The "I'm not too little" series is for elementary and middle school children to encourage and empower them to pursue their dreams. 11-year-old Billie Nicole narrates this book. She remembers being teased and told she was too little to write a book, but she didn't let it stop her. She believed in herself. Billie Nicole is on a mission to teach other children the power of their creativity and give them step-by-step instructions on how to write their first book.
In 2017, Christian author Tara Tucker simultaneously battled a Stage Three breast cancer diagnosis and grieved the unexpected deaths of both parents. In less than a year, she endured pain many won't feel in a lifetime, instead of wondering why Tara dedicated herself to deepening her relationship with God in her darkest hour. Going Higher was born of Tucker's personal experiences, an effort to help other women recognize that their circumstances aren't permanent. Through the power of self-reflection, they too can recognize their identity in Jesus- and harness the power that bestows. "My story shows the transformative power of God," Tucker explains. "God can turn any life around. All He needs is a willing heart. I know there are many women in bondage, just as I was. They run to things and people to fill the void that only God can fill. Until you get that realization, you will be running in a circle. Going Higher, the first in a series provides practical ways for women to deepen their relationships with God, detailing how they can find their identity in Jesus, understand the power of walking in submission, and patiently wait on God's plans. Tucker's moving testimony, based on relatable personal experiences, is the essential guidebook to an intentional life as a woman of God.
Say "I do" to five surprising stories of women grappling with love and marriage and whether to walk down the aisle or run away. In Elise Juska's "Perfect Weather for Driving," Megan and Joel's sunset fender-bender makes for a great drunken story at his friend's wedding, but the reality is hardly romantic. Stuck in a New England hotel waiting for the verdict on their Volvo, the two are forced to take stock of their own damaged relationship -- and whether it's too late to fix it. In Tara McCarthy's "Losing California," engaged surfer Alison is convinced that Michael Madsen -- a member of her favorite band -- is her soul mate. Unfortunately, he's not her fiancé. So Alison flies to Nova Scotia, where Michael lives, because she's either right or she's wrong -- and she better find out before the wedding. The bride-to-be in Pamela Ribon's "Sara King Goes Bad" has always done the right thing but decides it's important to know what it feels like to be reckless for once. And so two weeks before her wedding, she indulges in an unforgettable night of sex, drugs, and petty crime. In Heather Swain's "The Happiest Day of Your Life," Annie and Ben plan a simple ceremony at an apple orchard. But when Annie loses perspective -- and everything that can go wrong does -- she's forced to rethink why she wanted a wedding in the first place. The "Emily & Jules" of Lisa Tucker's story are two lonely people who meet on an online bulletin board for agoraphobics. But when Emily is invited to her estranged brother's wedding -- and it's clear across the country -- both she and Jules may be forced to change their ways. Will any of these heroines get to the church on time? Cozy up with Cold Feet and find out.
When Endless Love CEO Viola Bohannon hires Cyprus Kennedy, a.k.a. Miss Romance, in early December to arrange a dozen “perfect” romantic moments leading up to a Christmas finale to save her failing marriage, she adds the next to impossible challenge: base the moments on the Twelve Days of Christmas. Cyprus comes up with creative, unconventional romantic events in record time which seem to draw Viola and her husband, Kendrick, back together, even as Cyprus finds herself the focus of not one but two new beaus who couldn’t be more different men. Each successive holiday event unfolds surprisingly well under Cyprus’s close supervision, yet also sparking reflection on her own estranged family, lack of close friends, and unthought-of dreams of the future. Pressure mounts as the countdown to Christmas Eve nears, necessitating a choice between rural craftsman Tucker and police detective Mike, both of whom ask Cyprus for the date. Can Cyprus fashion not only a perfect Christmas for the Bohannons, but also devise her own perfect Christmas romance, possibly her own happily ever after?
