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Barkerville Beginnings: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #4)

Faced with financial ruin and the loss of her good name, Rose Chadwick decides to make a new start for herself and her young daughter Hannah in the rough and tumble gold rush town of Barkerville, British Columbia. However, making a new life is not so easy when it’s built on lies. And, long suppressed emotions within her are stirred when she meets a handsome young Englishman. Viscount Harrison St. John knows he’s expected to marry well to bolster his family fortunes. Instead, he leaves England to pursue riches in the gold fields of a frontier town in the far off wilds of Canada. Soured on love because of a betrayal by his former fiancé, Harrison resists the attraction he has for Rose. Particularly considering she appears to be a happily married woman with a daughter of her own. Will dark secrets from Rose’s past keep them apart? Or will they find love, happiness and a new life together in the bustling town of Barkerville?

Barkerville Beginnings: Canadian Historical Brides (Canadian Historical Brides #4)

Faced with financial ruin and the loss of her good name, Rose Chadwick decides to make a new start for herself and her young daughter Hannah in the rough and tumble gold rush town of Barkerville, British Columbia. However, making a new life is not so easy when it’s built on lies. And, long suppressed emotions within her are stirred when she meets a handsome young Englishman.

Barrier (The Alternative)

When Jessica is diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, she finally understands why her best friend is her dog and why she breaks out in a sweat whenever she interacts with others. She hopes a fresh start at Rondo Alternative High School will help. Joining the manga club seems like a good move—especially since quirky, quiet Dylan is a member. Can a kindred spirit help her work through her anxiety? Can she overcome her fear and make some real friends?

Barrio Walk: Stepping Into Wisdom

His life changes after he is unexpectedly left in Los Angeles at the age of fourteen. His aging grandparents live in the middle of the rugged City Terrace barrio in East LA. He is homesick and has trouble dealing with a demanding grandmother showing early symptoms of Alzheimer's. He plans to ride his bicycle 440 miles back to Phoenix, when God changes his plan. He visits a seminary in Compton, CA and makes a hasty decision to become a priest. He spends his first two years of high school at Dominguez Seminary.After he decides to quit his quest for the priesthood, the book describes the struggles of re-entering into a "normal" adolescence in the barrio of Phoenix. Most of his experiences are centered on working in a dysfunctional job environment at a nearby grocery store.As the young man continues into his latter teenage years, he begins to change gradually for the worse. He discovers his fondness of alcohol that later becomes an addiction. His struggles continue as he tries to figure out his purpose in life. He is on the verge of getting into serious trouble with the law in various situations. These include underage drinking, almost getting caught in an attempt to steal a car battery and has an alcohol related motor vehicle accident. His life becomes more complicated as he adds a substance to enhance his drinking ability. His life is in a downward spiral. He is rescued from all of this when he escapes the barrio by joining the Navy.The purpose of the book is to show others with similar beginnings what brought him to believe in the manner he currently does. It is not meant to say, "The way I believe is right, and you are wrong" or to put down anyone&’s beliefs. The book is intended to encourage the reader to take a closer look at what they truly believe. Scripture is used to shine light on Jesus as the way to the Father. It is emphasized the way explicitly and not one of the ways to the Father.Barrio Walk is a story of Hope interspersed with humor and scripture. The book shows glimpses of the future with the sharing of the author's born-again experience much later in life. The final chapter is one of triumph as it describes his father&’s acceptance of Christ and his "jump" into Eternal life at his moment of death.

Barron's Biology Practice Plus: 400+ Online Questions and Quick Study Review

Need quick review and practice to help you excel in Biology?Barron&’s Biology Practice Plus features more than 400 online practice questions and a concise review guide that covers the basics of Biology. Inside you&’ll find:Concise review on the basics of Biology—an excellent resource for students who want a quick review of the most important topicsAccess to 400+ online questions arranged by topic for customized practiceOnline practice includes answer explanations with expert advice for all questions plus scoring to track your progressThis essential guide is the perfect practice supplement for students and teachers!

