It is summer on Magnolia Road when Juliet moves into her late mother's house with her husband Liam and their young son, Charlie.

Preoccupied by guilt, grief and the juggle of working motherhood, she can't imagine finding time to get to know the neighbouring families, let alone fitting in with them. But for Liam, a writer, the morning coffees and after-school gatherings soon reveal the secret struggles, fears and rivalries playing out behind closed doors - all of which are going straight into his new novel.

Juliet tries to bury her unease and leave Liam to forge these new friendships. But when the rupture of a marriage sends ripples through the group, painful home truths are brought to light. And then, one sun-drenched afternoon at a party, a single moment changes everything.

The fiction debut from Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink, Everyone Is Still Alive is funny and moving, intimate and wise; a novel that explores the deeper realities of marriage and parenthood and the way life thwarts our expectations at every turn.

The perfect match. Or so she thinks. Her warmth and empathy. His charisma and ambition. Yet, Cathy feels safer teaching battle-scarred gangsters in a prison classroom than at home with her own partner.

By day she walks on eggshells. At night she sleeps on the backseat of her car. Her safe place is an all-night roadhouse; her best friend, her journal. The slow boil intensifies until, one day, Cathy finds her grandmother’s armoire smashed to pieces in her bedroom, a hammer on the floor, her life in splinters beside it.

Part memoir, part inspiration, Boiling A Frog Slowly is unflinching in its confrontation of abuse and utterly courageous in its portrayal of redemption.

Two sisters. One secret. A journey to learn who they really are…

As the waves crash on to a wild Atlantic beach, Lou is at a crossroads. For the first time ever, just giving up seems like an option.

In just one night, at her own 50th birthday, her world has imploded. Her mother has kept a secret hidden all her life. And it changes everything. Before Lou can take another step, she needs to get to the bottom of the shocking truth that alters who she really is.

Along with her sister, Toni, who is facing her own crisis, the two women set out on a life-changing journey – one that will take them through Ireland’s wildest coastline and to Sicily’s sun-baked rocky shores. It will also take Lou deep into her relationships with her mother, her sister and her daughter to figure out how to stop pleasing everyone else – and carve out who she really wants to be.

• Ever felt patronised by a waiter because of your wine choice?
• Been on the sharp end of comments about your taste in wine: “Pink wine, really?”
• Had your pronunciation of wine terms corrected?
• Confused about whether it’s OK to drink red wine with pasta?
• Had that uncomfortable feeling you’ve been conned into paying too much for a bottle of wine in a restaurant?

If you answer yes to any of these questions, then you need to read this book.

Cathy Marston takes you on a wine appreciation journey from easy drinking sweets, through the popular sauvignon blancs (sew-vin-yon blonks), bubblies, dessert wines and on to the fuller reds, with the sole aim of giving you confidence in your wine choices. The confidence to enjoy drinking wine; to see it as a pleasure, not a potential source of embarrassment; and above all, to help you become confidently curious about trying something new.

Because the real secret of wine success is that the more you drink, the more you know. Admittedly, the less you probably remember, but hey – you can’t have everything.

Midsummer’s Eve is about to get a whole lot more magical! Someone is misusing magic. Curses have been cast and terrifying creatures are on the move … Twelve-year-old Pinch Perkins lives on Tricky Dragon Lane, deep in the heart of London’s magical quarter. But when her mum is struck by a curse, and nobody seems to have a clue what to do, Pinch knows it’s down to her to find a cure. Racing the clock on Midsummer's Eve, Pinch will face the terrifying boss of the Thames Mudlarks, dance with the devious fairy king and queen and share a burger with King Arthur's knights – all the while trying to avoid the clutches of two most fearsome villains …

In this sequel to 'Lady and the Tramp', the original duo's offspring, mischievous pup Scamp (voiced by Scott Wolf), is always getting into trouble. After running away from home he meets lovely stray Angel (Alyssa Milano) and the streetwise Buster (Chazz Palminteri), who enrolls Scamp in the Junkyard Dogs gang. However, how long will Scamp be happy in his new, collar-free surroundings?

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: Business First teaching: September 2017 First exams: June 2019 A comprehensive and accessible Student Book containing all the content you'll need to cover when studying the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business qualification. Explore the key themes of business; including how business opportunities are spotted and small businesses are set up and run, as well as how businesses grow and change and the crucial decisions that have to be made. Key features of the Student Book include: In-depth coverage of all the content of the course Engaging and contemporary case studies, from real businesses 'Exam-style questions' and 'Exam tips' throughout to give you plenty of practice at answering the kind of questions you might find in the exam A 'Checkpoint feature' that will help you to review your understanding as well as opportunities to further challenge yourself Activities that will help you to better understand content and key terms.

