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The Moonstone (Detective Club Crime Classics)

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Wilkie Collins, G. D. H. Cole, Margaret Cole

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Little House in the Big Woods, Farmer Boy, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake

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This collection of the first five books in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series features Garth Williamss classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

This collection includes Little House in the Big Woods, Farmer Boy, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, and By the Shores of Silver Lake.

The Little House books are inspired by Lauras own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into Americas frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

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The ninth and final book in Laura Ingalls Wilders treasured Little House seriesnow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williamss classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

Laura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. Laura is a young pioneer wife now, and must work hard with Almanzo, farming the land around their home on the South Dakota prairie. Soon their baby daughter, Rose, is born, and the young family must face the hardships and triumphs encountered by so many American pioneers.

And so Laura Ingalls Wilder's adventure as a little pioneer girl ends, and her new life as a pioneer wife and mother begins.

The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Lauras childhood as an American pioneer, and are cherished by readers of all generations. They offer a unique glimpse into life on the American frontier, and tell the heartwarming, unforgettable story of a loving family.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts

This treasured, posthumously published novel, drawn from Lauras original manuscript, reveals the story that happened next.

Newlywed Life on the Prairie: Join Laura and Almanzo as they start their life together in their own little house, facing the realities of marriage and building a farm on the American frontier.The Farmers Struggle: Experience the endless cycle of hope and hardship as they battle drought, hail, and debt to make a living from their land.Starting a Family: Witness the joy of their daughter Roses birth and the deep love that holds the young family together through heartbreaking challenges.The Final Little House Story: Discover the long-awaited conclusion to the beloved series, a more mature and realistic glimpse into pioneer life, published from Laura's own words.

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The seventh book in Laura Ingalls Wilders treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honornow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williamss classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

The settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. With spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and more time to spend with Almanzo Wilder. Laura also tries to help Pa and Ma save money so that Mary is able to go to a college for the blind.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Lauras own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into Americas frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

As the prairie town grows, so does Laura, navigating new responsibilities and her first hints of romance.

Pioneer Life: Experience the challenges and celebrations of a growing town in the 1880s, from town parties to helping Pa and Ma build a future.New Responsibilities: Follow Laura as she takes her first job, determined to help her sister Mary attend a college for the blind.Hints of Romance: Laura begins to see Almanzo Wilder in a new light, sparking the beginning of one of literatures most beloved relationships.Classic Childrens Books: A treasured Newbery Honor winner that continues the story of the Ingalls family, perfect for fans of historical fiction and heartwarming tales.

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The eighth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honornow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but she knows that her earnings can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeksevery weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

What happens when a fifteen-year-old schoolteacher finds herself courted by a handsome young homesteader?

Pioneer Romance: Follow Laura and Almanzos courtship, from his weekly sleigh rides to their buggy drives across the prairie.First Schoolteacher Job: At fifteen, Laura leaves home to teach in a one-room schoolhouse, facing challenges and discovering her own strength.Heartwarming Family Story: Lauras devotion shines as her teaching salary helps pay for her blind sister Marys college education.American Pioneer Life: A beloved, firsthand account of homesteading, community, and growing up on the American frontier.

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The fifth book in Laura Ingalls Wilders treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honornow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williamss classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

Laura Ingalls and her family move from the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new home. Laura takes her first train ride as she, her sisters, and Ma come out to live with Pa on the shores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors' house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. The Ingalls's covered-wagon travels are finally over.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Lauras own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into Americas frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

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The fourth book in Laura Ingalls Wilders treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honornow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williamss classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Here they settle in a new home made of sod beside the banks of Plum Creek. Soon Pa builds a wonderful new little house with real glass windows and a hinged door. Laura and her sister Mary go to school, help with the chores, and fish in the creek. At night everyone listens to the merry music of Pa's fiddle. Misfortunes come in the form of a grasshopper plague and a terrible blizzard, but the pioneer family works hard together to overcome these challenges.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Lauras own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into Americas frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

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The first book in Laura Ingalls Wilders treasured Little House seriesnow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williamss classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

This beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family begins in 1871 in a log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, but it is also exciting as they celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and make their first trip into town. And every night Laura and her family are safe and warm in their little house, with the happy sound of Pas fiddle to send them off to sleep.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Lauras own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into Americas frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

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The sixth book in Laura Ingalls Wilders treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honornow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williamss classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

The town of De Smet in the Dakota Territory is hit with terrible blizzards in the hard winter of 1880-81, and the Ingalls family must ration their food and coal. When the supply train doesnt arrive, all supplies are cut off from the outside. Soon there is almost no food left, so young Almanzo Wilder and a friend must make a dangerous trip in search of provisions.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Lauras own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into Americas frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

When the endless blizzards cut off the entire town of De Smet, can one familys courage see them through?

Pioneer Survival Story: The Ingalls family faces the hardest winter theyve ever known, rationing food and twisting hay for fuel when the coal runs out.Historical Fiction for Kids: A captivating, firsthand account of the brutal winter of 1880-81 in the Dakota Territory, where relentless blizzards trapped the town for months.A Daring Adventure: When starvation threatens the town, a young Almanzo Wilder sets out on a perilous journey across the frozen prairie in a desperate search for wheat.Inspiring Family Story: Faced with unimaginable hardship, the powerful bond and unyielding spirit of the Ingalls family shine in this inspiring story of hope.

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The second book in Laura Ingalls Wilders treasured Little House seriesnow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williamss classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

While Laura Ingalls grows up on the prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the fair comes to town. Almanzo wishes for just one thinghis very own horseand he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.

Farmer Boy is Laura Ingalls Wilders beloved story of how her husband, Almanzo, grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into Americas frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

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End Chronic Pain and Reclaim Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day

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End chronic painfor goodwith this practical guide from the PBS personality behind Classical Stretch and author of the New York Times bestseller Aging Backwards.

Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept back spasms, throbbing joints, arthritis aches, and other physical pain as an inevitable consequence of aging, illness, or injury. But the human body is not meant to endure chronic pain. Miranda Esmonde-White has spent decades helping professional athletes, ballet dancers, and Olympians overcome potentially career-ending injuries and guiding MS patients and cancer survivors toward pain-free mobility. Now, in Forever Painless, she shows everyone how to heal their aching bodies and live pain free.

The root of nearly all pain is movementor lack thereof. We need to move our bodies to refresh, nourish, and revitalize our cells. Without physical activity, our cells become stagnant and decay, accelerating the aging process and causing pain. People who suffer chronic pain often become sedentary, afraid that movement and activity will make things worse, when just the opposite is true: movement is essential to healing. In Forever Painless, Miranda provides detailed instructions for gentle exercise designed to ease discomfort in the feet and ankles, knees, hips, back, and neckallowing anyone to live happier, healthier, and pain-free no matter their age.

This comprehensive guide offers a new understanding of your body and provides the tools for lasting pain relief:

The Science of Pain: Learn why movementor the lack of itis the root of most chronic conditions, and how revitalizing your cells is the first step to healing.Gentle Rebalancing Exercises: Step-by-step instructions for a revolutionary full-body technique that simultaneously strengthens and stretches to restore your bodys natural alignment.Targeted Pain Relief: Find specific workout routines designed to ease discomfort and restore mobility in your feet, ankles, knees, hips, back, and shoulders.A Drug-Free Alternative: Discover a sustainable path to becoming forever painless, an alternative to medication or surgery that taps into your bodys own powerful self-healing abilities.

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The third book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House seriesnow available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.

The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for the big skies of the Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their house. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. Just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous conflict.

The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.

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Service Design, Strategy, and the Art of Customer Delight

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In this pioneering guide, two business authorities introduce the new discipline of Service Design and reveal why trying new strategies for pleasing customers isnt enough to differentiate your businessit needs to be designed for service from the ground up.

