Books with author Donna Christensen

Trying to grow a business while still having that full time job? In this book, we dive into what it takes to build a business while working full time. There are a lot of people who glamourize the idea of quitting your job, and jumping in to create a startup – which you are more than welcome to do of course. Or, you can be one of those super successful people who not only have a successful career, but also a successful business! We start with the key things any start up needs, giving you insight into helpful things to consider as you start your business. Then we take you back – as far back in time as middle school. We then go through what kind of internships and educational choices you’ve made or are going to make. Next, we investigate how your choices shape your ability to deliver professional success, and how that impacts your ability to maintain what is important in your life. As we finish reviewing ourselves, we piece together how to integrate your success with how to develop and grow your new business. Learn how you can convert your passion into success, integrating your whole self with your mission. Then use your integrity and vision to give you the freedom, confidence, and security we all seek in our lives.

Over centuries and across cultures people have defied gravity in a quest to build the tallest, grandest structures imaginable.Skyscrapers: Investigate Feats of Engineering with 25 Projects invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and physical science behind these towering structures. Trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements from the ancient pyramids to the Empire State Building. Readers will develop an understanding of how our modern, sophisticated building techniques and materials evolved over time.Activities and projects encourage children to explore the engineering design process. They will engage in hands-on explorations of wind, test Newton’s laws of motion, and experiment with the strength of different shapes. In the process they will learn about gravity, inertia, oscillation, and static electricity. Using various materials and engaging in trial and error, readers will construct their own towers and skyscrapers. Skyscrapers meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

Mommy May I Hug the Fish helps children learn respect for their surroundings in a simple and straightforward way.Mommy May I Hug the Fish, a Level One I Can Read book is perfect for preschoolers exploring their world but not yet fully aware of harmful situations. When a loving parent or caregiver sets limits or gives permission, a child needs to learn to respect his or her environment. Mommy, May I Hug the Fish addresses this subject in a humorous and age-appropriate way.Mommy May I Hug the Fish:Is written in rhythm and rhyme.Is designed for emergent readers.Has bright, colorful artwork to help with comprehensionFrom the well-respected I Can Read brand

Audrie Lanes begins to experience strange occurrences, discovering she inherited a family curse affecting people born with the golden eyes of a fox. This event alters her life into a fantasy world. The Kitsune Chronicles: The Feral Guardian centers on Audrie learning to control her new abilities. After the curse takes effect, she awakens as a celestial kitsune, a silver nine-tails whose potential is to control all of the earthly elements. As she spends time harnessing her new powers, she also bonds with her maternal family. The characters become surrogate mothers for Audrie, as her own mom abandoned her when she was younger. She becomes especially attached to Star, who teaches her how to shape-shift and live in the wild. She also teaches her the importance of forgiveness, which Audrie was never shown. While in the wilderness, she meets other spirits and a creature intent on devouring them. However, this new world is dangerous and filled with many other unique and sinister creatures seeking their kind. Author's Note: This new edition includes an alternate ending.

Canals and Dams: Investigate Feats of Engineering invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and physical science behind the amazing waterways and barriers our world depends on. Trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements from ancient aqueducts to the Suez Canal and the Hoover Dam. Readers will discover that engineers and builders alike put their lives on the line to advance civilization, experiencing triumphs and tragedies in building big. Through dazzling success and heartbreaking failure, they developed increasingly sophisticated tools and building methods.Activities and projects encourage children to explore the engineering process and to try, try again through trial and error. They'll engage in hands-on explorations of buoyancy, Newton’s third law of motion, and forces that push and pull structures. They’ll create a paper-cup zip line, build an arch, and simulate a tsunami, while experimenting with gravity, hydroponics, and velocity. In Canals and Dams: Investigate Feats of Engineering, children will gain an appreciation for the important field of engineering as they develop their own building skills.

★★Buy the Paperback version of this book, and get the Kindle eBook version included for FREE! ★★GREAre you in the process of deciding whether to go to graduate school?Are you going to take the GRE test, but you are really bad at testing? Or maybe you are having a nervous breakdown about it?The Graduate Record Examination is held by the Educational Testing Service and is required for admissions into graduate programmes in universities in the United States of America…that’s something you probably have heard about…But have you heard that most programs don’t even bother to look at your application if you have under a 300 GRE?!Is there a really strategic way to prepare for it?Treat GRE like any other skill, initially less familiar, but a skill that can be sharpened over time.…..Many believe that GRE requires close to six months of intensive preparation. This is totally wrong! In this book, you’ll see that the GRE is not a particularly difficult examination….In this book you will get a thorough idea of what areas you need to cover; strategies, tips & tricks for all these areas and the essential practice you need to succeed:Know completely what GRE is and is notHow to register and attending the exam step-by-stepVerbal ReasoningQuantitative ReasoningAnalytical WritingProblem SolvingData InterpretationPractice questionsDon't miss out on this new GRE program. All you need to do is scroll up and click on the BUY NOW button to learn all about it!

From the unforgiving mountains of Colorado, the first of Cyris’s misfits was forged. True Puritan, Christian values collide headlong into ancient laws of a vampire culture that Cyris never felt he belonged to. The strength to be different. The strength to question. The conviction to take responsibility and pay the consequences for change. A hundred year story is woven from a rainy night in modern Los Angeles, sharing the events that lead to Cyris stepping up and accepting the title of Lord of the Fallen. Cyris and Dominik set out into the unspoiled wilderness to reunite a semi-mad, unclaimed, vampire with his missing family. To prove to him what he now was, and show him his world was changed and lost against his will. What they found was the beast who created him. A feral consciousness claimed the untouched territory. He took whatever he desired, nothing of the man he once was left. The one thing that all vampires fear becoming. The one challenge looming over the fledgling lord.

Blake is heading back to college after just a few days of his Christmas vacation at home. He and his father have once again argued over Blake's taking the next three years to finish his college education before going on a mission for their Church.Roger delayed his Holiday visit with his parents. He hadn't seen them in almost two years. When he does arrive home in New York City, he finds his father drunk and his mother high on drugs. He too returns early to the university.Blake and Roger are roommates and as they finish their second year at a prominent university of technology, they must choose a project and build a prototype of an innovative vehicle suitable for the future. It must be done by the end of the next quarter. Blake has an idea as to how a vehicle just might be able to cross the Universe in the blink of an eye, but can Roger figure out the mechanics.As a result of this project, both Blake and Roger discover their destinies. Join these two young men as they realize what, to them individually, is the most important thing in the Universe.

Your preschooler is full of requests -- some of them more unusual than other! And every 'yes' or 'no response can be a learning experience. Helping Mommy bake a yummy cake is fun…but crossing the road without help could be dangerous. Mommy, May I Hug the Fishes? takes an inspirational and humorous approach to the important subject of limits for children ages 2 to 4.

Audrie Lanes begins to experience strange occurrences, discovering she inherited a family curse affecting people born with the golden eyes of a fox. This event alters her life into a fantasy world. The Kitsune Chronicles: The Feral Guardian centers on Audrie learning to control her new abilities. After the curse takes effect, she awakens as a celestial kitsune, a silver nine-tails whose potential is to control all of the earthly elements. As she spends time harnessing her new powers, she also bonds with her maternal family. The characters become surrogate mothers for Audrie, as her own mom abandoned her when she was younger. She becomes especially attached to Star, who teaches her how to shape-shift and live in the wild. She also teaches her the importance of forgiveness, which Audrie was never shown. While in the wilderness, she meets other spirits and a creature intent on devouring them. However, this new world is dangerous and filled with many other unique and sinister creatures seeking their kind. Author's Note: This new edition includes an alternate ending.