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After Charlotte’s father died, her mother changed. She became cold and distant, and Charlotte slowly withdrew into herself. She spent years feeling lonely and insignificant, and rarely spoke more than a few words to anyone. One night, after a traumatic incident instigated by her mother, Charlotte is arrested and taken to juvie. A year later, Charlotte’s being released from juvie for the second time. Instead of an awful group home, her social worker brings a welcome surprise: Charlotte’s long-forgotten uncle, Arthur, who is all too eager to help her.

Executive functioning skills can be improved. Using the science backed principles and easy-to-apply techniques in this workbook, you’ll learn how in just eight days. How much would you give to never miss a deadline again from procrastinating? How much better would your relationships be if you could regulate your own emotions and calm your nerves like an anger management coach? It’s true executive functioning skills are more difficult for people with ADHD—but that doesn’t mean you can’t improve them.

Effective techniques to calm your thoughts and overcome the symptoms of ADHD. Maybe you’ve been told to “just try harder and focus.” As if it were that simple. It’s true people with ADHD are wired differently. But with the right tools the symptoms of ADHD can be managed effectively. What most people giving advice don’t know, are the specific techniques and systems that real people with ADHD have used to stop overthinking and improve their focus.

Kensington, Philadelphia, is distinguished only by its poverty. It is home to Ryan, Giancarlos, and Emmanuel, three Puerto Rican children who live among the most marginalized families in the United States. This is the story of their coming-of-age, which is beset by violence—the violence of homelessness, hunger, incarceration, stray bullets, sexual and physical assault, the hypermasculine logic of the streets, and the drug trade. In Kensington, eighteenth birthdays are not rites of passage but statistical miracles.

Former CIA officer Jessica Scott and Navy SEAL Asher Hayes have worked together for years as part of a black-ops team for the president, but Jessica's close encounter with death is about to change everything between them.... As the team hunts down her abductor and tries to prevent an impending attack, Asher will stop at nothing to protect the woman he cares about. But will his actions push Jessica, aka the Ice Queen, further away; or will he knock down her impenetrable walls?

With the world clinging to a fragile peace forced on the Fae by humanity after the Faerie Wars, metalsmith Alex Blackwood is plunged into the world of the half-fae who traffic in illegal magical artifacts. Her best friend's murder and his cryptic last message place her in the crosshairs of a scheme to reignite the decade-old war between humans and fae. Worse, violent attacks against her and the arrival of a fae knight on a mission force Alex to face a devastating revelation of who and what she is.

As diferenças gritantes no jeito de ser e de agir de homens e mulheres já não são novidade há tempos. O que continua sendo um dilema é como fazer dar certo uma relação entre duas pessoas que às vezes parecem ter vindo de planetas distintos. Compreender essas diferenças é parte da solução e é nisso que Gary Chapman vai ajudar você.

I had my reservations about hiring Alex Clark. With her long brown hair and deep brown eyes, she was a beautiful woman. I knew if I hired her and moved her into my home, the temptation to keep my hands to myself would be torturous. But I was desperate, she needed a job, and my daughter liked her.

Three previously published novels that take place in a post-apocalyptic future, where civilization has had to adapt to survive, and some mutations have granted magical powers. A dystopian society has evolved, ruled by an elite class that is about to experience a shift in power.

My name is Maia Graystone: prisoner, rebel, and reluctant savior of a dying world. In exactly 552 hours, an asteroid will end life as we know it. Not that my life is anything to brag about. Trapped inside a hellish prison, my days consist of surviving the other inmates and the bounty on my head. Then a mysterious benefactor offers the impossible: a chance to compete in the Shadow Trials and win a coveted spot on the space station above our dying world.

An elite Navy SEAL and one of the world's best snipers, Liam Evans lives and breathes his missions. It's a simple - if not solitary - way to live, but it keeps his heart safe and his head in the game. But one night in Vegas with his beautiful friend destroys his one rule, leaving him at risk of falling for his own wife. Emily Summers, a successful lawyer for the attorney general's office, swore off charmers with sexy accents and devastating smiles, and a weekend in Vegas isn't going to change that.

