Mark DeVries

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Kentucky

Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn't Last and What Your Church Can Do about It

You're looking for a youth pastor. Again.What goes wrong? Why do youth ministries crumble? And what is the cost to students, parents, volunteers and church staff?Is a sustainable youth ministry possible, even after a youth pastor leaves?Youth ministry expert Mark DeVries knows the answer is yes, because he helps build sustainable youth ministries through his coaching service called Youth Ministry Architects. So take heart: No matter what state the youth ministry at your church is in--in need of a leader and volunteers, full of battles and stress, large or small in number--it can be built to survive and to last for the long haul.Based on his own experience and on his many conversations and interviews with churches in crisis, DeVries pinpoints problems that cause division and burnout and dispels strongly held myths. He then provides the practical tools and structures pastors and church leaders need to lay a strong foundation for your ministry so that it isn't built on a person or the latest, greatest student ministry trend.His accessible guidance

 * helps senior pastors and search committees create a realistic job description for a youth pastor
 * provides tips for making wise hiring decisions
 * equips youth pastors to build a strong volunteer team
 * offers creative solutions to help youth pastors set and keep boundaries
 * gives a road map for navigating church politics
 * and more

Building a sustainable youth ministry is not easy, and it's not quick. But with commitment to the process, hard work and DeVries's guidance, you can put together a healthy youth ministry--one that fits your church and lasts for the long haul. Youth ministry can last. Here's how.

Sustainable Youth Ministry

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Marva J. Dawn

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Theology of Worship for This Urgent Time

Why do churches fight "Worship Wars?" Why do discussions about how to conduct worship often split into two vitriolic polarities over "traditional" versus "contemporary" styles or into two opposing camps, such as organists/ guitarists, baby boomers/elders, returnees/loyalists or clergy/musicians? These "worship wars" prevent us from being the Church.

In Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down, Marva Dawn writes to help local parishes and denominations think more thoroughly about worship and culture so that they can function effectively in contemporary society. She roots her discussion of worship issues in a careful assessment of significant aspects of the present technological, boomer, post-modern society and names criteria by which to judge the various cultural influences. She then sketches essential attributes of worship. Dawn recognizes that the vitality and faithfulness of our personal and corporate Christian lives and the effectiveness of our outreach to the world depend on the character that is formed in individuals and communities.

How can churches best reach out to society without "dumbing down" this essential character formation? Dawn discusses music, preaching, and all the accouterments of worship and offers practical suggestions for choosing the best tools and forms to deepen worship life, nurture faith development, and increase believers' outreach throughout the universal church and to the world.

Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down

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Richard L. Hester

Kelli Walker-Jones

The Power of Narrative in Clergy Leadership

Knowing your story is an essential component of effective leadership, but finding your story among the myriad narratives that fill your life isn't a simple task. Richard L. Hester and Kelli Walker-Jones have offered a path to finding your own story amid the powerful family and cultural narratives that may be obscuring your vision. The aim of this book is to show leaders how to explore their story of reality, tell it to other group members, and consider how it can be used as a resource for leadership. This narrative perspective holds that because there's always more than one story about a situation, we have choices about which story we will embrace. After more than six years working with groups of clergy, the authors have woven these stories together to create the fabric that is the backdrop of narrative clergy leadership. The book is an account of their pilgrimage. As you read you will have a sense that this is your pilgrimage, and it will encourage you into narrative ventures of your own.

Know Your Story and Lead with It

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Kenneth Dautrich

David A. Yalof

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Civics

Historical, Popular and Global Perspectives

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: HISTORICAL, POPULAR, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, ELECTION UPDATE offers an exciting new approach to a vital subject. Current through the 2008 elections, Dautrich and Yalof's text provides a rich and detailed overview of American government, its history, and its ongoing evolution as influenced by public opinion and national and global events. The book is enlivened by three fresh perspectives--historical, popular, and global--that will pique students' interest and forever change their appreciation for the political process. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

American Government

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Mary Jane Sterling

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Algebra I For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9780470559642) is now being published as Algebra I For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293576). While this version features an older Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the new release and should not be considered a different product.


Factor fearlessly, conquer the quadratic formula, and solve linear equations

There's no doubt that algebra can be easy to some while extremely challenging to others. If you're vexed by variables, Algebra I For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides the plain-English, easy-to-follow guidance you need to get the right solution every time!

Now with 25% new and revised content, this easy-to-understand reference not only explains algebra in terms you can understand, but it also gives you the necessary tools to solve complex problems with confidence. You'll understand how to factor fearlessly, conquer the quadratic formula, and solve linear equations.

 * Includes revised and updated examples and practice problems
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Whether you're currently enrolled in a high school or college algebra course or are just looking to brush-up your skills, Algebra I For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you friendly and comprehensible guidance on this often difficult-to-grasp subject.

