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Born at the turn of the millennium, the members of Generation Z are no strangers to today's fast-paced, hyperconnected world. They were born in the Digital Age. They grew up online. Their identities, attitudes, and perspectives have all been uniquely integrated with technology. Now, as they stand at the brink of adulthood, it's time for the world to discover: Who is Generation Z? Vivek Pandit shares an insider's perspective on what it means to be part of this unique generation. By...
| Автор | Vivek Pandit |
Being a teenager today is one of the hardest jobs in the world. You have grades to maintain, obligations to extra-curricular activities, and soul-crushing pressure to excel at everything so colleges take notice. On top of it all, you're forced to act as your own public relations manager because, thanks to social media, every bit of your life is on display. No one knows that better than teen model, actress, and author Makaila Nichols. Nichols' book, <i>Blatantly Honest,</i>...
| Автор | Makaila Nichols |
This quick, enjoyable read is packed with proven tips and advice beneficial for teachers at all stages of their career. Drawing on her many years’ experience as an elementary and middle school principal, author Susie Wolbe, ED.D. addresses many of the common challenges teachers face, including classroom management procedures and practices, stress and burn-out. Divided into three easy-to-read sections, The Empowered Teacher: Proven Tips for Classroom Success provides educators with practical...
| Автор | Dr. Susie Wolbe |
Life is never dull when you've created a new world or two! After restoring Princess Anya to her throne on Mars, Rachel, Katie, and Jack return to Venus to rescue Sonia, Katie's adopted sister, from the clutches of Da Mayor. With the help of Jack's brother and his friends, they also fight to free the inhabitants of the oppressed city. But Da Mayor can change the future and even erase Rachel from the world she created! Can Rachel and her friends survive long enough to overcome Da...
| Автор | Martin Berman-Gorvine |
After the Ramsdens lose their father, Charlotte («Carrots»), her brother, her young sister, and her mother continue to operate their East Texas dairy farm. Then their cousin from Eastern Europe, Emiglia («Miggle») is orphaned, and is forced to come live with them. When she arrives, she's shocked to find her relatives engaging in manual labor, which her late parents considered fit only for peasants. But as the two girls begin to find some common ground, they discover that they're...
| Автор | Ardath Mayhar |
Professor Bullfinch develops the «House of the Future» in which all controls are automatic, and plans to debut it at an upcoming Science Fair. This includes temperature controls and other standard functions, but also items such as washing machines, food preparation and normal housework. Danny, Irene and Joe, as well as Irene's toddler cousin, go to explore the house and become trapped inside, as the locks were automated to have security settings to seal the house until the Professor's...
| Автор | Jay Williams |
When their parents are killed, Nick and Nita find themselves destitute. Only an uncle they've never known offers them a refuge on his East Texas farm. The culture shock is intense for Nita, but Nick takes to farming, learning how to plow with a mule, bale hale, milk cows, and tend gardens.<P> "Mayhar's roots in East Texas are never more evident than in this lovely tale of teenagers forced to re-evaluate their lives. Poignant and moving."–Robert Reginald.
| Автор | Ardath Mayhar |
'I've thought of a game," said my cousin Julian.<P> "What kind of a game?" I asked.<P> "A different kind of game," Julian said. «We've never played it before.»<P> It was a hot day and they had al¬ready seen the movie at the only theater in town. Yet the game that Julian devised to relieve the boredom–the game of Takers and Returners–was to affect the lives of all the children who took part in it. <P> Julian was fifteen, and thirteen¬-year-old...
| Автор | Carol Beach York |
Nancy, Barby, and Doug Holland looked forward to summer in New Hampshire without realizing what exciting secrets came with their new home. The summer would hold more than swimming and horseback riding, blueberry pancakes and picnics at the lake, but they didn’t begin to guess how much more until Nancy bid for an old trunk at a country auction. <P> The Hollands were vacationing in an old house which had once belonged to a New Hampshire primitive artist whose paintings had lately become...
| Автор | Elizabeth Honness |
"I challenge you to a duel of desert islands!" Dr. Grimes cries, when Professor Bulfinch accuses him of not being practical. Grimes plans to go ashore on an uninhabited desert island, and the Professor on another. After a month they will see who has survived the best! <P>Danny and his best friend Joe soon get permission to join them, and the four take off in the scientists' plane. But when they crash-land in the ocean and are really marooned on an island off the coast of Peru –...
| Автор | Jay Williams |
Through a mishap in Professor Bulfinch's laboratory, Danny accidentally creates an anti-gravity paint. The natural use, of course, is for a spaceship – the paint can replace rockets to get the ship into space. Unfortunately, the spaceship is launched prematurely after Danny and Joe follow Professor Bulfinch and Dr. Grimes on a tour of the ship. A mechanical failure dooms the four to a one-way trip out of the Solar System – unless they can repair the spaceship in time! <P> This is...
| Автор | Jay Williams |
In this fourth installment of “The Pope's Cat” series, Margaret and the Pope travel for the first time together away from the Vatican and out of Rome. They go by train to the Umbrian hill town of Assisi, a place of pilgrimage for Christians all over the world who want to remember the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Together they visit the great Basilica named for St. Francis, greet Franciscan friars at the monastery, attend a World Day of Prayer for Peace, meet religious leaders (each, it...