Here in Vegas, they call her Destiny, but I know exactly who she really is. Lexi Cruz and her father ruined my life. They blackmailed me for millions. And then, when I refused to pay them another dime, they murdered my old lady and our unborn son. The only thing that has kept me going for the last few months is vengeance. I live and breathe for the day I'll finally get my revenge. Guilt eats away at me a little more with each day that passes until there's nothing left of the man I used to be. I'm ready for my dance with Destiny; to finally put an end to the suffering.

They're being hunted.... When Harper Brooks and Echo Four, Roman Riviera, become separated from their team, they find themselves trapped inside what feels like a dangerous game, where nothing is as it seems. Harper and Roman will do whatever it takes to escape, but what happens when they find out the greatest threat to their survival is each other?

Designed for the ADHD mind, this book will help you get organized, tidy up, and keep it that way! Have you ever found yourself surrounded by doom piles of clutter, wondering how your home became so messy and disorganized? It’s natural to feel overwhelmed and stressed by the thought of tackling the mess–even ashamed or embarrassed that your home got this way. But it can be handled with the right approach.

What do you do when everything you have been raised to believe is ripped away? When your entire life's been shown to be a lie? For Cerena Lightmoon, she fights. But now the odds against her are longer than ever. Entrusted with a desperate mission to prevent Hell on Earth, all she can depend on is her training, her skills, her swords, and her men. With her companions and lovers Tym, Lance, and Brandon, she takes on the world. Whether it's vampires, werewolves, or something darker, none have stood before her flashing twin swords and defeated her.

Alessandro. He esperado ocho largos años, planeando pacientemente mi venganza. Ahora, lo he encontrado, y lo haré pagar. Me contrató para cuidar a su esposa, garantizar su seguridad. Y planeo matar a la misma mujer que juré proteger. Sufrirá como yo lo hice, y cuando termine con él, suplicará piedad, piedad, que no le daré. Ravenna. Me observa con odio en su oscura mirada, sus ojos tan negros como un abismo, siguiendo cada uno de mis movimientos. Esos ojos lo ven todo; No puedo escapar de esa mirada silenciosa, o esconder los moretones que cubren mi cuerpo, cada marca es una señal.

I swear this is the last time I come to Kira’s rescue. Not that she’s ever realized it, because my best friend’s little sister is too busy hating me to notice. And while she may be infuriating, temperamental, and unpredictable, my wolf felt her pain when her mate rejected her publicly. Now, she’s determined to claw back her reputation by taking part in The Reject Project, an infamously dangerous TV show featuring irresistible bachelors and rejected mates.

I'm learning to accept that my entire life has been a lie, and that with my mother's disappearance there are mysteries I may never uncover. Not to mention, my abilities are manifesting and I'm just beginning to understand what being part of an Infinity really means. As my relationship with each guy grows, so does the Infinity bond between us. Living with four moody guys - who give me butterflies with a simple look - can be slightly overwhelming. Still, I need answers, and moving forward is the only way to get them.

War never claimed he was perfect at either role, but he knows that he's a helluva lot better parent than his junkie ex-wife. Nova McQueen doesn't like being the bad guy who rips kids from their homes. She's only trying to protect them from neglect and abuse. And while the big, dirty-talking biker may have once given Nova a wild weekend that she'll never forget, War is as far from father of the year as you can get. His participation in a motorcycle gang makes Nova certain that his son is in danger.

When her best friend tries to sign Cali up to appear on a reality show where contestants complete ridiculous challenges for cash and prizes, Cali tells her she's crazy. When she gets a call back for an audition, she thinks there's no chance the show will be interested in her boring life. Little does she know; that's just what they're looking for. When Cali agrees to go, she's thinking about keeping her head down and trying to win as much cash as possible.