RETURN TO THE AUGMENTED CITY! Beneath the smartglass towers, hovering drones and digital advertisements of the corporate elite, life on the streets of Union City follows its own cyber-organic rhythms. . . . A squattertown gangster, left digitally dead by a corporate war, learns new ways to survive in the underground . . . A muni detective investigates a mysterious robbery performed by a well-prepared group of augmented attackers . . . A submissive cyber-doll entertains wealthy clients while gathering information to serve her mysterious benefactors . . . A psycog returns from retirement to track down a data thief who's seemingly disappeared into a virtual world . . . Stories by Irene Bassett, Brad Cole, D.M. Dore, Jens Durke, S.L. Koch, G. Dean Manuel, Adrian McCauley and Rick Rosenkranz paint a collaborative picture of our augmented future that is alternately chilling and inspiring.
This book helps children explore a range of emotions with a variety of activities. The activities help kids identify what they are feeling, and recognize that they can intervene with a coping skill before their emotions become difficult to manage. This book, like All Coping Skills for Kids(TM) products is designed for ease of use by parents, caregivers and professionals alike.The feelings included in this book are: SadFrustratedMadWorriedAnxiousEmbarrassedScaredOverwhelmedStressedJealousHere's a brief description of the Included worksheets: What makes you feel....Sometimes it's hard for kids to express themselves just by talking. This worksheet is an opportunity for kids to write or draw what makes them feel different emotions.What makes other people feel...Some kids struggle to identify their feelings. An easier way to start the conversation is to begin by asking about other people feelings instead.Pick one color and draw about feeling...Kids can express themselves by picking a color that connects to a feeling and then drawing about that feeling using the color.Draw about feeling ___ using shapes.Using shapes is another way for kids to share and express their feelings. For example, some kids may draw sad as raindrop shapes, or happy as hearts.Draw or write coping skills you can use when you feel...The goal of Coping Skills for Kids is to help children identify safe and healthy coping skills they can use when they are experiencing different emotions. This sheet helps kids start to make the connection between having a feeling and using an appropriate coping skill to express that feeling safely.Feelings ThermometerBeing able to identify not only what you are feeling, but also how much you are feeling, is an essential piece to managing your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. If you know when you are starting to have a more significant reaction, then you can intervene and use the right coping skill to help manage your feelings. The goal should be to have kids use a coping skill when they are lower on the thermometer before things escalate. The other benefit of the feelings thermometer is that it helps kids put feelings and coping skills together.There are also some blank versions of the worksheets in the back where kids can fill in any feeling they want, as well as a worksheet to help kids share how they are feeling in the moment.How are you feeling today? Write or draw about it.At the end of the book, there are blank pages you can use to have kids share how they are feeling by writing or drawing about it. These sheets are a way to start a dialogue with kids about their feelings but using writing or drawing instead of talking out loud.
ノア・ヘンリーは両親から学校が閉まっていることを知らされるまで、その朝もいつものように学校へ行く準備をしていました。残念なことに動物園も閉まってしまって、お友だちと遊ぶこともできません。先生とお話しして、言われた通りに弟と一緒に手を洗ってみましたが、それでも状況は変わりません。家族とお散歩に出かけた時、お友だちがにじを描いて窓にはっているのをみて、はじめてみんな同じように不安を抱えているのだと気がつきました。そして、みんなでまたすぐに遊べるようにと願ったのでした。
Abigail Travis is a PR Specialist who has never met a client she can't handle. That is until her boss assigns her Hollywood hunk, Storm Jackson. She's been given the impossible task of posing as his girlfriend in a last-ditch effort to soften his untamable image and restrain his tempestuous behavior before his next movie is released. Now she's stuck in a luxurious hotel suite in Los Angeles, job on the line, and only two weeks to improve Storm's reputation while trying to preserve her own.Storm Jackson has it all - charm, good looks, wealth, and fame. Everything that is, except good judgement. As the tabloids have publicized, he could use some help in that department. When his agent recommends having Abigail Travis pose as his girlfriend in a ruse to bolster his upcoming film, Storm finds himself giving into the unconventional plan. After all, he's used to playing a role. Abigail is both beautiful and smart, not to mention a welcome challenge when most things in his life come so easy.Intimate evenings, glamorous parties, and blurring lines between make-believe and reality - Abigail and Storm will soon realize their romantic ruse puts more than just their reputations at risk.After finishing the novella, Taken by Storm, get swept away by the short, heartwarming love stories that are included in this book for your reading pleasure.
The goal of the second volume of "Power to the People" is the same as I intended in the first volume, which is to build a cultural voice of solidarity through Black critical opinion pieces and poetry. PTTP is a collection of poetry and prose about the 21st century Black freedom struggle during the Trump presidential era. This book is intended for those who believe in the commitment to Black ancestry and to consciously uplift new generations of Black people in the name of Black love to raise the vibration of the oneness that generates Black solidarity.
