A book you won't want to put down.

When Ian and Heather leave Australia to teach in Samoa they expect hardship. They don't expect a devastating cyclone followed by the slow dismantling of everything they thought they understood about the world.

Why are they being laughed at? Why is introducing someone offensive? What does respect look like? Navigating traditional Polynesian culture amid disaster, poverty and political tension, exposes their own cultural blind spots, assumptions and questions their deeply held beliefs. Good intentions are not enough. Join with them as they seek purpose and explore what justice, identity, faith and community mean in a radically different culture.

Raw, honest and unexpectedly funny, Encounter immerses you in the lived reality of being an outsider - the exhaustion, the mistakes, the fear, the beauty and resilience of Pacific Island life and community. Moving with the pace of a thriller, Encounter's true story also wrestles with uncomfortable questions immigrants, travellers, and truth seekers know well: Where do I belong? Why am I here? Who am I when everything familiar is stripped away?

Perfect for readers who love biographies and memoirs that transport you into another world, want to be challenged or need a page turner they can't put down.

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Students graduate with certifications, credentials, and technical skills that look strong on paper. Too many still struggle to keep jobs, grow in roles, or earn the trust of the people around them.

Employers are clear about why.
The issue is rarely technical skill.
It is behavior.

Teaching What Every Employer Wants is written for Career and Technical Education teachers who see this gap every day and want practical ways to close it without adding more programs, more paperwork, or more pressure. Drawing on more than twenty years in education and over fifteen years leading CTE programs, Dr. Ben Clinton shows how employability skills can be taught through routines teachers already use.

This book does not treat employability skills as personality traits or abstract “soft skills.” It treats them as teachable, observable behaviors that can be practiced, coached, and reinforced inside real instruction. Communication, professionalism, initiative, teamwork, and accountability are not add-ons here. They are part of the work.

Inside, you’ll find:

• A clear definition of employability skills grounded in employer expectations

• Practical examples of how these skills show up in CTE classrooms across pathways

• Tools for making behaviors visible without turning classrooms into compliance-driven environments

• Coaching strategies that help students understand how their choices affect their work and their teams

• A detailed case study showing what happens when students are trusted with real responsibility

This is not a new program.
It is not a scripted curriculum.
It is a reframing of work teachers are already doing, with clearer language, sharper focus, and tools that actually fit the classroom.

With a foreword by former Texas Workforce Commissioner Julian Alvarez and a chapter co-written by Eloy Garza, UTRGV professor and national workforce educator, this book bridges classroom practice and workforce reality.

Teaching What Every Employer Wants helps educators move students beyond knowing the work to knowing how to show up for it, so they don’t just get hired, but last, grow, and lead.

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In 1847 Indiana, young Laurent is excited to get back out onto the rivers with Papa for the winter fur trapping season. This year he hopes to prove himself a now fully grown, and responsible man, so he can earn the blessing from the father of Loon, the half-Ojibwe-half-French girl who first captured his heart in childhood. The fur-trade has been waning for the last few years, but Laurent’s family needs a good final season in order to survive, and ultimately begin something new. When a terrible accident renders Papa incapacitated, and turns the Fontaine family’s plans upside-down, Laurent is forced to go it alone on the dangerous river. As he battles loneliness and homesickness he canoes east toward the family camp in Columbus. Just as he approaches his safe destination, he has a sickening encounter with slave hunters that leaves him reeling. Upon finding the evil men in the woods battering a black couple, he learns that their young daughter has gone missing. Laurent wrestles with God until an epiphany convinces him to find the child and take her to freedom, which hinders his fur trapping mission. With no understanding of what he has gotten himself into, he finds himself on the run from the slave hunters with the little girl. Worry and anxiety take over, and he wonders how God could have let so many bad things happen. But just when he is about to give up, God will teach Laurent that He can redeem and restore anything, once a willing person lets Him intercede. Prince in the Wilderness is a survivor tale, and love story, about growing up too fast, and taking on impossible challenges, all the while giving in to the greatest power of all.

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Noah has a great mind for solving puzzles, but when it comes to people, he’s a train wreck.
When Noah Farmer, wizard-turned-private-investigator, takes on his first case, an earthquake opens a vortex that transports him back in time. A fog stifles his magical powers, leaving him with only his wits to find his client’s sister, Gloria. He tracks her down in a frontier town where women can’t vote, and electricity doesn’t exist.
Gloria convinces Noah that the Fates brought him to Vulture City, not to find her, but to mend a wrinkle in time. The problem is, if he fails, he’ll be trapped in the past forever.
As secrets in the Superstition Mountains unravel and the lies multiply, Noah finds himself in a race against time, where Time runs the stopwatch, and Fate sets the rules.
A Western Time-Travel Fantasy where the greatest con is the quest itself.

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Betty and her puppy brothers and sisters are born to be snow dogs. From a very young age, Betty knows this and dreams of being on a sled team, one day racing in the famous Iditarod across Alaska. This is no easy accomplishment, but Betty is dedicated to her dream. Betty grows up and becomes strong and calm, happy to be a wheel dog and close to her musher, Catherine. The dogs train together and prepare for the race. Eventually, they are ready for the Iditarod. They might not win, but along with her siblings, Betty has learned that the most important thing is to do your best. After the race, Betty and her team go to the Wyoming Stage Stop Race, where Betty meets a young girl named Marie. Catherine has watched Betty’s behavior and understands that Betty would rather be a pet now that her dream has come true. Betty goes to live with her new family and begins a wonderful new life.

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When a mysterious mouse threatens to spoil the King’s grand birthday ball, Fang and Bang, the brave cat detectives from Lane End Farm, are called to Buckingham Palace for their trickiest case yet.

