Murder in the Snows is a murder mystery set in the eastern part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The year is 1947, just a couple years after World War II. When the victim is discovered, the shock to the local sheriff, George Kaughman, is overwhelming, as he was his best friend. Aside from his feelings for Two Shoes, he needs to find the one who killed his Native American friend. The search seems to be a roller coaster of clues and dead ends, until the end when he discovers shocking evidence ...

A practical guide to more effective assessment for improved student learningLearn how to be more consistent in judging student performance, and help your students become more effective at assessing their own learning! This book offers a practical approach to assessing challenging but necessary performance tasks, like creative writing, "real-world" research projects, and cooperative group activities.Judith Arter and Jay McTighe, experts in the field of assessment, wrote ...

A new collection of short stories, poems and non-fiction from the talented members of Words and Water Group. This international group was formed in 2013 to encourage donations to WaterAid. In 2014 there are contributions from many of the original members, and new members have joined. In this very high quality work you will find early morning sunlight glistening in a drop of water, pivotal moments in the lives of ordinary people, through to human annexation of another planet.This wo...

Murder in the Snows is a murder mystery set in the eastern part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The year is 1947, just a couple years after World War II. When the victim is discovered, the shock to the local sheriff, George Kaughman, is overwhelming, as he was his best friend. Aside from his feelings for Two Shoes, he needs to find the one who killed his Native American friend. The search seems to be a roller coaster of clues and dead ends, until the end when he discovers shocking evidence ...

Treat your furry best friend to the joy of real food, with 120 bark-worthy recipes made with easy-to-find ingredients to improve their health and keep that tail wagging every day of their joyful life.Dogs love food, and just like human diets, the best canine diets feature natural, whole-food ingredients and homemade meals. Backed by extensive research on dog health, The Dog’s Table is the definitive guide to feeding your canine co...

In Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Marine Corps’ ground campaign up the Tigris and Euphrates was notable for speed and aggressiveness unparalleled in military history. Little has been written, however, of the air support that guaranteed the drive’s success. Paving the way for the rush to Baghdad was “the hammer from above”–in the form of attack helicopters, jet fighters, transport, and other support aircraft. Now a former Marine fighter pilot shares the gripping never-before-told stories of t...

In this sequel to the successful Guerrilla Selling, listeners learn insider secrets such as the ten most common mistakes made in negotiation, one hundred negotiating weapons, and twenty things you can expect to gain in a negotiation. Guerrilla Selling® tactics help you get the most out of any negotiation.

Acts of Our Gentle God presents compelling evidence from the Bible to exonerate God of the charges that he is uncaring, judgmental, controlling, unfair, bad-tempered, or violent. The book demonstrates that the entire Bible, correctly understood, is in harmony with the definitive statement God is love (1 John 4:8).

This book includes contributions from top scholars who outline the best leadership practices for the benefit of the practicing leader. Each chapter focuses on a specific area of leadership practice and ends with a set of "take away" best practices in each area—an executive summary in reverse—that will serve as a quick reference for those who might want to peruse chapters, but still extract the best practices, as well as a summary for those who thoroughly read each chapter."Jay Alde...

God has led this Church from the beginning, by prophets and inspired men,' President Wilford Woodruff declared in 1891. 'He will lead this Church until the scene is wound up.' God's direction in leading the Church is evident in this collection of fifty treasured talks delivered by prophets, apostles, and seventies since the days of the Prophet Joseph Smith through the presidency of Howard W. Hunter. Best-Loved Talks of the LDS People includes such classic sermons as Ezra Taft Benson's memo...

In the year 2262 AD there were five inhabited celestial bodies. The Earth and its moon as well as Mars and its two moons. There were also several space stations in orbit around these celestial bodies. Several more space stations were scattered around the solar system. A central government had been formed to attempt to control all of the other smaller governments, it was called the Council of governments. The Council of Governments had a private mercenary service to enforce their laws, they...

Master persuasion as a leadership practice to spark change that sticks, turn resistance into collaboration, and move teams from compliance to lasting commitment.Most change efforts fail not because of poor strategy but because leaders struggle to win genuine commitment. Between 60 and 70 percent of major organizational change initiatives fall short or fail outright. The missing ingredient? Constructive persuasion.Drawing on over two decades of research and ...