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To a small child, the world is an exciting but sometimes frightening and unstable place. In The Magic Years, Selma Fraiberg takes the listener into the mind of the child, showing how he confronts the world and learns to cope with it. With great warmth and perception, she discusses the problems at each stage of development and reveals the qualities—above all, the quality of understanding—that can provide the right answer at critical moments.

Experience the charm of Cambodia with our beginner Khmer language course. This course is designed to make learning Khmer simple and enjoyable, whether you're preparing for a trip, working with Khmer speakers or want to better connect with your heritage.

When it comes to finding a research breakthrough, scientist Karlin McKenna won’t let anything get in her way–at least not until her employer pressures her into crossing an ethical line. If she refuses to play their game, it could cost her everything. Including her brother’s life. Private security operative Asher Forge has never been one to turn down a chance to go undercover, and taking part in a top secret medical trial sounds pretty sweet. Especially when his client happens to be a beautiful redhead who clearly hasn’t broken a rule since the second grade.

Have you ever wondered how you can go from being so deeply in love with your partner to finding yourself miserable in your relationship? What happened? This book sheds light on that question and the human dilemma around relationships. Linda and George Pransky, PhD have been married for forty-five years and found their way out of their own troubled relationship.

When Little Bear wakes up after sleeping through winter, he listens while all of his friends tell stories about Christmas. Little Bear doesn’t know what Christmas is all about, but learns about trees being decorated with popcorn and lights, and how Santa Claus delivers presents for all of the animals in the forest. Little Bear’s mommy explains that Christmas comes in the wintertime when they are asleep, so they aren’t able to celebrate this special holiday. Find out what happens the following year when Little Bear’s friends decide to wake him up for Christmas.

While social and emotional learning (SEL) is most familiar as compartmentalized programs separate from academics, the truth is, all learning is social and emotional. What teachers say, the values we express, the materials and activities we choose, and the skills we prioritize all influence how students think, see themselves, and interact with content and with others.

Kim D’Eramo, DO wrote Be Your Own Healer as an invitation to tap into that infinite source of healing and guidance within you to live a life of purpose, fulfillment, and contribution. Within you lies the key to unlocking the resources for its creation.

Do you have a favorite teddy bear? In this collection of stories, you will meet Celeste, a little girl who has seven different teddy bears. . . Olibear, Bumby, Alistar, Chumly, JellyBear, Nellie, and Ralph. Find out what happens when Celeste falls asleep and her teddy bears come to life and take turns telling stories about their silly adventures. What will happen when Ralph wanders outside and the neighbor’s cat chases him? A surprise happy ending will have little ones snuggling their own teddy bears!

Thirteen of the most accomplished YA authors deliver a label-defying anthology that includes 10 short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play about topics like gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and ranging in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance. This collection will inspire you to break conventions, bend the rules, and color outside the lines.

Emotional Intelligence: Behaviors and Habits for Career Growth is Book 1 in the Leadership’s Most Wanted series—a 3-part journey co-developed with Todd Gilmore. In this first installment, Jessop helps you build your internal EQ: self-awareness, emotional control, empathy, and purposeful communication.

What if you intentionally started preparing yourself now for the relationship you hope to have someday? It's like you are loving your husband before you even have one! Kim has been engaged twice. One relationship ended in heartbreak and never made it to the altar. The other one not only made it to the altar but is still going strong. What made the difference between the two? Her single years. Join Kim as she vulnerably chronicles her journey of faith, forgiveness, desire, budgets, boyfriends, bridesmaid dresses, and the choices she learned to make along the way.

Deborah Adele uses a lifetime of learning and study to bring understanding to these essential yoga concepts. The Sutras explain that the Kleshas create versions of the truth for our minds that are the most appealing. These appealing truths are often false, and they create entanglements that prevent us from being truly happy. As we grasp for more appealing truths, we only create a cycle of needs and wants that confusingly never satisfy.

A somatic counselor offers tools for developing a deeper, more awakened relationship with your body through sensation, breath, and movement.

Kids will listen to “The Story of Santa Claus” and learn why this Jolly Old Elf brings presents to eager children every Christmas Eve with the help of his reindeer. Little ones will delight in this special story along with festive Christmas songs like “Jingle Bells,” “Up On The Housetop,” and “Jolly Old St. Nicolas.” Then they will meet Little Bear and discover how his animal friends help him not sleep through another Christmas. Fun songs and stories will engage children and get them celebrating all the joys of the holiday season.

When her co-worker and friend, Thomas, suggests they search for the long-lost jewels from an old island legend, dive boat operator, AJ Bailey, is up for the challenge. But their innocent hunt leads them to the run-down shack behind the myth, stirring up far more than timeworn dust. The struggle over a precious piece of land begins, rekindling a tragic story of young love in the shadow of World War II and the mysteries left unanswered.

England 1921. Lady Elizabeth Gaskins is throwing a big party to celebrate her birthday. But when an odious guest gets killed and steals her thunder, her father, the Earl of Buxley, becomes a suspect. After all, he came to blows with the dead man in front of several witnesses. Determined to find out who murdered his childhood friend, Lord Buxley summons a detective from Scotland Yard. Not to be outdone, Lady Bess and her spunky cohorts, the oldest Dowager Countess and great aunts, embark on a hunt for the killer.

Set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Seven Realms series, a generation later, this is a breathtaking story of dark magic, chilling threats, and two unforgettable characters walking a knife-sharp line between life and death. This dazzling beginning to a new series is indispensable...

Sixteen-year-old Charlotte is convinced her life would be perfect if she could only get past the one obstacle holding her back: a girl named Bellany Silverfield, who seems to have it all - beauty, popularity, power, and the boy of Charlotte’s dreams. But when Bellany is murdered, Charlotte’s life doesn't get any better.

A former journalist turned stay-at-home mother must find her missing husband and protect her children in Excavations, a “sharp, impressive debut about corruption among South Korea’s elite” (The Boston Globe). A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF...

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger and series editor Steph Cha. “This form has a special kind of magic, the ability to transport you quickly, intensely, to capture character, time, place, and story with...