Michael Harris, standing at his loft window looking down on I35 in Dallas known to Dallasites as Stemmons, watching the red and white lights moving below him as he lifts his glass, taking a sip of his Tennessee blend savoring it's flavor and the cold ice against his lips. Michael is plotting a takeover of Farmers Insurance Company, to rocket him to the financial level he belongs by using Surette, Jason's administrative executive, knowing she is in love with him, Michael decides to woo Sure...

FINDING A PLACE IN THE NATURAL WORLD AS A HUNTRESSAfter thirty years cultivating fruits and vegetables, raising children, and teaching literature, Deborah Lee Luskin stepped out of her garden and into the forest. At sixty, it was time to age fiercely, overcome her suburban fear of getting lost in the woods and her urban reliance on street signs to know where she was. She wanted to forge her own path through the forest by following the deer. A dedicated locavore, Lu...

Fourteen-year-old Elfriede “Elfie” Hoffmann just wants her life to return to normal—back before her best friend became a Hitler Youth leader, back to when her father was allowed to practice medicine, back to the time when she wasn’t waiting for her friends to reject her.As Elfie begins to detach from her friends, who want nothing more than to be leaders in the girls’ division of Hitler Youth, she learns that her parents are active in a small group denouncing Hitler. Her parents tell...

About the BookOn the waters of Chesapeake Bay, Melissa and her twin sisters join their mom and dad on their commercial crabbing boat named Once Again. Adventure can always be found on the water, and Melissa is so excited to learn all the steps of being a waterman just like her daddy! Put on your life preserver and hop aboard to discover this amazing world.

A counting book that highlights the wonders of winterIt's wintertime! The time for snow, mittens, and 12 days of surprises. In this high-energy, curious classroom, the teacher introduces her students to a new winter activity every day—from making paper snowflakes, to building sugar cube igloos, to playing with jingling bells. As the days get colder and the gifts add up, the classroom is transformed into wintery chaos. Inspired by the song "The Twelve Days of Christ...

On the first day of kindergarten,my teacher gave to me . . .the whole alphabet from A to Z!Drawing on the rhythm and rich repetition of the familiar carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” The Twelve Days of Kindergarten is a welcoming introduction to school. Upbeat text celebrates the new adventure of school, and hilariously detailed illustrations showcase kindergarteners that every child, teacher, and parent will recognize with glee. Readers of all ages will ...

Lessons from Another Life, is not like any other time-travel or deja vu romance novel. It is based on an actual online relationship, knowing what he shared with me through our conversations, learning more from his wife, after his death, and a fictionalized life together, in memory of a denied destiny.Someone once wrote that reality and fiction are two different things, they do not touch or cross. As a writer, Rob, you were the one who pulled me into sleep, talking to me, showing me...

The students were squirmingbut none made a sound,as the spelling bee enteredits championship round.It’s right before recess, and the annual school spelling bee is down to just three spellers: Cornelius the Genius, Smart Ruby, and The Slugger, who never strikes out. Round after round, the words whizz at them, but with one minute left until recess, there’s still no winner. Who will triumph? It all comes down to one final word, a...

Tiny Trails is a series of rhyming choose your own adventure stories for children. Each is pointedly written as both an educational lesson and interactive adventure. You can go on a hunt for a Gooey Duck Hunt with Brayden, or help Gabby find a way to keep her trees warm in the winter, or perhaps meet Tails and find out why he likes toothpaste. Dozens of different paths to take for each story. Read the same book over and over again and discover something new each time.

The love between two women is tragicly interrupted by more powerful forces than mere hatred.

Distributing pamphlets calling for nonviolent sabotage of Hitler’s war efforts. Painting words condemning Hitler on city walls. Traveling throughout wartime Germany while in his Army medic uniform, not on official duty, but rather seeking new members to join the resistance. All risky actions. All death-penalty offenses. All efforts made by Willi Graf, who, along with a few other university students, formed the White Rose resistance group. Graf and his friends were motivated by a single rea...

The definitive Handbook of Trauma-Transformative Practice brings together the work of leading international trauma experts to provide a detailed overview of trauma-informed practice and intervention: its history, the latest frameworks for practice and an inspiring vision for future trauma-transformative practice.The Handbook is interdisciplinary, incorporating trauma research, interpersonal neuroscience, the historical and continuing experiences of victims and survivors, and insigh...