Sophie was a small-town girl who moved to the big city of San Francisco, to make it big as a lawyer. Landing a dream job, she was ready to take the city by storm, that is until she met Haku Davis. With one look, he had her feelings caught up in a whirlwind of wonder and mystery. But it was something about him that put her on guard, something she couldn’t put her finger on, not knowing that her life was about to change drastically. And a part of her was about to come to light. Sophie is swe...

This book is a simple story to illustrate the moral and spiritual lessons of the greatest story ever told: the bible. Personification of the evil serpent and the King of Evil, the devil, in the garden of eden gives god's very serious messages a lighthearted atmosphere, while still teaching god's important lessons to children of all ages.

Many of God’s created creatures, the dogs, gather together using the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule to teach children with delightful pictures and simple words on how to grow up spiritually while growing to adulthood.

This Pivot book looks at the ways in which disruptive technologies, datafication, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are shaping Comparative and International (CIE) Education and leading to its platformization. CIE entails the study of foreign educational systems in comparative perspective to discern what can be learned from approaches in various educational contexts and how these approaches might be applicable to other educational systems. The advent of advanced technologies, particularly A...

They agreed on one thing before retiring-they would travel, sniff around at other countries and other lifestyles, and discover along the way which place came closest to "having it all." There they would drop anchor and go with the flow. The going has been good, so much so that these former Washingtonians have decided to make France their permanent home. They chose the city over the countryside and took on the challenges and pleasures of Aix-en-Provence, where they have been doing...

From bestselling author and renowned educator, Dr. Mary Manz Simon, comes The Family Time Bible, perfect for families who want to discover more about God's Word.The Family Time Bible offers 52 captivating and beloved Old and New Testament stories along with engaging questions and suitable prayers for each reading. With understandable vocabulary and inclusive skin tones, this Scripture-based translation is perfect to use with children of all ages.

Berlin 1941. Marie Jalowicz Simon, a nineteen-year-old Jewish woman, makes an extraordinary decision. All around her, Jews are being rounded up for deportation, forced labour and extermination. Marie takes off her yellow star and vanishes into the city. Always on the move, never certain who could be trusted and how far, it was her quick-witted determination and the most amazing and hair-raising strokes of luck that ensured her survival.

The Declaration of Independence proclaims that we believe all men to be created equally. It is true that all men are created equally, but all men are not the same. From a biblical perspective, God is not a respecter of persons (Romans 2:11). He is not, but we are. Our differences affect individual concepts of self and our relationships to other people in the world. Diversity causes problems with identity and identity is a creation issue. Any issue that stands between the individual and the...

Over the last decade Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, KY, has put a new face on the concept of equine aftercare.When Michael Blowen first dreamed of creating Old Friends, he envisioned a place where Thoroughbred stallions could retire with dignity following their racing or breeding careers. He also wanted people to visit the iconic horses.In 2003, Old Friends opened on leased land with a miniature h...

The aim of the present monograph is a thorough study of the adic-completion, its left derived functors and their relations to the local cohomology functors, as well as several completeness criteria, related questions and various dualities formulas. A basic construction is the Čech complex with respect to a system of elements and its free resolution. The study of its homology and cohomology will play a crucial role in order to understand left derived functors of completion and right derived...

Help your toddler build godly character!We all want our little ones to grow strong characters, but how do we teach them? Best-selling children's author Dr. Mary Manz Simon offers the solution. This collection of twelve stories stars a menagerie of adorable animals and offers simple, concrete examples for little ones to remember. Your child will learn about these important virtues:KindnessTruthfulnessLovePatience...

This book focuses on how to address persistent linguistically structured inequalities in education, primarily in relation to South African schools, but also in conversation with Australian work and with resonances for other multilingual contexts around the world. The book as a whole lays bare the tension between the commitment to multilingualism enshrined in the South African Constitution and language-in-education policy, and the realities of the dominance of English and the virtual absenc...