Best Selling Books by Susan Price

Game Changers have the skills, courage and power to change the world! Read about eight game-changing scientists who all shared the same motto in life: ''nullius in verba'' - ''take no one''s word for it''. They asked the questions and gathered the evidence that shaped our understanding of modern science. From Isaac Newton who established the laws of motion still used by engineers and scientists today, to Marie Curie, who won two Nobel prizes in recognition of her work on radiation and radioactivity, and Tu YouYou, the Chinese scientist who discovered a cure for malaria that has saved millions of lives. Game Changers: Super Scientists is part of the Reading Planet range of books for Stars (Lime) to Supernova (Red+) band. Children aged 7-11 will be inspired to love reading through the gripping stories and fascinating information books created by top authors. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills. Reading age: 10-11 years

Time traveling corporate raiders target 16th-century Scotland--and face the legendary Sterkarm warriors--in this "enthralling . . . brilliantly imagined" series (Philip Pullman on The Sterkarm Handshake). James Windsor--leader of FUP, the twenty-first-century megacorporation that created a tunnel back to the past called the Time Tube--has no intention of giving up his plan to pillage resources from pristine sixteenth-century Scotland. Unfortunately for Windsor, the Sterkarm clan, who will do anything to protect their lands from invaders, continues to stand in his way. But if Windsor''s modern-day mercenaries, with their technology, rifles, and rocket launchers, can''t beat the primitive Sterkarm warriors, who can? And who could possibly understand the wild Scottish moors and the clan''s brutal ways better than the Sterkarms themselves? When FUP opens up a new portal, two universes of Sterkarms are pitted against each other, but anthropologist Andrea Mitchell--originally sent back in time by FUP to study the clan--will risk her life to save Per, the warrior she loves, and the community she has grown to call home. And when both sets of Sterkarms become wary of the twenty-first-century "Elves," who shake on promises of friendship with one hand and commit murder with the other, they know there is only one way to protect their futures: join with the Grannams, and with each other, to destroy the tunnel, preventing the Elves from returning ever again. Perfect for fans of Outlander and Vikings, A Sterkarm Tryst is the epic conclusion to Susan Price''s award-winning Sterkarm Trilogy.

Little Billy Goat Gruff says, "Some of our words and letters have fallen out of our book! The colour has been lost too! Please, can you help us? Colour us in again and put all our words back together. Thanks! This activity book accompanies the retelling, by Carnegie Medal winning author Susan Price, of the old favourite ''Three Billy Goats Gruff.'' First, enjoy reading the story, with its funny illustrations and repeated phrases. Then open this book and colour-in the illustrations - and see if you can help the goats by filling in the missing words and letters. While small people will enjoy being read the story and colouring-in large letters spelling ''Eat him!'' they won''t appreciate, as bigger people do, how much they''re learning. Learning to listen and absorbing the pattern of stories is highly educational. Listening is a learned skill, and these old stories teach empathy as they increase vocabulary. Closely observing the shape and grouping of letters in order to copy them into the blank spaces - with loving help from adults, of course - prepares children for both reading and writing. It makes children comfortable with books and pens, while the repetition of the task helps them memorise letters and spellings. Research* has shown that children who are read stories at home before starting school, and who are encouraged to draw and colour-in and do such simple ''missing word'' exercises, start school with the equivalent of two years advantage in education. * See the work of Dr. David Rose.

The stunning sequel to the acclaimed ODIN''S VOICE.

Discusses how the Department of Social Services (DSS) tells Medicaid, cash welfare, and Food Stamps recipients that the department can collect money from them or their legally liable relatives to repay the cost of government assistance.

Dicusses which states allow people who are not licensed as registered nurses or licensed practical nurses, such as nurses'' aides, to administer medications in nursing homes.

Discusses the Department of Social Services'' (DSS'') procedure for and timing of child support order entry when a person is granted cash assistance under the state''s Temporary Family Assistance (TFA) program.

Discusses how many nursing homes in the state have special care units for people with Alzheimer''s disease and how many beds are in these units.

