Katerina Big Sister Surprise" is an engaging and heartwarming story perfect for children & toddlers. When Katerina discovers that she will soon become a big sister, her imagination takes her on an exciting journey of what it would be like to have a little brother or sister. Through her adventures, Katerina's best friend, a baby stuffed tiger, is always by her side.Join Katerina on her journey as she learns the joys and responsibilities of being a big sister, and the special bond th...

This book demonstrates how quantitative country-level investment strategies can be successfully employed to manage money in international markets. It offers a range of state-of-the-art quantitative strategies, describing their theoretical bases, implementation details, and performance in over 70 countries between 1995 and 2015.International diversification has long been a key to stable investing. However, the increased integration and openness of global financial markets has led to...

Unplug from technology and "plug in" to nature through the wonder of your senses.The Book of Nature Connection is packed with fun activities for using all our senses to engage with nature in a deep and nourishing way.From "extenda-ears" and acorn whistles to bird calls, camouflage games, and scent scavenger hunts, enjoy over 70 diverse, engaging, sensory activities for all ages that promote mindfulness and nature connection.With activities ...

On the outside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a pillar of the community: the youngest division chief at his hospital, a model son to his elderly parents, fiercely devoted to his wife and two young daughters. On the inside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a high-functioning sociopath--a man who truly believes himself to stand above the ethical norms of society. As long as life treats him well, Balint has no cause to harm others. When life treats him poorly, he reveals the depths of his cold-blooded depravity.

You preach…But you probably wish you could be better. How many Sunday nights have you sat and wished you were a better preacher? How many Friday afternoons have you spent wishing you had crafted a better message for Sunday? You know you'll never be the best preacher in the church, but you sure wish you could be better. You attend seminars, lectureships, conferences, workshops, and summits. You read books and listen to others, but it seems no one ever says, "This is...

"A Novella in the Rylee Adamson Series….""My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker.""When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.When the dust settles, my heart feels as though it will never be pieced back together. But there are too many lives riding on my ability to function at my best.So I push through. And I find that I still have some fight lef...

“Who am I?”“Am I imagining you?”“What is the meaning of life?”“Is consciousness fundamental in the universe?”Kids ask curly questions. Now there is a book of answerers...it is this book.“If guerilla self-help or punk meditation is possible, then this book is it.”adam jacobs is a tasmanian.

Benkei’s last memory is steel, blood, and a bridge piled with enemies. His next is a cradle in a world that shouldn’t exist: elves, beastfolk, monsters… and a glowing blue System that rewards effort with stats, skills, and powers no monk ever prayed for.Reborn as Benjamin Thunderwind, he trains in secret, chasing discipline the only way he knows—daily practice, breath, and pain—until the System answers. A rare spirit companion. A blade skill that cuts beyond reach....

How do teachers adapt to the demands of curriculum change and new educational standards? How do they learn what is expected of them? In this pathbreaking work, Jacob Adams examines how a promising new professional structure, the teacher network, helped teachers implement a novel and challenging high school mathematics curriculum and how it fostered teachers’ determination and ability to get the job done, when traditional staff development supports did not. Beginning with an in-depth examin...

An accessible guide to building a home bar one bottle at a time, this book gives readers tools for mixing fantastic cocktails without investing time and money in niche single-use ingredients.There's a basic cocktail formula for building a bar that is anything but ordinary.Spirit + Sugar + Acidity/Bitterness = Tasty CocktailInstead of drawing on esoteric bottles of liquor, complicated syrups, and obscure sodas, this book takes readers through the hom...

A collection of essays that use John Haugeland's work on intentionality, embodiment, objectivity, and caring to explore contemporary issues in philosophy of mind.In his work, the philosopher John Haugeland (1945–2010) proposed a radical expansion of philosophy's conceptual toolkit, calling for a wider range of resources for understanding the mind, the world, and how they relate. Haugeland argued that “giving a damn” is essential for having a mind—suggesting that tr...

The ultimate guide to whiskey, brandy, rum, agave spirits, gin, vodka, and more—and how best to drink them. From Portland’s Multnomah Whiskey Library spirits educators and authors of Raising the Bar**.**Here is the ultimate guide to curating your spirits and building your home bar. Knowing the process of making spirits, from fermentation to distillation and manipulation, is key to understanding what goes into the bottle, how to select them...