Bibi, Tina, and Alex are looking forward to the Falkenstein endurance race, and plan to enter as a team. Then Elisabeth, whose mother is a friend of the Count's, pays them a surprise visit. She wants to compete in the race too, but she can't ride alone. She decides to win Alexander for herself instead. Will she succeed?

"The Digital Puritan" is a quarterly reader of helpful Puritan works. Each article is carefully edited and formatted to maximize readability. The autumn 2012 edition of "The Digital Puritan" contains the following articles:The Preciousness of Time - Jonathan Edwards. This sermon, from 1734, reveals how being mindful of the brevity of this life makes us live life to the fullest (i.e. with eternity in view).A Description of True B...

This is the Fourth Edition of the classic memoir that has inspired teachers for over 3 decades. It is also available as a graphic novel.To Teach is both the story of a new teacher’s voyage into the classroom and a guide to the values and commitments that can animate a steady and meaningful life in teaching.There are stumbling blocks in every teacher’s journey and today’s specific, unprecedented challenges can seem insurmountable. I...

Enjoy this steamy audiobook by best-selling billionaire romance authors Ellen Lane and Michelle Love.Narrated by Jonathan Waters.Billionaire. Agent. Untouchable.I built my empire representing Hollywood's elite, thriving on control and independence.Love was never in the plan—until Alice Tate.She's fierce, brilliant, and untouchable in her own right.A designer at the top of he...

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Yes, White people can be saved. In God's redemptive plan, that goes without saying. But what about the reality of white normativity? This idea and way of being in the world has been parasitically joined to Christianity, and this is the ground of many of our problems today. It is time to redouble the efforts of the church and its institutions to muster well-informed, gospel-based initiatives to fight racialized injustice and overcome the heresy of whiteness.Written by a wor...

“Like a tough-to-crack case against an idea that most of us have long known is key to repairing the world… will legitimately change how you think about the world and your own sense of morality.” —New York MagazineNew York Post Best Book of the YearWe often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists,...

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better - and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the extent of our selfishness. This is "the elephant in the brain." Such an introspective taboo...

“After years of debate and inquiry, the key to a great marriage remained shrouded in mystery. Until now...”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of SuccessEli J. Finkel's insightful and ground-breaking investigation of marriage clearly shows that the best marriages today are better than the best marriages of earlier eras. Indeed, they are the best marriages the world has ever known. He presents his findings here for the first time in this luc...

“One of the most important books of our modern era” –Amb. Jaime de BourbonFor anyone struggling with conflict, this book can transform you. Negotiating the Nonnegotiable takes you on a journey into the heart and soul of conflict, providing unique insight into the emotional undercurrents that too often sweep us out to sea. With vivid stories of his closed-door sessions with warring political groups, disputing businesspeople, and families in...

A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age.Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and opinions, parents and teachers worry how students will interpret what they read and see. Amid the noise, it has become increas...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to heal on a personal and a collective level, showing us that we don’t have to carry our emotional burdens alone.“I love this book.”—Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score“In a time when so many of us are being trained in cynicism, this book stands in necessary defiance.”—Cole Arthur Riley, ...