New Releases by Julie Smith

In the NINTH installment of the Skip Langdon Mystery Series a teenage runaway escapes a serial killer. She''s on the run because she thinks she''s killed him. Meanwhile the killer stalks the city -- and her.

If you teach in a school with difficult students, this book is for you. Are they snarky? Do they try to negotiate with you or simply refuse when you ask them to do the simplest things? Do you feel disrespected and unappreciated? If you answered yes to any and all of these questions, you need to read this! It turns out that new brain research shows that adolescents are simply wired way differently than adults. Because various parts of their brain have not yet come into full maturity, they make way different choices than they might in ten or so years. Motivated by thrills, adventure, rewards and fun, they could really care less about threats of punishment. We teachers can put this to our advantage to have fun, engaging, interesting classrooms even in the most challenging of circumstances. Ms. Smith also deals with topics such as bullying and violence in the classroom; even what to do if you are threatened. This book could be considered to be a definitive guide for how to teach in the most challenging classrooms anywhere!

Our Love Story provides a unique way for you to share your thoughts and discover even more about the one who makes your heart race. Show the one you care for most just how important they are to you by completing the short answers, phrases and thought provoking lists featured in this love journal, such as: Your first impression when we met You make me smile when... Our song... I knew you were the one when... Whether you fill it out separately, together, or even ask and answer questions out loud, this book will help you to deepen your relationship...

A series of photographs exploring color, line, and shape in an abstracted view of architecture.

This Routledge Focus aims to investigate and analyse the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Communities (EC) and the European Union (EU). While the UK’s voters opted to remain in the EC in a 1975 referendum, by June 2016 a majority favoured leaving the EU. This volume examines the UK’s journey into the Union, how voters came to decide on Brexit, and where the UK’s departure from the EU may lead it.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to target negative behaviors, establish boundaries, encourage positive behaviors, and develop your relationship with your children. It is never too late to start building positive behaviors!

Can teaching media literacy really change the world? Researchers predict that, in 2015, the average American will spend more than fifteen hours every day listening, reading, clicking, and viewing media. Without question, television, films, radio, and music, the Internet, social media, news programs, and books and magazines are part of our daily lives. And while some claim that all of this media consumption is detrimental to society, the truth is it doesn''t have to be. Times have changed. Technology connects us today in new and exciting ways. We have more choices and more control than ever, regarding what and when we will watch, listen to, and read. And, as Julie Smith explains in Master the Media: How Teaching Media Literacy Can Save Our Plugged-in World, with that control comes a heightened level of responsibility to think critically about the content we consume. Written to help teachers and parents educate the next generation, Master the Media explains the history, purpose, and messages behind the media. The point isn''t to get kids to unplug; it''s to help them make informed choices, understand the difference between truth and lies, and discern perception from reality. Critical thinking leads to smarter decisions-and it''s why media literacy can save the world.

Our Love Story: A Love Journal, provides a unique way for you to share your thoughts and discover even more about the one who makes your heart race. Show the one you care for most just how important they are to you by completing the short answers, phrases and thought provoking lists featured in this love journal, such as: Your first impression when we met You make me smile when... Our song... I knew you were the one when.. Whether you fill it out separately, together, or even ask and answer questions out loud, this book will help you to deepen your relationship. Sweet, fun, irresistibly romantic, this is the ideal gift for your one and only.

"Blues in New Orlean" wurde als bester Kriminalroman des Jahres mit dem Edgar-Allan-Po-Preis ausgezeichnet. Die junge Skip Langdon, einzige Frau bei der Polizei von New Orleans und erst seit kurzer Zeit im Dienst, soll wegen ihrer privaten Verbindungen zur lokalen High Society an der Aufklärung eines aufsehenerregenden Falles mitwirken: Während der großen Karnevalsparade ist ein stadtbekannter Banker erschossen worden. Spannend, witzig, kultig: ein Krimi aus Julie Smiths preisgekrönter New-Orleans-Serie um die unkonventionelle junge Polizistin Skip Langdon!

Nicht ganz unschuldig fühlen sich Rebecca Schwartz und ihre Freunde an den Todesfällen, die der erbitterte Streit um die geheime Backmischung für San Franciscos berühmtes Sauerteigbrot zur Folge hat. Um dem neuen Freund ihrer Anwaltskollegin Chris finanziell zu helfen, kommen sie in beschwipster Runde auf die Idee, eine Auktion zu veranstalten, auf der Peter Martinelli, Sproß einer alteingesessenen Bäckerfamilie, Gelegenheit bekommen soll, sein Erbe, den eingefrorenen »Anstellsauerteig«, an den Meistbietenden zu versteigern. San Franciscos führende Bäckereien und sogar ein Lebensmittelkonzern von der Ostküste kündigen ihr Interesse an – und lösen damit eine Serie von Drohanrufen aus. Doch noch bevor es zu der Auktion kommt, finden Rebecca und Rob Bums, Reporter beim San Francisco Chronicles, Peters Leiche... Spannend, witzig, kultig: ein Kriminalroman aus der legendären Serie um die Anwältin Rebecca Schwartz – von Edgar-Allan-Poe-Preisträgerin Julie Smith!