Woo, Wow, and Win reveals the importance of designing your company around service, and offers clear, practical strategies based on the idea that the design of services is markedly different than manufacturing. Bestselling authors and business experts Thomas A. Stewart and Patricia OConnell contend that most companies, both digital and brick-and-mortar, B2B or B2C; are not designed for serviceto provide an experience that matches a customers expectations with every interaction and serves the companys needs. When customers have more choices than ever before, study after study reveals that its the experience that makes the difference. To provide great experiences that keep customers coming back, businesses must design their services with as much care as their products.

Service Design is proactiveit is about delivering on your promise to customers in accordance with your strategy, not about acceding to customer dictates. Woo, Wow, and Win teaches you how to create "Ahhh" moments when the customer makes a positive judgment, and to avoid Ow" momentswhen you lose a sale or worse, customer trust.

Whether youre giving a haircut, selling life insurance, or managing an office building, your customer is as much a part of your business as your employees are. Together, you and customers create a bank of trust; fueled by knowledge of each others skills and preferences. This is Customer Capital, the authors explain, and it is jointly owned. But its up to you to manage it profitably.

Innovative yet grounded in real world examples, Woo, Wow, and Win is the key strategy for winning customersand keeping them.

This pioneering guide provides a new framework for exceptional service delivery:

Service Design Principles: Learn to design every customer interaction to create "Ahhh" moments of satisfaction and avoid the "Ow" moments that lose trust and sales.Customer-Centric Frameworks: Discover the concept of Customer Capital and how to manage it profitably by creating a bank of trust between you and your customers.Building Customer Loyalty: Go beyond merely pleasing customers with actionable strategies that build a business designed for service from the ground up, ensuring customers come back again and again.Strategic Brand Management: Learn why a well-designed service experience is the most sustainable way to differentiate your company, match your brand promise, and win the right customers for you.

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Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction

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A practical guide to deeper instructionaa framework for challenging, engaging, and empowering students of all ages For schools to meet ambitious new standards and prepare all students for college, careers, and life, research has shown unequivocally that nothing is more important that the quality of daily instruction. Learning That Lasts presents a new vision for classroom instruction that sharpens and deepens the quality of lessons in all subject areas. It is the opposite of a 'teacher-proof' solution. Instead, it is predicated on a model of instruction that honors teachers as creative and expert planners of learning experiences for their students and who wish to continuously grow in their instructional and content knowledge. It is not a theoretical vision. It is a model of instruction refined in some of the nation's most successful public schoolsaschools that are beating the odds to create remarkable achievementasited primarily in urban and rural low-income communities. Using case studies and examples of powerful learning at all grade levels and in all disciplines, Learning That Lasts is a guide to creating classrooms that promote deeper understanding, higher order thinking, and student independence. Through text and companion videos, readers will enter inspiring classrooms where students go beyond basics to become innovators, collaborators, and creators. Learning That Lasts embraces a three-dimensional view of student achievement that includes mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality work. It is a guide for teachers who wish to make learning more meaningful, memorable, and connected to life, and inspire students to do more than they think possible.

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Ron Berger, Libby Woodfin, Anne Vilen, Jal Mehta

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Adding Value Through People - A Changing Picture

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This is a fully updated edition of Personnel Selection, a seminal text on the psychometric approach to personnel selection by a noted expert in the field.  Focuses on cutting-edge topics including the influence of social networking sites, adverse impact, age differences and stereotypes, distribution of work performance, and the problems of selecting new employees using research based on incumbent employees Questions established beliefs in the field, especially issues that have been characterized as "not a problem," such as differential validity, over-reliance on self-report, and "faking good" Contains expanded discussion of research and practice in the US and internationally, while maintaining the definitive coverage of UK and European selection approaches Provides comprehensive yet accessible information for professionals and students, as well as helpful pedagogical tools (technical and statistical boxes, simplified figures and tables, research agenda boxes, key point summaries, and key references)

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Heaven's Wager, Thunder of Heaven, and When Heaven Weeps

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Dive deep into the stories that began it all.

Ted Dekker's first novels--collected together for the first time.

This trilogy is the collection of three gripping, psychological thrillers that peel back the skin of this world to reveal a supernatural reality rarely seen.

A daring wager of life and death in Denver.

An unfathomable leap of faith in a small Balkan village near the end of WWII.