Describes what activities have been undertaken in Connecticut in the past five years to study or address variations among family court judges'' child support and custody decisions.

Discusses what rights the State of Connecticut currently affords gay and lesbian couples.

Summarizes U.S. Supreme Court''s ruling in Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett, 531 U.S. 536 (2001) and a comparison of the Connecticut, Rhode Island, and California legislatures'' response to it.

Surveys the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to identify what statutory penalties they set when a person who is legally required to report suspected child abuse willfully fails to do so. Also discusses whether states with stiffer penalties had experienced a significant increase in the number of complaints what were either frivolous or unsubstantiated when compared with states with lesser penalties.

Discusses how many state employees have felony convictions, and, Judicial Branch or Dept. of Corrections employees having these or misdemeanor convictions, which state jobs prohibit the hiring of people with criminal records; and, summarizes state law prohibiting discrimination in state employment based on a person''s criminal record.

Discusses a series of questions about Hartford''s tax classification system and tax abatements.

Compares same-sex civil marriage and civil unions.

Discusses at what point children can refuse to visit with their noncustodial parents and if there is a legal limit to the number of times a former spouse can go into court claiming violations of a divorce decree.

Discusses whether the Judicial Branch has requested new facilities as a result of legislation that raises the age for juvenile court jurisdiction from 16 to 18 beginning Jan. 1, 2010.

Discusses under what conditions the state might intervene to provide financial assistance to a family who is entitled to child support from the absent parent but unable to collect it.

Paul loves beautiful girls and he loves poetry. He''s a pub poet - courageous enough to recite sonnets to the Hell''s Angels in the Hailstone Inn. So when Zione, a beautiful black girl - and a real head-turner - appears in his audience at the Old Crown, Paul is well pleased. When she asks him to go outside with her, he doesn''t hesitate. When they''re alone, in the darkness of the pub''s yard, Zione calls up green fire and, for Paul, everything goes away... He wakes up in a strange bed, not knowing where he is - which, for him, is nothing new. Then the luke-warm hot-water bottle nips him. It''s a dragon. A small dragon, but still a dragon. It turns out, Zione is a sorceress. The sorceress of Dragonsheim. Where Paul now is. Paul cheers up when he finds that poets are far more respected in Dragonsheim than in his own world. Everyone is glad to see him - and keen for him to meet the biggest poetry lover of all. A very big poetry lover who has devoured most of the Oxford Book of Poets. In the most literal possible sense. When Paul performs for this poetry-lover, he finds his work examined and criticised as never before. When this critic rips you apart, you stay ripped. It''s extreme lit-crit. Can Paul''s ego survive it? Can he survive it? And get back to his beloved lost world of pubs, pints and crisps? A light-hearted fantasy of poets, sorceresses, dragons - and wrapping paper.

Discusses the legal claims made in Wiseman v. Armstrong, et al. (No. CV 020821661S (Htfd. Super. (2002)) and the status of the case.

Discusses Dept. of Children and Families'' (DCF) policies concerning foster and adoptive parents'' rights.

Discusses whether states deny or reduce family cash assistance benefits when an applicant or recipient does not cooperate in identifying, locating, and establishing the paternity of her children''s father or fathers.

Discusses the Connecticut Supreme Court decision allowing experts to testify about factors that may affect the reliability of eyewitness identifications (State v. Guilbert, 306 Conn. 218, 2012 WL 3629569, Sept. 4, 2012).

Explains whether Connecticut or any other states have laws to help military reservists called to active service who experience a reduction in income meet their child support obligations.

Features forty-five quick-fix recipes; a maintenance diet; advice on anti-cellulite rubs, wraps, creams, liposuction, and exercise equipment; and more. Reprint.

Discusses under what conditions Connecticut courts require a mental health evaluation for children committed to the Dept. of Children and Families or juvenile offenders, what issue or condition is presented to the evaluator to be addressed, and whether there are any guidelines courts or agencies follow.