Showing results by author "Tucker" in All Categories

These are stories for adult students learning French. The stories begin with easy vocabulary and grammar, and increase in difficulty. There are questions and answers at the end of each story to verify comprehension.

An LGBTQ Post-Apocalyptic Romance “Kid has a point, though. You’re not worried about bringing a strange man home?” Alison gave him an unsmiling look. “Just don’t try anything.” Her free hand clutched the knife at her belt. “You wouldn’t be the first man I’ve ever gutted.” When a stranger finds his way to their camp, Alison is wise to be wary. She can't be too careful in the devastated world they've found themselves in after the Fall. She had the children, Manuel and Tammy, to consider. Dangerous animals and raiders were the norm these days and protecting their ...

The “modern” education system. It hasn't changed much since it started back in 1837. The same rules apply. You come into class, pick a seat, and watch an adult teach you the basics. The rest is left to the child. Whether they pay attention or not, it's up to them. The problem here is, even if the child tries to pay attention, many find it difficult to learn this way.

The title story of this collection might have been dubbed "Mother Knows Best". Kathryn Tucker Windham has always had a healthy respect for wisdom, but her true love has always been humor. The stories in this collection reflect her appreciation for traditional values and traditional ways, but they also beguile the listener with that most enchanting of Southern traits, a keen sense of humor.

Jenni Kershaw’s ordinary eighth-grade life becomes a thing of the past when her science class goes on a field trip. Armed with only their notebooks, MP3 players, and wits, Jenni and her classmates are magically transported to another world. Follow Jenni and her class on their extraordinary adventures in their fight to find their way home and discover who - and what - they really are.

In Why Pray? Tucker studies some of the prayers that appear in Scripture and explores what they teach us about prayer and worship—and the character of God. He examines biblical accounts of worship services, since prayer and worship are inextricably linked. And he highlights miraculous answers, great disappointments, and unexpected benefits of prayer.

How It's Made Podcast is tasked with recapping every episode of the Discovery Channel show "How It's Made". That's 32 seasons and 416 episodes total. Once we do that, the podcast will end.

This audiobook tells the story of how Alexander Graham Bell came up with the telephone, and how his invention changed the way people communicate.

This is an audiobook for adult students learning French. It is meant to follow Histoires pour les Grands. La Ville de St. Martin is different in two ways; it is divided into chapters, but is a complete story, and each grammar point is treated separately. Histoires pour les Grands and La Ville de St. Martin are meant to be listened to with a certain fluency, meaning without the need to look up many words along the way. All students should be able to listen for pleasure, no matter what their level.

Who Killed Whitney is a Hollywood true crime podcast investigating the death (or murder?!) of global superstar Whitney Houston.

Return to Eden is an exploration of one man's and one country's journey from the devastation of war through recovery and healing, then to creativity. Smallwood's reflections on his military and film experiences have appeared in magazines, but this is the first recorded collection of essays.

Irella's undead armies are on the march, and only Jarek and Acharsis are aware of their fell intent. Fleeing the empire with their ragtag band of allies, they set their sights on distant Magan in the hopes of warning the rival nation of the impending catastrophe. But crossing the monster-strewn Golden Steppe may prove the least of their worries, for they have but days to convince the Maganian royal court of the imminent and impossible invasion by the dead.

Legend Tripping: A Contemporary Legend Casebook explores the practice of legend tripping, wherein individuals or groups travel to a site where a legend is thought to have taken place. Legend tripping is a common, informal practice, depicted in epics, stories, novels, and film, throughout both contemporary and historical vernacular culture. In this collection, contributors show how legend trips can express humanity’s interest in the frontier between life and death, and the fascination with the possibility of personal contact with the supernatural, or spiritual.

Trying to earn $100k from your real estate business? You thought passing your real estate exam, closing deals, and working harder than ever before would jump-start you to earn $100k. But now you’re confused as to why your real estate sales have flatlined, you’re concerned over the stalling state of your real estate business, and you have serious doubts about whether a real estate career is the right choice. Become a Rock Star Real Estate Agent is designed to guide real estate salespeople who are truly ready to earn the profits they were born to make.

In a world where vampire DNA has allowed people to relive youth, Katelyn Matthews enters a second phase of her 20s. Yet when she gets involved with a vampire, her life is turned upside down.

Can a simple pair of garnet earrings put out an internal fire that has been burning for some fifteen years? A young woman stands at the brink of middle age with a long-standing anger towards her mother that has stalled and clouded her dreams of the future. When the garnet earrings suddenly appear, they receive such an emotional reception that questions are finally posed that unlock secrets of the past. The woman learns the fire inside her started two generations ago with her grandmother and the question remains: After all this time, is it possible to contain the flames? This book takes you ...

Every day, our actions are structured by our relationships. Whether it be through family ties, a shared workspace, a favorite hobby, or some other repeated interaction, we are constantly building relationships. But do we ever stop to consider why we are in a relationship with a particular person? How can we make important relationships stronger? And how can we avoid unhealthy relationships?

Is victory worthwhile if it comes at the expense of everything you love? To avoid seeing the River Cities destroyed in their efforts to defeat Irella, Acharsis and his friends set forth on a quest that will take them from the darkest depths of hell to the perilous heights of the Gods' Mountain.

In the seeds of despair, in the hopelessness of fear, pain and death, there often arises opportunity for love. And the choices are not always our own. Thrust together by circumstance, two unlikely people find themselves drawn together, literally under fire. The people are not the players we expect. But this is a love story… Asteroids come and go. Love endures all things…So they tell us… (Easy Reading Font)

Irving Kingman is a strange type of evangelist, his body a canvas of tattoos, crisscrossing the country on his Harley Davidson. He seeks out men whose faces show the etchings of trouble, fear, and doubt. He sees their vulnerabilities and plays them as if finely tuning a carburetor until they succumb to his words. With an earthy tongue, he gives them the promise of eternal salvation. Acceptance is easy, and Kingman will take drastic steps to prevent any backsliding. And they never backslide. Can Irving Kingman be stopped? Is there a greater evil riding the highways that could end the ...