Best Selling Books by Julie Lawson

Les dix récits rassemblés dans ce roman relatent les événements qui sont survenus durant la période des fêtes, après que les héroïnes des romans de la collection Cher Journal eurent terminé d''écrire leur journal intime. Il n''est toutefois pas nécessaire d''avoir lu les autres livres de la collection ou de connaître les héroïnes pour comprendre et apprécier les récits du présent ouvrage.

Mara er en kjærlig ektefelle og mor, en elsket datter og en suksessrik advokat. Hun har blitt diagnostisert med en sykdom som bare har én utgang og har gitt seg selv fem dager til å ta farvel. Scott bor på en helt annen kant av landet og er fosterfar for en gutt på åtte år. Scott står over for sin egen fem dager-lange nedtelling før hans elskede fostersønn skal føres tilbake til sin biologiske mor. Scott og Mara blir kjent via et internettforum. Vennskapet som oppstår hjelper dem gjennom den vanskeligste og mest avgjørende uken i deres liv.

Mara vecht tegen een onverbiddelijke ziekte, en Scott ziet zich gedwongen zijn pleegkind op te geven. Een hartverscheurende roman die vraagt: wat zou jij doen, de laatste vijf dagen met je dierbaren? Mara, een 42-jarige succesvolle advocaat, lijdt aan de ziekte van Huntington – een ongeneeslijke ziekte die haar van de controle over haar lichaam berooft. Over vijf dagen neemt ze afscheid van haar man Tom en dochtertje Lakshmi. Scott en zijn vrouw Laurie nemen over vijf dagen afscheid van hun pleegzoon Curtis, die teruggaat naar zijn biologische moeder die dan vrijkomt uit de gevangenis. Scott en Mara kennen elkaar van een internetforum voor ouders van geadopteerde kinderen, en ze delen een bijzondere vriendschap. Terwijl hun werelden volledig op hun kop staan, proberen ze tegelijk de laatste dagen met hun geliefden zo gewoon mogelijk te houden. ‘Nog vijf dagen’ is een ontroerende, rauwe roman over afscheid nemen en hoe het is als je de controle over je leven verliest.

During a terrible drought, a cheerful, dutiful son finds a magic pearl which forever changes his life and the lives of his mother and neighbors.

When the wind picks up on Mistaken Road remarkable things can happen. It''s going to take a resourceful trio of night-time adventurers to undo what the wind has done in one day. Under an agate moon, Jess, Claire and Rigby set off on their mission to the Castle of Kite. To say that they get carried away is an understatement! In this high-flying adventure, they encounter a giant that sneezes, the spindrift of the Milky Way, and a windfall of lost and blown away objects. Their only problem now is how to get home. In this, her lovliest, most fantastical picture book to date, prolific West Coast children''s author Julie Lawson lets her own potent of imagination get carried away - out on the finest of strings. There is no better match for lawson''s story than pictures by Kathryn Naylor. Her luminous watercolour palette of snap-flapping colours and her own georgeous sense of play make Blown Away a marriage of talents made in heaven or somewhere very near by.

An illustrated story about a little girl who shares a love of the stars with her grandfather and who uses that love to help reconcile herself to his death.

It''s 1917 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The First World War is raging, and despite its distance from the conflict, the Halifax Harbour is bustling with activity. Anti-German prejudice is rampant, and though 12-year-old Livy Schroeder and her 15-year-old brother Will are still mourning the loss of their father, who died in a mysterious boating accident just six months before, his German heritage doesn''t merit them much sympathy. The rumours he''d been a German spy are only flamed by his disappearance. On the morning of December 6, while Livy is in Richmond begging forgiveness from the Schroeders'' former housekeeper, Will is atop Citadel Hill reporting for the school paper, when he sees two ships collide. A flash of light, then thunder from underground: the Halifax Explosion hits. Instantly, the city is unrecognizable. Lost and separated in the dark, destroyed city, will the siblings find each other again? Where is their mother? And who is to blame for the catastrophe? In A Blinding Light, award-winning author Julie Lawson (No Safe Harbour) tells a riveting story of the Halifax Explosion and its aftermath, exploring the concepts of guilt, blame, and taking ownership, the divide between the rich and poor, locals and immigrants, as well as the human bonds that arise in times of tragedy. Young readers will be spellbound, and teachers and librarians will find plenty of topics for discussion in the book''s historical and cultural lessons.

