In C.S. Lewis's classic The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Lucy asks if Aslan the lion is safe. It is quickly clarified that Aslan is not safe...but he is good. That concept serves as the foundation for this collection of short stories. While written from a Christian worldview, our goal isn't comfort food for Christians or G-rated stories that offer simplistic lessons. Instead, we're serving up stories sharpened by faith. Stories that will engage, challenge, entertain, and stre...

Quiet your noisy mind—and find peace of mind—with fast-acting, on-the-spot relief for persistent, painful, and intrusive thoughts.Do you have unwanted, repetitive, negative, or intrusive thoughts that are getting in the way of your life, keeping you up at night, or making you downright miserable? If so, you need quick tools you can use right now—whenever and wherever you are—to soothe the disruption of intrusive thoughts. This emergency toolkit ha...

What have depictions of the working class in popular culture added to our understanding of the professional lives of Americans? Scenes from the American Working Class: This Hard Land offers twelve unique and profound answers from some of the most impactful and timeless novels (O! Pioneers, Ann Vickers, and Native Son), films (Blue Collar, Wall Street, and Other People’s Money), television shows (The Wire and Mad Me...

En 2020, el mundo vivió una serie de sucesos de tremendas proporciones y consecuencias, con la declaración del estado de pandemia por parte de la OMS, los confinamientos y las medidas impuestas para, teóricamente, proteger a la población frente al fenómeno covid-19. En pleno clímax de los acontecimientos, Thomas Cowan y Sally Fallon Morell redactaron este valiente libro que no solo pone en evidencia la falta de base científica de la narrativa oficial, sino que tira del hilo para rastrear el o...

"PEMDAS" is wrong. More importantly, it matters that it's wrong. Killing Aunt Sally peels back the covers on mathematics education in the United States. Author Jon A.S. offers criticisms of the common approaches that have been used for decades and longer, and presents a better way. From the very first numeric relationships we encountered to the last time we sat through a math class, we were likely subjected to an archaic approach that left us with the all too common, teacher-dreaded, yet c...

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had a seismic and lasting impact on how the business of law is conducted. Whilst 2020 certainly expedited changes that were already trending – flexible work schedules, fully-remote offices, revised resource allocations, new client expectations – it also forced firms to adopt practices, methodologies, and strategies that pre-COVID they insisted they could not. These changes are not only here to stay but have become the expectation. Law firm attorneys, s...

Jon Elkon's strength is in creating eccentric yet entirely believable characters as well as bizarre plots which could just happen. The book is based on the Author's experience of cancer within his family: he accompanied an Aunt all the way from diagnosis to holding her hand when she was dying in terrible pain. This experience was what made him determined, in some way, to get Revenge on cancer. And the best way to show one's contempt for a powerful foe is to ridicule it as he did with Apart...

Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct bearing for the study of contemporary environmental issues and realities. To date, HGIS projects in Canada are few and publications that discuss these projects directly even fewer. This book brings together case studies of HGIS projects in historical geography, social and cultural history, and e...

Dieses E-Book entspricht 288 Taschenbuchseiten ... Sally Summer, erfolgreiche Immobilienmaklerin, und Joey Winter, gut aussehender Ölmagnat, führen in Manhattan ein luxuriöses Leben wie aus dem Bilderbuch. Nach einem Schicksalsschlag verlässt Sally New York und reist nach Schweden. Dort begegnet sie Jon, einem einfühlsamen und devoten Gentleman, der von seinem Fetisch beherrscht wird. Sein Hang zu Füßen ist mehr als nur eine Passion. Getrieben von Lust taucht Sally mit Jon in die Tiefen vo...

Admission Matters offers comprehensive, expert, and practical advice for parents and students to guide them through the college admissions process. From building a college list, to understanding standardized tests, to obtaining financial aid, to crafting personal statements, to making a final decision, this book guides you every step of the way with clear, sensible advice and practical tips. This new fourth edition has been completely updated to reflect the latest changes in colle...

North Carolina has had more than its share of accomplished, influential women—women who have expanded their sphere of influence or broken through barriers that had long defined and circumscribed their lives, women such as Elizabeth Maxwell Steele, the widow and tavern owner who supported the American Revolution; Harriet Jacobs, runaway slave, abolitionist, and author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; and Edith Vanderbilt and Katharine Smith Reynolds, elite women who promot...

Finding it hard to know what to prioritise as subject lead or how to work out which research is relevant and how it applies to your subject specifically? The How to Lead It series are the go-to guides for primary subject leads in schools and trusts. In them you will find:- clear summaries of relevant research and thinking around best practice- age-specific and inclusive classroom examples- case studies- reflective questions- suggestions for shor...