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Intellectual Devotional, American History
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently About Our Nation's Past
by David S. Kidder & Noah D. Oppenheim
Synopsis: In the same stylish gift format of the best-selling series opener, this new Intellectual Devotional offers daily digests of wisdom from American history- 365 brief lessons to stimulate the mind every day of the year.
Modeled after those bedside books of prayer and contemplation that millions turn to for daily guidance and growth, the first book in the Intellectual Devotional series—offering secular wisdom and cerebral nourishment—was an instant hit when it appeared in 2006.
Now authors David Kidder and Noah Oppenheimer have turned to the rich legacy of American history for their selection of daily readings.
From Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin to Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Boston Tea Party to the Gettysburg Address, the giant figures and pivotal events in our national heritage provide a bountiful source of reflection and learning that will refresh knowledge, revitalize the mind, and open new horizons of intellectual discovery.
Three Cups of Tea
One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Synopsis: One day in 1993, high up in the world’s most inhospitable mountains, Greg Mortenson wandered lost and alone, broken in body and spirit, after a failed attempt to climb K2, the world’s deadliest peak. When the people of an impoverished village in Pakistan’s Karakoram Himalaya took him in and nursed him back to health, Mortenson made an impulsive promise: He would return one day and build them a school. Although he was a homeless “climbing bum” living out of his aging Buick in Berkeley, California, Mortenson sold what few possessions he had to launch one of the most remarkable humanitarian campaigns of our time.” “Three Cups of Tea traces Mortenson’s decade-long odyssey to build schools, especially for girls, throughout the region that gave birth to the Taliban and sanctuary to Al Qaeda. While he wages war with the root causes of terrorism - poverty and ignorance - by providing both girls and boys with a balanced, nonextremist education. Mortenson must survive a kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats from Americans who consider him a traitor, and wrenching separations from his family.” Today, as the director of the Central Asia Institute, Mortenson has built fifty-five schools serving Pakistan and Afghanistan’s poorest communities. And as this real-life Indiana Jones from Montana crisscrosses the Himalaya and the Hindu Kush fighting to keep these schools functioning, he provides not only hope to tens of thousands of children, but living proof that one passionately dedicated person truly can change the world.
Now They Call Me Infidel
Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror
by Nonie Darwish
When Nonie Darwish was a girl of eight, her father died while leading covert attacks on Israel. A high-ranking Egyptian military officer stationed with his family in Gaza, he was considered a “shahid,” a martyr for jihad.
Yet at an early age, Darwish developed a skeptical eye about her own Muslim culture and upbringing. Why the love of violence and hatred of Jews and Christians? Why the tolerance of glaring social injustices? Why blame America and Israel for everything?
Today Darwish thrives as an American citizen, a Christian, a conservative Republican, and an advocate for Israel. To many, she is now an infidel. But she is risking her comfort and her safety to reveal the many politically incorrect truths about Muslim culture that she knows firsthand.
Boot Camp for Your Brain
A No-Nonsense Guide to the SAT I, Second Edition
by M. Denmark Manning
Product Description
Do you need to do better on the SAT I? Do you want to make an impression with your PSAT score? The comprehensive material in this book, honed by years of actual results, can help you significantly improve your composite score. No gimmicks, just time-tested techniques that were previously available only to students of The World’s Best Prep Course, Inc. Put them to work for you and achieve the score you need to get into the college of your choice!
About the Author
M. Denmark Manning, President of The World’s Best Prep Course, Inc. Using the methods described in this book she improved her SAT composite score by nearly 200 points, achieving 763 Verbal and 793 Math (nearly a perfect score on the old test) She has run the program since 1989, guiding a multitude of students through the rigors of the SAT with remarkable results. She has also consulted on a number of other test prep guides.
Discover Your Child’s Learning Style
Children Learn in Unique Ways - Here's the Key to Every Child's Learning Success
by Mariaemma Willis & Victoria Kindle–Hodson
Synopsis: Is your child a thinker, performer, inventor, producer, or inspirer? Does he process information best through visual, auditory, kinesthetic, verbal language, or printed language means? Does she learn best in an environment that is quiet, noisy, includes music, while sitting, reclining, alone, or with others? Each child’s learning styles are determined by the child’s inherent strengths and weaknesses, goals and interests, and inner pace. For that reason, trying to fit every child into the same mold often leads to underachieving students and frustrated parents. In Discover Your Child’s Learning Style, respected educators Mariaemma Willis and Victoria Kindle-Hodson offer a new approach to learning that can greatly enrich every child’s education and future prospects. They go well beyond the conventional idea of visual/auditory/kinesthetic learning and provide a complete program for assessing a child’s inner strengths, as well as a step-by-step guide for creating an atmosphere at home or school that will help encourage a child’s full potential. In addition, Discover Your Child’s Learning Style also contains a complete personal profile test that helps parents determine the learning styles of every member of the family.
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