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What should teachers do on the days after major events, tragedies, and traumas, especially when injustice is involved? This beautifully written book features teacher narratives and youth-authored student spotlights that reveal what classrooms do and can look like in the wake of these critical moments. Dunn incisively argues for the importance of equitable commitments, humanizing dialogue, sociopolitical awareness, and a rejection of so-called pedagogical neutrality across all grade levels and content areas.

A young American author immerses herself in modern Jewish Hungary. The 21 stories she shares will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you want to be your own best self. Somehow I Am Different provides an opportunity to connect in a world that otherwise begs us to stand alone. This book serves as a reminder that in spite of the factors working against us, we have the power to make a difference.

Jared is Vera's perfect man - until he opens his mouth. An incredible body and set of wings can only go so far when everything he says seems designed to make her mad. Still, she can't deny her intense attraction or the fact that he is the closest thing she has to a friend. Jared doesn't go for bear shifters, especially ones that are related to his ex, but he can't resist Vera's charm or the way she understands him better than anyone else. As suspicions build and loyalties are tested, Vera and Jared realize that they may not be able to trust anyone but each other.

What is the XYZ factor? The XYZ Factor isn't a place or a company or an age. It's a new kind of culture where innovation, accessibility, and transparency are the norm. It's an environment created on the principles of the Millennial generation to foster intergenerational productivity in a new kind of office culture. An XYZ organization's employees are challenged, engaged, and excited to produce. Simply put, XYZ companies have an "it" factor that helps them rise above the competition. Any company can become an XYZ company. This audiobook is your blueprint.

Amara and Nea head off to the Gulf Coast Seafood Festival in Mangrove Bay, a nearby town, to cheer Bo and Cora Dawson on during a cooking competition. However, what starts out as a fun day of good food, friends, and some much-needed R & R quickly turns into a hunt for a possible killer when our girls learn the former mayor of the town is dead just hours after judging one of the cook-offs. Could the culprit be a simple case of heart failure? Mayor Tracy Hartfield of Gulf Breeze isn’t buying it, so he hires the two ladies to do some detective work for him. They head back to the festival and...

Ever been fascinated by the complex world of serial killers? It's so complex but also simple if you really think about it. Right? Want to get a deeper insight like, "What makes someone turn to cannibalism?" or "How do experts dissect a crime scene?" Well, "Serial Killer Trivia" will satisfy all those burning curiosities. And the ones you didn't know existed!

Lady Barbara Jeffords is certain her little sister didn't murder the footman, no matter how it looks...and no matter what the Marquess of Beningbrough - Ben - might say. Sparks fly as Ben and Barbara compete to defend their loved ones. But as strange new clues emerge that neither can decipher alone, they have no choice but to compare notes and sleuth in tandem. A tenuous bond develops that soon faces its toughest challenge when Ben himself becomes a suspect.

Cheyenne Sterling is walking on cloud nine. Her boyfriend of almost two years, Quinlan O'Connor, has finally proposed. Quinn is a local sheriff's deputy and a charter member of the local BDSM club, The Sting, where they enjoy friends, playrooms, and entertainment as often as they can. Cheyenne expects it all to be smooth sailing from here. Engagements, however, have a way of breeding mischief, and this one is no different.

Arden Highmore was living your average postgrad life in Rochester, New York, when someone flipped the “off” switch on the world. No cell phones, no power, no running water - and no one knows why. All she and her roommate, John, know for sure is that they have to get out, stat. His family’s cabin near the Canadian border seemed like the safest choice. It turns out isolation doesn’t necessarily equal safety.

He was the one who got away. And she let him. When he returns to their small town, she must decide if she is finally ready to risk her heart again with the man she once loved. After finishing his veterinarian training, Tye Prescott is back in Colorado and ready to give his relationship with Beth another chance, only she's made it very clear she wants nothing to do with him. Beth Walsh is a hopeless romantic, except when it comes to her own love life. In her opinion, love is best left to the storybooks. But when a few nosy octogenarians decide to play matchmaker, she grasps for the only ...

