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Around 1,000 years before Jesus Christ, there was a child sheepherder name Saul, who would later meet David. As a youth, David herded sheep for his father. He played the lyre or harp to calm the sheep. Later, David would fight a giant named Goliath. What can you learn from this battle?

Inspired by Nathaniel Rich’s Losing Earth: A Recent History, the acclaimed book that grew out of an August 2018 issue of the New York Times Magazine solely dedicated to it, Saving Earth tells the human story of the climate-change conversation from the recent past into the present day. It wrestles with the long shadow of our failures, what might be ahead for today’s generation, and crucial questions of how we understand the world we live in—and how we can work together to change the outlook for the better.

I've got some good news. For my birthday, my best friend forever (BFF) bought me an expensive gift. She had the biggest smile on her face. The bad news: it was for a skydiving class at the airport. And, I'm afraid of heights. What could be the next good news and the next bad news?

Veterans Day is a holiday observed every year on November 11. It honors military soldiers who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Since 1775, the United States Armed Forces have played an important part in the history of the United States. The Armed Forces have done more than just fight.

Endangered animals are groups that are very likely to die out or become extinct in the near future. There are over 7,000 endangered animal species. What can you do about the endangered animals?

Late at night our friend wanders a little and ponders quite a lot on a long walk along a river looking for a reason to keep on living. He meets up with a troll and a few other all-night ghouls as he drifts along, searching for purpose. They all find it amazing our friend can negotiate his way through the day posing as a teacher.

A bubble is made when a heavy cover surrounds a light gas such as air or outer space. If you look around carefully, you can find bubbles in all sorts of places. A soap bubble is a thin film of soapy water surrounding air, usually with a colored surface. A recipe is included for making soapy water for blowing bubbles.

Frogs are mostly meat-eating animals but a few feed on plants. They have backbones and short bodies. A group of frogs is called an army.

Riley and Wiley helped their father build dams for a week. It’s finally time for a break! While Riley is resting on the shore, sneaky Wiley scares him and makes him fall in the water! Riley starts chasing him, but Wiley keeps running and laughing. He was just kidding! Wiley apologizes and means it. He gives Riley the juiciest water plant ever to show his sincerity and suggests an afternoon swim. Can anything make a beaver relax more than a swim?

Riley and Wiley are natural-born lumberjacks that love to have fun. They like to go into the woods often to put down trees, and this time, they’re searching for black cherry trees, their absolute favorite! They walk carefully through the forest, looking for mushrooms, leaves, and ferns to bring back home. Meanwhile, they keep an eye out for black cherry trees. Suddenly, Riley hears a strange noise.

Riley and Wiley are sleeping in after a long day of swimming and fun. While Riley is snoring and Wiley is drooling, they have no idea what’s going on outside. The two beavers wake up to loud thumps on the roof. What is happening? Riley opens his eyes, and Wiley stretches his arms. “Oh no.... The dam must be falling apart!” He cries out. Scared out of their wits, the two beavers shiver and hurry to the door. When they manage to get out, they realize the place is completely silent.... Something fishy is going on!

From its beginnings as an army camp in the 1840s, Fort Worth has come to be one of Texas’ - and the nation’s - largest cities, a thriving center of culture and commerce. But along the way, the city’s future, let alone its present prosperity, was anything but certain. Fort Worth tells the story of how this landlocked outpost on the arid plains of Texas made and remade itself in its early years, setting a pattern of boom-and-bust progress that would see the city through to the 21st century.

Trees are the biggest plants on earth. Life could not exist without trees and many plants that produce oxygen for humans and other animals to breathe. Trees improve our air, save water, preserve the soil, make our climate better, provide for humans, and support wildlife.

It is a nice, sunny day, and the weather is perfect for Wiley and Riley to try the new raft they got as a birthday present! The two brothers pack up their gear and plenty of snacks and load the raft. They board and soon begin to drift further down the pond than they have gone ever before.

Four tales of horror, four pathways to take. Which is the right pathway to follow? Beware of the pathways we take, for no one truly knows where the path will take you. Humanity is the artist of life and death. With just a twist of its hand beauty beyond beauty. The mighty grip of the other hand destroys all that you will ever love.

A science ship discovered a hidden dark secret on a dead world. Something goes wrong, so it is up to a rescue ship on a top-secret mission to find the science ship and find out what had happened.

Why is it called Death Valley? Death Valley was given its name by pioneers lost here in the winter of 1849 to 1850. They thought that they were going to die in this valley....

It turns out not even witchcraft can defeat child custody laws, and Kate is forced to spend the summer with her completely odious demon father. Worse yet, he intends to force her to do a soul coin deal at the end of the summer. Plus, both of her best friends have become pregnant at the exact same time, which means something weird is going on.

Muchas de las personas con las que compartimos nuestro entorno o aquellos que creemos conocer a través de las redes sociales nos hablan muy poco de ello. Y es por esto que tal vez nos resulta tan difícil detectar esa semilla en otros o incluso en nosotros mismos.

Some historians refer to the United States 2010’s as the “Social Media Decade”. Social media involved the use of interactive devices like cell phones and computers. This media allowed the creation, sharing, and exchange of information using text or images. It was a decade of advances, disasters, and conflicts.