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A secret treasure buried inside Robin Hood's grave . . .Maddie Jones accidentally blew up her dad's museum. Now the place is going to close its doors. Forever. Sifting through the ashes, Maddie finds a mysterious iron box with a map inside dating to the fourteenth-century. The map alludes to the grave of Robin Hood and a vast treasure . . . riches from the Crusades that could save the destroyed museum.But when the treasure map falls into the hands of an old hag who might be the immortal Sheriff of Nottingham, Maddie and her brothers must race across England to reach the treasure first. Throw in a secret sect of masked archers determined to keep Robin Hood's grave buried forever, and the Jones siblings are in for a historic ride.Rob from the rich and give to the poor? Nah, better to rob from the dead and keep the riches for yourself.Maddie Jones is an edgy Nancy Drew meets the Goonies with a voice like Percy Jackson.

Are you a parent who is looking for creative ideas for fun activities your whole family can enjoy in the great outdoors - together? This is your idea book! To counter the persistent draw of your children's attention to electronic screens, parents are routinely searching for fun activities to educate, inspire, and challenge them. And there's no better place to do so than right outside your own doors. Putting the ideas within this handy reference guide into action will contribute to your children's learning, expand their comfort zone, and enhance your family's overall wellness. What's included in this well-organized compendium of fun family outdoor activities: 120 creative activities are conveniently organized by the four major annual seasons.Activity ideas are helpfully grouped into chapter subsections named Free and Easy, Prep Required, Low Cost, Serve Others, and Dig Deeper.Sample ideas are Water Soaker Hide & Seek, Grass Spider Hunting, Pumpkin-Chucking, Wildlife Photo Scavenger Hunt, Snow Painting, and Ice Globe Making.If you are seeking healthy lifestyle alternatives that decrease the amount of time your children are wasting on mind-dulling video games, addictive social media, and unproductive text messaging, then please snag this booklet right now and start planning some active wholesome fun for your family!

A secret treasure buried inside Robin Hood's grave . . .Maddie Jones accidentally blew up her dad's museum. Now the place is going to close its doors. Forever. Sifting through the ashes, Maddie finds a mysterious iron box with a map inside dating to the fourteenth-century. The map alludes to the grave of Robin Hood and a vast treasure . . . riches from the Crusades that could save the destroyed museum.But when the treasure map falls into the hands of an old hag who might be the immortal Sheriff of Nottingham, Maddie and her brothers must race across England to reach the treasure first. Throw in a secret sect of masked archers determined to keep Robin Hood's grave buried forever, and the Jones siblings are in for a historic ride.Rob from the rich and give to the poor? Nah, better to rob from the dead and keep the riches for yourself.Maddie Jones is an edgy Nancy Drew meets the Goonies with a voice like Percy Jackson.

In this volume, Mark Douglas presents an environmental history of the Christian just war tradition. Focusing on the transition from its late medieval into its early modern form, he explores the role the tradition has played in conditioning modernity and generating modernity's blindness to interactions between 'the natural' and 'the political.' Douglas criticizes problematic myths that have driven conventional narratives about the history of the tradition and suggests a revised approach that better accounts for the evolution of that tradition through time. Along the way, he provides new interpretations of works by Francisco de Vitoria and Hugo Grotius, and, provocatively, the Constitution of the United States of America. Sitting at the intersection of just war thinking, environmental history, and theological ethics, Douglas's book serves as a timely guide for responses to wars in a warming world as they increasingly revolve around the flashpoints of religion, resources, and refugees.