Barron's Chemistry Practice Plus: 400+ Online Questions and Quick Study Review

Need quick review and practice to help you excel in Chemistry?Barron&’s Chemistry Practice Plus features more than 400 online practice questions and a concise review guide that covers the basics of Chemistry. Inside you&’ll find:Concise review on the basics of Chemistry—an excellent resource for students who want a quick review of the most important topicsAccess to 400+ online questions arranged by topic for customized practiceOnline practice includes answer explanations with expert advice for all questions plus scoring to track your progressThis essential guide is the perfect practice supplement for students and teachers!

Barron's Math 360: A Complete Study Guide to Geometry with Online Practice

Barron&’s Math 360: Geometry is your complete go-to guide for everything geometryThis comprehensive guide is an essential resource for:High school and college coursesHomeschoolingVirtual LearningLearning podsInside you&’ll find:Comprehensive Content Review: Begin your study with the basic building blocks of geometry and build as you go. Topics include, the building blocks of geometry, angle pairs and perpendicular lines, transformation geometry, ratios and proportions, area and volume, and much more.Effective Organization: Topic organization and simple lesson formats break down the subject matter into manageable learning modules that help guide a successful study plan customized to your needs.Clear Examples and Illustrations: Easy-to-follow explanations, hundreds of helpful illustrations, and numerous step-by-step examples make this book ideal for self-study and rapid learning.Practice Exercises: Each chapter ends with practice exercises designed to reinforce and extend key skills and concepts. These checkup exercises, along with the answers and solutions, will help you assess your understanding and monitor your progress.Access to Online Practice: Take your learning online for 50 practice questions designed to test your knowledge with automated scoring to show you how far you have come.

Barron's Math 360: A Complete Study Guide to Pre-Algebra with Online Practice

Barron&’s Math 360: Pre-Algebra is your complete go-to guide for everything pre-algebraThis comprehensive guide is an essential resource for:Intermediate and high school coursesHomeschoolingVirtual LearningLearning podsInside you&’ll find:Comprehensive Content Review: Begin your study with the basic building blocks of pre-algebra and build as you go. Topics include, fractions, expressions, equations, graphing word problems, and much more.Effective Organization: Topic organization and simple lesson formats break down the subject matter into manageable learning modules that help guide a successful study plan customized to your needs.Clear Examples and Illustrations: Easy-to-follow explanations, hundreds of helpful illustrations, and numerous step-by-step examples make this book ideal for self-study and rapid learning.Practice Exercises: Each chapter ends with practice exercises designed to reinforce and extend key skills and concepts. These checkup exercises, along with the answers and solutions, will help you assess your understanding and monitor your progress.Access to Online Practice: Take your learning online for 50 practice questions designed to test your knowledge with automated scoring to show you how far you have come.

Barron's Math 360: A Complete Study Guide to Pre-Calculus with Online Practice

Barron&’s Math 360: Pre-Calculus is your complete go-to guide for everything pre-calculusThis comprehensive guide is an essential resource for:High school and college coursesHomeschoolingVirtual LearningLearning podsInside you&’ll find:Comprehensive Content Review: Begin your study with the basic building blocks of pre-calculus and build as you go. Topics include, algebraic methods, functions and graphs, complex numbers, polynomial and rational functions, and much more.Effective Organization: Topic organization and simple lesson formats break down the subject matter into manageable learning modules that help guide a successful study plan customized to your needs.Clear Examples and Illustrations: Easy-to-follow explanations, hundreds of helpful illustrations, and numerous step-by-step examples make this book ideal for self-study and rapid learning.Practice Exercises: Each chapter ends with practice exercises designed to reinforce and extend key skills and concepts. These checkup exercises, along with the answers and solutions, will help you assess your understanding and monitor your progress.Access to Online Practice: Take your learning online for 50 practice questions designed to test your knowledge with automated scoring to show you how far you have come.

