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Author: USA Today
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 2009-09-15
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 0740785397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUSA Today Jumbo Book Puzzle Two is an eclectic mix of brain games, including puzzles such as crossword, logic, sudoku, and much more. This hefty edition features 400 puzzles, so sharpen your pencils and get ready for challenging and exciting fun!
Author: Alice Mitchell
Publisher: Bright Sparks
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781853389047
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tristan Donovan
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2017-05-30
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1250082730
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“[A] timely book . . . a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history.” —The Wall Street Journal Board games have been with us even longer than the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It’s All a Game, Tristan Donovan, British journalist and author of Replay: The History of Video Games, opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from the paranoid Chicago toy genius behind classics like Operation and Mouse Trap, to the role of Monopoly in helping prisoners of war escape the Nazis, and even the scientific use of board games today to teach artificial intelligence how to reason and how to win. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan ultimately reveals why board games—from chess to Monopoly to Risk and more—have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations. “Splendid . . . A quick and breezy read, it doesn’t just tell the fascinating stories of the (often struggling) individuals who created our favorite games. It also manages to convey the entire sweep of board game history, from the earliest forms of checkers to modern-day surprise hits like Settlers of Catan.” —Mashable “Artfully weaves together culture, business, and ways games impact society.” —Booklist “A fascinating and insightful discussion not only of games past, but the socioeconomic and historical factors that contributed to their popularity.” —Chicago Review of Books
Author: Everett Piper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-08-07
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 1621576124
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“You must read this book.” —GLENN BECK, founder of The Blaze Network "A voice of reason amidst the insanity and pabulum of the current generation!" —STEVE LARGENT, NFL Hall of Fame "Dr. Piper is a dose of reality in a world of college fantasies." —JIM GARLOW, author of This Precarious Moment "Dr. Piper is one of the leading thinkers in America. Everyone should read this book." —KELLY SHACKELFORD, ESQ., president, CEO, and Chief Counsel, First Liberty Institute What has happened to the American spirit? We've gone from "Give me liberty, or give me death!" to "Take care of me, please." Our colleges were once bastions of free speech; now they're bastions of speech codes. Our culture once rewarded independence; now it rewards victimhood. Parents once taught their kids how to fend for themselves; now, any parent who tries may get a visit from the police. In Not a Day Care, Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and author of the viral essay, "This Is Not a Day Care. It's a University!," takes a hard look at what's happening around the country--including the demand for "safe spaces" and trigger warnings at universities like Yale, Brandeis, and Oberlin--and digs in his heels against the sad and dangerous infantilization of the American spirit.
Author: Ogden Nash
Publisher: Creative Editions
Published: 2011-08-24
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781568462127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1949, SPORT magazine published Lineup for Yesterday, a collection of poems by Ogden Nash celebrating the greatest big-league baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. Using an alphabetical approach, the famous wordsmith paid entertaining tribute to 24 legends of the diamond, encapsulating each in just 4 clever lines. Creative Editions is proud to present this masterpiece to a new generation of fans, reintroducing icons from the formative years of professional baseball. The masterful mixed-media illustrations of C. F. Payne portray these heroes of summer in their athletic primes in this, the first-ever picture book publication of Nash s classic.
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1996-08-16
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 0064434508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's the Grouchy Ladybug's 20th birthday. To celebrate, we are introducing a new, larger format edition with brighter, more colorful pages created from Eric Carle's original artwork using the latest reproduction technology. The Grouchy Ladybug is bigger and brigher, as irascible but irresistable as ever and will surely delight new generations of readers, as well as her devoted fans of all ages. Happy Birthday, Grouchy Ladybug!
Author: M. E. Sarotte
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2021-11-30
Total Pages: 567
ISBN-13: 030026335X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThirty years after the Soviet Union’s collapse, this book reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall “The most engaging and carefully documented account of this period in East-West diplomacy currently available.”—Andrew Moravscik, Foreign Affairs Not one inch. With these words, Secretary of State James Baker proposed a hypothetical bargain to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev after the fall of the Berlin Wall: if you let your part of Germany go, we will move NATO not one inch eastward. Controversy erupted almost immediately over this 1990 exchange—but more important was the decade to come, when the words took on new meaning. Gorbachev let his Germany go, but Washington rethought the bargain, not least after the Soviet Union’s own collapse in December 1991. Washington realized it could not just win big but win bigger. Not one inch of territory needed to be off limits to NATO. On the thirtieth anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this book uses new evidence and interviews to show how, in the decade that culminated in Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, the United States and Russia undermined a potentially lasting partnership. Prize-winning historian M. E. Sarotte shows what went wrong.
