The Complete Works of Cornelia MeigsThis Complete Collection includes the following titles:--------1 - The Windy Hill2 - The Pool of Stars3 - The Pirate of Jasper Peak4 - Master Simon's Garden5 - The Island of Appledore

Zachariah Lawrence wants out.After working covertly for the United States government for nearly a decade, he's had enough, a feeling compounded by the fact he was forcibly turned into a vampire during his last assignment for the secretive Unnaturals organization. And with his new apprentice Riley Walker on the run after being declared rogue by their superiors, Zachariah and his partner Ashton Miller race to help her as they realize she has something much more dangerous than vampire...

Nothing about her world is as she believed it to be…When Woodside fell, Remy Angellette and her friends barely escaped with their lives and were left scrambling to find a new place to call home. But Brandt Evans is missing, taken by the very people he called for help. Remy is determined to find him, but she doesn’t know where to start looking. And to make matters worse, she’s dealing with strange side effects from the cure to the Michaluk Virus that could endanger ...

Taking as her alter-ego Lily Briscoe–the painter in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse–Mary Meigs paints a portrait of herself, her family and her friends in Lily Briscoe: A Self-Portrait, a book that is both autobiography and memoir. In it, she describes the three major decisions of her life: "not to marry, to be an artist" and to listen to her "own voices." She speaks of her parents who belonged to "a generation before their own" and how they instilled in her a sense of...

All he wants is to keep his family alive.A new arrival will make this impossible.It's been a year since the Michaluk Virus devastated the Southeast, and Ethan Bennett has built a new family, one that, as leader of the group, he feels a heavy responsibility for. Because of this, when a woman shows up at their safe house begging for help for her group in Atlanta, he's determined to tell her no. But fate—and his friends—have other plans.

Any one who knows the coast of New England will know also the Island of Appledore and just where it lies. Such a person can tell you that it is not exactly the place described in this book, that it is small and bare and rocky with no woods, no meadows, no church, or mill, or mill-creek road. Perhaps all that the story tells of it that is true is that there the rocks give forth their strange deep song, “the calling of Appledore,” as warning of a storm, that there the poppies bloom as nowher...

A pair of teens visiting their wealthy cousin in a sleepy seaside town stumble upon a family mystery in this suspenseful Newbery Honor Book. Oliver and Janet sense immediately that something's wrong with Cousin Jasper, who barely acknowledges their arrival and remains strangely nervous and preoccupied. The brother and sister soon realize that the trouble is not confined to their cousin's house; conflict is brewing all over the hills and farms of Medford Valley.Oliver and Janet form ...

Nothing about her world is as she believed it to be . . .When Woodside fell, Remy Angellette and her friends barely escaped with their lives and were left scrambling to find a new place to call home. But Brandt Evans is missing, taken by the very people he called for help. Remy is determined to find him, but she doesn't know where to start looking. And to make matters worse, she's dealing with strange side effects from the cure to the Michaluk Virus that could enda...

Supporting children and young people to participate safely, effectively, critically and responsibly in a world filled with social media and digital technologies is a priority for educators the world over. Most young people in Europe today were born and have grown up in the digital era. Education authorities have the duty to ensure that these digital citizens are fully aware of the norms of appropriate behaviour when using constantly evolving technology and participating in digital life. De...

Two major regulatory activities have framed global media policies since World War II: the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) and the more recent World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Through extensive research and testimonies from those involved, this book presents an in-depth account from the 1970s to today of the major issues concerning information flow in international geopolitics, including a look at the negotiations surrounding the major policy debates. Fe...

A guide to the most recent practices and theories of media education researchOver the past forty years, media education research has emerged as a historical, epistemological and practical field of study. Shifts in the field—along with radical transformations in media technologies, aesthetic forms, ownership models, and audience participation practices—have driven the application of new concepts and theories across a range of both school and non-school settings.

Tics and Their Treatment is a comprehensive exploration of the phenomenon of tics, authored by the renowned neurologist Henry Meige and translated by S.A.K. Wilson. First published in the early 20th century, this seminal work delves deeply into the clinical, psychological, and physiological aspects of tics, offering a detailed account of their manifestations, causes, and therapeutic approaches. The book begins with a historical overview, tracing the recognition and understanding of tics th...