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When Rose tagged along with her big sister to a baby shower, the last thing she expected was to meet a guy. But this wasn't just any guy. This was the exciting, sexy as sin, way out-of-her-league black sheep of his family - Vincent Moreno. Even more surprising, this heart-stopping bad boy seemed interested in her. Fate always had a way of interfering in Vince's best-laid plans. His forced attendance to his annoyingly perfect cousin's baby shower was no different. He was sure to be bored out of his skull, but instead, he met sweet little Rosie Zendejas....

Increasing numbers of parents grapple with children who are acting out without obvious reason. Revved up and irritable, many of these children are diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar illness, autism, or other disorders, but don't respond well to treatment. They are then medicated, often with poor results and unwanted side effects. Based on emerging scientific research and extensive clinical experience, integrative child psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Dunckley has pioneered a four-week program to treat the frequent underlying cause, Electronic Screen Syndrome (ESS).

Between volunteering for the annual pumpkin festival and coaching her girls to the state soccer finals, high school teacher TJ Jensen finds her good friend Zachary Collins dead in his favorite chair. When the handsome new deputy closes the case without so much as a "why" or "how", TJ turns her attention from chili cook-offs and pumpkin carving to complex puzzles, prophetic riddles, and a decades-old secret she seems destined to unravel.

Veronica Cruz has been through hell and back. After disconnecting with the world two years ago to be at the side of her dying mother, she's left alone, unemployed, overweight, and feeling a decade older than her 28 years. When her best friend coaxes her into joining the local gym to ditch her depression and rejuvenate her life, she meets Noah. What she least expected was for him to fall for her, but he has. There's just one problem: Noah is eight years younger.

When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife, Naomi, and their sons to Moab. For a while it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort.

Officer Luz is lucky she still has a job after tasering a male colleague where it counts the most. Sure, he had it coming - which is why the police chief is giving Megan a second chance. The catch? Her new partner can't carry a gun, can't drive a cruiser, and can't recite the Miranda Rights. Because her new partner is a big furry police dog. So that's what the chief meant when he called Megan's partner a real bitch...With Brigit out on the beat, Megan is writing up enough tickets to wallpaper the whole station.

Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell have taught thousands of families are available in self-help form for the first time. Filled with vivid stories and unique practical tools, this book puts the keys to healthy attachment within everyone's reach - self-understanding, flexibility, and the willingness to make and learn from mistakes.

Throughout history, countless women have boldly stepped out in faith and courage, leaving their indelible mark on those around them and on the kingdom of God. In lively prose, Michelle DeRusha tells their stories, bringing into focus 50 incredible heroines of the faith. From Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, and Anne Hutchison, to Susanna Wesley, Harriet Tubman, and Corrie ten Boom, women both famous and admirable live again under DeRusha's expert pen.

The summer after she graduated from high school, Gin Sullivan's sister, Lily, went missing. Her family fell apart, not to mention her relationship with her high school sweetheart, Jake. Now, almost 20 years later, Gin is living in Chicago and working as a medical examiner when she gets the call that a body's been found in the woods outside her small hometown. It's Lily's. As Gin examines her sister's remains, she uncovers a shocking truth that could change everything - if it doesn't kill her first.

""Son çeşit dondurmaydı. Onu tabağa zevkli bir biçimde yerleştirmişti. Ama bu becerisinden ötürü onu övmek yerine, işaret parmağımı dondurmanın içine daldırdım. Ona doğru döndüm ve gözlerinin içine baktım, sonra parmağımı ağzıma götürdüm. Dudaklarımı hafifçe aralarken bakışlarının parmağımı nasıl takip ettiğini keyifle izledim. Ardından dudaklarımı kapatarak parmağımı yüksek sesle emmeye başladım." Anna akşamları işten eve geldiğinde onu karşılayan kimse yoktur, ama en çok da burada olmaktan keyif almaktadır.

""Barselona’ya yeni taşınmıştım ve girdiğim işte, çalışma arkadaşlarımdan başka kimseyi tanımıyordum. Halka açık havuzdan bana bahseden de onlardı zaten. Havuzlardan birinde bir adam yüzüyordu. Suya daldım ve gözlerimi açtım. Adamın vücudu gerçekten biçimli ve kaslıydı. Bacaklarıyla suyu iterken poposu kasılıyordu. Tekrar yüzeye çıktım ve bir elimle havuzun kenarına tutundum. Adam yüzerek benden uzaklaşırken boştaki elimi bacaklarımın arasına götürdüm. İlk turunda mayonun dışından klitorisimi okşadım. İkinci turunda ise elimi mayonun içine soktum. Vücudum ısınıyordu. Hareketlerim hızlandı.

