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Assertiveness: How to Be Yourself in Every Situation is designed to provide the reader with instant practical solutions to the everyday real-life situations we all face at home, at work and at play. No matter how successful we are, we all face stressful and hard-to-handle challenges in daily life, and if we want to be as happy and healthy as we can- we must learn to assert ourselves, make our voices heard and approach life with confidence and self-assurance....
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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The human body is amazing. But sometimes it gets sick or hurt. In All About Colds, kids delve inside the body to learn all about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of colds. In this engaging introductory title, readers will explore fascinating topics, from germs and viruses to fevers and mucus. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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What if the healthy choice for your loved one isn't you?
A hearty novel about relationships, faith, and sacrificial love.
Holly Samuelsson is a dietitian all about healthy choices, but she won't be any man's broccoli: she wants to be desired. After another relationship fail, Holly swears off dating and decides to make her own family through in-vitro fertilization or adoption.
But when a mind-blowing man asks Holly out, she must choose whether to repeat...
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Nellie is a young farm girl who ventures deep into the wheat fields every now and then to have conversations with her neighbor, an overweight boy her own age named Henry. They bond together over the years, talking, enjoying nature. Henry falls deeply in love with Nellie but she cannot return his love. She suffers abuse daily from her father and she never tells Henry. They grow older, she leaves town, dates the wrong guys as her life falls to pieces....
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When you make a decision, always choose love...
Anna, an Amish girl in a small town, doesn't need a husband. She doesn't want to marry a man that her parents told her about. Instead, she dreams of traveling to places she has never been to, not because she wanted to get away from her hometown that defined her identity, but because she wanted to be free from the world she grew up. She wanted to experience the world and accept everything it has to offer....
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Bioluminescence benefits animals in many ways. Some animals with this ability use their light to lure prey, distract predators, or to attract a mate. Learn more about how animals use bioluminescence to help them survive in their environments. Meets Next Generation Science Standards.
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Happily married and pregnant with her first child, artist Kali Miller probes Lillian Campbell, her ninety-three year old grandmother, for information about her roots and her mother's accidental death when Kali was a child. But the impact on her grandmother and the answers that Kali gets are anything but what she expected. Kali's questions intensify the profound paranoia that has dominated her grandmother's adult life -- that someone from the past...
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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The human body is amazing. But sometimes it gets sick or hurt. In All About Broken Bones, kids delve inside the body to learn all about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of broken bones. In this engaging introductory title, readers will explore fascinating topics, from fracture types to strains and sprains. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
11) Broken Wings
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Returning to her family's village in Scotland for the sombre anniversary of her brother Max's passing, Martha, a dedicated primary school teacher from Camden, northwest London, braces herself for a flood of painful memories. Instead, she's enveloped in the warmth and affection of her family and rekindles her bond with her best friend, Izzy.
However, her trip takes an unexpected turn when her father's old Ford Escort breaks down en route to Inverness....
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Are you outgoing or quiet? Do you consider yourself daring, caring, witty, or wise? How would your friends and family describe you? Personality can teach you a lot about yourself! What are your preferences, behaviors, and learning styles? What does the way you approach life say about you? Find out with fun quizzes and fascinating facts exploring personality!
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IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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The human body is amazing. But sometimes it gets sick or hurt. In All About Allergies, kids delve inside the body to learn all about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of allergies. Readers will explore fascinating topics, from common allergens to severe allergic reactions, in this engaging introductory title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO....
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I'm mad at you! We try over and over to improve a relationship and yet nothing ever changes. Are you ready to try something new? The secret to making peace in relationships is given in the two greatest commandments, found in the Bible: love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.
God's most important guidelines in the Bible have to do with relationships. Think of them as the...
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A sought-after model and guide to a new paradigm for children's ministries
Creative program based on research and personal experience
Struggling to offer a children's program that resonates with young families? Finding it difficult to recruit teachers and volunteers for your children's program? Want a children's ministry that is grounded in Christ's foundational
teachings and relevant to the experiences of children today? This must-have guide...
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This contemporary title explores video workout trends in today s health-oriented world. The young reader is exposed to the universe of the most popular DVD and video game workouts, like P90X, Insanity, Zumba Fitness, Wii Fit Plus, Kinect Sports, and Just Dance, and is encouraged to draw conclusions as to the appropriateness of the activity in his or her life. Safety issues are presented where appropriate. Get Fit With Video Workouts has been developed...
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Slipknot and Other Dark Poems has a few "horror poems," but the poetry is mainly literary poetry covering dark subjects-death, infedility, war, etc. From the small disappointments of everyday life to the inevitable horror of death, these poems bring those events and fears to life. Although the style is different from John Updike's poetry or Raymond Carver's prose or David Lynch's films, the subject matter is similar. A poem in this book may give the...
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He's famous for twice being People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, for his penchant for practical jokes and his vow never to remarry, as well as for his Oscar-winning and Emmy-nominated acting career. But George Clooney's reputation as a celebrity belies his essential seriousness, as a businessman, a humanitarian, and, of course, in his ascendancy to the Hollywood A-list. In this updated biography of one of Hollywood's most colorful leading men, pop...
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The human body is amazing. But sometimes it gets sick or hurt. In All About Ear Infections, kids delve inside the body to learn all about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of ear infections. In this engaging introductory title, readers will explore fascinating topics, from ear tube surgery to ruptured eardrums. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO....