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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: None.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Printing. Ex-library copy with no library pocket and few library marks in book. biography.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Nice copy, some light wear. WE ship fast.

Paperback. Condizione: LIKE NEW. Condizione sovraccoperta: NONE. Clean, unmarked, tight, flat pages as if never opened. No wear.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Bruel, Nick (illustratore). Kitty's life is really hard. Like really, REALLY hard. All she asks for is twenty-two hours a day to sleep and food to be delivered morning and night. But does she get it? No. And when Puppy and Baby get a little rambunctious during her naptime, Kitty gets bonked on the head and starts to believe she's . . . a dog.This new dynamic freaks out Puppy, so he's sent away to Uncle Murray's Camp for Stressed-Out Dogs to relax with other canine campers.But guess who sneaks along?Still believing she's a dog, Kitty fits right in. That is until she and Uncle Murray encounter a bear, and then the feline claws come out.Perfect for any kid with or without camping experience.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This established and successful textbook provides a superb introduction to the nature of social work: its legal and policy base, the knowledge, skills and values involved, and the challenges and pitfalls practitioners face. This new edition has been completely updated to include recent developments in the field. In particular, it takes into account further theoretical issues, contemporary writings, and changes in the organisation of social work education. The author has also included useful suggestions about websites and further reading. Revamped and updated, this outstanding text will be an invaluable guide for all those considering or beginning a career in social work. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This innovative textbook provides a comprehensive guide to social work practice across a range of organisational contexts, presenting social work as a diverse activity that is profoundly shaped by public policies, service missions, and practice locations. The book tackles the most current and topical theories and perspectives in a clear and accessible way, using an integrated and flexible framework which links context, theory, and practice approaches. Its international breadth and supportive pedagogical features will ensure the book's value to students of social work all over the world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Breakthrough courses are aimed at Adult Education classes and also at the self-study learner. Each course offers authentic, lively, conversational language through a coherent and carefully structured approach. The books are in full colour with attractive photographs and artwork giving a real sense of the country and its culture. There are four hours of audio material to accompany this course available in cassette and audio CD format. The new edition has been brought bang up-to-date with the inclusion of the Euro, and also a comprehensive companion website offering both teacher and student a wealth of extra resources including on-line multi-choice exercises. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Eight-year-old Japanese-American Jasmine Toguchi and her family travel to the small island village of Kabo, where her grandmother once lived. There she meets her great aunt, and stays in her family home near a quiet beach, surrounded by an orange grove.Although Jasmine is homesick for friends back home and mad at Sophie for being "no fun," she soon grows to love Kabo after catching bugs with her dad, cooking with her mom, picnicking at the beach, and attending the Obon Festival in her vibrant yukata (summer kimono). In typical Jasmine fashion, she only gets into a little trouble along the way.With her trademark humour, Japanese-American author Debbi Michiko Florence weaves together social-emotional learning topics with exciting new places, family adventure, and cultural appreciation.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Kang, A. N. (illustratore). When she first sees the scrawny bird wandering around, she just knows they're destined for each other. Her dad says, 'If you can catch it, you can keep it,' and Starla Jean is not one to back down from a challenge.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The best-selling Breakthrough courses are aimed at Adult Education classes and also at the self-study learner. Each course offers authentic, lively, conversational language through a coherent and carefully structured approach. The books have a wealth of full colour illustrations including attractive photographs and artwork giving a real sense of the country and its culture. There are three hours of audio material to accompany this course. This intermediate level course is designed for learners of French with some basic knowledge of the language and aims to extend the learner's vocabulary and improve conversational skills. The new edition has been brought bang up-to-date with the inclusion of the Euro. A tapescript is available on the companion website. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Larson, Hope (illustratore). Madeleine L'Engle's novel A Wrinkle in Time is one of the most beloved children's books of our time, and is the first book in her famed Time Quintet. But there's still more to the Murry family story! Intergalactic P.S. 3, originally published as a short story in 1970, is the story of Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace on Charles Wallace's first day of school - in another galaxy.Written with L'Engle's signature elegance, and with illustrations from renowned graphic novelist Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel), Intergalactic P.S. 3 is perfect for any fan of A Wrinkle in Time.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Reliable and presentable edition with a great bright white clean clear text. Just a bit of shelf wear to the covers. Former bookstore sticker on the front cover. Scuffmark to the front cover an excellent edition!

