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Introduce your child to the practice of ending the day with a prayer with this calming bedtime book. Children give thanks for family, friends, and nature before saying good night. A parent page in the back helps moms and dads use this book to cultivate a prayer practice that lasts a lifetime.
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This close-up look at the internet and smartphones introduces young listeners to the science and technology that makes these amazing inventions possible. Each audiobook in the set explores the history of these inventions, how they are used today, and the potential for their future technological development. With fun facts and engaging discussion topics, this informative series is sure to educate and excite.
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Discover Series Books for Babies,Toddlers Is the most exciting time at your house when a fire truck rolls by? FIREFIGHTER brings 25 full,color photos to your fingertips. Each photo has a title beneath it so you'll never be stumped when your child points to a fire truck and asks for a detailed description. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new words, images and ideas to kids. The Discover...
4) The Doctor
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Discover Series Books for Babies,Toddlers Who likes going to the doctor? Who wants their child to grow up to be a doctor? Whether you're looking to alleviate anxiety or plant the suggestion early, DOCTOR features 25 full,color photos of doctors, nurses and medical equipment along with a title under each image. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words and concepts to kids. The...
5) The Teacher
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Did you know that more than 50 million children attend public schools in the United States? A teacher helps children explore new things. Learn more about teachers in The Teacher.
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This is the sixth volume in the Collected Works of David Daube. The theme, Roman law and language, is bound up with Daube's entire body of work. The selected essays and papers included in this volume were first published in the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the works in this volume include: the Gray lectures Daube delivered to the Faculty of Classics at Cambridge University in 1966; an essay that examines the shifting meaning of the Latin term suffragium;...
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Eugene V. Debs exploded upon the national scene in 1894 as the leader of a sensational strike by his American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Parlor Car Company, a job stoppage, which paralyzed the country's transportation network for nearly two weeks. On January 1, 1897, the polarizing public figure Debs declared his allegiance to international socialism, emerging as the most widely recognized socialist in America. He would thereafter tour...
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What happens when math nerds, band and theater geeks, goths, sci-fi fanatics, Young Republican debate poindexters, techies, Trekkies, D&D players, wallflowers, bookworms, and RPG players grow up? And what can they tell us about the life of the mind in the contemporary United States? With #GamerGate in the national news, shows like The Big Bang Theory on ever-increasing numbers of screens, and Peter Orzsag and Paul Ryan on magazine covers, it is clear...
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Over the past decade, the popularity of cocktails has returned with gusto. Amateur and professional mixologists alike have set about recovering not just the craft of the cocktail, but also its history, philosophy, and culture. The Shaken and the Stirred features essays written by distillers, bartenders and amateur mixologists, as well as scholars, all examining the so-called 'Cocktail Revival' and cocktail culture. Why has the cocktail returned with...
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The church is called to be a "city on a hill," to be "rich in good deeds," and especially so to the poor. How has the church fared in this task historically, and how might we heed this calling better in today's societies? The contributors in this book believe that the Scriptures and our early Christian forerunners can help us understand more clearly how to engage with economics, poverty, and wealth to the end that the church better serves the poor....
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Even the most successful professionals encounter hurdles at some point in their careers. While you can't avoid setbacks, you can recover from them and regain your confidence. Whether you make a mistake, lose a client, or get a bad performance review, you need to learn from the experience and move on. The You at Work: Dealing with Setbacks article collection will help you gain understanding from your experience, proactively discuss the problem with...
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Hiring new employees is high stakes-and keeping them once they're on board is equally important. Every hiring manager needs straightforward, practical advice on conducting effective interviews, checking references, bringing new hires on board, and then helping them succeed. The You at Work: Hiring and Keeping the Right People article collection provides best practices and tips on evaluating job candidates, ensuring that new hires get the right start,...
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This volume investigates the features and challenges of medical discourse between medical professionals as well as with patients and in the media. Based on corpus-driven studies, it includes a wide variety of approaches including cognitive, corpus and diachronic linguistics. Each chapter examines a different aspect of medical communication, including the use of metaphor referring to cancer, the importance of ethics in medical documents addressed to...
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Ineffective managers sap motivation and kill productivity. So what do you do if you've got a manager who's incompetent, passive, controlling, or all of the above? It can be tough to find straightforward, relevant, and actionable advice. The You at Work: How to Be Effective with a Bad Boss article collection will help you by outlining specific situations and offering concise step-by-step advice on how to work effectively with a not-so-great boss. What's...
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The "prosperity gospel" has spread across the globe and infiltrates homes daily, even through primetime television. Among the core claims of these teachers is that God wants his people to be healthy and wealthy, and if a person is not rich and well, it is because that person lacks faith. This distortion of the Bible's teaching needs to be answered faithfully and winsomely, and the chapters of this volume work toward that end. Writing from perspectives...
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In today's globalised world, large-scale migration is the norm. A contributing factor to the successful settlement of migrants is the ability to access work and economic security. This book focuses on the lived experiences of migrants who (try to) access the workplace, and explores the barriers and support they encounter. The editors bring together studies which look at the ways in which inclusion and exclusion from the workplace are done linguistically...
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This book explores the role and impact of the settlement house movement in the global development of social welfare and the social work profession. It traces the transnational history of settlement houses and examines the interconnections between the settlement house movement, other social and professional movements and social research. Looking at how the settlement house movement developed across different national, cultural and social boundaries,...
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Before Shakespeare, few dramatists had used historical figures as characters in a play, or actual historical events as elements of a plot. Likewise, the Bard was a pioneer of the sonnet, which he took to new heights. Both literary form, including his two historical tetralogies, and his narrative poems, in addition to the particular form of sonnet that now bears his name are examined through engaging text. A brief treatise on the music within and accompanying...
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As with many writers before and since, William Shakespeare was influenced by the events that took shape all around him. Sweeping changes to England's politics, language, and culture that took place during his lifetime were the fertile ground from which the Bard drew inspiration. Shakespeare's life is surveyed and the social context in which he created his greatest drama and poetry is examined.
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How can the puzzling game of puzzles benefit young minds? Well, puzzles boost general knowledge, and improve vocabulary as well as spelling, logic and problem-solving. But the main advantage of introducing this activity early in life is that it helps children learn with game-based learning. What this translates is that fun and learning become one. So don't forget to secure your copy now!
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