Algebra I for Dummies®

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With an Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt

Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl

Susan M. Winchip

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Many interior design programs at the technical and associate degree level offer only one course in lighting design, or incorporate the topic of lighting in a design studio. Fundamentals of Lighting addresses the lighting education needs of these specific programs. Focusing on the basics of lighting, this book explains the fundamentals of designing quality lighting environments within the context of the design process. Students will learn the principles of lighting, effects on color, elements of lighting systems, and styles of luminaires. They'll then learn how to apply these concepts within specific interior design contexts, including residential and commercial spaces, with a focus on universal design, human factors, and sustainability.Features:-- Design projects, excercises, and internet assignments reinforce text material.-- Final chapter provides lighting design strategies and introduces the contract documents used to specify lighting.-- Appendices include shapes of lamps; beam spread tables; and information for lighting manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, professional organizations, government agencies, and trade associations.

Fundamentals of Lighting

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Kenda Creasy Dean

Ron Foster

Rita Collett

The Art of Soul-Tending for Youth Ministry

In The Godbearing Life, the authors offer a lively spiritual primer and practical guide for those who pastor young people. Dean and Foster rechart a course for youth ministry through the classical spiritual disciplines of the church. The book identifies families, congregations, and mentor relationships as the "holy ground" where young people are most likely to say "Yes!" to God.

The Godbearing Life

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Stan Gibilisco

Math

Hard stuff made easy

Geometry DeMYSTiFieD, 2nd Edition

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Paul Glenn

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Sample test questions and answers with explanations 
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SparkNotes 101: Political Science covers core materials in leading textbooks, including: 
Magstadt, Understanding Politics 
Shively, Power & Choice: Introduction to Political Science 

A Complete Course in a Book

SparkNotes 101 Political Science

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Sebastian Barry

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Novel

"A brave and moving novel [that] has a tender empathy with the natural world." --Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books

From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author of Days Without End comes a dazzling companion novel about memory and identity, set in Tennessee in the aftermath of the Civil War

Winona Cole, an orphaned child of the Lakota Indians, finds herself growing up in an unconventional household on a farm in west Tennessee. Raised by her adoptive parents John Cole and Thomas McNulty, whose story Barry told in his acclaimed previous novel Days Without End, she forges a life for herself beyond the violence and dispossession of her past.

Tennessee is a state still riven by the bitter legacy of the Civil War, and the fragile harmony of her family is soon threatened by a further traumatic event, one which Winona struggles to confront, let alone understand. Exquisitely written, A Thousand Moons is a stirring, poignant story of love and redemption, of one woman's journey and her determination to write her own future.

A Thousand Moons

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Victoria Shorr

A poignant tale about one woman's quest to recover her family's history, and a story of loss and survival during the Holocaust.

The Plum Trees

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Robert Greene

Joost Elffers

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control - from the author of The Laws of Human Nature.

In the book that People magazine proclaimed "beguiling" and "fascinating," Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.
 
Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), others teach the value of confidence ("Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness"), and many recommend absolute self-preservation ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

The 48 Laws of Power

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How to live a happier, healthier,  uncluttered life

The Hoarder in You

Sian Gilbert

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

For fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, She Started It is a hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a group of young women whose Caribbean bachelorette party takes a sinister turn. It's Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much prosecco. The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected... Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends--or were, as children. Despite drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them bonded for better or worse, even as their childhood dreams haven't quite turned out as they'd hoped. Then one day they receive a wholly unexpected--but not entirely unwelcome--invitation from another old friend. Poppy Greer has invited them all to her extravagant bachelorette party: a first-class plane ticket to three days of white sand, cocktails, and relaxation on a luxe private island in the Bahamas. None of them has spoken to Poppy in years. But Poppy's Instagram pics shows that the girl they used to consider the weakest link in their group has definitely made good--and made money. Curiosity gets the better of them. Besides, who can turn down a posh all-expenses-paid vacation on a Caribbean island? The first-class flight and the island's accommodations are just as opulent as expected...even if the scenic island proves more remote than they'd anticipated. Quite remote, in fact, with no cell service, and no other guests. The women quickly discover they've underestimated Poppy, and each other. As their darkest secrets are revealed, the tropical adventure morphs into a terrifying nightmare. Endlessly twisty, sharply observant, and deliciously catty, She Started It is sure to shock readers until the very end.

She Started It

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T. J. Newman

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"T. J. Newman has written the perfect thriller! A must-read." --Gillian Flynn
"Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35,000 feet." --Don Winslow
"Falling is the best kind of thriller...Nonstop, totally authentic suspense." --James Patterson
"Amazing...Intense suspense, shocks, and scares...Chilling." --Lee Child

You just boarded a flight to New York.

There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard.

What you don't know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot's family was kidnapped.

For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die.

The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane.

Enjoy the flight.

Falling

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Glenn Beck

"Bestselling author Glenn Beck re-tells the story of Santa Claus, imagining him at the first Christmas and casting him as a guardian for the infant and adult Jesus"--

The Immortal Nicholas

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Liane Moriarty

#1 New York Times Bestseller

From Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes Apples Never Fall, a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.

The Delaney family love one another dearly--it's just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . .

If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father?

