Books with author Michael Dean

When Adelia Kreegan first displays her magical powers, she isn't expecting to be summoned to Forsynthia by the master sage, Gaston Camlann. The wizard takes an interest in the untrained girl, and sets out to help her hone her gift. While Adelia researches and develops her arcane reflexes, however, an assassin comes to Forsynthia, bent on sowing chaos and unrest. It falls to Adelia to discover who sent the assassin, all while staying out of the jaws of a hungry dragon who has ventured too close to the city.Other stories in the Tellest series:Son of the StormThe Tinker's TaleAwakeThe Bindings of FateAs Darkness FallsThe Enemy Within

First comes a fully illustrated, original short text―a biography of Martin Luther King Jr., a fun poem about peas, a history of the Rose Bowl, a scientific article about the sun. Following the text is a comprehension card that quizzes the reader about action, characters, and content. And following that is a card with questions on Grammar, Phonics, Word Choice, and more. It’s the fundamentals of reading and the pleasure of language. Brain Quest Reading Grade 3 is an excellent way for kids to hone their skills and become accomplished, enthusiastic readers.Vetted by a panel of America’s highest award-winning teachers, and embraced by kids and parents because it flat-out works, Brain Quest opens a world of information and education with its fast-paced question-and-answer format, bright full-color illustrations, and lively attitude.

Is your career adrift? God is waiting to discuss it with you. God said "Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life." (Isaiah 55:3a NLT) God works with anyone who comes to Him with their ears wide open and builds their career on what He says. Change Business Career with God is a book for people who can't seem to stop drifting. Years of making quick fixes hasn't worked. Secular, self-serving approaches to your career have left you despondent. You have nearly lost hope of ever find a meaningful career and are looking for a deeper reality. Change Business Career with God will help anyone who wants to work in a business that belongs to someone else or build a business of their own. This book contains 40 daily exercises. The first part of the book will help you ask God specific questions about your career. As you listen to what He says, a picture of your future emerges. The next part of the book helps you change beliefs that keep you drifting. Fear, anxiety, money, temptation, and pleasure can keep you rushing around in circles. In the final 14 days of the book, God's Word is converted into products and services. The products and services that you seek need to be sustainable and in line with your unique gifts. Then you knock on doors to change the world in your new career. This book is not just a spiritual journey. Michael Dean Thomas BComm Hons CA(SA) CFA has experience in investment banks, a Big 4 audit firm, and in a startup. He has worked in London, Singapore, and South Africa. In this book, he integrates what God says with practical advice for changing careers. Working with God is the only long-term solution to a career that means anything. You won't worry whether there is something else you should be doing. You won't spend time comparing yourself to peers. God's goal is not to merely help you get better at working in the secular way, but to change every part of your career with His creative life!

“Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel, and how he came to regret that decision.In 1956 President Nasser of Egypt moved to take possession of the Suez Canal, thereby bringing the Middle East to the brink of war. The British and the French, who operated the canal, joined with Israel in a plan to retake it by force. Despite the special relationship between England and America, Dwight Eisenhower intervened to stop the invasion. In Ike’s Gamble, “a disturbing history that clearly reveals the dangerous ‘collective American delusion’ about the Middle East” (Kirkus Reviews), Michael Doran shows how Nasser manipulated the US, invoking America’s opposition to European colonialism to drive a wedge between Eisenhower and two British Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. Meanwhile, Nasser was making weapons deals with the USSR and destabilizing other Arab countries that the US had been courting. The Suez Crisis was his crowning triumph. In time, Eisenhower would conclude that Nasser had duped him, that the Arab countries were too fractious to anchor America’s interests in the Middle East, and that the US should turn instead to Israel. “This is a story that has been told many times, but seldom with the depth and stylistic elegance of Ike’s Gamble. Michael Doran does not just challenge the prevailing historiography, he turns it on its head” (The Weekly Standard). Affording deep insight into Eisenhower and his foreign policy, this fascinating and provocative history provides a rich new understanding of how the US became the power broker in the Middle East.

This major retelling of the Suez Crisis of 1956—one of the most important events in the history of US policy in the Middle East—shows how President Eisenhower came to realize that Israel, not Egypt, is America’s strongest regional ally.In 1956 President Nasser of Egypt moved to take possession of the Suez Canal, thereby bringing the Middle East to the brink of war. The British and the French, who operated the canal, joined with Israel in a plan to retake it by force. Despite the special relationship between England and America, Dwight Eisenhower intervened to stop the invasion. In Ike’s Gamble, Michael Doran shows how Nasser played the US, invoking America’s opposition to European colonialism to drive a wedge between Eisenhower and two British Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. Meanwhile, in his quest to make himself the strongman of the Arab world, Nasser was making weapons deals with the USSR and destabilizing other Arab countries that the US had been courting. The Suez Crisis was his crowning triumph. In time, Eisenhower would conclude that Nasser had duped him, that the Arab countries were too fractious to anchor America’s interests in the Middle East, and that the US should turn instead to Israel. Affording deep insight into Eisenhower and his foreign policy, this fascinating and provocative history provides a rich new understanding of how the US became the power broker in the Middle East.

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Michael Dean.Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn't. He's a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying. First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl called Ellen appears . . . The first of these three original plays is set in the seventeenth century, and the other two take place in modern times. In each play, a ghost comes back from the dead to change the lives of living people.

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read.Written for Learners of English by Michael Dean.Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn't. He's a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying. First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl called Ellen appears . . . The first of these three original plays is set in the seventeenth century, and the other two take place in modern times. In each play, a ghost comes back from the dead to change the lives of living people.

“Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel, and how he came to regret that decision.In 1956 President Nasser of Egypt moved to take possession of the Suez Canal, thereby bringing the Middle East to the brink of war. The British and the French, who operated the canal, joined with Israel in a plan to retake it by force. Despite the special relationship between England and America, Dwight Eisenhower intervened to stop the invasion. In Ike’s Gamble, “a disturbing history that clearly reveals the dangerous ‘collective American delusion’ about the Middle East” (Kirkus Reviews), Michael Doran shows how Nasser manipulated the US, invoking America’s opposition to European colonialism to drive a wedge between Eisenhower and two British Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. Meanwhile, Nasser was making weapons deals with the USSR and destabilizing other Arab countries that the US had been courting. The Suez Crisis was his crowning triumph. In time, Eisenhower would conclude that Nasser had duped him, that the Arab countries were too fractious to anchor America’s interests in the Middle East, and that the US should turn instead to Israel. “This is a story that has been told many times, but seldom with the depth and stylistic elegance of Ike’s Gamble. Michael Doran does not just challenge the prevailing historiography, he turns it on its head” (The Weekly Standard). Affording deep insight into Eisenhower and his foreign policy, this fascinating and provocative history provides a rich new understanding of how the US became the power broker in the Middle East.

Leverage the power of R to elegantly manage crucial geospatial analysis tasksAbout This BookWrite powerful R scripts to manipulate your spatial dataGain insight from spatial patterns utilizing R's advanced computation and visualization capabilitiesWork within a single spatial analysis environment from start to finishWho This Book Is ForThis book is intended for anyone who wants to learn how to efficiently analyze geospatial data with R, including GIS analysts, researchers, educators, and students who work with spatial data and who are interested in expanding their capabilities through programming. The book assumes familiarity with the basic geographic information concepts (such as spatial coordinates), but no prior experience with R and/or programming is required. By focusing on R exclusively, you will not need to depend on any external software—a working installation of R is all that is necessary to begin.What You Will LearnMake inferences from tables by joining, reshaping, and aggregatingFamiliarize yourself with the R geospatial data analysis ecosystemPrepare reproducible, publication-quality plots and mapsEfficiently process numeric data, characters, and datesReshape tabular data into the necessary form for the specific task at handWrite R scripts to automate the handling of raster and vector spatial layersProcess elevation rasters and time series visualizations of satellite imagesPerform GIS operations such as overlays and spatial queries between layersSpatially interpolate meteorological data to produce climate mapsIn DetailR is a simple, effective, and comprehensive programming language and environment that is gaining ever-increasing popularity among data analysts.This book provides you with the necessary skills to successfully carry out complete geospatial data analyses, from data import to presentation of results.Learning R for Geospatial Analysis is composed of step-by-step tutorials, starting with the language basics before proceeding to cover the main GIS operations and data types. Visualization of spatial data is vital either during the various analysis steps and/or as the final product, and this book shows you how to get the most out of R's visualization capabilities. The book culminates with examples of cutting-edge applications utilizing R's strengths as a statistical and graphical tool.

Are you tired of drifting? Have you lost the belief in your work? Do you feel uncertain about your future? God is Waiting to Discuss Your Career! God said “Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life” (Isaiah 55:3a NLT). God works with anyone who comes to Him with their ears wide open and builds their career on what He says. When you change career with God, you: * Work on God-given assignments * Create world-changing products and services * Walk in faith instead of fear * Make an impact instead of simply making a profit * Work in the unique way God designed Based on the parable of the sower, this book shows you how God's Word can grow from tiny seeds into highly productive careers. To bear fruit, you need to hear, understand, and then cling to His message. This book is a forty-day plan to help you convert God's Word into products and services. “Every Christian has a Higher Call, a Higher Cause for Living.” For the first fourteen days, you will engage the most powerful person by asking Him specific questions about your career. God knows what He made you to do. His provision, protection, and promotion follow those who seek His Kingdom first. His thoughts are revealed as you listen to Him speak. “God's Word is the Ultimate Power to Lift Careers out of Aimlessness!” The next nine days help root out weeds from your life. Fear, anxiety, money, temptation, and pleasure can keep you rushing in circles. With the weeds removed, your career can level-up. You are designed to do far more than you could ever imagine. “Fear of Changing Career is the Result of Conflicting Priorities.” In the final seventeen days, a picture of your future career emerges as you ask God for understanding. Then you seek products and services that bring His Word to life. Finally, you knock on doors in a business of your own or in someone else's. Success is Walking with God into His Promises. What is the alternative to working on God-given assignments? Secular careers are built on shaky foundations. Gaining more possessions, status or power does not lead to a significant career in God’s Kingdom. As a result, Christians who follow the secular career approach tend to feel like something is permanently wrong. They may even jump from one meaningless endeavor to the next. When you change the world with God, you discover meaning and significance in your work.The way to break out of the secular system starts by asking God for an assignment. “Christians Changing Career are on an Adventure with God!” What if you don't enjoy the work God gives you? In a business calling God uses products and services to change the world. These products and services deliver His life to help people. For example, He may call you to start a restaurant that changes the world with His joy, a website that changes the world with His love, or a secular job that changes the world with His peace. There is nothing more rewarding than working in God's perfect plan. “God is Calling Christians to Change the World with Products and Services!” Whether you are finishing school, in a midlife crisis, or simply need a career change, this book will help you find a career you believe in. It will open your eyes to work in God's Kingdom. You will be captivated by an extraordinary career working for the Creator. Build Your Next Career on God's Word!