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Day of No ReturnIn the mid-1930s, a brave young theological student refused to preach Nazi doctrine and was denied ordination in the German Lutheran church. He struggled to resist the Nazi takeover of the church, but, with his life in danger, was ordered out of the country by his bishop. He fled to the United States, where, through the FBI, he contacted author Kressmann Taylor so she could tell his story.Day of No Return is Kressmann Taylor's 1942 account of that true story, fictionalized to deceive the Nazis and protect "Karl Hoffman" and his family still in Germany. Now his subsequent life and true identity, which remained secret for the rest of her life, are at last revealed in this dramatic new edition."Stirring dramatic interest." New York Times"Thrilling!" Christian Science Monitor

Narrates the stories of 100 hispanic students who, despite great challenges, manage to graduate from high school.

Cool Stuff Your Parents Never Told You About Parenting is written by an early childhood education expert who is a mother, a kindergarten teacher trainer, an early childhood educator and a kindergarten curriculum developer. It provides parents with in-depth understanding on how and why children learn, think and behave so differently form us, so that parents can help their children develop the necessary skills required for meeting the demands of the 21st century. This book has a unique combination of research findings, underlying principles, step-by-step guide and practical suggestions to some contemporary issues such as how parents can enhance their childrens intelligence from infancy, selecting good quality early childhood education programs, promoting creativity and character development and dealing with over exposure to the screen culture. Specifically designed for parents, teachers, childcare workers, nannies, grandparents, parents-to-be and all those who are passionate about young children aged from zero to eight years, this book will help them understand the true nature of young children and work with them effectively.

Every human being, regardless of his or her origin or upbringing, is endowed with a marvelous and mysterious apparatus called the mind. It works twenty-four hours a day, producing conditions, events, and experiences in each of our lives. Your thoughts are the tools with which you work and the only tools you have to shape your destiny. Your experience is a mere reflection of your thoughts. For example, you look into the mirror and you don't like the face you see. But you will not break the mirror because you know that the mirror is only reflecting the face you have. Similarly, your experience in life is a mirror reflecting your inner thoughts. To change the conditions, you have to change the causes--your thoughts. Blaming your poor economic condition is like blaming the mirror for your face. Think about it. After you study this book, you will learn not to blame the mirror for your poor image. You will consciously start working with causes instead of conditions.

If life were a game, what would be the objective? This is a question the author has asked himself, his clients, and his friends for quite some time, with some very interesting responses. Some give a scientific answer, to survive and replicate; some say, I don't know,  but by far, the most common response is to win. What does iy mean to win? This is where most people get stuck. To the author, this is like playing a game of soccer and having none of the players on the field know what the objective of the game really is. There are very few people who clearly understand what the main objective is and how to go about achieving it. Most people are simply playing the game, not really knowing the goal of the game. That is why the author felt the need to explore this topic and to share with you what he has learned.

Just when the first woman detective in South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Elizabeth Bowlyn, thinks she has found small-town bliss, a sexual sadist serial killer has descended into her quiet town of Arcadia Lakes. He leaves a mutilated body practically in her backyard at the local golf course. Chosen to head up the task force charged with capturing Carver, Lizzie battles insecurities in her professional and personal life that jeopardize both finding the killer and ultimately her own fate.

