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Lacey always dreamed of a trip to Pompeii but never thought it would happen, until her cousin calls out of the blue, asking if Lacey would like to replace their photographer on their archeological dig. Sebastian wasn’t expecting Lacey to be, well … Lacey. But he’s intrigued from the start, and then he sees what she can do—even before she does.

Miles Carlisle is every teen girl's fantasy. His rugged good looks and exotic British accent have helped catapult his boy band, Seconds to Juliet, to super-stardom. But after two disastrous and very public breakups, Miles isn't interested in dating just any girl; he wants The One. And the only girl he's interested in won't even give him the time of day. As a kid, Aimee Bingham had a huge thing for Miles until he made fun of her for always tagging along. The prospect of going on tour with the childhood crush who broke her heart isn't exactly enticing. Except now Miles seems interested.

1999. Macarena Montiel desaparece de forma repentina. Poco después de los hechos, su marido vende la casa donde pasaron juntos el último verano. 2009. Como cada verano, Celia acaba de llegar a su casa de la playa. Pero todo es diferente ese año, la empresa de su padre se encuentra en una situación crítica, al borde del cierre y cada día Celia vive atormentada por las peleas de sus padres. Lo peor es que Celia no puede evitar sentirse en parte culpable de todo lo que está pasando.

For over fifteen years, researchers have described a crisis in our nations' early learning classrooms. Hundreds of children are expelled from childcare and preschool every day; a rate nearly three times that of kindergarten-twelfth grade students. Each child's expulsion is symptomatic of a larger crisis—an overburdened, underfunded, undervalued, and fragmented early education system. No Longer Welcome starts a critical conversation between and across sectors of the early childhood field.

In an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic "old revolutionary stock" families that rule New York's social life. Under the rules of this society, "being things" is better than "doing things" and reputation and outward appearances come at the exclusion of everything else. In this Gilded Age, when America’s expansion and increased industrialism produce a group of newly wealthy robber barons and financiers.

Brooke’s treetop city is a charred husk of its former glory. Her people demand revenge against the Emberhawk tribe, blind to the larger threat: the ravenous Malaano Empire. Determined to subvert a bloody war, Brooke accepts a marriage alliance she knows she’ll soon regret. Meanwhile, an Emberhawk prince is seeding a rebellion, and if Brooke’s secret support can reforge the Tribal Alliance, they might stand a chance against the Imperial threat. Lysander is a former slave who feels he has nothing to live for…unless he can convince Brooke to teach him the magic of thought-speak.

Author Brenda James guides you to take a deep but safe dive inward. Chapter by chapter, through a method of introspection, you are encouraged to take simple action steps and embrace tools to help illuminate all the reasons why you should believe in yourself as a leader. Embrace the process and let its wisdom equip you with one of the key fundamentals of leadership—self-belief. Come on an inspiring journey that will fill your heart with possibility. Immediately—and forever.

La muerte es un tema difícil de abordar con los niños. Este audiolibro es la ayuda que padres, maestros y adultos que tengan niños a su cuidado estaban esperando para comprender el tema en sus propios términos.

On a normal day of interplanetary sabotage, young Jei Bereens has things under control. He's plagued by night terrors and an archenemy as slippery as the grime on his gun, but freedom fighters all around the galaxy look to him for help. He's got the favor of an energy being and a best friend who'd die for him. On a normal day, Jei is legend. Today is not a normal day. Today, Jei broke an enemy soldier's mask and found his best friend inside. Tomorrow, that best friend will sell Jei out in the name of saving the universe. And the next day, Jei will disobey orders to take her down.

Gage Hawkins was tracking his uncle’s last movements before his disappearance hunting a special set of tarot cards which led to Skylar’s shop, Talking Bones. After a bad head injury that brought weird sights into his view, Gage could see this Talking Bones place and Skylar were special. He could only hope she had answers because he had a lot of questions. Skylar preferred the dead to the living most times, but Gage had her reconsidering. Until she realizes something is wrong in his world, and it’s quickly overtaking hers.