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: TEXAN SEEKS FORTUNE The Fortunes of Texas: The Lost Fortunes by Marie Ferrarella Connor Fortunado came to Houston with only one agenda: tracking down a missing Fortune relative. His new assistant, single mom Brianna Childress, is a huge help and their attraction is instant—even though the last thing the bachelor Fortune wants is a houseful of commitments! THE BABY ARRANGEMENT The Daycare Chronicles by Tara Taylor Quinn Divorced after a heartbreaking tragedy, Mallory Harris turns to artificial insemination to have a baby. When her ex-husband learns of her plan, he offers to be the donor. Mallory needs to move on. But how can she say no to the only man she’s ever loved? THE RANCHER’S RETURN Sweet Briar Sweethearts by Kathy Douglass Ten years ago, the love of Raven Reynolds’s life disappeared without a trace. Now Donovan Cordero is back, standing on her doorstep. Along the way, Raven had the rancher’s child—though he didn’t know she was pregnant! But how can she rebuild a life with her child’s father if she’s engaged to another man?
A baby drove them apart. Can a baby bring them together? Divorced after a heartbreaking tragedy, Mallory Harris is determined to have a family. Even as a single mother by choice with a baby conceived through artificial insemination. When her ex-husband, Braden, learns of her plan, he offers to be the donor. Mallory is touched…and reluctant. She needs to move on from Braden. But how can she say no to the only man she has ever loved?
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: A FORTUNE IN THE FAMILY (A Fortunes of Texas: The Wedding Gift novel) by Kathy Douglass Contractor Josh Fortune is happy to be Kirby Harris’s Mr. Fixit. Repairing the roof of Kirby’s Perks is a cinch, but healing her heart is a trickier process. For three years the beautiful widow has been doing everything on her own, and she’s afraid to let down her guard. She thinks Josh is too young, too carefree—and way too tempting for a mama who has to put her kids first… THE BOOKSHOP RESCUE (A Furever Yours novel) by Rochelle Alers Lucy Tucker never imagined how dramatically life would change once she started fostering Buttercup, a pregnant golden retriever. The biggest change? Growing a lot closer to Calum Ramsey. One romantic night later, and they’re expecting a baby of their own! Stunned at first, steadfastly single Calum is now dutifully offering marriage. But Lucy wants the true-blue happy ending they both deserve. RELUCTANT ROOMMATES (A Sierra's Web novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Tara Taylor Quinn Living with a total stranger for twelve months is the only way Weston Thomas can claim possession of his Georgia family mansion. If not, the place goes to the dogs—seven rescue pups being looked after by Paige Martinson, his co-owner. But when chemistry deepens into more powerful emotions, is the accountant willing to bank on a future that was never in his long-term plans? For more relatable stories of love and family, look for Harlequin Special Edition May 2022 – Box Set 1 of 2
This book aims to engage with contemporary security discourses from a critical perspective. It argues that rather than being a radical, analytical outlook, much critical security theory fails to fulfil its promise to pose a challenge to contemporary power relations. In general, 'critical security' theories and dialogues are understood to be progressive theoretical frameworks that offer a trenchant evaluation and analysis of contemporary international and national security policy. Tara McCormack investigates the limitations of contemporary critical and emancipatory theorising and its relationship with contemporary power structures. Beginning with a theoretical critique and moving into a case study of the critical approaches to the break up of the former Yugoslavia, this book assesses the policies adopted by the international community at the time to show that much contemporary critical security theory and discourse in fact mirrors shifts in post-Cold War international and national security policy. Far from challenging international power inequalities and offering an emancipatory framework, contemporary critical security theory inadvertently ends up serving as a theoretical justification for an unequal international order. This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, international relations and security studies. Tara McCormack is Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Leicester and has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Westminster.
Premier event designer Tara Guérard takes the reader on a guided tour through twelve dream weddings. She covers topics from choosing a venue to choosing colors; deciding on hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, or a formal sit-down meal; and decorating the altar, the table, and even the bride’s shoes! From a formal Southern soiree to an ocean island affair, Tara shares the tools and tricks of the trade from over a decade in the industry. The book is filled with ideas and inspiration, and each chapter overflows with beautiful photography and details to incorporate into your own wedding.
