OH GROW UP is about “parenting with spirit” – strength, guts, soul – whatever “spirit” means to you. The result is a truly remarkable eclectic fusion of ordinary old-school middle-of-the-road methodologies, combined with extraordinary old-age-new-age philosophies … including Parenting’s 21 Golden Insights, 21 Magical Secrets, and 21 Universal Principles.

Strange, cute, and charming new characters are around every corner in Oh My Goddess! Omnibus Book Three! First, the blonde bombshell demonness Mara descends with a wicked plot to possess the body of Keiichi's little sister, Megumi...which leads Skuld to build a new character, Mini-Banpei RX, to combat their infernal rival! Then, at a mountain resort, the ghost of a long-dead lovely maid takes form to try to get Keiichi to honor a promise his grandfather made to her, and Mara strikes back by conjuring a trio of killer ninja masters...ninja masters only one foot tall! Oh My Goddess! is America's longest-running manga series. Dark Horse first published OMG! in comic book format way back in 1994 and has been the exclusive publisher ever since. Now, Dark Horse is collecting Oh My Goddess! in the larger, omnibus format with three of the original trades in each omnibus for the low price of $19.99. There will be a total of 14 volumes.

Nanotechnology is a 'catch-all' description of activities at the level of atoms and molecules that have applications in the real world. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, about 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair, or 10 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom. Nanotechnology is now used in precision engineering, new materials development as well as in electronics; electromechanical systems as well as mainstream biomedical applications in areas such as gene therapy, drug delivery and novel drug discovery techniques. This book presents the latest research in this frontier field. Contents: Preface; Electrospinning: A Novel Method for Metal Oxide Fibres; Nanofocusing Probe Optimisation in a Near-Field Head for an Ultra-High Density Optical Memory; Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Metallic Nanocluster Interfaces; Pre- and Post-Breakdown Conduction of Thin SiO2 Gate Oxides of MOS Devices: A Conductive Atomic Force Microscope Study; Topographic and Electrical Characterisation of Afm-Grown SiO2 on Si; Solvothermal Route used to Synthesize BN Nanocrystals and the Catalytic Effect of BN Nanocrystals; Covalently Attached Multilayer Self-Assembly Films and Micropatterns Comprising Metal

Ahh youth, what a great time in your life. Oh how we change as we grow older. Our hopes, dreams, fears and self-confidence begin to form in our minds as we grow older. Things change. And as they do we learn, we grow and we change. But when you begin to mature and your self-confidence forms in your mind. You learn that it is not necessary to always be in such a hurry. When we are young we think there is just no time to stop and smell the roses. Being older now, I do take the time to stop, and the roses smell so sweet. Now I understand the meaning. Bad things will pass with time. It is up to us to take care of our mind. Marriage is a big change in our life. Now you have to give up some of your privacy, give more than you take, and have a lot more patience. Oh what we learn as we grow. There are so many things going on in our mind. The television used to be entertaining but now it puts all kinds of strange thoughts in your head. Be a careful viewer. It is up to us to keep our mind in order. Our body might shrink as we grow older but our brain continues to grow. Feed it with healthy things.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a book that will save lives. For most of his early life, Christopher Kennedy Lawford battled life-threatening drug and alcohol addictions. Now in recovery for more than 25 years, he works to effect change and raise global awareness of addiction in nonprofit, private, and government circles, serving as the goodwill ambassador for drug dependence treatment and care for the United Nations. For the first time, Recover to Live brings together all of the most effective self-care treatments for the seven most toxic compulsions affecting every culture on the planet today—alcohol dependence, drug dependence, eating disorders, gambling, hoarding, smoking, sex, and porn. In Recover to Live, more than 100 of the world's top experts interviewed by Lawford share their research and wisdom on how to determine if your bad habit is becoming a dependency, what treatments will work best for you, how best to help yourself or a loved one recover from addiction, and how to lead a fulfilling and productive life in recovery.

