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Gain hands-on experience with PureMVC, the popular open source framework for developing maintainable applications with a Model-View-Controller architecture. In this concise guide, PureMVC creator Cliff Hall teaches the fundamentals of PureMVC development by walking you through the construction of a complete non-trivial Adobe AIR application.Through clear explanations and numerous ActionScript code examples, you’ll learn best practices for using the framework’s classes in your day-t...

During the height of the Great Depression, six-year-old Clint Hall could only helplessly watch as his familys Georgia farmhouse burned to the ground. As it turns out, that difficult moment was just one in many that propelled him on a journey of perseverance that eventually led him from hardship to fulfillment, both personally and professionally.In an inspiring true story, Hall begins by detailing a childhood filled with tribulations as dire financial times led his family to become ...

It’s a lovely day for walking in the park. Before long the dog is chasing a duck through the mud, and dragging its owner into mud and a pond. The dog is taken home, shakes water all over the car and Dad, and at home gets hosed down in the garden – along with poor Dad!Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations.Text type – A story with predictable structure and patterned language.Children can follow the dog’s jour...

When he returns to Texas from overseas, U.S. Marine Carter Wallace makes good on a promise. To tell a fallen soldier's wife that her husband loved her. But widowed Savannah Blackmore, pregnant and alone, shares a different story with Carter-one that tests everything he believes. He brings Savannah back to the Triple C ranch, where family secrets-and siblings he hadn't known about-await him. Now the marine who never needed anyone suddenly needs Savannah. Will opening his heart be the braves...

From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Empty Copper Sea is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.Asking for help is something a proud man like Van Harder would never do. So when he shows up at the Busted Flush, Travis McGee knows that he must be the man’s last resort. What Harder wants salvaged is his reputation. After a long career as a seaman, he was piloting a boat the night h...

With nowhere to turn, penniless widow Grace Yoder travels with her young son to the Amish community of Seven Poplars. She hopes to reunite with the Plain father she never knew-and become part of the community. Though her father is deceased, his new family still welcomes her. Grace is overcome with gratitude. But when handsome family friend and Mennonite John Hartman offers her a job in his veterinarian office, Grace discovers a beautiful bridge between the two worlds. And prays John will a...

Another great title in the best-selling Go Girl series. Cassie is sick of looking cute, so her sister cuts her hair! Her mum isnt happy. Her sisters in trouble. But maybe Cassie likes her new look ...

HIS STAR WITNESS RECEIVES THREATS INSTEAD OF CHRISTMAS CARDS IN USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JULIE MILLER'S MINISERIES THE PRECINCT: TASK FORCEAs the lone surviving victim who can put her attacker away in prison, heiress Bailey Austin becomes the key to the D.A.'s case against a notorious criminal. As lead detective, Spencer Montgomery must prep her for trial. But he becomes her personal protector when she starts receiving terrifying "gifts" meant to scare her away from te...

Her Dream Man Does Not Wear A Stetson!Forget cowboys! Ever since she was a girl, India Pike has had an image of the perfect man: sophisticated, refined and with a preference for tailored suits. But after rodeo promoter Liam Parrish comes to town, she can't stop mooning over the gorgeous cowboy and single dad. Too bad Liam's totally wrong for her…even if the town's matchmaker already has India saying "I do."Liam fell hard for a "froufrou" woman once before-...

Matt Beck is back as The Assassin in this short story collection. Day of the Assassin includes 3 short stories including:Noose for an Assassin-A crooked card game leads to Beck being thrown in jail. While in jail a lynch mob forms with the intention of stringing Beck up by his neck until dead. Will they succeed or will they string up the wrong man?Revenge of the Assassin-Someone takes a shot at Beck as he's riding to the town of Everwood. Beck goes to town and hunts down th...

Know when to hold 'em…One winning hand of poker and the Lucky Ace ranch was his-half his, at least. The only thing standing in the way of Lane Donaldson making it his permanent home is the ranch's other owner.Taylor Scott sure is something fine to look at, but she's adamant about running the ranch herself. And then she moves in-with him! So Lane challenges Taylor to another game of poker for the ultimate prize-winner takes all.But who's to say they can't have a litt...

USA Today bestselling author B.J. Daniels offers three short stories set in her beloved state of Montana.In Thunderstruck, it takes a storm to bring Lubbock and Clancy together after both have been hurt in love. But when Clancy must choose between Lubbock and the man from her past, they are both in for a surprise.In The Perfect Neighbor, Kit is so busy working to support herself and her little sister that she doesn't have time to eat – let alone date. Fortunately for her, s...