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Operation Oleander
by Valerie O. Patterson"Many young readers will identify with the day-to-day trepidation felt by Jess, Meriwether, and the other families living on the base."—VOYA, 3Q 4P M J"Full of detail about Army life, Patterson's elegant prose brings readers deep inside Jess's conflicted point of view and the many stresses she is under, as she reevaluates her role as a member of a military family."—Publishers Weekly"Patterson poignantly depicts war's effect on those at home as Jess and her friends absorb and react to the events. This solid novel joins the growing number of books illustrating the war's effect on Afghan people."—Booklist"Patterson has an amazing ability to convey the tension and fear that families and friends of deployed soldiers bear every day and the heart-stopping terror when news programs show violence against troops that may result in one of their loved ones being wounded or dead."—School Library Journal"Patterson writes with compassion for both sides of this thorny issue, and her steady focus on the emotional trauma of the stateside teens keeps the story from devlolving into a coolly cerebral exercise in anti-terrorism strategy."—Bulletin —
Operation Sisterhood
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichFans of the Netflix reboot of The Babysitters Club will delight as four new sisters band together in the heart of New York City. <p><p> Discover this jubilant novel about the difficulties of change, the loyalty of sisters, and the love of family from a prolific award-winning author. <p><p>Bo and her mom always had their own rhythm. But ever since they moved to Harlem, Bo’s world has fallen out of sync. She and Mum are now living with Mum’s boyfriend Bill, his daughter Sunday, the twins, Lili and Lee, the twins' parents…along with a dog, two cats, a bearded dragon, a turtle, and chickens. All in one brownstone! With so many people squished together, Bo isn’t so sure there is room for her. <p><p>Set against the bursting energy of a New York City summer, award-winning author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich delivers a joyful novel about a new family that hits all the right notes!
Operation Twin Trouble
by Ray O'Ryan Jason KraftZack has to help his sisters make up after an out-of-this world argument in this twelfth Galaxy Zack chapter book adventure.Zack's twin sisters are the best of friends. They're never apart, share everything, and even finish each other's sentences! But when the two get into an argument while visiting another planet, an astronomical fight ensues. Suddenly, Zack finds himself stuck in the middle of a tricky twin situation. Can he save Cathy and Charlotte's sisterly bond from intergalactic destruction? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Galaxy Zack chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
Operation: Dump the Chump
by Barbara ParkPoor Oscar Winkle! Ever since his little brother, Robert (not-so-affectionately known as Slobert), showed up seven and a half years ago, he's been specializing in ruining Oscar's life. So he comes up with Operation: Dump the Chump, a brilliant scheme to get even with the pesky creep.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Operation: Homefront
by Caroline B. CooneyLangan was fourteen and not big or tall for his age. His name, which had just been a name until last year, was now a terrible liability. It turned out that people (meaning other boys) thought it was gay. Dealing with the name was a nightmare but Langan said nothing to his parents. What were they supposed to do: rename him Eric?
Opioid, Indiana
by Brian Carr"Full of gorgeous language and wild insights."—Nick FlynnSet in the beleaguered heart of Indiana’s opioid crisis, Brian Allen Carr’s timely and tender novel about a teen struggling to find his place in the world—and come up with $800 rent—is at once a moving rumination on the hopeful power of story and a harrowing insight into modern America. It is a book you won’t soon forget.Seventeen-year-old Riggle is living in rural Indiana with his uncle and uncle’s girlfriend after the death of his parents. Now his uncle is missing, probably on a drug binge. It’s Monday, and $800 in rent is due Friday. Riggle, who’s been suspended from school, has to either find his uncle or get the money together himself. His mission exposes him to a motley group of Opioid locals—encounters by turns perplexing, harrowing, and heartening. With empathy and insight, Carr explores what it’s like to be a high school kid in the age of Trump—a time of economic inequality, addiction, Confederate flags, and mass shootings. Through the voice of its unforgettable protagonist—charismatic, confused, searching, by turns cynical and naïve, wise and impulsive—Opioid, Indiana pierces to the heart of our moment.
