Jake Burt\'s The Tornado is \"One of the best stories about bullying for middle grades. Highly recommended.\" --School Library Journal, starred reviewBell Kirby is an expert at systems, whether he\'s designing the world\'s most elaborate habitat for his pet chinchilla, re-creating Leonardo da Vinci\'s greatest inventions in his garage, or avoiding Parker Hellickson, the most diabolical bully Village

As seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris turn their massively popular The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza live cartoon into an action-packed and hysterical graphic novel series--perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and Jeff Kinney. A Kids\' Indie Next List Pick and an Indie Bestseller! Something terrible is

Now in paperback, the New York Times bestselling author of The Primal Blueprint and The Keto Reset Diet, Mark Sisson, turns his health and fitness expertise to the latest diet trend, which he has coined, \"intermittent eating!\" Are you sick and tired of struggling through regimented diets that work for a minute and then become unsustainable? Are you confused about the changing fads and ongoing controversy

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa\'s most populous nation through words or images. Yet here, through personal essays from twenty-four of its writers, a more accurate picture comes into view: one that details the realities and contradictions of patriotism, juxtaposes inherited

Sex ed never truly ends! Neither sex nor education are simple binaries, and Naoko Tsuji realizes she still has a lot to learn! Even for a sex ed specialist, it\'s difficult to translate her own advice to real life --how should she handle her sexuality and her feelings for her coworker? As the school culture festival unfolds, Moriya, Kashiwa, and Matsuda conceive a plan to give their lovestruck instructor

NEW from the author of The Witch\'s Cat and The Cooking Catastrophe! The Witch\'s Cat and the Broomstick Blunder: A spellbinding tale of magic, mischief, and mishap!\"The Lovely Witch was always zipping here and there on her broomstick. The Witch\'s Cat gave it very little thought. After all, riding a broomstick IS what witches are supposed to do.\"Then one day, he decided to try it for himself. What

Parentification - the assumption of responsibility for the welfare of family members by children and adolescents - is increasing as a result of various forces both inside and outside of the family. Evidence suggests that pathological parentification of children has serious consequences for them, and for succeeding generations, as do other forms of maltreatment.; This work is an exploration of the forces

Best book to learn Russian for beginnersDo you want to learn Russian with original Russian beginner stories? It\'s easy with Russian and interlinear English. 75+ pages with every word translated literally and in English idiom so you can keep on reading and learn a lot of new words at the same time. The only Russian reader with literal word-for-word translation and idiomatic explanation where necessary.

After the death of her cop father, PI Roxane Weary did everything she could to lose herself in her work - but she\'s getting tired of the hangovers, of fighting with her ex-girlfriend, and of avoiding her

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50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world\'s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O\'Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common-the enduring

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful

Turn on the siren and zoom down the streets with some animal paramedics in this cheerful picture book all about ambulances. Lively wordplay, vibrant art, plus a visual dictionary, make this title a must-have for bookshelves everywhere. This book is filled with humorous rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton, which perfectly complements Ant Parker\'s bold, bright illustrations. A picture

Artificial Intelligence is transforming every industry, but if you want to win with AI, you have to put it first on your priority list. AI-First companies are the only trillion-dollar companies, and soon they will dominate even more industries, more definitively than ever before. These companies succeed by design--they collect valuable data from day one and use it to train predictive models that automate

Our entire understanding of funding and sustainability must change.Tithes and offerings alone are no longer enough to provide for the needs of the local church, enable pastors to pursue opportunities, or sustain long-term ministry impact. Growing financial burdens on the middle class, marginal increases in contributions to religious organizations, shifting generational attitudes toward giving, and

Counselling, Psychotherapy and the Law is the long-awaited Second Edition of Peter Jenkins′ comprehensive introduction to legal issues in relation to counselling and psychotherapy in the UK. This text has been fully updated to include coverage of the key developments in the law that have had major impact on therapists′ practice with regard to data protection and the management of confidentiality. The

Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas, irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. In this groundbreaking study, Tara Zahra explores the deeper story of this astonishing movement of people--one of the largest in human history.The great exodus out of Eastern Europe hollowed out villages with dizzying speed. As villages emptied and the