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Veo a papá (¡Arriba la Lectura! Level A #2)
by Lisa Trumbauer David SheldonNIMAC-sourced textbook <p><p> ¿Qué ve esta niña? ¿Tú también ves estas cosas y personas?
Ver a Dios como el Padre perfecto...: y a ti como amado, buscado y seguro
by Louie GiglioUstedes son elegidos, amados, apreciados, queridos y creídos por un Padre perfecto. En Ver a Dios como el Padre perfecto, Louie Giglio nos invita a experimentar a Dios de una manera que transforma la vida: como un Padre perfecto que quiere que vivamos bajo la cascada de Su bendición.Cuando piensas en Dios, ¿te imaginas un dictador que exige lealtad absoluta o un entrenador que espera que cumplas con sus expectativas? ¿O incluso un asistente virtual para ayudar cuando se agotan otras opciones? Esta edición actualizada del éxito de ventas nacional Nunca olvidados desafía nuestra percepción de quién es Dios y nos señala a un Padre celestial que no está ausente ni es ambivalente, sino que está disponible, es afectuoso, y está listo para colmarnos de Su aprobación y amor.No importa lo que haya pasado de este lado de la eternidad entre tú y tu padre terrenal, Ver a Dios como el Padre perfecto te ayudará a:Aceptar quién es Dios y descubrir la verdad y la belleza de Su naturalezaEntender que Dios te creó de manera única y te ama incondicionalmenteDesatar las cadenas que te mantienen cautivo y encontrar la libertad en quién eres en CristoCaminar en la plenitud, la autoridad y la intimidad de un hijo de DiosCuando nos aferremos a la verdad de que nuestro Dios ha atravesado el cielo y la tierra para alcanzarnos, ya no seremos definidos por nuestro pasado, sino por el amor de un Padre perfecto. Aprende cómo Dios quiere que experimentemos Su amor único e incondicional y que vivamos en la libertad, la abundancia y la bendición que El da gratuitamente.Seeing God as a Perfect FatherYou are chosen, loved, prized, wanted, and believed in by a perfect Father. In Seeing God as a Perfect Father, Louie Giglio invites us to experience God in a life-changing way: as a perfect Father who wants you to live under the waterfall of His blessing.When you think about God, do you imagine a ruler who demands absolute loyalty, or a coach who expects you to perform to his expectations? Or even a virtual assistant to help when other options are exhausted? This updated edition of the national bestseller Not Forsaken challenges our perception of who God is and points us to a heavenly Father who is not absent or ambivalent, but is available and affectionate, ready to shower us with His approval and love.No matter what has happened on this side of eternity between you and your earthly dad, Seeing God as a Perfect Father will help you:Embrace who God is and discover the truth and beauty of His natureUnderstand that God uniquely created you and loves you unconditionallyUnlock the chains holding you captive and find freedom in who you are in ChristWalk in the fullness, authority, and intimacy as a child of GodWhen we take hold of the truth that our God has spanned heaven and earth to reach us, we will no longer be defined by our past but by the love of a perfect Father. Learn how God wants us to experience His unique, unconditional love and to live in the freedom, abundance, and blessing He freely gives.
Vera: A Virago Modern Classic (Virago Modern Classics #402)
by Elizabeth von ArnimLucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died, and aged twenty-two, she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss.This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife, Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind Aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself, body and soul. Elizabeth von Arnim's masterpiece, VERA is a forceful study of the power of men in marriage - and the weakness of women in love.
