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The afterlife isn't all it's cracked up to be, according to seventeen-year-old Lilith Adams. She hates it in the Guardhouse and she definitely doesn't want anything to do with the ongoing war against Lucifer's disciples. A war that, according to Lilith, has absolutely nothing to do with her. To top it all off, there's Gabriel, the archangel who seems determined to make her afterlife a living hell.So when Lilith is offered the opportunity to go back to the moment right before she died, she doesn't hesitate for a second. Then she realizes her actions have devastating consequences, not only for her, but also for Gabriel. Angel's feather is a novella about destiny and love when you least expect or want it, with a devilish twist at the end. Angel's feather is the first part of the Divine Army series. Praise for Angel's feather: "What exciting story is going to follow, after this great start, readers must be thinking." - Juror of Dutch Dark Romance writing contest
A collection featuring novellas by prominent Israeli writers. They range from Aharon Appelfeld's In the Isles of St. George, which is on a wandering blackmarketeer, to David Grossman's Yani on the Mountain, on the social cost of Israel's militarization.
Gabriel Segovia hails from Laguna, Philippines. The youngest son of a wealthy family, he was raised with Christian values of daily prayers, respect, humility, and community service. Everything is going well for him in his quest for a future as a mechanical engineer until his final year of college. Broken with devastation when a freak accident takes his two childhood friends, he is left wondering what he could have done to save them. Under the provisions of the Military Bases Agreement between the United States and the Philippines, Filipino nationals are recruited to serve as stewards on US Navy ships. Most Filipinos enlist in the United States Navy for one purpose: an opportunity for a bette...
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Stress and Coping of English Learners addresses the many ways that ELs face academic and socioemotional stress in the K–12 school environment, the consequences of this stress at school, how they cope with this stress, and how school personnel and families can provide support and help. While enrollment in school programs offers assistance to many ELs, it often fails to provide the socioemotional support that ELs need as they navigate the rough waters of schooling. American schooling is often not prepared and/or unwilling to help ELs as they adapt to an unfamiliar language, culture, social norms, communication techniques, and teachers' expectations. Given the proper foundation and emotional support, ELs will be positioned for greater academic success, comfort at school, and a decrease in their sense of alienation in both the school environment and at home as they try to negotiate between two cultural environments.
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wireless Internet , WiCON 2018, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in October 2018. The 36 full papers were selected from 79 submissions and are grouped into the following topics: wireless network, artificial intelligence, security, IoT, location-based services, financial applicatiosn, vehicular ad hoc network, services and applications.