Van Tracy

Maxwell and Dornan tell you how to make a positive impact on every person in your life, from your children and coworkers to your customers and the barista at the coffee shop. Learn to perceive the stages of influence in your relationships and skillfully navigate your progress from perfect stranger to helpful confidant, to inspiring mentor and multiplier of influencers. By impacting your relationships, great and small, you will become a positive influencer...

Introduces middle school readers to the science behind the food they love to eat as they explore the chemistry within meals, how nutrition works, what creates flavor, and why texture is important. Includes experiments.

"Examine what it means to be a global citizen, and learn about the rights and responsibilities that we all have." -- from Amazon.com summary.

"News reports from around the world offer detailed descriptions of wildfires, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, and more. While these kinds of events might seem horrifically random, scientists can explain quite a lot about why they happen, how they develop, how we can try to prevent them, and how we can predict where and when they'll happen next. The Science of Natural Disasters: When Nature and Humans Collide examines the science behind earthquakes,...

As featured on the Jesus Calling podcast, Relevant podcast, Catalyst podcast, and The Alli Worthington Show podcast with Alli Worthington. "I want to believe, I want to have hope, but . . ." Pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel hears these words often and has asked them himself. We want to know God, feel his presence, and trust that he hears our prayers, but in the midst of great pain, we may wonder if he really cares about us. Even when...

Every blessing, every breakthrough, and every miracle can be traced back to the prayers that were prayed by you or for you. Join Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker, as he equips you to become an extraordinary influence in the lives of your children through one simple practice: praying for them. Praying Circles around Your Children combines timeless scriptures with stories of parents just like you, which will...

Holly Stanford is doing the best she can with the restaurant she inherited from her late uncle. But after her fiancé abandons her and the business, Holly regrets having given up her dream of becoming a pastry chef. Now a few bad financial decisions might cost her everything, including her hope for the future. Jed Henning has done well with his new company despite his prodigal brother's behavior. When Jed's father, the controlling member of the board...

Author Lee Strobel offers biblically-based answers to the most-asked questions about the Christian faith in short, easy-to-understand explanations.

"From his youth, John Kingston has always carried a vision for a free and united America. In American Awakening, Kingston pulls from history, science, faith, and culture to offer eight forgotten principles to restore the soul of America, by building better lives, breaking through cultural divides, and rediscovering who we are--together"--

"Cut costs - it's a common corporate refrain. But if you constantly slash expenditures, what happens to innovation? How can you stay competitive and satisfy customers? Costovation solves the dilemma of how to spend less and innovate more: by finding areas where less is exactly what customers want. From Khan Academy's democratized tutoring to Xiaomi's flash sales to Warby Parker's compressed supply chain, the book unlocks specific strategies for cutting...