Opportunities in Solution-Focused Interviewing: Clients’ Key Words and Therapists’ Responses
by Lance Taylor Joel K. SimonWritten by the developers of the microanalysis of opportunities approach, this book describes how clinicians can use this model when listening and responding to clients in solution-focused therapy, training, coaching, and supervision. Joel K. Simon and Lance Taylor begin by reviewing the evolution, philosophical foundations, and intervention tools of solution-focused brief therapy, sharing how their practice has evolved over time from their clinical experience with clients, trainees, supervisees, and colleagues. Moving from theory to practice, the book then explores microanalysis of opportunities, beginning with how the authors developed the approach and created the process. Replete with actual examples of conversations between clients and therapists, and between trainer and trainee, the book demonstrates how the model can be applied in practice with analyses and discussions about analyzed material throughout. It displays the application of the approach to coaching, supervision, and training. This valuable book will not only be useful to therapists new to solution-focused brief therapy, but also to those who are experienced solution-focused practitioners. Psychotherapists, clinical social workers, counselors, and other mental health professionals will find this an illuminating read.
Opposite Identicals: A Novel
by Deborah KerbelA Junior Library Guild Pick!Opposite Identicals is an upper middle grade novel set in the very near future – a time when climate change has irreversibly altered our planet and lifestyles. Nova and Joule are fourteen-year old twins whose scientist parents have recently uprooted the family from their urban home and moved to the country on a year–long research assignment, studying the effects of GMO 'SuperCrop' farming on the environment in the final regulatory phase before global expansion. Surrounded by nature and quiet, open spaces, shy, bookish Nova is in heaven. But Joule – whose life' s ambition is to be famous and reach a million Hollagram followers – is desperate to escape. One day, Joule gets her wish, although not in a way anyone ever expected. In an instant, she's gone – swallowed up by a mysterious sinkhole under her bedroom floor. Suddenly twinless, Nova is forced to step in and lead the search for her missing sister. But can she face her fears and figure out what caused the sinkhole in time to save Joule?
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Activities: 100 Exercises Parents and Kids Can Do Together to Improve Behavior, Build Self-Esteem, and Foster Connection
by Laura McLaughlinInspire calm and cooperation with engaging ODD activities for kids ages 6 to 12Raising children with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) takes consistent practice and an extra dose of patience. Find the guidance you need with this supportive parenting book, written especially for parents of children with ODD. Inside, you'll find 100 activities designed to help kids reach their full potential as they learn to connect with people in positive ways.Understand ODD—Gain greater insight into oppositional defiant disorder and the emotional, social, and academic effects it can have on your child. Reinforce essential skills—Kids will learn how to regulate their emotions with activities that help them identify their feelings, practice self-control, build self-esteem, and more. Jump right in—Straightforward instructions, simple materials, and advice for maximizing each exercise make it easy for you and your child to get started right away.Break through challenging ODD behavior and reclaim your relationship with your child.
Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach
by Henci Goer Amy RomanoWhat practices and policies best promote safe, healthy, satisfying labor and birth? What harms do routine or frequent use of tests, procedures, and restrictions introduce? What nonmedical factors drive the current maternity care system? Meticulously documented, Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach pulls back the curtain on medical-model management of childbirth. "This should be a textbook for everyone in maternity care!" - Penny Simkin, Co-author of the Labor Progress Handbook. "This long awaited book is a marvel. It is a 'must have' resource not just for childbirth educators, nurses, obstetricians, and women, but for hospital administrators, insurance companies, and policy makers." - Judith Lothian, PhD, RN "Goer & Romano have given the maternity care community a gift in their robust examination and synthesis of the evidence supporting best ways to achieve optimal, physiologic birth for women and infants." - Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, Varney Professor of Midwifery, Yale School of Nursing "Optimal Care in Childbirth is a long overdue and very important contribution that will lead to a more safe, sane, and satisfying pregnancy care system." - Steve Calvin, MD, MFM, Co-chair, Human Rights and Health Program, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Optimal Motherhood and Other Lies Facebook Told Us: Assembling the Networked Ethos of Contemporary Maternity Advice
by Kari Nixon Jessica ClementsAn exploration of social media–imposed pressure on new mothers: How the supposed safe havens of online mommy groups have become rife with aggression and groupthink.Many mothers today turn to social media for parenting advice, joining online mothers&’ groups on Facebook and elsewhere. But the communities they find in these supposed safe havens can be rife with aggression, peer pressure, and groupthink—insisting that only certain practices are &“best,&” &“healthiest,&” &“safest&” (and mandatory). In this book, Jessica Clements and Kari Nixon debunk the myth of &“optimal motherhood&”—the idea that there is only one right answer to parenting dilemmas, and that optimal mothers must pursue perfection. In fact, Clements and Nixon write, parenting choices are not binaries, and the scientific findings touted by mommy groups are neither clear-cut nor prescriptive.Clements and Nixon trace contemporary ideas of optimal motherhood to the nineteenth-century &“Cult of True Womanhood,&” which viewed women in terms of purity and dignity. Both mothers themselves, they joined a variety of Facebook mothers&’ groups to explore what goes on in online mommy wars. They examine debates within these groups over CDC recommendations about alcohol during pregnancy, birth plans that don&’t go according to plan, breastfeeding vs. formula, co-sleeping and &“crying it out,&” and &“tweaking&” pregnancy test kits to discern pregnancy as early as possible. Clements and Nixon argue for an empowered motherhood, freed from the impossible standards of the optimal.
