Above and Beyond is the incredible true story of Frank Luke Jr., the first aviator to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1897, Luke was an adventurous young man who was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. When America entered the First World War in 1917, Luke became a fighter pilot in the newly-formed U.S. Army Air Service and was soon serving with a combat squadron in France. Seen as a "high-strung, excitable boy," scorned by his squadron mates and frequently at odds with his commanders, "Above and Beyond" tells the story of how Luke soon became one of the most revered fighter aces on the Western Front. Exhibiting great audacity and skill in combat, he quickly racked up an impressive number of air-to-air victories, many of them against heavily-defended observation balloons which few pilots dared to attack. "Above and Beyond" chronicles Luke's most daring mission of all on September 29, 1918, which cost him his life, and for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
FOR CHRISTIAN PARENTS WHO WANT TO HOMESCHOOL THEIR DAUGHTERS Here's the answer to your prayers. Now you can hand your driven young lady this book and give her a complete high school curriculum that will prepare her for womanhood. REVISED 2016 EDITION Far Above Rubies (Volume TWO) is a Unit Study-based homeschool curriculum for young ladies in junior high and high school, ages 12 through high school graduation. It covers all subjects except math and advanced science and includes many suggestions for expanding into specialized areas of interest. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Author Lynda Coats provides your daughter with a well-rounded plan for college preparatory purposes as well as offering a number of business and vocational skills. The primary goal of Far Above Rubies is to help Christian young ladies develop their character and abilities for useful service to the Lord within the family setting. Far Above Rubies will help your maturing Christian girl to understand the importance of homemaking as a full-time profession, even for a woman who may have another profession or occupation. This curriculum (based on Proverbs 31: 10-31) stresses the importance of a woman making her family her number one earthly priority in terms of time and emotional commitment, and of seeing this as her life's calling from God. A SELF-DIRECTED COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Far Above Rubies can be used by your children with very little oversight needed by you. The curriculum can be customized by parent or student to best fit the interests, learning style, and goals of your girl. Students can pick and choose the assignments they wish to focus on to fulfill their course requirements. The point of this curriculum is not to slavishly track down all the resources mentioned herein, nor is it to get everything checked off. Rather, it is designed to give you a solid, practical, proven framework upon which your student can build a customized, self-directed course of junior high and high school study. TRY IT RISK-FREE FOR A MONTH Take time for you and your daughter peruse through the pages of Far Above Rubies. Very few if any extra resources will need to be purchased. Many of the supplemental books, videos, and online resources suggested throughout the book can be found online or at your local library. You and your student must love the treasure you find in Far Above Rubies or you can return it for a full refund within the first month. Click Add To Cart and check out Far Above Rubies now. Far Above Rubies, Volume TWO contains UNITS 11 - 20. Volume ONE, also available on Amazon, contains UNITS 1 - 10.
*Includes pictures *Includes Nash's quotes about his own life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world." - John Nash, Jr. In 2001, the critically acclaimed film A Beautiful Mind introduced millions to John Nash, Jr., one of America's most important 20th century mathematicians, nearly 50 years after he had won a Nobel prize for his work. Naturally, most viewers of the movie will remember a prodigy suffering from paranoid schizophrenia while overlooking how the man's innovative studies and works had a major influence on everything from economics to biology, cryptography, artificial intelligence, and political philosophy. The "Nash equilibrium," a theory he developed when he was still a student in his 20s, has also affected games, military doctrine, and computing. Nash was still doing groundbreaking work and was in the prime of his life when he began demonstrating all kinds of odd behavior, initially alarming his wife Alicia and then stunning the academic world with an incoherent lecture in 1959. As it turned out, he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, which made him see things and believe in wild conspiracies like a national communist takeover by men wearing red ties. For nearly a decade after the diagnosis, Nash was treated in hospitals with various kinds of medication, including shock therapy, and Nash himself termed his mental health issues as making him go "from scientific rationality of thinking into the delusional thinking characteristic of persons who are psychiatrically diagnosed as 'schizophrenic' or 'paranoid schizophrenic'". Over time, with a better understanding of the problem and treatment, Nash began to recover his mental faculties and get back to work in the last few decades of the 20th century. Fittingly, some of that work included coming up with hypotheses and theories about mental health issues, thereby having an impact on evolutionary psychology, and he was subsequently recognized with a countless number of awards for both his past and present work. Indeed, when he died in a car accident in May 2015 at the age of 86, he was returning from Norway, where he had been given the Abel Prize, awarded by the Norwegian government to outstanding mathematicians. John Nash, Jr.: The Life and Legacy of One of America's Most Influential Mathematicians chronicles the life and work of Nash and the impact he had on math and economics. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Nash like never before.
Broadcasting Hall of Fame consulting radio engineer E. Harold Munn Jr. built or serviced 800 radio stations in all 50 states and nearly 70 colleges and universities in a career spanning six decades. He received his first FCC radio license at age 14 and at age 17 became a lifetime member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Also a pioneer in broadband and internet infrastructure, he received the first FCC clearance for cable TV operation.In his passion to advance the cause of Jesus Christ he served as a trustee of Billy Graham's Blue Ridge Broadcasting Corporation, Spring Arbor University, and Asbury Theological Seminary. From childhood a member of the Free Methodist Church, he served that denomination in many volunteer administrative capacities from 1950-2015.Billy Graham inscribed a note to his board member and ministry partner Hal Munn on the flyleaf of his book Facing Death: And the Life After: "To my faithful brother Harold Munn. God bless and keep you always." Billy Graham. Mar. 15, '88. 1 Cor. 15:58: "Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain."
The Mi Mini Biografia series are Spanish language biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
The Adventures of Raymond Red Bird continue with book number six, titled,"Where is Raymond, Jr.?" The Johnson Family from Bird City, Kansas are preparing for the wedding of their granddaughter, at their farmhouse. So much excitement is taking place in the human community and in the bird community. While Raymond, Jr. was out playing with the other young birds, he is captured and placed in a cage. his parents search and can't find him. Where is He? If Raymond, Jr. wants to see his parents again, he has to be brave and plan an escape.
