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About the Contributor(s): Robert P. Lightner is Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus at Dallas Theological Seminary. He has taught courses in biblical studies and theology at Baptist Bible Seminary and Dallas Theological Seminary for almost fifty years. His previous books include 'Handbook of Evangelical Theology', 'The Last Days Handbook', 'The Epistles of First, Second, and Third John and Jude', 'The Death Christ Died', 'Sin, the Savio...

Have you ever wondered why cats act the way they do? Why do they run around the house at night and sleep most of the day? Why do they hide in boxes and paper bags? Why do they like high places? This book follows a cat named Kingsley through her day and compares her actions to those of her big cousins who live in the forests and jungles of the world. Cat lovers will recognize the behavior in their own cats. Children who never had a cat in the f...

The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.

The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early European legal systems and the society of the Middle Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes.

A bearded face in a mirror... A holy man in a mosque in the heart of Iran... A stranger in a toy shop in Oxford Street... A surgeon in Bristol Royal Infirmary... They all have one thing in common: piercing, ice blue eyes. And whenever they are seen, happiness and good fortune seem to follow. Rose, for instance, on holiday in Iran with her father, finds that a disfiguring birthmark on her beautiful face has disappeared. She also gets herself...

It's winter 1942, and Helen, a young girl, stands on the deck of a ferry with her sister on the way from Ireland to England. It's a rough crossing, but Helen is sustained by the hope that this boat trip will take her away from her past and give her a future. What is it in Helen's past that she's so anxious to escape? Over the years, she will have many new beginnings - new jobs, new houses, new husbands! She journeys on through the strands o...

Rita S. Eagle, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, mom and grandmother. Formerly of New York City and Toronto, she now lives in Southern California with her family, and her son's dog, Henry.B.Eagle. .She has published in several professional journals and is the author of the recently published book, "Help Him Make you Smile: Intersubjectivity in the Atypical child". "Sniffy" is her first published children's book. Gerry Rasmussen is a cartoonist...

Part history, part technology, and part policy analysis, this one-of-a-kind, landmark book reviews the history of NASAs space exploration program, its astronaut safety program, the present status of the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, and the options and strategic opportunities that present themselves as NASA enters its next phase of space exploration with Project Constellation.

Outlines a comprehensive strategy to help principals succeed amid increasingly difficult circumstances. This book takes a fresh approach to the principalship by focusing on the accomplishments needed to support student learning. It shows why accomplishments and leadership domains are important to a principal's success and how they can be achieved.

Preparing for College Admissions clarifies and demystifies the unknown components of the college admissions process and leaves you with a quiet sense of well being, knowing that you have done the best for your future. Preparing for College Admissions shows parents and students, in simple steps, how to organize the process, how to select the college that is the best match, and where to find the money to pay for a great education. If you want to...

Children whose dominant handedness is purposefully reversed may undergo profound alterations in their developing brains. Hidden Handedness tells this story from an autobiographical point of view. The story opens with the experiences of an adult who learns at age 41 that he belongs to a group of people whose handedness had been reversed. Such people are called "submergees" in the book. The surprising discovery initiates a return journey in whic...

They Have No Rights is a historical account of the famous Supreme Court case, Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sanford, that influenced the Presidential election of 1860 and triggered a chain of events that thrust the United States into the Civil War.

Across the galaxy, humans are at war with a merciless enemy bent on annihilation of the human race. Created by the Human Alliance League, the Dieya Corps of planetary wardens protect evolving worlds from contact with advanced civilizations. On the medieval planet of Ravar one such sentinel discovers a covert operation controlled by the human race's most deadly enemy. Cut off from outside help, he must rely upon the strong swords of two of Rava...

Over eight decades, a French ophan's rollicking saga of survival and victory: war, women and Africa

Teaching Math is Fun and Easy! This book is chock-full of creative ideas that appeal to all learning styles. Rhymes, stories, pictures and acronyms, stimulate the brain to remember math procedures and vocabulary. Visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners respond enthusiastically to this fun and effective method. * Learning to count by making rhyming books. * Easy ways to memorize addition/subtraction facts and vocabulary. * Remembering days of...

An artist tumbles through a labyrinth of experiential realities and profound feelings. The most beautiful feeling is that of escaping the tyranny of reality and being free from the ties of objectivity. The wide range of my early works shows my anxious pursuit of myself in my art. My inner restlessness and my fantasy could not be fully expressed in one style. I was a revolutionary, irascible and uncontrolled, constantly experimenting and search...

Buster, The Big Yellow School Bus, is a delightful story about a school bus named Buster and his favorite driver, Miss Lilly. The author adds a twist to the story when she creates Buster, who has a mind of his own. Buster could not only hear the children, but he could see them as well, and he also knew how to talk! Buster encounters three students aboard his bus as he teaches them a delicate lesson. Chug, chug, chug, down the winding roads of ...

Antonia (Stampfel) played a major role in shaping the coffee-house folk music scene in Greewich Village from the late 1950's well into the 1970's. She collaborated with Bob Dylan and many other musicians, above all the Holy Modal Rounders, for whom she wrote dozens of celebrated songs. Here are her songs, short stories, and personal letters, telling the story of one of the most fascinating women of our time!

Within these pages is a secret. It is a secret that cannot be kept and cannot be told. It all began when Patsy picked up her Aunt Red's diary and unleashed the mysteries of a magical land named Taneslan. In this tale of adventure and beauty, young Patsy Pruitt travels to a magical land to search out its secrets. Following in the footsteps of her Aunt Red's many adventures, Patsy learns to see many things she never even knew existed.

The key documents describing Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger's appalling theft of classified documents from the National Archives. Must reading for any concerned citizen.