In her lyrical, cumulative rhyme based on the poetic structure of This is the House That Jack Built, award-winning author Julie Lawson tells the story of a young girl who spends a magical day on the beach, building a sandcastle. While she works, the little girl''s imagination creates a fairy tale adventure, complete with stately castle walls and whales and mermaids who come to visit. Accompanied by artist Frances Tyrrell''s exquisite illustrations, this is a beautiful time capsule of childhood.

Captain McKee''s canoe has a mind of its own, and takes its passengers on a rollicking pirate adventure! The narrator of this whimsical rhyming story sets off in an enchanted canoe with his brother and O''Malley -- a stuffed kangaroo -- and meets up with a band of fearsome pirates. But the swashbucklers turn out to be friendly after all, and they all share a feast of hot dogs and "sizzled mallows," before the canoe speeds the adventurers safely home. The Pirates of Captain McKee was previously published under the title Whatever You Do, Don''t Go Near That Canoe!, a 1996 Governor General Award winner for its illustrations.

"In this second book to the Goldstone trilogy, Jo struggles for acceptance by her peers. After she learns that she was adopted, she slowly comes to find inner strength" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000

Life makes all of us feel stressed and overwhelmed at times, so how do some seem to manage it so well? How do they overcome fear to achieve remarkable success? They know how to be resilient. Whether it''s managing daily stress and burnout or overcoming life''s most difficult adversities, Warrior Principles helps you develop the seven most important characteristics for living resiliently. These principles, based on more than 20 years of research, build the emotional and mental strength you need to navigate life''s challenges.--Publisher.

Long ago when dragons were still young ten suns lived at the far edge of the world. One day they decided to shine together! 5 yrs+

When a cougar is sighted in downtown Victoria, the conservation officer must find and capture it to return it to the wild.

This book documents the work of two leading contemporary artists: Douglas Gordon and Graham Fagen; here, both artists respond to the representation and status of the famous Scottish Poet Robert Burns (1759-1796). 0Commissioned poems by Jackie Kay, the third Scottish Makar (National Poet of Scotland) feature at the centre of the book.0Douglas Gordon''s installation, ''Black Burns'', is a though-provoking response to the full-length marble statue of Robert Burns, by John Flaxman, which stands in the Great Hall of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.0''Black Burns'' will address many of the key concerns in Gordon''s work. Created on site in the Great Hall in July 2017, and aims to render Flaxman''s totemic sculpture of Scotland''s national hero at once more human, more vulnerable and more exposed.0Graham Fagen''s evocative video installation ''The Slave''s Lament'', 2015 is a response to Robert Burns'' The Slave''s Lament (1792), his only work to empathise with the appalling hurt of the displaced, the trafficked and the enslaved. A beautiful lyric written over 200 hundred years ago, it is a narrative that remains entirely contemporary. This part of the book serves as a photographic record of the installation that was met with great acclaim at the Venice Biennale in 2015.

This research modelled five alternative pathways to funding social housing and found the ''capital grant'' model, supplemented by efficient financing, provides the most cost-effective model for Australia. The research also established the current and future unmet need for social housing in different parts of Australia.

Safe, adequate, affordable and appropriate housing is critical to health, wellbeing, and social and economic security. However, many Australians cannot find housing in the private market, and the social housing system is under-resourced and manifestly unable to meet demand.In response to this, there is emerging interest in whether reconceptualising social housing as a form of essential infrastructure might help to attract additional investment, especially from private sector sources.

A young girl''s diary chronicles the Halifax explosion of 1917.