Product Description: Nursing  assistant Kathy Keyes has finally reunited with her sister’s family in the small town of Bayview on the shore of Lake Michigan. But the normally quiet, little town has had an alarming increase in crime. Who is Charlie, the top secret patient whom Kathy has been chosen to care for in the hospital? And why has Jack Nichols followed her here from North Carolina? Kathy learns to trust God for peace and protection as she finds her own life in danger...read more

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This volume explores Malaysian business in the era that began with the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1999. The contributions, by a broad range of international experts, are informed by a wish to identify what Malaysia needs to do to sustain economic growth, remain internationally competitive and further social stability in the post-crisis period. Malaysia's unconventional response to the crisis suggests that its business community has developed a new level of confidence in its ability to adopt and sustain innovative policies even when these strategies challenge the international financial community. This response is perceived as evidence that Malaysian business has indeed entered a new era characterised by a high level of confidence in the nation's capacity to weather the external periodic shocks that are a feature of the current wave of globalisation. The book argues that there are grounds for optimism in this regard while recognising that the true test will occur when Malaysia is compelled to confront a major decline in its international export markets brought on by a truly major crisis such as an OECD-wide recession. Business scholars and professionals as well as readers interested in Asian business and economics will find this volume informative. (view table of contents)

Wicked Sir Quincy wants to close down the Unexpected School on Hurricane Peak. A rather strange set of teachers and pupils have other ideas.

All the villagers are frightened when the giant postman comes thumping down the street to deliver the mail, but everything changes when Billy takes a letter of his own to the postman's house. (view table of contents)

A biography of the geologist who mapped the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon also offers related activities.

Describes the life and career of ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, who began her research observing fresh-water acquarium fishes and moved on to the underwater study of sharks and other marine animals.

Describes the life and work of Ann Haven Morgan, who studied, taught, and wrote about the animals of ponds and streams and the importance of an ecological approach to conservation, and offers related activities.

Product Description: Billy comes from a strong family, but Billy has spindly little arms. He doesn't like doing exercise - he prefers to invent things on his computer. When Killer Karl, the school bully, starts making trouble, Billy invents a magic conker formula on his computer and challenges him to a conker fight...read more

Product Description: A humorous and affectionate look at a day in the life of Farmer Brown, his wife, little Jack, baby Ann and Granny, as well as at all the barnyard animals and their very distinctive sounds.

Delphinium spends her tenth birthday aboard a traveling space circus, fighting against the dark forces who are bent on stamping out fun

Herbert the guinea pig provides a series of adventures for a class of second graders and their teacher.

Offers tips on inexpensive travel through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

Lively full-color illustrations complement an anthology of twelve read-aloud tales, which includes the story of a mouse that does his best to convince a cat that he is a dog and an account of a hilarious shopping expedition.