Barron's Science 360: A Complete Study Guide to Biology with Online Practice

Barron&’s Science 360: Biology is your complete go-to guide for everything biologyThis comprehensive guide is an essential resource for:High school and college coursesHomeschoolingVirtual LearningLearning podsInside you will find:Comprehensive Content Review: Begin your study with the basic building block of biology and build as you go. Topics include, the cell, bacteria and viruses, fungi, plants, invertebrates, Homo sapiens, biotechnology, and much more.Effective Organization: Topic organization and simple lesson formats break down the subject matter into manageable learning modules that help guide a successful study plan customized to your needs.Clear Examples and Illustrations: Easy-to-follow explanations, hundreds of helpful illustrations, and numerous step-by-step examples make this book ideal for self-study and rapid learning.Practice Exercises: Each chapter ends with practice exercises designed to reinforce and extend key skills and concepts. These checkup exercises, along with the answers and solutions, will help you assess your understanding and monitor your progress.Access to Online Practice: Take your learning online for 50 practice questions designed to test your knowledge with automated scoring to show you how far you have come.

Barron's Science 360: A Complete Study Guide to Chemistry with Online Practice

Barron&’s Science 360: Chemistry is your complete go-to guide for everything chemistryThis comprehensive guide is an essential resource for:High school and college coursesHomeschoolingVirtual LearningLearning podsInside you&’ll find:Comprehensive Content Review: Begin your study with the basic building block of chemistry and build as you go. Topics include, atomic structure, chemical formulas, electrochemistry, the basics of organic chemistry, and much more.Effective Organization: Topic organization and simple lesson formats break down the subject matter into manageable learning modules that help guide a successful study plan customized to your needs.Clear Examples and Illustrations: Easy-to-follow explanations, hundreds of helpful illustrations, and numerous step-by-step examples make this book ideal for self-study and rapid learning.Practice Exercises: Each chapter ends with practice exercises designed to reinforce and extend key skills and concepts. These checkup exercises, along with the answers and solutions, will help you assess your understanding and monitor your progress.Access to Online Practice: Take your learning online for 50 practice questions designed to test your knowledge with automated scoring to show you how far you have come.

Barron's Science 360: With 2 Practice Tests (Barron's Test Prep Ser.)

Barron&’s Math 360: Physics is your complete go-to guide for everything physicsThis comprehensive guide is an essential resource for:High school and college coursesHomeschoolingVirtual LearningLearning podsInside you&’ll find:Comprehensive Content Review: Begin your study with the basic building blocks of physics and build as you go. Topics include, motion, forces, electricity, magnetism and introduction to nuclear physics, and much more.Effective Organization: Topic organization and simple lesson formats break down the subject matter into manageable learning modules that help guide a successful study plan customized to your needs.Clear Examples and Illustrations: Easy-to-follow explanations, hundreds of helpful illustrations, and numerous step-by-step examples make this book ideal for self-study and rapid learning.Practice Exercises: Each chapter ends with practice exercises designed to reinforce and extend key skills and concepts. These checkup exercises, along with the answers and solutions, will help you assess your understanding and monitor your progress.Access to Online Practice: Take your learning online for 50 practice questions designed to test your knowledge with automated scoring to show you how far you have come.

Barry Squires, Full Tilt

Barry Squires, Full Tilt takes readers on a romp through the streets of St. John's and into the Squires household, a place where tragedy strikes but love prevails. Derry Girls meets Billy Elliot with an East coast twist.It's 1995. When the Full Tilt Dancers give an inspiring performance at the opening of the new bingo hall, twelve-year-old Finbar (Barry) Squires wants desperately to join the troupe. Led by Father O'Flaherty, the Full Tilt Irish Step Dancers are the most sought-after act in St. John's, Newfoundland (closely followed by popular bagpiper, Alfie Bragg and his Agony Bag). Having watched Riverdance twice, Barry figures he'll nail the audition. And good thing too -- it'd be nice to be known for something other than the port wine stain on his cheek. With questionable talent and an unpredictable temper, Barry's journey to stardom is jeopardized by his parents' refusal to take his dreams seriously. Thankfully, Barry has the support of a lively cast of characters: his ever-present grandmother, Nanny Squires; his adorable baby brother, Gord; an old British rocker named Uneven Steven; a group of geriatrics from the One Step Closer to God Nursing Home; and Saibal, a friend with whom Barry gets up to no good. Told with humor and a healthy dose of irreverence, Barry Squires, Full Tilt is the latest novel by Heather Smith, the award-winning author of The Agony of Bun O&’Keefe and Chicken Girl.

