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Cuando las puertas de la carcel se cerraron tras ella, Beth Lazenby juro que cerraria la puerta del pasado para siempre, pero el destino le deparaba un encuentro Inesperado con ese despiadado abogado que la habia mandado a prision tantos anos antes... Todavia [...]
"Why do my jeans fit only in the morning? Why am I always guzzling Pepto-Bismol before a big meeting? Could my PMS cramps mean something serious?"Here, finally, are the answers to these questions, and hundreds more, about the nagging stomach problems that plague so many women. In this reassuring gui[...]
When asked: "What sign are you?" most people respond with their Sun Sign, which is what they've learned from their horoscope in the daily paper. But women are actually best represented by their Moon Sign, determined not just by the date of birth, but also by the hour./Noted syndicated astrology colu[...]
Being a sister isn't always easy ...but what's the very worst thing about your sister? Marty and her sister Melissa couldn't be more different. Marty loves her Converse trainers, playing football, hiding in her secret den and helping her dad with his DIY. But Melissa loves Justin Bieber and all thin[...]
Move over Matilda and Madeline, there's a charming miniature heroine ready to make her mark Her name is Alice-Miranda--and she's full of spunk
Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennigton-Jones can't wait to start boarding school. When she arrives at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Y[...]
This comprehensive guide to sample preparation for the transmission electron microscope is divided into two main sections. The first covers theoretical and practical aspects, including the best preparative technique taking into account material types, structures, and their properties. Physical prope[...]
She was a woman of confidence and passion who drew on a remarkable wealth of self-knowledge and a sense of purpose to cope with extraordinary public demands and overwhelming private needs.
"What Jackie Taught Us" offers insights from the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis about how to live with [...]
Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment [...]
Winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King award For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their parents and it's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a co[...]
Clover's mom says it isn't safe to cross the fence that segregates their African-American side of town from the white side where Anna lives. But the two girls strike up a friendship, and get around the grown-ups' rules by sitting on top of the fence together.
With the addition of a brand-new au[...]
Gia is tired of hearing about the new baby. It hasn't even been born yet, but everyone, even her friends, seem fixated on it. Gia thinks things are fine just the way they are And she's worried: if the baby's such a big deal now, what's going to happen to Gia's nice, cozy life with Mama once it's bo[...]
WINNER OF A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR
Each kindness makes the world a little better
This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by the award-winning team that created "The Other Side" and the Caldecott Honor winner "Coming On Home Soon." With its powerful anti-bullying message and s[...]
Laurel Daneau has moved on to a new life, in a new town, but inside she's still reeling from the loss of her beloved mother and grandmother after Hurricane Katrina washed away their home. Laurel's new life is going well, with a new best friend, a place on the cheerleading squad and T-Boom, co-captai[...]
"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. "
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s a[...]
She was a woman of confidence, focus, and passion, and it made her one of the world's greatest sources of inspiration and influence. She drew on a remarkable wealth of self-knowledge and a sense of purpose to cope with extraordinary public demands and overwhelming private needs. How can anyone emula[...]
Character structures underlie everyone's personality. When rigidly defended, they limit us; yet as they become more flexible, they can reveal sources of animation, renewal and authenticity. "The Matrix and Meaning of Character" guides the reader into an awareness of the archetypal depths that underl[...]
This exciting new book for students of Middle Eastern politics provides a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of the region, its politics and people. Combining a thematic framework for examining patterns of politics with individual chapters dedicated to specific countries, the book explor[...]
The third edition of the best-selling text, Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education, continues to address the increasing interest in ethics and assists educational leaders with the complex dilemmas in today's challenging and diverse society. Through discussion and analysis of real-life m[...]
In this book, scholars and artists explore the relation between electronic music and bodily expression from perspectives including aesthetics, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, dance and interactive performance arts, sociology, computer music and sonic arts, and music theory, transgressing discipli[...]
Through sustained empirical investigation Lost Youth in the Global City offers a window on the lives and educational experiences of young city dwellers in a time of accelerating globalization and urban malaise. It sets out a detailed comparative exploration of the ways in which groups of young peopl[...]
A reader from the bestselling Stablemates series, Lucky features a Thoroughbred horse
Sisters Amy and Michele both love to ride horses But while Michele loves to take part in jumping competitions, Amy is afraid to compete.
When Michele signs up Amy and her horse, Lucky, for the next jumpin[...]
The sixth reader in the Stablemates series features an American Quarter horse and a Christmas theme
Belle is a Quarter horse who lives in a big city park. Emmy is a shy young girl who has just moved to the big city from the country. Emmy is afraid of things in the city and needs a friend.
A[...]