A global struggle for power that begins deep in the Amazon jungle.

All three stories are bound together by one family's timeless, harrowing discovery of love and all that is unseen.

The Heaven Trilogy offers a window into a world more real and vital than most people ever discover here on earth.

A hidden world where the real dramas of the universe--and our daily lives--continually unfold.

"Well, well, well, guess what I've found. A fiction writer with a rare knack for a compelling story. Expansive...Clever...A provocative read." --Best-selling author Frank Peretti for Heaven's Wager

"Don't miss this book. Don't miss this author's writing. And don't miss the point. Beautiful and suspenseful. I'll have to read this one agian."--Eric Wilson, author of the Jerusalem Unded Trilgoy, for When Heaven Weeps

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Organised into four sections, this text discusses the organisation of the living world.   Links Ecology, Biodiversity and Biogeography Bridges modern and conventional Ecology Builds sequentially from the concept and importance of species, through patterns of diversity to help consider global patterns of biogeography Uses real data sets to help train in essential skills

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After decades of silence on the subject of homosexuality, television in the 1990s saw a striking increase in programming that incorporated and, in many cases, centered on gay material. In shows including Friends, Seinfeld, Party of Five, Homicide, Suddenly Susan, The Commish, Ellen, Will & Grace, and others, gay characters were introduced, references to homosexuality became commonplace, and issues of gay and lesbian relationships were explored, often in explicit detail.

In Gay TV and Straight America, Ron Becker draws on a wide range of political and cultural indicators to explain this sudden upsurge of gay material on prime-time network television. Bringing together analysis of relevant Supreme Court rulings, media coverage of gay rights battles, debates about multiculturalism, concerns over political correctness, and much more, Becker's assessment helps us understand how and why televised gayness was constructed by a specific culture of tastemakers during the decade.

On one hand the evidence points to network business strategies that embraced gay material as a valuable tool for targeting a quality audience of well-educated, upscale adults looking for something "edgy" to watch. But, Becker also argues that the increase of gay material in the public eye creates growing mainstream anxiety in reaction to the seemingly civil public conversation about equal rights.

In today's cultural climate where controversies rage over issues of gay marriage yet millions of viewers tune in weekly to programs like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, this book offers valuable insight to the complex condition of America's sexual politics.

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Cultural Politics of Contemporary Science and Medicine

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How does contemporary science contribute to our understanding about what it means to be women or men? What are the social implications of scientific claims about differences between "male" and "female" brains, hormones, and genes? How does culture influence scientific and medical research and its findings about human sexuality, especially so-called normal and deviant desires and behaviors? Gender and the Science of Difference examines how contemporary science shapes and is shaped by gender ideals and images.Prior scholarship has illustrated how past cultures of science were infused with patriarchal norms and values that influenced the kinds of research that was conducted and the interpretation of findings about differences between men and women. This interdisciplinary volume presents empirical inquiries into today's science, including examples of gendered scientific inquiry and medical interventions and research. It  analyzes how scientific and medical knowledge produces gender norms through an emphasis on sex differences, and includes both U.S. and non-U.S. cases and examples.

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Science, Law, and Controversy in the Making of DNA Profiling

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When DNA profiling was first introduced into the American legal system in 1987, it was heralded as a technology that would revolutionize law enforcement. As an investigative tool, it has lived up to much of this hypeit is regularly used to track down unknown criminals, put murderers and rapists behind bars, and exonerate the innocent.      Yet, this promise took ten turbulent years to be fulfilled.  In Genetic Witness, Jay D. Aronson uncovers the dramatic early history of DNA profiling that has been obscured by the techniques recent success.  He demonstrates that robust quality control and quality assurance measures were initially nonexistent, interpretation of test results was based more on assumption than empirical evidence, and the technique was susceptible to error at every stage. Most of these issues came to light only through defense challenges to what prosecutors claimed to be an infallible technology.  Although this process was fraught with controversy, inefficiency, and personal antagonism, the quality of DNA evidence improved dramatically as a result. Aronson argues, however, that the dream of a perfect identification technology remains unrealized.