Offers the texts of ten complete Regents exams in Spanish, with explanations of the answers, and a section on test-taking tips and strategies

Of all of Soviet cultural myths, none was more resilient than the belief that the USSR had the world's greatest readers. This book explains how the 'Russian reading myth' took hold in the 1920s and 1930s, how it was supported by a monopolistic and homogenizing system of book production and distribution, and how it was challenged in the post-Stalin era; first, by the latent expansion and differentiation of the reading public, and then, more dramatically, by the economic and cultural changes of the 1990s. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Although fear fills our world, it doesn’t have to fill our hearts. No one likes living in a world filled with terror and uncertainty, but in such times, God does some of His most important work. Our part is to trust Him through faith that He will be true to His promises...read more

Can you imagine your life without fear? Max Lucado presents six DVD sessions that offer hope and calm in a time of unprecedented fear in our nation and the world. Designed for individual study or for a small group experience, Fearless draws from Jesus’ encounters with people in frightening situations giving evidence that we can trust God through these scary times. Features Include: One DVD with six 5-to-7-minute video sessions Fearless Small Group Discussion Guide Fearless Small Group Leader's Guide CD-ROM with sermon tips, guidelines for implementing a churchwide campaign, and materials for promoting your group study or sermon series Spanish track included  

Can you imagine your life without fear? Max Lucado presents six DVD sessions that offer hope and calm in a time of unprecedented fear in our nation and the world. Designed for individual study or for a small group experience, Fearless draws from Jesus’ encounters with people in frightening situations giving evidence that we can trust God through these scary times. Features Include: One DVD with six 5-to-7-minute video sessions Fearless Small Group Discussion Guide Fearless Small Group Leader's Guide CD-ROM with sermon tips, guidelines for implementing a churchwide campaign, and materials for promoting your group study or sermon series Spanish track included  

Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear.They're still talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, turnovers at headquarters, more downturns in the housing market, upswings in global warming. The plague of our day, terrorism, begins with the word"terror." Fear, it seems, has taken up a hundred-year lease on the building next door and set up shop. Oversized and rude, fear herds us into a prison and slams the doors. Wouldn't it be great to walk out?Imagine your life, wholly untouched by angst. What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? If you could hover a fear magnet over your heart and extract every last shaving of dread, insecurity, and doubt, what would remain? Envision a day, just one day, when you could trust more and fear less. Can you imagine your life without fear? Additional Fearless Products include: 978-0-8499-6397-1 Fearless Audio Book978-1-4185-4182-8 Fearless Curriculum

Product Description: A powerful and important new work that will help readers develop their spiritual instincts and move from a life of fear to one of freedom. In seeking truth, success, and ultimately a happy life, there is no escaping fear; even while we may not always perceive it, fear is ever present...read more

Product Description: The Biggest Loser was just the beginning. Every week, more than nine million viewers watch The Biggest Loser. The goal for the sixteen contestants is to shed the highest percentage of body weight and capture the grand prize waiting at the end of the grueling course...read more

Product Description: The teen years are full of fears big and small. Teens are afraid to be themselves, afraid of being left out, afraid of being alone, and afraid of being lost in the crowd. They crave attention and acceptance and spend much of their time reacting to the fear of not fitting in...read more

Product Description:  As the Season 6 winner of The Biggest Loser, Michelle Aguilar goes beyond her grand-prize victory to inspire readers to overcome fear. In Becoming Fearless, readers will discover Aguilar’s motivation not only for winning the show, but facing her deep seated fears...read more

You are part of the miracle God is looking for to help change the world. Right now — in the midst of your busy daily life — God stands ready to help you find your purpose. His hand is stretched out to you from across the water. All you need to do is be willing to take that first step out of the boat. In Willing to Walk on Water, Caroline Barnett reveals that God created us to be happiest when we are doing the things we care about most — when we’re using our innate talents and passions to make the lives of those around us better. Drawing on her experiences at the Dream Center — a ministry full of unlikely miracles in inner-city Los Angeles — Caroline helps you find your “trigger,” the specific need in your world you can’t stand to see unmet any longer. She’ll show you how to act with your eyes and heart open to God’s leading, and to balance your dreams of making a difference with your everyday responsibilities. Give God your willingness and He will give you a reignited passion for life. Take that first step toward Him; you’ll find the water beneath your feet is as firm as solid ground.

Product Description: For many people, worry, anxiety, and fear are constant companions: fear of death, fear of danger, fear of disease. And too often, these fears are crippling, keeping us from the life God has called us to live.But it doesn’t have to be that way, says Dr...read more

Product Description: You don't have to be held captive by your fears.Imagine what your life could be without those anxious thoughts, nagging worries, and crippling fears. What if you could finally become the woman you were created to be?Author Christin Ditchfield knows what it is to be bound by fear - and to be set free...read more

Product Description: Why do so many of us sense that something is missing in life? Even people of faith fail to find fulfillment and purpose and spend their days spinning their wheels and looking for more. But Jesus said that he came that we might have life--abundant life or life to the full...read more