Covering print, photography, film, radio, television, and new media, this textbook instructs readers on how to take a critical approach to media and interpret the information overload that is disseminated via mass communication. This fourth edition of Keys to Interpreting Media Messages supplies a critical and qualitative approach to media literacy analysis. Now updated with conceptual changes, current examples, updated references, and coverage of new developments in media— particularly in digital, interactive forms—this book addresses all forms of information disseminated via mass communication. Organized into three sections, the book first presents a theoretical framework for the critical analysis of media text that covers the definition of media literacy as well as fundamental principles and concepts. Part II focuses on the application of this methodological framework to the analysis of advertising, journalism, American political communications, and interactive media. Part III considers specific mass media issues, such as violence in the media, media and children, and global communications, and discusses outcomes of having a media-literate population.

Hearts for the Homeless is an extraordinary book about a young boy s journey into homelessness. He experienced a life of luxury until fate took the life that he had known away. He had to learn how to cope with living in a homeless shelter as well as dealing with the fear of acceptance by his peers. Being homeless challenged him to be strong and to persevere. He had to overcome several painful obstacles in his young life to be able to move forward to make something of himself. The main character went on to become an exemplary teacher. He was able to begin a program entitled: Hearts for the Homeless within his school. Through his own traumatic and unfortunate circumstances, he was able to teach his students how to accept people for who they are on the inside and how to assist those in need. His humanitarian efforts instilled the fact to his students that they should always have a compassionate heart. Although Hearts for the Homeless is a fictional story, it will take you on a real-life journey into the depths of disparity and the motivation to succeed.

All over the place we find them - references to the "digital nature of DNA." Or how the universe itself is digital, a "quantum computer," all about information processing. What does it all portend for the nature of the universe, of reality? Computers and modern technology have given us the ability to see that technology found in the things of the natural world far exceed what mankind is capable of making. Yet it is all attributed to the powers of random nothingness, or forces of neo-Darwinian evolution. But put the findings of Quantum Science with those from the Biological Sciences, and add the prophetic timeline depicted by the Bible and an amazing picture takes shape. Juliann Shannon takes you on an unprecedented tour, which arrives at some shocking conclusions. Contrary to what many voices in the science world are saying, the evidence of intelligence, design and programming, is all over the place - inescapable. This book is a wake up call to Christians and non-believers alike.

"The Culinary Capers of Canon and Lily: Canon Grows a Garden" is about two best friends and their culinary adventure. Canon is a moose who craves a variety of foods that aren''t readily available in his forest home. His wise friend Lily suggests that he build his own garden so he can prepare anything he desires. The story follows Canon and Lily through a journey to find plants for the garden, establish a garden in the forest with the help of their friends, and win over the hearts and stomachs of the other forest creatures.

50 Hikes in the Sierra Nevada charts the thousands of miles of trails crisscrossing the Sierras’ pine clad slopes and stark, treeless mountaintops, that make this region a hiker’s paradise. Including the perfect mix of classic Sierra treks and lesser-known routes, the author has focused on the most scenic destinations. The guide provides comprehensive, step-by-step directions for each hike and offers a glimpse into the natural and human history of the area. In addition, each chapter includes an up-to-date topographic map, directions to the trailhead, distance and elevation data, hike difficulty rating, and pertinent contact information.

When PI Talba Wallis gets a frantic phone call from Orleans Parish Prison, the last person she expects to hear from is her boss''s lawyer daughter, Angie. Popped for drug possession, Angie insists the drugs were planted. She''s a target for representing a neighborhood group protesting the illegal commercial use of a marina by its owner, Judge Buddy Champagne. According to Angie, the judge is dirty---and he''s the one who had her set up. Talba and her boss, Eddie, are outraged---knowing Angie as they do, they pull out all the stops for her. And when Talba goes undercover as a housekeeper for Judge Champagne, she finds a household straight out of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with the judge playing Big Daddy. The weak son and the hot daughter-in-law are in residence, being "between jobs." Big Mama''s absent, though---she died some time ago, and the judge is now adding his fiancée to the mix. That would be Miss Kristin LaGarde, an impossibly lovely, and possibly innocent, young lady who seems hopelessly in love with the old coot. Talba dredges up lots of interesting material; such as that someone was accidentally electrocuted at the marina and that the judge is in bed with certain bail bondsmen. She finds evidence of bribes and kickbacks. He''s dirty all right. When the story breaks and the scandal deepens, Judge Champagne winds up dead. And, to her surprise, Talba is asked to investigate. Did politics kill the judge? Or was it his own family? At the publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

