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Navigating the special education system can be tricky but not impossible. With this guidebook, you'll have all the tools you need to secure top-notch services for your kiddo. Put your game face on and become your child’s fiercest advocate and greatest cheerleader.

Our kids' natural energy level also makes unwinding difficult around bedtime. And they never have the time to connect and reflect on their inner selves. What better way to help than taking them on a trip to a world of dinosaurs! The relaxsaurus aims to help kids fall asleep while sharing valuable life lessons.

Ginny Rose and Peggy were best friends at seven, picking peaches on hot summer days. Peggy’s family owned the farm, and Ginny Rose’s were pickers, escaping the Oklahoma dust storms. That didn’t matter to them then, but now, 10 years, hard miles, and a world war later, Ginny Rose’s family is back in town and their differences feel somehow starker. Especially since Peggy’s new best friend, Lisette, is a wealthy banker’s daughter.

From the author of The Rope Walk, the story of a woman's life in its twilight, as she looks back on both a harrowing childhood and the unaccountable love and happiness that emerged from it. As the novel opens we see the Derry School in all its glorious New England fall colors and witness the loosening of the aging Peter's grasp - he will soon have to retire, and Ruth is wondering what they will do in their old age, separated from the school into which they have poured everything, including their savings.

When her 13-year-old twins head off to boarding school, Felicity Willow decides it's time to reconnect with her husband, Paul. The years of childcare have taken their toll on the marriage and Felicity dives headfirst into trying to re-ignite that spark of love. Paul, somewhat bewildered by his wife's endeavours, gamely plays along with her efforts. Hilarity ensues as Felicity devotes all her energies into the new project but as it turns out, recapturing romantic bliss isn't as easy as it sounds, and poor Felicity feels thwarted at every turn.

Anna’s Legacy, book two of The Sackville Hotel Trilogy continues Anna and Bill’s unwavering love story as they begin their married life as owners of The New Sackville Hotel, building a legacy for Anna’s daughter and granddaughter.

Tabitha and Wolf are hoping to spend a quiet Christmas at Glanwyddan Hall, the Pembroke estate in Wales. However, before they even leave London, they receive unsettling news of disturbing pranks happening on the estate. Is this just some local youthful mischief, or is something more sinister afoot? Moreover, why is the dowager countess so determined that they not cancel their visit? With the dowager guarding a secret, Tabitha and Wolf are thrust into a desperate quest to uncover the truth. As danger looms, they must navigate treacherous paths to safeguard their loved ones.

Tabitha and Wolf have just arrived back in London after their relaxing stay in Corfu. They haven’t thought about murder investigations for almost two months. However, any hopes they have that this respite might last a little longer are shattered when the groom’s father, Clarence Williams, the Earl of Warwick, is accused of murder just before Tobias’ wedding day to Lady Lily. Can Tabitha and Wolf clear the earl’s name in time for the wedding to proceed as planned? And what on earth is the dowager doing teaming up with Uncle Duncan, of all people?

Wisconsin, 1931: Mindy Zahn can’t understand why her parents deserted the family farm, leaving her mute younger sister in her care. Until her mother’s cryptic warning to keep her sister safe becomes a life-threatening task.

Die Serie erzählt die fiktionale Geschichte der Studentin Anna Gudwin, die versucht, ihren totgeglaubten Vater Klaus Gudwin zu finden. Klaus - ein altgedienter BND-Agent - ist spurlos verschwunden, hat aber jede Menge kryptische Botschaften hinterlassen. Der BND - vertreten durch Annas "Führungsoffizier" Manfred Mor - hat ein großes Interesse, diese Botschaften zu finden und zu entschlüsseln. Dafür braucht er Anna. Auf ihrer Suche folgt Anna den Spuren, die ihr Vater Klaus in der jüngeren Geschichte hinterlassen hat.

Morna Ulbrandson konnte sich an nichts erinnern. Sie befand sich in einem ausgehobenen Grab! Es war dunkel und düster, es regnete und sie sah den Rand des Grabs und auch… einen pechschwarzen Himmel… Sie sah sich um und erblickte mehrere Grabsteine in verschiedenen Größen. Es war zwar dunkel, aber man konnte dennoch viel erkennen… Sie sah Bäume und unzählige kleine Augenpaare, die auf sie gerichtet waren… Waren das… Krähen? Krähen mit roten mordlüsternen Augen? Und aus der Dunkelheit schälte sich eine Gestalt mit einer riesigen Axt in der Hand! X-Girl-C war dem Wahnsinn nahe!

The urgency and depth of encounter is a recurring theme in the poems of Jo Patti. Questions about loss, love, and destiny are spiraled into a mosaic she creates consisting of passages from around the planet, some crystal clear and others enigmatic.

This is a charming collection of children's stories.

England, 1944. On a classified Navy base situated atop the cliffs of Dover, telegraph operator Katie Kingston toils day and night intercepting and translating enemy transmissions in Morse Code, hunting for the next piece of information that will give Britain the edge in the ongoing war. But as the entire base quietly prepares for Britain’s most daring operation yet, Katie has more at stake than her fellow telegraphists. Because among the allied forces due to land on the shores of Normandy in Operation Overlord is Special Forces Lt. Ciaran McElroy, an Irishman who has stolen her heart.

Despite modern technology and the ample ways we have to keep in touch, we risk neglecting our relationships with the people who have the most profound effect on our well-being: our friends. Weaving together personal stories, interviews with experts, and social research, Friendship First empowers you to nurture relationships with friends both new and old.

Bal maiden Gwynna Merrick is more than prepared to resume her work at the copper mine, if only to keep her family safe from destitution. But when her upper-class friend convinces Gwynna to have one final night of enjoyment, a borrowed gown and a false identity give her a small taste of the freedom she has always craved. That is, until the mine owner’s handsome son arrives and threatens to reveal her identity.

Tired of the smoke, the smog, and the spoiled females of London, Frederick Hawkins leaves the city behind and purchases an estate in Cornwall, longing to escape his mother’s meddling—and to find a wife worthy of his devotion. When he happens upon a barefooted lady asleep on the beach and rescues her from the incoming tide, he believes he has found such a woman. But first impressions can’t be trusted.

Introducing Mental Toughness for Young Athletes, a book filled with proven strategies for athletes in the cheerleading world. While your competitors also work on the physical aspects of their game, and the gains are marginal, you will have the upper hand on all of them by becoming more mentally tough.

Miss Vanessa Claxton gave her heart to Lord Crispin Tilson when she was only seventeen. He did not ask for it, but it went willingly. A secret friendship on the cusp of young love, and then he was gone. Lord Crispin Tilson hadn’t expected that at the age of twenty he’d fall in love with a miss enjoying her first Season. He certainly hadn’t anticipated that their meetings would take place in secret and that nobody would ever learn. But, as much as he wished to be with Vanessa, adventure called, and he had to leave her behind.

"Solange ich rede, bin ich am Leben. Solange ich fliege. Die letzte Gewissheit, die mir bleibt: Wenn ich niemals lande, werde ich nicht gestorben sein." Es ist der 2. Juli 1937, in ihrer Lockheed Electra fliegt Amelia Earhart hoch über dem Ozean. Die Schatten der Wolken sehen aus wie Inseln. Sie steht kurz davor, als erster Mensch die Welt zu umrunden. Dies ist die schwerste Etappe. Jo Lendle erzählt die Geschichte einer Heldin, die keine Heldin sein will. Amelia fliegt, sie schreibt, sie setzt sich für Frauen ein – ein Vorbild.