The story of Savannah's historic public schools, both black and white, is one of modest beginnings, noteworthy achievement, and remarkable people. As the small schoolhouses of downtown Savannah evolved into the sprawling educational complexes of today, they maintained an impressive record of service to the community's most important citizens: its young people. Savannah's commitment to public education is as old as the city itself; from the beginning, efforts were made to ensure that educat...

The most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the past fifteen years of the New York Times “Modern Love” column—including stories from the anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John SlatteryA young woman goes through the five stages of ghosting grief. A man’s promising fourth date ends in the emergency room. A female lawyer with bipolar disorder experiences the highs and lows of ...

How to Have a Happy RetirementMore than a retirement advice book. Purposeful Retirement is your guide to living a purpose-filled life after your working career comes to an end.A new kind of retirement planning guidebook. Award-winning author, distinguished speaker, and successful businessman Hyrum W. Smith will take you on a journey of self-discovery as you start this new chapter in your life. Smith, the former CEO of Franklin Co...

The Mysteries of Knowledge Beyond the Senses: Dialogues with Courageous Scientists reports on the current research and personal characteristics of 22 visionaries from the US and the UK. They reveal information about learning from other dimensions, altered states of consciousness, extrasensory perception, dreams, near-death experiences, remote viewing, parapsychology, etc. Vanguard scientists believe there is more than what we see and are formulating a non-materialist paradigm that expands ...

"Smith convincingly shows how individuals of any age and in any industry can chart a course to a great career by drawing on prior success stories."— Publishers WeeklyOver the past three decades, Professor Larry Smith has become something of a "career whisperer" for his students at the University of Waterloo. His stunning TEDx talk on finding your calling has been viewed by more than six million people and counting. This book captures the b...

Anna Nicole Smith first became famous as the 1993 Playboy Playmate of the Year. She later married octogenarian billionaire J. Howard Marshall, 63 years her senior. When he died without naming her in his will, Smith sued to inherit, alleging Marshall had promised her half his fortune, or $800 million. From then on her life was lived out in the tabloids as the public followed her court cases, wildly fluctuating weight, and all-too-obvious substance abuse. Marshall's family fought her claim. ...

Here Comes the Sun!Rising temperatures, melting glaciers, violent storms, and excessive heat. The future seems bleak…but there are signs of hope.In SOLAR FLARE, we ask you to step into a world where we have managed to mitigate or even reverse the disastrous effects of climate change and our own destruction of our world. Race down the depleted waterway of the Mississippi in a solar-, wind-, and water-powered boat. Sail through the skies in a floating hydroponic dirigible. Sk...

Legs Larry Smith occupies a unique place in British popular culture. Best known as a founding member of the legendary Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, he combined music, comedy, poetry, performance art, and eccentric showmanship into a career unlike any other. Percussionist, songwriter, broadcaster, author, and raconteur, Smith became one of the most distinctive figures to emerge from Britain's vibrant countercultural scene of the 1960s.This audiobook presents a lively collection of Legs La...

The Coming of the Lord, the Last Days, and the End of the World - As Taught by Jesus and His Apostles is the newest book by Pastor Larry T. Smith. This is the first in a series of teachings entitled "Kingdom Eschatology." Kingdom Eschatology forms the basis for Kingdom understanding. The truth in this book is not a new truth, but rather it is a restoration of a truth recorded in the pages of your Bible that was originally taught by Jesus and His apostles. Not only does this book help show ...

"Chatty, humorous, and sometimes almost hysterically funny . . . Everything, perhaps even more, that you might have wanted to know about armadillos." — The Quarterly Review of BiologyPerhaps no creature has so fired the imagination of a populace as the armadillo, that most ungainly, awkward, and timid little animal. What is it that sets this quizzical little creature apart from the rest of the animal kingdom?Larry L. Smith and Robin W. Doughty ably...

For decades, campaign finance reform has been an on-going topic of discussion. In particular, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) was heralded as a major breakthrough in controlling the flow of money into campaigns. Almost immediately, political players found other ways to financially manipulate the new laws. Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game provides an in-depth look at the history of political campaign finance reform with special emphasis on legisla...

Is anything more terrifying than a dragon? Bat-winged nightmares swooping down from the sky to breathe fire and ice on the wretched humans below, kidnapping princesses, hoarding treasure, swallowing cows.Or not.In DRAGONESQUE, the latest fantastic anthology from Zombies Need Brains, you finally get to experience all that awfulness from the dragon’s point of view. And what if it isn’t necessarily that awful? What if the princess wants to be kidnapped, or the dragon is tired ...