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The growth of the nones in American society has been dramatic. In 1972, just five percent of Americans claimed "no religion" on the General Social Survey. In 2018, that number rose to 23.7 percent, making the nones as numerous as both evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics. Every indication is that the nones will be the largest religious group in the United States in the next decade. Burge's accessible book draws from carefully curated datasets, some tracking changes in American religion over a long period of time.

Since its inception, higher education in the US has claimed to develop leaders. This bold claim appears in college mission statements and mottos, and it is reinforced in recruiting materials and ad campaigns. But is this claim justified? Leadership Reckoning takes to task American colleges and universities for their haphazard, incoherent, evidence-free approaches to developing students as leaders and offers a principle-driven, outcome-oriented blueprint for how effective leader development can occur.

After helping hundreds of patients and publishing several research articles, Dr. Sherman decided to team up with one of his most accomplished clients, Katy Cabbage, to give people access to these revolutionary weight-loss techniques. In Weight Lost: 5 Steps to Achieving Your Ideal Weight and Gaining the Life You Always Wanted, you will learn how to achieve and sustain your ideal weight by following a five-step process.

Join licensed psychologists, Drs. Shun + P. Ryan, as they use their specialized backgrounds to sip and survey the highs and lows of life and culture.

Join two friends as they read and discuss each book in the old Star Wars New Jedi Order Series! Nineteen books, written by twelve different authors, over a four year period from 1999 to 2003 – does the longest-running Star Wars book series stand the test of time?

Definitivamente algo está pasando en Curtis Bay. Los adultos están actuando de manera extraña y secreta, lo que lleva a Rebekah a una conclusión indescriptible. ¿Los adultos realmente quieren acabar con todos los niños? Rebekah está decidida a llegar al fondo del misterio, mientras trata de no ser capturada ella misma.

"Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere." This opening line, from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's tribute poem "Paul Revere's Ride", celebrates a highlight of this Boston-born folk hero's life and times. Like many of his contemporaries, Paul Revere was not only a businessman and family man, but also a soldier and spy. Minutemen were patriots ready at a moment's notice to serve the cause of the Revolution.

Jesse James left behind his legendary outlaw life to raise a family. But the lure of his bank-robbing past was too difficult for him to resist. Listeners will be entranced by America's favorite outlaw and the story of his own past catching up with him.

Dr. William Edward DuBois pioneered the science of sociology. His detailed long-range study of an African American community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first of its kind. DuBois hoped that knowledge, and the ensuing understanding, might lessen the prejudice against African Americans. Later DuBois sought more radical methods of countering racism. DuBois helped found the Niagara Movement and the NAACP, and became the editor of Crisis, the NAACP's journal.

Do fairies exist? Maybe they do—maybe they don't. But few people in Ireland would risk upsetting them. Airport runways have been re-routed and building projects cancelled for fear of angering the 'little people'. Even in 1990, the year this mystery unfolds, superstition still abounds in the idyllic country town of Erin's Glen. And when a body turns up in the local fairy ring, suspicion falls on the supernatural folk.

Ireland, 1990. In the idyllic country town of Erin's Glen, secrets, scandals, and a suspicious death shatter the peace. Amidst the chaos, an unexpected sleuth emerges. Rosie O'Reilly, a humble parish secretary, has a special talent. With the help of her clever spaniel, she resolves to save the day.