Welcome to Sustain This! A slow fashion podcast that's about so much more than clothes. Join us every Tuesday as your hosts Alyssa, Christina and Signe chat all things mindful consumption, personal style and the quest for building a more intentional life...and wardrobe! Alyssa Beltempo is a sustainable stylist, Christina Mychas, a shopaholic turned minimalist-ish, and Signe Hansen is a colour consultant and slow fashion style coach. Together we will unpack the nuances of what it really means be a conscious consumer & find more joy in what we have right now. Let's go!

We all have things that we sit and fret about, but there is a line between worrying and overthinking. And with a guide like Don’t Overthink It, you will not only learn where that metaphorical line is, but you will also gain the tools you need to ensure you never cross it....

Kai knows Seamus’ help comes at a cost-her heart. Seamus Red Eagle was a contradiction in terms. If his heritage of Irish and Native American wasn’t enough, he was a rancher who flew dangerous missions as a member of the Night Stalkers. When training took him to Hawaii, he met and fell in love with his soulmate, Kailani Aka. When a mission went FUBAR, he was seriously injured, earning him a medical discharge, a long recovery, and losing Kai to another man. Kai had accepted Seamus didn’t love her when he stopped contacting her, but it hadn’t lessened her need for him. While piecing ...

You are about to learn how to stop having boring sex! Let’s be honest; the reason you are here is because you are somewhat concerned or bored with your sex game. You are tired of using the same old missionary, doggy, and cowgirl styles in almost every encounter. There is nothing wrong with these but using them or a variation of these in every encounter does get boring at some point! And even if you are not bored with the range of sex positions that you use, you definitely want to increase your collection of sex styles you will unleash every time you are having sex.

Eva is excited for a visit from her sister Alice, who lives in Suffolk with her husband and three children. But when Alice arrives alone, desiring a break from her family, Eva becomes concerned. Her dismay deepens as Alice starts spending time with a former beau, Keenan Ripley, who owns the nearby pear orchard. When Keenan’s brother Stephen, the new head gardener at the Renshaw estate, Foxwood Hall, is found impaled by a pair of hedge clippers, the police - including Eva’s beau, Constable Miles Brannock - suspect his closest kin.

Five thrones sit in the playroom beneath the most notorious BDSM club in Paris. Four of the five founders still reign as kings in this kingdom. Only Club Duval has been closed for over a year, and play time is long over. Five kings, and four have fallen for the same woman. Oleg Balashov and Dr. Henri Gerard have the pleasure of calling her their pet, only Samantha Hunter doesn’t quite fit the description. She's neither pet nor feral, neither predator nor prey, neither submissive nor dominant. Samantha is all those things in one, and she doesn’t want to choose.

The sound of a whip licking the floor should cause her to tremble. The whistle hiss of it cutting the air should tell her to run. The pin-prick kiss of leather should make her wince. These would be normal reactions, but Samantha Hunter couldn’t go back to being normal if she tried. Oleg, her Master, is a king among kings in the BDSM world. He’s broken his promise to join two Mafia dynasties in an arranged marriage.

So many young people enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by a romantic marriage but then discover they’ve been duped. Because they learned about love and sexuality from faulty sources - social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky past - they have no idea what healthy lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce-ridden in history.

While browsing in an Austin shop, Nicola James finds a blank vintage journal hidden among a set of Jane Austen novels. Even though Nic is a straitlaced engineer, she's still a sucker for anything Austen-esque. But her enthusiasm turns to disbelief once she starts writing in the journal - because somehow, it's writing her back.... Itching for a bit of excitement, Nic decides to follow her "Fairy Jane's" advice. The result: a red-hot romance with a sexy Scottish musician who charms his way into Nic's heart in about five seconds flat. But a guy like Sean doesn't exactly fit into her life plan.

Noah, Bryce, Lucas, and I grew up together, and while I was forever just one of the boys, I never had a problem with it. I never saw them as anything more than my best friends...until one dry spell stretched for way too long. That was when I started to learn how they really felt. There was just one problem...how was I supposed to choose between the three of them? I felt something for all three of my boys, and I had to find an answer that made everyone happy. I couldn't stand to lose one of them in favor of another.