| Автор | Jon M. Sweeney |
Margaret – The Pope's Cat – is back! Illustrated in full color. Bang! Slam! Boom! Loud sounds in St. Peter's Square had been going on for nearly an hour already. Margaret was annoyed, because as you may know, cats like to sleep. A lot. The apartment where Margaret lives with the Pope, ever since he adopted her off the streets of Rome, looks out onto St. Peter’s Square. And the noises down there kept waking Margaret up. She rolled over, covering her ears with her paws. A few...
| Автор | Jon M. Sweeney |
This collection draws heavily from the core devotional strain in Miller’s poetry, offering what novelist Fenton Johnson described in his review of Iron Wheel as “the vision and experience of that place where dark merges seamlessly into light; the house and home of grace—unasked for and perhaps undeserved, but transformative all the same.” Framed by meditations on the beginnings and possible post-human ends of culture, the new poems reflect on the callings and limits of art in responding to...
| Автор | Jon M. Sweeney |
This is the story of a stray born on the Via della Conciliazione in Rome, how she’s adopted by the Pope, and then “rules” the Vatican from museum to floorboard! First in a new series. No one has a closer view of what’s happening in the world’s tiniest nation, Vatican City, than Margaret, the Pope’s new cat. But she wasn’t always Margaret, and she wasn’t always the Pope’s cat. She started out as a stray on the streets of Rome, and there are those in the Vatican who wish she’d never been...
| Автор | Jon M. Sweeney |
Based on extensive research as well as on a career working for cultural institutions, historian Thomas E. Chávez has created a historical novel about the American southwest, specifically in New Mexico and Arizona, a place where Europeans settled in 1598. Here is a historical narrative about one of those families. The story begins and ends with Edward Romero who became the United States ambassador to Spain and is prototypical of the thousands of young men and some women who sought a new life in...
| Автор | Carilyn Alarid |
This touching story describes the use of the Native American “talking stick” to facilitate communication through the unique black and white painted pottery images created by the Mimbres Indians of southwest New Mexico. Centered on the theme of caring, it is the third in a series to help children learn how to develop good character traits. In this story the Mimbres children discover the enduring power of caring for each other and the members of their pueblo. Innovative ideas along with daring and...
| Автор | Carilyn Alarid |
This exciting story introduces the use of the Native American «talking stick» and the «lightening stick» through the unique, black and white painted pottery images used by the Mimbres Indians of southwest New Mexico. The story centers on five Mimbres children who empower themselves to become active, contributing citizens of their village. Their life experiences teach them courage, empathy, tolerance and determination on their journey toward adulthood. The children are brought to life through the...
| Автор | Carilyn Alarid |
Thinks A Lot has her head in the clouds, or does she? Thinks A Lot has seen animal shapes in the clouds since she was a little girl. She often saw images in the clouds that sometimes could not be seen by others. Grandfather told her it was a gift she could use to help her people. But, how? Grandmother chose Thinks A Lot to teach the small children of the village how to play and get along with each other. So Thinks A Lot began to teach the children to see images in the clouds and how to look for...
| Автор | Carilyn Alarid |
“I Know a White Rabbit – Verses for Children” is a brand-new collection of classic poems for children written by Lucy Clifford (1846–1929). Clifford, also known as Mrs. W. K. Clifford, was an English journalist, novelist, and wife of notable philosopher and mathematician William Kingdon Clifford. A delightful collection of timeless children's poetry that would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Contents include: “Swinging”, “Watching”, “The Rabbit”, “The Fiddler”, “A-Coming Down...
| Автор | Lucy Clifford |
Being a force of nature doesn't keep you safe. Hunter Garrity is used to watching his back. The kids at school sense something different about him. And they're right. Hunter has powers that have nothing to do with how hard he can throw a punch. Maybe that's what Clare Kasten is picking up. She's shy, quiet, and intense, but she's sought him out. There's no telling what she wants from him. But Hunter knows enough to sense a secret when it's close. And getting...
| Автор | Brigid Kemmerer |
The ABC of the Histology is intended to convey basic knowledge of human tissues by images analysis, using the standard technique of staining haematoxylin-eosin (H&E).<br><br>The approach of the book is to simplify the concepts of a knowledge area somewhat difficult to convey, by analyzing 134 images, selected for the purpose of highlighting the fundamental concepts of Histology.<br>In summary, the ABC of the tissues, which can be read and summarized in few...
| Автор | Javier Munoz |
The year 2020 started off normally, but pretty soon things started to get different and weird and scary. A virus was quickly spreading in faraway countries, and then, before we knew it, it was here in America. Schools closed, trips were canceled, and everyone started wearing masks and gloves and staying inside to stay healthy. With everything so different and everyone so worried about getting sick, it was hard to not feel at least a little scared about what was going on. An Ordinary Kid in...
| Автор | Roz Liberman |
For 'my' desires, 'my' interests, 'my' greed, and 'my' pleasure, lots of sacrifices are made. But, there is no legitimate explanation to figure this situation out so far. With COVID-19, everyone is globally isolated to face a new obstacle. The globe needs new laws and orders for the future generation that will be commonly able to apply to everyone in the world. It is the reason why I write this book. If you are desperately looking for the truth or the...
| Автор | Younjeong Kwak |