Simple techniques for creating catchy lyrics and memorable melodies!Nearly everyone can hum the melody or remember the words to a hit song. Clever word play, catchy melodies, and thoughtful imagery can create an impression that lasts long after a song has ended.The Everything Songwriting Book provides amateurs and seasoned professionals alike all they need to create, perform, and sell hit songs. Learn how to develop an idea, formulate a rhyme schem...

What would your child do if they saw someone being bullied? CJ's Big Moment helps them find the answer.As captain of his basketball team, CJ knows what it means to lead. But when a teammate is picked on by someone much bigger than them both, CJ faces a decision that has nothing to do with basketball and everything to do with character. It takes a reminder from his little brother to bring CJ back to who he really is: a leader, a friend, and a voice for thos...

What if your child faced every challenge with the same confidence they bring to the things they love?Confidence doesn't always show up the same way in every part of a kid's life. CJ's Big Project is a fun reminder that confidence and a little creative problem-solving can turn an impossible task into a possible one.CJ can hit a jump shot from anywhere on the court, but a bad grade in Science might bench him before the biggest game of the season. Whe...

A red hot bully duet...Broken by the Bully:Asher Hansen began tormenting me our freshman year, not long after my father kicked him and his older brother off the compound with nothing but the clothes on their back.Maybe that’s why I took it whenever Asher called me Cult Barbie and teased me mercilessly, saying the filthiest, most outrageous things. But that doesn't explain why his words always made me feel.....

Asher Hansen began tormenting me our freshman year, not long after my father kicked him and his older brother off the compound with nothing but the clothes on their back.They blamed Dad for their mother taking her own life. To be honest, I think I did, too.Maybe that’s why I took it whenever Asher called me Cult Barbie and teased me mercilessly, saying the filthiest, most outrageous things.But that doesn't explain why his wo...

Legend has it that before Bacchus took his place as a god on Mount Olympus, he traveled for many years as a mortal, sojourning all the way to India to teach wine production. Inspired by this Roman god of wine, agriculture and celebration, this book shares interesting destinations, vignettes and cocktail recipes.

From the start of the U.S. war in Afghanistan in 2001 to the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2014, Pakistan's military cooperation was critical to the United States. Yet Pakistani politics remain a source of anxiety for American policymakers. Despite some progress toward democratic consolidation over the last ten years, Pakistan's military still asserts power over the country's elected government. Pakistan's western regions remain largely ungoverned and home to the last remnants of al-Qaeda's...

From the start of the U.S. war in Afghanistan in 2001 to the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2014, Pakistan's military cooperation was critical to the United States. Yet Pakistani politics remain a source of anxiety for American policymakers. Despite some progress toward democratic consolidation over the last ten years, Pakistan's military still asserts power over the country's elected government. Pakistan's western regions remain largely ungoverned and home to the last remnants of al-Qaeda's...

This unique selection of plays by Luigi Pirandello contains some of his best-known works, such as Six Characters in Search of an Author - an absurdist piece in which the characters, actors and Pirandello himself interact during the rehearsal of a fictional play within the play - and Henry IV - a tragicomic tale of a man who falls from a horse and believes himself to be the eponymous Holy Roman Emperor. Preoccupied with the nature of truth and delusion, and treading dangerously on the borde...

Every believer experiences the struggle to improve his prayer life and to gain more from time spent in the Scriptures. Dr. Wayne Mack's hallmark works on both subjects are sure to provide lasting help to those desiring to draw nearer to God in prayer, to know that they pray biblically, and who are convinced that Bible reading is intended to bring them more life-changing benefits than it has thus far in their own practice. Includes thought-provoking introductory articles, short summaries of...

America is a nation that celebrates diversity and freedom of conscience. Yet, as Alexis de Tocqueville observed, democratic times often demand conformity. Nowadays, conformity might be enforced in the name of diversity itself, and go so far as to infringe on the rights of conscience, expression, association, and religious freedom. Americans have recently been confronted by this paradox in various ways, from federal health care mandates, to campus speech codes, to consumer boycotts, to publ...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and citizens to understand more fully the meaning of America.This new second edition of the b...