Vera Violet: A Novel
by Melissa Anne PetersonSet against the backdrop of a decaying Pacific Northwest lumber town, Vera Violet is a debut that explores themes of poverty, violence, and environmental degradation as played out in the young lives of a group of close–knit friends. Melissa Anne Peterson’s voice is powerful and poetic, her vision unflinching.Vera Violet recounts the dark story of a rough group of teenagers growing up in a twisted rural logging town. There are no jobs. There is no sense of safety. But there is a small group of loyal friends, a truck waiting with the engine running, a pair of boots covered in blood, and a hot 1911 pistol with a pearl grip.Vera Violet O’Neel’s home is in the Pacific Northwest—not the glamorous scene of coffee bars and craft beers, but the hardscrabble region of busted pickups and broken dreams. Vera’s mother has left, her father is unstable, and her brother is deeply troubled. Against this gritty background, Vera struggles to establish a life of her own, a life fortified by her friends and her hard–won love. But the relentless poverty coupled with the twin lures of crystal meth and easy money soon shatter fragile alliances. Her world violently torn apart, Vera flees to St. Louis, Missouri. There, alone in a small apartment, she grieves for her broken family, her buried friends, and her beloved, Jimmy James Blood. In this brilliant, explosive debut, Melissa Anne Peterson establishes herself as a fresh, raw voice, a writer to be reckoned with.""Vera Violet is the most authentic and exciting debut I've read in a long time. At once gritty and jaw–droppingly lyrical, Peterson's voice is a clarion call for the downtrodden and disenchanted. Reading Vera Violet is nothing less than a visceral and stirring experience."" —Jonathan Evison, author of Lawn Boy
El verano de la serpiente
by Irma Cecilia Eudave«No sé qué hicimos para merecernos una fantasma. Cada uno de nosotros ha reflexionado, no pocas veces, cómo la adquirimos, por qué se pegó a esta familia y nos siguió a todas partes. Fue agotador. Al principio no entendíamos muy bien su naturaleza, porque no siempre estuvo con nosotros y porque no somos expertos en fantasmas.» El verano de la serpiente es una historia magistralmente narrada desde perspectivas distintas que van confeccionando y perfilando a cada uno de los personajes. En sus páginas, asistimos al momento decisivo en la vida de una familia, durante el verano de 1977, que se desliza inquietante, develando los secretos que cada uno de ellos guarda. En una feria ambulante, Maricarmen, la hermana mayor, pedirá conocer su futuro a una muchacha serpiente: la respuesta de esta será críptica y, por lo mismo, aterradora. A partir de ahí, sus vidas, y de quienes los rodean, irán zigzagueando entre una boa real que acecha el vecindario y una mujer fantasmal. Una novela que danza entre la alegoría y la realidad, en la que Eudave nos lleva de la mano por la imaginación o las certezas de dos niñas que empiezan a descubrir el mundo, y se acercan a un momento decisivo y desconcertante que las llevará a cruzar el umbral de la infancia.
Un verano en Villa Fe: La hora más oscura de la noche es justo la que precede al amanecer
by José L. NavajoUn verano inesperado, lejos de la seguridad de la casa de sus padres, se torna en la aventura más significativa en la vida de un niño. Durante las caminatas con su abuelo por los bosques de Villa Fe admirando un lago, atardeceres, árboles, aves y plantas, el chico descubre tanto la creación como la genuina devoción a Dios. Las sabias conversaciones con sus abuelos marcaron su corta existencia a través de mensajes trascendentales como:"Con la fe, las dos opciones que nos ofrece la vida no son ganar o perder, sino ganar o aprender"."Deja que tu fe sea más grande que tus miedos"."La fe convierte el peligro en oportunidad y la situación más adversa en productiva enseñanza".Explore la naturaleza con este niño y sus abuelos. Enriquezca su viaje por la vida y halle sus propias respuestas, mientras disfruta de la novela Un verano en Villa Fe.
Un verano loco: One Crazy Summer (Spanish edition)
by Rita Williams-GarciaThe Spanish-language edition of the beloved Newbery Honor–winning novel about three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them, from award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia! Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California.But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers.Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.This moving, funny novel won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the Coretta Scott King Award and was a National Book Award finalist.
The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders
by Mary Lynch BarberaA step-by-step guide on how to help children develop language and speaking skills.The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or no speech abilities. In this book Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera draws on her own experiences as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and also as a parent of a child with autism to explain VB and how to use it.This step-by-step guide provides an abundance of information about how to help children develop better language and speaking skills, and also explains how to teach non-vocal children to use sign language. An entire chapter focuses on ways to reduce problem behavior, and there is also useful information on teaching toileting and other important self-help skills, that would benefit any child.This book will enable parents and professionals unfamiliar with the principles of ABA and VB to get started immediately using the Verbal Behavior approach to teach children with autism and related disorders.(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders
by Tracy Rasmussen Mary Lynch BarberaThe Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or no speech abilities. In this book Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera draws on her own experiences as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and also as a parent of a child with autism to explain VB and how to use it. This step-by-step guide provides an abundance of information about how to help children develop better language and speaking skills, and also explains how to teach non-vocal children to use sign language. An entire chapter focuses on ways to reduce problem behavior, and there is also useful information on teaching toileting and other important self-help skills, that would benefit any child. This book will enable parents and professionals unfamiliar with the principles of ABA and VB to get started immediately using the Verbal Behavior approach to teach children with autism and related disorders.