This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings.

The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents, Stan and Joy, are the envy of all of their friends. They're killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they've finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?

The four Delaney children--Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke--were tennis stars in their own right, yet as their father will tell you, none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that's okay, now that they're all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon.

One night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy's door, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted.

Later, when Joy goes missing, and Savannah is nowhere to be found, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent, he, like many spouses, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure--but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.

Apples Never Fall

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Shannon H. Wilson

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

An Illustrated History

Berea College

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Coco Morante

200 Deliciously Simple Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker

A collection of easy, surefire recipes for the incredibly popular electric pressure cooker, the Instant Pot, all beautifully photographed and fully authorized. The 200 well-tested, fully authorized recipes in The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook cover a range of flavors and occasions, making this the ultimate collection of recipes for the home cook. This is the only book you'll need when looking for tried-and-true classics like creamy tomato soup, ground beef stroganoff, chicken mushroom casserole, or peach cobbler; international favorites like carnitas, chicken tikka masala, or refried beans; and crave-worthy treats like French toast casserole and triple chocolate cheesecake. There are even easy entertaining recipes, like artichoke-spinach dip, and special occasion recipes such as the classic Thanksgiving favorites of mashed potatoes, creamed corn, and more. With special sections of vegetarian recipes and jams, jellies, and pickles, this collection goes deeper than other Instant Pot books and has something for everyone. And recipes for every meal of the day, from breakfast to dessert, make this book your one-stop source for mouthwatering meals all day long.

The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook

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Dave Ramsey

New Chapters on Marriage, Singles, Kids and Families

With the help of a #1 New York Times bestselling author and finance expert, set your finances right with these updated tactics and practices Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial Peace and More than Enough, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right-financially, emotionally, and spiritually. In this new edition of Financial Peace, Ramsey has updated his tactics and philosophy to show even more readers: • how to get out of debt and stay out • the KISS rule of investing—"Keep It Simple, Stupid" • how to use the principle of contentment to guide financial decision making • how the flow of money can revolutionize relationships With practical and easy to follow methods and personal anecdotes, Financial Peace is the road map to personal control, financial security, a new, vital family dynamic, and lifetime peace.

Financial Peace Revisited

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91 Days to Beat Debt...and Build Wealth

Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University 

Emily Winfield Martin

Little Scraps of Larger Stories

Best-selling author/illustrator of The Wonderful Things You Will Be, Emily Winfield Martin, shares her "Imaginaries": paintings from over the last ten years, captioned with one enigmatic sentence, designed to inspire. From mermaids and giant flowers to magical robes and mysterious characters, this full-color collection of old and new art from Emily Winfield Martin will inspire the artist and writer in you! Each glorious image is given a mysterious or magical one-line caption--the beginning of a story, or maybe the middle--you imagine the rest. The captions are hand-written on vintage scraps of paper, envelopes, postcards and more. Akin to the Chris van Allsburg book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, The Imaginairies is destined to become a cult classic in its own right. The book is unjacketed with foil and a matte finish on the cover; a treasure to keep and display and pore over for years.

The Imaginaries

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Nir Eyal

How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Revised and Updated, Featuring a New Case Study How do successful companies create products people can’t put down? Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit? Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us? Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Through consecutive “hook cycles,” these products reach their ultimate goal of bringing users back again and again without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging. Hooked is based on Eyal’s years of research, consulting, and practical experience. He wrote the book he wished had been available to him as a start-up founder—not abstract theory, but a how-to guide for building better products. Hooked is written for product managers, designers, marketers, start-up founders, and anyone who seeks to understand how products influence our behavior. Eyal provides readers with: • Practical insights to create user habits that stick. • Actionable steps for building products people love. • Fascinating examples from the iPhone to Twitter, Pinterest to the Bible App, and many other habit-forming products.

Hooked

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Mark DeVries

Sustainable Youth Ministry

Marva J. Dawn

Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down

Richard L. Hester; Kelli Walker-Jones

Know Your Story and Lead with It

Kenneth Dautrich; David A. Yalof

American Government

Mary Jane Sterling

Algebra I for Dummies®

Anne Frank

Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl

Susan M. Winchip

Fundamentals of Lighting

Kenda Creasy Dean; Ron Foster; Rita Collett

The Godbearing Life

Stan Gibilisco

Geometry DeMYSTiFieD, 2nd Edition

Paul Glenn

SparkNotes 101 Political Science

Sebastian Barry

A Thousand Moons

Victoria Shorr

The Plum Trees

Robert Greene; Joost Elffers

The 48 Laws of Power

Dr. Robin Zasio

The Hoarder in You

Sian Gilbert

She Started It

T. J. Newman

Falling

Glenn Beck

The Immortal Nicholas

Liane Moriarty

Apples Never Fall

Shannon H. Wilson

Berea College

Coco Morante

The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook

Dave Ramsey

Financial Peace Revisited

Dave Ramsey

Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University

Emily Winfield Martin

The Imaginaries

Nir Eyal

Hooked

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