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Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction…with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one—it’s about when—and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school.

Sam Ross is a psychotherapist - she spends her days helping people, but she can barely help herself. She’s still grieving over the recent death of her sister, her mother Barbara offers little support and she’s professionally challenged. One of her clients is Keith, a man whose life story changes with every session. And Keith has a secret - one that will rock Sam’s world to the core and place her in the most terrible danger.

From a top wellness coach and a Harvard Medical School professor comes this revolutionary book that will show you how to identify and decode your nine most basic emotional needs - and coach yourself to a calmer, healthier, and happier life.

Three brand new Regency Romance novellas by Elizabeth Johns, Heather B. Moore, and Rebecca Connolly.

Indulge in an enthralling anthology of tales that will send shivers cascading down your spine, a bewitching compendium curated explicitly for the eerie embrace of Halloween. Brace yourself as caution becomes a mere whisper in the wind, for within this audiobook, dark adventures unfurl like tendrils of smoke, luring unsuspecting souls into realms where the line between reality and nightmare becomes irrevocably blurred. Prepare to surrender to the captivating allure of the forbidden as these stories weave their wicked webs around your very being.

The world is a dirty place, and much of it results from human activity. Whether you live in rolling country hills in the nation’s midsection or in the heart of New York City, no one is safe from the toxic byproducts of man. And your body is always under assault–even as you sleep peacefully in your tidy bedroom. You would be shocked by the number of toxins waging war in your body right now!

So Help Me God relates the compelling story of Chief Justice Roy Moore, including his controversial Ten Commandments displays, his refusal to obey an unlawful order of a federal court, and why the critical legal and political question of our time is, 'Can the state acknowledge God?'

Few people then or now know about the clandestine war that the CIA ran in Vietnam, using the Green Berets for secret operations throughout Southeast Asia. This was not the Vietnam War of the newsreels - the body counts, rice paddy footage, and men smoking cigarettes on the sandbag bunkers.

Human trafficking is one of the most pressing social justice issues of our time, and in recent years there has been renewed interest among Christians, as many have been stirred up to take their part in the ongoing battle. This is a wonderful thing—and yet misinformed and misguided efforts can do more harm than good. Ending Human Trafficking is a handbook designed to educate churches and parachurch organizations for truly effective work.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the United States led the world in negotiating one of the most important treaties in history: the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Through these negotiations the United States secured the largest area of maritime jurisdiction in the world—an area larger than the continental United States itself—and protected navigational freedom, so critical for Naval mobility. Today UNCLOS is in force for 168 countries and the European Union. Isolationist arguments, however, have for a quarter-century prevented the Senate from voting on the Convention.

A serial sniper is loose in New Orleans, and the growing body count threatens to disturb the vital tourist industry. But nothing interferes with the partying on Bourbon Street. Follow the twists and turns of this mystery through the picturesque charm of the French Quarter....

After the fight of a lifetime in The Devil Always Collects, Alexandra is living her dream, merging socially conscious public relations with investigative journalism to laud the good organizations and persecute the bad within New Orleans. Lockstep with her dashing man, Tom, the two enjoy the cultural riches of Creole country, successful in their careers and free from typical family obligations. 

A rampaging sniper brings the New Orleans tourist industry to a grinding halt. Crescent City Law Enforcement and the Feds form a task force to search out the terrorists and drag them to justice. Homeland Security, determined to unmask the shooter, leads the investigation. Fear engulfs the French Quarter as the body count continues to climb. Clues lead the task force to suspect radicalized terrorists as the primary suspects. Not all members of the special unit are convinced. They delve deeper to investigate secrets underlying the shootings.

Nineteen terrifying stories of Valentine's Day, dangers in the woods, snake ladies, evil clowns, and summer camp killers all await you in this fourth bone-chilling installment of bite sized terror....

All Alexandra Lee wants is to experience the bright lights and late nights of New Orleans when she leaves her small-town Indiana corn farm to escape the pain of her deceased mother and dying father. Parlaying her passion for journalism into a successful public relations career, Alexandra uncovers the shocking truth about her mother’s death that not only puts her at odds with her work, but also drags her squarely in the sights of ruthless killers willing to murder her and everyone she loves to keep their secrets hidden.

New Orleans attorney Joshua Clark places his law practice on hold to investigate the mysterious death of an old friend. He travels to the North Louisiana town of St. Agnes, determined to unravel a hidden plot buried for years. When he reconnects with his high school sweetheart, they reignite their passionate feelings. 

In this story, events beyond their control compound two families’ separations. In a world where knowing what’s right and what’s wrong gets muddled, love always points in the right direction. The trick is hearing its voice and following its pleas. These families, struck by disasters at Christmas time, must make difficult decisions to keep their families together and love alive. Follow their stories and side with the Christmas spirit and its unyielding pull to keep families together. You have to believe in magic, and magic has to believe in you. 

Being nine is difficult enough. But when your parents uproot you and move to a new town two weeks before Christmas, a boy's life is turned upside down. The family's new house in a gentrified neighborhood holds mysteries that he must solve. 

The Great Smokey Mountains National Park draws more tourists than any National Park in the United States. The Sevier County government transformed the its three major cities into Christmas mega-destinations lighting up the boulevards, bridges, and businesses with festive lighting and decorations creating Winterfest. Families deeply rooted in mountain traditions struggle to hold on to their local values and business with the onslaught of large commercial interests. It'll take some Christmas Mountain Magic to save these families and their businesses.

Snowfall blanketed the night sky as tragedy fractured Toni Bolino's life, shattering her Christmas celebration. She constructed protective walls shielding her core from future losses. Her faith in personal relationships destroyed, she chose a career allowing her to isolate herself from entanglements. But, love, kindness, and the Christmas spirit have a way of softening the toughest exterior. Follow her path as she discovers the true meaning of Christmas in Philidelphia, the city of brotherly and sisterly love. Witness the magic of being home for Christmas.