Oxford advanced learner's dictionary

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423 HOR o

Earthquake!

An hour before dawn on April 18, 1906, Philip awakens to a world gone crazy. San Fransisco is struck by devastating earthquake that turns the familiar streets into twisted scenes of complete destruction.

Unbroken (Movie Tie-in Edition): A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience…

In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, aga…

The Walking Dead : Rise of The Governor

The bestselling start of the original Walking Dead series, now in mass market! In Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead universe, there is no greater villain than The Governor. The despot who runs the walled-off town of Woodbury, he has his own sick sense of justice: whether it's forcing prisoners to battle zombies in an arena for the townspeople's amusement, or chopping off the appendages of those …

Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness." "My baby boy..." she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire…

Integrating Primitive Reflexes Through Play and Exercise

Are you a parent, teacher or service provider looking for effective resources to help and improve a child's development? Are you strapped for time? Would you like a guide of 5-10 minute step-by-step therapeutic exercises that can be done in the classroom, home or playground? Recognizing the need for effective and universally accessible auxiliary therapy programs, author, parent, and occupationa…

The Parent's Guide to Occupational Therapy for Autism and Other Special Needs

With the help of this handy guide, you can bring tried and tested occupational therapy activities into your home and encourage your child to succeed with everyday tasks while having fun in the process. This expanded edition of the award-winning book includes new advice on toilet training, coping with changes in routine, repetitive behaviors, self-regulation and much more. The simple explanation…

Uniquely Wired: A Story about Autism and Its Gifts

Zak is obsessed with watches. Before that it was trains. He owns hundreds of watches and is quick to tell everyone everything about them. Zak also has autism, so he sometimes responds to the world around him in unconventional ways. As Zak describes his point of view, young readers gain a better understanding of his behaviors and learn valuable lessons about patience, tolerance and understanding…

Everyday Games for Sensory Processing Disorder: 100 Playful Activities to Emp…

Award-winning author and occupational therapist Barbara Sher has over 45 years experience helping children with sensory processing disorder, autism and Asperger's learn and thrive. In this new solutions-based guide, she's collected 100 sensory-rich games that make working with your child a joy. Whimsy and wisdom pour forth from this wonderful book. The fun and functional sensory-motor ideas ar…

A Separate Peace

An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war. Set at a boys boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene i…