Baseball Italian Style: Great Stories Told by Italian American Major Leaguers from Crosetti to Piazza

Baseball Italian Style brings together the memories of major leaguers of Italian heritage whose collective careers span almost a century, from the 1930s up to today. In these first-person accounts, baseball fans will meet at an intimate level the players they cheered as heroes or jeered as adversaries, as well as coaches, managers, front-office executives, and umpires. The men who speak in this collection, which includes eight Hall of Famers (Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Santo, Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza, Tom Lasorda, Tony La Russa, and Joe Torre) go beyond facts and figures to provide an inside look at life in the big leagues. Their stories provide a time capsule that documents not only the evolution of Italian American participation in the national pastime, but also the continuity of the game and the many changes that have taken place, on and off the field. At a time when statistical analysis plays an increasingly prominent role in the sport, the monologues in this book are a reminder that the history of baseball is passed on to future generations more eloquently, and with much greater passion, through the words of those who lived it than it is by numerical data.

Basic Concepts in Family Therapy: An Introductory Text, Second Edition

Gain confidence and creativity in your family therapy interventions with new, up-to-date research!Basic Concepts in Family Therapy: An Introductory Text, Second Edition, presents twenty-two basic psychological concepts that therapists may use to understand clients and provide successful services to them. Each chapter focuses on a single concept using material from family therapy literature, basic psychological and clinical research studies, and cross-cultural research studies. Basic Concepts in Family Therapy is particularly useful to therapists working in a family context with child- or adolescent-referred problems, and for students and clinicians treating the problems they see every day in their community. The book builds on the strengths of the first edition, incorporating ideas and articles that have become worthy of investigating since 1990 into the original text. This new edition also introduces five new chapters on resiliency and poverty, adoption, chronic illness, spirituality and religion, and parenting strategies. The new chapters make the book far more relevant for students and clinicians try ing to use family theory and technique in response to the problems they see in their communities. Basic Concepts in Family Therapy will assist you in offering clients better services by providing a deeper understanding of the contemporary family in its various forms, the psychological bonds that shape all families, and the developmental stages of the family life cycle. This exploration of how family demography, stages and life cycles affect family functions is a solid foundation from which all of the therapeutic concepts in this book can be explored. Some of the facets of family therapy you will explore in Basic Concepts in Family Therapy are: the importance of spirituality and religion in family therapy generational boundaries, closeness, and role behaviors managing a family's emotions defining problems and generating and evaluating possible solutions teaching children specific attitudes, values, social skills, and norms transracial adoptions and normative processes and developmental issues of adoptive parents strategies for reducing conflict . . . and much more!Basic Concepts in Family Therapy will help to broaden your understanding of the ways families function in general. You can use the effective concepts explored in this text to make a thorough assessment of the impact of a disorder on a child and on the rest of his or her family, as well as how family dynamics might have shaped or exacerbated the problems. The concepts described in this text can be customized to clients’cultural values to avoid unnecessary resistance. As a new therapist, you will gain confidence in your assessments, and if you are already a seasoned professional, you will gain creativity in your interventions.

Basil and Oregano

Mix two parts The Great British Bake Off with one-part magical boarding school plus a generous dash of romance and you&’ve got Basil and Oregano, a sweetly delicious lower young adult graphic novel.Porta Bella Magiculinary Academy is the finest school for the art of cooking with magic, and Basil Eyres is determined to be the top student. On the first day of her senior year, Arabella Oregano, the daughter of a renowned chef, joins the academy for her senior year as well. The two are instantly smitten with each other, but Basil senses there&’s something Arabella is hiding from her. Still, the two work together to stand out from the class as the end of year culinary festival approaches. But when Arabella&’s secret is reveled, Basil is faced with the hardest decision of her life, which has the potential to throw her future aspirations in jeopardy.

