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Finding the right colleges (yes, there are more than one) can sometimes seem like an impossible task, but it isn't. Using the same skills they've developed in school, social media surfing, and texting, every student can find colleges that will offer them the right mix of challenge, opportunity and support. These same skills make applying to college a fun-yes, fun!-mix of students telling colleges about their life, and learning more about themselves along the way.College is Yours 3 helps students apply the strong skills they already have to build their college plans. Each chapter is small enough to read in minutes, but complete enough to give them everything they need to know about their college search-and to use again and again as they complete their college process. From getting college ready in ninth grade, to building a personalized college list, to showing who they are in every part of the college application process, to preparing for the transition to college as a senior, College is Yours 3 offers the ideas students need to make a strong college choice, all in chapters they can refer to often, easily, and quickly. If you're looking for a book that will walk students through each step of choosing a college with clear, complete, encouraging advice, you've found it. If a student keeps this book close at hand throughout their search, they'll soon see that college is theirs.The latest in the College is Yours series includes updates on how COIVD has changed the way students learn about colleges, as well as new advice on how parents can support their child through the college selection process. New chapters were added to address the college application essay, a part of the application that colleges are looking at more closely. Topics on researching and visiting college campuses include more information about how to find out what students really need to know about a campus, even if they can't visit the campus. The three "special" chapters have also been updated, with the latest advice for artists, athletes, and students with special needs engaged in the college search. Favorite chapters, including how to work with their school counselor, and how families can talk about college without driving each other crazy, have also been updated-and the ever-favorite mini-case studies of Sara (college readiness), Dave the pizza store owner (is college worth it?), and Joanna (clean up your social media accounts!) are back and better than ever. Updated information on college costs is also included, with updated information on how when-and how-college costs play a role in finding a college, and how to work with financial aid offices after they've been admitted to make sure students are getting all the financial support they deserve. Like the editions before it, College is Yours 3 is written with the author's knowledge of over 30 years of working with students. It's based on the understanding that, once students are helped past the college hype of "college stress" and "best of" books, applying to college is easily within their grasp, just a series of activities they've done before, put together in a different package. This is why College is Yours 3 is more compact than other college guides; the advice students need is clear, easy to refer back to while they are actually going through the process, and well within their grasp. Applying to college isn't onerous. Reading-and more important, using-a college guide shouldn't be either.

This is my first children's book. I have two cousins who are 5 years old best friends, they did not understand why they could not play together anymore. My heart went out to both of them, and I put pen to paper. I wrote this book because we need more books written about the Covid 19 virus in a way that children can understand. This book was written to help moms explain the Covid 19, coronavirus disease to their children. This book will help children learn how to protect themselves and a new way to play safe during the pandemic of Covid 19.

West Texas native, Cade Garrett, is a 2004 graduate of the United States Military Academy West Point. As an Army Airborne Ranger serving combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, he learned the art of seeking out the enemy and eliminating them. Cade completed his military obligation in 2009 as a highly decorated Captain. He was quickly recruited by the CIA and served as a black ops operative throughout Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Greece, the Middle East, and Europe until he called it quits in 2018. Since then, Cade has done as he pleased, traveling to secluded locations to forget his dark past. Upon the death of his twenty-six-year-old brother, Kyle, Cade, at the age of thirty-eight years old, takes on the mission of going undercover to the small Colorado mountain town where Kyle lost his life while working on a horse ranch. Someone is going to pay for taking Kyle's life. Cade promised revenge against those responsible and will do whatever it takes to keep his promise.

'A story so full of compassion and purpose it will grab your heart and not let go...An outstanding read. Shirley Johnson, Midwest Book review of Memories Trail 'I laughed, I cried, I hated, I loved in this real-life novel where love is worth salvaging no matter what...' Ashley Denis, Front Street Review of Promises To Keep 'Life is precious, and nothing is too dark to make the conscious decision to end it all. The author does an excellent job at illustrating her point through an amazing story of family, tragedy, and true love.' Ruth A. Hill, reviewer of Promises My Love 'A coming-of-age saga. The pitfalls of young love are as heart wrenching as adult love as Francis and Ruf discover. Uncertainty strikes us all...it's what one does with the angst that makes all the difference.' DL Larson, author of Coming Home Francis Frailey has a new wife, and he has to make the trip to meet her family in Louisville. Simple, really. They would join his brother-in-law Joe and family on a steamboat, and be at their destination in a few days... How could he have forgotten the boat trip from his childhood? The nightmarish memory of his uncle abusing him? Or the memory of his mother pretending all was well? How could he make his wife happy yet not go down that ugly road in his mind? Ruf Douglas is still in love with Hattie Carter, except she's not all that fond of him anymore. Still, they were told to get along on the family trip. Ruf is to race in the Louisville Fourth of July horse race where fifty will be competing for the $5,000 reward. Winning the race may be the least of his problems especially when he ends up in jail. Hattie and Granny (Elizabeth) have a deep secret. Hattie has promised to keep their heartache between them and God. No one else. Ever. Only later does Hattie begin to understand how devastating their secret is and how it might affect the rest of her life. And Ruf's. Jim Frailey has come to terms with his new mother, mostly. He's intrigued with the idea of a new grandfather but is unsettled that Richard is a slave owner and has influence in local politics. Jim ends up helping Ruf out after his latest debacle with horse racing. Worse yet, he does something he vowed to never do again! He thought that was the worst of their adventure until they wake up to find their prized horse missing. Ruf is too sick to go looking but they head out anyway, at Ruf's insistence. Jim realizes Ruf is a gambler for sure but gambling on his health takes a nasty turn.