Verbal First Aid
by Judith Acosta Judith Simon PragerWords as Medicine What to say to your children to get them through the bumps, bruises, and crises of childhood. Falling off a bike, having a bad dream, getting stitches...sometimes a kiss isn't enough to make it all better. But what you say to your child in those first moments of pain or fear could make all the difference. Using techniques the authors have taught to doctors, nurses, and first responders, Verbal First Aid(tm) explains how words can be used to promote healing from burns, bruises, nightmares, asthma attacks, and more. It provides scripts and tips on how to short-circuit traumatic memories, sometimes just by speaking a sentence or two. This revolutionary book gives parents the responses they need to immediately stabilize their children's emotions. And these methods will build a foundation of confidence and inner strength that will help kids heal at the deepest level, and weather whatever hardships and difficulties they encounter throughout life.
Los verbos auxiliares del corazón
by Péter EsterházyUn verdadero tour-de-force literario donde se mezclan los ingredientes más inesperados, brillantes y reveladores. «Ya cumplidos los treinta años, todo cambio es un símbolo detestable del pasaje del tiempo.» Dos hombres y una mujer, hermanos ya adultos, son convocados por su anciano padre para acudir al hospital donde agoniza su madre. La reunión familiar ante el lecho de muerte -son los últimos años de una dictadura light que ha visto crecer a una generación amargada y descreída- despierta en el primogénito una serie de recuerdos que lo trasladan a la frontera de la orfandad y el autoengaño. Las grietas del dolor y del miedo, los sentimientos de desvalidez y soledad provocan un giro en la memoria del narrador, que cede la palabra a las confesiones y a los sueños de su madre, sumergiéndose en el imperio de la infancia y en las aventuras de una radiante adolescencia yjuventud que evocan una Mitteleuropa ya perdida cuyos ecos contrastan con la grisura del presente. Péter Esterházy -maestro del disfraz, la ironía, el humor negro y la ternura- compone un réquiem sobre la trágica erosión de los años. Los verbos auxiliares del corazón son la gramática de una afección. Las emociones y los conflictos en las relaciones entre una madre y su hijo se elevan a la categoría de mito literario.
Los verbos auxiliares del corazón
by Péter EsterházyUn verdadero tour-de-force literario donde se mezclan los ingredientes más inesperados, brillantes y reveladores. «Ya cumplidos los treinta años, todo cambio es un símbolo detestable del pasaje del tiempo.» Dos hombres y una mujer, hermanos ya adultos, son convocados por su anciano padre para acudir al hospital donde agoniza su madre. La reunión familiar ante el lecho de muerte -son los últimos años de una dictadura light que ha visto crecer a una generación amargada y descreída- despierta en el primogénito una serie de recuerdos que lo trasladan a la frontera de la orfandad y el autoengaño. Las grietas del dolor y del miedo, los sentimientos de desvalidez y soledad provocan un giro en la memoria del narrador, que cede la palabra a las confesiones y a los sueños de su madre, sumergiéndose en el imperio de la infancia y en las aventuras de una radiante adolescencia yjuventud que evocan una Mitteleuropa ya perdida cuyos ecos contrastan con la grisura del presente. Péter Esterházy -maestro del disfraz, la ironía, el humor negro y la ternura- compone un réquiem sobre la trágica erosión de los años. Los verbos auxiliares del corazón son la gramática de una afección. Las emociones y los conflictos en las relaciones entre una madre y su hijo se elevan a la categoría de mito literario.
