Another day in Barcelona, another slimy politician's wife is suspected of infidelity. Lluis Font discovers a portrait of his wife in an exhibition that leads him to conclude he is being cuckolded by the artist. Concerned only about the potential political fallout, he hires twins Eduard and Pep, priv[...]
I get by with a little help...Do you ever feel like you're in this parenting thing alone? Like no one understands what you're going through? Parenting children on the autism spectrum is an adventure with countless twists and turns. However, with a little help from 44 fellow parents and professionals[...]
A giant crocodile comes out of a river and meets a tiny mouse, a big elephant, a tall giraffe, a short armadillo, a wrinkly frog, and many other animals. The simple texts are accompanied by colorful illustrations that open the door to the reader's interpretation. Based on the special characteristics[...]
As we grow up, our bodies grow and change with us. This information book by Teresa Heapy looks at the changes that happen -- from our eyes and teeth to our height and strength.[...]
An impetuous expedition to peek in the window of the supposedly abandoned house of Hayden St. Clair, the scandalous aristocrat called the "Murderous Marquess" by society, leads to disaster, compromise, and unexpected betrothal for headstrong debutante Carlotta Anne Farleigh, with her prospective gro[...]
Gabriel Fairchild's valor during battle earns him the reputation of hero, but costs him both his sight and his hope for the future. Abandoned by the fiancee he adored, the man who once walked like a prince among London's elite secludes himself in his family's mansion, cursing his way through dark da[...]
Teresa of Avila, a renowned sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, received the vision for The Interior Castle one Sunday in 1577. In this signature work, Teresa uses the castle as a symbol for the interior life to describe her mystical experience of the presence of God. Her humble and straightforward tr[...]
Five years after saving the life of vampire Julian Kane, beautiful Portia Cabot is reunited with the seductive creature of the night, whose fruitless pursuit of his stolen mortality and his lost soul has reduced him to an existence of drunken debauchery. Original.[...]
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was the founder of the Missionaries ofCharity and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but her story is so much moreremarkable. From her childhood in the Balkans to her work in India, from attendingthe victims of war-torn Beirut to pleading with George Bush and Saddam Husseinto[...]
As the focus of the family has turned to the glow of the screen--children constantly texting their friends or going online to do homework; parents working online around the clock--everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. Easy access to the Internet and social media has erased the bounda[...]
Do you use search engines every day? Are you a developer or a librarian, helping others with their information needs? A researcher or journalist for whom the web has changed the very way you work? An online marketer or site designer, whose career exists because of the web? This book offers informati[...]
For one-semester courses in Introductory Biology for non-majors.Life on Earth, Fifth Edition, introduces students to biology through real-world applications and expanded human-interest case studies that run throughout each chapter. From the authors of the highly successful Biology: Life on Earth, Ei[...]
Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by ma[...]
Who Eats Who? looks at animals and plants that are part of food chains. Read this book to discover who eats who! Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to inter[...]
The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for children to read themselves. The Ugly Duckling is based on the traditional tale of the duckling searching for a place to belong.[...]
The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for children to read themselves. The Mouse and the Elephant is an Indian tale based on the Panchatantra story about helping others.[...]
The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for children to read themselves. The Little Red Hen is based on the well-known Russian folk tale about the benefits of working hard.[...]
The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series is a collection of some of the best known stories from around the world carefully adapted for children to read themselves. The Elves and the Shoemaker is based on the traditional tale by the Brothers Grimm about elves who come to the rescue of a poor [...]