![]() ![]() All four souls have a unique power such as time travel, raising the dead, possessing another human, or telling the future. Her first foray into the YA world was with her series, Intertwined. This series follows sixteen year old, Aden Stone, who has four human souls within him. She also has 4 finished YA series and just released the first in a new YA series called The Forest of Good and Evil. ![]() She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with over thirty books in paranormal and contemporary romances. This popular series has 15 books, 3 novellas, one spin off series, and two upcoming publications! Gena Showalter first came known to the literary world with a contemporary romance duology called Imperia. She eventually went on to write a widely known and loved series called Lords of the Underworld. More and more authors are venturing out of their comfort zones and tackling a new category, whether they originally wrote young adult and are now writing adult or vice versa. ![]() Authors from Nick Hornby ( About a Boy and Slam) to Meg Cabot ( Princess Diaries and Overbite) to Richelle Mead ( Vampire Academy and Georgina Kincaid). In today’s literary world, so many authors are venturing out and doing different genres and doing both young adult and adult books. ![]()
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In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history’s most notorious and charismatic queens. ![]() Isabella loathed Gaveston but supported Edward, finding attacks on the royal prerogative (the Lord Ordainers wanted to curb the king) more offensive than her partner's amour fou. Failure to address properly the Scottish issue led eventually to the humiliating defeat at Bannockburn, scuppering England's hopes of subjecting Scotland. The political implications of Edward's fecklessness, however, were far more serious than his sexual predilections. Focusing on personalities rather than policies, Weir shows Isabella's early marriage years as marked by the persistent standoff between the king and the barons determined to oust Gaveston. ![]() ![]() OL17695794W Page-progression lr Pages 280 Ppi 300 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1444813412 An adaptation of a 2011 Donald Ray Pollock novel, The Devil All the Time offers a knotted timeline as it manages a community of thinly related and connected people confronted by their demons. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:23:27.199717 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1129701 Boxid_2 CH1149522 City New York DonorĪllen_county Edition 1st ed. ![]() ![]() ![]() As she digs further she becomes the next target for serial killer's quest to tie up all his loose ends. She unearths a connection between the murder and the disappearance of five little girls whose cases, twenty-four years later, are still all unsolved. Mary is hired to discover the truth behind the death. Loose Ends A Mary OReilly Paranormal Mystery, Book One By: Terri Reid Narrated by: Erin Spencer Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins 4.2 (497 ratings) Try for 0. ![]() But now, as the Senator prepares to move on to higher positions, the ghost of the woman is appearing to the Senator's wife. Twenty-four years ago, a young woman drowned in the swimming pool of a newly elected State Senator. ![]() Her challenge is to solve the mysteries, get real evidence (a ghost's word just doesn't hold up in court), and be sure the folks in town, especially the handsome new police chief, doesn't think she's nuts. Editions for Loose Ends: (Kindle Edition published in 2010), (Kindle Edition published in 2010), 1461014522 (Paperback published in 2012), (Kindle Editio. Now, a private investigator in rural Freeport, Illinois, Mary's trying to learn how to incorporate her experience as a Chicago cop and new-found talent into a real job. Terri Reid Synopsis: Loose Ends is the first Mary OReilly novel by Terri Reid. Well, actually, coming back from the dead and having the ability to communicate with ghosts is really what did it. Dying is what changed Mary O'Reilly's life. Twenty-four years ago, a young woman drowned in the swimming pool of a newly elected State Senator. ![]() ![]() Included with purchase is an audio CD with guided meditations, voiced by Myla Kabat-Zinn, who along with her husband, Jon Kabat-Zinn, popularized mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) as a therapeutic approach. The book contains eleven practices that focus on just these scenarios, along with short examples and anecdotes throughout. This introduction to mindfulness meditation for children and their parents includes practices that can help children calm down, become more focused, fall asleep more easily, alleviate worry, manage anger, and generally become more patient and aware. ![]() In a simple and accessible way, it describes what mindfulness is and how mindfulness-based practices can help children calm down, become more focused, fall asleep more easily, alleviate worry, manage anger, and generally become more patient and aware. Sitting Still Like a Frog by Eline Snel - Sample (Exercise 1) 2.5K. ![]() This little book is a very appealing introduction to mindfulness meditation for children and their parents. Mindfulness-the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is-is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. Includes a 60-minute audio CD of guided exercises read by Myla Kabat-Zinn. ![]() ![]() Simple mindfulness practices to help your child (ages 5-12) deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions. Eline Snels Sitting Still Like a Frog has helped thousands of children around the world to become more relaxed and attentive, more aware of their bodies. Print Sitting Still Like a Frog - Mindfulness ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In response, Chua has stated that the book was not a "how-to" manual, but rather a self-mocking memoir. Many readers believed that Chua was advocating the "superiority" of a particular, very strict, ethnically defined approach to parenting. ![]() But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures and a fleeting taste of glory." Īn article published under the headline "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" in The Wall Street Journal on January 8, 2011, contained excerpts from her book in which Chua recounts her efforts to give her children what she describes as a traditional, strict "Chinese" Confucian-style upbringing. This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. The complete blurb of the book reads: "This is a story about a mother and two daughters. ![]() It quickly popularized the concept and term " tiger mother". Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a book by American author and law professor Amy Chua that was published in 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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