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Artists seem compelled to try to capture the amazing variety of the animal kingdom; the challenge remains how to breathe energy into your paintings and make the animals jump off the paper. This deeply practical book offers an accessible introduction to sketching animals from...

30 black-and-white line art images to color Illustrations include iconic Pacific Northwest flora, fauna, national parks, and more Compact size for taking on road trips, camping weekends, and hikes Throw this into your pack and color at your lake destination during lunch or in...

Paul Michaels is a retired US Army Green Beret living with his family in rural West Virginia. During his time in the army, he had been deployed to numerous countries around the world, including several combat deployments to Afghanistan. Now, following his retirement, he...

An invaluable, hands-on guide to understanding your financial past while building a secure financial future In Overcoming Financial Trauma: How to Break Free from Guilt, Build Wealth, and Redefine Success, award-winning financial therapist Rahkim Sabree delivers a deeply honest and supportive discussion of how...

Yuriko Hara, author of the atmospheric, eerily beautiful yuri Cocoon Entwined, brings us five haunting stories of love and attachment. Ranging from horrific to wistful, these captivating tales, featuring both yuri and boys' love, are sure to ensnare readers. Fans of her previous work...

This is a book for pacesetters -- church leaders who desire to help their churches break free of the things that turn them in on themselves and keep them from being outward-looking and outward-moving communities of Jesus Christ. The ingrown church is a common...

In these seven short stories, both realist and speculative, Sundberg Lunstrum considers life in the Anthropocene, an era marked by individual isolation, environmental degradation, and the erosion of our relationships with one another and our land. As they encounter heartbreak and new love, the...

The riveting story of four men--Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige--whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond. In July 1947, not even three months after...

Discover the United States Constitution like never before, from the viewpoint of a child! Learn how those guys in wigs and tights came up with some of the best ideas ever and changed the course of history. With a unique look at our founding...

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award WinnerFind Strength in the Legacy of the Saints Who Walked Before Us Step into the stories of faith, courage, and perseverance that have defined Christian history through the ages. Our Church Speaks offers a beautifully illustrated, deeply...

On her next adventure, Otter--the irrepressible character sure to be adored by fans of Llama Llama--tries to choose the perfect pet for her and Teddy.Otter: What Pet Is Best? is a My First I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for shared reading...

In Other Lovings, Seulghee Lee traces the presence and plenitude of love embedded in Black and Asian American literatures and cultures to reveal their irreducible power to cohere minoritarian social life. Bringing together Black studies, Asian American studies, affect theory, critical theory, and queer...

SLEEPLESS SLEEPOVER! Elda goes to Koito's school festival, binges anime with her miko, spends a sleepless night at the shrine, feels the diversity of the Japanese language catching up with her, goes somewhere far away on official business, gets a glimpse of everyday life...

A weekly gossip rag has photographed Kana Arima leaving a famous director's apartment. To extinguish this scandal, Aqua has proposed a more enticing article instead--one that has turned his and Ruby's lives upside down. But Aqua wants to use its revelations to jump start...

In Orphic Hymns Grimoire, Sara L. Mastros transforms the devotional hymns of Orpheus, the oracular hero of ancient Greece, into a functional, working grimoire for contemporary magicians. The Orphic Hymns have inspired generations of poets, musicians, and playwrights as exemplars of archaic mytho-poetry. In...

Nearly all churches and ministries consider themselves dedicated to evangelism, and many explicitly include outreach in their mission statements. But few are actually bearing fruit. Kevin Harney diagnoses this problem and offers guidance for multiplying the outreach impact of churches. Organic Outreach for Churches...

The first of Cather's renowned prairie novels, O Pioneers! established a new voice in American literature--turning the stories of ordinary Midwesterners and immigrants into authentic literary characters. O Pioneers! was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged masterpiece. No...

In this accessible volume, first published in 1969, Fuller offers advice on how to guide "spaceship earth" toward a sustainable futureBuckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers...

Sometimes the closer you get to justice, the deadlier it becomes When decorated FBI undercover agent Scott Sinclair suffers a gunshot wound in his right arm, the injury threatens his future career in the field. He is determined to regain his former job by...

Falling in love with Daisy was easy for Jack. But finding the courage to tell her becomes problematic when his secret feelings lead to even bigger complications. From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom and A December Bride (now beloved Hallmark Original movies)...