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This is the fourth book in the Astrid the Astronaut chapter book series about a young girl determined to be the first hard-of-hearing astronaut in space! When Astrid and the rest of the Shooting Stars find out that their teacher, Ms. Ruiz, is about to celebrate a big birthday, they band together to create the perfect gift. Her big day happens to be the same as the upcoming robotics competition and they decide to do something there. With the help of Astrid’s big sister, Stella, they program their robot to do a fun dance and give Ms. Ruiz a sweet surprise. But on the day of the competition, the data for the Shooting Stars robot somehow gets mixed up with another one! Will their fun present end up being a major malfunction?
Includes an excerpt of Hydroponic hijinks.
Astrid is excited about her upcoming first year of Shooting Stars, a club dedicated to all things space, but now that her best friend Hallie is more interested in art Astrid is not sure her goal of becoming an astronaut will happen without her friend.
Edited by Linda M. Rodrigues and featuring an introduction by Susan Van Kirk, The Fish That Got Away is the latest anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume selects 20 great new stories from the rising stars of mystery fiction! Included are: TO EVERY SEASON, by Mary Adler BLACK ON BLACK IN BLACK, by MB Dabney THE PEARL NECKLACE, by E.B. Davis KNOW NOTHING, by C. M. Surrisi GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD, by Mary Dutta QUARRY, by Susan Alice Bickford CATCH AND RELEASE, by Mark Thielman DEAD ARMADILLOS DON’T DANCE, by Kari Wainwright THE CASE OF THE ABUSED ARTICHOKE, by Cynthia Sabelhaus WILD ABOUT SAFFRON, by Marcia Adair GOOD NEIGHBORS, by Victoria Kazarian STRESS KILLS, by Cheryl Marceau GRANDDAD’S BLOOD BAIT, by Gene Garrison THE LEGEND OF BAHAMA BOBBY, by Melinda Loomis RELEASING LIVES, by P. A. De Voe KILLER’S CRUISE, by Joseph S. Walker BOOK DROP, by Sarah A. Bresniker THE LAST LAUGH, by Lori Roberts Herbst THE CANINE CAPER, by Michele Bazan Reed TRUE COLORS, by C. M. West
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A murder. A victim. A cop.None are what they seem to be. Aeronautics legend Karl Schuler is murdered on a quiet expressway in the early hours of New Year's Day, in what looks like a gang hit. Detective James Ruiz and his wife Reyna witness the shooting, and James Ruiz hears the man's strange dying words. San Jose Homicide detective Mario Flores interviews the couple and begins the search for the man's killer.It soon becomes clear that Schuler was not who he seemed to be. The murder itself is not exactly what it appears to be. What happens after the truth is discovered? When the unthinkable happens? In Swift Horses Racing, the past reaches into the present with devastating results. Despite a deadline, an atmospheric river and a painful personal betrayal, Detectives Ruiz and Flores must work together to find a killer who has everything to lose--and is ready to kill again.
Lots of kids enjoy dancing, but what motivates them to push past the sore muscles, early-morning technique classes, and crazy schedule required to become a professional dancer? In this book, dancers from many backgrounds talk about their different paths to success in ballet, modern, jazz, Broadway, and hiphop. They also share advice and helpful tips, such as: • practice interpreting the music and the mood of a movement, even when you're doing a standard warm-up exercise • try to be in the front row at auditions so you can see what's going on and so the judges know you're eager to be seen
At the foot of Mount Ararat on the crossroads of the eastern and western worlds, medieval Armenians dominated international trading routes that reached from Europe to China and India to Russia. As the first people to convert officially to Christianity, they commissioned and produced some of the most extraordinary religious objects of the Middle Ages. These objects—from sumptuous illuminated manuscripts to handsome carvings, liturgical furnishings, gilded reliquaries, exquisite textiles, and printed books—show the strong persistence of their own cultural identity, as well as the multicultural influences of Armenia’s interactions with Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Muslims, Mongol...
The editor and publisher of these volumes, which include not less than several hundred biographies spread across the six books, presents them confidently as a verified and authoritative history of the county - the result of conscientious labor in original research , and of information imparted by pioneers and their descendants , entered upon originally as a pastime and without thought of publication of the collated material. It essays to present county and city historical data that had lasting bearing on the times, but which with many of the picturesque incidents were ignored or overlooked in the publications that have gone before; and lastly it is an endeavor also to fill in the hiatus of t...