Allyson Brown---the Girl Gatsby, they called her. A woman of wealth, hostess of fabled parties, patron of the arts, especially of poets. Found floating in her own swimming pool, shot to death. Poet and fledgling detective Talba Wallis gets an urgent call from the sister she barely knows, Janessa. The Girl Gatsby was Janessa''s close friend. But this call isn''t an invitation to an elegant literary salon. Janessa wants off the hook as the principal murder suspect. Investigating, Talba and her perpetually irascible boss, Eddie, find the reality behind the Gatsby glamour. Allyson Brown was widely hated, a con artist who neglected her children, failed to pay her bills, and lied to everyone. The one person she loved may have ushered her to her death. The case takes Talba and Eddie from literary parties to Gulf Coast bait shops, from biker bars to abandoned wharves, and finally to the story of another Gatsby, which may yield answers, or greater mysteries. Louisiana Lament is Talba''s journey through the not-so-genteel Southern literary scene, where backbiting and petty jealousies abound and mint juleps are served with canapés of carnage. At the publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

Standing for the Red, White and Blue is a unique children''s non-fiction book that promotes humanitarianism and compassion for the victims of hurricane Katrina. It is an enriching story about children who attend Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Willingboro, New Jersey. During this positive experience, the children gathered to form a human flag, symbolizing that we stand behind the colors of our flag and everything that it represents. Standing for the Red, White and Blue re-tells our efforts to raise money for the victims. Each child brought in one dollar to participate in the human flag. The money that was raised through this very special fund raising event was then given to the American Red Cross to benefit the hurricane Katrina victims. The book teaches children that during a crisis, we are humanitarians and we will do all that we can to assist those in need. Standing for the Red, White and Blue serves as a reminder that a natural catastrophe can occur at anytime. We must stand up as citizens of The United States of America and come together as one. We must always remember to stand behind our flag and what it represents. This extraordinary book is a necessity for every classroom and home library.

Lawyer and exotic fish fancier Rebecca Schwartz is looking forward to relaxing in picturesque Monterey with her friend Marty and visiting the world-famous aquarium where Marty works. But the peace is soon shattered...While Rebecca marvels at the amazing kelp tank, the dead body of the aquarium boss wearing Marty''s jacket floats into view, the same woman who''s been sleeping with Marty''s husband. Rebecca takes on her friend''s leaky defence, but with Marty as quiet as the deep and the shocking evidence, she has some fishing to do for clues. But the closer she gets to the truth the less innocent Marty looks - until Rebecca suspects there is a psycho on the loose with more than mackerel on the mind

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Having chased corrupt evangelist and dangerous presidential hopeful Errol Jacomine for years, New Orleans detective Skip Langdon finds her loved ones targeted and realizes that Jacomine is so carefully disguised that nobody recognizes him.

For New Orleans police detective Skip Langdon, her nemesis is evangelical preacher Errol Jacomine. As the leader of his own army of converts he, now wants to become president of the United States. But his campaign methods include theft and multiple murder. Now Jacomine is coming after Skip, her lover and her friends.

Vision is the window to learning. Vision problems can cause difficulties in the classroom that can lead to learning and emotional troubles for the child and a high cost to society. Diagnosing and treating visual disorders as early as possible is critical. Educators and parents need to be informed of the importance of proper visual skills for learning as well as the ways to detect visual problems. When vision problems are found, school personnel, parents, and children should seek help from eye care professionals in the community. Unfortunately, some patients do not have the financial means for treatment or do not know where to turn when vision problems are suspected. In these cases, it would be beneficial to have a source that lists financial assistance and resources that can be sought through federal, state, or local programs. This project had a three-part emphasis: (1) surveyed local educators to determine current knowledge and attitudes of vision problems and inquiry into known resources for financial assistance for vision exams; (2) researched local and regional resources (eye care professionals and financial assistance) available to educators; (3) designed a vision resource handout, based on survey responses, for the local schools. The handout was distributed to all schools that participated in the survey. This project had the goal of educating elementary school teachers about learning-disabled children who may actually be struggling with vision problems. Vision is crucial in the learning process, but little is done to help educators know what to look for or where to turn if they are suspicious of visual disorders.

As the EU and NATO prepare to enlarge, this volume assesses the likely impact on new member states and their neighbours remaining outside these two organizations. Through a combination of thematic and case study chapters it discusses the economic and security implications of enlargement for both ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’. Assesses the likely impact of EU and Nato enlargement. Investigates three thematic areas: economic cooperation, security and defence, and free movement of people. Considers five country case studies. Outlines the current relations between the states, how these relate to the past and what effect enlargement will have.