The Doll With The Sad Face

Author : John Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1734151552

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The Doll with the Sad Face by John Rice Pdf

Private Detective Mike Sullivan is fighting to save his family detective agency. As he enters middle-age, the flow of new assignments has slowed to a trickle. The forces against him include a worldwide recession, and the loss of his well-heeled clients. He fears for the future of his wife and two kids. After decades of high-stakes investigation, he is forced to take whatever work he can find. Sullivan does not fit the mold of world-weary detectives but can be as tough as any of them when it comes to taking on difficult assignments and caring for his family. His work takes him from gritty Chicago neighborhoods to North Shore mansions and quiet farms. His clients range from top law firms in lofty offices to storefront lawyers struggling to make a buck, along with desperate folks and their unique needs. Sullivan strives to keep his agency solvent, aided by two extraordinary assistants and the cops and fellow detectives who make up his world. It's not a world of murders, gun battles or high-speed chases but it can be a dark world all the same. Sullivan sheds light on corporate crime, personal tragedies and institutional injustice. After years of success, he finds himself fighting harder than ever to serve his clients and save his family.

Author : Megan Havervlok
Publisher : Editorial Perdido
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9789492389213

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Super Granny (English Version) by Megan Havervlok Pdf

Educational and entertaining, funny and free. Everyone likes having a superhero in the family. At least, life won't be boring. But Megan Havervlok doesn't have a family. She lives in an orphanage, and that orphanage stands in Polderdam, the most boring village in the Netherlands. That makes it difficult to experience exciting adventures. Everything changes on her eighth birthday. On that day, Granny comes to visit. Granny needs help with counting and calculations, with baking eggs and… with experiencing adventures. Granny is a superhero by profession. Meg loves adventures. She offers to help Granny. This results in a colourful collection of short stories, each more beautiful and funnier than the other. Meg wrote them all in a beautiful book, with a front cover by the famous artist Gerard Monster, a book that grandmothers can read aloud, so their grandchildren can enjoy, and above all laugh out loud. For grandmothers and their grandchildren, aged 9 to 99. Megan Havervlok wrote numbers 1 and 2 on Google Books' list of the world's most popular free Dutch children's books (April 2022). When we asked Megan how an eight-year-old could beat all those professional authors, she said: "Pffff. Simple. With a superhero like Granny around, everything is possible."

Author : Mary Ruefle
Publisher : Wave Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798891060036

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Madness, Rack, and Honey by Mary Ruefle Pdf

This is one of the wisest books I've read in years... —New York Times Book Review No writer I know of comes close to even trying to articulate the weird magic of poetry as Ruefle does. She acknowledges and celebrates in the odd mystery and mysticism of the act—the fact that poetry must both guard and reveal, hint at and pull back... Also, and maybe most crucially, Ruefle’s work is never once stuffy or overdone: she writes this stuff with a level of seriousness-as-play that’s vital and welcome, that doesn’t make writing poetry sound anything but wild, strange, life-enlargening fun. -The Kenyon Review Profound, unpredictable, charming, and outright funny...These informal talks have far more staying power and verve than most of their kind. Readers may come away dazzled, as well as amused... —Publishers Weekly This is a book not just for poets but for anyone interested in the human heart, the inner-life, the breath exhaling a completion of an idea that will make you feel changed in some way. This is a desert island book. —Matthew Dickman The accomplished poet is humorous and self-deprecating in this collection of illuminating essays on poetry, aesthetics and literature... —San Francisco Examiner Over the course of fifteen years, Mary Ruefle delivered a lecture every six months to a group of poetry graduate students. Collected here for the first time, these lectures include "Poetry and the Moon," "Someone Reading a Book Is a Sign of Order in the World," and "Lectures I Will Never Give." Intellectually virtuosic, instructive, and experiential, Madness, Rack, and Honey resists definition, demanding instead an utter—and utterly pleasurable—immersion. Finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award. Mary Ruefle has published more than a dozen books of poetry, prose, and erasures. She lives in Vermont.

Author : Audrey Burges
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593546482

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The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges Pdf

A woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling and unforgettable novel by Audrey Burges. From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra’s stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can’t understand—rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors. Across the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family’s home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds—big and small—and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love.

Author : W. George Scarlett,Sophie Naudeau,Dorothy Salonius-Pasternak,Iris Ponte
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781506320779

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Children's Play by W. George Scarlett,Sophie Naudeau,Dorothy Salonius-Pasternak,Iris Ponte Pdf

Children's Play looks at the many facets of play and how it develops from infancy through late childhood. Authors W. George Scarlett, Sophie Naudeau, Dorothy Salonius-Pasternak, and Iris Ponte take a broad approach to examining how children play by including a wide variety of types of play, play settings, and play media. The book also discusses major revolutions in the way today's children play, including changes in organized youth sports, children's humor, and electronic play. Children's Play addresses diversity throughout the text and explores play on the topics of gender, disabilities, socioeconomic class, and culture.

Author : David Waugh,Claire Warner,Rosemary Waugh
Publisher : Learning Matters
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781473967670

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Teaching Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling in Primary Schools by David Waugh,Claire Warner,Rosemary Waugh Pdf

Trainee and beginning teachers often find the teaching of grammar, punctuation and spelling especially challenging as they are not confident in their own knowledge. This popular text explores and provides the subject knowledge you will need to teach grammar, punctuation and spelling and gives guidance on how to teach it. The text is really accessible and includes lots of examples and teaching ideas, enabling you to approach teaching with ease. Detailed examples of effective lessons show you how to engage children’s interest in some of the more formal aspects of writing and throughout, activities and practical examples demonstrate how you can translate this learning into the classroom. This second edition has been updated in line with the new National Curriculum for Key Stages 1 and 2. A new chapter is included to explore the national SPAG tests in primary schools. The tests are explained and advice on how to approach them is included. The text will enable you to teach grammar, punctuation and spelling effectively supporting your class in all their writing, across the primary curriculum.

