The historic lakeside village of Cazenovia in the scenic Finger Lakes region is one of the jewels of Central New York, and yet very few books have told its story. Cazenovia is a town founded by wealthy men, and much of what has been written about it has focused on the elite and the grand lakeshore mansions in which they lived. In contrast, Barnes and Emerson’s new book chronicles the story of everyday Cazenovia: the fascinating people, places, and history of this 225-year-old community. The Bear Tree and Other Stories from Cazenovia’s History explores the unheralded, inaccurately told, and long-forgotten tales of the town. Readers will encounter historical characters such as elephant and lion tamer Lucia Zora Card, "The Bravest Woman in the World"; educator Susan Blow, "The Mother of American Kindergarten"; and World War I soldier Cecil Donovan, whose letters home vividly depicted the experience of war for those awaiting his return in Cazenovia.
Journey along with the four Gerhard sisters as they head to Wyoming Territory in search of husbands and discover that happy endings are not ready-made. Evelyn arrives in Wyoming with a secret and a grudge, only to find her prospective groom holds a secret, too. Jane vies for the attention of her workaholic husband who is bent on saving his ranch even if it means losing love. Gwendolyn’s would-be husband dies, leaving her to the will of another man. And Emmeline’s knight-in-shining-armor herds sheep instead of cattle. Will love prevail, or will their journeys have not so happy endings?
This established text and teacher resource is now in a revised and updated third edition, with a broader focus on whole-class instruction as well as small-group and individualized intervention. The evidence-based Interactive Strategies Approach (ISA) provides a clear framework for supporting literacy development in grades K–3, particularly for students who experience reading difficulties. The book gives teachers the knowledge needed to more effectively use existing curricular materials to meet core instructional goals in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, word solving/word learning, vocabulary and language skills, and comprehension. Twenty-six reproducible forms can be copied from the book or downloaded and printed from the companion website. Of special value, the website also features approximately 200 pages of additional printable assessment tools and instructional resources. Prior edition title: Early Intervention for Reading Difficulties. New to This Edition *Increased attention to whole-class instruction, teaching linguistically diverse students, writing development, and language–literacy connections. *More examples of explicit instructional language, including sample scripts. *Incorporates the latest research about early literacy development and difficulties. *End-of-chapter "key points" and an end-of-book glossary. *Additional online-only reproducible tools, including ISA lesson sheets.
SHORT AND SASSY CONSISTS OF TWENTY ONE SHORT STORIES WITH TWO INTERLUDES, IT IS A BOOK FILLED WITH STORIES OF LOVE AND MYSTERY ALTHOUGH THE STORIES ARE SHORT, YOU'LL WANT MORE AFTER READING THEM, SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER OF EXCITEMENT, THEY'LL MAKE YOU LAUGH AND CRY, OR MAYBE FALL IN LOVE. ENJOY THE STORIES WITH A SASSY TWIST
My husband is a self-important asshole but he isn’t a murderer. At least that’s what Sophia Claire believes when faced with a visit from detectives Adella Cruz and Trent Valletta. She has been enjoying what appears to be a storybook life with her fairytale husband, Robert Claire, in Deep River, Washington. Robert is the wealthy, intelligent and attractive CEO of massive pharmaceutical research company ANEXA. But the detectives tell her that they are investigating a string of murders of young women who all have at least one thing in common – they were all Rob’s lovers. Faced with these accusations Sophia is forced to question the realities of her marriage, and the nature of their love for each other. When does love die, exactly? She still believes Rob loves her; he loves her body, her grace, and her ability to fit the lifestyle of a prominent CEO. But she also knows he has cheated. With a marriage on the brink of collapse how does one find their partner again? As the detectives track clues that could lead to an arrest, Sophia begins to question her own commitments, the motivations of those around her and her sanity. Reaching her breaking point, she hunts for answers about her husband’s affairs and instead finds herself drawn to the sexual extremes of her husband’s secret life, all while uncovering dark surprises of her own. A twisty, sexy, and surprising debut perfect for fans of Megan Miranda, Tarryn Fisher, and Shari LaPena, AMONG WOLVES will have you riveted until the last page is turned.
This practical guide shows teachers how to introduce academic language to young children, with an emphasis on appreciating and leveraging linguistic diversity. New educational standards are asking students to master content-area concepts and increasingly complex texts in earlier grades. This practitioner-friendly text provides instructional materials, sample dialogs, and assessment tools to facilitate academic language use in PreK–3 classrooms. The authors describe the word, sentence, and discourse levels of academic language, while encouraging teachers and students to consider purpose, participants, discipline, and context. Strategies are provided to help readers adapt language for a variety of academic purposes across mathematics, science, play, mealtimes, and ELA instruction. The text includes discussion questions, reproducible activities, planning materials, assessment tools, and handouts to facilitate smooth implementation into classroom practice. From Words to Wisdom will empower teachers to build bridges to academic success for all young learners. Book Features: Expands teachers’ understanding of academic language beyond vocabulary to include syntax and discourse-level features.Includes specific strategies, activities, and suggestions for teaching from and with academic language across multiple settings and disciplines.Addresses all students, including multilingual and linguistically diverse speakers.Incorporates user-friendly features, such as text boxes, vignettes, assessment protocols, and sample teaching materials.
