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I've tried to make my list a mix of easier non-fiction to balance some of the more challenging books in the hope it keeps me on the non-fiction track for the most part!

Word Wise: A feature that makes it easier to read more challenging books.

Word Wise: A new feature that makes it easier to read more challenging books.

Word Wise makes it easier to enjoy and quickly understand more challenging books.

Word Wise — For readers learning English and children learning to read, Word Wise makes it easier to understand more challenging books more quickly.

«Word Wise makes it easier for kids learning to read and readers learning English to understand more challenging books more quickly, with short and simple definitions that automatically appear above difficult words.

Wordwise — For readers learning English and children learning to read, Word Wise makes it easier to understand more challenging books more quickly.

For example, when I noticed that Shayla loved books about animals, particularly horses and dogs, I used her interest in Laurie Halse Anderson's Vet Volunteers series to suggest more challenging books like Anna Sewell's classic Black Beauty.

This year's report shows that far from «dumbing down», children choose more challenging books and read them with greater success than those books selected by their teachers.

Not exact matches

The book tells their stories of growth, challenge, anguish, triumph, and more, interspersed with other big names of other basketball legends and high - stakes brinksmanship.

King also interrogated the concept of allyship, challenging the «white liberal who is more devoted to «order» than to justice, who prefers tranquility to equality» in his 1967 book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?.

My time with the Red Sox organization taught me more about sales challenges than any book I ever read on the topic.

The book begins with an overhead squat from where you'll gradually work towards more challenging movements like a frog stand or headstand.

As leadership consultant Mark Murphy writes in his 2009 book Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your Employees to Give It Their All, and They'll Give You Even More, people can't be coddled into greatness.

The challenges of daily life between work and family are seemingly never - ending so this book provides a good reminder for a balanced approach to more positively navigate those challenges.»

In his book Where the Jobs Are: Entrepreneurship and the Soul of the American Economy, Dearie and his co-author interviewed more than 200 founders about the challenges of building businesses.

Classic books challenge your brain more than the breezy, shallow styles of many bestsellers.

Here's one of the more challenging parts of this to grasp: when we're talking about digital currency such as Bitcoin, there's no repository of coins — that line item in the record book is the money.

Doug's book challenges us to look at disruption more than by assuming that one form of retail will win over another - simply put, the book forces us to understand the power of personalization and customer engagement - the lifeblood of our new retail world.»

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

While mainline publishers of religious books and church - school curricula have been virtually silent on the subject, there are currently in print more than 350 books challenging evolutionary science and advocating a «creation science» based on six 24 - hour days of creation, a «young - earth» dating, and a worldwide «flood geology.»

The second thesis of my book was that homosexuals, rather than being somehow a menace to the values of society and the family, as Christians have tended to assume, have, as a part of God's creative plan, special gifts and qualities and a very positive contribution to make to the development of society (cf. also my article «Homosexuality, Lesbianism, and the Future: The Creative Role of the Gay Community in Building a More Humane Society,» in A Challenge to Love: Gay and Lesbian Catholics in the Church, edited by Robert Nugent [Crossroad, 1984]-RRB-.

At the conclusion of his book, he challenges his readers to a one - year experiment of radical living where they pray more, read the Bible more, give more, serve more, and attend church (or small groups) more.

[You guys, I had the chance this week to take a sneak peek at Sarah's upcoming book, Jesus Feminist, and... I didn't think this possible... it's more beautiful, challenging, and live - giving than I expected.

But he's also become one of the more controversial figures in evangelicalism after releasing the book Love Wins, which challenged conventional, modern understandings about hell and the afterlife.

The message of this book is that the role of the churches is much larger and more challenging than many of us had even dared to dream.

One side effect of the research I've done in writing the book, is that when somebody presents 10K verses to support their claim, I can write a short reply: «Thank you for providing so much scriptural support that conclusively proves my position, and demonstrates that your position has no basis in scripture», and, if challenged, go through each cited verse, and, using one or more specific techniques / methods of Bible study, show how the cited verse either refutes the position they present, or supports the position I present.

Had I been able to read Larry Witham's book before I delivered the Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews, I would have been able to make my argument more compelling by locating the story I told in relation to Witham's account of addressing the challenges of science.

Its Pauline authorship is these days not seriously doubted; its date of composition is more clearly determined than perhaps any other book of the New Testament; the origin of the church is recounted in Acts; the geographic site of Corinth is known and excavated; the integrity of the text is not widely challenged; text - critical uncertainties are few.

And that was ultimately the challenge of the book, as the last several pages include various statistics, organizations, and websites which will provide more information and help you get involved.

I haven't done a lot of gluten - free baking up to this point but I like to challenge myself in the kitchen and I've been learning more about gluten - free baking from Ricki Heller's «Naturally Sweet & Gluten - Free» — a gorgeous vegan baking book whose recipes are exclusively gluten - free, as well as free from refined sugars.

There are some amazing vegan recipes, books, features and more out there on the internet, but it can be challenging to track down great content sometimes!

There was more controversy in the first half, with Harry Maguire diving dramatically under a non-existent Joel Campbell challenge, but thankfully Dean saw through it and booked him for simulation.

Now tackle is probably the wrong word and a footballing mugging may be more appropriate but credit where it's due he didn't complain the ref when he was booked and even had time to have a calm chat with Xavi following said challenge.

You can read more about the details in her book The Kindness Challenge.

Amy is incredibly crafty and creative, reads a ton, and also inspires people to read more through her book club and reading challenge.

Yet, my personal approach to parenting is a mix that goes well beyond the bits and pieces of these books that I found helpful — among the bits and pieces that I feel don't apply to my family but certainly they may apply to another family — and include bits and pieces of how I was raised, the lessons learned reflecting on years of parenting already behind me, thoughts from friends and family members, my instincts, the reality of unavoidable challenges, scientific studies, blogs and websites, parenting classes and support groups, teleseminars, conferences, and so much more.

In addition to the more common sleep challenges, I'm pleased to find a book that explains how the divide between «attachment parenting» and «cry - it - out» is unhelpful.

«Based on Dr. Emery's extensive clinical and research experience, this book will help divorcing couples and their children deal with the many challenges associated with marital breakups and build happier, more fulfilling lives.»

CHICAGO — In his new book, «Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why,» journalist Paul Tough investigates the challenge of educating low - income children, who now account for more than half of all public school students.

For more on sleep check out my book or my articles on sleep challenges.

Tested later in life, early «imaginators» had more resources to draw on when it came to coping with challenges and difficult situations, such as what to do if they forgot a book they needed for school that day.

''... challenges the commonly held idea that adoption is a winning solution for everyone... this book is to be recommended as one of the few available which balances the more usual happy - ending adoption stories with a birthparent's reality... it is recommended for those who prefer the truth, even if unpleasant, to unquestioned adoption mythology.»

With this mix, your child can re-read some of these books independently, while you'll have to do the reading (or at least help) with the challenging ones that allow your child to enjoy a more sophisticated story and learn new words.

While other books may read like dry how - to manuals, this one will have you laughing at yourself and feeling more normal despite your challenges.

Through more than 200 interviews with women across the country, Barash looked at the challenges mothers face with their daughters today and offers 10 solutions (a phrase that turns out to be the subtitle of her book).