As described in the Old Testament, God promises Hebrews eternal bliss if they follow ten commandments and associated rules. The New overhauls the Old, defining the way to Heaven via the heart rather than the hand. These promises became known as “covenants” over time. And like in any contractual engagement, anyone signing onto such agreement is best served by fully understanding both the terms and parties involved. We rarely do, however. Yet, when our eternal life is on the line, is a littl...

“It’s a Wonderful Life” has become an important holiday tradition for families.But why does the movie have such a profound effect on people and what are its major themes?James Dillon answers those questions by highlighting the movie’s recurring motifs and themes. As someone who has walked a similar path to George Bailey, he’s the perfect person to tell this story and share life lessons such as:• Sometimes, miracles simply involve looking at things differently....

Kevin never smiles at school, but he is different at home. He jumps up and down when his favorite football team scores a touchdown, and screams "CANNONBALL!" when he jumps into the swimming pool. But at school he feels that he isn't 'okay.' Other kids in his class are much quicker at putting their hands up and answering the teacher's questions, and Kevin feels that he will never catch up. One day, his reading teacher asks him to help out with the school store, and Kevin slowly begins to re...

This book offers a selection of stories about teaching, learning, and school life that you can use in a variety of PD formats and settings.Grouped into four categories—students, teachers, administrators, and parents—these tales offer a powerful entry point for thinking and reflecting on your school environment in a new and meaningful way. Each brief tale is presented to spark a 10–15 minute group discussion that will help educators think more deeply about the complex, human problem...

FDNY Captain Nolan Daly was in trouble with the good folks at EEO. Again. He could have attended the annual class, sat still, kept his mouth shut for two hours and gone home. But he was tired of being told how to think. Daly wasn't racist, sexist, homophobic or any of the other labels they threw at him. It always amazed him that the people who preached acceptance, inclusion and diversity were only talking about those who agreed with them. If your opinion differed from theirs, you were not ...

From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom, offering a powerful business philosophy for life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said "deeply influenced" him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of R...

How do you get a corporation and its managers to change? How can you carry out ambitious initiatives? How do you develop intelligent ways to see issues in a completely fresh way?This book presents 7 steps of a change process, with each step illustrated by successful, innovative companies and managers.With the help of an exclusive test, readers can validate their ability to be actors who manage their own changes, rather than be overwhelmed by change itself!In the last s...

In James Hilton's compelling novel, 'Random Harvest', readers are transported to a post-World War I England, where the tapestry of memory and identity is carefully woven into the narrative. The story follows an amnesiac man who awakens in a war-torn world, struggling to reconstruct his past and make sense of his fragmented identity amid the burgeoning chaos of modern society. Hilton's distinctive literary style is marked by a lyrical prose that evokes deep emotions, crafting a poignant exp...

Nolan Daly believes he has the dream life. He's got a beautiful wife, two adorable children, and the job he always wanted. As a lieutenant in the FDNY, on the list for promotion to captain, he feels the sky's the limit. Then 9/11 happens. Daly loses seven brothers from his Brooklyn firehouse and well over one hundred friends out of the 343 firefighters killed that horrible day. While still reeling from that tragedy, he wakes up in a hospital with a pair of detectives asking him what he did...

This book takes readers on a tour of a day in the life of a public elementary school in an effort to give parents and other stakeholders a sense of the realities of the classroom. The tour reveals ten worrisome things about today’s schools and considers what to do about them. Dillon emphasizes the need for future schools to be places filled with adventure and high purpose, with classrooms small enough to waste only a minimum of time. They should be free from stifling levels of bureaucracy,...

Collects Scarlet Witch (2016) #1-15, Doctor Strange: The Last Days of Magic (2016) #1. Witchcraft is broken, and the Scarlet Witch must embark on a globe-trotting journey to fix it! From Manhattan’s back alleys to the Greek Isles to the Irish countryside, Wanda Maximoff faces myths and legends, combats curses and discovers there’s more to her complex family history than she knew. But will the powerful mage called the Emerald Warlock be friend or foe? And even as witchcraft is pieced back t...

Goethe: Novels & Novellas gathers the prose fiction of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in all its formal variety, from the emotional intensity of early Sturm und Drang to the poised irony and psychological subtlety of Weimar Classicism. These works explore love, education, renunciation, artistic vocation, and the uneasy relation between individual desire and social order. Goethe's narrative style moves between confession, philosophical dialogue, social observation, and symbolic design, placing ...