Mr. Willowby's Christmas tree
Came by special delivery.
Full and fresh and glistening green--
The biggest tree he'd ever seen.

That was the trouble. The tree was so tall, it couldn't stand up straight in his parlor. Mr. Willowby asked his butler to chop off the top of the tree. What happens to the treetop? Where will it be for Christmas? Snuggle up with this story and follow along through a forest full of friendly creatures who get to share in a bit of Christmas joy.

Suicide, and how civilized people should respond to it, is an increasingly controversial topic in modern society. In Holland, suicide is the third leading cause of death of people between the ages of fifteen and forty. In the United States, it is the second leading cause of death among older teenagers. Laws prohibiting assisted suicide are being directly and boldly confronted by activists in the United States, most notably Jack Kevorkian. Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union has publicly declared suicide a fundamental human right that should be protected under the Constitution. The Hemlock Society has introduced referenda in California, Washington, and Oregon to legalize suicide and assisted suicide. The most vocal opposition to these initiatives has come from the Roman Catholic church.

"Breaking the Thread of Life "marshalls philosophical, moral, medical, historical, and theological arguments in support of the Roman Catholic position against suicide. In a comprehensive study of the history of suicide, Barry shows that Christian civilization was one of only a few early societies that was able to bring suicide under control. He counters claims that Catholicism and the Bible endorse rational suicide. Barry also analyzes arguments in support of the rationality of suicide and illuminates their biases, inadequacies, and dangers.

Barry presents the rationale for the Roman Catholic church's strong, extensive, and articulate opposition to efforts to gain legal and social endorsement of suicide and assisted suicide. His book represents the most complete study of the classical Roman Catholic view of rational suicide to date, and it will be of significant interest to philosophers, theologians, physicians, and lawyers.

There is increasing interest in young people's participation in the design and delivery of health services. But young people's views are not consistently sought or acknowledged, and they are still often marginalised in healthcare encounters. Drawing on original research and a diverse range of practice examples, Brady explores the potential for inclusive and diverse approaches to young people's participation in health services from the perspectives of young people, health professionals and other practitioners. She presents a practical new framework, embedded in children's rights, that shows how young people's participation can be integrated into services in ways that are meaningful, effective and sustainable.

Now with solutions to selected problems, Applied Combinatorics, Second Edition presents the tools of combinatorics from an applied point of view. This bestselling textbook offers numerous references to the literature of combinatorics and its applications that enable readers to delve more deeply into the topics. After introducing fundamental counting rules and the tools of graph theory and relations, the authors focus on three basic problems of combinatorics: counting, existence, and optimization problems. They discuss advanced tools for dealing with the counting problem, including generating functions, recurrences, inclusion/exclusion, and P lya theory. The text then covers combinatorial design, coding theory, and special problems in graph theory. It also illustrates the basic ideas of combinatorial optimization through a study of graphs and networks.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The story of the compact disc is also the story of the end of physical media. It is the story of how the quest for perfection laid the grounds for the death of a great industry. For in the passage from analogue media, like records and tapes, to digital formats, like CDs, something changed in the nature of media and in the relationship we have with music. Music became code, a sequence of 1s and 0s, a flow of pure information. The material structure of the medium itself was always supposed to disappear. But the physical has proved to possess an uncanny knack for returning. Today the CD is a zombie medium, still popular amongst certain avant-garde record labels and Japanese consumers. Against all the odds, the spectre endures. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

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Terry Beasley is a very Spiritual Christian tenth grader in public school. He is extremely serious about his beliefs and strives to live accordingly. He faces opposition spirit, soul, and body in the forms of class textbooks, school staff, other students, demonic attacks and his own weaknesses. The supernatural is common for him as he moves in the Spirit into the third heaven by worship and by confrontations with demonic manifestations both through people and in the spirit realm. He is aided by the companionship of good friends and strong parents. Life is good (most of the time) but not without everyday struggles. Only Terry's everyday struggles are different from most teenagers for his are not all in the physical realm.

Jesus At Twelve is a factual novel which concerns the life of Jesus when He was twelve years old. The facts are taken from in depth historical studies. It is written so the average Christian does not have any problem understanding the text even though it contains research on Bible college level. Jesus is portrayed as a normal boy who plays with his friends but with an extraordinary discernment and wisdom. The political climate and spiritual aspects of the day are demonstrated in the story. The center of the narrative is the festival of Passover. The reader walks to Jerusalem and celebrates the Passover with Jesus and His family. They get a look into the possibilities of Jesus' visit with the teachers of the Law. This includes some of the actual discussions of Hillel, the head rabbi of the Pharisaical Sanhedrin the year Jesus was there. The walk back, the descriptions of the average homes, and glances at the carpentry business give more insight to the life Jesus lead while on earth. The reader joins Jesus and His family as they observe the Sabbath, one of the mainstays of Judaism Nazareth is only a short walk from Sepphoris, the capitol of Galilee. Jesus accompanies His earthly father Joseph to this Roman designed city where He observes the practice of the theatre. Details such as the Mosaic floor are drawn from actual excavations of this theatre. Two of well-known rabbis of the time who lived close to Nazareth visit Jesus' school and, like Hillel, some of their actual teachings are included. The reader will leave this book with an understanding of Jesus as a boy most never dreamed possible.

Dormar, the prince of Dlarm, was wounded when the evil empire of Zexar conquered the capitol city. He miraculously escapes and is nursed back to health by a strange young lady, called "the Old Woman." She sends an obese older man as the prince's traveling companion in his quest to destroy Zexar. Dormar soon learns that there is more to this man than can be seen by physical eyes.

God was manifest at the birth of Jesus on earth. He was not created at the birth of Jesus. Most Christian doctrines and church dogma have this unrealized foundation. The Bible did not start with Matthew any more than the revelations of God to mankind. The New Testament stands on the Old Testament. Jesus said, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:17-19). The response heard countless of times in Bible discussion is, "But that was under the Law and Jesus came to do away with the Law." Really? Bible prophesy will not be fulfilled until the creation of the New Heavens and Earth at Revelation chapter twenty-one. According to Jesus; the Church and the New Testament stands on God's unchangeable Law. The Church was born as a Jewish child. That is her birthright.

Does God operate in the supernatural in the world today? Or did He only do that in the past and will He do that one day again in the future? If God is not in church, why should we go? This is the story of one seeker's search of supernatural Truth. Journey with Barry from childhood through his adult life, as God slowly unfolds the answer to these questions and more.

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