In the fall of 2006, Mark Douglas, a professor of Christian ethics, was invited to write weekly editorials for a secular newspaper. Surprisingly, his editor placed no limits around either the content or the rhetoric of those editorials. This book offers Professor Douglas''s reflections on that work and the editorials themselves. Taken together, they model a particular vision of Christian engagement in the public sphere. This book offers a single sustained argument about why and how the Christian faith should shape the public lives of its adherents. Both the reflections and the editorials model various aspects of that argument.At the center of this book''s argument are the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and love. Douglas begins by arguing not only that faith matters in the public sphere but describing how this is so. He then describes the way hope shapes a worldview through which to interpret public life. Finally, the virtue of love informs the practices of a life in which Christians learn to ""believe aloud."" Many recent books have made the case that it is important for people of faith to engage in matters of public interest-this one actually shows how one person has done so.""Mark Douglas consistently finds ways to surprise the reader--not with gimmicks, but with hope so truthful it reveals the world anew. That hard-won hope lets Douglas make a crucial contribution to academic debates about religion and politics. It also helps him write editorials that crackle with good humor and fresh insight. Douglas calls his readers to believe aloud--and then gives rich samples of what that sounds like for our time.""--Ted A. Smithauthor of The New Measures: A Theological History of Democratic Practice""Mark Douglas''s Believing Alou is a wonderful book, or really two books: one a collection of his newspaper columns, the other a series of meditations (which connect the columns) on what he was trying to do in the columns, and how he thought he did. Combining theological depth, political and cultural acumen, and a vivid and sharp writing style, the book is both an education in Douglas''s wise and persuasive understanding of religion''s role in public life, and an education about how to communicate that understanding to others. A delight.""--Charles Mathewesauthor of A Theology of Public LifeMark Douglas is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. He is the author of Confessing Christ in the 21st Century (2005).

Description:In the fall of 2006, Mark Douglas, a professor of Christian ethics, was invited to write weekly editorials for a secular newspaper. Surprisingly, his editor placed no limits around either the content or the rhetoric of those editorials. This book offers Professor Douglas''s reflections on that work and the editorials themselves. Taken together, they model a particular vision of Christian engagement in the public sphere. This book offers a single sustained argument about why and how the Christian faith should shape the public lives of its adherents. Both the reflections and the editorials model various aspects of that argument.At the center of this book''s argument are the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and love. Douglas begins by arguing not only that faith matters in the public sphere but describing how this is so. He then describes the way hope shapes a worldview through which to interpret public life. Finally, the virtue of love informs the practices of a life in which Christians learn to ""believe aloud."" Many recent books have made the case that it is important for people of faith to engage in matters of public interest-this one actually shows how one person has done so.Endorsements:""Mark Douglas consistently finds ways to surprise the reader--not with gimmicks, but with hope so truthful it reveals the world anew. That hard-won hope lets Douglas make a crucial contribution to academic debates about religion and politics. It also helps him write editorials that crackle with good humor and fresh insight. Douglas calls his readers to believe aloud--and then gives rich samples of what that sounds like for our time.""--Ted A. Smithauthor of The New Measures: A Theological History of Democratic Practice""Mark Douglas''s Believing Alou is a wonderful book, or really two books: one a collection of his newspaper columns, the other a series of meditations (which connect the columns) on what he was trying to do in the columns, and how he thought he did. Combining theological depth, political and cultural acumen, and a vivid and sharp writing style, the book is both an education in Douglas''s wise and persuasive understanding of religion''s role in public life, and an education about how to communicate that understanding to others. A delight.""--Charles Mathewesauthor of A Theology of Public LifeAbout the Contributor(s):Mark Douglas is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. He is the author of Confessing Christ in the 21st Century (2005).

The Pampered Wife is an extremely helpful and insightful book for any husband trying to improve his relationship with his wife.Author Mark Douglas draws on his own life experiences and presents them in a way that is easy for the reader to understand and to apply in his own marriage. He explains how little chats with his mother while baking cookies and cakes, as well as conversations and experiences with his father taught him how and prepared him to be sensitive to the future needs of his wife. Douglas uses a very practical, non-technical approach to show the husband things he can do to help make his marriage even better than it is. Some of the subjects covered are:What a woman really means when she says she is "fat, ugly, and has nothing to wear!"How sex and communication are the same thingHow important service is in a marriageWhy you should treat your wife like a queen and how to treat her as suchThe Pampered Wife truly is a roadmap to unknown treasures as it show its readers how they can have a wonderfully rich marriage.