Jasmine and Stevie are recruited into the Keepers war to keep the peace between Keepers and Sins. With Stevie refusing to join, and Jasmine on the fence. What will they do? Harp and Halo are their Keepers, determined to change their mind. Time is not on their side, and every second counts. What will they do?
Action, adventure, romance, ancient Egypt — what more could a person ask for? How about 500+ vocabulary words to painlessly prepare you for the SAT & ACT? Ahead of Her Time was written, first and foremost, to be wildly entertaining. The book centers around Noor Cunningham, a headstrong teen whose parents disappeared after discovering Cleopatra's palace at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. When an overlooked clue indicates her parents might still be alive, Noor travels to the edge of time to get them back. On the journey, she's thrown in Cleopatra's dungeons, wooed by a handsome Roman soldier, and forced to use every ounce of her (not inconsiderable) wits to survive. Studying for the SAT or ACT doesn't have to be so hard. Our brains are biologically wired to learn through stories. The problem is, the vocabulary in most of the stories we read stagnates before we're done learning all the "big" words. That's where Ahead of Her Time comes in. Kicking mountains of flashcards and tedious 900-page study guides to the curb, the novel spins a compelling story and plants 500+ potential SAT/ACT vocabulary words in your brain before you even know what's happened. For more vocabulary-boosting tales, head to www.vocabbett.com.
Omaha Beach is a collection of short stories, many of them set near a fictitious lake outside of Omaha, Nebraska. Like the more famous setting of the World War II D-Day battles, Omaha Beach and its environs have their tales of survival. Omaha Beach is the debut short-fiction collection of writer and editor Erica Olson Jeffrey.
Melissa endures horrible abuse from her parents and only finds solace in the company of her friends and the drugs they take. When one of her friends dies from an overdose, she begins communicating with Melissa from the world beyond.
Slip Away is a 30 day devotional written by Ikki Soma, Roderick L. Barnes, Sr. and Erica Canant. Each author contributed 10 devotionals, allowing for a different study, scripture, and story each day. Through Slip Away, the authors' hope to encourage everyone to devote daily time to God.
Given a pen by God to write and teach Erica shares in this powerful testimonial the very intimate moment of meeting Jehovah El Roi, the God who sees, and how that moment changed her life. After God introduced Himself to her He powerfully presents the amazing gift of seeing into the Spirit. Erica takes the reader through her journey of discovering the unseen realms as she shares face-to-face encounters with angels and demons as well as heart to heart intimacies with El Roi. She shares great wisdom as the Holy Spirit teaches her how to correctly flow with the Spirit of God, how to display the kingdom of God and how to live and breathe the weight of His Glory. This book is anointed and will activate the Seer gift in you and confirm the call on your life.
DATES is an anthology of positive queer historical fiction, set throughout time and across the world. This is Volume 2! Watch a young trans woman grow into herself in 19th century Bengal, or a young woman from the 1920s Dominican Republic study to become a doctor. Or, if you're interested in a raucous good time, join two innkeepers as they stand their ground in Mesopotamia during Hammurabi's reign. In DATES 2, 35 amazing creators have come together to tell stories about personal, societal, and technological progress, creating a total of 218 pages of comics, 16 stunning color illustrations, and 2 short prose stories.
What Every Child Should Know About Prayer From a Child's Point of View-Inspired by the Holy Spirit of God for all of his Precious Children" is an inspirational book for childen inspied by God to encourage every child to have the motivaion to pray. Authored at the age of nine, Austin shares her prayer thoughts and spiritual understandings from a child's perspective. * Recommended for children, ages 4-12 years of age * Designed to teach God's children biblical principles of God's annointed word to be applied daily * Encourages God's precious children to love and respect one another, instilling Godly values, enabling a healthy environment according to God's original plan. Encorages God's precious children children to read the Bible and learn of God's promises and prosperity.
It was about 2am and someone was banging on the door like their life depended on it. Darren got up and answered it. It was the police. They announced that they had a warrant for his arrest. What?! I threw on some clothes and went to the door where they had already placed him in handcuffs. I went back in and sat on the edge of the bed with my head in the palms of my hands. The officer came in and said Darren wanted to speak with me. He told me that his daughter's mother must have been behind this whole thing. He told me that he didn't appear in court back in Colorado. I was confused. Everything was happening so fast. They took his wallet so I had no money. When the officer asked if we had a vehicle in our possession Darren immediately said No! and looked at me. I got the point without getting the point and I said no as well. He kissed me on the cheek and just like that he was out of my life again. The hotel manager came in when the cops left and told me I had to get out first thing in the morning. The only reason I was allowed to stay the night was because I had Lil Aaron with me.
