May is a fashionable young lady, who is attentive to her appearance and has numerous friends and acquaintances. Amy is more of a free and independent spirit with several close friends. Both are big fans of professional wresting having attended many live events and know the names and stories behind all the wrestling stars.
Qwerty's Anytime Anywhere Machine snatches Benjamin Franklin from July 4, 1776--the very day of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Qwerty and Joe know they have to get Ben back in time for the historic signing.
In the summer of 1960, four of us, students at Atlanta (Michigan) High School, embarked on a pulpwood cutting operation as a way to earn spending money for the coming school year. While scrounging around my dad’s sawmill shed for some tools to use in our enterprise, we found an old sign painted by one of his lumberjacks. It read, “CAN’T HARDLY LUMBER COMPANY.” Not then realizing how prophetic it would be, we took the sign for our pulpwood site. Our experiences that summer, mostly humorous in hindsight, provided the grist for several of the stories and vignettes in this volume. Others chronicle Betty Powell’s 1942 joke on the sheriff, Doug King’s barn-raising bee, and the great porcupine hunt of 1956. All provide a glimpse into northern Michigan life as we experienced it back in the day. After graduating from Atlanta (Michigan) High School in 1961, DAN STEVENS earned B.S. and M.A. degrees from The University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from T.M. Cooley Law School. He returned to Montmorency County as a businessman and lawyer and represented northeastern Michigan in the Michigan House of Representatives for two terms. Later he served as a policy coordinator for the Florida Governor and was the County Attorney for Hendry County, Florida, over thirteen years. He and his wife Sarah now split their time between Atlanta, Michigan, and Tallahassee, Florida.
If you are struggling in school or are simply looking for a way to make the absolute most of your education, this book is definitely for you! Armed with tips learned from his peers, his students, and his own personal experience, Dan Stevens attacks the matter of what it takes to achieve mastery at the college level and beyond. With this simple, down-to-earth guide, you will: -Cultivate the mindset for success in college and beyond -Develop strategies for dominating any assignment or exam -Get the edge in grading by understanding your grader/prof -Learn how to maximize studying and learning efficiency -Optimize your weekly schedule for peak performance, free time, and better grades -Alter your environment to promote personal development -Overcome procrastination with ease -Build habits that garner success -Learn to use sleep and naps to your advantage -Build networking skills and working relationships -Tailor your education perfectly to the job you want -Develop the all-important skill of resourcefulness -Easily solve the "Need experience to get a job, but need a job to get experience" dilemma and so much more! The simple, rare strategies found in The College Handbook They Never Gave You will undoubtedly help you leave your mark in college and will set you up for career success for years to come! You will be so glad you took this step toward mastery!
Thirteen-year-old Robert "Qwerty" Stevens uses the time machine he finds in his back yard to visit Thomas Edison's workshop in 1879, and there helps develop the electric light bulb, but then needs his sister's help to return to his own time.
Paul Stevens and Dan Williams explore Christian community not as it was meant to be, but as it often really is. And they mine practical advice for overcoming the challenges of life together. This thirteen-session LifeGuide® Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for personal reflection.
Dan Moores new book, The Summer of Billy Stevens, follows Billy, on the cusp of graduating from high school, who feels he is going insane losing all sense of reality and well being. When the monotony of the suburbs becomes too much for him, he leaves everything hes ever known and moves to San Francisco, where he realizes nothing is as it seems. After a summer of drugs, love and death, his life and the lives of those close to him will never be the same] In the words of unforgettable character Donny: "Around six years ago I awoke in the middle of the night. There was nowhere to go but back to sleep, and I couldnt find my way there. So, I walked outside into the street to catch some air, and got lost somewhere between the Bay and my doorstep. Thats how I became lost, and Ive been so ever since." Dans journey as a novelist began only recently, with Through The Wall of Rain and Fog -- his edgy, intimate exploration of high school friends coming of age. Through The Wall quickly established Moore as a gifted young writer, as The Summer of Billy Stevens further demonstrates. The characters of Billy Stevens are all new, and what happens in its San Francisco setting jars Moores fans out of the suburban complacency he so deliciously served up in his first novel. Yet, the theme of growing up that began in Through The Wall builds in Billy Stevens into one of growing up and out -- into a bigger, more exciting, and more terrifying world than the suburban ennui Billy flees.
Phillipi lived in Paris during the time after the French Revolution. His father was physician and close friend to the King of France. Although the King had been given his crown by the Chamber of Deputies, there were many revolutionaries plotting to take it away. Philippi loved to walk by the river Seine, and one day came upon a band of gypsies operating a carousel. His adventures begin upon discovering a prized white stallion lost from the Kingas stable. The stallion, under an evil spell, is being held prisoner on the carousel by the gypsy leader. Sarah, a young girl who later becomes a ghost of the legendary gypsy Saint Sara-la-Kali, gives Philippi a magic brass ring which helps him free the horse and win a race for the King. After an exciting balloon ride between Paris and Versailles, the magic ring helps Philippi win a second race, overcome the gypsy leader, and prevent the assassination of the King.
Paul Stevens and Dan Williams show that the struggles of the Corinthian church provide practical advice for overcoming the challenges of life in Christian community today. 13 studies
This book of legal preparedness was penned by a battle-tested executive with experience in law, finance, strategy, and business process, along with an award-winning journalist. (Legal Reference/Law)
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