Time Zones is a motivating new four-skills series for teenagers, with a strong international focus. It combines a communicative approach to learning English with stunning National Geographic images, video, and content. The series features educational content covering four exciting areas people and p[...]
For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. This year, in keeping with the season's spirit of gratitude, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper is [...]
After Gin's family was murdered by a Fire elemental when she was thirteen, she lived on the streets and eventually became an assassin to survive. Now, Gin is given an assignment by her handler to rub out an Ashland businessman, but it turns out to be a trap. After Gin's handler is brutally murdered,[...]
Becoming Jewish is the first all-inclusive, step-by-step guide to converting to Judaism. Steven Carr Reuben, a highly respected rabbi, and Jennifer S. Hanin, a convert to the faith, lead readers through the conversion process, providing the right mix of advice, resources and humor for the journey. J[...]
Cozy up to a double dose of winter-themed romantic comedy with two books in one bind-up.
Lexi has come up with a master plan to make Cameron break up with her: get him to fall for another girl so she'll be free (and guilt-free, too). But when the plan goes well--too well--Lexi starts to wonder i[...]
Get the behind-the-scenes scoop on President Lincoln s most famous speech, which still has meaning 150 years later.In 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most important speeches in the history of the United States the Gettysburg Address. It wasn t even much a speech, really. Just a few remarks. No[...]
Cover all the essential industry knowledge students need with this textbook. Endorsed by City and Guilds, this book gives your students the information they need for all the VRQs in make-up including the Diplomas in Hair and Media Make-up, as well as the mandatory units for the Level 2 and Level 3 S[...]
If you're a web programmer new to Drupal, this book shows you which programming techniques you can use--and which you should avoid--when building custom web applications with this content management framework. Drupal has its own set of programming principles that require a different approach, and ma[...]
You want to learn C# programming, but you're not sure you want to suffer through another tedious technical book. You're in luck: "Head First C#" introduces this language in a fun, visual way. You'll quickly learn everything from creating your first program to learning sophisticated coding skills wit[...]
"The Divinity of Dogs" is about the moments we learn something profound about life from an experience with a dog. In this inspiring collection of true dog stories, you'll hear dramatic firsthand accounts from people whose lives have been transformed by a dog's love. From everyday blessings to lifeal[...]
I used to murder people for money, but lately it's become more of a survival technique. Once an assassin, always an assassin. So much for being plain old Gin Blanco. With every lowlife in Ashland gunning for me, I don't need another problem, but a new one has come to town anyway. Salina might seem l[...]
A "chilling" ("O, The Oprah Magazine"), "darkly brilliant" ("Bookforum") account of "the effects of war on the psyches of the soldiers who fight" ("Esquire").
In 2005 a Chinook helicopter carrying sixteen Special Ops soldiers crashed during a rescue mission in Afghanistan, killing everyone on bo[...]
"My dogs have been the reason I have woken up every single day of my life with a smile on my face. I am among the ranks of millions of people who appreciate the souls of dogs and know they are a gift of pure love and an example of all that is good." --Jennifer SkiffThe Divinity of Dogs is about the [...]
TEMPTATION KNOWS NO BOUNDS . . .
Undercover agent Sam Hawkins has devoted his life to protecting king and country. So when he receives orders to assassinate a ruthless traitor, he doesn't question his mission. But Sam didn't know his deed had a witness--the beautiful and mysterious betrayer's wi[...]
BOUND BY DESIRE
Lukas Hawkins, the second son of the troubled House of Trent, is on a mission: find his missing mother and her alleged kidnapper, a brute named Roger Morton. If bringing the villain to justice means breaking a few laws, then so be it. But when he encounters a mysterious stranger [...]
In Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in The Diamond Age, he delivers another stunning tale. Set in twenty-first-century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell.[...]
The Product Wheel (PW) design process has practical methods for finding the optimum sequence, minimizing changeover costs, and freeing up useful capacity. So much so, that the DuPont(t) Company and Exxon Mobil are just a few companies that have used the product wheel concept to achieve and sustain a[...]
Outside it may be frosty, so turn the heat way up with these stories of desire! Can a determined woman executive and a playboy billionaire survive being stranded together in a snowstorm? Jennifer Probst depicts an encounter almost too hot to handle...Drew and Kate play an encore to Tangled in this s[...]
My name is Gin, and I kill people. They call me the Spider. I?m the most feared assassin in the South ? when I?m not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soar[...]