Paperback. Condizione: New. Vukovic, Elizabet (illustratore). In the sixth book in the series, eight-year-old Jasmine and her family travel to Hiroshima to visit her grandma and cousin Akari. After finally building a good relationship with her older sister, Sophie, Jasmine couldn't be more excited to spend more time together in Tokyo - and make a new friend in Akari. But Akari seems to only want to play with Sophie, and Jasmine's jealousy threatens to upend their visit. After a family trip to Peace Memorial Park, Jasmine realises it's up to her to make peace.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. this is a ex library book with usual markings text is very good Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Moving to a new town is never easy, but it's even harder when you're dealing with a stepdad who just left and a mom who can't get out of bed long enough to find a new job. But Mo doesn't have time to dwell on these things.Because it's her job to keep her family together. To keep them safe.So when an elephant starts to haunt her dreams - and a mysterious spirit attacks her home - Mo knows it's up to her to intervene before things get too dangerous.With her new friend, Nathaniel, she embarks on an investigation, searching for the truth about the town, its people, and their history. But things are much more complicated and tangled than she thought.To find out what's really going on, Mo might have to live a little dangerously after all.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Low, William (illustratore). Chinatown. City within a city. Home to street cobblers and herbalists, tai chi masters and kung fu students, outdoor fish markets and lots and lots of restaurants. And best of all, when the Chinese New Year begins there's a New Year's Day parade, complete with a lion dance.Young readers will be equally fascinated by the tour of this colourful neighbourhood and by their tour guide and his grandma who live there.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Mallett, Keith (illustratore). In this unusual, inventive, and perfectly pitched picture book that riffs on the language and rhythms of old New Orleans, noted picture-book biographer Jonah Winter (Dizzy, Frida, You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?) turns his focus to Jelly Roll Morton, one of America's early jazz heroes.Gorgeously illustrated by fine artist Keith Mallett, a newcomer to picture books, this biography will transport readers young and old to the musical, magical streets of New Orleans at the turn of the twentieth century.A Neal Porter Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New. How to find a fox: Follow their tracks (they're like dog tracks, but sneakier). Put out bait. Wait and watch. And wait some more. Roll down a hill. It won't help you find a fox, but it's fun. Be quick and stay alert - foxes can be tricky! Whatever you do, don't give up. Sometimes what you're looking for is closer than you think. Nilah Magruder's debut picture book is a charming adventure from the perspective of a determined little girl. Some bumps in the road nearly thwart her attempt, but sometimes those foxes are crafty in the best way.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindle family - the humans he's lived with for years. The Brindles are busy: Dad and Mom work constantly, three of their children put the extra in extra-curriculars, and Ernest, their shy twelve-year-old, goes off alone to read.When Olivetti learns Mom has mysteriously gone missing, he believes he can help find her. He breaks the only rule of his 'kind' and types back to Ernest, who must face what he and his family have been running from, The Everything That Happened. Only by working together will they find the parts of themselves they've lost.

Paperback. Condizione: New. When Theresa Brown wins the Charleston County School Science Fair, she receives the opportunity of a lifetime - an invitation to work with the celebrated scientist Dr. Flax and spend the summer building the invention of her dreams. Along with the second- and third-place finishers of the science fair, Theresa is whisked off to a world of robots, excitement, and danger. Dr. Flax claims his inventions are going to help stop climate change and make the world a better, safer place, but is that true? And can Theresa and her friends get to the bottom of the mysteries of his laboratory?

Paperback. Condizione: New. Barretta, Gene (illustratore). In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But someone thought of all these ideas first, over five hundred years ago: Leonardo da Vinci. At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become hang gliders, automobiles, robots, and much more. Gene Barretta cleverly shows how da Vinici's ideas foreshadowed modern inventions, offering a window into the future.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Evans, Shane W. (illustratore). The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is. For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me!, a book based on experiences of feeling different and trying to fit in as kids. Now, both men are fathers and see more than ever the need for a picture book that encourages all people, especially kids, to love themselves.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Trust takes courage.Laika is a 'Cold Dog'-a stray pawing the streets of Moscow until Soviet researchers take her to live at the top-secret facility. Nervous and alone, she learns she will be trained to become a 'starflyer,' an animal launched into outer space in the Soviets' race against American innovation.Twelve-year-old Nina is also a 'Cold Girl,' heartbroken after her best friend defects to America. When Nina and Laika meet in Nina's father's lab, their growing bond slowly warms the cold that has settled in each of their hearts. Together, they uncover a system of secrets, and must decide if they too will separate from the pack, or rocket to the stars.Inspired by the true story of Laika, Dog Star is a novel about friendship, personal agency, and the real meaning of love and loyalty.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Stella has a feeling that her life in Tacoma is about to turn around - just like her Panda Express fortune cookie promised. She'll finally make friends, and maybe have a little less generalised anxiety about big things, like her absent mum, and small things, like food touching other food on her plate.Her hopes for a friend-filled, anxiety-free future are quickly overshadowed when her Dad offers up an odd souvenir from his Vegas business trip: his new fiancée, Whitney. A few short weeks later, Stella and her brother find themselves staying in Whitney's Las Vegas house. But Stella isn't ready to accept her new life in the desert just yet. It's going to take some help from the stars - and her soon-to-be stepsister - to get this wedding called off once and for all.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Eren Evers is about to turn thirteen, which means something to everyone but her. Recently, all her friends want to talk about are their crushes, and her mum keeps asking about the upcoming school dance.But Eren couldn't care less about liking boys or girls, and isn't even sure how a crush should feel. Instead, she goes on long bike rides in the woods, wishing she and her friends could just play in the forest like they used to. Then Eren's bike rides take a turn for the extraordinary when a bird speaks to her, seeking her help.Eren is chosen to defend the bird kingdom from the dangerous Frostfangs, a challenge she embraces and one that will require all of her strength, as well as the support of an unlikely friend. Now she must juggle the trials of the forest and of her social scene, discovering what it truly means to be herself in a world eager to define her path.

Paperback. Condizione: New. When Silas Walker does a school presentation on former Major League Baseball player Glenn Burke, it's more than a report on the inventor of the high five. Burke was a black gay baseball player in the '70s - and for Silas, the presentation is his own first baby step toward coming out as gay. Soon he tells his best friend Zoey, but the longer he keeps his secret from his baseball teammates, the more he suspects that they know something's up. Kids get pulled from the team, fingers point at Silas, and he stages one big cover-up with terrible consequences. Was it a mistake to share his truth? This is Phil Bildner's most personal novel yet, and weaves the real history of Glenn Burke into a heartfelt and relatable story of a kid learning just to be himself.