Disguised as members of the Royal Company of Archers and with help from Tilly the loyal guard dog, they must protect the kingdom’s biggest, most delicious cheddar. But as the palace clock strikes twelve, chaos erupts! The Midnight Mouse, Britain’s sneakiest cheese thief, makes her move sending the runaway cheddar rolling through the ballroom and setting off a royal chase like no other!

Can Fang and Bang outsmart the thief, save the royal cheese and make it home to their cosy barn before dawn?

Full of humour, heart, and British charm, The Call from Buckingham Palace is a beautifully illustrated children’s picture book celebrating teamwork, friendship, and resilience. Perfect for ages 4–8, it’s a funny cat adventure that teachers, parents, and grandparents will love sharing at storytime, in classrooms, or at bedtime.

A delightful follow-up to The Call from 10 Downing Street and ideal for readers who enjoy animal stories, gentle mysteries and laugh-out-loud adventures.

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How far will a man go to save his very soul?
Derek Hollinger has walked a long, hard road since a fateful encounter with an Indigenous shaman woman turned his life upside down. Now married to Kendal, his angel and savior, Derek desperately wants to be the man she deserves. But his obsession with his tattoos-what they mean and how to get rid of them-is tearing down everything they've built together.
Paralyzed by depression and self-loathing, Derek is convinced that only one person can help him now: the granddaughter of the shaman whose power inked him from head to toe. Enlisting the aid of his loyal friend and spiritual advisor, Father Mike, Derek treks deep into the heart of the Amazon jungle, where a final reckoning between good and evil awaits.
But God's plan for Derek isn't what he expects. And coming back alive-whole in mind, heart, and spirit-will require every ounce of his fortitude and faith.
The 6th Heaven is Book 3 in The 21 Tattoos Series, by Monica Broussard. Read Book 1 (21 Tattoos) and Book 2 (The 7th Dimension) to jump into this saga filled with heart, passion, faith, and fear. Discover how Derek Hollinger's journey for answers begins.

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What if the Second Coming was engineered by science and controlled by power?
In The Second Coming: A Novel of Divine Deception, faith, science, and prophecy collide in a chilling religious thriller that asks one forbidden question: what happens when humanity tries to manufacture God?
Deep beneath Vatican secrecy, a classified experiment uses preserved DNA from the Shroud of Turin to clone what Church leaders believe is Jesus Christ. The result is a child unlike any other. Brilliant. Perfect. Unquestionably powerful. Raised in isolation, shaped by doctrine and ambition, he grows into a global figure hailed as the fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
But something is wrong.
As the world embraces certainty, miracles, and absolute authority, a quiet resistance emerges. In Nazareth, another child is born. Not created by science. Not surrounded by power. Raised in obscurity, he embodies compassion, free will, and truth. As prophecy unfolds, the world stands on the edge of an apocalyptic future, forced to choose between submission and freedom.
This theological thriller explores the dangerous intersection of faith vs science, the rise of a false prophet, and the terrifying cost of certainty without conscience. Blending religious science fiction, Vatican conspiracy thriller, and end times fiction, the novel challenges modern faith, technological ambition, and the meaning of divinity itself.
Is salvation found in control, or in choice?
Is power proof of God, or the greatest deception of all?
Perfect for readers who enjoy apocalyptic Christian fiction, antichrist novels, and thought-provoking stories about belief, morality, and the future of humanity, The Second Coming is a bold, unsettling exploration of truth, freedom, and the ultimate test of faith.

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In The Road to Belonging: My Journey to Punta Gorda, Belize, African born Francis Mandewah shares his enlightening post-retirement quest for identity, home, and peace.
This is a continuation of the stories that began in his first memoir, Friendship: A True Story of Adventure, Goodwill, and Endurance, where he describes his journey from Africa through Italy and Greece and ultimately to America. His path to and through America was never easy, but Francis’s resilience and adventurous spirit saw him through every challenge. Upon retirement from his job as probation and parole agent with State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections, he finds himself asking: what’s next? He chronicles the answer to that question and his pursuit of yet another goal: spending his retirement years along the coast of Central America.
Mandewah’s tale is a reminder that no matter where the road begins, the search for home is a journey worth taking. In The Road to Belonging, Francis reflects on a life-changing journey, an answer to a pull for something different—a longing for a new chapter that would reinvigorate his spirit.
Drawn to the vibrant culture and natural beauty of Belize, he discovers not only a new country but also deeper truths about resilience, faith, and community. This memoir installment entails an extraordinary life journey and universal story of starting over, embracing change, and finding belonging in unexpected places.
For Francis, The Road to Belonging is not just the story of an adventure, it is a tale of discovery of unexpected connection and community. He shares his fascination and the joy of learning that he underwent searching for his new home in Belize, a place that he didn’t know he was looking for until he found it. Assimilating into his new home was like being reborn. Like many true adventurers, he is constantly driven by a deeper yearning: one seeking a new perspective.
In its pages Road to Belonging shares colors, rhythms, and spirit while inviting readers to walk alongside the author on the road that led him not only to a new country, but to a deeper sense of belonging.

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To Woman, From Man is a compilation of Harper’s poems and prose that are relevant to and for women. It honors and pays tribute to both famous and non-famous women, and it recognizes and acknowledges women who have suffered or been uncredited and discredited over centuries. The author also expresses gratitude and pays tribute to women during his life who have positively influenced his growth and achievements, including his mother, school teachers, a college instructor, a Sunday school teacher, friends, and two former wives who remain dear friends and loved ones. In addition, the last section of To Woman, From Man includes quotations deemed to be meaningful to and for women, because of their inspirational, educational, therapeutic, spiritual, and enlightening value. In the introduction of the book, author Harper states that publishing To Woman, From Man was a labor of love.

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