Author : Kitty Wells
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781504395526

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I Love You, Clowns Are Scary by Kitty Wells Pdf

Ho'oponopono is an elegant and easy ancient Hawaiian healing and forgiveness practice, available to everyone. Although designed for middle grade readers, I Love You, Clowns Are Scary appeals as well to the inquiring minds of college students and their grandparents. Book One tells the story of Dakota's dream-like inner quest to save a lost and frightened child and the discovery of a magical way for a very scary problem to be transformed. In Book Two, Dakota continues to explore Ho'oponopono at school with the help of some mentors and friends and shares with the reader a fun way, Slo-mo-pono, to have a similar letting go experience. Throughout this introduction to Ho'oponopono, the conscious and subconscious are explored, as well as the superconscious, the spiritual center deep within the mind. The chapter of meditations offers simple ways to clear the mind and strengthen one’s Ho’oponopono practice.The Many Teachers section introduces the reader to important aspects of the Ho’oponopono perspective: the freeing gifts of healing energy, meditation, responsibility, letting go, gratitude, and love. The last chapter, the Psychotherapeutic Connection, is for parents, teachers, therapists and students of psychology of any age. Included are the author’s journey and an exploration of psychotherapeutic approaches using Ho’oponopono.

Author : Michael Charles
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781503568563

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Battlefield Heaven by Michael Charles Pdf

Lucifer was decimated in the first war in heaven, but now harnessing the power of mortal sin, he has launched a second war on The Host of heaven, except this time human, sin is so great that his forces are so powerful that they now threaten to bring down the gates of heaven. Now God has to do something he swore he would never do because now all of creation depends on it.

Author : Linnet McMahon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134929085

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The Handbook of Play Therapy by Linnet McMahon Pdf

Child abuse cases and problems created by breakdowns in family relationships have highlighted the need for sound techniques for communicating with children. As a result, there is renewed interest in the therapeutic use of play to help prevent or repair emotional damage in both children and their families. The Handbook of Play Therapy is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of play therapy. It provides a practical guide to the basic skills necessary to begin tapping the healing potential of play and gives many examples of good practice.

Author : Zhao Feng
Publisher : Devneybooks
Page : 5245 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781304468529

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The great doctor by Zhao Feng Pdf

As a reader, I have been reading for seven or eight years, but as an author, it is a newcomer who broke the arrow. Like many new authors with dreams, I entered the strange field of net writing with a full of enthusiasm

Author : L.L. Hunter
Publisher : L.L. Hunter
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781005237349

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The Molten Heart Saga by L.L. Hunter Pdf

Woken by explosions and gunfire, locked in the basement, her mother killed… Now seventeen, Skye will never forget that night. Living in a small sanctuary in the midst of a post-apocalyptic landscape, she trains hard to survive. She knows how to use a gun and kick handsome Lucas’ butt in combat. But the people who saved her from that basement are keeping secrets from her. This boxed set collection includes all three books in the Molten Heart Saga Molten Heart Wounded Heart Rebellious Heart

Author : Naomi Chedd,Karen Levine
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781784500443

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Attacking Anxiety by Naomi Chedd,Karen Levine Pdf

Drawing on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), this book sets out a clear, enjoyable, step-by-step approach for addressing the sorts of anxieties, fears and phobias that are so common in children and teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and related challenges. Using this easy-to-follow model, parents and professionals will have the tools they need to help children and teens cope with and sometimes overcome anxieties caused by everyday occurrences. The book covers seven common scenarios, from fears of environmental sounds and visiting the doctor or dentist, to anxieties around transitions, changes to schedules and an intolerance for making mistakes. The model can be adapted to suit almost any anxiety or phobia and is ideal for use at home, at school and in clinical settings where it can be integrated into a variety of treatment approaches and styles. Designed to help parents of children with autism spectrum disorders and the teachers and therapists who work with them, this book is an excellent resource for successfully alleviating many of the anxieties and phobias that interfere with life enjoyment, not only for the child but for the entire family.

Author : Austin Ajit
Publisher : Ukiyoto Publishing
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789361726590

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Flying dolls and Smiling friends by Austin Ajit Pdf

The book titled ‘Flying Dolls and Smiling Friends’ is a translation work by Austin Ajit. The original story is written in Malayalam by Unni Ammayambalam with the title ‘Parakkum Pava Chirikkum Koottukar’. One day, the cow, puppy, cat, goat, hen, and crow encounter a mysterious creature. A flying tiger? A fox? A leopard? No, it’s a flying doll! The doll has lost her mother and is on a search for her. The doll searches everywhere, making friends (and poems!) along the way. But will she find her mother? Read this book and find out.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498645

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Ioanna Dimitracopoulou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521375511

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Conversational Competence and Social Development by Ioanna Dimitracopoulou Pdf

This book provides new insight into the development of the child's ability to become a competent participant in conversation. The author combines a pragmatic analysis of the functions language can perform with an innovative and extensive empirical investigation of the development of young children's language use and sociocognitive skills. She gives a detailed description of the development of children's language between the ages of three-and-a-half and seven, broadens the scope of theorizing about language development by placing it in relation to the development of social understanding, and provides a new framework for understanding speech problems and designing ways to solve them. It is the first study to find a strong link between language, sociocognitive development, and social development. It will be welcomed by child language specialists, developmental and social psychologists, conversation and discourse analysts, and their advanced students.