James Buckley

"This is not just another day at the beach when trouble comes with eight arms. Read about encounters with the Blue-Ringed Octopus"--

Inspiration to everyone! She lost her vision and hearing while very young, but -- through hard work and with the help of an amazing teacher -- lived one of the most incredible lives of the 20th century! She traveled the world, wrote books, and inspired millions of people. Use your senses to experience the amazing life of Helen Keller!

"When Mauro Prosperi set out on an ultramarathon through the desert, he didn't realize he would soon enter a race for his life. After a sandstorm sent Mauro off course, he had to do whatever he could to survive the harsh conditions of the Sahara Desert on his own for days. Explore the exciting true story of a desert survivor pushed to the limits in this graphic adventure. Then, learn more desert survival tips and read the stories of other desert survivors"--...

"As three friends set out to take a boat to a nearby island, they thought the trip would only last a couple of days. But then their small boat drifted off course, and the boys found themselves lost in the middle of the ocean. Explore the exciting true story of sea survivors pushed to the limits in this graphic adventure. Then, learn sea survival tips and read the stories of other sea survivors"--

"Tells the life story of . . . [Sacagawea] who endured hardship in her youth but nevertheless became a fearless leader and a role model for generations to come. Readers of all ages will be entertained and educated by the full-color illustrations and historically accurate narrative of this graphical biography"--Provided by publisher.

Jesus' best-known mandate--after perhaps the mandate to love God and neighbor--was given at the Last Supper just before his death: "Do this in memory of me." Indeed, a case can be made that to "do this" is the source and summit of the way Christians carry out Jesus' love-mandate. Of course, Christians have debated what it means to "do this," and these debates have all too often led to divisions within and between them--debates over leavened and unleavened...

"We are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness" (Eph 6:12). So Paul warns his Ephesian readers. And yet Paul also says that these principalities and powers were created in and for Christ (Col 1:16) and cannot separate us from the love of God (Rom 8:38). What are the principalities and powers of our time? How do we understand them as created, fallen,...

"A historical thriller based on real events follows the efforts of an 18th-century noblewoman who hatches a clever plan to rescue her condemned husband from the infamous Tower of London"--OCLC.

Marooned in suburbia, four adolescent boys navigate the minefields of life with their hormones at full blast. Though the young lads try to convince the world they are sophisticated, sexy human beings, their obsession with girls and cheap booze is actually a cringe-inducing look at the humiliations of teenage life.

With university life not all it's cracked up to be, best friends Will, Neil and Simon decide to travel to Australia to meet up with Jay, whose life Down Under on a gap year is the epitome of sun, surf and sex. Or so he claims.