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When Ruben and Jed find a dead body on the Rhode Island shore, they are certain it has something to do with smuggling liquor. It's the 1920s, Prohibition and bootlegging is in full swing, and almost everyone in the shore community is involved. Suddenly, the boys find themselves involved as well: didn't the dead man have something on him, and didn't they take it? It isn't long before Ruben is actually on the legendary Black Duck itself, caught in a war between two ferocious prohibition gangs.

Throughout the 1990s, Prince feuded with his record label, Warner Bros., over his rights as an independent recording artist - and made some of the most brilliant music of his career. During that time, Jim Walsh covered Prince for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and wrote about him passionately, thoughtfully, exhaustively. Here, in real-time, is that coverage: a look back at Prince in the '90s. Walsh's newly unearthed interviews, essays, columns, and reviews make Gold Experience an essential slice of history.

El COVID-19 ha confinado en un mismo espacio la vida personal y laboral. Sin embargo, de momento la mayoría estamos trabajando desde casa, algo muy distinto al teletrabajo. Nos hemos visto obligados a improvisar y hacer malabares entre el trabajo y lo demás, cosa que se complica cuando además debemos lidiar con el estrés y las preocupaciones o cuidar de la familia.

Are you learning English? Then one of the BEST ways to speak and understand more English is to learn more words. Words that are relevant to American daily life and culture. These will make you sound like a native speaker. Since Americans love sports, with Learn English: Discover American Culture & Traditions (Sports in America) by Innovative Language Learning, you'll learn sports related vocab and insights. The best part? You'll be able to speak with native speakers about one of their most-loved topics - sports!

With Learn Romanian: Discover Romanian Culture & Traditions by RomanianPod101, you learn the must-know vocab and Romanian cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

Thousands of knights and foot soldiers are mustering in Venice for the launch of the fourth Crusade. Among them is young Arthur de Caldicot, soon to dubbed a knight. He is thrilled to be part of this huge gathering; but all too soon the crusade falls into disarray.

Since 2000, America's most ambitious young evangelicals have been making their way to Patrick Henry College in Virginia, a small Christian school that has earned the nickname "God's Harvard". Most of these students are home-schoolers whose idealism and discipline put the average American teenager to shame. The school grooms them to become the Christian elite of tomorrow, dispatching them to the front lines of politics, entertainment, and science to wage the battle to take back a godless nation.

In this inspirational book, Stones Crying out, Gertrude Garrow elucidates clearly and concisely the origin and authorship of the books of the Bible using historical and archaeological evidence to show its reliability. Added to this, she reveals the astonishing accuracy of fulfilled prophecy and takes a brief look at future predictions.

Are you learning German? Knowing more words is one of the best ways to speak and understand more German. And if you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to German culture and daily life and that is actually used by German people. With Learn German: Discover German Culture & Traditions by GermanPod101.com, you learn the must-know vocab and German cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

Building a New Nation chronicles the development of the new government following the signing of the Constitution. It explores the political views of the young nation’s leaders as they struggled to form a strong nation, despite the foreign and domestic dilemmas that they faced. The authors describe the beginnings of the two-party system, the administrations of the first three presidents, and key decisions by each branch of the government that shaped the future of the country.

Are you learning Urdu? Knowing more words is one of the BEST ways to speak and understand more Urdu. And, if you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to Pakistani culture and daily life and that is actually used by Pakistani people. With Learn Urdu: Discover Pakistani Culture & Traditions by Innovative Language Learning, you learn the must-know vocab and Pakistani cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

Are you learning Afrikaans? Knowing more words is one of the best ways to speak and understand more Afrikaans. If you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to South African culture and daily life and that is actually used by South African people. With Learn Afrikaans: Discover South African Culture & Traditions, by AfrikaansPod101.com, you learn the must-know vocab and South African cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

Are you learning Thai? Knowing more words is one of the best ways to speak and understand more Thai. And, if you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to Thai culture and daily life and that is actually used by Thai people. With Learn Thai: Discover Thai Culture & Traditions by ThaiPod101.com, you learn the must-know vocab and Thai cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

Are you learning Italian? Knowing more words is one of the best ways to speak and understand more Italian. And, if you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to Italian culture and daily life and that is actually used by Italian people. With Learn Italian: Discover Italian Culture & Traditions by ItalianPod101.com, you learn the must-know vocab and Italian cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

Are you learning French? Knowing more words is one of the BEST ways to speak and understand more French. And, if you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to French culture and daily life and that is actually used by French people. With Learn French: Discover French Culture & Traditions by FrenchPod101.com, you learn the must-know vocab and French cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

Are you learning Russian? Knowing more words is one of the best ways to speak and understand more Russian. And, if you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to Russian culture and daily life and that is actually used by Russian people. With Learn Russian: Discover Russian Culture & Traditions by RussianPod101.com, you learn the must-know vocab and Russian cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

Are you learning Arabic? Knowing more words is one of the best ways to speak and understand more Arabic. And if you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to Egyptian culture and daily life and that is actually used by Egyptian people. With Learn Arabic: Discover Egyptian Culture & Traditions by ArabicPod101.com, you learn the must-know vocab and Egyptian cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

In preparing the Life of Lee for Children, for use in the public schools, I beg leave to place before teachers good reasons for employing it as a supplementary reader.

This book explores the array of principles and practices that have evolved and make up the rich culture that has permeated the school. The Sudbury school model is unique in creating a community that extends to all students the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities available to every adult American for the enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pursuit of a meaningful life. All we did was turn the clock back - or, better, forward - and finish the job the Founding Fathers began...by including children in the ringing phrases of the Declaration of Independence.

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