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Keyed to current, cutting edge research, this user-friendly guide provides detailed assistance to parents and educators who want to help dyslexic children achieve their best life. Topics include signs of dyslexia parents can watch for at various ages, symptoms that warrant diagnosis by a professional, what to expect during the testing process, tips on working with the school to create an optimal learning environment, how to offer a safe, encouraging space where children can learn to manage the emotional fallout of the dyslexic struggle, and much more.

Every leader and manager strives for success. The problem is, success relies on change and change is difficult. As you know, change affects people differently, which is why organizational change usually fails and why using a method that includes everyone’s needs is critical. The HST Model for Change presents a unique and comprehensive approach to the people side of organizational development. 

Is reading a struggle for your child? Does it cause your child stress or embarrassment? Are you confused by the mixed messages you receive from teachers and other professionals? Then this book is for you! This parent-friendly audiobook will help you understand the various causes of reading difficulties and how you can support your child. With more than 30 years of experience as a teacher, reading specialist, regional literacy coach, and administrator, Faith Borkowsky explains why so many children struggle to read and what you need to know to help your child.

Two hunters gunned down at close range. Three Sandhill Cranes shot from the sky. What the hell is going on in this small farming community outside Traverse City, Michigan? Forensic Detective Quinn Macarthy has solved many crimes in her twenty-five year law enforcement career, but this case stumped her. There weren't many leads. Were the five shootings even related? Where was the murder weapon?

In Walk with Me, you’ll return to the essential biblical practices that help people grow as Christ-followers in simple, slow, and deep ways. Learn how you can connect with your neighbors, coworkers, or anyone you want to reach with the gospel in ways that are relational and Spirit-led. You’ll learn five kingdom principles that will reshape how you can pass on the faith.

The conspiracy is over the mistakes and cover up are hidden and buried for good. Both sides of the Atlantic can concentrate on the threats from Islamic Terrorism. That is what they all hope. They want to enlist a hidden black asset in the chase, but there are risks to that approach. Meanwhile the FBI is still investigating what really happened. Is the conspiracy really over?

Tour rookie Kevin Turner is within one bad bounce of quitting. If he fails to win a check in Las Vegas, he’s out of money and down the road. Foot, his semi-retired businessman caddie will let him go, too. He hates quitters. Just before the first round, ambitious tour official Bill Henson complicates Kevin’s life by asking help to nab a suspected cheat, veteran player Ben Amaya. Amaya’s disenchanted wife throws herself into the mixture when she finds Kevin in an out of the way bar. It is Tour golf with a few murders, a beautiful woman, a rich caddie and a desperate rookie. 

Golf is tough enough without outside forces coming into play, especially those with superpowers they sometimes abuse. Currently, 23 golf gods control your game. They can support you and they can hurt you; they can even fight over you. It all depends on how you appreciate them and appease them. This book, provided by the golf gods themselves, was designed to help you understand the effect they have on everyone’s game, and how to get them on your side. 

Golf is a special game and golfers are special people. The Way of Golf captures this spirit by exploring its traditions, facts and fallacies, personalities, courses, swings, equipment, and much more. Find out what it’s like to be a member of an old British club, meet J. Wood Platt, the smartest golfer who ever lived, and discover what golf offers and expects. 

In 1970, the US government launches research into the feasibility of psychic-weaponry, based on growing intelligence reports on secret psychic-based military advances being made in the Soviet Union. After 25 years, the US psychic-weaponry program is publicly abandoned and declassified. Some believed the program went underground.

It was supposed to be an exciting golf tournament, not a life or death struggle. This is a golf story that takes place in the 1990s, when change was slower, before metal woods, before Tiger Woods soared, before some of the greats exited the game and before some of the more powerful antipsychotic drugs were invented. Young pro Kevin Turner travels to St. Andrews, Scotland to play in the oldest major golf championship. Although his caddie Foot is not with him, he has vowed to make the cut, and even contend.

If you’re like most people, your ideal life would include joy, love, happiness, fulfillment, and success. And you would probably like to avoid things like despair, failure, loneliness, fear, and hurt. The problem is, you can’t control life. Nobody can. But unlike most people, you can control your life. You do that by the decisions you make. When earning his doctorate, Robert Brown learned critical life skills from such luminaries as Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, and Viktor Frankl, among others.

My First Ten Days in Heaven is a delightful look at being dead. Michael Greyson, a good man, a likable man was in the hospital again. He expected to go home, but one afternoon, with his family present, he went to sleep and didn't wake up. At least, he didn't wake up alive. Soon after opening his eyes to discover his new room, a young man named Pete arrived to give him the bad news. Mike listened with growing concern about being in heaven. He had dumped religion in his 40s. God didn't exist. Being in heaven was a mistake. And if Heaven existed.

World-renowned forensic sleuth Dr. Elliott Sumner believes the nightmare is over when heads of board members are found, and a serial killer is dead. But three in Cape Town resurrect a sinister plot to control a genetic mutation with profound implications. When the groundbreaking formula surfaces with a message from the dead geneticist, Elliott knows only he can take the anti-aging biologic to the world. Doubting such fantasy and reluctant to engage in a hopeless battle against deadly minions, Elliott's worse fears are confirmed.

When a single mother is wrongly accused of murder, Zack Taylor must work to clear her name. Not an easy task, as everyone in the Maine town of Mill Springs thinks she's guilty. Zack finds, however, plenty of people who wanted the victim dead. As the events around him begin to spiral out of control, Zack begins to do the same.

It's 1980 and Clay Cooper is now running Cooper Investigations with his father, Matt, helping out as needed. Matt decides to join a lonely hearts club to try to find a companion his own age. He finds one and they have a wonderful night of coffee and talking. The next morning when he goes to call her, Sergeant Dean Hollister (Dan's son) answers the phone. The woman has been murdered and Matt was the last one to see her alive. He's been framed but he and Clay won't sit still for it. What they find during their investigation is a case of major proportions and a lot of people will die before this story is over...some you'll know and some will be strangers.

Wounded Eagle is a story about what could happen to the United States when attacked by terrorist forces bent on total destruction of the American way of life. Although seriously wounded, America is slowly attempting to recover while continuing to combat terrorists and other unknown forces. Boston, Dallas, Denver, and several other major cities have suffered devastating losses.

Kaye is an ordinary boy who likes exploring and dreams of being a legendary knight like his father. But good knights are hard to find in Knox since the king died. When the new queen knights Kaye for doing a brave deed to help another person, he gets his wish a lot sooner than he expected. Being a knight is a dream come true for Kaye...but he's got a lot to live up to.

The treasure house of Knox castle is empty! Now conspiracy and war threaten the kingdom while mysterious noises and unexplained events fill the castle. As best friends Kaye, Reggie, and Beau search for the missing treasure, jealous knights plot to get rid of Kaye for good. Can Kaye find the treasure in time to save the kingdom? Or will he risk losing his knighthood forever?

The world-renowned forensic pathologist and serial killer hunter Dr. Elliott Sumner attends a Christmas gala at the mansion of billionaire patriarch Albert Bell. Elliott watches the "Bluff City Butcher" die, moments after learning that they are brothers. Elliott's worst fears are confirmed when attempts on his life soon reveal that he too was part of an inconceivable genetic experiment, and his termination has been ordered.