changes in society and skill development needs. From...

This textbook is designed to give an engaging introduction to statistics and the art of data analysis. The unique scope includes, but also goes beyond, classical methodology associated with the normal distribution. What if the normal model is not valid for a particular data set? This cutting-edge approach provides the alternatives. It is an introduction to the world and possibilities of statistics that uses exercises, computer analyses, and simulations throughout the core lessons. These el...

He's a self-reformed playboy who has sworn off women.His new officemate?A woman.An alluring woman.Having recently completed a stint in a treatment center, Dylan Blackard is back in the small town of Hera, New York, hoping to live a quiet life, simple, like a monk who's daily regimen consists of nothing more than running, working, and sleeping. Abandoning h...

Even in a globalizing, knowledge-based economy, cities remain engines of growth, innovation, and diversity. Increasingly, they are also active participants in the creation of the social and political conditions necessary to create a thriving community. The Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions series is a focused analysis of how developments at the local and regional level affect these three key determinants of future prosperity. Growing Urban Economies s...

In a globalizing, knowledge-based economy, innovation and creative capacity lead to economic prosperity. Starting in 2006, the Innovation Systems Research Network began a six year-long study on how city-regions in Canada were surviving and thriving in a globalized world. That study resulted in the “Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions” series, which examines the impact of innovation, talent, and institutions on sixteen city-regions across Canada. This volume expl...

“I have been a registered nurse for over 30 years, and I found this book to be very informative. It is written in an easy style, which makes it a must read for anyone facing thyroid disease. This is a beautifully written, revolutionary approach to understanding and dealing with a frightening diagnosis.”Marguerite Lorenzo, R.N.Upon her diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer, Ms. Wolfe spent a great deal of time researching her condition. She became frustrated that the information about...

A logical presentation of the sacraments as the principle acts of worship in the Catholic church. Synthesizes contemporary research on symbol, ritual, and sacramental, liturgical, and pastoral theology into a single, readable resource. Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and discussion.

This volume discusses the mineral resources upon which modern civiliza tion is built. Take away these minerals and humanity will rapidly return to the stone age, with its greatest concern the depletion of flint (also a mineral). It would, of course, result in about a 99% reduction in population. In other words, approximately 99% of the worlds' population is dependent on minerals for its existence. That is a pretty strong statement, but how many have even seen a travois? Without minerals, p...