Where do snowflakes come from? How can one fluffy piece of snow turn into a raging whiteout blizzard? Learn all about snow, blizzards, ice storms, and more in this fun, photo-filled book. Build your Smart Word vocabulary and boost your comprehension of science.
Do you know the difference between weather and climate? Can you explain how one affects the other? Find out what causes the seasons, why some places are warm all year while others are cold, and learn how scientists predict the weather and protect us from severe stroms. Learn 20 smart word that will boost your science vocabulary!
Tornadoes are often in the news. These monster stroms can cut a path of destruction when they touch down, and the United States gets an average of about 1,000 tornadoes a year - more than any other country! But how do tornadoes form and where do they occur most often? The answer to these questions and more are right inside this amazing book! Plus, you will learn all of the important vocabulary …
Destructive hurricanes make the news every year. These giant stroms travel across oceans, building in strength, until they hit land. When hurricanes do make landfall - WATCH OUT!- their powerful winds, pounding rain, and massive flooding can destroy homes, towns, even big cities. Hunt for information about hurricanes in this book and build your science Smart Word vocabulary!
Complete and Unabridged in One Volume "Trustworthy" and "reliable" are two words which have been universally applied to Barnes' Notes by Bible lovers of several generations and now Barnes' complete Notes on the New Testament are for the first time available in one handy, easy-to-use volume to delight the Christian worker and Bible student. Verse-by-verse, Barnes covers the entire New Test…
"... undertaken to provide earnest students of the New Testament with an exposition that is thorough and abreast of modern scholarship and at the same time loyal to the Scripture as the Infallible Word of God." This statement reflects the underlying purpose of The New International Commentary on The New Testament. Begun in the late 1940s by an international team of New Testament scholars alike…
"~Contrary to several popular works of Christian scholarship, historian Paul Barnett maintains that the first two decades of Christian history are hardly ""lost years."" As he shows in this penetrating book, the period between Jesus and the earliest Christian texts is open to historical investigation, and he richly details the time and setting in which the church was born. Writing in a very acc…
Although she ruled England for less than two weeks and was executed for treason at the age of sixteen, Lady Jane Grey has been admired for generation for her courage and faithfulness to the gospel. In this addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, Simonetta Carr tells Lady Janes Grey's story of intrique and explains its context: te tumultuous politics of Reformation Englan…
Outside of the people in the Bible, Augustine of Hippo is the most influential person in church history. Yet how many people know his story? In this book, Simonetta Carr Introduces young readers to the life and ministry of Augustine. Readers will come to know Augustine's personal struggles and the high value he came to place on the Bible and truth. Readers will also see the difficult days in wh…