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From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sharp and compassionate investigation of the root causes of the epidemic of drug abuse, violence, and despair among "mainstream" American teenagers
In the past few years, it has become painfully clear that all is not well with the children of middle-class America. Beyond the shootings at Columbine, hardly a day goes by without stories of drug use, binge drinking, fatal accidents, and senseless suicides among middle-class...
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The Nobel Prize–winning author of Blindness recalls the days of his youth in Lisbon and the Portuguese countryside in this charming memoir.
José Saramago was eighteen months old when he moved from the village of Azinhaga with his father and mother to live in Lisbon. But he would return to the village throughout his childhood and adolescence to stay with his maternal grandparents, illiterate peasants in the eyes of the outside...
José Saramago was eighteen months old when he moved from the village of Azinhaga with his father and mother to live in Lisbon. But he would return to the village throughout his childhood and adolescence to stay with his maternal grandparents, illiterate peasants in the eyes of the outside...
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Each of these 52 Bible verses are essential to knowing God and building a strong and healthy life!You can go through the book daily and then read through it multiple times in a year or you can read each verse for a week and memorize it before you move on to the next verse.As you read the verse and devotional be sure to take the time to ask and answer the questions. The power of God's Word is in the application of its truths.Each verse has a confession...
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The bestselling author ofThe O'Reilly Factor, The No Spin Zone, and Who's Looking Out for You? talks straight to kids this time. He is as demanding, direct, and wry asever-but he's also more revealing too, sharing candid snapshots of his own childhood throughout.
Bill O'Reilly, a former schoolteacher, now an award-winning broadcast news journalist, husband, and father of two, joins forces with an experienced educator to bring you, America's youth,...
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Many youth arrive at confirmation classes without a basic grasp of key Bible stories or Christian traditions. This book helps to fill that gap, offering Sunday school teachers, parents, and adult volunteers a compact guide for equipping their youth with knowledge and understanding of their own faith. It offers an overview of one hundred essential topics that all children growing up in the church should learn about, including key Bible stories, church...
7) Bienvenido a la iglesia del futuro: Como alcanzar, enseñar e involucrar a los jóvenes en la iglesia
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La iglesia del mañana está ahí, esperando que la alcances, que cuides de ella, que entiendas sus luchas y que le muestres por qué la iglesia de hoy la necesita, la quiere y la aprecia. Sin embargo, muchas iglesias no tienen ni idea de cómo atraer ni mantener a las generaciones más jóvenes. En este libro que cambia paradigmas, Jonathan "JP" Pokluda te muestra cómo animarte y equiparte para que si deseas que tu iglesia tenga un futuro, debes...
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La actitud puede hacer una gran diferencia en sus circunstancias. Cuando suceden cosas en su vida, usted tiene dos opciones para decidir. Usted puede tomar el camino alto o el camino bajo. Un camino conduce a la victoria, y el otro a la derrota. La realidad es que la elección es suya. ¡Hay victoria para nosotros! En Más que Vencedores, aprenda cómo las circunstancias no tienen que controlar y destruir su vida. La verdad es que, somos "MÁS QUE...
9) Trajectory
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As the United States enters World War II, seventeen-year-old Eleanor wants to do something to help her Jewish relatives in Poland, so she puts her brilliant math skills to work for the US army to fine-tune a top-secret weapon that will help defeat the enemy.
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Feasting on the Word Guide to Children's Sermons equips church leaders and children's ministry volunteers to deliver children's sermons that are free of gimmicks and simplistic conclusions, that welcome children into the family of faith, and that give a foundation in God's good news for all people. This volume will address the common questions pastors have about the children's sermon, steps on avoiding common pitfalls, suggestions on how to use...
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God has tied the salvation of the world to a child-Jesus-who was born in a stable. Children are a sacred trust given by God. Bringing up the future generation is
the highest,
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calling one could ever have. This responsibility falls on parents as well as ministers to children.
This book is a plea from Professor Zacharias Tanee Fomum who had an intense burden for the salvation of children, given that he himself had given...
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"Set yourself up for success as an adult. How do you create a budget? Clean a bathroom? Make a doctor's appointment? If you're feeling a little overwhelmed by the responsibilities of growing up, you're not alone--and the Life Skills Book for Teens is here to help! It includes straightforward advice for handling your money, health, home, relationships, and more so you can take on adulthood with confidence. Essential skills for everyone - Learn the...
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Norman Ollestad was thrust into the world of competitive sports at a very young age by his father. Often paralyzed by fear, young Norman resented losing his childhood to his father's reckless and demanding adventures. Then, in February 1979, a chartered Cessna carrying 11-year-old Norman, his father, his father's girlfriend and the pilot, crashed into Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains. Norman's father was dead, his girlfriend and the pilot...
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In a world of distractions and worldly allure, the imperative of molding young hearts into true disciples of Christ looms large.In this insightful book, Theodore Andoseh leads us on a journey through the combined transformative power of attraction, admiration, and imitation in shaping our children's devotion to Christ.As ministers to children and parents, our duty is clear: to steer their admiration toward heavenly pursuits, fostering a deep and transformative...
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Are you a new youth program professional, needing to bring participants to your new activities?Or, are you an experienced youth director, needing some new ideas to improve and expand your program? This e-book is meant to help new or established youth program professionals create and sustain successful youth programs.Its content is based on years of education: a Master's degree in Recreation; and experience working as a program director in different...
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As a young child, Lac Su made a harrowing escape from the Communists in Vietnam. With a price on his father's head, Lac, with his family, was forced to immigrate in 1979 to seedy West Los Angeles where squalid living conditions and a cultural fabric that refused to thread them in effectively squashed their American Dream. Lac's search for love and acceptance amid poverty-not to mention the psychological turmoil created by a harsh and unrelenting father-turned...
17) Dear Wendy
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Aromantic and asexual students Sophie and Jo, engaged in an online feud as the creators of popular relationship advice accounts "Dear Wendy" and "Sincerely Wanda," unwittingly become real-life friends and navigate their shared aroace identities as they face the challenges of college life.
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Despite our best efforts to create welcoming and affirming congregations, the reality is that church can still be a harmful place to LGBTQIA youth.
Inside A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth, author Cody J. Sanders challenges pastors and church leaders to reflect on the various trials that adolescence brings for LGBTQIA youth. Designed for congregations that currently have a theologically and biblically affirming stance toward the LGBTQIA...
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"The GOP's leading millennial pollster offers an eye-opening look at America's shifting demographics and reveals how these changes will affect future elections. The American electorate is undergoing a radical transformation. Cultural factors are reshaping how a new generation of voters considers issues. Demographic shifts are creating an increasingly diverse electorate, and technological advances are opening new avenues for voter contact and persuasion....
20) American gypsy
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A vivid and funny memoir about growing up Gypsy and becoming American
Fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti is a Gypsy. This means touring with the family band from the Mongolian deserts to the Siberian tundra. It means getting your hair cut in "the Lioness." It also means enduring sneering racism from every segment of Soviet society. Her father is determined that his girls lead a better, freer life. In America! Also, he wants to play guitar with B....
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