La verdad
by Riikka PulkkinenUn relato profundamente sutil e intenso sobre un secreto de familia don se abordan las distintas formas de amar y perdonar, y cómo la memoria juega con nuestros recuerdos para protegernos de los más dolorosos. Para mitigar el sufrimiento de su abuela Elsa, una reconocida psicóloga infantil que padece una enfermedad incurable, Anna Ahlqvist le ofrece compartir los pequeños placeres que ambas adoran: hornear pasteles, disfrazarse juntas o improvisar un picnic en el parque. Durante uno de esos momentos de cálida intimidad, Anna se prueba un viejo vestido y una puerta que parecía cerrada para siempre se abre hacia el pasado. El vestido no perteneció a Elsa sino a Eeva, una joven mujer que había cuidado de la madre de Anna durante los largos viajes de su abuela. Y aunque el recuerdo de Eeva ha sido silenciado por todos, es la propia Elsa quien decide revivirlo. A medida que la historia se despliega y nos transporta a unos años en apariencia cargados de optimismo y ansias de libertad, Anna se obsesiona por recobrar el pasado de sus abuelos, como si de este modo pudiera recorrer un camino alternativo al de su propia vida. El resurgir de Eeva, sin embargo, tendrá efectos inesperados en la familia Ahlqvist. Críticas:«Riikka Pulkkinen describe con gran sutileza sentimientos y traumas albergados durante tres generaciones: esos movimientos pequeños que la mente humana realiza cuando se ocupa de las cosas más importantes [...] Esta novela se cuenta entre la literatura más hermosa que he leído en mucho tiempo.»Helsingin Sanomat «Pulkkinen demuestra una rara capacidad de percepción, una habilidad para ver lo humano y un maduro dominio de la expresión.»Aamulehti «La verdad es una novela conmovedoramente sabia, hermosa y melancólica [...] funde de forma cautivadora la realidad y lo que la memoria recuerda.»Me Naiset «Un fresco sin patetismo de los fantasmas del pasado. La nueva sensación de la literatura finlandesa después de Sofi Oksanen.»Les Inrockuptibles «El lenguaje de Pulkkinen es preciso desde un punto de vista psicológico y a la vez hermosamente poético, lo que le permite ahondar en los personajes que describe en toda su profundidad.»Etelä-Saimaa «Pulkkinen escribe con frescura sobre un tema cargado de tópicos: el amor. El texto cautiva y conmueve, y es a la vez inteligente y entretenido.»Kaleva «Después de leer este libro, es perfectamente comprensible que haya suscitado semejante revuelo. La profundidad que su autora confiere a los personajes es verdaderamente prodigiosa. Riikka Pulkkinen es una Joyce Carol Oates finlandesa de treinta años.»Livres Hebdo
Vernon's Questions
by Dan CrawfordTwo brothers take a seat in the living room to watch cartoons on TV, but find something more interesting out the window.
Véro and Philippe
by Caroline K. HattonThis story about a Vietnamese family's first year in Paris introduces the Vo family. The move is almost more than nine-year-old Vo can manage, and she devises imaginative activities like raising a prize snail and engineering a fake monster to scare her older brother, Philippe. Over the course of the year, everyone in the family learns to adjust to their new home.
Veronica Meets Her Match (Veronica #3)
by Nancy K. RobinsonThe Welcome Ceremony will take place upon the arrival of Crystal Webb in the 8th-floor hallway, to be followed by a private gathering.... Veronica can't believe her luck--there's a new girl moving in next door to her, and just in time, because her friend Hilary has been much too busy lately. Since her mother has met the new girl's parents, Veronica already knows the essentials: her name is Crystal, she is an only child, and, best of all, she'll be going to Veronica's school! That means she'll need somebody to help her adjust, and Veronica is certain that she's the perfect person for the job But when Crystal finally arrives, Veronica is surprised to find that not everything is going according to plan.... Read more about the fifth grader who tells lies hoping they will come true. She's determined to make life go her way with often funny results. Read more about her and her friends in books from Bookshare's library including Just Plain Cat which introduces Chris and Veronica, #2 Veronica Knows Best and #4 Countess Veronica.
Version Control
by Dexter PalmerThe acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion returns with a compelling novel about the effects of science and technology on our friendships, our love lives, and our sense of self. Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal tragedy years ago. She spends her days working in customer support for the internet dating site where she first met her husband. But she has a strange, persistent sense that everything around her is somewhat off-kilter: she constantly feels as if she has walked into a room and forgotten what she intended to do there; on TV, the President seems to be the wrong person in the wrong place; her dreams are full of disquiet. Meanwhile, her husband's decade-long dedication to his invention, the causality violation device (which he would greatly prefer you not call a "time machine") has effectively stalled his career and made him a laughingstock in the physics community. But he may be closer to success than either of them knows or can possibly imagine. Version Control is about a possible near future, but it's also about the way we live now. It's about smart phones and self-driving cars and what we believe about the people we meet on the Internet. It's about a couple, Rebecca and Philip, who have experienced a tragedy, and about how they help--and fail to help--each other through it. Emotionally powerful and stunningly visionary, Version Control will alter the way you see your future and your present.From the Hardcover edition.