Optimists Die First
by Susin NielsenAward-winning author Susin Nielsen has written a laugh-out-loud and heartrending novel for fans of Robyn Schneider’s Extraordinary Means and Cammie McGovern’s Say What You Will. Beware: Life ahead. Sixteen-year-old Petula de Wilde is anything but wild. A former crafting fiend with a happy life, Petula shut herself off from the world after a family tragedy. She sees danger in all the ordinary things, like crossing the street, a bug bite, or a germy handshake. She knows: life is out to get you. The worst part of her week is her comically lame mandatory art therapy class with a small group of fellow misfits. Then a new boy, Jacob, appears at school and in her therapy group. He seems so normal and confident, though he has a prosthetic arm; and soon he teams up with Petula on a hilarious project, gradually inspiring her to let go of some of her fears. But as the two grow closer, a hidden truth behind why he’s in the group could derail them, unless Petula takes a huge risk. . .
Optimists Die First
by Susin NielsenThis touching, hilarious tragi-comedy by award-winning author Susin Nielsen proves: Life is out to get you. But so is love. A quirky alternative to the "sick lit" genre for YA readers. Petula's funny, and a crafting genius, but no social star at high school, and it doesn't help that she's isolated herself after her adored toddler sister died. Petula feels responsible for this death, though her parents say it was a tragic accident. No one's fault. Now, Petula sees danger everywhere: every activity and every bite of food could kill you. Then a new boy, Jacob, joins Petula's group in the school's lame art therapy program; he has a prosthetic arm and darkness behind his sunny surface. Petula and Jacob become friends, then, something more. But a secret behind why he's in the group could derail them. A heartbreaking yet humorous first YA from award-winning author Susin Nielsen, Optimists Die First continues Susin's tradition of creating memorable characters and genre-bending narratives.
Optimum Nutrition Before, During And After Pregnancy: The definitive guide to having a healthy pregnancy
by Susannah Lawson Patrick Holford BSc, DipION, FBAThis book is the essential guide to nutrition for women who are either planning to conceive, are pregnant or have given birth. It will also help women who are having difficulty conceiving or taking their baby to term. Top nutritionist Patrick Holford and Foresight practitioner Susannah Lawson start with a pre-conception nutrition checklist, moving on to cover nutrition in pregnancy, complete with diet and meal plans, and follow up with useful advice about your own nutrition in early parenthood - from beating the baby blues to how to produce the best-quality milk. The final section deals with optimum nutrition for babies and young children, with information about weaning, prevention of allergies and the ideal diet for a healthy child. Discover top nutritional advice that will help you to achieve maximum fertility and good health, prevent birth defects, avoid sickness and other pregnancy problems, prevent allergies in your baby, feed your baby in the best way possible, and much more.
Optimum Nutrition For Your Child: How to boost your child's health, behaviour and IQ
by Patrick Holford BSc, DipION, FBA Optimum Nutritio Deborah ColsonPatrick Holford illustrated the connection between nutrition and all aspects of health in his best-selling book THE OPTIMUM NUTRITION BIBLE. In OPTIMUM NUTRITION FOR YOUR CHILD, he reveals how crucial optimum nutrition is for children's general health and development, as well as their behaviour and IQ. He explains why certain foods are so beneficial and why others are damaging, and enables you to identify common problems in children which can be improved or solved with the right foods and supplements. With invaluable advice on getting children to eat healthy food, food plans and practical tips, this book is the definitive guide for parents.