Harlequin Heartwarming brings you a collection of four new wholesome reads, available now! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: SANCTUARY COVE by Kate James When communications executive Emma Meadows’s life is shattered by an act of corruption, can a chance meeting with veterinarian Josh Whitmore change her life again, this time for the better? THE WEDDING MARCH The Busines of Weddings by Tara Randel Inspiration strikes at the oddest moments. Like when Cassie Branford runs into Luke Hastings, playing in a wedding band. This is a man who refuses to create music again… She’s a woman who desperately needs his help to save her career in music. Even if it’s at the risk of falling in love. A SONG FOR RORY A Findlay Roads Story by Cerella Sechrist Country-music superstar Sawyer Landry is living the dream. Yet something is missing, and that something is Rory Callaghan, the woman he never stopped loving. So he returns to Findlay Roads to win her back, but he’ll have to do more than sing her a few sweet songs… HER TEXAS REBEL by LeAnne Bristow He left her when she needed him most, and she’s hidden a secret baby from him for ten years. When Sabrina Davis returns home in the hopes of getting her at-risk son into a better environment, she discovers that Tony Montoya, now a cop, has also returned to Lometa, Texas, to recover from an injury on the job. Great. That’s just what she needs.
Through embodied and material practice research, underpinned with theories of new materialism, Tara Page shows how our ways of knowing, making and learning place are entangled with embodied and material pedagogies.
Harlequin® Heartwarming celebrates wholesome, heartfelt relationships that focus on home, family, community and love. Experience all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: A WYOMING SECRET PROPOSAL The Blackwells of Eagle Springs by USA TODAY bestselling author Amy Vastine After an accidental Vegas wedding, Wyatt Blackwell and Harper Hayes end up in Eagle Springs. He’s trying to save his family’s ranch. She’s trying to save her online image by playing happy family. Will they end up saving each other? A COWBOY THANKSGIVING The Mountain Monroes by USA TODAY bestselling author Melinda Curtis Orphan Maxine Holloway and her daughter are spending Thanksgiving with the Monroes—who seem entirely too warm and boisterous. And there’s something about Bo Monroe. He is Max’s complete opposite, but could he be her perfect match? HIS SMALL TOWN DREAM The Golden Matchmakers Club by USA TODAY bestselling author Tara Randel Businessman Adam Wright went from Wall Street to wilderness expeditions after his broken engagement. Marketing exec Carrie Mitchell is just passing through, chasing the corporate dreams Adam left behind. Will an unexpected connection make her want to stay? HER MARINE HERO Polk Island by Jacquelin Thomas Fashion designer Renee Rothchild has one rule—don’t date military men. Too bad she’s falling for marine Greg Bowman. With his discharge coming, she’s ready to give love a second chance after a broken engagement. Until unexpected news changes everything. Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Heartwarming!
How does context impact human growth and development? Do the places, sociocultural environments, and ways in which we are raised influence who we become and how we grow and change throughout our lives? Best-selling author Tara L. Kuther helps students discover the answers with Lifespan Development: Lives in Context. Taking a chronological approach, the book follows three core themes: the centrality of context, the importance of research, and the applied value of developmental science. Dr. Kuther’s clear, concise narrative guides students through current and classic studies and foundational theories while exploring real-world connections and inclusive perspectives. The Third Edition features case studies, policy applications, and other examples, each accompanied by opportunities for personal reflection, prompting students to carry these discoveries into their own lives, relationships, and future careers. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.