A one-stop shop to answer your most pressing questions about what it takes to facilitate. Workshops, committees, teams, and study groups are a regular part of an educator's professional life, and any educator can find themselves in the facilitator role, with a responsibility to aid the group in achieving its goals. The Effective Facilitator's Handbook is here to help. Professional development expert Cathy A. Toll has written a guide for busy facilitators, starting with four simple rules for successful facilitation: listen, start with the end in mind, lead with productive tools, and stay organized. The processes, tools, and templates in each chapter are easy to apply and offer advice about how to create a welcoming environment, set the right tone, understand the group's dynamics, improve communication, and more. This book walks you through the unique purposes, pitfalls, and needs of specific types of groups, whether it's a professional development workshop, a committee focused on one decision or problem, a team that regularly collaborates for student success, or a study group learning about a specific issue. But Toll also considers the bigger picture and connects the patterns behind different types of facilitation skills that will serve you in a variety of situations and settings. As an effective facilitator, you'll be able to increase the value of group time, foster engagement, and help teachers improve their practice so that they can bring their best to the classroom each day.

The complete first season of the US cop show set in inner city Los Angeles. In the pilot episode Wagenbach and Wyms are on the trail of a kidnapped girl. 'Our Gang' has Internal Affairs look into the death of Detective Cowley. 'The Spread' sees the detectives uncover a gun-smuggling operation. 'Dawg Days' finds Mackey playing the mediator in a hip-hop feud. In 'Blowback' the team have the tables turned on them in a drug bust. 'Cherrypoppers' has the detectives clamp down on underage prostitution in the area. 'Pay in Pain' finds Dutch and Wyms on the trail of a serial killer. 'Cupid and Psycho' sees the team's operations put on hold when allegations against them make front-page news. 'Throwaway' has relations between Lowe and Sofer grow even more troubled. 'Dragonchasers' finds Connie going cold turkey with Mackey's help. 'Carnivores' sees the team attempt to cool things down when relations between Rondell Robinson and the Nation of Islam get heated. 'Two Days of Blood' has Vendrell and Lemansky pursue a suspect through the cockfighting underworld. And finally, in 'Circles', in the aftermath of a riot, local cops start falling victim to a series of planned attacks.

Help teachers transform young learners into independent readers and writers with this must-have resource authored by Cathy Collier, a reading specialist and former kindergarten teacher. This easy-to-use classroom resource is packed with kindergarten reading and writing routines, lessons, centers, charts, resources, and teaching tips. Learn to give students the tools they can use on their own to become independent readers and writers by breaking key literacy concepts and skills into manageable, teachable pieces. The writing section covers implementing writing instruction, spelling strategies, composition strategies, and journal writing. The reading section covers strategies for teaching reading, providing lessons for phonological awareness, phonics, concept of print, reading comprehension, and vocabulary development. Flexible differentiation strategies are also included within each section to allow teachers to be responsive to the needs of all learners.

Comedy-thriller starring Pierce Brosnan as a powerful evangelical pastor who will stop at nothing to cover up his murder of an atheist. Pastor Dan Day (Brosnan) shot Dr Paul Blaylock (Ed Harris) in the head during a debate surrounding a new book. Realising that his career would be in tatters if the truth emerged, Day and his supporters set out to make the accident look like a suicide and appear to have succeeded. However, a new convert to Day's church, former hippie Carl (Greg Kinnear), stumbles across the truth and is hunted in a very un-Christian manner by Day and his supporters as they attempt to silence him.

Devon, 1941. Bonnie wants to help in the war effort like her brother, Ralph, rather than tend the home vegetable patch. So when the mysterious Mr Fisher is billeted at their family home, Bonnie's mission to uncover his secrets begins. Why is he here? Is he a shirker? Or worse ... a German spy?

His heir revealed in the Bahamas! Kaya’s late mentor was like a second mother to her. So Kaya’s astounded to learn she won’t inherit her home—the son her mentor secretly gave up for adoption will. Tycoon Leo plans to sell the property and return to his billion-dollar world. But Kaya finds him devastatingly handsome…and soon they’re bound for ever by the consequences of their desire… Temporary passion or permanent paradise? Jemima Friday has come to Bermuda to heal after a gut-wrenching betrayal. House-sitting an idyllic beachside villa gives her the solitude she craves, so when she runs into charismatic stranger Chase their instant heat is a complication she doesn’t need! Until they share a night of unrivalled pleasure on his lavish yacht and it changes everything…

Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History prepares students for the new specification. These books provide comprehensive coverage of the latest Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) specification and are designed to supply students with the best preparation possible for the examination: written by a team of highly experienced History teachers, examiners, and authors each book provides free access to an ActiveBook, a digital version of the Student Book, which can be accessed online, anytime, anywhere supporting learning beyond the classroom chapters are mapped closely to the specification to provide comprehensive coverage learning is embedded with exercises, source materials and exam practice throughout transferable skills, needed for progression into higher education and employment, are signposted allowing students to understand, and engage with, the skills they're gaining Pearson progression tools allow quick and easy formative assessment of student progress, linked to guidance on how to personalise learning solutions. reviewed by a language specialist to ensure the book is written in a clear and accessible style for students whose first language may not be English glossary of key History terminology. Student Books will be available for the following units: Depth Studies Development of Dictatorship: Germany 1918-45 A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943-72 A Divided Union: Civil Rights in the USA, 1945-70 Dictatorship and Conflict in the USSR, 1924-53 Historical Investigations The USA, 1918-41 The Soviet Union in Revolution, 1905-24 The Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905-18 Breadth Studies Conflict, Crisis and Change: China, 1900-1989 Conflict, Crisis and Change: The Middle East, 1919-2012 The Changing Role of International Organisations: the League and the UN, 1919-2011 Changes in Medicine, c1848-c1948 Available: May to September 2017

