This humorous picture book uses robots to help kids explore big emotions.Did you know robots never stay up past their bedtime? They power down right at seven o'clock. And when robots are upset, they never hit. They use their programming language: BLEEP BLOOP! But even robots with all the latest updates will occasionally malfunction. Meltdowns happen. And while they are no fun, they don't last forever. Meltdown! normalizes big emotions and explores some way...

A plot to kill the American president. A man who's lost his memory is the only one who can prevent the assassination. Will he remember in time? An Israeli Mossad operative working undercover in Iraqi Kurdistan is caught in an explosion during a cross-border raid on Kurdish rebels by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp. Knocked unconscious, he wakes to find that he has no memory of who he is, or why he is there. Will he remember in time to prevent the planned ass...

While the president is the commander in chief, the US Congress plays a critical and underappreciated role in civil-military relations—the relationship between the armed forces and the civilian leadership that commands it. This unique book edited by Colton C. Campbell and David P. Auerswald will help readers better understand the role of Congress in military affairs and national and international security policy. Contributors include the most experienced scholars in the field as well as pra...

In this book, eminent scholars of classical antiquity and ancient and medieval Judaism and Christianity explore the nature and place of forgiveness in the pre-modern Western world. They discuss whether the concept of forgiveness, as it is often understood today, was absent, or at all events more restricted in scope than has been commonly supposed, and what related ideas (such as clemency or reconciliation) may have taken the place of forgiveness. An introductory chapter reviews the concept...