Books with author Michael Robin

Packed with personal stories about teens (Reality Bytes), mind-bending discussion starters (Lets Talk), daily devotionals (Truth Encounters), and cool ideas to help teens share their faith (Salt and Light), Get Real, Get Ready, Get Going is the perfect training guide to prepare teens for whatever the next year holdswhether thats a short-term missions trip or another year in the chalkboard jungle.In each of four week-long sections, teens will explore what it means to be a Christian, get grounded in the basics of the Christian faith, learn to mature in seven important areas of spiritual growth, and discover how to pursue Gods will for their lives. Written by the editor of Focus on the Familys Breakaway magazine, Get Real, Get Ready, Get Going is ideal for use by individuals, youth groups, small groups, Sunday school classes, and discipleship groups.

Everyone agrees that they only way to learn economics is to do it. Rote memorization does not work. The keys to success in economics are active involvement and working problems. To help students succeed, the Bade/Parkin package is designed to encourage learning by doing. After all, practice makes perfect!Practice is the cornerstone of the innovative Bade/Parkin approach. Each chapter of Foundations of Economics concentrates on a manageable number of core concepts. A full page Checkpoint--containing a Practice Problem with solution and a parallel Exercise--immediately follows each main idea. Checkpoints serve as stopping points and encourage students to practice using a concept before moving on.Different learning styles need different learning tools, and eFoundations, Bade/Parkin's extensive web environment, puts students in the driver's seat and allows them to use technology in the way that suits them best.

When Tom's father Vic dies suddenly, Tom is left with the daunting task of restoring and opening the old resort, a dream the two had shared for years. He could choose to walk away, leaving his childhood dreams behind knowing he couldn't do it alone. Then there was Kim. She was a pretty woman with no place left to go. Vic had invited her to help open the resort before Tom came home. Leaving everything behind, she jumped at the chance to put her education in business to good use. With Vics death, she was now facing unemployment and homelessness. If Tom was anything like his father, surely he would ask her to stay and help finish what Vic had started. First, both Tom and Kim would have to meet and work through their own pasts to get to the future. If only Tom was like his father...

Terry buys a news paper for Evan, his grandpa, and the next thing he knows, a womans voice is talking to them both in grandpa's van! A rocket from China lies at the bottom of the ocean between Japan and the Phillipines.Two hundred miles in space, The Eyes of Proteus, the worlds most advanced military satellite is circling, but only Jennifer has that light touch capable of using it's platform to secretely search the depths of the sea, leaving Evan to wonder; 'Who in the world knows I have Jennifer'. A retired computer hacker, a teenage boy who loves the Detroit Tigers, and a customized van, who's captains chair, truly is one! .hat's almost out of this world, just ask Jennifer!" CHECK OUT THE NEW SEQUEL: "JENNIFER LIVES", After getting struck with over seven thousand volts, Jennifer sees herself as something more than the sum of her programming!