All of Mouseville loves Brownie Mouse's famous brownies. But now, he's fresh out of ideas for new brownie flavors! After a mysterious break-in, Brownie gets some interesting ideas from some unexpected places. But will they be enough to keep his spot as the Best Brownie Baker in all of Mouseville? Make your own batch of chocolatey goodness along with Brownie and his friends as he bakes his way through another fun adventure.
It's Freddie Yeti's first day of school and he is not ready. What if he gets lost? What if he doesn't fit in? Even though he's nervous, Freddie decides to be himself and try his best to have a great first day of school.
Have you went through your day -to -day life like you don't exists? Destiny expresses her journey through life as an African-American child through adulthood as a person who was sexually abused as a child, in these short stories. What happens when the truth is really told?
Take a Black History trip, through time, with Chocolate Sunshine. Come face to face with some of our African kings and queens. Enjoy a brief trip through Africa to learn about their role in history. Africans like: King Shaka Zulu, King Ramses II, Queen Nzinga, and King Premph II, are a few guests that will visit the children at Creative Learning Academy on this journey. This book includes of a section of pages for coloring and one line on them for you to challenge your child. Young and old alike will enjoy experiencing and relating to those of Creative LearningAcademy!
Guess who is here to save the day? Introducing Chocolate Sunshine. She is an African-American superhero, who explores the world offering comfort, love and guidance to African-American children in danger.African -American children are experiencing things in their everyday lives that are not normal. Things like sexual abuse, bullying and peer pressure have become normal. Chocolate Sunshine addresses these issues in a loving way. Chocolate Sunshine also gives African-American children a superhero who favors them. There is hope!What will Chocolate Sunshine discover today? Read and see!
"Math is BAD" is a short text to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of mathematics in a simple manner. The book uses a significant number of credible sources and could provide a new angle of interpretation and appreciation of mathematics. Specifically, the modern era reveals another side of the truth that mathematics cannot formulate. That is to say, nothing is for sure. Such a vision has led to another branch of science, which requires relying on probabilistic effects. Statistics is the branch that employs mathematics while missing the absoluteness of mathematics. In simple terms, "MATH IS BAD" encourages us to listen to the sound of the cosmos and whatever it contains with more mindfulness while respecting its complexity and randomness. Moreover, "Math is Bad" briefly touches on the dark side of scientific literature and the way sources are altered for various purposes. The second edition has improved the content to include the most available up-to-date information and references.
They say that life is like a roll of toilet paper; it moves faster as you get closer to the end. Sometimes before you know it, you may find it is too late to take care of unfinished business.Don't let this happen to you.________________________________________"For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7________________________________________For those in the golden years this book will help you live life to the fullest and finish well.-Part One challenges you to use your God- given talents in creating your golden years.-Part Two provides questions, thoughts, and tips to help you finish well.
The mind-blowing third book in the Black Heart series. Hard-nosed blogger Carmine Cleary lives in a frigid and snow-bound Los Angeles in the mid twenty-first century. It's been more than ten years since the news broke that the earth was spiraling far out of its orbit, dragged by a celestial force known as Dark Matter. The ongoing catastrophe has been nicknamed the 'Big Chill'. Scientists understand what's happening, but are powerless to stop it. In less than a year, every living thing on the surface, billions of humans and trillions of other life forms, will freeze to death. The news has sparked a desperate rush of humanity to the warmer equatorial regions. Like everyone else, Carmine has come to accept that he will die of the cold or starvation. But while investigating the death of a billionaire philanthropist, he stumbles on an incredible secret known only to a select few - that a mysterious secret society has been constructing a massive installation deep underground, not far from the city of San Francisco. A tiny fraction of humanity are planning to survive the Big Chill.
One woman abhors her past. The other fights for freedom. Will their battle for emancipation leave them casualties of war? South Carolina, 1862. Emily Jarvie is determined to send her family's slave-owning history to its grave. When the Union Army captures the Sea Islands, she returns to the south to teach the former slaves, part of the Army's unusual experiment in racial equality. Despite her loyalty to the Union cause, her Southern heritage raises a brick wall of Yankee suspicion. Oberlin College, Ohio. Fugitive slave Caro Jarvie longs to pick up a rifle to fight for freedom. But as a woman, she has to settle for reporting on the war second-hand from the Union Army camp in the Sea Islands. When she learns that Harriet Tubman is in South Carolina to lead a military mission to free slaves, Caro seizes her chance to enter the fray. As Emily and Caro struggle to bury the past, old loves and new flames open a door to the future they both hope for. But with the war for America's soul raging ever closer, each woman finds her strength tested as she strives for a better tomorrow. Can they forge a legacy of love and acceptance during a time of turmoil and death?
