Kicking The Anthill

Author : Pamela McKenzie
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483830681

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Paired Passages, Grade 4 by Pamela McKenzie Pdf

Paired Passages for grade 4 offers pairs of nonfiction and fiction passages for students to compare and contrast. Aligned to state standards, students will read high-interest passages about topics such as human and animal migration, exotic animals, White House pets, fireflies, and more. --Help your students meet rigorous college- and career-ready expectations by improving reading comprehension skills. Paired Passages helps students meet and exceed reading standards by teaching them to compare and contrast fiction with nonfiction, fiction with fiction, and nonfiction with nonfiction. When students finish reading a pair of passages, they will rely on the text to complete the accompanying questions and activities. --The Paired Passages series for grades 1 to 6 improves reading comprehension skills by providing passages for students to compare, contrast, and synthesize. Filled with content that appeals to todayÕs learners, the passages represent a variety of genres such as literature (narrative, poetry, realistic fiction, and more), social studies, and science. Each topic features a pair of passages and is followed by two pages of text-dependent questions and activities. By using this research-based instructional approach, you are preparing students for a successful academic journey this year and for years to come.

Author : Pamela McKenzie
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483833408

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Paired Passages, Grade 4 by Pamela McKenzie Pdf

Paired Passages for grade 4 offers pairs of nonfiction and fiction passages for students to compare and contrast. Aligned to state standards, students will read high-interest passages about topics such as human and animal migration, exotic animals, White House pets, fireflies, and more. Help your students meet rigorous college- and career-ready expectations by improving reading comprehension skills. Paired Passages helps students meet and exceed reading standards by teaching them to compare and contrast fiction with nonfiction, fiction with fiction, and nonfiction with nonfiction. When students finish reading a pair of passages, they will rely on the text to complete the accompanying questions and activities. The Paired Passages series for grades 1 to 6 improves reading comprehension skills by providing passages for students to compare, contrast, and synthesize. Filled with content that appeals to today’s learners, the passages represent a variety of genres such as literature (narrative, poetry, realistic fiction, and more), social studies, and science. Each topic features a pair of passages and is followed by two pages of text-dependent questions and activities. By using this research-based instructional approach, you are preparing students for a successful academic journey this year and for years to come.

Author : Michael Kingswood
Publisher : SSN Storytelling
Page : 879 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Stories From The Great Challenge by Michael Kingswood Pdf

In the Spring of 2019 Michael Kingswood decided to embark on a Great Challenge, coordinating with one of his writing mentors and committing to sending him a new story every Sunday for a year. Many people attempt this kind of writing challenge. Most fail. Michael crushed it. In the year from April 2019 through April 2020 he wrote at least one story per week, sometimes more than one. In celebration of that victory, SSN Storytelling presents this collection of 52 stories - one for each week of the year. If you enjoy adventure, action, mystery, fantasy, and stories with a sense of wonder, you will love these stories. Pick up Stories From The Great Challenge now. You won't regret it.

Author : Tracy Hickman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743423199

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Starcraft #3: Speed of Darkness by Tracy Hickman Pdf

Far in the future, 60,000 light-years from Earth, a loose confederacy of Terran exiles is locked in battle with the enigmatic Protoss and the ruthless Zerg Swarm, as each species struggles to ensure its own survival among the stars -- war that will herald the beginning of mankind's greatest chapter or foretell its violent, bloody end. All Ardo Menikov ever dreamed of was to live in peace on the verdant colony world of Bountiful. But when the vicious Zerg Swarm attacked the colony and annihilated his loved ones, Ardo was forced to wake from his dream and accept the brutal realities of a war-torn galaxy. Now a confederate marine, charged with defending the worlds of the Terran confederacy, Ardo must come to terms with the painful memories of his past -- and the unsettling truths that may dominate his future.

