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Based on the template of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, this is a short, fast-paced read for busy teachers desiring inspiration as well as practical teaching strategies. A team of Lehigh Valley Writing Project fellows designed this book to help others to write and to use writing to learn in all content areas. Appendix includes lively lesson plans for teachers to apply immediately to enhance their classroom practice.
Author Gerrie Hyman Mills takes you on a rich and colorful journey-from her childhood and Jewish family roots, into adulthood, with marriage to Clyde Mills and the miraculous events that moved them, against all odds, into full-time Christian church ministry. You'll laugh-when Pastor Clyde, at the carnival church event, mis-guesses a woman's weight by "more than fifty pounds." You'll cry tears of joy-as Gerrie shares the moving story of Ike, the hippie, whose family had abandoned him when he was a kid, and how Ike miraculously found Jesus and the love of a new church family. You'll be amazed-at God's providing basic daily needs, with Gerrie's account of their visiting neighbor who tucked some "cold cash" into the egg carton of their refrigerator, just the right amount to provide for their kids' dental needs. Be blessed in your own journey of faith-discovering through Gerrie's journey a God who loves you, provides for you exceedingly abundantly, and who offers you eternal life. Or in Gerrie's own words-Oy Vey! Such a Deal! Book jacket.
Shakespeare on the Ropes By: Carol Leonard Told in a series of journal entries, Shakespeare on the Ropes chronicles the true events in the humorous, chaotic, and entertaining life of Carol Leonard. As a woman with big dreams stuck in a seemingly dead-end job, Carol takes us on her journey through the frustration of finding a publisher, the jealousy within her writing group, the quirky adventures of her best friend and coworker, and how it all affects her overarching journey and the relationships with people she loves the most.
Exacting a terrible price, the nuclear apocalypse divided humankind into two: Mutated and Untainted. Kilia & Josh, child counselors for the United Nations, are tasked with telling this horrible truth to tween-agers. Yet forced to lie about their own feelings for each other. Despite the UN’s efforts, life is harsh for Mutants and an underground resistance has sprung to life in the Quarantine Zone. Untainted humans living in the safety and comfort of a terrarium, most of them migrant volunteers, remain blissfully unaware of things to come. Under the watchful eyes of the Chief Administrator, life at the UN mission in Diablo Valley unfolds in mundane quietude. But then, the universe begins to conspire. Paying homage to counterculture, The Carol of the Reactors blends scifi, suspense and philosophy in the dystopia of an alternate reality. Laced with pop-culture, real world contemporary and historical references, this novel speculates on the future of humanity in the face of climate change, our dependence on technology and the fears that accompany it.
Rigged exposes a cover-up at the highest level on both sides of the Atlantic, upending the official story of the biggest scandal since the global financial crisis. It picks up where The Big Short leaves off, as the dark clouds of the financial crisis gather. Banks' health is judged by an interest rate called Libor (the London Interbank Offered Rate). The higher the Libor, the worse off the bank; too high and it's goodnight Vienna. Libor is heading skywards. To save themselves from collapse, nationalisation and loss of bonuses, banks instruct traders to manipulate Libor down – a criminal practice known as lowballing. Outraged, traders turn whistleblowers, alerting the authorities. As Rigged...
Three complete novels from the Regan Reilly mystery series: Zapped, Cursed, and Wrecked. Join Regan Reilly as she takes on NYC during a blackout, returns to LA to help a friend out of a jam, and tries to have a romantic anniversary weekend on Cape Cod with calamitous results in these bestselling novels!
"Girls Like Us" is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.
Carol L. McKinney was diagnosed with Type I Insulin-dependent Diabetes at age thirteen. She became visually disabled, orphaned and a mother at twenty-five. Multiple watershed events; a myriad of diseases, deaths and a personal relationship with Christ Jesus have had a profound impact on her life. Through her watercolor illustrations, designing and sewing apparel and quilts she encourages others to live a life of purpose with perseverance and triumphs over tragedies by trusting in The LORDs Biblical Promises and Saving Grace. Carol lives in Southern California with her husband, Peter.
While the Jewish contribution to film, theatre, music and comedy has been well-documented, the Jewish role in the creation of the All-American superhero has been left unexplored - until now. The early comic book creators were almost all Jewish, and as children of immigrants, they spent their lives trying to escape the second-class mentality which was forced on them by the outside world. Their fight for truth, justice and the 'American Way' is portrayed by the superheroes they created. This title observes comic book heroes through historical and cultural lenses.