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Andrew Kinnear has dreamt of becoming a ship's engineer and traveling the world. But as his apprenticeship at Dalrossan Dockyard begins, he quickly realizes there is much more to his dream that he's bargained for. There are unwritten rules in his new workplace that he will break at his peril, a fearsome pecking order, and strange rites of initiation.

Keri travels across the Dilos sea to the continent of Orox in search of Fenrir, the third beast prophesied to bring the end of the world. Meanwhile, the locals of the impoverished village of Lerwick struggle to prepare for the upcoming winter, unsuspecting of the grave horror looming in the mountains beside them.

A 14-year-old boy struggles with family relationships and accepting the beliefs he was taught as a child. While on the vacation of a lifetime, driving from the United States through México, Central and South America, he visits ruins and reads scripture. As his feelings and opinions begin to clarify, he decides to express his feelings through mazes of scenes representing his religious interpretations, with short write-ups intended to help other young people discover what took him so long to understand.

Rodolpho Feijo's Sound Minds: Sound as a Primary Media is a 27 minute philosophical manifesto about the role of sound in human society. While making listeners think, reflect, and open their ears, Rodolpho takes you on a "never heard before" immersive audio experience. Sound Minds: Sound as a Primary Media can be also used as a guide for debates and profound discussions related to media, sound, and philosophy.

Lulubelle lives in the lap of luxury, she doesn’t even know she’s a dog! Then she meets Bones, and this pampered pooch’s life is turned upside down. Together, this unlikely pair are running away to London.

Former middle school teacher and teachers' advocate Taylor Mali struck a chord with his passionate response to a man at a dinner party who asked him what kind of salary teachers make - a poetic rant that has been seen and forwarded millions of times on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Based on the poem that inspired a movement, What Teachers Make is Mali's sharp, funny, reflective, critical call to arms about the joys of teaching and why teachers are so vital to America today.

Lawyers and legal system abuse have strangled America, and now a serial killer strangles the legal system in this suspenseful vigilante thriller. When Dr. Ron Rellick loses everything—including his sanity—from an unjust malpractice lawsuit, he takes justice into his own hands. Get inside the mind of a good man turned violent. See how the evil of corrupt lawyers leads to unforgiving vengeance.

Updated for the 2016 election. Every four years citizens of the United States cast their vote in the election process of their Chief Executive - the President of the United States. But many students and adults alike do not understand the process by which we elect our president. Are we really casting a vote directly for one of them or for an elector, and what is the difference? And going backwards from November, how did those men and/or women end up on the November ballot in the first place?

Something strange is happening to Mr. Fetlock's well-trained racehorses! Suddenly his swiftest steeds are running slowly. Sometimes they just sit down. Nine-year-old Harriet Bean is just the right size to pose as a jockey and unravel this bizarre mystery. But as Harriet sits next to Black Lightning, she has second thoughts about riding such a terrifying beast and exposing the diabolical League of Cheats.

Georgia: Using primary source documents, this fascinating book traces the history of the colony from its founding to becoming the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788.

The beloved American Girl History Mysteries features intrepid girls faced with intriguing situations. The author of this installment, Kathryn Reiss, has received the ALA Best Book for Young Adults Award. In Riddle of the Prairie Bride, it's 1878 and Ida Deming and her papa are looking forward to meeting his mail-order bride. But is this woman really who she claims to be?

This book is about churn or patient turnover. This is for those DPC doctors, not only those in mature practices, but also for those newbies who are just starting out. Everyone needs to worry about losing patients. It’s not only a blow to your ego when people are going out the door seemingly as fast as they are coming in but also a blow to your bottom line. And it could put you out of business.

In the wake of 2020, we need today's young learners to be prepared to develop solutions to a host of entrenched and complex issues, including systemic racism, massive environmental problems, deep political divisions, and future pandemics that will severely test the effectiveness and equity of our health policies. What better place to start that preparation than with a social studies curriculum that enables elementary students to envision and build a better world?

Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs explained in simple words for kids to understand. What they are and how to use them correctly. How to use them in simple sentence construction.

In this edition: Present and past tenses; Singular and plural tenses; Singular and plural nouns; Singular and plural pronouns; Modal verbs and their usages; and Perfect tenses are carefully explained with example sentences in sentence constructions.

Rose Frampton is content with life on her family's plantation in South Carolina, but the year 1900 brings many changes for the 15-year-old. She could never imagine that she would marry a Yankee and become the mistress of a New York City estate. Uprooted from the tranquil shores of Saint Helena's Island, she comes to know and love Rene, learns to make her own decisions, and finds an untapped inner strength.

In the Moment offers research-based guidance for conferring with your students in math. Jen Munson explains how, in just a few minutes, a math conference provides opportunities for supporting productive struggle, helping students grow their ideas, and differentiating instruction.

Young Slim has always dreamed of being a cowboy. That's why he quivers with excitement on his first day at the WJ Ranch. The sights, sounds, and smells of cowboy life thrill him so that he stays awake that night, writing beautiful poetry.

This book helps children identify verbs. Each verb is used and underlined in sentences to give children an example of what it is and how it is used.

When the messiest kid in Minnesota is saddled with her family's obsessively tidy brownie, the sparks are sure to fly. Warning: you may not want to listen in public, since this story will have you laughing out loud!