Harper is an enthusiastic little bunny who lives with her wise, old groundhog friend, Hank, underneath a tool shed next to Farmer Ben’s garden. She loves carrots more than anything in the whole wide world! Although she is doing her best to wait for Farmer Ben’s garden to grow, Harper ignores Hank’s advice to be patient and picks a carrot too early. Not only is she disappointed that it is a tiny wrinkled carrot and not a big juicy one, Harper also feels guilty about disobeying Hank’s advice...

The problem with the devil isn’t that he's evil; the problem is that he's charming.When a violent, decades-long feud between two powerful men comes to a head in the small settlement of Bladestay, Colorado, cunning resident Theo Creed must use her wits to stay alive. Disguising herself as a young boy, seventeen-year-old Theo bluffs her way into the inner circle of August Gains, the magnetic leader of the violent gang that has descended on her town. But the deeper Th...

What do you pray when times get tough? When you're stressed or depressed, when life is overwhelming or disappointing, when you feel like giving up? It's in these challenging times you need to pray with wild hope, says Jackie M. Johnson. With encouraging stories, Scriptures, and prayers, Johnson shows readers how to pray for focus, wisdom, confidence, courage, grace, strength, meaning, and much more. Conveniently structured so that readers can go directly to the chapter that addresses their...

Prayer opens worlds of possibilities-but many people still struggle to pray. Power Prayers for Women will help readers pray, by offering solid biblical reasons to talk to God and specific prayer starters for 21 key areas of life. Topics such as My Emotions, My Home, My Health, My Finances, My Job, My Dreams, My Fears, My History, and My Future are addressed through scripture and the life experiences of women both historic and contemporary. Concise and quick to read, yet packed with spiritu...

You are fearfully and wonderfully made! (Psalm 139:14)Every day we are bombarded with the false truths of this world, overwhelmed with earthly desires, wants, needs, opinions, idea’s, and criticism. The enemy is out to create a spirit of confusion in each of our lives. We can combat this confusion with God’s truth.This study will help you further understand:your biblical truth and what Jesus has to say about youwhat a personal intimate relationship with Jesu...

A brilliant young scientist introduces us to the fascinating field that is changing our understanding of how the body works and the way we can approach healing.SYSTEMATICis the first book to introduce general readers to systems biology, which is improving medical treatments and our understanding of living things. In traditional bottom-up biology, a biologist might spend years studying how a single protein works, but systems biology studies how networks of those pro...

The New York Times–bestseller from the Hall of Fame basketball legends. "Finally a book that tells the story of Magic and Larry from their vantage point." —Denzel WashingtonIn Celtic green was Larry Bird, the hick from French Lick, with laser-beam focus, relentless determination, and a deadly jump shot, a player who demanded excellence from everyone and whose caustic wit left opponents quaking in their high-tops. Magic Johnson was Mr. Showtime, a magnetic p...

About the BookGrand Central: The Untold Story is a non- fiction story written by Floyd Smith, a security officer at Little Rock Central High School. As teenagers Floyd, his cousin Jackie Fells and a neighborhood friend, Bennie Johnson would physically train together to become fit to prepare for high school football. After graduating from Central High and Bennie from cross-town rival Hall High, the three friends continued to workout together to stay in peak physical condition....

FROM THE PREFACE:The original purpose of the First Edition of Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tractto collect in one set of volumes the most current and comprehensive knowledge in our fieldwas also the driving force for the Fourth Edition. The explosion of information at the cellular level, made possible in part by the continued emergence of powerful molecular and cellular techniques, has resulted in a greater degree of revision than that of any other edition. The first section, now tit...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Losing a hope-filled dating relationship is a stressful and painful event. And when it seems to occur again, again, and again, is ice cream the only refuge for a Christian single?As one who has walked this road before, author Jackie M. Johnson says an emphatic, "no!"While most books for singles tell readers how to get the next guy, When Love Ends and the Ice Cream Carton is Empty encourages a healthy healing process. Practical and biblically based, each chapter gui...

Managing Conflict at Work provides practical guidance on how to prevent, contain and resolve conflict in the workplace. It demonstrates how effective conflict management can have a powerful impact on the way organizations channel their energies, encouraging positive mindsets and building stronger and happier workforces. Aimed not just at mediators and conflict practitioners, but at staff managers and anyone who needs to deal with people disputes, the book emphasises simple and pra...