A mysterious scroll transports a brother and sister back to the time of God's creation of the world in this chapter book for emerging readers.The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series follows siblings Peter and Mary and their dog, Hank, as they discover ancient scrolls that transport them back to key moments in biblical history.In the first adventure in the series, Peter and Mary find themselves witnesses to the creation of the world just as God is speaking it into existence. Can they unlock...

A thrilling chapter book about a brother, a sister, and a mysterious scroll that hurtles them through time to the world's last days before the Great FloodThe Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series follows siblings Peter and Mary and their dog, Hank, as they discover ancient scrolls that transport them back to key moments in biblical history.In Race to the Ark, Peter, Mary, and their faithful dog Hank travel back to the time of Noah. With only seven days to solve the riddle of the scroll and e...

A thrilling chapter book about a brother, a sister, and a mysterious scroll that hurtles them through time to the Israelites' escape from EgyptThe Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series follows siblings Peter and Mary and their dog, Hank, as they discover ancient scrolls that transport them back to key moments in biblical history.In The Great Escape, Peter, Mary, and Hank journey to the pyramid-studded desert of ancient Egypt. When the trio become friends with Pharaoh's daughter, they witness...

Using a historical-institutional approach, The Canadian Regime introduces students to the idea of the “regime” as a lens through which they can understand how institutions interact with the basic principles of the political order.The authors explain how the Canadian liberal democratic regime was founded on the fundamental principles of liberty and equality and discuss the ways in which Canada’s institutions have developed and operate in accordance with these principles. Th...

A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleAfrica beyond Liberal Democracy: In Search of Context-Relevant Models of Democracy for the Twenty-First Century explores possible future trajectories of democratization on the continent. At the dawn of political independence in the late 1950s and early 1960s, many countries in Africa set out with liberal democratic constitutions. However, these were quickly dismantled by civilian regimes that turned their countries into one-party auto...

In this partly expository work, a framework is developed for building exotic circle actions of certain classical groups.The authors give general combination theorems for indiscrete isometry groups of hyperbolic space which apply to Fuchsian and limit groups. An abundance of integer-valued subadditive defect-one quasimorphisms on these groups follow as a corollary.The main classes of groups considered are limit and Fuchsian groups. Limit groups are shown to admit large colle...

Sam Is a Scaredy Cat!When Sam overhears something strange on Christmas Eve, he can't help feeling a bit jumpy about the coming holiday.With charming humor, this is a fun story for adults and kids to read together and figure out why Sam is afraid of Christmas!Along the way, kids will learn how to listen closely and process emotions into words. Join a cat named Sam and his best friend Bam as they learn to overcome their fears!

Terror comes in many forms and faces...A poverty-stricken girl develops a strange ability that makes her family rich, but at a terrible price. A grieving attorney teams up with a terrifying mythological force to prove that justice reaches beyond the grave. And a police officer discovers that a quiet little antique store is ground zero for an invasion of horrific creatures, hiding in plain sight…Scare Street is proud to present thirteen terrifying n...

At present, roughly half of the world's population lives in urban centers. There are now more than 20 cities with a population of over 10 million inhabitants, compared to less than 5 about 50 years ago. This tendency toward urbanization is expected to continue, particularly in the developing world. A consequence of this growing trend is that millions of people are being exposed to harmful levels of urban air pollutants caused mainly by emissions from motor vehicles and from industrial and ...

Terror comes in many forms and faces...A poverty-stricken girl develops a strange ability that makes her family rich, but at a terrible price. A grieving attorney teams up with a terrifying mythological force to prove that justice reaches beyond the grave. And a police officer discovers that a quiet little antique store is ground zero for an invasion of horrific creatures, hiding in plain sight…Scare Street is proud to present thirteen terrifying...

The patterns of land use that have evolved in Europe reflect the boundaries set by the natural environment and socio-economic responses to the needs of the population. Over the centuries man has been able to overcome increasingly the constraints placed on land use by the natural environment through the development of new technologies and innovations, driven by an increasing population and rising material expectations. However, activities are still ultimately constrained by natural limitati...