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Proceedings of the 15th International First Year in Higher Education Conference held in Brisbane in June 2012. The conference theme was 'new horizons'.

Kitty Laine is not a popular girl in the least bit - at least she wasn't at her old high school in the suburban city of Mequon, Wisconsin. But when Kitty's family decides to move to Las Vegas, Nevada during the middle of her first semester of her junior year in high school, she gets more than just a culture shock when she attends her new high school, Sahara Palms. On the first day at her new school, she finds herself being befriended by the popular girls - and no other school has the kind of popular girls that this school has. The PG's - Popular Girls - is Prima Donna Queensridge, Olive Lowes, Poppy Hendrichs, Ursula Steele, Lauren Dawson, Ariana Garcia, and Rika Nitzu. Besides the fact that they're all beautiful, wealthy, and intelligent, the first letter in each of their first names spell out the word POPULAR - something that no other group of popular girls have. The PG's don't answer anyone who doesn't say Popular Girl before their name, they each have over a million followers on social media, and won't stand for anyone saying anything bad about them. The PG's literally live for being popular, and constantly tell Kitty that there is no other way to be. And because the PG's are the first and only ones to befriend her on her first day of school, she takes them up on their offer to become their assistant. But Popular Girl Olive tells Kitty a lot of information about the PG's that the PG's don't want anyone to know, including information about an original PG, Olivia. Once Kitty gets to know the PG's, she's unsure if she still wants to be their assistant, but she can't help but love the fact that she became instantly popular at her new school and everywhere else because she's with the PG's, and doesn't want to lose what she never thought she would become, even though the PG's made it very clear to her that she's the assistant and not one of them - and Kitty finds out that she's definitely being treated like she's not one of them despite her being with them. But Kitty finds out that not everyone likes the PG's and the last thing they want to be is like them, and she sees this firsthand when a girl gives the PG's a very in-your-face opinion on how she feels about them and about popularity and idolatry in general. One day, the PG's find out some very disturbing information about one of their very own, and this changes the structure of the PG's forever. This now makes Kitty really rethink about being the PG's assistant more than she's ever had, and it even makes one of the PG's think about who she is and what's really important in life.

Four heartwarming stories of finding love in friendly small towns, from bestselling and favorite authors, together for the first time in one value-packed box set! 16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber Welcome to Cedar Cove, Washington, where the news of the day is that family court Judge Olivia Lockhart has denied the divorce petition of a young local couple. Olivia is trusting her instincts that the two need to try again. Newspaper editor Jack Griffin admires Olivia’s choice, and the woman herself. Now Olivia has her hands full between her work and her tricky relationships with her daughter and her mother—and now Jack’s courtship. Everyone in Cedar Cove is talking! The 10-Year Reunion by Susan Wiggs Beautician Twyla McCabe was voted most likely to succeed in her high school graduating class, but a run of bad luck forced her to give up her dreams of college and a career. Now a widow with a six-year-old and essentially Dear Abby with a blow-dryer, she longs to show up at her ten-year school reunion with a date she can show off. But when her well-meaning customers arrange for her to attend the Hell Creek High School Reunion with Rob Carter, M.D., Twyla knows they’ve gone too far. Who would believe a woman who dyes hair for a living could be engaged to such a hunk? No One But You by Brenda Novak Silver Springs, a picturesque small town in Southern California where even the hardest hearts can learn to love again… Sadie Harris is out of options, and desperately determined not to lose the custody battle for her son, so she takes position assisting Dawson Reed—who recently stood trial for murder. Dawson just wants to leave his painful past behind and fix up the family farm. As their professional relationship grows into something else, Sadie realizes that Dawson has a good heart, one that might be worth fighting for. Welcome to Moonlight Harbor by Sheila Roberts For her fortieth birthday, Jenna Jones is getting a divorce. She’s barely able to support herself and her teenage daughter, and now her deadbeat ex is demanding spousal support! The unexpected gift of being asked to manage the Driftwood Inn for her aging Aunt Edie might be the rainbow at the end of the storm. Or not. The coastal town is a little more run-down that Jenna remembered, and the inn is worse. But with the help of her new friends and a couple of handsome citizens, perhaps the sunshine is on the horizon after all. Because, no matter what, life is always good at the beach.

Details the horrific true story of Jeremy Bryan Jones, who, from the time he was a teenager, attacked, raped, and mutilated countless victims until he was convicted and sentenced to die for the brutal murder of an Alabama mother of two children.

Four students - Callie, Raven, Keith and Omar - are all striving to succeed at a cut-throat, top-ranked law school in Texas. This is a world where the pressure to compete can easily turn friends into enemies, opportunities into betrayals and lovers into weapons. Both Callie and Raven have taken a shine to Omar and things soon get ferocious. Loaded with romantic incident, unforgettable characters and a delicious insider's view of law school culture, Illegal Affairs is a genuine page-turner that marks the arrival of an exciting new voice in Black fiction.

Ginny is determined to save her own Dumbleholes Stables and the hotel, owned by her sister, despite Rowena's refusal to co-operate in any way. She undertakes a lonely and brave battle to uncover the secret behind the appalling events occurring there. Niall Huntly, son of the absent managers, alternates between mistrust of Ginny's motives and apparent concern for her well-being. Another hotel guest, Clive, is more supportive, but insinuates that Niall is deceiving her....