Will Barrett, a Princeton graduate working as a janitor, meets Kitty when looking through his telescope at Central Park, and is drawn away from his remote lifestyle into the realities of her Southern family.

Offering comprehensive, balanced coverage of basic communication theory, interpersonal and group communication and public speaking skills, Berko has been a solid player in the hybrid market for the past 30 years. The text maintains a growing customer base of loyal users who have consistently recognised Berko as the best text in the market to truly integrate culture and diversity throughout the text, and emphasise active learning. Berko provides ample practice and application with Learn by Doing end-of-chapter exercises and the IRM, both of which give instructors a variety of individual and group activities, class discussions and student self-assessments. All activities are written in a ready-to-use format that requires little instructor preparation. Berko's tightly organised, concise format makes it easier for instructors to manage class time, cover key content and allow more time for practice and application in a course where instructors find it difficult to cover a wide range of topics and incorporate speeches and in-class activities.

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An inside look at the world of major league baseball draws on interviews with the players, umpires, managers and coaches, owners, and others to discuss behind-the-scenes intrigues, financial manipulations, controversies, and personalities. 75,000 first printing. Tour.

Forging great works of art as part of her plan for revenge, Sara Madison plans to steal an ancient jeweled crown but is thwarted by Noah Lancaster, an art expert who is sworn to mend Sara's ways. Reissue.

Seductive memories of her first husband, the wayward, unsuccessful gambler Vadinho dos Guimaraes, threaten Dona Flora's very respectable second marriage to a kindly pharmacist. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Ted is embarrassed by his unusual grandmother but when she takes him to a ballgame and helps him catch a home run ball, he decides she's pretty cool after all

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After eight-year-old Henry has a fight with his friend Oliver, Grampa Charlie, a WWII veteran, takes Henry to a Seattle Mariners baseball game, where Grampa Charlie cheers for players Suzuki and Sasaki, paving the way for Henry and Oliver's reconciliation.

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This second edition aims to explore and define the emerging component of Juvenile Justice in the United States and the special challenges facing juvenile justice in the 1990s.Bartollas and Miller focus on the control, correction and treatment of both juvenile offenders and delinquents. The book describes the jobs and problems of those practictioners in the justice system who work with youths and the workings of the important components of the juvenile justice system that brings both together.

Once again the Hatford brothers and the Malloy sisters find themselves pitted against each other when embarrassing pictures of the boys turn up in the girls' basement, and the boys try to figure out how to get them back.