Get Ready Yeti takes Yeti through the process of dressing for outside on a cold day. What should Yeti put on first? And after that? But what if a Yeti doesn't NEED to get ready....Then what happens?Get Ready, Yeti! Takes children through the process of dressing for the cold as they follow along with Yeti getting reday. But Yeti's aren't children, and their needs for outdoor play may be quite unexpected, setting up and ending that will elicite giggles from children of all ages.

Capitol Hill Baptist Church associate pastor Michael Lawrence contributes to the IXMarks series as he centers on the practical importance of biblical theology to ministry. He begins with an examination of a pastor's tools of the trade: exegesis and biblical and systematic theology. The book distinguishes between the power of narrative in biblical theology and the power of application in systematic theology, but also emphasizes the importance of their collaboration in ministry.Havin...

From the proto-cinematic sequencing of animal motion in the nineteenth century to the ubiquity of animal videos online, the histories of animal life and the moving image are enigmatically interlocked.Animal Life and the Moving Image is the first collection of essays to offer a sustained focus on the relations between screen cultures and non-human animals. The volume brings together some of the most important and influential writers working on the non-human animal's significance for...

Evy Miller thinks a summer with her grandparents in sleepy Dorset will be painfully dull. Her suspicions are confirmed when Juby, a wild-haired, lanky old man, strolls through her grandparents' doorway. At first, she thinks he's nothing more than an odd duck who charms her grandmother and annoys her grandfather. The last thing she expects is to become his companion on visits to the small village of Rouklye, whose entire population was evicted during WWII.She has no idea that the rea...

Have you ever wondered if, just beyond your reach,there's another you, with a life not quite like yours?Lena Rainey of Moorhens wonders this.Lena, 41, stares into mirrors, thinkingthat nothing feels quite right these days,while another Lena, also of Moorhens,died two years ago, aged 39.And that's not all. That's far from all.Before a week's out, the living Lena will havea grown-up son instead of a grown-up daughter,

Short, Accessible Guide Addresses the Local Church's Role in Evangelism and ConversionDoes what we believe about how people become Christians change how the church does evangelism? In this concise book, Michael Lawrence explains the doctrine of conversion and helps us consider the relationship between what we believe about how people are saved and our approach to sharing the gospel in the context of the local church. Readers of this book will understand how the loc...

The first Indian to become an international film star, Sabu rose to fame as a child actor in Elephant Boy (1937), and subsequently appeared in a succession of British pictures before relocating to Hollywood, where he died in 1963. Repeatedly cast in orientalist extravaganzas and jungle thrillers, he was associated with the 'exotic' and the 'primitive' in ways that reflected contemporary attitudes towards India and 'the East' more generally.In this captivating study, Michael Lawrenc...

Programming Graphical User Interfaces with R introduces each of the major R packages for GUI programming: RGtk2, qtbase, Tcl/Tk, and gWidgets. With examples woven through the text as well as stand-alone demonstrations of simple yet reasonably complete applications, the book features topics especially relevant to statisticians who aim to provide a practical interface to functionality implemented in R. The book offers:A how-to guide for developing GUI...

It's a bad day.You have offended the wrong people.A million dollars has been offered for your life.So what do you do?Why, make a run for it, of course.But where to?Well, why not that house youknew as a boy when it was a ruin?Bleakridge.Perfect. They'll never find you there.But sometimes things get a littleconfused at Bleakridge.Past and present overlap, get mixed up.At such times you're ...

Testing 3, 2, 1 is the story of how Australian education fell behind the world’s best and how Finland came to lead. It is also a guide to how some of Finland’s ideas can be used by teachers and schools to begin to reverse the current malaise of Australia’s education system.Part memoir, part investigative journalism, part call-to-action, this easy-to-read and highly compelling plea for an improved education system can’t be ignored ... Lawrence reminds us tha...

When a newly married couple holds hands, everyone knows why. When a ten year married couple holds hands, everyone wonders why. Conflicts in marriage often arise due to lack of lively communication, proper understanding and the much needed patience. A common discovery regarding marriage is that harsh thoughts criticize, condemn, and cause the decline of happiness in spousal relationships. To understand the other without any presumptions. To listen to the other without judging and ti be avai...

The book of Ezekiel proclaims God's uncompromising judgment against his rebellious people—but also his promise of restoration if they repent. Exposing the depth of Israel's disobedience, the prophet Ezekiel calls the nation to find forgiveness by turning away from their sin and back to God.Carefully explaining Ezekiel's often confusing prophecies, this study guide will encourage readers to trust in the God who does not abandon his people but restores the repentant for his glory.