Tom Hughes

Through easy-to-follow text and full-color photographs, the concepts of day and night are, explained in ways that are easy for readers to understand using topics such as the diurnal and nocturnal activities of people and animals. A "Words to Know" section at the beginning of the book helps students learn new vocabulary they will encounter in the text, while suggestions for other books and websites encourage students to learn more.

There's hardly anyone in the world more down-to-earth than Jesus. That sounds far-fetched because, well, Jesus is God. But read the Gospels and you find Jesus telling stories that ring true from beginning to end, stories you can immediately identify with, stories that make you go "hmmm." In Down to Earth we learn that these stories are different from the stories we tell each other-these are stories intended to change your life. They're soul stories-stories...

On December 15, 1921, gunshots echoed across Atlanta's famous Peachtree Street moments before a handsome young man darted away from Kaiser's Jewelers. Frank DuPre left in his wake a dead Pinkerton guard and a missing ring. As Christmas shoppers looked on in panic, he raced through the Kimball House Hotel and shot another victim. The brazen events terrified a crime-filled city already on edge. A manhunt captured the nineteen-year-old, unemployed DuPre,...

Through easy-to-follow text with full-color photos that correlate, students will learn about the concepts of tall and short using such topics as people, animals, and buildings. A "Words to Know" section at the beginning of the book helps students learn new vocabulary they will encounter in the text, while suggestions for other titles and websites encourage students to learn more.

Do you feel overwhelmed by the people you influence pressured to always be ready with an answer and a quick decision? Much burnout today stems from a false premise that to be effective to be a leader means to have it all figured out. Contrary to popular opinion, the kind of transformation we seek in our ministry, our leadership, and our everyday lives is not driven by answers. Look at Jesus: The wisest person to ever walk the earth almost never offered...

A portrait of British punk rock pioneer Ian Dury (Andy Serkis) who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming a founder of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s. Nominated for a **BAFTA Award** for Best Leading Actor - (Andy Serkis). Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"It's an energetic and vivacious film that will appeal to fans of punk rock worldwide and should find its place...

Set in the mid-1920s, celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves returns from war traumatized and creatively struggling. It takes young poet Laura Riding to re-ignite Robert's passion, and with the blessing of his wife, Nancy, his muse becomes his lover. With the three of them sharing a life, soon, Laura's attention turns to Nancy, and a complicated relationship that scandalized society threatens to risk everything they have.

This is the true story of Mary Reynolds, a feisty landscape designer whose goal is to share the beauty of wild nature with the world. With the odds stacked against her, Mary enters the prestigious (and conservative) Chelsea Flower Show to execute a competition garden using only wild plants. To achieve her goal, she must enlist handsome botanist, Christy Collard, working in Ethiopia, and a rag-tag group of hippies to help her. From the iconic green...

Set in '70s London, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers stars in film about the rise of legendary punk rock band The Clash and how they changed the life of one teenage fan.

The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.