After thirty years of living in the one square mile of Jewett City, a pastor/journalist decided to fight negative perceptions of his hometown by spending a year interviewing 120 neighbors and visitors whose lives intersect his own. In the process, Adam Bowles discovered a beautiful diversity and the untold stories of faith, family and friendship that makes this New England town shine.Now, in what is part memoir, part call-to-action, Adam shares ten community-building lessons he unc...

Offering the first long-duration analysis of the relationship between the state and religion in South Asia, this book looks at the nature and origins of Indian secularism. It interrogates the proposition that communalism in India is wholly a product of colonial policy and modernisation, questions whether the Indian state has generally been a benign, or disruptive, influence on public religious life, and evaluates the claim that the region has spawned a culture of practical toleration....

In our complex, consumerist societies, the intricacy of personal interactions and the number of goods and products available often prevents us from direct knowledge of what lies ‘behind’ food behaviors, ingredients, and the origins of the modern food and agriculture supply chain. Over the last decade or so, scholars, lawyers and engaged lay vegans have had many discussions about vegan rights and discrimination as issues intrinsic to animal rights, but the final frontier remains intact: the...

A very sleepy tale about a lovely summer evening when Daisy and her grandfather picked blackberries in the garden. Greetings, my dear young friend! How marvelous to have you here once more. You must be all set for slumber, just a tad more time before you tuck yourself in, shut your peepers, snuggle under a snug blanket, and drift into dreamland. Yet, hold your horses! For some folks, drifting off to dreamland comes as easy as pie, but for others, it may require a smidgen of effort. Fear no...

Chester, the extraordinary cucumber, and Bella, the clever bee, share an enchanting friendship that brings color and kindness to life. Are you ready to hear more about the magical garden?

One night, Luna set off on an adventure to one of the Moon's magical forests in search of the magical flower. She discovers magical adventures and the secret of sleep

The Slumber Hat—a special magical hat that helped children fall asleep and dream of anything they wanted. Hello, little one! Night has come, and it is almost time to fall asleep. Today, I want to tell you a bedtime story about a little girl named Luna and her mother. It's a fantastic story will help you relax, fall asleep, and have sweet, magical dreams. What do you need to do to partake of this amazing experience? Not much. Just lie down and listen. You may close your eyes, take a deep br...

Pura Belpré Honor-winning author David Bowles joins Newbery Honor-winning Adam Gidwitz as co-author of the newest Unicorn Rescue Society adventure, as the kids travel to the U.S.-Mexican border to help the legendary chupacabras.A new adventure begins for Elliot and Uchenna when Professor Fauna bursts into their classroom witha frightening report from the Texas-Mexico border: something has completely drained the blood froma cow’s body! The team must fl...

Ava and Jack learn about a Ukrainian Christmas decoration. Jack and Ava were tucked up in their sleeping bags. They were spending the night in their magical treehouse again and wondered where they might end up this time. The moon was high in the sky and they felt their eyelids dropping as they began to doze and fall to sleep.

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Like Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It, Adam Jones's Rose Bowl Dreams is a memoir that transcends the sports genre to contemplate faith, love, grief, and the challenges of fatherhood.God created college football as a grand gift to an imperfect world. I learned this as a very small boy living in the middle of the Texas Panhandle. In time I would come to believe that college football contained all of the joy, faith, pageantry, feeling, fa...

Pura Belpré Honor-winning author David Bowles joins Newbery Honor-winning Adam Gidwitz as co-author of the newest Unicorn Rescue Society adventure, as the kids travel to the U.S.-Mexican border to help the legendary chupacabras.A new adventure begins for Elliot and Uchenna when Professor Fauna bursts into their classroom witha frightening report from the Texas-Mexico border: something has completely drained the blood froma cow’s body! The team must fl...