"It was then that she found her sweet, sweet freedom. It was always with her, but only found in doing the things that scared her the most."A dreamer without ambition, barista Clara Rivers longs for a job outside of The Bean Queen. Trapped between past experiences and the woman she hopes to become, Clara's childhood dream of adventure comes true after playing a long-forgotten game with a fistful of dirt and a ray of light. However, Clara will experience more than nostalgia when she'...

Online learning in the modern era is a prerequisite under the widespread unstoppable technological innovation and automation. It’s necessary to concentrate on different support tools for the best possible educational services. Undoubtedly, one of the best tools for online learning is Google classroom, an integrated platform connecting students and teachers in a most balanced and safe way to bring the traditional education standards to another level. You’ll learn: •What is Google classroom,...

In 2012 the hottest book of the year (in more ways than one) was an erotic novel called Fifty Shades of Grey.This book is not about that one.It is about many things Fifty Shades of Grey has women and girls thinking about. What is love? And who are we, as women, and what sort of love are we worthy of?The essays, quotes, and poetry in this little book were written by women who share a central vision of who we are, of what it means to be female and what it means to be ...

South Carolina's "Swamp Fox," Francis Marion, is one of the most celebrated figures of the American Revolution. Marion's cunning exploits in the Southern theater of the Revolution earned him national renown and a place in history as an American hero and master of modern guerilla warfare. Although dozens of works have been written about Marion's life over the years, this biography -- written by William Gilmore Simms, South Carolina's greatest author -- remains the best. First published in 1...

A blind spaceship pilot.Cops and maintenance personnel in wheelchairs.Taking on bad guys with only one leg or no arms.It's not what you are that makes you something special. It's who you choose to be.Seventeen stories about people who rise above anything that tries to stop them, even their own limitations.With stories by Stephanie Barr, Misha Burnett, J. A. Busick, Adam David Collings, Steve Curry, Scott G. Gibson, Joyce Hertzoff, Jane Jago, Clarence Jen...

The disputed election of 1824 was one of the most important presidential elections in American history. After an indecisive electoral college vote, the House of Representatives selected John Quincy Adams as president over the more popular war hero, Andrew Jackson. As a result, John C. Calhoun ended up serving as vice-president under Adams. Neither man was comfortable in this situation as they were political rivals who held philosophically divergent views of American constitutional governan...