This book is about a married man who was also in several other committed relationships and felt in love with a young woman and then married her. But they had a whole lot of drama before their union. He had two friends who were very much against him marrying this young woman. He has lots of trust issues and a whole lot of lies and betrayals. Its been a rough road of abusesome, physical, and a lot, verbal. She felt like he manipulated her, but he didnt think that. He did, in fact, thought she was the one doing the manipulating in the relationship. Yes, we some baby mama drama, but who dont when youre married and has several baby mamas? Its always going to be some drama. So now I am the one who is standing in her shadow, not knowing where she ends and I begin. Wow! How the tables have turned on a brother. Were happy now and still in love with each other. I guess its true love for the both of us.
We don't grow alone, and this book ensures you don't have toScenes From A Single Mom is your squad of of sisterfriends cheering you on by transparently sharing their experiences with love, loss and legacy to encourage you as you grow through to become the mother and woman you were created to be. You'll be empowered to forgive yourself and others, confront and conquer your past, then dance through the storms and stigmas as you welcome your sunshine and successes.Prepare to laugh, cry and nod in agreement as you delve into the personal journeys through lovem, loss and legacy. As a mother, mother-to-be, grandmother or if you've never considered motherhood, you'll be sure to connect with these stories at your core: Love: Our desire to love and to be loved unconditionally creates divine connectionLoss: Our determination to use our setbacks as motivation for major comeback is undeniableLegacy: Our resolve to create lasting change and impact in our homes and communities is unmatchedNo matter where you find yourself on your motherhood journey, equipped with this book you'll know you're not alone.Scenes From A Single Mom started as a blog in 2011 by Tiffany Huff when she wanted to share here journey of being more than "just a single mom". She shared transparent, up close and personal insight into her journey to balance the lies of the single mother, baby mama drama stigma with the reality of being a successful single mom on her own terms. The blog soon grew into a community of not only single moms, but women across the country challenged to find and feel love, refusing to be defined by their losses, and determined to create lasting legacies for themselves and their families.
On the increase worldwide, diabetes is well recognized as a complex and challenging condition. This pocket-sized guide puts diabetes information at your fingertips, equipping you with the essential knowledge and skills to deliver effective day-to-day diabetes care competently and confidently. The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app for iPhone and iPad.
THE INVITATION BOOK PART 1 THE INTRODUCTION is THE INTRODUCTION to THE TESTIMONY of THE ANCIENT OF DAYS (Daniel 7:9), THE LIGHT. IT is HIS TRUTH and Truth. There had been perversions of the Written Word in THE WORD. There had been perversions in THE WORD that were made during translation from the Original Writings of The Disciples and Others. There were things Written that never occurred. There were THINGS deleted From THE WORD that were Truth. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS had first CREATED a WIFE. There were People Who knew THE TRUTH. Moses came to THE COURTS OF GRACE with Two Tablets; The NUMBER 4 and not 10 was SEEN. disObedience can result in SEPARATIONS FROM THE LIGHT. SEPARATIONS FROM THE LIGHT and the capitalization of Words, First Nations People, REVELATION and THE RESURRECTIONS, GENESIS 3, Daniel and the fiery furnace (Daniel 3), santa clause and cartoons, IMPEACHMENT, THE COURTS OF GRACE CASES, and Cities of Light are too DISCUSSED, in Truth.THE INVITATION BOOK PART 1 THE INTRODUCTION is a CALL to Man and Woman to ASCEND to GRACE and Learn The Truth about Life, THE KINGDOM OF RUACH, and THE KINGDOM OF GRACE. RUACH IS THE ANCIENT OF DAYS RELATIVE NAME. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS ANCESTRY is DISCUSSED as IT is now TIME to have THE DISCUSSION. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS IS AFRICAN ANCESTRY. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL be DONE is Now HERE. ASCENSION EXPERIENCES to GRACE, INQUIRIES to THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, and TEACHINGS concerning THE WORD in Truth and TRUTH is in THIS INTRODUCTORY BOOK of THE INVITATION. GRACE is The PLACE People call Heaven. Heaven does not exist. IT doesn't! That is THE TRUTH. HE never NAMED IT That. THAT KNOWLEDGE was GAINED through an INQUIRY. HE SAYS to Man, come Up HERE. HE is TALKING about GRACE. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, THE TRUTH, is TALKING TRUTH! AMEN, THE ANCIENT OF DAYS. YOU WILL DO YOUR GOOD PLEASURES (Isaiah 46:10)! GLORY!!!!
Would you love to imagine yourself as Strong, Powerful, and Great? How would you like to become that amazing person that you are imagining? I am here to show you that you have an endless amount of tools available within you to not only see yourself as great, but to actually be great.
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