Books with author Pat Thomas

Optimized for use on the Kindle, this unusual picture book for younger children explores the issue of divorce. The author of this book is a psychotherapist and counselor and helps children to face their fears, worries and questions when their family is going through a break-up. A special feature, "What About You?" sidebars appear frequently with questions directed at the child reading the book. The questions encourage children to explore their own feeling about the situation. Full color illustrations throughout.

Unabridged version of Common Sense, offered for chump change. This book, through passionate argument, established the separate American identity, tipping sentiment for the American cause.Paine was outlawed in Britain and escaped execution in France, due to the power of his pen challenging authority in the plain language of the people.Read his most popular work that unified the American voice into action for independence in this affordable and complete volume.Contents:I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution.II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession.III. Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs.IV. Of the Present Ability of America, with some Miscellaneous Reflections.

Thomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold and fight for independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was published January 10, 1776 and sold a half-million copies, approximately equal to 75 million copies today.