A Simple Love, as the title suggests, is a love story. American student Marielle goes to study at the University of Florence in the 1980s. She meets two bisexual Italian students, who both fall in love with her. She loves them both in return. Tragedy ensues, but also redemption.

Seventeen-year-old Sean Galway is brought to Los Angeles from the Midwest by his mother Rhonda after the death of his father. In the midst of the barrio, in 1970's Southeast Los Angeles, Sean has problems adjusting to the new culture. His mother has changed in personality and demeanor and is living a life of prostitution and drugs. Sean is confused and searching for hope. He meets Trinidad an elderly octogenarian illegal alien who tries to reach Sean through his dichos and metaphors from his garden. Will Sean discover the hope that lies within the garden or will he succumb to the police corruption, gangs, drugs, and criminal elements of the streets of Los Angeles.

Practical Qin Na Part 3: The Essence of Qin Na Forms & Applications is the third and final volume of Master Zhao Da Yuan's magnum opus on the art of Qin Na (Capturing and Seizing). This book builds on volumes one and two by detailing the solo hand and weapons forms that develop the internal body mechanics for correct performance of Qin Na techniques, while at the same time providing the practitioner with an encyclopedia of Qin Na techniques that are literally at one's fingertips. Practical Qin Na Part 3 includes:¿ Eight Forms of Upper Seizing and their practical self-defense applications¿ Qin Na Yielding Fist - a comprehensive Tai Ji-like form containing countless Qin Na techniques¿ Qin Na Yielding Saber¿ Qin Na Hand Rolling Saber¿ Qin Na Straight Line Saber Two-Person FormMore than 1,200 photos accompany the text, clearly illustrating every movement and numerous applications.For centuries, Qin Na was a secret family system, only parts of which were taught to outsiders. After teaching this deadly and effective art to the police, military personnel, and elite bodyguards for more than 40 years, Master Zhao breaks with tradition and openly reveals the real secrets of Qin Na to the general public, including the key theories, foundational training methods and solo forms that were in the past taught to only one or two disciples in each generation. Many of these training methods were revealed and openly demonstrated in the earlier volumes of this series Qin Na Part 1: Explanation of the Qin Na Nine Heaven Secret Text and Practical Qin Na Part 2: Foundational Training, Techniques and Methods. In Practical Qin Na Part 3: The Essence of Qin Na Forms & Applications, Master Zhao's disciples demonstrate the solo forms that allow one to thoroughly master the art of Qin Na. His disciples not only demonstrate the forms, they also detail the practical self-defense applications of each movement. With the publication of this third book, martial arts enthusiasts now have access to the full scope of Master Zhao's Practical Qin Na training methods and techniques.Master Zhao Da Yuan began training martial arts at the age of nine. He has studied Mi Zhong, Shaolin Lo Han Boxing, Tang Lang, Tong Bei, Ba Ji, Cha Chuan, Tai Ji Quan, Xing Yi Quan, and Ba Gua Zhang. Master Zhao studied a family system of Qin Na with Zhang Jin and is a Ba Gua Zhang disciple of the late, great Li Zi Ming. He was the chief martial arts instructor at China People's Police Officer's Academy, and over the last 40 years has taught Qin Na and martial arts to the police, military personnel, and elite bodyguards. Master Zhao has written many books on Qin Na, martial arts and police tactics. Now retired, Master Zhao is committed to spreading and preserving the art of Qin Na.

The Stinkie Winkie's Adventures (The New Arrival) will have you on the edge of your seats! Roncil Winkie finds out the Momma Winkie is having a 'new' baby, and boy is he upset. His thoughts goes from the family giving him away, to him being totally forgotten. It's not until he has a heart-to-heart talk with Momma Winkie that he realizes that having a new baby won't be that bad at all! So buckle up and get ready to experience this adventure with the Stinkie Winkie's.

This book is a factual account of the author's experiences in the U.S. Air Force, beginning with his boyhood memories of the end of World War II and following him through his years of active service with the Strategic Air Command during the years of the Cold War. Prentiss signed up for the Air Force ROTC program in his sophomore year at Sewanee (The University of the South) where he became a founding member of the University-AFROTC band. After graduation, he began his active service at Pinecastle AFB in Orlando, Florida, where he became part of the Strategic Air Command. As a naive young officer, he initially had problems adjusting to the SAC way of life, but soon settled into what he now regards as one of the most remarkable periods of his life.

When a young mother realizes she must leave her husband to save herself and her daughter, a stranger helps her take her first steps to escape her abuser. Suddenly, she's wrapped up in a cat-and-mouse game as her husband hunts for her. Everything he does to find her and make her "pay for what she has done" comes back to bite him-but will she be able to stay one step ahead of him to survive in the end?Inspired by stories that his wife, who was a social worker, told him, Don Pingston wrote Proof Required to not just be a page-turning thriller but to shine a light on how many people are struggling under domestic abuse and how important it is that we all take even a small step to help someone in need.