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Musser is an excellent writer...Historical and cultural details enrich the text" - Publishers Weekly"Musser's pen evokes an ambiance that wraps itself around the reader, drawing them deep into the story and the era." - Ane Mulligan A youth yanked out of the only life he's known to live on the other side of the Atlantic with a grandmother he's never seen before...A mother who shrugs off her son's anguish with breezy assurances like "You'll love...

A Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner!Being present means... Noticing when someone needs help Waiting patiently for your turnFocusing on what's happening now Follow a group of friends at school, at home, and at the beach as they experience just what it means to be present.More Awards for What Does It Mean to Be Present?The Living Now: Books For Better Living AwardThe Nautilus Silver Award for Children's Picture BookThe Moonbeam Gold Children's Book...

The public supports the police but sometimes needs help understanding how police chiefs, officers, and departments can make questionable decisions when the stakes are high. Millions of dollars are paid by cities each year to settle police misconduct and risk issues. What is happening to our nation's police departments, and what can communities do about it? In this fast and hard-hitting book, Chief Epperson outlines several steps police agencie...

My wife, Sally, suffered and died after a decade-long struggle with dementia. Her experiences retold here, along with my own as her caregiver, can help people making a similar end-of-life journey. To assist them, I propose and discuss a humane way to deal with dementia at the end of life, one that Sally believed in and would have enthusiastically endorsed for herself: the Right to Die. Because Sally could not exercise her right to die, we had ...

The big purple hairball SKRUM is going to be a MONSTER hit with kids! Great illustrations, a funny story told in rhyme, what's not to love about this terrific first book from author/ illustrator Bernard Gumz. Can't wait for the next SKRUM adventure!" -Keith Chapman - Creator of Paw Patrol and Bob the Builder. From the animator of MTV's, In Your Head, and kid's gaming channel, SPACECAT, comes SKRUM, the debut children's book by the creative bra...

What's Love got to do with it? Well, that's a good question.. But is it Love, is it Infatuation, is it Lust, is it Affection, ... Which kind of confuses us, right.. It can be any and all of these feelings all wrapped up in one.. Suzy Grant, a hot chick and a girl in her prime, has the urge to merge... All these nights and weeks, of trying to find Mr. Right with her best pal Karen, a sizzling volcano of sheer heat and tantalizing feminine wiles...

Learn the magic of creativity and persistence by reading: "The Little Artist" storybook."The "Little Artist" is a story all about family, creativity and never giving up. Sunny is a natural leader, however there are skills she just doesn't know yet! Join Sunny's journey as she learns a magical new skill--drawing! With the help of family and persistence, Sunny learns she can do anything and art is her foundation to many lessons. Learn the secret...

A wholesome family mystery series for tweens and teens, 10-15 years old, and, sadly, the last book in the seriesHeidi Hoover-star reporter of The Daily Pilot and good friend of The Mystery Searchers-opens a letter addressed to the "World's Best Reporter." Inside is an intriguing four-line poem, a quatrain, that reads: Search for a crime on Dead Man's Pass, A secret run at the midnight hour. But beware of a dangerous few, Engaged beside the gra...

Wrongly accused of murder, a beloved female impersonator uses comic genius and extraordinary talent to navigate a maze of deception and greed and track down the real killers.

In the latest installment of the Driftless Mystery Series, Lt. Jim Higgins is stumped by a murder on the north side of La Crosse that seems to be tied to the unsolved abduction and disappearance of a babysitter that happened within the city limits forty years ago. Stymied by a locket and note left at the scene of the murder, Jim's team of investigators dig into the crime, but nothing comes easily. As they conduct their investigation, a persona...

Christa's journey of curiosity to Jerusalem and Gaza while studying abroad in her father's homeland of Germany at the tail end of the Cold War opens up a world of joy and heartache that transforms into a lifetime pursuit to make a difference in a land two peoples call home. Through her unique perspective as an American and mother of three Palestinians, we become familiar with both current and historic challenges Palestinians face living in the...

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COMMON THREADS is the unique story of a unique idea-that sewing machines, passed from one to another, can provide hope and meaning to both those who receive them and those who give. Margaret John Jankowski founded The Sewing Machine Project, a grassroots nonprofit, based on this concept. COMMON THREADS shares the extraordinary journey from idea to action, with stories that inspire, challenges that are real, outcomes that are profound, and evid...

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Starting a store sounded like fun, sort of like putting on a play. I'd get to write the script, design the production, be the lead actor, hire people I liked, and direct the whole thing! After a year of answering to bureaucrats in my job as coordinator of the new State Street Mall, it would be wonderful to be the boss of everything. But what about afterward? What if the show wasn't a hit? What if I couldn't pull a salary out of it? Later in my...

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Play is powerful! Featuring beautiful photos of all the inclusive ways kids and families play (like using imagination, adaptive devices, sports equipment, and musical instruments), How We Play shows us there are so many ways to play.

The stakes are high for little Willa, a piglet living in a pig world, who turns into a wolf pup every night. What's scarier to a pig than a wolf? Follow Willa through her journey towards self-acceptance, as this hopeful fashion designer, while desperately hiding her true identity from the world, toils in her parent's basement to win a big design competition and ends up winning so much more!

Fulki's village lost its moon. But Fulki knows a secret. She befriended a tiger who taught her the Moonsong. Follow Fulki and her forbidden friendship with a wild beast, a tiger, as they learn from each other love, acceptance and what it means to bring harmony to our natural world.