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Light is everywhere. Most people see and use it every day. What more could there be to learn about it? As it turns out, there is a lot more to learn about it. With the help of this fun-filled book, readers will be fascinated with all the wonders of light. Colorful images and accessible text will draw in even the most reluctant readers, while exciting activities will aid in the understanding of key scientific concepts. Readers of many levels will be...
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The world is full of scientific pushes and pulls, some of which can be scary. This engaging book draws readers into the exciting and strange realm of forces. Colorful images and accessible text help reinforce and aid in the understanding of important scientific concepts and curricula. A detailed exploration of the science behind these forces, paired with fun and relevant experiments, will make even the most reluctant readers excited to pick up this...
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Dub Wiggins faces a dilemma: The military boarding school where he studied for four years, and has taught for more than twenty, wants him gone – unless he toes the line for the autocratic headmaster who has ruled the institution for decades.
But Dub is a contrarian. Conforming to clichéd norms makes him physically ill, so he devises a plan. He will play the good sheep, but only long enough to retaliate against the school with a scandalous memoir...
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When Michael Clark was arrested for domestic violence and his wife moved out, he saw his world falling apart. He knew this was not the person he wanted to be. He was eager to change, but didn't know how. Everything he'd tried in the past to control his behavior had fallen short.
Part memoir, part how-to, From Villain to Hero is unique among domestic violence and domestic abuse books. Michael's true story provides readers rare, first-hand insight into...
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Increase your SIFT Score with the Complete SIFT Study Guide!
Written by people who've been in the field and on the front line, we know what it takes to study for the SIFT exam and pass with flying colors. Increase your score by gaining insider tips and trick and ensure you'll become an Army Aviator.
If your want to start a career as an Army Aviator, you're going to need the extra insight this study guide gives. Every year it is becoming more difficult...
6) Brutal Body
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The human body is unique, to say the least. With the help of this stimulating book, readers will learn about the fascinating ways their bodies operate, from the way their brain processes things, to the reason there is snot in their nose. Fun and relevant experiments will engage even those readers who aren't typically scientifically inclined. Creative language and colorful images will appeal to readers of many levels, while exciting activities will...
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Gases are all around us, and they're an important part of living on our planet, but some facts about gases are shocking. This engaging book takes readers on a fun-filled journey of experiments and exploration. Each page offers insight and accessible content that will help reinforce important scientific concepts. Colorful images and exciting activities will engage even those readers who aren't typically drawn to scientific material. This hands-on book...
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Ecosystems are made up of many different parts, not all of which are always good. This intriguing book explores the darker, creepier side of nature. Accessible text and vibrant images will attract and engage readers of many levels, while exciting and educational activities reinforce important scientific concepts and curricula. With unique and stimulating subject matter that will excite even the most reluctant readers, this book is sure to be a popular...
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Clicks, clacks, bangs, and booms; there are sounds everywhere we go, but what is special about sounds? With the help of this thrilling book, readers will be excited to find out. Vibrant images and engaging language will attract readers of many levels, even those who aren't usually drawn to scientific material. Fun activities will strengthen readers' understanding of important scientific concepts and curricula. The unique and exciting subject matter...
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As the class was dismissed from the lesson, one student took the opportunity for retaliation. Grasping a length of dowel rod, teeth gritted, eyes angry, he lunged striking out as hard as he could muster. Three times he struck the teacher, before the teacher could disarm him. Disruptive students and behaviour were part of teacher training, but nothing quite covered some of the situations that this teacher would encounter. Emotional, physical, and verbal...
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"People die. Secrets don't. Sam Hutchings was looking for a writing muse. She hoped that the family cabin at Bird Lake would spark her keyboard, a fire that had been smothered by self-loathing, cheap wine, and her daughter Meg's summer vacation. An innocent stroll down memory lane begins to unravel the story Sam had heard about her father: What did he do for a living? How did he actually die? Those who know the truth are nearer than she imagines,...
12) The Shimmering
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Emily and Daniel, a happily married couple, are attempting to live a simpler life and live it to the fullest at their small farm in rural middle Tennessee. The two become separated when Daniel, while on a trail ride with his best friend, Jimbo, accidentally discovers a gateway that sends him two hundred years back in time.
With the help of her newfound friend, Tommy Brown (a park ranger), Emily desperately searches for her beloved, who seems to...
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After forty-six years of separation, Gus Childers is anxious to reunite with his family. He uses The Shimmering to leave his friends Daniel and Emily Lane in the nineteenth century and seek out his long-lost loved ones. But to his surprise, the unpredictable time portal transports him to a new dimension and a strange, frightening world he wasn't expecting.
Meanwhile, Daniel and Emily are attempting to build a life together in the 1800's. As they...
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A reformed smuggler finds himself embroiled in a mind-bending criminal conspiracy in this page-turning debut Pastor Tommy Bosco runs a Winnipeg skid row mission that caters to ex-criminals and ex-addicts trying to make a better life. Sometimes that better life means leaving the city and the good and bad guys completely behind. A former smuggler, Bosco can make anyone disappear, faking deaths and extracting people across the Canada-U.S. border. But...
15) The Red Raven
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A Pirate Captain Like No Other
Raven is a young woman determined to free those forced into slavery and disrupt the trading of slaves of all countries involved.
Travel with her on her ship with crimson-colored sails as she strikes terror into the minds of merchant sea captains throughout the seas.
Follow the Red Raven as she travels the seas from England, the Gulf of Guinea, Madagascar, South America, the Caribbean, and the Carolina Coast, freeing...
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It's the summer of 1985 and mechanic Steve Mahoney is dreaming big about owning his own shop. He's getting there as slowly as possible, working one night shift at a time for a local towing company. One night, called to retrieve a car from the murky Red River, Mahoney finds the replacement body to his prized but damaged '67 Camaro. There's also a body inside the car, handcuffed to the steering wheel. Mahoney's able to snap the Camaro up cheap at a...
17) Milford
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On August 22, 1914, Milford, Connecticut, celebrated its 275th anniversary. An estimated crowd of 20,000 celebrated on the Milford Green alongside open-air horseless buggies. The celebration started at sunrise with a cannon salute and the sounding of church bells and factory whistles. Milford just recently celebrated its 375th anniversary.
18) The Prophet
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Time travel gone wrong. The history of America changed forever. Daniel Lane must master the secrets of The Shimmering to fix the timeline and save his loved ones, and the future, from ruin.
In this thrilling climax to The Shimmering Trilogy, time traveler Daniel Lane discovers Dr. Morgan Turner, who has been thrust back in time from 1962 into the battle at Shiloh Church. First Daniel must convince Morgan that he isn't part of a Civil War Reenactment,...
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In the hills of Northern California and Southern Oregon, a small but significant subculture was born out of the rapid development of the medical marijuana industry. The community formed under the influence of necessary secrecy and resource abundance, yet grew to become an impactful social movement that has left a mark on the greater American society, and, in fact, the world. The Quiet Blossom paints a picture of the nascent culture as it finds itself...