This picture book will delight children of all ages, but will be especially appealing for any child between the ages of 7 to 9. It features a clever little mouse that shows kids how simple learning the 9X table can be.The colorful illustrations and playful cartooning will allow kids to see math from a new perspective - it can be fun Children will quickly learn the 9X table once they see which patterns unfold.9X Fun will help kids enjoy math as never before and encourage them to explore the beauty in this science.
While Grimsho has flourished with Annie leading the people towards a brighter future, Amilmamir had left something unfinished in his homeland. Once again, a Nermakiir is called upon. War and death continue to plague Tuarenlin, with no explanation to the people as to why they must fight when they all know death is the only outcome.The Oracle asks Erik Amilmamir Nermakiir to step up to the task. All he wants is a quiet life surrounded by family, yet he has grown up in several locations, across many lands, as he completed the training that would make him more than just a regular ranger. Alternately called a hero and an abomination, he struggles to find his place amidst the names, his history, and his legacy. Called upon to sacrifice and protect, the heroes of the past once again take a place at the side of a Nermakiir. It now falls to Erik to determine if he's ready for the inheritance waiting for him. This third book in the Ranger series filled out the backgrounds of many of the people from the first two books, including Nang and Vicarious, while telling the story of Erik Nermakiir. Carrying the heritage of two different peoples and paths, he discovers who he is when adversity puts him at its center.
The Paperweight Keeper is at it again. A mysterious glass paperweight is delivered unannounced to his gallery's doorstep. It isn't long before our hero is trapped inside the paperweight and must get out soon before something terrible happens. Join sisters, Lexi and Ella, and their friend DJ as the kids help Madame Magar search for clues while the Paperweight Keeper explores the fantasy worlds within the mysterious glass paperweight. A wonderful adventure filled with hilarious characters, life lessons and joyous fun.
In, Overwhelmed - China's Pacific Basin, Dennis Wesley Clark tells a thrilling story that weaves together history and current events, connects the events to predict a trend and forecasts a dire outcome.China has a long and rich history that shapes its current culture and values. Demons from the past haunt the leaders. Over the last 2000 years over 600 bouts of famine have devastated the population. At least two dynasties were overthrown by peasant revolts. The Chinese people have often been under threat from outsiders. And, they have learned that since no one has ever come to their aid, they have to take care of themselves.The new Communist leadership knows this history and sees the modern challenges facing the nation. Air pollution, problems with safe food, overcrowding and financial stresses challenge the new leadership. The new president devises a plan to secure food resources from foreign lands and solve its overcrowding by moving some its population overseas. China transitions from being reclusive to being a new powerful force the world.The United States, the existing world power, and China, the emerging world power, are on a collision course. The United States is used to its predominate role and its assumed responsibilities as the world cop. China is focused on defining its realm of control and influence. Overlapping concepts create friction.Then, catastrophe strikes. Climate change plunges the world into famine. The carrying capacity of the world shrinks. Nations adjust. Europe ejects foreigners and returns to its heritage. Across the world people withdraw into their tribal roots to survive. China uses its military to enforce its foreign food contracts. It accelerates its plan to export people to foreign lands. The scope of this plan includes all lands where the rivers flow into the Pacific Basin. This includes the West Coast of the USA.The United States attempts to check the expansion of China early on as it marches down Southeast Asia. The United States suffers a huge military defeat in the South China Sea. The United States withdraws into a defensive posture. China presses forward with a pincher movement through Alaska and down from the north and through Mexico from the south. There a major battles but the United States is no match for the Chinese industrial strength and huge number of warriors. In the end, they are just overwhelmed.
I wouldn't ever tell someone to stop going to church, but God might. That's what he did to me, and this book is a testimony of the real love of God and what he can do for you if you so choose to be led by his Spirit. This journey happened in the Spirit, and it happened all the same in reality. It has affected me and those around me, and the church will not agree with most of this because it isn't based on their principles of manipulation and control. The stories in this book are true to the best of my memory and the journey that I have endured. It is here to help set you free from religious mind-sets, to help you learn how to be led by God's Spirit, and to help you learn who you are through him.
I wouldn't ever tell someone to stop going to church, but God might. That's what he did to me, and this book is a testimony of the real love of God and what he can do for you if you so choose to be led by his Spirit. This journey happened in the Spirit, and it happened all the same in reality. It has affected me and those around me, and the church will not agree with most of this because it isn't based on their principles of manipulation and control. The stories in this book are true to the best of my memory and the journey that I have endured. It is here to help set you free from religious mind-sets, to help you learn how to be led by God's Spirit, and to help you learn who you are through him.
Everyone knows something about Herakles, but more of it is hearsay than he's strictly comfortable with. Some say he's lecherous and callous, others call him an oaf, a buffoon...Behind all that, there lies a confused young man, who seeks to make something of himself. Two paths lie before him, one of leisure and sloth, or agony and glory. Only one will create a hero, and it will be a long road.
Ryan Marshall's kid brother has always been trouble. Now, his brother wants Ryan, ex-DEA agent, to protect the woman he loves from a notorious, Mexican drug cartel. The second Ryan lays eyes on Hallie Harkins, he knows he's made a mistake. Hallie's blonde beauty and stubborn grit tempt him like no woman ever has. It's all he can do to keep his hands off her...and his heart intact. Hallie's worst fears are realized when the man she expects to meet, vanishes. In his place, a disturbingly attractive stranger appears, claiming he's been sent to protect her. Can she trust him? Or is he working with her pursuers? Following an attempt on Hallie's life, she and Ryan join forces, embarking on a perilous mission of danger and desire taking them from rural Montana to the sunny shores of Acapulco Bay, and into the clutches of a ruthless killer. Will they survive the mission together and find love in each other's arms?
