Every school wants to be inclusive. But often children on the autism spectrum are left behind when it comes to participating in physical education and becoming physically literate—in part because many physical educators feel unprepared to include children on the spectrum in class activities.That’s where Active Games for Children on the Autism Spectrum comes in.Theoretical Framework, Games, and Lesson PlansThis text provides both the adaptive...

Verena Valent is at the helm of her family's legendary Swiss skincare company in Beverly Hills. After her parents die, she becomes the sole provider for her younger twin sisters and her grandmother, rising to the challenge to guide and expand her family's business. She is in the midst of a critical international expansion when her carefully organized life begins to unravel.While she struggles to save the business that means everything to her, she meets Lance, an executive chef at t...

Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with Michelle Robinson and her best friends for a second chance at all life has to offer.At forty-five, Michelle has a great life: a husband who loves her, two children on the fast track to success, a beautiful home in the rolling hills of Virginia, and three of the best friends a girl could ever want.But with the sudden death of Michelle's husband of twenty-five years, her life turns upside down.Forced to sell their forev...

The terrorist threat has changed. The consequences haven't.When her fiancé, a CIA operative accused of treason, is killed overseas, intelligence analyst Maggie Jenkins smells cover-up and sets out to clear his name. Maggie disobeys direct orders and travels to Tbilisi, Georgia, to follow a trail littered with secrets and lies, corruption and deceit, risking her own life to expose the terrorist threat at the intersection where the Russian Mafia, Chechen rebels, Al Q...

Calm your mind. Unlock your power. Save the planet.Our world is suffering from a number of growing crises: wars, climate change, the threat of economic collapse. We’re at a tipping point, but there is another way. Revealing an ancient road map that has helped guide people to transformation for centuries, this inspirational book and documentary film take us to the very core of what’s needed for humanity today: meditation. The Portal explores how meditation and mindfulness w...

We humans tend to think that we are unique in our intelligence, social skill, and depth of emotion, but we think too much of ourselves. The animal kingdom teems with hidden stories of the weird and fascinating, and in Amazing Animals, we gather recent research on animal behavior, including surprising discoveries of how animals think and feel, from man’s best friend to some of the earth’s oddest creatures.

The angels only let me out to hunt.It's not demons I'm sent to destroy—it's dragons.I'm corrupted. My soul was impure at birth. I'm an angel born with an insatiable need for vengeance so intense that they caged me, branded me, and kept me in the dark.I've been promised purity, redemption, and freedom from my cage. Failure is not an option. My soul depends on it.I must hunt the Dread—a merciless clan of dragon shifters whose ...

Kay Thompson’s larger-than-life story is an effervescent toast to show business with a shot of Auntie Mame and a twist of The Devil Wears Prada.A multi-threat entertainer and a world-class eccentric, Kay Thompson was the mentor/best friend of Judy Garland, the vocal guru for Frank Sinatra and Lena Horne, and the godmother/Svengali of Liza Minnelli (who recreated Thompson’s nightclub act in her 2009 Tony Award–winning event, Liza’s at the Palace).She went to school ...

Suburban soccer mom Amy has always wanted to stand out from the crowd. Former child prodigy Linnie just wants to fit in. The two sisters have been estranged for years, but thanks to a series of personal crises and their wily grandmother, they've teamed up to enter a national bake-off in the hopes of winning some serious cash.Armed with the top-secret recipe for Grammy's apple pie, they should be unstoppable. Sure, neither one of them has ever baked anything more complicated than br...

A highly imaginative and relatable guide for anyone who needs the reassurance that suicide is never worth it.Are you inclined to escape the crumminess of everyday life into fantasy worlds? Are you smart and imaginative in a way that isn’t really suited to your surroundings? Are you definitely misunderstood, likely angry, and almost certainly depressed? Set Sytes, hailing from the UK, would prefer you stay alive and sort things out rather than the alternative, thanks. He fi...

An irresistible, romantic comedy from award-winning author Beth Kendrick—three wildly different women form an unlikely friendship as they try to decide whether they’d re-do their I Do’s.They’ve had the white dresses and the fancy receptions. But now that the honeymoon’s over, Stella, Casey, and Erin have each had to face some hard truths about the men they’ve married and the lives they’ve chosen. So when the news breaks that the pastor who presided over their weddi...

How do you find love that lasts when everything in your life has taught you that you’re a failure at picking the right man?It’s the one thing quick-witted, beautiful, fiercely capable Shelly Green just can’t seem to figure out. Sure, she’s conquered business, motherhood, addiction, and keeping her friends laughing. But lasting love still eludes her.When heartbreak sends her to a jungle medicine retreat, Shelly plunges into ancient spiritual ceremon...