DO YOU LIVE A FABULOUS, GLAMOROUS LIFE? ARE YOU THE "TALK OF THE TOWN"?In the merciless world of reality TV, three women try to change their lives, but end up with far more than they bargained for.Zoe wants nothing more than to get ahead. She's a producer on the hot docu-soap, Talk of the Town, and all her time and energy is focused on making it the best show ever. The most dramatic. The most interesting. The most addictiv...

Will Josh succeed in saving the world as we know it? Find out in Dream Forever, the exciting conclusion to Kit Alloway's The Dream Walker Trilogy.Trying to control her powers as the True Dream Walker is hard enough with Feodor as her instructor. But trying to learn her strengths with a broken heart makes it nearly impossible for Josh. And when mysterious tears in the Veil separating the Dream from the waking world begin to appear, and with Peregrine still o...

Highlights presents First Step by Laurie Alloway. Aaron starts to skate one step at a time.

A bigger asset than IQ:The first book to introduce the newly discovered—and vitally important—mental skill known as working memory, showing how it is crucial to our success in work and life and how to strengthen it.Working memory—your ability to work with information—influences nearly everything you do. What if you could find a way to better handle a crazy schedule or expertly manage risks? What if you could gain an advantage in climbing the career ladder or in sch...

An "authoritative, comprehensive, well written, and entertaining" guide to staying alive in the desert from a Texas Parks and Wildlife veteran ( Library Journal).Remote desert locations, including the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, draw adventurers of all kinds, from the highly skilled and well prepared to urban cowboys who couldn't lead themselves, much less a horse, to water. David Alloway's goal in this bo...

Highlights presents Bungle Bear's Burnt Toast by Laurie Alloway. Bungle's bad luck has good results after all.

A young dream walker must save the world from certain destruction one dream at a time, in this riveting debut from Kit Alloway, an exciting new talent in young adult fiction.Unlike most 17-year-olds, Joshlyn Weaver has a sacred duty. She's the celebrated daughter of the dream walkers, a secret society whose members enter the Dream universe we all share and battle nightmares. If they fail, the emotional turmoil in the Dream could boil over and release nightmares into...

Dreamfever will have you on the edge of your seat as Kit Alloway takes you even deeper into the world of the dream walkers, and will leave you begging for more!Finding out that she is the True Dream Walker hasn't gone at all the way Joshlyn Weaver would have expected it to. The only special gift she seems to have is an ability to create archways, which really isn't that special. In addition to her inability to connect with the Dream, she has also started ha...

Essentials of Medical Geology reviews the essential concepts and practical tools required to tackle environmental and public health problems. It is organized into four main sections. The first section deals with the fundamentals of environmental biology, the natural and anthropogenic sources of health elements that impact health and illustrate key biogeochemical transformations. The second section looks at the geological processes influencing human exposure to specific elements, such as ra...

Design, develop and deploy a highly available vSphere environment for VMware Horizon View Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThe increasing movement to virtualize workloads and workstations has put VMware Horizon View into a central mission critical role in many environments. Administrators may be overwhelmed with planning for outages and dealing with failure scenarios. It’s easy to miss small details that will result in outages down the road. Following VMwar...

In "Famous Firesides of French Canada," Mary Wilson Alloway invites readers into the rich tapestry of Quebec's cultural heritage through a series of engaging narratives centered around renowned individuals and their households. Combining meticulous historical research with a vivid, storytelling style, Alloway captures the essence of French Canadian identity, illuminating the significance of familial ties, traditions, and oral histories. The book reflects a unique literary context, as it me...

In "Crossed Swords: A Canadian-American Tale of Love and Valor," Mary Wilson Alloway crafts a rich narrative that intertwines themes of love, nationalism, and the complexities of identity against the backdrop of the North American landscape. Through vivid prose and meticulously detailed character development, Alloway presents a dual perspective that highlights the cultural nuances between Canada and the United States during a significant historical period. The novel resonates with elements...