Best Selling Books by Kim Smith

A caper mystery in the truest sense. This wild and zany debut is the story of Shannon "Wall-ass" Wallace, recently fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend--who also turns up dead. Now she''s a person of interest to more than just the cops... When Shannon Wallace is fired from her secretarial job at Fine Furnishings, she thinks her life is over. She cannot believe her boyfriend, who was also her boss, has done this to her. To them! It''s enough to send her racing to the nearest casino to drown her sorrows. In a drunken state, she goes to visit Rick Fine to tell him a thing or two. But all Rick wants is for her to get out of his hair. When he throws money at her to call a cab, Shannon collects the last of her vanity and goes home. Only, the next day, Rick turns up dead, and now Shannon finds herself in a terrible dilemma. She''s a person of interest to the South Lake police department. ,The detective in charge of the case turns out to be a former flame--one with a grudge. And he is enjoying Shannon''s trouble just a bit too much. When he lets it slip that her boyfriend''s murder was also a theft, and several video disks have turned up missing, Shannon knows that her situation is much worse than at first believed. That was a romantic collection, and very, very private. If the cops get those disks, they will be evidence, and possibly viewable by some of South Lake''s finest, like Sal Ramirez, detective extraordinaire, man with a mission. Now Shannon and her college bestie, Dwayne Brown, are on the run to find the disks before the cops do. But first, they have to get them back from the murderer...

After a successful first year at Cornick College, voodoo priestess Hettie Ardoin and her good friends Addie, Sandra, and Glinda have rented a house together. They expect their sophomore year to be calmer. However, that is not to be. The Board of Governors has fired the popular former president because of declining enrollment and a shrinking endowment. They hire the new president with a strong business background to fix the problems. His solution angers the Cornick College faculty, students, and alumni. Hettie and her housemates find themselves in the middle of the conflict, forcing Hettie to use her voodoo powers. Their year provides them with excitement, heartache, danger, some shocking surprises, some irresponsible fun, and plenty of laughs. The events in this book happened to someone at some university.

-55% OFF FOR BOOKSTORES! Are you looking for an Asian cookbook for your homemade dishes? In this book, you will find many traditional and modern recipes. Now you can capture these unforgettable flavors in your own kitchen. This Asian cookbook makes it quick and easy to prepare delicious meals at home with beginner-friendly recipes that anyone can master. Chicken. Beef. Pork. Few words that recall clearly and distinctly the intense amazing flavors from one of the best and most spread ways of cooking in the world: Asian food. These step-by-step recipes use simple, affordable, everyday ingredients you can find at most grocery stores and don''t require lengthy prep work or complicated cooking techniques. In this cookbook you will learn how to cook at home the most famous Asian recipes, easily preparing meals and dinners for your friends, parties, and kids using the best ingredients, and elevating the flavors with both gentle and strong spices from the Far East. If you want to impress your friends and family, this Asian cookbook is for you! What are you still waiting for? Grab your copy now!

Friends getting together to build a playground for the kids to play and have fun. Rex is the dog watching the hard work of those friends.

A cute Christmas coloring book for kids. It shows Santa'' life and how his job works during Christmas day.Come in large print 8.5x11 inches with clear illustrations.A great gift on Christmas''s day or anyone who loves Santa.

This series of books examines some of the most profound issues brought about by technological advances that humankind will face in the near future. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Louie Huey and Chloe Robertson investigate the rise of transhumans, mind control, time travel, and life after death. While these novels are fiction, scientists and engineers are now developing these technologies in private, university, and government labs around the world, often in secrecy. These anonymous men and women are radically transforming our lives without our awareness. Whether we will use these technologies for good or evil is yet to be determined. Will we control them? Or will they control us? Unless we act now, future generations will be burdened with finding the answer.

For those about to read . . . we salute you! School of Rock hit screens in 2003 and it was an instant hit, remaining the highest grossing music-themed comedy for over a decade. Now fans can enjoy the hilarious and heartwarming story as an adorable full-color picture book! It''s just another ordinary day at Horace Green Elementary School, and the students think they''re getting just another ordinary substitute teacher. What arrives instead is Dewey Finn, a washed-up musician who whisks them off on a totally rocking adventure. After Dewey hears the kids practicing in music class, he realizes he has another chance at his greatest dream- winning the Battle of the Bands. But when the parents discover what Dewey has been teaching their kids, will the School of Rock even be able to compete? With all the iconic moments and laugh-out-loud lines of the original, this Pop Classic''s charm and spirit shine on every page. The delightful story of a diverse and passionate group of children coming into their own is a must-have for fans of the film, parents of musical kids, and anyone who''s ever stuck it to the man!

