The 2015 Rugby World Cup in England is set to be the biggest, brightest and most successful tournament to date, as the world's top teams compete for the coveted Webb Ellis Cup and inspire new participants and fans worldwide across 44 days and 48 matches. With over three million tickets set to be sold for the matches, the Rugby World Cup will be viewed in over 207 territories worldwide.However, for all the fanfare of the third biggest sporting event in the world (after the Olympics and FIFA...

You have a built in super power! The ability to bend anyone to your will without them even knowing it. This is truly a super power. The power of influence can open up many doors in life. It doesn't matter if you're selling homes, closing business deals or taking advantage of life. These 12 powers of Influence will change the way you interact with people for the rest of your life!

Transform your classroom with more than 200 research-backed solutions to perennial problems every teacher faces in every school.Between behavioral challenges, disengaged students, the demands of technology integration, the constant reimagination of assessment, and the looming threat of burnout, educators need high-quality practical support more than ever.Written by four passionate practitioners, The Teaching Strategy Handbook delivers exactly what ...

Three instructional coaches share more than 200 of the most helpful problem-solving strategies they've used in their decades-long work with teachers, administrators, and coaches.The Instructional Coaching Handbook is not a new model of coaching. It addresses common hiccups that prevent productive coaching conversations from happening in the first place. From their thousands of annual school visits, the authors recognize that coaches frequently confront sim...

Veteran instructional coaches A. Keith Young and Tamarra Osborne provide practical advice for trainers seeking high-leverage strategies for successful professional trainings.How do you see yourself as a trainer? Are you occasionally extraordinary, or do you flail about a bit? Are you connected to a helpful community of other trainers, or are you just starting out and feeling isolated and alone in your job? Do your workshops end with thunderous applause, or do you h...

Bringing together 34 flash fiction stories from 14 authors, SPARK offers a host of stories to thrill, move, and challenge fans of short-short fiction. A woman physically at war with her mother's legacy inside her own body, a young girl given a vision of a utopic past at the end of the world, a man psychically bonded to the living weapon for which he is the failsafe, a harem of "female" androids newly capable of questioning their subservient status—these are a few of the characters you'll m...

The feel-good, life-affirming story of love, friendship, family, and new beginnings!Changes are coming to the riverside town of Ryemouth, and while some of the community are excited by new beginnings, others are finding it hard to let go of the past.A new 14-episode audio soap with a cast of loveable characters you'll laugh and cry along with.Susan and her boyfriend Dave can't wait to open their new café and deli, T...

When a switch is turned on, why do the lights in a house turn on? How is an automobile driven by a remote control moved? What causes the lights on microwaves and televisions to blink? Even though the technology all around you appears to be magical, most of it depends on electricity to function. Electronics for Kids uses a variety of fantastic hands-on projects to demystify electricity. In Part 1, you will create an electromagnet out of a metal bolt, turn a lemon into a battery, and create ...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 5 from the 1800s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 24 hours of vintage science fiction. These science fiction short stories were written by some of the most acclaimed, successful and influential authors of the time including, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, Voltaire, Alfred Bester, Clifford D. Simak, Richard Matheson, Murray Leinster, H. G. Wells, Fredric Brown, Donald A. Woll...

Nearly 15-year-old Cass senses that more violence will come, and she wants no part of it. She abandons her presidential aspirations in favor of becoming the next Stephen King—higher bar but nobler pursuit.Near the end of Cassie’s last visit to Washington, on the night of President Glen and Nips’s first state dinner, an assassin killed the Ukrainian Ambassador and Vice President Blaner. At the same time, OmegaTroopers attacked the Academy for Excellent ...

Experience the charm of North Dakota's small-town life in "Being Young in Leeds," a collection of stories about children growing up in a close-knit community. Keith Ankenbauer captures the spirit of a bygone era where neighbors were friends, and kids roamed freely and safely.Join Keith and his friends as they explore the joys and challenges of youth—summer days swimming and biking, the thrill of secret forts, first crushes, and the warmth of family gatherings. This heartfelt tribut...

Vintage Sci-Fi 10 - 22 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Isaac Asimov, Andre Norton, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Leigh Brackett and moreThe Moon That Vanished by Leigh BrackettThe Visitor by Ray BradburyFlowering Evil by Margaret St. ClairThe Magnificent Possession by Isaac AsimovThe Shipshape Miracle by Clifford D. SimakEverest by Isaac AsimovThe Last Drive by Carl JacobiThe Blonde From Barsoo...