Laurel: 538 books

Hope for a prosperous and peaceful future for Haiti lies in building a more effective, resilient state. This report identifies the main challenges to more capable governance, evaluates existing plans for improving the delivery of public services, and proposes a realistic set of critical actions. The...

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...

Teach students essential skills with engaging activities. Explore key reasoning skills from the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards and strategies for teaching them to students. Then, discover fun, research-based games and activities to reinforce students’ reasoning skills. This practical...

In The Book of Life: Universal Truths for a New Millennium, readers of all ages will be treated to a daily journey of contemplation and illumination about living life in a new millennium. As the path unfolds, universal truths are interwoven with modern questions that provide for all a healthy journey...

Following on a series of RAND Corporation studies of nation-building, this monograph analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes in these interventions. It examines how external actors and local leaders in a variety of societies modified or worked around those conditions to promote enduring peace.

At the core of every soul, the seeds of truth and grace await the right frequency of light to awaken them. With this activation, they burst open, allowing wisdom to flood the soul and rise to the cognitive level of the mind. In this awakening comes access to the cosmic encyclopedia of life. Congratulations...

For punishment, for pleasure, disciplinary or erotic, regardless of status and in a variety of positions, women are being spanked... and tawsed, and caned, and... A disciplinarian Aunt finds herself on the receiving end, neither company boss nor headmistress is immune from the harsh kiss of...

Find someone you can trust. For decades, Eve and her fellow electorgs—part human, part machine—have worked on the quiet planet of Aarde, beating back toxic spores that threaten to poison the native people. When the new commander halts work right before a deadly spore release, Eve frantically...

King Jasper can order his wizard to conjure up anything at all: dragons, robots, superheroes, even rainbow-colored kittens—which leads to a magical mess only he can clean up. A hilarious, modern fairy tale, The King of Too Many Things will keep readers guessing with the turn of every page, while showing how always wanting more can ultimately lead to less happiness.

Sometimes a leap of faith is all you need...Channing Blake thought he couldn't be happier. He's working for Blake Enterprises. He's married to Cassidy, the woman of his dreams, and her cancer is in remission. Now he's ready to start a family, but his wife is haunted by the fear they may not...

Sometimes you have to tear everything down and start over... Private security specialist Samantha Jane Carson gets the surprise of her life when she arrives at Blake Enterprises for the annual security audit. Instead of her usual contact, she's greeted by the company president himself, the...

Tyler Blake is making quite a name for himself in the racing circuit and has everything he's ever wanted--fame, the support of his family, and hot women clamoring for his attention. But he can't get a certain bookseller out of his head. The passionate night he spent with Michelle Bradley on the eve...

Isabelle Reed is having a bad year. The classical violinist is struggling with a divorce, and a broken arm has left her unable to play. So when she receives a wedding invitation from her cousin Morgan, her heart just isn't in it. Going to the wedding will mean seeing everyone from back home, and seeing...

The Blake Boys Book NineLove can heal the most stubborn heart...Attorney Channing Blake is looking forward to a new chapter in his life. He's graduated law school in Washington, DC and has returned home to the Twelve Horseshoes Ranch to take a job with Blake Enterprises. But he's not...