It is widely acknowledged that innovation will be necessary to dramatically improve public services in America. But innovation in the public sector doesn''t happen in a vacuum; innovation happens at the nexus of policy, research, capital, and practice. This project looks at one case study--education--by analyzing some of the key aspects of an emerging ecosystem for innovation in public education in the US, including the flow of investment capital for such efforts, the uptake of innovations by buyers and users, federal efforts to stimulate and scale innovation, and ways that technology could facilitate innovation investment and practice. Drawing on surveys, interviews, and working groups, the project highlights recent efforts to fuel and steer more innovation, and frames the remaining challenges that lie ahead for the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. This project culminates in an analysis of the lessons and insights drawn from the recent experience of US public education in comparison to the way leaders are using innovation to address similar intractable social problems in other fields and in other countries. (Contains 10 figures and 53 endnotes.).

A new Unbelievable Freedom Journal offering 52 Contemplations for a year-long reflective practice

This Summer Fun Lapbook covers a variety of topics and activities. These range from daily journaling to learning to have safe summer fun by learning some summer safety rules, and lots of random summer fun stuff in between! Some activities are included that can be saved for a rainy day, and others are meant to be used outdoors. Included is a special bonus section titled ''Summer Blessings'' that contains some Bible verses meant to teach children in a fun way to recognize and be grateful for all summer blessings. You will be pleased with the content of this lapbook, and anything in it can be expanded upon for a deeper study of each topic . Above all, everything in this lapbook is for Summer Fun!!

This paper revisits the central question of how to improve the provision of capital for entrepreneurial change in public education, but emphasizes the innovation ecosystem that surrounds the capital markets. The authors consider capital as one of the most important levers individuals need to align in this innovation ecosystem, but as a force that can both influence the way innovation takes hold--and can in turn be influenced by others in the wider ecosystem, including public policy. In this paper, the authors briefly define what they mean by innovation and the cycle of constant learning it requires, and lay out three contributing trends relevant to this context: social entrepreneurs, social purpose investors and social purpose market steering. They then consider the five elements they believe are necessary to enable effective capital market dynamics to support innovation, including: (1) Clarity and agreement on the problems, goals and metrics for success; (2) An effective research and development (R&D) system; (3) A culture that is evidence-based, with incentives and infrastructure aligned for continuous improvement; (4) Data that are transparent, available, comparable and useful; and (5) Robust, diverse and aligned investment capital. The authors conclude by offering some recommendations about how they might work together across the sectors to mobilize public, private and philanthropic capital in ways that harness the ingenuity and energy of entrepreneurial change agents in service of ambitious public education goals. (Contains 2 figures and 80 endnotes.).

This is the 2nd journal in a series called Blank Page Bliss. These accompany a guided journaling ritual and community called Blank Page Bliss. This one includes prompts having to do with excavating long-buried dreams and living into expansive possibility.

Lançado em 1985 e protagonizado por Michael J. Fox e Christopher Lloyd, o filme De volta para o futuro conta a história de Marty McFly, um adolescente com problemas em casa e que tem um amigo cientista que inventa uma máquina do tempo. Sem querer, Marty viaja trinta anos pra trás, e agora precisa descobrir não só como voltar para casa, mas também como consertar a confusão que ele criou na vida dos próprios pais quando jovens. De volta para o futuro, clássico pop do cinema, ganha agora uma adaptação em livro ilustrado com o traço moderno e delicado de Kim Smith.

Diversão nostálgica para os pais e imperdível para os filhos: clássicos pop do cinema agora em livros ilustrados Lançado em 1990, o filme protagonizado por Macaulay Culkin e dirigido por Chris Columbus acompanha as arriscadas aventuras de Kevin McCallister, um menino de 8 anos que, chateado com a mãe, deseja que sua família desapareça. E o desejo se realiza! Sozinho em casa na véspera de Natal, Kevin tem que aprender a se virar e usa suas artimanhas infantis para se defender de dois ladrões insistentes. Esqueceram de mim, clássico pop do cinema, ganha agora uma adaptação em livro ilustrado com o traço moderno e delicado de Kim Smith.

Em "E.T. - O extraterrestre", o menino Elliott encontra uma criatura muito diferente e descobre que seu novo amigo vem de outro planeta. Juntos, eles tentam achar um jeito de mandar o E.T. de volta para casa e, no caminho, aprendem importantes lições sobre coragem, amizade e o poder da imaginação. Esse clássico pop do cinema ganha agora a adaptação em livro ilustrado com o traço moderno e delicado de Kim Smith. Lançado em 1982, E.T. foi uma das primeiras obras a consagrar o diretor Steven Spielberg e imprimiu cenas memoráveis na cultura mundial, como a das crianças cruzando o céu de bicicleta, com a lua ao fundo.