A sus setenta y ocho años, Emma Harte es una de las mujeres más ricas y poderosas del mundo. Tan segura de sí como despiadada, emplea el dinero como una arma y la adversidad como un instrumento. Desde su juventud demostró una iniciativa y una inteligencia inusuales, las cuales, combinadas con una ambición insaciable y un fé rreo optimismo, le permitieron erigir un imperio financiero. Sólo una pieza faltó para que su triunfo fuese completo: la felicidad personal
These small but comprehensive pocket-sized books are packed with interesting facts, systematically organized for quick reference. Fully illustrated with color photos, drawings, and valuable reference sections with charts, graphs or maps.
These biblical meditations celebrate the major seasons and holy days of the Christian year. Barbara Brown Taylor explores perennial questions of faith, doubt, grace, anger, hope, fear, love, prayer and discipleship.
An enduring classic from award-winning writer Barbara Brown Taylor, exploring how we communicate with a God who often seems silent. Arguing persuasively for simplicity and economy when speaking of God, it reflects on the eloquence of Jesus' silences and how we can find ways of bringing tired, old language about God back to life.
A beautifully illustrated, informative book for children introducing them to bugs that creep, crawl, bite, fly, and more From moths and beetles to worms and spiders, the world is crawling with fascinating bugs. The Big Book of Bugs is the first fact-filled book for children to explore the vast array of creepy-crawlies that share our Earth. In the first pages, children learn that bugs live nearly everywhere on the planet and gain tips on how to become a young bug spotter. As the book continues, the scenic compositions on each page are dedicated to key groups of bugs, including beetles, moths, butterflies, bees, snails, crickets, grasshoppers, worms, and spiders. Some spreads approach the world of bugs thematically, such as bugs that come out at night, baby bugs, and life cycles, how bugs hide and show off, and how some bugs love to live in your home. The conversational, funny text is also full of facts that will astonish children and adults, and accompanied by Yuval Zommer’s colorful illustrations.
This lively book for 8- to 12-year-olds investigates all four groups of great ape living in the wild, with fascinating insights into every aspect of ape life.
The renowned Christian preacher and New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching world religions to undergraduates in Baptist- saturated rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations.
This book features 21 cross-sections of creatures from across the globe. Each animal has its own unique body to help it survive and thrive in the wild, meaning there's all kinds of fascinating animal adaptations to discover. From an enormous whale to a tiny spider, this book takes a look at some of the most fascinating animals out there - from the inside!