Andrew Johnston, an Australian wine writer, goes to Dubrovnik to prepare an article for his editor on the wines and wineries of southern RhAne. He never realized how this trip will impact his life until an old acquaintance crosses his path bringing new surprises and challenges. In author Angus Kennedya (TM)s Two Tickets To Dubrovnik, readers will follow Andrew as he composes his editorial piecea "while facing the conflicting challenges between his heart and his head. They will be compelled to take deep breaths, discover insights, and witness a beautiful story of life, a little romance, and the clash of two very different cultures. The historic walled city of Dubrovnik, the heart of the ancient Republic of Ragusa and now part of Croatia, provides the setting for Australian wine writer, Andrew Johnston, who travels there to prepare an article on the wines and wineries of the southern RhAne region of France. During his stay in Dubrovnik, he meets up with an old Bordelaise wine making acquaintance, Lucien Delasalles, and is introduced to his family connections in the city, including his sister, Niki. Andrew is attracted to Niki but is warned by his landlady about Nikia (TM)s brother, Jakov, and his unsavoury friends, and against becoming too close to Nikia (TM)s family. Interested and intrigued by Niki and her family, Andrew devotes more of his time to them and endeavours to discover more about the facts underlying the veiled warning that he has received. In spite of inviting the attentions of the local police, Andrew perseveres with his enquires but control of his life is taken out of his hands as he sees his ordered existence and his developing interest in Niki being blown away by the unfolding events surrounding her family. The time-enduring environment of the ancient town provides a sharp contrast to the rapidly moving events in this modern Balkan world and the outcome reflects the complex relationships that have always existed among people, no matter how apparently stable their environment. In its unexpected conclusion, readers will find themselves with Andrew back in Australia, reminiscing on his short stay in Dubrovnik and the many things that happened. Two Tickets To Dubrovnik will leave them with questions and a desire for more stories of the same kind.

Welcome to Bexley, Indiana. You might have seen Bexley on Fox News or the PBS Sunday Morning Program. If you missed these, no matter. Martini Afternoons takes you back to the events that turned this small Indiana town into a national treasure. Why? Because it is the only town in America that created a museum honoring what the home folks did to support the fighting men and women during World War II. The patriotism shown by the townspeople is on display in the home front museum that our heroines Edi and Elli built. Whether you experienced the war years yourself or were told about it by your parents or grandparents, take a walk through the Bexley museum--you will be glad you did!

This is an anthology of ancient Chinese poems from the famous Tang, Song, and Qing dynasty poets that were translated showing similar rhyming and rhythmic constructions not very different from the versification in the West. Hence, it may be shown that versification in poetry is a universal practice occurring both in the East and the West, the common goal of which has been identified as the attainment of the supreme mathematical relationships--the ultimate expression of beauty. The translated poems still retain some of the incredible charm in the original native forms.

This is a short book of short stories (and one novelette) of mixed genre. The genre range goes from occult/horror, to murder/horror, to near-future/speculative, to something that may (or may not) be speculative. If there is such a thing, the latter may be tongue-in-cheek speculative, or perhaps food-for-thought speculative. Whatever they may be catagorized as, they are intended to be just for fun. The horror stories in this book are not the 'splatter' type of horror that we are so often confronted with today. It is merely the type of horror for the unjaded palate.

Journey to China is an unforgettable story that sweeps the reader not only into adventures when a family of six from a small desert farming community in the southwestern United States begin the trip to China. Share their adventures as they experience China's centuries-old customs battling with modern-day philosophies as an economic and militaristic country. As they learn to bridge the language barrier, there is new respect for the Chinese people who have been inventors, artists, musicians, and more for over three thousand years. In the countryside, the families find a quiet and calm environment. On the return trip home, they encounter an earthquake within the Ring of Fire followed by a tidal wave that may jeopardize their lives along with the other 300 passengers in a crippled airplane. Will they be able to utilize their ingenuity and create a miracle to save themselves?

Scotch and Water is a story about the sea phase of rum-running on Puget Sound from British Columbia, Canada, to Seattle, Washington, between 1920 to 1926. The only effective barrier was one small antiquated Coast Guard cutter, the Sentinel. It was described as a donkey chasing gazelles. However, due to the honesty and cunning of the cutter's captain, Karl Hirsch, the Sentinel compiled a record of captures matched by no other seagoing unit in the Northwest. This is a story of characters "violating an 'unjust law, '"--the intrigue, pursuits, the loves and the lives of the participants, and the disastrous results for nearly all.

Do you have ambitions that you haven't fulfilled because the opportunity never arose, you never gave them a go, or simply time has passed and you now feel just too old to achieve them? Jan Abbott felt exactly that as the years rolled by and her long-held dream of running the London Marathon faded. Enjoy the journey of this inspirational memoir as it winds through the ups and downs of everyday life and explains why a 56-year-old grandmother would decide to take up marathon running. It's one woman's story of grit and determination as she battles through her own trials and tribulations, proving it's never too late to realize your dreams.