Central Skagit Library District

Alisha Rai returns with the second novel in her sizzling Forbidden Hearts series!

He wasn't supposed to fall in love with his brother's widow...

Accused of a crime he didn't commit, Jackson Kane fled his home, his name, and his family. Ten years later, he's come back to town: older, wiser, richer, tougher—and still helpless to turn away the one woman

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As a descendant of the Chinese god of medicine, ignored middle child Elle was destined to be a doctor. Instead, she is underemployed as a mediocre magical calligrapher at the fairy temp agency. Nevertheless, she challenges herself by covertly outfitting Luc, her client and crush, with high-powered glyphs. Half-elf Luc, the agency's top security expert, has his own secret: he's responsible for a curse laid from an old assignment. To heal them, he'll...

This gripping story -a year in the lives of three high school seniors and their school-takes us deep into the hearts and minds of American teenagers, and American society, today. The seniors of Berkeley High are the white, black, Latino, Asian, and multiracial children of judges and carpenters, software consultants and garbage collectors, housewives and housekeepers. Some are Harvard bound; others are illiterate. They are the Class of 2000, and through...

Les jumelages interculturels, qui ont reçu une mention de la Fondation canadienne des relations raciales (2005) et la Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Élisabeth II (2012), sont des activités permettant la rencontre de personnes de différentes cultures. Les principes de base sont égalité, collaboration et réciprocité. Ce livre contribue à la compréhension des enjeux sociaux relatifs à la diversité ethnique, à l'intégration...

"They don't care about their education." "They are not capable of learning." "I can't work with them." "I can't get through to them." Just as you may have thought these things about your students, they, too, may have similar thoughts about you: "She doesn't care about my education." "He is not capable of understanding me." "I can't work with her." "I can't get through to him." While all students in your class, building, or school district need your...

As Squirt goes for a walk in his neighborhood, we meet his friends. They are a very diverse group as they come in all sizes, shapes, and colors as well as from different countries. When Squirt encounters a new dog he doesn't know, he is afraid. But as soon as they get to know each other in a special way, they become friends. On a deeper level, this book helps parents teach preschoolers about the value of living in a diverse community. Children...

This creative dissertation addresses the process and implications of documenting and exhibiting a musical soundscape, utilizing the culture of southwest Louisiana as an anchor. From an insider's perspective, the scholarly essay interrogates the photographer's privilege and civil contract within a cultural, historical, and artistic framework. This study examines the relationship between music and social welfare, and explores the messages between the...

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

When children of color enter their classrooms each year, many often encounter low expectations, disconnection, and other barriers to their success. In The Innocent Classroom, Alexs Pate traces the roots of these disparities to pervasive negative stereotypes, which children are made aware of before they even walk through the school door. The cumulative weight of these stereotypes eventually takes shape as guilt, which inhibits students' engagement,...

This book teaches Spanish to English and English to Spanish so that cultures may start to communicate and understand each other better. May this book be the key to unlock your child's future. Este libro enseña del español al inglés y del inglés al español para que las culturas comiencen a comunicarse y entenderse mejor. Que este libro sea la clave para desbloquear el futuro de su hijo.