Opting Back In: What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work
by Pamela Stone Meg LovejoyTaking a career break is a conflicted and risky decision for high-achieving professional women. Yet many do so, usually planning, even as they quit, to return to work eventually. But can they? And if so, how? In Opting Back In, Pamela Stone and Meg Lovejoy revisit women first interviewed a decade earlier in Stone’s book Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home to answer these questions. In frank and intimate accounts, women lay bare the dilemmas they face upon reentry. Most succeed but not by returning to their former high-paying, still family-inhospitable jobs. Instead, women strike out in new directions, finding personally gratifying but lower-paid jobs in the gig economy or predominantly female nonprofit sector. Opting Back In uncovers a paradox of privilege by which the very women best positioned to achieve leadership and close gender gaps use strategies to resume their careers that inadvertently reinforce gender inequality. The authors advocate gender equitable policies that will allow women—and all parents—to combine the intense demands of work and family life in the twenty-first century.
Opvoeden Doe Je Zo
by Starbuck O'Dwyer Flora SchoutenOpvoeden Doe Je Zo was in 2012 genomineerd als finalist van de Indie Reader Discovery Awards (opvoeden) en in 2011 voor de Foreword Reviews Book of the Year (humor en essay categorieën): het is een collectie van 23 hilarische, eerlijke en hartverwarmende verhalen over het opvoeden van kinderen, waarvan ouders kunnen leren hoe ze belangrijke waarden zoals eerlijkheid, moed, hard werken, doorzettingsvermogen en liefde kunnen overbrengen op hun kinderen. Het is gegarandeerd lachen, ieder verhaal is authentiek, universeel en ideaal om het gesprek aan te gaan over het belang van integriteit en karakter, pesten, vooroordelen, eerste liefdes, eerlijkheid en nog veel meer onderwerpen. Het is een internationale bestseller en reeds vertaald in vijf andere talen. Opvoeden Doe Je Zo is grappig en onderhoudend, betekenisvol en behoort tot de beste boeken over opvoeden en het proces van opgroeien.
Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family (Great Episodes)
by Ann RinaldiA surprising Revolutionary War tale of a family beset by a mother&’s mental illness: &“Often gripping…the portrayal of Patrick Henry is unusually complex.&”—Publishers Weekly Patrick Henry, the famous statesman of the American Revolution, has a secret: He keeps his wife in the cellar. It&’s the only alternative to an asylum, for, slowly losing her mind, Sarah Henry has become a serious danger to herself and her children. Narrated by the Henrys&’ two daughters, Patsy and Anne, who must take on new responsibilities, this compassionate novel explores the possibility that Patrick Henry&’s immortal cry of &“Give me liberty or give me death&” may have first been spoken by his wife as she pled for her freedom—and &“delivers another intriguing spin on history&” from the popular author of young adult fiction (Kirkus Reviews). Includes a reader's guide
Or She Dies
by Gregg HurwitzA page-turning thriller from the bestselling author of Richard & Judy selections ORPHAN X and YOU'RE NEXT.First, Patrick receives the mysterious DVDs. They show invasive footage of him in the privacy of his own house. Soon, Patrick and his wife Ariana find themselves questioning everything and everyone as their lives unravel. Someone is clearly out to get them. And then, the email arrives:Go AloneDo What We SayOr She Dies...
Ora las Escrituras por tus hijos: Descubre cómo orar por el propósito de Dios para sus vidas
by ZondervanJodie Berndt te muestra cómo puedes convertir la Biblia en un libro de oraciones capaces de influir poderosamente sobre la vida de tus hijos. Descubrirás la forma de orar de manera específica y llena de expectativas por la fe, el carácter, la seguridad, las relaciones y el futuro de ellos. Adquirirás una perspectiva nueva y bíblica sobre el propósito que Dios tiene con tus hijos. Y por medio del aliento que te darán las Escrituras y estos relatos de la vida real, descubrirás lo inmensa que es la diferencia que pueden marcar verdaderamente tus oraciones en la vida de aquellos a quienes más amas.