The award-winning poet weaves a tapestry of literary heritage and intimate reflection as she pays tribute to women artists and mentors, and circles the ongoing mysteries of friendship, love, art, and loss. In this powerful gathering of poems about her own "influencers," as well as poems on...

Food. We use it to celebrate, to provide both comfort and energy, and to show our love. There’s something about mixing a pinch of this and a dash of that to create something new. And when you pair it with the perfect drink...'chef’s kiss'. Stories can do the same thing. They can be a celebration, bring us comfort and energy, and help us express our love. And when the perfect character is paired with the perfect plot...well, then you have something worth devouring. So take a place at the table, and let’s see what’s on the menu.

Portofino, Italia, 1943. Elodie, una joven violonchelista, desembarca en una hermosa villa italiana tratando de pasar inadvertida para los oficiales nazis que custodian el lugar. Cuando su familia es asesinada por el régimen de Mussolini, se ve obligada a abandonar una prometedora carrera como concertista en Verona y llevar una vida en la clandestinidad tras conocer a Luca, el joven librero líder de la resistencia, que desaparece violentamente, víctima de los soldados del régimen.

Despite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a simple story: it is one that begins in 1948 with the arrival of a single ship, the Empire Windrush, and continues mostly apart from a distinct British history, overlapping only on occasion amid grotesque injustice or pioneering protest. Yet from the very beginning, from the moment humans first stood on this rainy isle, there have been African and Caribbean men and women set at Britain's heart.

Laura and her family, the most skilled blacksmiths in Flatlash, have had a better life than some of the other commoners in the Keep, seeing few winters where food and heat were scarce. But she dreams of more, thinking to reach beyond her station. Daring to change her stars and write her own destiny, she petitions the Crown to grant her, a mere serf, lands in which to start a mine that would raise her to the rank of nobility, and start a revolution in mining in all the lands of Sparo, taking her place in this new age of heroes.

As if it wasn't bad enough to be deemed the "most single person" at her magazine's office, budding reporter Penny has now been tapped to write a series of features called "The Dating Itinerary." From speed dating to Tinder, old-fashioned matchmakers to up-and-coming "dark dating," Penny has to go on a lot of dates. Silver lining: meeting new people should be fun, right? But running into her old rival, George, at her first dating event is decidedly not. Not only does the arrogant know-it-all have zero trouble attracting women, wherever Penny goes, somehow he just. Keeps. Showing. Up.

En palabras de Antonio Muñoz Molina, “cada cuento de Consuelo Martínez Reyes contiene un mundo. Cada uno de los mundos está conectado con todos los demás. A cada cuento y a cada mundo le corresponde una voz. Cada voz es distinta, con la diferencia y la singularidad de las voces verdaderas, no las de la escritura, sino las voces de la vida que escuchamos y que nos revelan un carácter y un alma. Las voces singulares de los cuentos están conectadas entre sí.

Kasis is an uninhabitable planet, yet there they were—inhabiting. It’s no wonder that prolonged colonization produced side effects. Or gifts. But with a militarized government that persecutes people for being different, using such a gift could mean certain death. Auburn Alendra is one of the gifted. Her power allows her to hear into the deepest corners of the polluted city, gathering secrets and using them to her advantage. When one of those secrets threatens her very existence—along with thousands of others throughout the city—Auburn must do everything it takes to fight back.

It was supposed to be like any other night out for Deandra Sings and her 14-year-old daughter, Lola. They bought the concert tickets months in advance, planned their outfits early, and set aside all other obligations to make for a fun-filled Friday in downtown Toronto. They didn’t expect to be threatened. They didn’t expect to be killed. Now Deandra is back—and she won’t rest until her daughter is avenged. She has five targets. She knows their names; she knows their faces. She’s broken the barrier of death itself. The only thing that she lacks is mercy.

This touching story reveals how the good Princess Jenny, ruler of her peaceful country called Placida, meets a crisis when the wicked queen who rules the country next to hers stirs up trouble by sending a spy to steal Jenny's beloved puppy. Children will love how this story unfolds, with adventure, animals, intrigue, and a love story besides! Princess Jenny and the Stolen Puppy aspires to be the most charming and gentle way ever to introduce children to the harsh realities of international conflict.