Harlequin Heartwarming brings you a collection of four new wholesome reads, available now! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: THE COWBOY’S TWINS Family Secrets by Tara Taylor Quinn The Western segment of the Family Secrets cooking competition show is great for ratings. But as producer Natasha Stevens gets closer to her handsome cowboy cohost, Spencer Longfellow—and his adorable kids—she’s faced with a decision. One that has nothing to do with business. MENDING THE DOCTOR’S HEART State of the Union by Sophia Sasson Dr. Anna Atao has treated patients in some of the most dangerous and remote places on earth. There’s no disaster she can’t handle. Except the one that tore her life apart five years ago. Now a tsunami on the tiny island of Guam has forced her to return to the site of her personal tragedy…and the man she left there when her world fell apart. A BAXTER’S REDEMPTION by Patricia Johns She was once the belle of Haggerston, Montana. Wealthy and beautiful, Isabelle Baxter never thought about the people she stepped on. Now she’s back, claiming she’s changed. James Hunter refuses to trust this new and improved Isabelle. No matter how much she draws him in… HIS BEST FRIEND’S WIFE The Finnegan Sisters by Lee McKenzie Paul Woodward has only ever loved one woman: Annie Finnegan. He stayed away because she was married to his best friend. Now the widow and single mom is busy looking after a big family, and Paul doesn’t want to be just her friend anymore. But if he pushes for more he risks losing everything.
Like children themselves, development is dynamic. In the chronologically organized Child and Adolescent Development in Context, award-winning author Tara L. Kuther frames development research in real-life contexts, including gender, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and more. Kuther presents highly relatable examples, vivid cross-cultural stories, and case studies of real individuals, consistently prompting students to reflect on chapter content with What do you think? questions. The book emphasizes three core themes: the centrality of context, the importance of research, and the applied value of developmental science; students will come away with an understanding of these themes that they will immediately be able to apply to their own lives and future careers. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Digital Option / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive digital platform that delivers this text’s content and course materials in a learning experience that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools, all carefully designed to ignite student engagement and drive critical thinking. Built with you and your students in mind, it offers simple course set-up and enables students to better prepare for class. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available with SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. “/li> LMS Cartridge (formerly known as SAGE Coursepacks): Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Teach a course on infants and children? Kuther′s Infants and Children in Context covers ages 0-12 and is available now.
Designed for public librarians, school media specialists, teachers, and anyone with an interest in supporting teen literacy, this book features 133 nonfiction booktalks to use with both voracious and reluctant teen readers. These booktalks cover a wide and varied range of nonfiction genres, including science, nature, history, biography, graphic novels, true crime, art, and much more. Each includes a set of discussion questions and sample project ideas which could be easily expanded into a classroom lesson plan or full library program. Also included are several guidelines for classroom integration, tips for making booktalks more interactive and interesting, and selections for further reading.
The impact of absent fathers on sons in the black community has been a subject for cultural critics and sociologists who often deal in anonymous data. Yet many of those sons have themselves addressed the issue in autobiographical works that form the core of African American literature. A Fatherless Child examines the impact of fatherlessness on racial and gender identity formation as seen in black men’s autobiographies and in other constructions of black fatherhood in fiction. Through these works, Tara T. Green investigates what comes of abandonment by a father and loss of a role model by probing a son’s understanding of his father’s struggles to define himself and the role of community in forming the son’s quest for self-definition in his father’s absence. Closely examining four works—Langston Hughes’s The Big Sea, Richard Wright’s Black Boy, Malcolm X’s The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father—Green portrays the intersecting experiences of generations of black men during the twentieth century both before and after the Civil Rights movement. These four men recall feeling the pressure and responsibility of caring for their mothers, resisting public displays of care, and desiring a loving, noncontentious relationship with their fathers. Feeling vulnerable to forces they may have identified as detrimental to their status as black men, they use autobiography as a tool for healing, a way to confront that vulnerability and to claim a lost power associated with their lost fathers. Through her analysis, Green emphasizes the role of community as a father-substitute in producing successful black men, the impact of fatherlessness on self-perceptions and relationships with women, and black men’s engagement with healing the pain of abandonment. She also looks at why these four men visited Africa to reclaim a cultural history and identity, showing how each developed a clearer understanding of himself as an American man of African descent. A Fatherless Child conveys important lessons relevant to current debates regarding the status of African American families in the twenty-first century. By showing us four black men of different eras, Green asks readers to consider how much any child can heal from fatherlessness to construct a positive self-image—and shows that, contrary to popular perceptions, fatherlessness need not lead to certain failure.