Author : Preston Chavis
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781617775284

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Memoirs of a Lumbee Native American Boy by Preston Chavis Pdf

'Keep turning, Mama, keep turning the steering wheel ' I told her. She kept turning the steering wheel until the steering wheel locked. By this time, Papa was wide awake. I turned and looked at him, and his eyes looked like they were going to pop out of the eye sockets. He was desperately trying to sit up on the rear seat. From the time Mama smashed down on that gas pedal, she had not slowed down any whatsoever, and Papa was unable to get up. I thought Mama was going to kill all of us. I don't know how she managed to miss the corncrib. Now she was headed for the woodpile. I quickly looked at Mama, expecting to see fear on her face like Papa and me. Instead she was sitting there hanging on to the steering wheel with a big smile on her face. She was driving all by herself and making her own decisions. She appeared to be enjoying the ride. Preston Chavis rarely had a dull moment growing up in Robeson County, North Carolina, in the thirties and forties. He taught his mama to drive when he was only seven, adopted a hill of red ants, disassembled his bike in hopes of making it better, and learned about the sanctity of life the hard way. As the son of a Lumbee Indian sharecropper, Preston struggled to overcome racism and poverty. Memoirs of a Lumbee Native American Boy is an inspirational story expertly blended with humor and life lessons.

Author : Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781576074879

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Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend by Mike Dixon-Kennedy Pdf

This volume offers the first comprehensive guide in English to the myth and legend of the Russian Empire and other Slavic countries and peoples. There are few stories more stirring than those of ancient Russia. Russian and other Slavic beliefs weave a rich tapestry in which real-world elements coexist with those from fantasy, such as dragons, monsters, and shape-changing wolves. Though Russia adopted Christianity as the state religion in A.D. 988, paganism remained popular through the end of the 19th century and survives in isolated pockets even today. In Russian myth and legend, Christian themes are interwoven with pagan ideas: dragons fight priests, saints encounter nymphs, and witches enter the kingdom of heaven. Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend includes extensive historical, geographical, and biographical background to deepen the reader's understanding of the myth and legend. Numerous illustrations are included in this fascinating volume, which will be of great interest to students, scholars, and everyone who wishes to explore the cultural heritage of ancient Russia.

Author : Turk Van Buren
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645847434

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Cold Steel Seoul by Turk Van Buren Pdf

In the winter of 2018, the world braced as continued North Korean missile launches over the Korean Peninsula had deteriorated and cooled diplomatic efforts between the United States and the Democratic Republic of North Korea (DPRK). Now, in hindsight, most of the Pentagon's top brass freely admit real-world executive orders to transport military families living in South Korea at the time of volatility were at least somewhat warranted. Ultimately, the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang just a few miles from the thirty-eighth parallel, also known as the DMZ, remained dormant and free from conflict. Cold Steel Seoul is the one and only book in existence that begs the question, "what if things in 2018 and beyond did not remain quiet, and a resurgence in the United States' longest-running war reached critical mass?" The book you have in your hands takes an extreme fictional approach to choreograph and examine what a break in the armistice would mean not only to the twenty-eight thousand military personnel currently stationed in South Korea, but also the world. In the end, most East Asian scholars and academics can agree on only a handful of facets of North Korea. The country is starving, the regime is totalitarian, and from an intelligence perspective we really know diddly-squat about what happens inside the DPRK. For instance, if a breakaway splinter cell of a deadly terrorist organization named Aum Shinrikyo were to infect the highest levels of the regime would we really know until it was too late? Buckle up, and hang on tight as the 2018 Winter Olympic Games just went from being a snooze fest and ignored speed bump in localized history to the most explosive and important events in human history. The breaths of a revolution are at hand, and the second Korean War might just be around the corner. "America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war" (General George S. Patton).

Author : Jonathan W. Jordan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698144347

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American Warlords by Jonathan W. Jordan Pdf

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan W. Jordan—author of Brothers, Rivals, Victors—comes the intimate true story of President Franklin Roosevelt’s inner circle of military leadership, the team of rivals who shaped World War II and America. “Superbly written, well researched, and highly interesting.”—Jean Edward Smith, New York Times bestselling author of FDR and Eisenhower in War and Peace After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States was wakened from its slumber of isolationism. To help him steer the nation through the coming war, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the greatest “team of rivals” since the days of Lincoln: Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Admiral Ernest J. King, and General George C. Marshall. Together, these four men led the nation through history’s most devastating conflict and ushered in a new era of unprecedented American influence, all while forced to overcome the profound personal and political differences which divided them. A startling and intimate reassessment of U.S. leadership during World War II, American Warlords is a remarkable glimpse behind the curtain of presidential power.

