Captain Robert Cowley walked a deserted Pacific beach; it was pre-dawn, dark, and chilly. Suddenly, he heard a voice: "Robert, look up." He looked up and observed the faint glow of Mars and billions of stars. The voice spoke again: "Why anything. Why not nothing." Cowley, an archetypal on-and-off believer, wrote Why Anything-Why Not Nothing for atheists, theists, scientists, evolutionists, and more. He asks: are humans the remnants of a natural big bang that coalesced into a universe, or might we be the creation of a supernatural God? Asking difficult questions and challenging the bounds of human reason, logic and intelligence, he reviews Biblical science against modern science and the limitations inherent in matter; he seeks to understand how and why we are here. Cowley searches for answers in the cosmos and in the supernatural philosophy of two monotheistic religions, Judaism and Christianity. He ponders with amazing intelligible lucidity: is evolution or God responsible for life.

If you are searching for ideas to teach social studies in fun and meaningful ways, 50 Ways to Teach Social Studies is a book that provides a plethora of ideas of practical lessons connected to real-world topics that will save the busy teacher time and effort. The activities in this book are housed under themes and include content connections (civics, history, geography, economics), guiding questions, and literacy connections. From community, primary sources, and music to food, visual media, and experiential learning, this book will inspire you to make connections in your own environment to expand the teaching of social studies.

These quick, engaging activities help students enjoy the vibrant, authentic literature of Jan Brett. Cross-curricular before-, during-, and after-reading activities are provided for a comprehensive study of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

The Goldilocks Method is the first simple and clear, objective process for profiling and discovering the person that's "just right" for you. It's for the millions of single people who are searching for a healthy, enduring relationship and know that it's hard to find. As with any search, the jump-starter is a clear picture - so the person can be identified. That's what The Goldilocks Method is all about... a step-by-step guide for identifying the key characteristics you must have for a successful relationship. Goldilocks had the right idea. In love as in life, you have to test the waters in order to know what's "just right" for you. This breakthrough method begins with three meditations about parents, past relationships and opposite sex friends. Then the reader is given a comprehensive list of qualities to consider and asked to select the ones that are most important to them. This list is refined through careful thought and self-analysis until five key, essential characteristics are uncovered. These are the characteristics their mate must have and they cannot be compromised. The final step is to create an Ideal Mate Profile based on what the reader has discovered and to meditate about it each night before going to bed. Now the reader is searching with a clear picture in mind. When the right person comes along, they are easy to recognize and the ambivalence that often accompanies relationships can be swept away. This proven method for finding love is meant to be a life changer. Reading The Goldilocks Method is a powerful, positive step toward love that lasts.

Fourteen ambitious women depart on a two-year dream mission on the spaceship Athena. This is the first voyage between America and Canada intending to confirm the livability of an unexplored exoplanet. Canadian Army Captain Camille Tremblay boldly leads her crew to this exciting new world. With their budding friendships and varying senses of humor, the women must overcome their loneliness and fears to adjust to the growing desolation of space. However, their journey takes a sinister turn when they experience an unexpected betrayal, endangering their lives and challenging their resolve. These heroic astronauts must now stretch their skills and relationships as they are forced to establish life on a strange planet. Here, they face environmental dangers and fascinating but hostile aliens, while a mysterious deadly force lurks nearby.

A complex tale of vengeance. Cast unwittingly into the 23rd century, Captain Camille Tremblay and her fellow astronauts look forward to finding their place in a fascinating new Earth at a time when advanced life on other worlds is taken for granted. Camille optimistically accepts her new role as leader of the multi-world mining business she inherited. Life, even with a stubborn AI, with Marquis in their luxurious castle is a dream. But something sinister lurks in their happily ever after. Everything is not as it seems. Taunting nightmares torment a guilt-ridden Camille, as menacing unseen forces close in. When the forces turn deadly, Camille is blamed and needs to uncover the mystery to clear herself and protect her friends. Meanwhile, no one realizes that their carefree friends left behind on the exoplanet could fall prey a terrifying enemy of their own. Forced to rely on the dubious AI and pursued by the authorities, Camille and Marquis embark on a dangerous journey to a distant world in a perilous race against the unknown.

Charles Bronson is the most feared and most notorious convict in the prison system. Renowned for his serial hostage-taking and his rooftop sieges, he is a legend in his own lifetime. The recent film of his life was a critically acclaimed, box-office hit. Yet he is a man of great warmth and humour; a man of huge artistic talent who exhibits his drawings around the country; a man with an overpowering urge not to let the system get him down. More Porridge Than Goldilocks is a crazy look into the mind of a true individual.

Goldilocks is vintage Coburn, the Coburn of Sweetheart, The Babysitter, and Love Nest. This is a story of a New England town where all the deals have been quietly cut, the cops have traded their souls to crime bosses, and the crime boss of crime bosses—a beautiful woman from the wrong side of the tracks—has married up, into the WASPs, and her name decorates ever corner and library in town. And into this quiet swamp with its smooth surface drops Goldilocks—tall and blond, with exquisite blue eyes, the new boy in town, and so vicious he makes the rest of them know that life before Goldilocks was like a fairy tale. Small wonder The New York Times crime book critic Newgate Callendar writes, “Natural storytellers are not too common but Mr. Coburn is one.” An angry yet still sexy widow becomes the prey of Vietnam vet Goldilocks, but he, too, gets caught in the web of evildoing and gets his just deserts, though not till the town is turned end to end. No question—Coburn can write up a storm.