Basketball Belles: How Two Teams And One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops On The Map

Bastille contra los bibliotecarios malvados (Alcatraz contra los Bibliotecarios Malvados #Volumen 6)

Bastille contra los Bibliotecarios Malvados es la última entrega de Alcatraz contra los bibliotecarios malvados, la fabulosamente divertida serie de aventuras fantásticas middle grade apta para todos los públicos protagonizada por Alcatraz Smedry. Como caballero de Cristalia, yo, Bastille, juré proteger al clan Smedry de los Bibliotecarios Malvados. (Y creedme, incluso los mequetrefes como ellos necesitan que alguien los proteja). Pero cuando ataron a Alcatraz Smedry a un altar de enciclopedias desactualizadas para ofrecerlo como sacrificio a los dioses oscures, llegué demasiado tarde. Y su padre dio la vida por él. Ahora Alcatraz es un mar de lágrimas, así que me toca a mí liderar el ataque contra el asesino de su padre: Biblioden, fundador de los Bibliotecarios Malvados (¡creía que llevaba siglos muerto!). Biblioden ha regresado para llevar a término su plan y conseguir dominar todo el mundo. Va a utilizar los poderes oscuros que ha obtenido con el sacrificio del padre de Alcatraz para doblegar a cualquiera que no esté bajo el control de los Bibliotecarios Malvados. Morir quemado no entra dentro de mis planes, así que más me vale dar con un plan para pararle los pies. Sé que Alcatraz se equivoca cuando dice que no es un héroe, pero, cuando un héroe no está a la altura, es el momento de que el resto demos un paso adelante y hagamos lo que haga falta. ¡El desenlace de la serie middle grade de los autores número 1 del New York Times Brandon Sanderson y Janci Patterson! Reseñas:«Brandon Sanderson es una leyenda.»Alexelcapo, @EvilAFM «Una excelente opción para leer en voz alta a toda la familia. Divertida, emocionante y con un ritmo trepidante.»Nancy Pearl, del programa Morning Edition de NPR.

Bat Loves The Night (Read And Wonder)

A charming and informative story about a pipistrelle bat. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of the animal’s flight, its navigational skills, and the hunt for food." – School Library Journal

Batgirl: Possession (DC Super Heroes)

Batgirl™ is on the case when strange attacks start happening at Gotham Academy. The long shadows of Gotham City stretch deeper than she imagined when evidence points to black magic and something more sinister still in this original suspense novel!Thanks to a scholarship to the prestigious Gotham Academy, Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, gets to experience how some of the city&’s wealthiest teens live with fast cars, expensive clothes, and more. But when these advantages and luxuries are not enough, Barbara discovers that the some of them have turned to dabbling in black magic to get their kicks . . . setting off a series of strange events and deaths. Batgirl quickly steps in to investigate, but finding the killer proves to be more difficult than usual. The prime suspect&’s brother is an irresistible distraction from the case at the same her growing relationship with Robin, the Boy Wonder, is hitting an all-time low. If all that wasn&’t troubling enough, the hard facts aren&’t to be lining up. Batgirl isn&’t one to believe in black magic, but there seem to be forces in Gotham City&’s shadows growing hungrier and stronger, and if she doesn&’t find a way to shed some light on the case soon, the creeping darkness just might take possession of her . . . forever!Batgirl and supernatural thriller fans will love the mystery and horror lurking in this action-packed original novel!