Samantha "Sam" Volare catches a shark in Baja, Mexico in a contest. When the stomach is ripped apart by two dogs, human flesh parts spew out and one piece has a "duck" birthmark on it. She is determined to discover who her shark ate. Back in Sandpoint, Idaho, bizarre happenings prevent her from her search. But she persists. Will the killer stop her before she manages to uncover the truth?
Jenna and her little sister Orla love when their parents read them bedtime stories. Every night, the girls wish they could go inside the stories on a real adventure to visit new places and meet new friends. Tonight, they search their bookcase for a great book that will take them on a new and exciting journey; but finding the right book for the perfect bedtime story turns out to be a great adventure in itself.
This is a book that explains the difference between a Chapter 13 and a Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Perseverance of the Human Spirit is a celebration of life woven into poetry. It uses poetic imagery to express sentiments of love, hope, encouragement and happiness. This book gives love and appreciation to poets, artists, and the everyday people that fuel our work. Inspiration is a never-ending journey always waiting for you to find and create it. Never give up on your goals and dreams. They are the baseline seaming together the loose ends of everyday minutiae. It's the little things we appreciate along the way to the destination that radiant the most joy and preserve the human spirit.
My Name is Aida describes the journey of a 13-year-old Cuban-Jewish girl who left her home as an unaccompanied minor. She went to the United States by herself in 1961 through a program later known as "Pedro Pan". She studied, worked hard and eventually became a judge.The book depicts the child's feelings about leaving the only country she had known, her bewilderment in a new place where she did not know the language, and her adjustment to an unknown environment. She was distressed about feeling different but through her journey, she flourished. She learned that each person is unique and that being different is good. It helps to build a stronger more resilient society.
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: Exhilarating! I highly recommend! Every chapter was exciting and full of surprises...And wow, Lana and Jean-Luc. What a dream. What a love story. What a destination. Paris is definitely the perfect backdrop. If you want to be swept away, this is the novel for you. Hearts and Errors is a quick, but very satisfying read. A beautiful love story that clings to you long after you've turned the last page. (Amazon Customer)Each chapter reads so easily like a movie-in-your-mind that the beauty of Paris captured in thoughtful, picturesque moments contrasts fast-paced, busy New York. Definitely a must-read! (Amazon Customer)Hearts and Errors is a well layered romantic tale with a plot that twists and turns...But the most powerful aspect of the novel is its ability to evoke gripping emotions as the author takes me from one revelation to another. I had goodsebumps as the story reached its conclusion! (Amazon Customer)Lana's challenges were relatable and universal...A heartwarming book and I could not put it down. (Goodreads Reader)Kept my attention from the first page to the last. (Goodreads Reader)From the author of the beloved novel, HIGH (A Caffeinated Love Story).When her once popular column called "Single and Loving It" fails faster than she can meet her next deadline, New York columnist Lana Levine fears the end of her career. It doesn't help that Valentine's Day is fast approaching-a harsh reminder of when Roy left her without an explanation and how three years later, she still hasn't moved on. When stress sends her to the doctor's office, she discovers a magazine article about an old man who matches strangers in a small café in Paris. Lana thinks this is a sign. Desperate for change, she flees to The City of Light-leaving her job in jeopardy. Armed with nothing but hope and a broken heart, she begins her quest to find the mysterious café. But a careless mistake causes her to miss her one chance to meet the matchmaker. Lost and distraught on the cobblestone streets and narrow alleys, Lana meets Jean-Luc-a handsome poet with an old soul who hides a painful past. After spending the next few days exploring Paris and quickly falling for each other, a devastating event pulls them apart. But what separates them might just be the one thing that binds them back together and changes their lives forever.
This is Nug is the story of a little creature overcoming his urge to collect and gather possessions just to impress others. The moral of this is Nug is that materialism is not the route to happiness, and letting go of possessions is liberating and enjoyable. This bug story books for kids helps to nurture a love of nature, and the story lets children know that they are more than the things that they own. This little bug picture book tells a heart-warming tale. The characters that Nug meets in this cute monster story eventually teach him an important lesson that is valuable for all people these days.