Oraciones poderosas para su hija / Powerful Prayers for Your Daughter: Cómo orar por cada área en la vida de su hija
by Rob Teigen Joanna Teigen"Orar por su hija es una de las cosas más importantes que hará en su vida". MARK BATTERSON Desde el momento en que nació su pequeña, ya sabía que tendría que orar mucho por ella. Así que, quizá se pregunte: ¿Qué debería orar por ella exactamente? A través de esta recolección de oraciones específicas que usted puede usar, junto con las historias de otros padres acerca de cómo Dios ha respondido sus oraciones, Rob y Joanna Teigen le brindan un cimiento sólido sobre el cual construir el hábito de toda una vida de orar por su hija. También lo ayudarán a entender las cosas por las que pasan las niñas al crecer incluyendo el estrés, el tema de la pureza, la presión social, los desafíos de la modestia, el crecimiento espiritual y más. RECUERDE: ¡quizá no siempre entienda a su hija, pero Dios sí! Comience a pedirle al Señor su guía, protección y bendiciones hoy. Rob and Joanna Teigen assure parents that just because they don't always understand their son or daughter, that doesn't mean that God doesn't. Collecting specific prayers parents can use, along with stories from other parents about how God has answered their prayers, Rob and Joanna give readers a strong foundation to build a lifelong habit of praying for their kids. They also explain what boys and girls need to learn as they grow up, including character, courage, modesty, self-control, forgiveness, and more, so parents can pray for every part of their kids' lives.
Oraciones poderosas para su hijo / Powerful Prayers for Your Son: Cómo orar por cada área en la vida de su hijo
by Rob Teigen Joanna Teigen"¡Es el tipo de libro que es una lectura obligada y que tiene que regalarlo a sus amigos!". RENEE SWOPE Desde el momento en que nació su pequeño, ya sabía que tendría que orar mucho por él. Así que, quizá se pregunte: ¿Qué debería orar por él exactamente? A través de esta recolección de oraciones específicas que usted puede usar, junto con las historias de otros padres acerca de cómo Dios ha respondido sus oraciones, Rob y Joanna Teigen le brindan un cimiento sólido sobre el cual construir el hábito de toda una vida de orar por su hijo. También lo ayudarán a entender las cosas por las que pasan las niños al crecer para que pueda aprender cómo oar por el desarrollo del carácter de su hijo, su valentía, el dominio propio, el perdón y más. RECUERDE: ¡quizá no siempre entienda a su hijo, pero Dios sí! Comience a pedirle al Señor su guía, protección y bendiciones hoy. Rob and Joanna Teigen assure parents that just because they don't always understand their son or daughter, that doesn't mean that God doesn't. Collecting specific prayers parents can use, along with stories from other parents about how God has answered their prayers, Rob and Joanna give readers a strong foundation to build a lifelong habit of praying for their kids. They also explain what boys and girls need to learn as they grow up, including character, courage, modesty, self-control, forgiveness, and more, so parents can pray for every part of their kids' lives.
Oral History
by Lee SmithFrom the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girls.
Orange Blossom Brides (The Business of Weddings #1)
by Tara RandelIN SEARCH OF A GROOM Lilli Barclay needs a groom-and she needs one now. Not for herself, of course, but for her mother's glamorous wedding-themed benefit. Then Lilli can get back to what really matters, earning a promotion at work. Just her luck that Max Sanders, the ideal candidate, still holds a grudge against her for an incident that happened twelve years ago. Persuading Max to volunteer will take longer than Lilli thought. Much longer. And the more time she spends with him, the further she ventures down Memory Lane. Pretty soon Lilli can't help wondering if Max could be more than a pretend groom. He still makes her heart race. But will he ever be able to forgive the past and consider a future...with her?
Orange Blossom Days: A Novel
by Patricia ScanlanFrom the internationally bestselling author and &“prolific queen of contemporary Irish popular fiction&” (The Sunday Times), a heartwarming novel set in Spain where the new tenants of a seaside apartment building test the limits of marriage, money, and ambition.In a beautiful Southern Spanish town, where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air, the gates of a brand new apartment complex, La Joya de Andalucía, glide open to welcome the new owners. Anna and Austen MacDonald, an Irish couple, are preparing to enjoy their retirement to the fullest. But the demands of family cause problems they could never have foreseen and shake their marriage to the core. Sally-Ann Connolly Cooper, a feisty Texan mother of two young teenagers, is reeling from her husband&’s infidelity. La Joya becomes a place of solace for Sally-Ann, in more ways than one. Eduardo Sanchez, a haughty native from Madrid, has set out with single-minded determination to become el presidente of the complex&’s management committee. But pride comes before a fall. Jutta Sauer Perez, a sophisticated German who aspires to purchase her very own apartment in La Joya works hard to reach her goal. Then the unthinkable happens. As their lives entwine and friendships and enmities develop, it becomes apparent that La Joya is not quite the haven they all expect it to be…