Man’s Selection sets the scientific record straight by taking a fresh look at Charles Darwin’s phenomenal theories regarding Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design. In The Origin of Species, Darwin stated that “the Creator” originated one or more forms of life, that “the Creator” established the laws governing nature, and that “the works of the Creator” were superior to those of man. Darwin also addressed intelligent Design through the inclusion of Joseph Butler’s affirmation that “wh...

While Experience Is the Angled Road: Memoir of an Academic is about leadership, it is not a handbook on how to be a leader.When her parents moved from New York City to a small town in Alabama, R. Barbara Gitenstein knew that she just did not fit. After leaving for boarding school in the eighth grade, she discovered that it was more than being Jewish and a Yankee that made her an oddity. She was an intellectual; she loved classical music.Before entering academe, Git...

Tokyo: Memory, Imagination, and the City is a collection of eight essays that explore Tokyo urban space from the perspective of memory in works of the imagination—novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and films. Written by scholars of Japanese studies based in England, Germany, Japan, and the United States, the book focuses on texts produced in Japan since the 1980s. The closing years of the Showa period (1926-1989) were a watershed decade of spatial transformation in Tokyo. It was also a...

What makes winter special? This picture book celebrates the many fun activities and sensory experiences of the season. Follow a girl and her dog through the play and discoveries of a snowy day, and on toward bedtime.The first person narrative will encourage new readers to claim it as their own. The repetition of the phrase "When it's winter . . ." will encourage children to chime in, and be of assistance to early readers.

T’S YOUR DAY! LOOK RADIANT, FEEL CONFIDENT, B E BEAUTIFUL FROM EVERY ANGLE In this inspiring book, you’ll get valuable information from three important angles: An award-winning wedding planner offers suggestions for designing and planning your wedding day (“put your thumbprint on your wedding”); making this important day as calm as possible (“surround yourself with people you love and trust”); and tips on living a “civilized” life (“strive for five-star manners at all times”). An extraordi...

Conte per anar a dormir per a nens a partir de dos anys. Edició bilingüe (català i anglès), amb audiollibres i vídeos en línia en català i anglèsEl Tim no pot dormir. El seu petit llop no hi és! Potser se l'ha oblidat fora?Tot sol s'encamina a la nit – i rep inesperadament companyia…♫ Escolta la història llegida per parlants natius! En el llibre trobareu un enllaç que li donarà accés gratuït a audiollibres i vídeos en tots dos idiomes.► Amb dibu...

This original and creative volume explains the concept of right angles by using the classic folded-paper art of origami. It provides directions for making several origami forms such as a tower, frog, and fish.