Thousands of children's books are published each year-some are outstanding, while others are not. This book makes it easier for you to find the best in children's nonfiction books, and it offers concrete, classroom-tested ideas for presenting them to students in irresistible ways. Booktalks for more than 350 nonfiction titles (appropriate for elementary and middle school students) are organized according to topics popular with young readers-Great Disasters, Unsolved Mysteries, Fascinating People, Science, and Fun Experiments to Do. In addition, there are tips on booktalking, an outline for a booktalk program, and a bibliography that can be used for collection development. Appropriate grade levels for each book are cited. Library Media Specialists will find this guide essential. The thematic approach helps teachers search for titles that correlate to curriculum areas or specific units of study. Parents can use the book with their children as a reading selection tool. Anyone who works with young children will find this book an invaluable resource.

Tinderbox tells the exclusive, explosive, uninhibited true story of HBO and how it burst onto the American scene and screen to detonate a revolution and transform our relationship with television forever. The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Sex and the City, The Wire, Succession...HBO has long been the home of epic shows, as well as the source for brilliant new movies, news-making documentaries, and controversial sports journalism. By thinking big, trashing tired formulas, and killing off cliches long past their primes, HBO shook off the shackles of convention and led the way to a bolder world of content, opening the door to all that was new, original, and worthy of our attention. In Tinderbox, award-winning journalist James Andrew Miller uncovers a bottomless trove of secrets and surprises, revealing new conflicts, insights, and analysis. As he did to great acclaim with SNL in Live from New York; with ESPN in Those Guys Have All the Fun; and with talent agency CAA in Powerhouse, Miller continues his record of extraordinary access to the most important voices, this time speaking with talents ranging from Abrams (J. J.) to Zendaya, as well as every single living president of HBO—and hundreds of other major players. Over the course of more than 750 interviews with key sources, Miller reveals how fraught HBO’s journey has been, capturing the drama and the comedy off-camera and inside boardrooms as HBO created and mobilized a daring new content universe, and, in doing so, reshaped storytelling and upended our entertainment lives forever.

After her mother’s death, Siduri’s search for her missing father reveals a shocking truth – she belongs to an ancient eldritch race being hunted to extinction. Forced to flee with a foul-mouthed spirit, her ex and an orphaned ghost boy, Siduri meets treachery at every turn. With her enemies closing in, can Siduri survive the genocidal crusade? Siduri is a tale of fate and family secrets in a world where the line between the living and the dead is blurred.

★★★★★ This book is so beautiful and made my heart flutter - Reviewer ★★★★★ I started this book and got sucked in and could not put it down. - Reviewer ★★★★★ I so fell in love with this story in all it’s romantic, quirky and humorous glory. - Reviewer Forbidden Romance. Brother’s best friend. One hot summer all alone. I left home at 18 and never looked back. It’s not that my home was horrible or anything, it’s just that my cheating scumbag of a husband didn’t approve of my family. He’s gone and now my brother’s way overprotective and visits me at least once a month and has all my neighbors texting him if they think something is wrong. I keep telling him I’m fine. Even if I can’t drive anymore because of my panic attacks. Even if I wake up screaming every night. Even if someone breaks into my house. That was one too many things for him so now he’s left his meathead bff to watch over me and I can’t stand the man. But one night we fall asleep together watching movies and suddenly everything is different. The problem is if my brother finds out, he might kill us both. For Fans of: Emma St. Clair, Jenny Hale, Lucy Score, Sara Cate, Lauren Landish

This compilation of American slang contains more than 5,000 common slang terms with easy-to-understand definitions and sample sentences. The book's unique classification of slang terms under key words makes it easy to search for and discover any term. By organising terms this way, slang terms that share a common key word can be classified together for easy reference. For example, under the key word 'Chip,' the following terms are alphabetically listed: bargaining chip, blue chip, cash in one's chips, chip in, chip off the old block, chip on one's shoulder, in the chips, let the chips fall where they may, and when the chips are down. Slang terms with more than one key word are also cross-referenced, and sample sentences lend meaning to the slang terms by showing their applications in writing and in conversation.