Version Control: A Novel
by Dexter PalmerAn NPR, GQ, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the YearOne of The Washington Post’s best science fiction and fantasy books of the yearThe acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion returns with a compelling novel about the effects of science and technology on our friendships, our love lives, and our sense of self. Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal tragedy years ago. She spends her days working in customer support for the internet dating site where she first met her husband. But she has a strange, persistent sense that everything around her is somewhat off-kilter: she constantly feels as if she has walked into a room and forgotten what she intended to do there; on TV, the President seems to be the wrong person in the wrong place; her dreams are full of disquiet. Meanwhile, her husband's decade-long dedication to his invention, the causality violation device (which he would greatly prefer you not call a “time machine”) has effectively stalled his career and made him a laughingstock in the physics community. But he may be closer to success than either of them knows or can possibly imagine. Version Control is about a possible near future, but it’s also about the way we live now. It’s about smart phones and self-driving cars and what we believe about the people we meet on the Internet. It’s about a couple, Rebecca and Philip, who have experienced a tragedy, and about how they help—and fail to help—each other through it. Emotionally powerful and stunningly visionary, Version Control will alter the way you see your future and your present.
Version Control: A Novel
by Dexter PalmerAn NPR, GQ, and Buzzfeed Best Book of the YearOne of The Washington Post’s best science fiction and fantasy books of the yearThe acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion returns with a compelling novel about the effects of science and technology on our friendships, our love lives, and our sense of self. Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal tragedy years ago. She spends her days working in customer support for the internet dating site where she first met her husband. But she has a strange, persistent sense that everything around her is somewhat off-kilter: she constantly feels as if she has walked into a room and forgotten what she intended to do there; on TV, the President seems to be the wrong person in the wrong place; her dreams are full of disquiet. Meanwhile, her husband's decade-long dedication to his invention, the causality violation device (which he would greatly prefer you not call a “time machine”) has effectively stalled his career and made him a laughingstock in the physics community. But he may be closer to success than either of them knows or can possibly imagine. Version Control is about a possible near future, but it’s also about the way we live now. It’s about smart phones and self-driving cars and what we believe about the people we meet on the Internet. It’s about a couple, Rebecca and Philip, who have experienced a tragedy, and about how they help—and fail to help—each other through it. Emotionally powerful and stunningly visionary, Version Control will alter the way you see your future and your present.
Versions of a Girl: 'A wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride' Daisy Buchanan
by Catherine Gray Welbeck Publishing GroupDo we become who we are because of our parents, or in spite of them?Fern's mother is a social climber and a former ballet dancer who lives a plush life in a London townhouse. Fern's father only climbs if there's a bottle at the top, has an IQ of 133 and lives hand-to-mouth in Californian motels.Aged fourteen, Fern has spent equal time with each of her parents. That is, until an unexpected visitor triggers a life-changing dilemma: whether she should get on a plane to London to be with her mother, or stay in California with her father. Here, Fern's narrative splices in two.Two possible lives, one person. Each Fern will grow in wildly different, but eerily similar directions. Both must determine who they want to be - and how they deal with a thorny problem which threatens to undo them all: a murder.Warm and brilliantly wise, this is the irresistible fiction debut from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober.
Very Bad Company: A Novel
by Emma RosenblumFrom the national bestselling author of Bad Summer People • "Another irresistible summer read." ―W Magazine • "A darkly funny mystery." —TIME • "Juicy and hilarious." ―Glamour • "Fun, page-turning." ―People • A high-stakes, high-drama novel that reads like White Lotus meets SuccessionEvery year, executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company’s top employees for an exclusive retreat in Miami, and this year Caitlin Levy—Aurora’s newest hire—is joining the team as head of events. The benefits are outstanding: a seven-figure salary, stock shares, a discretionary bonus, limitless vacation days—what could possibly go wrong?When a fellow high-level executive vanishes after the first night, the disappearance has the potential to derail the future of the company’s sale and cost everyone on the team millions. Now more than ever, Caitlin and her colleagues must continue the charade—partaking in team-building exercises, group brainstorms, dinners—in order to keep the future of Aurora afloat amid all the fatal speculations.Compulsively readable, Very Bad Company is a slick send-up of corporate culture wrapped in a captivating mystery.
