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Powerful reading and writing is fundamentally linked to civic education. The Civically Engaged Classroom is packed with practical guidance designed to support teachers in giving students the skills, knowledge, and tools to be active participants in society.

Todd Wilson and Gerald Hiestand contend that among a younger generation of evangelical pastors and theologians, there is a growing appreciation for the native connection between theology and pastoral ministry. At the heart of this recovery of a theological vision for ministry is the re-emergence of the role of the "pastor theologian". The Pastor Theologian presents a taxonomy of the pastor-theologian and shows how individual pastors - given their unique calling and gift-set - can best embody this age-old vocation in the 21st century.

Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in small-town North Carolina, Nina Simone was a musical child. She sang before she talked and learned to play piano at a very young age. With the support of her family and community, she received music lessons that introduced her to classical composers like Bach who remained with her and influenced her music throughout her life. She loved the way his music began softly and then tumbled to thunder, like her mother's preaching, and in much the same way as her career.

In retired Fish and Wildlife Detective Todd Vandivert’s fourth book of the Wildlife Justice series, Washington Fish and Wildlife Officer Lisa Bennington struggles to determine why several Washington Fish and Wildlife employees have been killed in what appears to be a series of freak accidents. If Lisa is right, and these deaths were the work of a murderer, she must quickly capture the murderer before any other Washington Fish and Wildlife employees lose their lives.What readers have said about the author’s books: Well, Todd has cranked out another winner. “Lethal Removal” is the ...

As a barrister in 1818 London, William Snopes is a strong advocate who chooses to defend the poorer classes against the powerful. That changes the day a struggling heiress, Lady Madeleine Jameson, arrives at his door.

A mysterious spacecraft has crashed in a remote mountainous region of North Korea. The ship is now in the hands of a tyrannical dictator who will stop at nothing to unlock its secrets and bring the West to its knees. As tensions rise in the wake of this threat, North Korea’s Supreme Leader is unaware that a small prototype vessel, known as the Reaper, lays hidden within the wreckage. Its ingenious purpose could either save humanity or lead to its extinction. Meanwhile, Captain Ava Tan is recruited for the boldest mission in military history: Steal the Reaper.

Rafe Savaryn is happy. He's in Venice, writing a novel on the Renaissance, enjoying being alone after a devastating divorce. He's trying to answer the question: what makes societies fail? Then a stunningly beautiful woman walks into his life and leads him on a horrifying journey back to the Dark Ages, where the answer to his question is revealed. He is shocked as he must make a choice no one should have to make.

Being an escort comes with predetermined rules that can never be broken. No kissing, no feelings, and definitely, absolutely no sex. But what will Troy do when Harper, a beautiful blonde, walks into his life? Still suffering over the loss of his longtime girlfriend, Troy is trying to move on and find his place in life. He still doesn't understand why the relationship ended or why she cheated. As a result, love is off the table. When Harper hypnotizes him with her beauty, sass, and remarkable intelligence, what will he do?

The universe is in peril as a massive alien ringworld known as the Gem, housing over 30,000 alien species, hurtles toward a Bridge in space. This Bridge, a tear in the fabric of reality connecting to a higher energy universe, threatens to unravel the very existence of everything. The Gem's arrival was preceded by a wave of smaller alien ships that surrendered to humanity. However, the Gem itself remained silent, its motives shrouded in mystery. Humanity, having recently faced devastating attacks from other alien species, the Thrakzz and the Mynix, finds itself on the brink of annihilation. ...

The old ways of fighting on Earth are rapidly coming to a close. Have the back-stabbing ways of demons changed the future of hell on Earth? Or did Katie have something to do with it? Pandora reveals more than just a little to Katie. And together both of them have a huge decision to make. Sometimes, evil does something so raw, even those scared to step up shoulder the responsibility of revenge. This time, T'Chezz is sending hundreds of demons and the Enlightened to take Katie and Pandora down to Hell, so he can stay up on Earth.

Prequel to The Gas Station Girl. My teacher wanted us to write about something that impacted our lives. Boy is she in for a surprise. Don't worry, I toned down the rough language to stay within my high school's writing guidelines. John Jensen’s aunt called me the gas station girl because that’s where John found me after my escape. But before I became the gas station girl, I was a DollarFly girl. All of us came from backgrounds we were running away from. But we weren’t a therapy group, we were teenage prostitutes, lured by the promise of a better life than the ones we left behind. Some...

Sometimes the good guys win and the bad guys end up dead. But that isn't how it always goes down. In the ZOO, you are either fast and lucky or you are dead. Heavy Metal has a few videos that are out gaining attention in parts of the world, and that doesn't bode well for them. Some people are noticing that Sal and his team have someone extra-special working with them, and they want a piece of her...or all of her. This time, it's back to basics for Heavy Metal with just Sal, Madigan, and Courtney. Are they enough to save their friend?

Count by fives in this engaging book written by award-winning author Michael Dahl.

Chances are, you’ve sacrificed for your career and fought a constant tug-of-war between personal, professional, and financial well-being. Professional success is important, but is it enough? Enrich teaches life skills to create optionality, even in the most uncertain situations. The world has changed greatly, but the principles of life success haven’t. Using a series of illuminating case studies and interviews, Todd Miller shows how he and other high achievers cracked the code.

The Thrakzz are destroyed. But not by Cody Ford. ANOTHER alien species finished them off. The aliens sent a message: “Prepare to meet.” Meet how? And where? Cody’s War: Flight Of The Davis.

The Everlasting King has been dealt a blow. The blow has only brought Huon and those he fights beside to the Everlasting King's attention. Though Huon has reached the rank of Low Celestial faster than he had anticipated while destroying one of the Everlasting King's stockpiles of stolen cores, he fears that his newfound strength won't be enough to protect his friends. As the Everlasting King's fleet prepares to sail for Taloniar, their only hope to prevent full-on war between the two continents is to find and destroy the other stockpiles of cores before the fleet reaches its destination.

Are you curious about the stock market but you don’t know where to begin? Navigating the financial world can be challenging for all ages, but starting in the teen years is a surefire way to prepare for financial success! The stock market offers investment opportunities to a range of those interested in watching their money grow. This financial roller coaster has many benefits for those willing to invest, but it’s not without downsides, so it’s important to know what you’re doing!

How many times have you said to yourself, "This will be the last diet I ever go on", only to find yourself giving up after just a week or two? While all of these approaches claim they've discovered the perfect program to get amazing, lasting results, they are all based on a single, widespread misconception. Traditional "diets" expect every person's body to respond in the same way to the same approach, when the fact of the matter is our bodies and our reactions to foods are incredibly distinct.

Learn how to work less and make more... In business, and in life, we spend a great amount of time doing activities that don't contribute to our goals. Quite often we do this because we have never identified those key elements that create huge results. In reality, it's not the 40 hours we spend working in our business that matters. Many times, as little as 5% of what we do contributes to our overall success. The hard part is identifying those small changes that create big results in our life and our business.

With war threatening her city, Rowan and her mother must flee to the Dark Forest. There she meets a grandfather she didn’t know existed, and his white wolf, Arto. Rowan is homesick, but soon she makes new friends—including a trio of powerful witches. When Rowan rescues a baby dragon from poachers, she discovers the secret of her own identity. She is a wildsmith, just like her grandfather, a person who cares for and can speak to magical animals.