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Tales of wise, ancient dragons hoarding treasure, terrorizing villages, and doing battle with noble heroes have long fascinated us. But dragons were not born old and wise, nor were heroes born brave and noble. Wings of Change gathers tales of young dragons growing into their scales and claws,...

ON THE ROAD TO NOWHEREEach step leads you closer to your destination, but who, or what, can you expect to meet along the way?Here are stories of misfits, spectral hitch-hikers, nightmare travel tales and the rogues, freaks and monsters to be found on the road. The critically acclaimed editor of Magic,...

"As an Air Force brat, moves were second nature to me. This was my seventh move in fifteen years, and I knew the drill. Usually it was no big deal. But this one was different." Stu and his mom are heading to Minot, North Dakota, where she will assume command of the Air Force base. But this...

Lions, Zebras and Giraffes, Oh My!Join us on safari as Jerry the Giraffe introduces you to his many friends at Etosha National Park in Namibia, Africa. You will meet zebras, elephants, kudus, gemsboks and more in 34 real pictures taken at Etosha National Park by the author. This family fun adventure welcomes the young and old alike!

Winner of the ELATE Richard A. Meade Award 2018 Identifying key areas of teacher education that cross countries and disciplines, this book provides the first extensive research-based insight into how secondary English teachers are prepared at institutions of higher education in the United States...

This foundational text for understanding housing, housing design, homeownership, housing policy, special topics in housing, and housing in a global context has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changed housing situation in the United States during and after the Great Recession and its subsequent...

In the current era of health care reform, the pressures to truly manage patient care and to build effective integrated delivery systems are generating intense interest in patient care information systems. Health care institutions cannot provide seamlees access to care without seamless access to information,...

The synagogue remains a central institution in Jewish life as a place of study, worship, and assembly, but each day brings word of a new challenging development within each of the larger movements to which synagogues belong—Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist. Jewish religious...

Many countries throughout Latin America have experienced high levels of corruption, drug trafficking, and violence, which has created elements of fragility. The book is comprises case studies that explore the nature of violence in countries throughout the region. Moreover, it seeks to address some...

Buddhist Psalms by S. Yamabe And L. Adams Beck A key Pure Land text, by the founder of the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan. Buddhism was not a dead abstraction, but a living faith, and it therefore grew and changed with the growth of the mind of man, enlarging its perception of...

In The Human Tradition in the New South, historian James C. Klotter brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. Like all books in this series, these essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives...

Discusses research on factors affecting carcass composition and meat quality;  Reviews advances in breeding such as the use of molecular markers;  Summarises key developments in understanding and improving the health and welfare of sheep

This NIVAC Bundle includes the nine books of the NIV Application Commentary series that cover the Pauline epistles.

Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...