Author : Michael D. Urban
Publisher : Michael D. Urban
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780615510880

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DRAKE'S COFFIN by Michael D. Urban Pdf

AWARDS Finalist - Action/Adventure - 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Nominated - Best Thriller - 2012 Global eBook Awards Finalist - Best eBook Cover - 2012 Global eBook Awards REVIEWS "Urban's debut novel [is] .... fast-paced .... real and intense .... A coming-of-age story and thrilling adventure rolled into one." -- Kirkus Reviews "Drake's Coffin is a highly well-written ... adventure story that is packed with violence and high-paced action.... [t]his is one thrilling, readable story that readers will love. The plot proceeds with twists and turns, often unexpected, to the story's end. The characters ... are well-drawn and totally believable .... Drake's Coffin is a must read, to say the least!" -- Readers Favorite DESCRIPTION Drake's Coffin is the rousing adventure tale of a search for lost treasure in the jungle of Panama. It features rich history, exotic locales, fascinating characters, and rapid-fire action that will keep readers tapping screens or next page buttons for hours on end. Four hundred years ago the English adventurer Sir Francis Drake stole it from the Spanish and buried it in the jungles of Panama. Thirty years ago an unsuspecting group of teenage boys stumbled upon it in a night of violent death that would change their lives forever. Now, they've come back for Drake's legendary lost treasure, in a race against time, old enemies and modern foes. Led by federal prosecutor Zach Colt, six diverse and colorful old friends join forces and return to present-day Panama to recover their spoils. A psychopathic cop. Ruthless pirates, old and new. A daring ex-Navy beauty. Deadly predators. Darien Indians. Intrepid SCUBA divers. A feisty Portuguese Water Dog. A contest to the death in the Panama Canal. These and more are encountered by the men in pursuit of their fortune. Some find self-knowledge, honor and redemption. Others face betrayal, heartbreak and death. Above all, Drake's Coffin is a unique story of friendship and self-discovery.

Author : Palmer Jones
Publisher : Sweet Blooms Publishing, LLC
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Our Little Secret by Palmer Jones Pdf

Friends with benefits worked until someone moved back home and upset all of her plans. Their arrangement had been flawless. Zoey Rossi embraced her workaholic tendencies while the weeks between their reunions ticked away. With no significant other demanding her attention, she built her business on her own terms. The name Rossi Interiors didn’t become a nationwide sensation in design by adhering to a mundane 9-to-5 routine or stressing over a relationship. But then he returned to Virginia, derailing her world and setting that never-failing gossip train in motion. Because the first time Austin left their small town, it was in the back of a police car on the way to prison. And even though that was nearly fifteen years ago, his disreputable past is again up for discussion, amplified by his tattoos and loud motorcycle. His past doesn’t bother Zoey. She knows why he ended up in jail and everything he’s done since to build a great life and career. He just needs to live that life somewhere else before her overprotective family discovers their year-long string of hook-ups. But even more worrisome is Austin’s determination to make her fall in love with him. It won’t happen. Zoey Rossi will never take that risk and give her heart to another man. Our Little Secret is book five of the Rossi Family series. It can be read as a standalone and, as always, includes a HEA.

