Have you ever really looked at a one dollar bill? There are lots of strange symbols and words on it. Do you know what all those symbols and words mean? How about the answers to these questions?What are the two circles on the green side of the dollar bill?What number shows up a lot on the dollar bill?What symbols does the eagle hold?Find out more about the U.S. One Dollar Bill and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.LearningIsland.com beli...

Giant pandas live in China.For a long time many people thought a panda was a bear. Some thought it was a raccoon. Now they know that they are really bears.They look like a huge, cuddly bear. They have four legs and a short, stubby tail. They also have a face that looks like a bear face.This book is a shortened version of our popular "Giant Pandas: Cuddly Bamboo Lovers" and is intended for beginning readers. With only 1124 easy to read words, young children can experien...

Scholars in the field of children's literature studies began taking an interest in the concept of “liminal spaces” around the turn of the 21st century. For the first time, Liminal Spaces in Children's and Young Adult Literature: Stories from the In Between brings together in one volume a collection of original essays on this topic by leading children's literature scholars. The contributors in this collection take a wide variety of approaches to their explorations of liminal spaces...

Living a God Inspired Life - What a title for a book in this day and age. What an adventure this would be if we could have such a life. But we do have such a life. Every breath we take, every person e meet, every problem we solve, remind us that we are in the middle of human made situations, often referred to a a problem, that we must solve to go every forward with our lives. Most of us know this and many people choose not to think about it. These problems lead down so many avenues of chal...

A book about bitter fates-both already known and yet to unfold-and the many kinds of organized machinery built to destroy people. Alexander Kluge's work has long grappled with the Third Reich and its aftermath, and the extermination of the Jews forms its gravitational center. Kluge is forever reminding us to keep our present catastrophes in perspective-"calibrated"-against this historical monstrosity. Anyone Who Utters a Consoling Word Is a Traitor is about bitter fates, both already known...

This book, originally published in 1921, is written as an introduction of the theory of relativity of Albert Einstein. Moszkowski wrote the book in a way simple to understand for everyone. He developed the content in close personal discussions and it offers a wonderful view into the human Albert Einstein and his life and work. The writer Alexander Moszkowski lived from 1851 to 1934. He was born in Pilica (Poland), lived most of his life in Germany. Moszkowski was well known with Albert Ein...

A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander.In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout. Featuring work from well-loved poets such as Rita Dove, J...

Psychology Professor Morgan Davis is catapulted back in time to his teenage years in 1958 while listening to the legendary disc jockey Porky Chedwickﾅ

Davey Thompson, a newly hired assistant professor at a fictitious university named Wisconsin State is confronted with threats to his academic career, his life, and the lives of his wife and daughter, when he crosses certain members of a secret society.

This debate is of "transcendent importance to the Christian" in the words of Alexander Campbell.Held almost two centuries ago, this timeless controversy between two prominent religious figures is still as relevant today. It addresses subjects essential to the Christian that are "as important as the immortal interests of the soul."What's the true meaning behind baptism? Are humans inherently evil and divisive? How does the Holy Spirit manifest itself to the Christian?

We can never understand the utter desolation of Christ’s disciples during the days that lay betwixt Christ’s death and His resurrection. Our faith rests on centuries. We know that that grave was not even an interruption to the progress of His work, but was the straight road to His triumph and His glory. We know that it was the completion of the work of which the raising of the widow’s son and of Lazarus were but the beginnings. But these disciples did not know that. To them the inferior mi...

Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes accountability. Taken together, the chapters in Part I of Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds provide a sampling of what the cultivation of curious and creative minds entails. The contrib...