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Great Courses volume 17
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English
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Join Michael Melford, a landscape photographer and expert in natural light, for a discussion on lighting fundamentals. Take a deep dive into the four kinds of light he specifically looks for-diffuse light, side light, back light, and "magic" light-in addition to the types of filters he uses to control the available light.
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“The Good Boy's Guide to Being Good” is an entertaining account of a dog trying to understand his human and live his best life.
Written from the point of view of Sprout, an "Insta-famous" dog who pushes a tiny shopping cart amongst other tricks, it uses humorous real-life anecdotes to provide a light-hearted take on how to raise a well-behaved dog, brought to life with adorable and entertaining photos of Sprout in all walks of life.
Sprout's...
5) To Shape Our World for Good: Master Narratives and Regime Change in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1900–2011
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Why does the United States pursue robust military invasions to change some foreign regimes but not others? Conventional accounts focus on geopolitics or elite ideology. C. William Walldorf, Jr., argues that the politics surrounding two broad, public narratives-the liberal narrative and the restraint narrative-often play a vital role in shaping US decisions whether to pursue robust and forceful regime change. Using current sociological work on cultural...
6) Amber & Clay
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, "ringed by a restless sea," live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto...
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Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"Make lacto-fermentation part of your kitchen. A classic preserving method, the process yields nutrient-dense live foods packed with vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and probiotic goodness. Master the techniques for making sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, and fermented condiments, and then explore how to apply those simple skills to fermenting with more than 60 fresh vegatbles, herbs, and even a few fruits. In addition to 140 recipes and suggestions for...
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Abellican Church leader Father Abbott Dalebert Markwart tightens his sinister grip with the aide of the deadly Brothers Justice and his treacherous compatriot Abbott De'Unnero. Markwart's venemous reach extends to Pony's own adopted family, as well as the centaur Bradwarden and the goodly Master Jojonah. As the war against the Demon Dactyl's minions winds down, the battle for the hearts and minds of the kingdom of Corona escalates and Nightbird, the...
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What penance can the slave who owns nothing, whose very life is not his own, whose rebellious actions are worthy of death, offer to his Master that would warrant reconciliation and restoration?
REPENTANCE AND RESTITUTION!
What does a Good Master offer a slave who rebelled against His authority, stole from His possessions, and fled as far away as humanly possible from His presence?
FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION!
God shows us how a slave to sin who...
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The Song, so called, here consists of words to be read aloud. It is a collection of parts intended for recitation. A large section of the "Song", in "remastered" form, is a story in a form that can be re-enacted. It is "remastered", like getting a good "master" copy for music, because it is put back in the form it was intended to be in. Will this be accepted in proven religion? I present this book as a challenge to those that have never considered...
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Kept for the Master's Use is based on Frances Ridley Havergal's famous own hymn 'Take My Life and Let It Be, Consecrated, Lord to Thee.' It consists of separate chapters on each couplet of that well-known hymn. Frances Ridley Havergal encourages us to take very single aspect of our life and consecrate it for the Lord's use, and we are shown very clearly that 'He who is able and willing to take unto Himself is no less able and willing to keep for...
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When is the last time you heard a sermon, Bible study, or even read the Letter to Philemon? For some the answer is "recently" but for too many the answer is "it has been a long time" or worse yet "never." Why is it that Philemon, though included in the Christian canon, is not read and studied as a text with theological depth that is helpful for serious study and preaching? In A Companion to Philemon, Lewis Brogdon insists that a part of the reason...
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Age: 8-9 years old Reading Level: 3rd grade
The best illustrated fairytales for children!
Once upon a time was a poor miller. When he died, his three sons only inherited an old mill, a donkey and a cat. The son who had inherited the cat was very disappointed and thought that his brothers were luckier than him. The young man was far from knowing that this cat was extraordinary...
The collection "Once Upon a Time" offers a new and richly illustrated...
15) Black Beauty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother's advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and kindness -- and then a chance encounter with an old friend brings him the greatest joy of all. Anna Sewell's classic...
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Simon & Schuster Canada
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"From the top of the world, Hudson Bay looks like an enormous paw print on the torso of the continent, and through a vast network of lakes and rivers, the water in this bay connects to oceans across the globe. Here, at the heart of everything, walks Nanurjuk, or Nanu, one polar bear among the six thousand that traverse the 1.23 million square kilometres of ice and snow covering the bay. For millennia, Nanu's ancestors have roamed this great expanse,...
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Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who...
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who...
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School for Good and Evil volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidnapped into an enchanted world her whole life. With her pink dresses, glass slippers, and devotion to good deeds, she knows she'll earn top marks at the School for Good...
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School for Good and Evil volume prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Publisher Annotation: The journey that started a hundred years ago throttles towards its end. This final chapter in the duology that began with the RISE OF THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL brings the tale of the twin School Masters to the brink of war and a shocking conclusion that will change the course of the school forever.
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Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success—a beautiful woman who has parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Now, celebrating her 90th birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil—her winnings in life.