Adult Children

As the mighty alien fleet from the very latest computer game thunders across the computer screen, Johnny prepares to blow them into the usual million pieces. And they send him a message: We surrender. They're not supposed to do that! They're supposed to die. And computer joysticks don't have 'Don't Fire' buttons. But it's only a game... isn't it?

Eigentlich hatte Harry geglaubt, er sei ein ganz normaler Junge. Zumindest bis zu seinem elften Geburtstag. Da erfährt er, dass er sich an der Schule für Hexerei und Zauberei einfinden soll. Und warum? Weil Harry ein Zauberer ist. Und so wird für Harry das erste Jahr in der Schule das spannendste, aufregendste und lustigste in seinem Leben. Er stürzt von einem Abenteuer in die nächste ungeheuerliche Geschichte, muss gegen Bestien, Mitschüler und Fabelwesen kämpfen. Da ist es gut, dass er schon Freunde gefunden hat, die ihm im Kampf gegen die dunklen Mächte zur Seite stehen.

MR Z. A NEW RISING SUPERHERO, book 2 THE JOURNEY BEGINS of an exciting series, The journey to save our planet Earth is just beginning, and it's not for the faint of heart, on an epic quest filled with danger, excitement, and mind-bending challenges. As the clock ticks, Mr. Z must race against time to find 8 bottles containing superpower liquid that hold the key to saving Earth from the clutches of the Evil Forces. From familiar landmarks to mysterious and fantastical places, Mr. Z's journey takes him across the globe, connecting the present, the past, and an imaginary world in ways you ...

Are your parenting responsibilities continuing into your children's adulthood? Here you'll be grounded in the guidance of God's Word and reminded that your relationship with your adult children hinges on your relationship with God.

Being an empty nester doesn’t have to be lonely. Here’s how to rediscover yourself and live a happy and meaningful life.

The extraordinarily evocative stories depict the generation born in a small-town America during the Depression and growing up in a world where the old sexual morality was turned around and material comforts were easily had. Yet, as these stories reflect so accurately, life was still unsettling, and Updike chronicles telling moments both joyful and painful. The texts are taken from his recent omnibus, The Early Stories, 1953-1975.

On the way home from a gym, Mary starts noticing a large man stalking her. Whenever she tells people about it, they mysteriously forget about it the next day. When her friend tries to help her catch this stalker, he gets kidnapped instead and a few minutes later, everyone forgets about him except her and two others. This is book 2 of the Surviving Destiny series.

The dark dimension is under attack! Lacey and her friends discover giant black spaceships hovering over the kingdom. The ships are the source of the radiation that sickened the villagers and caused the devastating death of the Voice. With Matt's assistance, Lacey and Alex cross to the dark dimension once again. They must find out who these invaders are and what they want. Without the help of the Voice, will they be able to defeat this new enemy? Can they do it in time to save the kingdom? This is the second book of The Lost Voice of the Dark World series. Recommended reading after Series "...

Every parents wants their child to be happy and to do well when they grow up. But what are the qualities they need to make a success of their lives? How can you encourage kindness in your children? And resilience and honesty? And why is having a backbone important for the healthy development of your child? From babies to teenagers, Backbone: How To Build The Character Your Child Needs To Succeed shows parents the essential steps they need to take.

Book Overview: Joe McKenna is a woman lieutenant in the US Army's Special Forces. All her life, she has known nothing but the military and its implacable discipline. But after losing almost her entire unit in an attack in Afghanistan, Joe is questioning her future. While she is recovering to recharge her batteries, fate throws the irresistible little Maïa into her path, along with her grandfather Anton Vassily and their bodyguard Vlad. While they are getting to know each other in a New York tea room, armed assailants burst in and seriously injure the grandfather and Vlad. But when they try...

Introducing Motherhood Without a Degree—a heartfelt step-by-step guide crafted to empower mothers and soon-to-be mothers on this beautiful journey, ensuring you survive and thrive with each step.

People with speaking difficulties are at the mercy of insurance companies who are determining how often and for how long speech therapy services should be delivered. It is also a disturbing reality that the likelihood for therapy frequency and length of care is contingent upon either the level of competence or comfort level of the speech-language pathologist or the financial policies of each institution.

Marta Segrelles, psicóloga y autora de Abraza a la niña que fuiste, vuelve con un libro muy especial para sanar las heridas de la infancia que más huella dejan: las que están presentes en la relación con nuestra madre.

Cuando en lugar del chico huérfano que pretendían adoptar, Ana Shirley, una niña pelirroja de once años, aparece en las vidas de Marilla y Matthew Cuthbert, dos hermanos solteros que viven en su casa familiar de Tejas Verdes, en el pequeño pueblo de Avonlea, sus vidas y las de cuantos la rodean cambiarán para siempre. Con su vivacidad, risas y lágrimas, y sobre todo su alegría e imaginación, Ana conseguirá formar parte, por primera vez en su vida, de una familia, y tener un lugar al que podrá llamar hogar para siempre.

The award-winning memoir When All That's Left of Me Is Love is poignant and powerful. Linda Campanella provides an intimate look inside her family and her heart as she relives the joy-filled year and long good-bye leading to her terminally ill mother's death. In the process, she comes to terms with the permanence of her loss and finds comfort in profound gratitude for many unexpected gifts.

When Rini lands with a literal splash in the pond behind Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, the last thing she expects to find is that her mother, Sumi, died years before Rini was even conceived. But Rini can’t let Reality get in the way of her quest—not when she has an entire world to save! (Much more common than one would suppose.) If she can't find a way to restore her mother, Rini will have more than a world to save: she will never have been born in the first place. And in a world without magic, she doesn’t have long before Reality notices her existence and washes her away.

Fifteen stories, different emotions, one message: when teachers hang up their masks and cloaks, they are vulnerable humans within. Staff Room Stories is a unique collection of powerful, emotional, heart touching stories, fictionalized but inspired by real incidents.

This book covers all aspects of ADHD and how it affects a person's mental, psychological, and social health. Moreover, ADHD has several types, each of which is much more potent than the other. You need to know all signs and symptoms of how and when ADHD starts to develop or when you become prone to it. Also you should know the causes of ADHD occurrence, to avoid them in future.

Three young friends - Leo, Elsa, and Max - spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe - to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland - will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want to?

Young orphan and heir David Balfour is victimized by his miserly Uncle Ebenezer, who has him kidnapped and sold into slavery on a ship bound for the Carolinas. But a shipwreck frees David, who then meets David Break, a Scotsman returning from political exile. Together, they witness a murder, and when suspicion falls on them, they undertake a dangerous journey across the Scottish Highlands.