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Temple men's basketball coach John Chaney is a basketball icon and has produced some of the best basketball talent in the country. NBA standouts Aaron McKie (Philadelphia 76ers) and Eddie Jones (Miami Heat) reveal their personal stories of working with a playing for one of the greatest basketball coaches to ever take to the hardwood.

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Following Little Figge, the sheep, and the rest of the flock into Bethlehem, children will feel the excitement and commotion of the times. Perfect for children ages 3-9, The Uproar at Bethlehem has full-color illustrations that will captivate young minds as they are drawn in to the exciting story of Jesus' birth as experienced by Little Figge.

The Return of the Mexican Gray Wolf: Back to the Blue is the firsthand account of one woman's passionate, successful crusade to reintroduce an endangered species to the wild.

Deception on All Accounts is a story of bank robbery, murder, love and intrigue set in Cherokee country, with a Cherokee author and main character.

The author of "The Next Generation Leader" answers critically important faithquestions with a powerful evocation of God's grace.

This unique collection brings together for the first time the work of a dozen internationally prominent science fiction writers who make their home in the Pacific Northwest. Editor Grace L. Dillon's informative introduction shows how the region's culture, economy, and natural environment are reflected in the work of these different authors. Exploring tensions between our increasing affinity with technology and traditional concerns with environ...

The first such work in English by a western Muslim, Lex Hixon's poetic translations of selected Quranic passages make the mystical teachings of Islam clear and accessible to the Western reader.

In the parched and seemingly lifeless heart of the Sahara desert, earthworms find enough moisture to survive. Four major mountain ranges interrupt the flow of dunes and gravel plains, and at certain times waterfalls cascade from their peaks. Even the sand amazes: massive dunes can appear almost overnight, and be gone just as quickly. We think we know the Sahara, the largest and most austere desert on Earth-yet it is full of surprises, as Marq ...

Some of Italy's best-known writers, including Luigi Pirandello, Natalia Ginzburg, Alberto Moravia, and Antonio Tabucchi, join Italy's rising literary stars to take the reader on a panoramic tour of both city and countryside, across the social spectrum, surveying the country's rich cultural history. Explore Italy

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A TROUBLING LOOK AT THE WIDE-RANGING CONSEQUENCES OF MASS INCARCERATION. Over a quarter of the adult population in America has criminal records on file with federal or state criminal justice agencies. Invisible Punishment is the first comprehensive examination of the hidden ramifications of conviction for inmates, ex-felons, their families and the communities they come from. Here, leading scholars and advocates bring to light a host of little-...

When 11-year-old Louise Tolliver wishes her pesky brother Willie would turn into a pig, he actually does. Soon, it's up to Louise to use her wishes for good and put right all that's gone wrong.

In this cautionary tale, America's premier bilingual storyteller tells about two girls who don't believe in el Cucuy until he snatches them up. Of course, the story has a happy ending. Full color.

Sally was the first American woman in space. She learned how to work and eat while floating in the space shuttle. Read all about it.

David Hilfiker has committed his life, both as a writer and a doctor, to people in need, writing about the urban poor with whom he's spent all his days for the last two decades. In Urban Injustice, he explains in beautiful and simple language how the myth that the urban poor siphon off precious government resources is contradicted by the facts, and how most programs help some of the people some of the time but are almost never sufficiently orc...

Fitness training is an essential component of soccer development. The Stronger, faster, more agile and balanced players are, the more effective they will be in both training and game situations. Full of small sided games and drills specifically designed to maximize fitness training for soccer.

Hest simply and faithfully holds a mirror to the milestone event for millions of turn-of-the-century immigrants." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)When a young girl from a poor eastern European village learns that she must leave her beloved grandmother for a new life - and a new love - in America, they both feel that their hearts will break. The sure and inspired narrative by award-winning author Amy Hest is paired with paintings by P.J. Ly...

Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Hoshua Heschel's "The Sabbath " has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication in 1951--and has been read by thousands of people of many faiths seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel introduced the enormously influential idea of an "architecture of holiness" ...

Rich in language and visceral in impact, "The Dead Wait" follows the journey of Josh Gilmore, a young athlete turned soldier from darkness to light, from the Angolan War of 1980 to the present day and the creation of a new South Africa.