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A witty, ironic miscellany of moments from famous lives--their triumphs, failures, marriages, and missed chances--this collection of offbeat moments in the lives of the famous and infamous is organized by year of age.

This book takes the reader through the basic terms and techniques of drawing. Step-by-step projects are highlighted to provide a fun and creative way to familiarize kids with different mediums and techniques. These activities take the "how-to" further and really encourage kids to explore and expand their own artistic talents. This title is perfect for beginning artists! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Explains that although many young minority girls are interested in science, the racism and sexism in the field discourage them from pursuing it after high school. This book addresses the role of agency and resistance that encourages and sustains interest in science in African American families and communities.

A former college baseball coach urges Christians to practicing learning only one principle of faith per week, in order to be more serious and passionate about serving Jesus in day-to-day activities. (Christian)

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ONCE UPON A time, in a grand castle, there lived a rat named Bob, who was fond of baking and wild about reading. So begins Bob's quest to save himself from being eaten by Muffin and Brutus, the Queen's cats. How does Bob attempt to escape their claws? By telling them fractured fairy tales about his whole rat family (and feeding them cookies).

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is an historical novel set in the first half of the twentieth century. The hero, for that is what he truly is, is a very young RAF fighter pilot who takes his chance with fate on almost a daily basis from May to October 1940 and survives. It is his survival which is at the root of his problem, he cannot expunge the guilt of it. Neither can he explain it even to those close to him. His redemption is perhaps found in a comrade's journal. Th...

This is an historical novel set in the first half of the twentieth century. The hero, for that is what he truly is, is a very young RAF fighter pilot who takes his chance with fate on almost a daily basis from May to October 1940 and survives. It is his survival which is at the root of his problem, he cannot expunge the guilt of it. Neither can he explain it even to those close to him. His redemption is perhaps found in a comrade's journal. Th...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else's ? and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain. By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights from thousands of years of contemplative practice, you, too, can use your mind to shape your brain for greater happiness, love, and wisdom.Buddha's ...

Originally published in 1911, this early works was written to supply a cheap book on scientific forestry for foresters and woodmen. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The community college is the largest single sector of the US higher education network. As of 2005, forty per cent of newly enrolled undergraduate students attended community colleges. This book aims to critically analyze the internal changes and external forces that shifted the focus of the two-year college - from the liberal arts to job training.

This book describes the role of the controller in a nonpublic company (small business), and provides a detailed "how to" guidance of the various duties and responsibilities the controller of a nonpublic company may be required to assume. It describes the functions many small business controllers usually perform. The audience for this portfolio is new controllers for small business and/or those aspiring to become controllers. This book may be u...

In this revealing broadside, Victor Davis Hanson explains how President Obama has imprinted his domestic ideology of victimhood onto a therapeutic, Carter-inspired foreign policy. In Obama's vision, the United State renounces its role as a defender of the postwar order and instead becomes an agent of global change - one that questions our existing system of defense, values, alliances, interests, and commerce. In tactical terms, Obama believes ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.