The next instalment in the addictive Chocolate Box Girls series and sequel to Cherry Crush, Marshmallow Skye, Summer's Dream and Coco Caramel. Honey is going to live with her dad in Australia. Determined to make a fresh start, she couldn't be further away from the tough times at Tanglewood. Her new life is a dream come true - until school begins. The girls are different from Honey's friends in England and the only person who seems to understand her is the cute boy from the beach she's chatting to online. But when he, the girls at school and even her dad start breaking promises, who can she trust? All alone on the other side of the world, Honey's past is about to catch up with her . . .

Poignant and powerful (Publishers Weekly, starred review), Cathy Bonidan's The Lost Manuscript is a charming epistolary novel about the love of books and magical ability they have to bring people together. Sometimes a book has the power to change your life... When Anne-Lise Briard books a room at the Beau Rivage Hotel for her vacation on the Brittany coast, she has no idea this trip will start her on the path to unearthing a mystery. In search of something to read, she opens up her bedside table drawer in her hotel room, and inside she finds an abandoned manuscript. Halfway through the pages, an address is written. She sends pages to the address, in hopes of potentially hearing a response from the unknown author. But not before she reads the story and falls in love with it. The response, which she receives a few days later, astonishes her... Not only does the author write back, but he confesses that he lost the manuscript 30 years prior on a flight to Montreal. And then he reveals something even more shocking--that he was not the author of the second half of the book. Anne-Lise can't rest until she discovers who this second mystery author is, and in doing so tracks down every person who has held this manuscript in their hands. Through the letters exchanged by the people whose lives the manuscript has touched, she discovers long-lost love stories and intimate secrets. Romances blossom and new friends are made. Everyone's lives are made better by this book--and isn't that the point of reading? And finally, with a plot twist you don't see coming, she uncovers the astonishing identity of the author who finished the story.

Acting Lessons for Teachers presents a solid theoretical foundation for the pedagogical benefits of enthusiastic teaching. Simply put, students are more engaged, misbehave less, and learn better from teachers who teach enthusiastically. A teacher's enthusiasm for his or her subject matter can be contagious. Since the dynamic of the classroom is similar to that of the stage in terms of speaker-listener relationships, the acting craft offers teachers a model for the skills and strategies that could be incorporated in their work to convey more enthusiasm for the material and for the students. This book presents concrete descriptions of the specific acting strategies that would benefit the teacher: physical and vocal animation, teacher role-playing, strategic entrances and exits, humor, props, suspense and surprise, and creative use of space. Special attention is given to the potential advantage of instructional technology as a modern-day prop. Strategies are explained in terms of their importance and ease of incorporation into the classroom. Each is proposed as a skill that can be learned by any teachers who have the desire to enliven their teaching. Student descriptions of their own experience with teachers' use of acting strategies add real examples for each lesson. Finally, testimony of award-winning classroom teachers from a variety of disciplines and age levels provides evidence of the wide and easy applicability of these strategies.

This book challenges the perception of chemistry as too difficult to bother with and too clinical to be any fun. Cathy Cobb and Monty L. Fetterolf, both professional chemists and experienced educators, introduce readers to the magic, elegance, and, yes, joy of chemistry. From the fascination of fall foliage and fireworks, to the functioning of smoke detectors and computers, to the fundamentals of digestion (as when good pizza goes bad ), the authors illustrate the concepts of chemistry in terms of everyday experience, using familiar materials.
The authors begin with a bang--a colorful bottle rocket assembled from common objects you find in the garage--and then present the principles of chemistry using household chemicals and friendly, nontechnical language. They guide the reader through the basics of atomic structure, the nature of molecular bonds, and the vibrant universe of chemical reactions. Using analogy and example to illuminate essential concepts such as thermodynamics, photochemistry, electrochemistry, and chemical equilibrium, they explain the whys and wherefores of chemical reactions. Hands-on demonstrations, selected for their ease of execution and relevance, illustrate basic principles, and lively commentaries emphasize the fun and fascination of learning about chemistry.
This delightful and richly informative book amply proves that chemistry can appeal to our intuition, logic, and--if we're willing to get down and dirty--our sense of enjoyment too.

For introductory hospitality or tourism courses A comprehensive, international view of the business of tourism The engaging writing style and hundreds of updated industry examples make Tourism: The Business of Hospitality and Travel, 6th Edition, the perfect textbook for students taking their first hospitality or tourism class. It views the industry from a holistic, global business perspective-examining the management, marketing and finance issues most important to industry members. Chapters reveal an integrated model of tourism and address consumer behaviour, service quality, and personal selling. The thoroughness of content and references also make it suitable for upper-level hospitality and tourism courses. Readings and integrative cases close each part, and end-of-chapter exercises allow students to apply their knowledge and refine their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. This edition includes new and updated material on social media, event management, timeshares, sustainable and marijuana tourism, and the future of tourism.