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Change: The Numismatic Odyssey of a Quarter follows a 1963d Quarter for 100 years. If you've ever held an old coin and wondered about its journey, Change offers the story of one of these roads, telling the brutal vaudeville that was late 20th century America. Through large stories and small moments, high comedy and quiet loss, Change reflects not only the chaos of history but the connectedness of small things, and yes, even the nature of evolution itself.

This book explores the 10 great ideas found in modern Druidry. This tradition is both ancient and modern, spanning the mythic past of the British Isles and dancing with modern communication technologies. From divination to storytelling, from complex rituals to a delight in the arts, from scholarship to childrearing, Druidry proves itself again and again to be a tradition of both reverence and pertinence for our time in history.

Life can be difficult for normal people, but it can be hell for the supernatural - and no one knows that better than Alex Summerland. She's beautiful, rich, and famous. What more could any teenage girl want? But all is not as it seems, and delving into her past is like unlocking a Pandora's box of living nightmares. Victor is the opposite of everything she's ever known. He's America's bad boy, and Alex is going on a wild ride across the country with world's loudest rock band.

A young woman is viciously murdered in Queens. The killer has left every indication that this will be the first in a long reign of terror. Detective Kate Manning is hunting the elusive butcher while desperately trying to decipher his message. Following the trail of blood, Kate will be pushed to her limits, as she is drawn into an age-old battle that challenges what it means to have faith in God and in man.

Volume Six of the Easing Into Collection, explores the Tao te Ching (Dao de Jing), one of the perennial classics of the Axial Age (around BCE 500). Kim points out the 10 great ideas of the text, supporting the inquiry with responsive poetry, and posing questions for further contemplation. Whether used in group settings, or as a journaling companion, Easing into Lao Tzu's Tao te Ching, will help clarify this beautiful, but difficult text, and invite you into further study.

The Adventures of AsparaGUS: Gus Discovers His Roots is a wonderfully creative children's story about a real dog named Gus. AsparaGus is a bold, brave little red dachshund. His curiosity compels him to leave his cozy home and mama, AsparaGusta, in search of the elusive and mysterious "green sticks with curly tips". During this exciting adventure, Gus makes a new friend, le Chat (the cat), a magical French Canadian cook. During his travels, Gus' biggest discovery is learning his own dramatic dachshund family history.

Roger Corman reigns supreme as the godfather of independent filmmaking. Since 1954, he has produced 400-plus movies on shoestring budgets, blending action, sex, humor, and social message into hip (and profitable) entertainments. He has also demonstrated an uncanny eye for talent, launching the Hollywood careers of Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, and James Cameron, to name just a few.

When Ezra Quinn, a San Francisco techie, gets a call one Saturday morning, he has no idea that his life is about to change beyond his wildest imaginings. Quinn is offered a lucrative position in the Middle East in his field of wearable tech. A week later, he's on a flight to Dubai.

In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition discusses not only the persecution of the Jews, but also other segments of society victimized by the Nazis: Roma, homosexuals, Poles, Soviet POWs, the disabled, and other groups deemed undesirable.

Few of us enjoy cleaning our homes. It's tedious and time consuming, and sometimes it seems pointless. After all, life will go on if the laundry goes unfolded or the toilet unscrubbed, right? Well, unfortunately for most people, cleaning is a necessary evil. Life is just easier when you live in a house that is tidy. That doesn't mean you have to spend all of your precious time dusting and mopping, though.

Easing into the Gospel of Thomas is the third book in the growing Easing Into collection. This short introduction to one of the earliest non-canonical Christian texts features 10 great ideas that define the core meaning of this rich piece of literature. Each chapter poses five questions designed to stimulate group discussion or journal writing, making the work useful in both community settings and for home-based comparative religion study.

Easing into the Dhammapada, the second title in the Easing Into Collection, is and introduction to one of the oldest scriptures of the Buddhist canon. Rather than working through the Dhammapada chapter by chapter, the author guides you through the verses thematically so you'll have a strong grasp of the content of the scripture. She cites where the great ideas appear and invites you into further study. Responsive poetry and at least five questions posed at the end of each chapter help stimulate small group interaction or individual journaling experiences.