Diamond: 614 books

Charlie Apple is a fast paced and exciting book about, Georgie, a timid boy that has fallen behind in school. He was retained in the fifth grade and regularly hears catcalls from the others making fun of his difficulties. Georgie is the butt of the fifth grade jokes and he is regularly bullied by others....

Drawing on national, state, and local data, the Urban Child Institute partnered with RAND to explore the social and emotional well-being of children in Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn. The book highlights the importance of factors in the home, child care setting, and community that contribute to social and emotional development.

The influence of the preconception and prenatal period on child development and parent-child relationships. This book presents recent knowledge, research, and theory about the earliest developmental period—from conception to birth—which holds even greater consequences for the health and...

This is a creative and innovative book about how you can use a reusable paper book for mail and mail products.

DADDY UNBEKANNT Nur zu gern erfüllt Trevyn McGinty seinem besten Freund die Bitte: Während David mit seiner Frau Athena in die Flitterwochen fährt, soll er dessen kleine Brüder versorgen. Der Reiz an der ganzen Geschichte ist allerdings, dass er diese Aufgabe nicht allein erledigen wird. Auch...

In 1660 Samuel Pepys, an increasingly-important 26 year-old civil servant in London, began writing his diary. He stopped a decade later. This site contains the full text of his diary, along with several letters sent or received by Pepys, plus thousands of pages of further information about the people, places and things in his world.

La crisi economica e di ideali che stiamo attraversando obbliga a un ripensamento complessivo del nostro modo di abitare il mondo e vivere in comune. Otto saggi preziosi indicano strade e pratiche nuove da percorrereper un mondo che cambia molto velocemente, sotto il nostro sguardo ora distratto ora...

This Palgrave Policy Essential maps and assesses key changes in the Whitehall model over the last two decades. It argues that the traditional Whitehall model is being replaced by a system of ‘New Political Governance’ (NPG) centred on politicised campaigning; the growth of political advisory staff...

On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines landed on the island of Guadalcanal, northeast of Australia, launching the first major Allied offensive against Japan. In one of the best-known campaigns of World War II's Pacific Theater, the Marines and then the U.S. Army endured a bitter six-month struggle for the island.

If you are approaching the end of your working life or have recently retired, you are probably anxious about retirement finances. How can you afford to retire, let alone enjoy your retirement in years to come? How can you ensure that you won’t outlive your money? These are challenging questions...

Tired of spinning through jobs and men with abandon, Helen Ficklesham decides to wrestle her life back on track. But when she trips a sexy stranger, she's tempted to ditch her good intentions for another hot fling, one that may ruin her dream job and flatten her self-esteem. Professor Julian Webb...

It's a dog eat dog world out there, especially when it comes to the competitive business arena. I personally coined the professional title Chief Pet Officer, or CPO. In the animal world, competition is fierce and I quickly realized that wherever I looked, another so-called Alpha Dog, also at the top...

Ethan Benson has no idea his life is about to change forever when he walks through the door of The Weekly Reporter where he's starting a new job as a senior producer, charged with managing the show's mercurial anchorman. As he settles in on his first day, he's summoned by the executive producer and...

La sœur des villes et la sœur des champs... La sœur des villes et la sœur des champs... Il n'y a pas plus opposées qu'elles. Polly, citadine jusqu'au bout des ongles, femme d'affaire ambitieuse à qui tout réussit. Sa sœur Clare, divorcée, deux enfants à charge, reine du système D...