Tamara Jones: 10 books

After checking into Endorphins, a glitzy health and fitness spa, poor, plump Edyth discovers that their guarantee of lifetime weight loss and a happy smile might be more than she bargained for.

Fire is a companion tale to the Dubric Byerly Mysteries, featuring Lars Hargrove and his first case. Only nine summers old and discarded by his family, shy Lars Hargrove helps Castellan Dubric solve crimes. But when a squabble turns to murder, can Lars survive his first failure on the job?

When writer Theo's life falls apart, Sid shambles in with promises and a grim, greedy smile. Theo soon acquires all the literary success he'd wished for, his books devoured by critics and fans alike. But, as Sid's smile grows wider, is the price of fame too high, or can Theo make the harshest cut of all?

This guide for new or experienced teachers of English as a second or foreign language contains fifty techniques, strategies, activities, and games for teaching pronunciation. It can be used alongside any existing textbook or without one at all, and is suitable for all levels.This book is divided...

Without grammar, you can't say much; but without vocabulary, you can't say anything. Vocabulary is the foundation of successful language learning. ESL/EFL learners need to be familiar with a great many words if they want to read, write, listen, or speak with ease. In addition to the sheer number...

I remember while traveling as a child, my sister and I would often identify images in the clouds. Depending on the angle we were looking from, we could see the same thing. Life has a way of reminding me of those times. Things happen in life that we have no control over. However, when we look at lifes...

Many books and essays have addressed the broad sweep of Texas music—its multicultural aspects, its wide array and blending of musical genres, its historical transformations, and its love/hate relationship with Nashville and other established music business centers. This book, however, focuses on...

This book is a product of the initial phase of a broader study evaluating the voluntary and regulatory compliance protocols that are used to account for the contributions of forests in U.S.-based greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation programs. The research presented here is particularly concerned with...

Renewed Accountability for Access and Excellence advances discussion of a conceptualized model for cultivating democratic professional practice in education (DPPE) and considers its relationship with contemporary teaching and leading praxes. A diverse and highly qualified group of scholars and practitioners...

Mentoring Away the Glass Ceiling in Academia: A Cultured Critique is different in that it calls attention to the role mentoring has played on the “glass ceiling” phenomenon in higher education. Narratives by and about the experiences of women of diverse backgrounds in the United States and beyond...