Author: Magrey deVega
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2019-09-17
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1501890581
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1741, John Wesley preached his famous sermon titled “The Almost Christian” in which he encouraged people to follow Christ wholeheartedly. We should not be satisfied with being almost Christian but rather strive towards being altogether a Christian. In Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience, author and pastor Magrey deVega leads a group of authors to explore how we can make the same commitment to Christ during Advent, connecting our Wesleyan heritage with the traditional Advent themes of Love, Hope, Joy, and Peace. In this book, perfect for Advent, deVega and the other authors break down the barriers that prevent us from experiencing an “altogether” love, hope, joy, and peace in Christ in our lives and in the world around us. They demonstrate the promises God offers to us that makes those longings a reality, inviting us to claim those promises for ourselves this Advent and celebrate an altogether Christmas. Chapters include: Altogether Love Altogether Hope Altogether Joy Altogether Peace Additional components for a four-week study include a DVD featuring Magrey deVega and the other writers and a comprehensive Leader Guide, as well as nativity hymns by Charles Wesley, litanies for lighting the Advent wreath, and prayers that can be incorporated into both worship and small group settings. A daily devotional and a youth study book are also available.
Author: E Magazine
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009-02-24
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 1440641552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the authors of the leading environmental handbook Green Living, the best of E's nationally syndicated Q&A column, EarthTalk Knowledge of environmental issues and sustainability is increasingly important as industrialization and climate change continue to wreak havoc on our ecosystems and our psyche. As temperatures rise—and icecaps shrink and storms lash our coastal areas into oblivion—being smart about carbon footprints, waste streams and consumer choices becomes increasingly important for all of us. That’s where EarthTalk comes in. EarthTalk gathers together the best of readers' questions on the environment and the best ways to live green and answers in a quick and easy guide for the average Joe (or Jane). Searching by subject or looking up questions in the index, readers can learn everything from the difference between wild and farmed salmon to the pros and cons of nuclear power. EarthTalk provides the essential tools and tips to living in harmony with the planet.
Author: ROSE PUBLISHING.
Publisher: Rosekidz
Published: 2013-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781584111429
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Super-Sized Book of Bible Puzzles is a giant, humongous book packed with exciting projects for your Sunday School class! Each fully-reproducible puzzle includes a Bible lesson and memory verse. For ages 5-10. 256 pages. Features over 220 mind-bending puzzles, twisting mazes, and Bible activities! Enjoy teaching your kids to have tons of fun learning about God's Word with this gigantic book jam-packed with intense Bible puzzles and crazy mazes! The Super-Sized Book of Bible Puzzles lets kids stretch their minds while they solve clever puzzles about the Bible. This perforated and fully-reproducible book is filled with a variety of exciting mind-benders: Word Searches Crossword puzzles Mazes Word Scrambles Connect-the-dot pages, and much more! Includes Hours of Bible Learning for Your Sunday School Kids with Fun Puzzles! Guide your children through Sunday school lessons for key books in the Bible, all disguised as fun puzzles, Bible games and church activities! Take your kids through: Lesson plans about popular Bible stories Jesus's birth, Jonah and the Whale, Noah's Ark, and some of the parables of Jesus Important biblical themes repentance, obedience, evangelism, faith, loyalty, and so much more 4 Key Features of the Super-Sized Book of Bible Puzzles by Rainbow Publishers 1. Age-Appropriate Exciting puzzles and activities to engage your students in important Bible lessons. Includes fun, kid-friendly Bible topics to get even the toughest kids thinking! 2. Quick Prep and Easy on the Wallet! Spend less time and money prepping your Bible lesson when you easily remove and copy these perforated fully-reproducible Bible puzzles that your kids can't wait to get their playful hands on! With just the push of a button on your copier, you'll be teaching and entertaining your children in no time! 3. Packed with More than 220 Sunday School Activities and Bible Puzzles! More than 220 puzzles, lessons, and activities that teach meaningful Bible stories in just a matter of moments! 4. Features Memory Verses and Bible Stories Introduce important Bible lessons and stories to your kids with fun puzzles! They won't believe they're learning at the same time! Whether you use them for kids church or in your home, you will be reinforcing Scripture and stories from the Bible and creatively making a permanent impression on hearts of your children. Preview Super-Sized Book of Bible Puzzles