Batman: Nightwalker (DC ICONS #Volumen 2)

Vuelven los superhéroes de la mano de los grandes escritores de la literatura juvenil. Antes de ser Batman era Bruce Wayne... <P><P>Un adolescente dispuesto a todo por una chica que podría ser su peor enemiga. Los Nightwalkers están aterrorizando la ciudad de Gotham. <P>Tras el saboteo de los sistemas de seguridad en sus mansiones, las élites de la ciudad van cayendo una tras otra hasta quedar atrapadas como presas. Bruce Wayne es el siguiente en la lista. <P>Bruce está a punto de cumplir dieciocho años y heredar la fortuna de su familia, los sectores clave de Wayne Industries y todos los aparatos tecnológicos que le apasionan. <P>Pero cuando regresa a casa de su fiesta de cumpleaños, toma una decisión impulsiva y lo sentencian a realizar servicios comunitarios en Arkham Asylum, la infame prisión que alberga a los criminales más temidos de la ciudad. <P>Madeleine Wallace es una asesina... Y la única esperanza de Bruce. <P>La reclusa más intrigante en Arkham es Madeleine, una chica brillante vinculada a los Nightwalkers. <P>Una chica que solo querrá hablar con Bruce. Ella es el misterio que Bruce deberá resolver, pero ¿le estará ella confiando sus secretos o solo le dará la información que necesita para poner la ciudad de Gotham a sus pies?

Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons Series #2)

<P>Before he was Batman, he was Bruce Wayne. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy. <P>The Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is next on their list.The city's elites are being taken out one by one as their mansions' security systems turn against them, trapping them like prey. <P>Meanwhile, Bruce is about to become eighteen and inherit his family's fortune, not to mention the keys to Wayne Industries and all the tech gadgetry that he loves. <P>But on the way home from his birthday party, he makes an impulsive choice and is sentenced to community service at Arkham Asylum, the infamous prison that holds the city's most nefarious criminals. <P>Madeleine Wallace is a brilliant killer . . . and Bruce's only hope. <P>The most intriguing inmate in Arkham is Madeleine, a brilliant girl with ties to the Nightwalkers. A girl who will only speak to Bruce. She is the mystery he must unravel, but is he convincing her to divulge her secrets, or is he feeding her the information she needs to bring Gotham City to its knees? <P>In this second DC Icons book--following Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman: Warbringer--Bruce Wayne is proof that you don't need superpowers to be a super hero, but can he survive this game of tense intrigue, pulse-pounding action, and masterful deception? <P><b> A New York Times Bestseller</b>

Bats (A Smart Start Reader)

A brief introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of bats.

Battle Born (Robbie & Sam)

A Companion to the Robbie & Sam SeriesDaniel Messana wanted a way out of Thornwood, Colorado, and he found it in the Army. Now he’s returned with no more direction to his life than he had when he left as an angry teenager. And even though the war is behind him, the things he experienced won’t leave him in peace. His PTSD plagues him in crowds, and isolation sets in when he’s by himself. Because of the way he treated his brothers, regret gnaws at him, and he has no family to turn to. For Franklin “Coop” Cooper, the Army was life, and one he loved. But when an IED in Afghanistan left him blind, it ended not only the career he’d built, but any chance of being his own man. Back home, his parents refuse to let him do anything for himself, even though Coop and his service dog are ready to move forward and adjust to his new conditions. His only escape from being coddled like a child is going for pizza on base while his mother shops on Fridays. There, Daniel sits down next to him, and the two men begin a friendship that could become more—if they can break free from everything holding them back.

Battle Cries in the Wilderness: The Struggle for North America in the Seven Years’ War

The savage struggle to take control of the North American wilderness during the epic Seven Years War (1756-63) between France and England is a gripping tale. As the two European powers battled each other for global economic, political and military supremacy in what some have called the first world war, the brutal conflict took on a unique North American character, particularly in the role Native allies played on both sides. Formal European tactics and military protocols were out of place in the harsh, unforgiving forests of the New World. Cavalry, mass infantry columns, and volley fire proved less effective in the heavily wooded terrain of North America than it did in Europe. What mattered in the colonial hinterland of New France and the British American colonies was an ability to navigate, travel, and survive in the uncharted wilderness. Equally important was the capacity to strike at the enemy with surprise, speed, and violence. After all, the reward for victory was substantial – mastery of North America.