Manhattan is an important site in the evolution of all the major innovations in American music, ranging from vaudeville and big bands to folk music, modern jazz, and rock and roll. Manhattan's Musical Heritage, a fascinating postcard history, takes readers on a journey back in time and place to the scenes of seminal musical events and performances. Individual musical greats from Al Jolson to John Lennon are featured, as this book details the locations forever associated with their lives and careers. Armchair travelers and those who enjoy walks in the streets of Manhattan will find this volume useful in discovering the amazing musical history of this special place.
How the poet Robert Duncan and the artist Jess made the household part of their separate and collaborative creative practice. “I'm a householder,” the poet Robert Duncan once explained. “My whole idea of being able to work was to have a household.” In this book, Tara McDowell examines the household (physical and conceptual) that Duncan established with the artist Jess, beginning in 1951 when the two men exchanged marriage vows, and ending with Duncan's death in 1988. For Duncan and Jess, the household—rather than the studio, gallery, or collective—provided the support structure for their art. Indeed, McDowell argues convincingly, their work was coextensive with their household. The material surroundings of their house in San Francisco and the daily rhythms of their domestic lives became part of their creative practice. Duncan wrote poetry that is romantic, ornate, and obscure; Jess (born Burgess Franklin Collins) created multi-imaged, complex collages and assemblages. McDowell explores their life and work—reading Duncan and Jess with and against each other, in alignment and misalignment. She examines their illustrated book Caesar's Gate, a collaborative effort that led them to reject collaboration; considers each man's lifelong preoccupation with an unfinished project, Jess's Narkissos and Duncan's The H.D. Book; and discusses their “origin myths” and self-made genealogies, describing them as a form of witness in the face of the calamities of the twentieth century. Duncan and Jess made the household a necessary precondition for their art making. Doing so, they reclaimed and rehabilitated the domestic—from which gay couples were traditionally excluded—for their own uses. The household permitted them to reimagine the world. McDowell's portrait of a couple expands to encompass broader issues, urgent in midcentury America and still resonant today: belonging and kinship, alienation, and catastrophe.
Harlequin® Heartwarming celebrates wholesome, heartfelt relationships imbued with the traditional values so important to you: home, family, community and love. Experience all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: THE RANCHER’S TWINS Return of the Blackwell Brothers by Carol Ross Lydia Newbury is not the experienced “country nanny” rancher Jon Blackwell thinks he’s hired to wrangle his out-of-control twins. Lydia’s desperate to keep her secrets, even as she’s falling for her boss. HER MONTANA COWBOY Montana Bull Riders by Jeannie Watt Gus Hawkins is suspicious when Lillie Jean Hardaway shows up at his uncle’s ranch claiming to be half owner. But how can Gus make plans for the ranch when all he can think about is Lillie Jean? THE LAWMAN’S SECRET VOW Meet Me at the Altar by Tara Randel Dante Matthews and Eloise Archer, two police detectives vying for the same promotion, go undercover as a married couple to solve their latest case. Attraction quickly sparks to complicate matters—or was it what they were hoping for? NICE TO COME HOME TO by Liz Flaherty Returning to Lake Miniagua after inheriting half her aunt’s orchard is bittersweet for Cass Gentry. But meeting—and butting heads with—her new business partner, Luke Rossiter, makes going home again feel right somehow. Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Heartwarming!