Author : Shane McCrae
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781668021767

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Pulling the Chariot of the Sun by Shane McCrae Pdf

An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and raised by his white supremacist grandparents. When Shane McCrae was three years old, his grandparents kidnapped him and took him to suburban Texas. His mom was white and his dad was Black, and to hide his Blackness from him, his maternal grandparents stole him from his father. In the years that followed, they manipulated and controlled him, refusing to acknowledge his heritage—all the while believing they were doing what was best for him. For their own safety and to ensure the kidnapping remained a success, Shane’s grandparents had to make sure that he never knew the full story, so he was raised to participate in his own disappearance. But despite elaborate fabrications and unreliable memories, Shane begins to reconstruct his own story and to forge his own identity. Gradually, the truth unveils itself, and with the truth, comes a path to reuniting with his father and finding his own place in the world. A revelatory account of a singularly American childhood that hauntingly echoes the larger story of race in our country, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun is written with the virtuosity and heart of one of the finest poets writing today. And it is also a powerful reflection on what is broken in America—but also what might heal and make it whole again.

Author : Charles C. Case
Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0828019169

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Curiosities by Charles C. Case Pdf

Author : Joseph Edward Stevens
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780553378368

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1863 by Joseph Edward Stevens Pdf

Drawing from personal letters, official documents, and rare photographs, the author offers a look at the "tumultuous" 1863 and all the personalities of the year.

Author : David Weber,John Ringo
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618242846

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March to the Sea by David Weber,John Ringo Pdf

SOME DAYS IT JUST DOESN'T PAY TO GET OUT OF YOUR SLEEPING BAG. The successor to March Upcountry It wasn't so much that Prince Roger and his surviving remnant of elite bodyguards are marooned on a barbarian planet. Or that they have been on continuous operations for so long they are getting shocky. Or that they still have half a planet to cross. Or that they are basically out of ammunition for their plasma and bead rifles and just about out of cash. Sure, those are all problems, but they're not the real problem. No, the problem is Roger is in love. With one of his bodyguards. And the romance is not going well. Damnbeast Sure. Vampiric moths Okay. Screaming waves of barbarians No problem. But when you have Nimashet Despreaux and Prince Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock at sword's point, that's real danger. And it's just the beginning. To get to the distant port that is their only way off the planet, they'll be forced to battle enraged monsters, displaced mercenaries, religious fanatics and a barbarian horde to shame the Huns. Along the way they'll have to recreate the Reformation, the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. And do it all in a context their four-armed, horned, grizzly-bear sized native allies can handle. It will strain all their experience and knowledge, as the most elite, the most multitalented and above all the toughest bodyguards in human space. But the really hard part will be keeping Roger and Nimashet from killing each other. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : Thomas A. McCabe
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780823233120

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Miracle on High Street by Thomas A. McCabe Pdf

Just outside downtown Newark, New Jersey, sits an abbey and school. For more than 150 years Benedictine monks have lived, worked, and prayed on High Street, a once-grand thoroughfare that became Newark’s Skid Row and a focal point of the 1967 riots. St. Benedict’s today has become a model of a successful inner-city school, with 95 percent of its graduates—mainly African American and Latino boys—going on to college. Miracle on High Street is the story of how the monks of St. Benedict’s transformed their venerable yet outdated school to become a thriving part of the community that helped save a faltering city. In the 1960s, after a trinity of woes—massive deindustrialization, high-speed suburbanization, and racial violence—caused an exodus from Newark, St. Benedict’s struggled to remain open. Enrollment in general dwindled, and fewer students enrolled from the surrounding community. The monks watched the violence of the 1967 riots from the school’s rooftop along High Street. In the riot’s aftermath more families fled what some called “the worst city in America.” The school closed in 1972, in what seemed to be just another funeral for an urban Catholic school. A few monks, inspired by the Benedictine virtues of stability and adaptability, reopened St. Benedict’s only one year later with a bare-bones staff . Their new mission was to bring to young African American and Latino males the same opportunities that German and Irish immigrants had had 150 years before. More than thirty years later, St. Benedict’s is one of the most unusual schools in the country. Its remarkable success shows that American education can bridge the achievement gap between white and black, as well as that between rich and poor. The story of St. Benedict’s is about an institution’s rise and fall, resurrection and renaissance. It also provides valuable insights into American religious, immigration, educational, and metropolitan history. By staying true to their historical values amid a continually changing city, the downtown monks, in resurrecting its prep school, helped save an American city. Some have even called it the miracle on High Street.