How could a girl, growing up in a world controlled by men, rise to rule over them? What hardships fueled her tenacity? What setbacks hardened her resilience? What battles transformed her into a formidable leader? These are the fascinating mysteries unraveled by the story of Deborah - the first woman to lead a nation in known human history. Praise for DEBORAH RISING: "A captivating read from the opening shock of a stoning to the cliffhanger conclusion, Deborah Rising provides action-packed adventure!" Historical Novels Review. "Stunning ... an epic journey that no reader could guess. It's unlike anything I have read." Urban Lit Magazine. "The story of this young woman has moved me emotionally, spiritually, and has inspired me." Hollywood Book Reviews. "Deborah Rising is a perfect read for history enthusiasts. Riveting!" The US Review of Books. "Deborah, for all the tragedies she has endured, continues, never losing faith. A seductive saga, peopled with a fascinating array of characters." Bookpleasures. "This enthralling story gives the reader an amazing insight into what life was really like for women at a fascinating time in history. Absolutely absorbing!" The English Informer. " Believable and engrossing." Pacific Book Review. "Rich descriptions and engaging dialogue bring the story of Deborah to life ... her struggles will no doubt resonate with today's readers." Oak Tree Reviews. "A strong female protagonist that is hard to come by." Seattle Book Review. "No story has ever hooked me right at the beginning quite like this one ... entertaining, suspenseful, and heart wrenching - definitely a five-star page-turner!" The Reader Views. "A superior, heart-pounding and inspirational read ... vivid descriptions, intriguing twists. Readers are in for a real treat!" Midwest Book Review. "Deborah is strong, and her story is a compelling one. Azrieli does a masterful job." San Francisco Book Review. "Deborah Rising powerfully depicts the political, religious, and cultural landscapes - Azrieli has a powerful gift for plot and character and for making history come alive. A masterpiece!" Manhattan Book Review.
A vegan alpaca farmer, a ranch hand, and an accidental pregnancy.Indigo Hewitt reluctantly decides a move to Hope Ranch is the best of the few options available. Despite not knowing her grandparents well, she moves in a few days before her baby sister's wedding. Based on conversations she's had with ranch hand Joaquin, Indigo figures she'll manage to fit in just fine.Joaquin Rivera has been pushing the Hewitts to bring livestock to Hope Ranch. When Indigo relocates with her herds, he's excited to lend a hand with the sheep and alpacas. Working alongside Indigo isn't going to be a hardship, either.After a tipsy evening together, Joaquin is determined to get his relationship with Indigo back to a place that honors God. One mistake isn't going to ruin either of their lives. Until those two pink lines appear. Will they find a way to make a family, or will Indigo's need for freedom be too much for love to overcome?Hope Ranch is a place where second chances and God's love are waiting for everyone. Click to buy your copy of this contemporary Christian romance and come to Hope Ranch today!Don't miss out on the rest of the Hope Ranch series!1. Hope for Christmas2. Hope for Tomorrow3. Hope for Love4. Hope for Freedom5. Hope for Family 6. Hope at Last And read more realistic Christian romance by Elizabeth Maddrey, too!1. Peacock Hill Romance, a completed 6-book series that begins with A Heart Restored2. Grant Us Grace, a completed 5-book series that starts with Wisdom to Know3. Taste of Romance, a completed 5-book series that begins with A Splash of Substance4. Operation Romance, a completed 4-novella series that begins with Operation Mistletoe5. The Baxter Family Bakery, a completed 4-book series that begins with Loaves & Wishes6. The Remnants Series, a complete trilogy that begins with Faith Departed
"For seven years, Lord Garrett Sinclair-handsome illegitimate son of the Duke of Pembroke-has been traveling abroad with no intention of ever returning home to Pembroke Palace... until his father commands that he must marry by Christmas or lose his inheritance forever. Haunted by a tragic accident that has hardened his heart, Garrett entrusts his brothers to seek out a bride who will agree to a marriage in name only. Her reward? A sizable share of his inheritance-payable immediately after the wedding night. Lady Anne Douglas has been ruined by scandal and disowned by her father. Facing a life of poverty and spinsterhood, she leaps at the generous terms of the marriage contract to ensure her independence. But the charade of a two-week engagement proves more of a challenge than either anticipated when they cannot resist the intoxicating lure of the marriage bed. Anne knows they will part ways after the wedding. Will she dare risk her heart for two weeks of pleasure in the arms of an irresistible rogue? Or will her surrender become her undoing after a most unexpected turn of events mere hours before the wedding?"--
When you hit rock bottom the only way is up and with her new-found friends in high places Bay is soon climbing the social ladder one champagne party at a time. But Moet has a completely different taste when mixed with murder!
""Tisses!," your little one says. "Oh, you mean Kisses?!"Oh, Tisses, is an interactive baby book that encourages affection between you and your little one. As you turn each page, you are reminded to give your baby a loving kiss on the cheek or forehead.And as your child performs the actions in the book throughout the day, be sure to give them more affectionate kisses on the cheek or forehead. Soon you will hear your little one say, "Tisses, Tisses, Tisses," and you'll know exactly what to do!"--
A story about the goodness of God and the gifts He bestows on others that ultimately change our own lives. We are all unique like the keepsake snowflake; what we do with our special gifts while we are here is what truly matters. 1 Peter 4:10.
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