It looked so good on camera… If it weren’t for the money, Spencer Longfellow would happily drive Natasha Stevens and her TV crew right off his ranch. But his land, and his kids, mean the world to him—and he’ll do anything to secure their future. Even cohost Natasha’s cooking show, Family Secrets, in his barn. Even play the token hunky cowboy to her sophisticated city slicker and flirt with her on national television… It could never amount to anything real anyway. After all, he was fooled and left in the dust by a city girl once. And he will never let that happen to him—or his kids—again.
Say "I do" to five surprising stories of women grappling with love and marriage and whether to walk down the aisle or run away. In Elise Juska's "Perfect Weather for Driving," Megan and Joel's sunset fender-bender makes for a great drunken story at his friend's wedding, but the reality is hardly romantic. Stuck in a New England hotel waiting for the verdict on their Volvo, the two are forced to take stock of their own damaged relationship -- and whether it's too late to fix it. In Tara McCarthy's "Losing California," engaged surfer Alison is convinced that Michael Madsen -- a member of her favorite band -- is her soul mate. Unfortunately, he's not her fiancé. So Alison flies to Nova Scotia, where Michael lives, because she's either right or she's wrong -- and she better find out before the wedding. The bride-to-be in Pamela Ribon's "Sara King Goes Bad" has always done the right thing but decides it's important to know what it feels like to be reckless for once. And so two weeks before her wedding, she indulges in an unforgettable night of sex, drugs, and petty crime. In Heather Swain's "The Happiest Day of Your Life," Annie and Ben plan a simple ceremony at an apple orchard. But when Annie loses perspective -- and everything that can go wrong does -- she's forced to rethink why she wanted a wedding in the first place. The "Emily & Jules" of Lisa Tucker's story are two lonely people who meet on an online bulletin board for agoraphobics. But when Emily is invited to her estranged brother's wedding -- and it's clear across the country -- both she and Jules may be forced to change their ways. Will any of these heroines get to the church on time? Cozy up with Cold Feet and find out.
A topically organized version of the bestselling Lifespan Development, this text illustrates how places, sociocultural environments and the ways in which individuals are raised influence human development.
Get the award winning premier dog travel guide. DogFriendly.com is used by over 1 million people annually for pet travel information. This latest version of the winner of ForeWord Magazines Pet Book of the Year adds even more pet-friendly hotels, B&Bs and lodging (with detailed pet policies) that accept dogs of all sizes. Now includes nearly 100 dog-friendly city and resort guides with attractions, outdoor restaurants, stores, parks, beaches and camping. Also has beach guides, airline pet policies and road trip tips. Plus new to this edition are National Park Guides, an off-leash dog park directory and a section of photographs of dog-friendly places visited by the authors. The previous edition received positive reviews by Midwest Book Review, Heartland Reviews and Booknews. So whether you travel with a tiny toy poodle or a large black lab it's time to replace that old out-of-date or hotel only list with this all inclusive guide to everything dog travel.
This, the concise edition of Liberty and Union, is an abridged constitutional history of the United States, designed for short single-semester courses, comprising the key topics from Volumes 1 and 2. Written in a clear and engaging narrative style, it successfully unites thorough chronological coverage with a thematic approach, offering critical analysis of core constitutional history topics, set in the political, social, and economic context that made them constitutional issues in the first place. Combining a thoughtful and balanced narrative with an authoritative stance on key issues, the authors deliberately explain the past in the light of the past, without imposing upon it the standards of later generations. Authored by two experienced professors in the field, this concise edition presents seminal topics while retaining the narrative flow of the two full original volumes. An accessible alternative to dense scholarly works, this textbook avoids unnecessary technical jargon, defines legal terms and historical personalities where appropriate, and makes explicit connections between constitutional themes and historical events. For students in a short undergraduate or postgraduate constitutional history course, or anyone with a general interest in constitutional developments, this book will be essential reading. Useful features include: Full glossary of legal terminology Recommended reading A table of cases Extracts from primary documents Companion website Useful documents provided: Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Constitution of the United States of America Chronological list of Supreme Court justices
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