Very Bad People
by Kit FrickFirst editions have an exclusive foil design underneath the jacket! In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us, a teen girl&’s search for answers about her mother&’s mysterious death leads to a powerful secret society at her new boarding school—and a dangerous game of revenge that will leave her forever changed.Six years ago, Calliope Bolan&’s mother drove the family van into a lake with her three daughters inside. The girls escaped, but their mother drowned, and the truth behind the &“accident&” remains a mystery Calliope is determined to solve. Now sixteen, she transfers to Tipton Academy, the same elite boarding school her mother once attended. Tipton promises a peek into the past and a host of new opportunities—including a coveted invitation to join Haunt and Rail, an exclusive secret society that looms over campus like a legend. Calliope accepts, stepping into the exhilarating world of the &“ghosts,&” a society of revolutionaries fighting for social justice. But when Haunt and Rail commits to exposing a dangerous person on campus, it becomes clear that some ghosts define justice differently than others. As the society&’s tactics escalate, Calliope uncovers a possible link between Haunt and Rail and her mother&’s deadly crash. Now, she must question what lengths the society might go to in order to see a victory—and if the secret behind her mother&’s death could be buried here at Tipton.
The Very Best Baby Name Book
by Bruce LanskyThe very best baby name book just got better! Now with more than 60,000 popular and unusual names for boys and girls, this book provides expectant parents with abundant information on names, including origins, meanings, variations, fascinating facts, and famous namesakes. The following helpful features make finding the perfect name for your baby fun and easy: -- "Baby Name Guru" Bruce Lansky provides advice on how to choose a name for your baby and how to customize a popular name -- Popular names from around the world, including thousands of French, English, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, German, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Scandanavian, Polish, Native American, Hawaiian, African, and Hindi names -- Icons to identify names used for both boys and girls -- Over 5,000 names African-American families often choose for their children -- Over 5,000 names that Hispanic families commonly use -- More than 300 fun lists to help you brainstorm names, including a list of names celebrities are choosing for their children -- Stereotypes of commonly used names -- Plans for a name-the-baby shower by Becky Long, author of Themed Baby Showers The most useful, helpful, and fun collection of names on the market!
Very Cold People: A Novel
by Sarah MangusoThe “masterly” (The New York Times) debut novel from&“an exquisitely astute writer” (The Boston Globe), about growing up in—and out of—the suffocating constraints of small-town America. <p><p> ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—Oprah Daily, Good Housekeeping, The Week, The Millions, She Reads, Lit Hub <p><p> “My parents didn’t belong in Waitsfield, but they moved there anyway.” For Ruthie, the frozen town of Waitsfield, Massachusetts, is all she has ever known. Once home to the country’s oldest and most illustrious families—the Cabots, the Lowells: the “first, best people”—by the tail end of the twentieth century, it is an unforgiving place awash with secrets. <p><p> Forged in this frigid landscape Ruthie has been dogged by feelings of inadequacy her whole life. Hers is no picturesque New England childhood but one of swap meets and factory seconds and powdered milk. Shame blankets her like the thick snow that regularly buries nearly everything in Waitsfield. As she grows older, Ruthie slowly learns how the town’s prim facade conceals a deeper, darker history, and how silence often masks a legacy of harm—from the violence that runs down the family line to the horrors endured by her high school friends, each suffering a fate worse than the last. For Ruthie, Waitsfield is a place to be survived, and a girl like her would be lucky to get out alive. <p><p> In her eagerly anticipated debut novel, Sarah Manguso has written, with characteristic precision, a masterwork on growing up in—and out of—the suffocating constraints of a very old, and very cold, small town. At once an ungilded portrait of girlhood at the crossroads of history and social class as well as a vital confrontation with an all-American whiteness where the ice of emotional restraint meets the embers of smoldering rage, Very Cold People is a haunted jewel of a novel from one of our most virtuosic literary writers.
The Very Fairy Princess: Here Comes the Flower Girl!
by Emma Walton Hamilton Julie Andrews Christine DavenierGerry is asked to be the flower girl in Aunt Sue's wedding, and she couldn't be more excited. Her imagination runs wild with thoughts of extravagant decorations, a billowy white gown, and hundreds of guests. When she finds out the bride prefers a small celebration, Gerry can't help but be disappointed... but she soon realizes that having the wedding in her own backyard will let her put her creative stamp on everything. Even when disaster strikes in the form of rain on the big day, Gerry finds a way to bring sunshine to the party, reminding everyone that the most important thing at a wedding is the most special sparkle of all - happiness and love. Christine Davenier's whimsically elegant illustrations include lush garden scenes and plenty of wedding flowers in this spirited follow-up to The Very Fairy Princess and The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage from the renowned mother-daughter team.