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Changemakers is an essential playbook for designers and nondesigners who want to drive change at work, at home, and in their communities. Groundbreaking designers Maria Giudice and Christopher Ireland-armed with insights from some of today's top minds in business, tech, and social justice-offer a pragmatic, people-centered approach to change.

Rocky Cullen is the definition of a very bad idea. Fake boyfriend. Check. A former gang member. Check. Covered in Tattoos. Check. Everything her mom hates. Check. When Bella's best friend talks her into taking the notorious bad boy home as her boyfriend for Christmas, things get a little—heated. How hard can it be to pretend to be dating someone for a few days?

After meeting at ten, a lonely genius and a kind-hearted girl promised to stay in touch. But Xander's letters never reached Emery, leaving them both feeling betrayed and heartbroken. Seven years later, Xander returns to Castle Hill and crosses paths with the girl he never forgot. The academy's rowing team offers a diversion from caring for his ailing father—but can it distract him from her? Emery Wallace is popular and wealthy, yet beneath her flawless exterior she is crumbling under her father's high expectations.

In Sanctuary School, Chandler Patton Miranda highlights the many ways that K–12 schools can provide safe educational spaces and relevant, responsive resources for immigrant students. Miranda prompts educators to think beyond the baseline definition of sanctuary schools as protective institutions that practice legally supported noncooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities. She envisions a whole-school approach to sanctuary that empowers marginalized students via radical welcoming and innovation.

In Level Up Your Lesson Plans: Ignite the Joy of Learning with Fun and Educational Materials, teacher Teresa Kwant delivers an exciting and practical instruction book for teachers interested in adding fun into their lesson plans, without sacrificing educational strategies. The book walks you through how to transform your teaching materials and lessons into interactive, collaborative, and enjoyable learning experiences for both the teacher and students.

Thief by night and witch by birthright, candle maker Alaska McCullough has perfected the art of stealing by using magic. Until she takes something she never should've touched. The object should not have existed, yet it's putting her life and reputation on the line. Now she lives on borrowed time . . . unless she can find a way to give it back before it's too late.

What if Meg had to become a Greek god?After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the world. That is, until Zeus tells Meg that she can't be with Hercules because she's, well, mortal. Luckily, Hera has a solution, offering Meg a chance to prove herself...

Stacy Drakethorn, an impassioned legal eagle championing society's downtrodden, finds herself in Gregory Hines's crosshairs as he vies for the vacant criminal throne. Her formidable intellect and tireless advocacy pose a lethal threat to his intricate web of influence. Guided by her mentor Ethan, she masters some magic that could reshape her destiny. Then duty calls. Stacy must wade into a centuries-old territorial dispute, her legal brilliance the werewolves' last hope to reclaim their stolen ancestral lands.

Groundhog Day meets One Day in December in this funny and romantic novel about a couple who call off their wedding after a disastrous rehearsal dinner—only to wake up the next morning stuck in a time loop. Two people. One wedding. No end in sight. "A sweet, delightful romance." —People...

Stacy Drakethorn thought she was just a talented lawyer. When her estranged father reveals her true heritage, her world ignites—literally. She discovers she's half-dragon, half-witch—a legacy that thrusts her into a world of magic and danger she never knew existed. But with great power comes great peril. An ancient fae king seeks to destroy everything Stacy holds dear. To stop him, she must master her newfound abilities and unite unlikely allies in a fight for survival.

Half-dragon, half-witch, and all determination, Stacy Drakethorn has made a name for herself as a peacekeeper among the city's paranormal factions. But when mysterious vampires emerge and people start disappearing, Stacy's delicate balancing act is thrown into chaos. Her werewolf allies are on edge, her father seems suspiciously unconcerned, and an ancient prophecy whispers of impending doom.

Joy isn't exactly living up to her name lately. This stressed-out squirrel shifter is on a constant treadmill, struggling to pay the bills and raise her younger sister. Christmas at a beautiful mountain lodge sounds like exactly the medicine to cure her winter blues. But Fated Mountain Lodge isn't having a merry Christmas either. The heat's out, a blizzard has stranded everyone, and the lodge's very existence is threatened in a hostile takeover by a billionaire dragon shifter developer. Who turns out to be Joy's fated mate.

Explore the strange and remarkable stories of poisonous and even deadly plants. Science, history, and true crime converge in an informative and exciting look at Mother Nature's ghoulish garden. From a hallucinogenic fungus linked to the Salem Witch Trials to the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother, learn how certain plants evolved toxicity to avoid being consumed by predators and became the predator on their own.

In a time of crisis, two women come together and set off down a road of hope in this novel in the Tending Roses series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours. Twenty-year-old Jenilee Lane, whose dreams are as narrow as the sky is wide, doesn’t imagine any...

In a world where stress is unavoidable—where political turmoil, pandemic fallout, and personal challenges touch everyone—this book offers guidance for cutting through the emotional static that can hold teachers back. A specialist in pedagogical strategies with extensive classroom experience, Elizabeth A. Norell explains how an educator's presence, or authenticity, can be critical to creating transformational spaces for students.

At thirty, Mathilda "Tillie" Ashby's life is in shambles. After a failed business attempt in New York City and a deep betrayal, she's forced to return home to Ocean City, Maryland, the beach town she tried to escape. Trying to sort out her next career move and her finances, she finds herself working at a boardwalk restaurant called Tino's and living in her childhood bedroom with her helicopter parents. When Tillie's life collides with Leo Turner, a UK pop sensation who's hiding from the pressures of fame for the summer, her life might just take a different turn.

Adelina is content to be a humble librarian with no magic, organizing ordinary books and leaving the magical section of the library to the management of the mysterious creature called a cervara . . . until she finds a misshelved spellbook that refuses to stay in its proper place. Despite warnings from the College of Magic and her superiors, she decides to return the book to the magical section, where she befriends the mysterious creature. Contrary to what she's been told, the cervara is trying to protect humanity from dangerous magic by hoarding it in the library.

Small Habits Create Big Change is a collection of micro-habits that educators can use to reclaim their mental health and love for their jobs. This book helps you identify your unique personality type, so you can find the hacks and tweaks that will actually work as you strive to manage stress and reignite your passion for working with students. Many educators feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and on the verge of burnout, but it's never too late to turn things around.

At eighteen, Willow wasn't ready for marriage. Ten years later and she's wondering what her life would have been like if she'd stayed with Chase. Meanwhile, Chase is engaged and, despite his reservations, is about to marry the supposed love of his life. When destiny intervenes, Chase and Willow unexpectedly run into each other while in London and are immediately caught up in the lights of this big city and the reigniting spark of their lost romance.