Books with author Robert Allen

Children love to see themselves in action. These thirty-six video scripts make that possible. Performing these monologues on video will make it possible to edit the presentations so that the final product can error free. Both the video-taping process and the viewing of the film will prove exciting for the performers.The monologues in this collection, designed for solo performers, may also be presented live. No special staging is necessary in terms of sets. Simple biblical costumes would be appropriate, but the purpose of the readings is to cause the listeners to see the scene in their minds, so the use of costumes should be up to the director. The readings will be just as effective in all-black or modern dress. When used as a group of monologues, either all or none of the performers should be in costume. The performer should always envision the scene in his or her own mind in order to display that scene mentally to the audience. Thinking of one listener who takes shape in the performer’s mind will help bring the scene to life for the audience as well. That person imagined as the listener can be addressed personally by means of movement and gesture on the part of the performer instead of addressing the audience directly.Each selection is less than five minutes in length. They can be used in Sunday School programs, at Good Friday services, in Christmas and Easter programs, in youth meetings, school programs or during family celebrations at home. The monologues can be used without royalty payment if you have purchased at least one copy of the book.These monologues are appropriate for presentation by young people from the upper elementary grades through high school.

Another monster collection for monster puzzlers! Hard on the heels of its bestselling sister volume, The Amazing 1,000 Puzzle Challenge, this visually stunning full-color feast of 1,000 puzzles and games will keep puzzlers, their family and friends amused, intrigued and perplexed for many months. Some of the finest puzzle-designers in the world have contributed to this book, making it a simultaneously fascinating and frustrating mental challenge. The Amazing 1000 Puzzle Challenge 2 contains just about every imaginable type of printable puzzle. From number puzzles to visual-spatial posers, crosswords to lateral thinking puzzles, word games to mazes, this massive collection of brainteasers is guaranteed to banish boredom. Like its highly successful forerunner, this puzzle book is unusual in that all of the puzzles are in full color. This immediately gives the puzzle-designer a whole new world of opportunity in terms of laying red herrings and displaying black humor, anything to leave puzzlers in a purple haze.... But puzzlers need not fear. If a puzzle proves to be just too tricky, too fiendish or simply incomprehensible, then the answer section at the back of the book will explain everything, giving not just the answer but also, where necessary, the logic behind the answer.

Now color adds a new dimension to Mensa puzzles. This collection of over 400 puzzles -- riddles, word puzzles, number problems, general knowledge quizzes, logic tests, visual and spatial posers, pattern recognition brainteaser, color analysis trials and lateral thinking puzzles -- is enough to keep the best occupied and challenged. The Mensa All-Color Puzzle Book 1 is perfect for puzzle junkies. Progressing in degree of difficulty from easy to medium to hard, the variety of puzzles will appeal to all ages of puzzle-solvers. Information on how to join the Mensa societies in the United States and Canada is included. See its sister book Mensa All-Color Puzzle Book 2 for more fun.

Fifteen-year-old Marvin is a social outcast: a street rat, an orphan, a rebel. He lives in Mr. O's junkyard in the town of Upper Squares, where the rich get richer, the power-hungry get more powerful, and laws are written to try to get rid of the poor and needy for good. But Marvin has had enough. When he, with the support of his mangy, orphaned friends, manages to join a socially elite baseball team, Marvin meets his adversary-coach Boyd Lakes. Boyd is one of the most power-hungry of them all, and he wants nothing to do with Marvin. He and the other players on the team consider Marvin to be a disease on the team that must be eliminated. Boyd pushes Marvin to his limits, trying to get him to quit, but Marvin refuses to give up. Mustering all his courage, he continues to show up and leave it all on the field. Though at times he is tempted to walk away, he knows that his place on the team is about much more than baseball. Soon, his skills, sportsmanship, and indomitable spirit catch the attention of hundreds of people in the Upper Squares community, all of who begin to root for the underdog. He suddenly finds himself front and center, standing in the spotlight of the authorities that abandoned him to the streets. By the time the final game of the season rolls around, Marvin is in the midst of a political firestorm—and he realizes this is his one chance to change everything, once and for all.

While Buddhism is rich in religious devotion, philosophy, psychological insight and mystical experience, one of its most powerful assets is its sense of humour. The history of Buddhism abounds with amusing anecdotes and electric illustrations, all of which have been used over many centuries to encapsulate a spiritual message of great power. With a huge cast of fascinating characters, this delightful book explores the wry and amusing side of Buddhism. It includes sayings from the Buddha himself, witticisms from Zen masters and lessons from modern Buddhist teachers.