A first-time novelist takes readers on a dazzling adventure that puts friends, family, and foe to the test, as four children go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children can complete. Illustrations.
Gifted Hands dose not just shed light on a ghetto youth with failing grades who became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Univesity Hospital at age 33. It takes readers into the operating room to watch incredibly complex, delicate, life-saving surgeries. "He is a model to all the youth of today".--Jesse Jackson.
Kate Gosselin tells the amazing story of how she and her husband have survived the overwhelming odds of birthing not only twins but also sextuplets in three years, and how they continue to strive every day to honor Christ while he teaches them to thrive in spite of emotional, financial, social, and physical exhaustion.
The market leader among RN psychiatric nursing texts, "Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing" offers students a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric nursing from a practical clinical perspective. A user-friendly writing style engages the reader in a learning process that both informs and ...
Drawing on ancient wisdom and tradition to teach the healing power of animals, this divination system provides insight into our purpose here on Earth. It has been expanded so that 52 power animals used in a variety of spreads guide the way to healing the mind, body and spirit.
Shows readers how to recognize their talents as gifts, gain insight from people and books, be nice to all people, recognize knowledge as the key to living, develop in-depth learning skills, and keep in touch with God. Reprint.
This is a low-key but tremendously effective approach to banishing the tenacious, self-defeating aspects of your personality. Read it and learn: how simply noticing your gremlin is the first step in taming his power over you; how to experiment playfully with new actions and attitudes; how to realize that your self-concept is just that - only a ...
At birth, a girl named Ella is given the gift of obedience by a fairy. The fairy thinks she is doing a good deed because all children should be obedient, but she doesn't realize that her gift is really a curse because now Ella has no choice but to follow every command given to her. As Ella grows up, the gift becomes more and more of a burden and ...
A new edition of the classic environmental tract with an introduction by Al Gore. Carson's muckraking book, originally published in 1962, brought about revolutionary changes in laws that affect our air, land, and water, in addition, to a banning of DDT. Considered one of the most influential books of the last 50 years, according to a panel of 22 ...
Amazingly, Carson McCullers wrote THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER when she was only 23 years old--her first book. It was an immediate success and is widely considered to be her greatest novel. McCullers tells the story of young Mick Kelly, a 12-year-old girl growing up during the Great Depression. Mick is a gifted pianist--as was McCullers--who longs ...
Leading evangelical scholars provide comprehensive commentary on every quotation, allusion, and echo of the Old Testament that appears in Matthew through Revelation.
Compiled from his own words, this autobiography reveals the life of Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who rebelled against segregation; the dedicated young minister who constantly questioned the depths of his faith and the limits of his wisdom; the loving husband and father who sought to balance his family's ...
You can find our culture's obsession with avoiding risk everywhere, from multiple insurance policies to crash-tested vehicles. But is ducking risk the most productive way for us to live? Surgeon and author Dr. Ben Carson, who faces risk on a daily basis, offers an inspiring message on how accepting risk can lead us to a higher purpose.
With the help of two oncologists and a nutritionist, this cookbook tackles the challenge of eating while undergoing cancer treatment. Nutrition is a critical factor in weathering cancer treatment and patients are motivated to change their diet. This cookbook provides 130 recipes, that don't sacrifice taste, that provide the best in nutrition for ...
A fun way to present classical music to children. Nearly 150 years ago, the composer Camille Saint-Saens was asked by his pupils to write a musical joke for them. He wrote the "The Carnival of the Animals", a piece people enjoyed so much that is has now become one of Saint-Saens's most famous works. This accessible commentary, in a picture-book ...
Although they are sisters, princesses Addie and Meryl are very different. Addie is shy and fearful while her older sister Meryl is bold and daring. Ever since their mother was killed by the mysterious Gray Death (a plague that is still running rampant through their kingdom), the sisters have been being raised by their rather ineffectual father. ...
This novel in verse by poet Anne Carson is based on the ancient Greek legend of a winged monster named Geryon. Here, he discovers photography and becomes fascinated with it, and with a young man named Herakles. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
Assuming that the reader possesses a working knowledge of Greek, this book identifies the common grammatical, lexical, cultural, theological, and historical mistakes Bible exegetes can make. In Fundamentalist Journal, Robert Yarborough reviewed Exegetical Fallacies this way: "Carson has furnished a pithy and practical manual of many of those ...
Here is the strange story of the seas - how they were born, how life emerged from them, and the marine world within them. Rachel Carson's writing teems with images - the newly-formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky; volcanic action throwing up huge masses on the ocean floor to create immense mountains and desolate canyons; giant ...
This New Testament introduction treats historical questions dealing with authorship, date, sources, purpose, destination, and so forth. Each book of the New Testament is outlined and is complete with bibliographies of current studies.
Do you want to write stories that catch your readers and never let go? Have you ever wondered how to create a book as magical as "Ella Enchanted," as touching as "Dave at Night," as captivating as "Fairest"? Well, now you can find out! In "Writing Magic," Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing. She shows how ...
After telling the story of how he overcame an inner-city background to become a world renown neurosurgeon (Gifted Hands), Dr. Ben Carson now gives an inspirational look at the philosophy of life that helped him meet life's obstacles and leap over them.
An extraordinary, dazzling book of picture riddles for the whole family to enjoy. Stunning photography combined with the challenge and fun of finding hidden objects for each rhyming riddle is guaranteed to delight kids for hours. Full-color photos.
Frankie is a motherless 12-year-old growing up, with difficulty, in a town in Georgia in the 1930s. She is lonely, awkward, bored, and--like so many of Carson McCullers's characters--alienated from most of the people around her. When her brother returns from the service and announces he's getting married, Frankie hits on the desperate scheme of ...
Prealgebra, 2e, is a book for the student. The author's goal is to help build students' confidence, their understanding and appreciation of math, and their basic skills by presenting an extremely user-friendly text that models a framework in which students can succeed. Unfortunately, students who place into developmental math courses often ...
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