Be Quiet Marina

Marina and Moira like playing together, but Marina is noisy and Moira like quiet. How two preschoolers, one with Cerebral Palsy and one with Down syndrome, become best friends is beautifully told in words and photographs.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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With over 500 hand-picked titles, Healing Stories recommends carefully selected books essential for any adult looking to help children cope with their growing pains through reading. Featuring the long-established children's classics and the most recent library sensations, these hand-picked stories address kids' struggles - from the everyday to life-changing - while offering adults the information they need to make the right choices for their kids. Also includes useful tips to make reading fun and helpful for both adults and children.

Return to Sunrise Lagoon in this warmhearted sequel, which finds anxious middle child Marina making waves on her journey to trusting herself. If you want to get to know Marina Ali-O'Connor, you need to know three things: One, despite her name, Marina is secretly afraid of the water. Two, she wanted to be one of the Oldest Siblings, but is stuck smack dab in the middle. Three, she's pretty certain she's the Extra Ali-O'Connor kid—the forgotten one. When Boom, a budding filmmaker exactly Marina's age, moves in across the lagoon, she decides that Marina's quest to become someone's favorite Ali-O'Connor would make a perfect documentary. But when each plan goes a little bit wrong, Marina begins to wonder if she'll ever feel like she belongs, or if she'll always be lost in the middle.

Trips for nature lovers that won't strain the muscles.

When Marina and Federico got married everything seemed to be perfect. She had found a very loving and compassionate man that she desired to live her life with until she was old and grey. Marina was overjoyed when her husband introduced four wonderful, beautiful women to be house servants to assist her in the house while she could concentrate on her writing and art. However, unknown to Marina, these four women had come from the town brothel in which Federico owned. Also, unknown to Marina, these four women which would become her dear and most trusted friends were also charged with providing her husband the services of their bodies whenever he chose to indulge in them. It was not until returning a damaged man after severe amnesia from the First World War that Federico brought his sexual depravities into his bed of matrimony. Conflicted, Marina confronted him to stop; this led to Marina's, the servants, and his pregnant mistress to be put to death at Federico's hands....

Elsa was on her wedding day, she just wore her wedding ring. And here comes her childhood friend Marina Grill crying desperately trying to win her groom Boris's decision of choosing her over her. She won! They finally exit the church leaving Elsa on the altar frozen and shocked to the bones. She pulled herself together. Took of the wedding ring and threw it to the ground. She looked around the audience and declared " I will marry whoever is willing to marry me today!" And that very moment will turn the events of her life far from expected.