Although a mother's mortality is inevitable, no book has discussed the profound lasting and far reaching effects of this loss until Motherless Daughters. More than 20 years later, it is still the go-to book that women of all ages look to for comfort, help, and understanding when their mother dies. Building on interviews with hundreds of mother-loss survivors, Edelman's personal story of losing her mother, and recent research in grief and psychology, Motherless Daughters reveals the shared experiences and core identity issues of motherless women.

Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning empowers educators to harness rigorous research on how students learn and unleash it in their classrooms. Drawing on a 15-year scientist-teacher collaboration, more than 100 years of research on learning, and rich experiences from educators in K-12 and higher education, the authors present highly accessible step-by-step guidance on how to transform teaching with four essential strategies: Retrieval practice, spacing, interleaving, and feedback-driven metacognition. 

Library director Amy Muir has always been suspicious of wealthy art dealer Kurt Kendrick. As a close family friend, the ties that bind them are strong, but his murky past is concerning, especially since he is the godfather to Amy and her husband Richard's six-year-old twins. When a visitor to their small, historic Virginia town is found dead after publicly accusing Kurt of committing a decades-old murder, Amy is determined to prove that Kurt didn't kill anyone, in the past or the present. 

An infant is left on the doorstep of Saint Michael's Orphanage in the winter of 1936 with only an engraved medallion to mark his identity. Marvin Saint Michael grows up under the watchful gaze of the nuns and priests, yet his upbringing is anything but loving. Marvin learns from an early age to keep his mouth shut, to obey, and to refrain from questioning the authority figures that surround him. For when one disobeys, severe repercussions are handed out . . .   

In dieser Sammlung finden sich Theodor Fontanes bekannteste Werke vereint. Egal ob für den Unterricht oder einfach, um die deutschen Klassiker kennenzulernen: Diese Sammlung eignet sich wunderbar dafür, in den deutschen Realismus einzutauchen. Und wer würde sich dafür besser eigenen als der bekannteste Vertreter: Theodor Fontane. Diese Sammlung beinhaltet die Meisterwerke "Der Stechlin", "Irrungen, Wirrungen", "Unterm Birnbaum", "Das Bild meines Vaters", "Effi Briest", "Stine" und "Tuch und Locke".

JLG Gold Standard Selection This lush reimagining of the classic characters from The One Thousand and One Nights is for fans of The Last Mapmaker, Mañanaland, and Graciela in the Abyss. Sabrena’s family has always claimed they are descended from the legendary sailor Sinbad. But when the sea...

Theodor Fontanes berühmteste Werke in einem Band vereint. "Effi Briest", "Irrungen, Wirrungen" und "Der Stechlin" sind Fontanes wohl bekannteste Werke. Während er in "Effi Briest" das Leben des jungen Mädchens sowie die Umstände, an denen sie zerbricht, schildert, widmet er sich in "Irrungen, Wirrungen" der tragischen Liebe von Botho und Lene Dörr, die von der Gesellschaft nicht akzeptiert wird. "Der Stechlin" ist das letzte Werk des Autors und zeigt die politischen Veränderungen in Deutschland Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts auf.

Deutsche Klassiker mal anders. "Effi Briest" steht ganz oben auf der Leseliste, aber es fehlt die Zeit? Kein Problem! Diesen und vier weitere deutsche Klassiker gibt es nun im praktischen Hörbuchformat. Egal ob Theodor Fontane, Theodor Storm oder Gottfried Keller. Hier ist für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei. Die Meister des deutschen Realismus laden mit diesem Hörbuch auf eine ganz besondere Reise ein. Die vorliegende Sammlung enthält die Werke "Effi Briest", "Die drei gerechten Kammmacher", "Die Regentrude", "Pankraz der Schmoller" und "Bulemanns Haus".

Two sisters are trapped on opposite sides of reality in this entrancing and deeply moving debut novel that weaves together a contemporary narrative with a parallel fantasy world. One year ago, a tragic car accident killed 22-year-old Laine’s parents and left her 18-year-old sister, Alyssa...