Whether you believe that space aliens are coming to Earth to solve all our problems so we don't have to do any work to fix them ourselves, or you believe that going to a faith healer or New Age huckster rather than relying on medical science to heal you is the right course of medical care, believing in things uncritically can be bad for you and bad for society. Carl Sagan felt that it was the right thing — the morally conscientious thing — to work against those trends. And he wrote his essays…
This text contains pages of quotes, proverbs and sayings, which might help sum up the sentiments at any wedding. It should help those in need of saying the right thing.
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An Amorous thing - a short story collection
An Amorous Thing is a short story collection by Kody Boye. Featuring affection and the things it does to us, AAT contains 15 tales of the beautiful, the strange, and the downright horrific.
Abby concocts comical and innovative strategies to get glasses. She thinks glasses make her best friend Rosa look beautiful. In the quest to have glasses like Rosa, Abby invents a multitude of ingenious ways to getting the glasses she so dearly desires. What one person might dislike about themselves may be just the thing that someone else would envy. Abby grows in appreciation of her own uniqueness. Reading Level: Grade K-4
The Next Big Thing: Spotting and Forecasting Consumer Trends for Profit
Understanding and predicting trends can put organizations in control, boosting profits and placing them ahead of their competitors. The Next Big Thing reveals how consumer trends work, how to spot them, and how to use that knowledge to gain financial and competitive advantage.
