Books with author Robert Allen Jenkins

This revised edition of Barron's popular Pocket Dictionary & Thesaurus packs more than 40,000 words with their definitions and synonyms into a handy pocket-sized book. It features approximately 100,000 synonyms in total.The two-in-one word guide is small enough to fit it into a backpack, carry to class, and use as a reliable reference when writing essays and term papers. The top part of each page is a standard pocket dictionary and the bottom part of the page is in a thesaurus format.Headwords in both sections are printed in color. Each dictionary headword is followed by its part of speech and definition. Every thesaurus headword—in addition to its list of synonyms—comes with an example sentence that uses the word in its standard context.Corresponding dictionary and thesaurus entries are always cited on the same page for fast, easy reference.

During World War II, Port Chicago was a segregated naval munitions base on the outer shores of San Francisco Bay. Black seamen were required to load ammunition onto ships bound for the South Pacific under the watch of their white officers—an incredibly dangerous and physically challenging task. On July 17, 1944, an explosion rocked the base, killing 320 men—202 of whom were black ammunition loaders. In the ensuing weeks, white officers were given leave time and commended for heroic efforts, whereas 328 of the surviving black enlistees were sent to load ammunition on another ship. When they refused, fifty men were singled out and charged—and convicted—of mutiny. It was the largest mutiny trial in U.S. naval history. First published in 1989, The Port Chicago Mutiny is a thorough and riveting work of civil rights literature, and with a new preface and epilogue by the author emphasize the event’s relevance today.

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.

Berry Face, the great She-Bear, will never, ever, ever stop searching for Lick, her funny little cub who has been stolen from the den by his wicked uncle . . . “An animal world that is refreshingly different. Recommended for young fans of animal-oriented fantasy. Filled with not just action and adventure, but numerous thought-provoking moments that will keep them interested to the end.”- Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review“Long Claw the eagle plunged into the clearing like a lightning bolt, her enormous talons extended, her terrifying beak open. Wazi the human and Berry Face the bear ducked as deadly claws swept over their heads. Then, a miraculous thing happened. Berry Face rose up on her hind legs. Wazi raced up the bear’s back, planted her feet on the bear’s massive shoulders and leaped! Up, up, up into the night sky. No human girl had ever leaped so high!” Berry Face is the second book of SHARP TEETH, FLAT TEETH, an animal fantasy that tells the stories of the Fur Clans that evolve in the Woods Beyond the Broken Lands. Follow the adventures of Three Paws the Beaver, Flitter the pack rat, Snaggletooth the Cougar, and Wazi the sixteen year-old Shoshone Indian girl who gather near Blue Rock to form a new society, the Family of Good Manners.“The stories are uplifting, challenging, exciting, and ultimately meant to blow your mind.”

Test your brain power -- or that of your friends, co-workers, and family members. From the simple to the extremely challenging, The Amazing 1000 Puzzle Challenge offers page after page of fun for all ages. This book is filled with a mixed bag of all types of puzzles: Mazes Word puzzles Number puzzles Crosswords Logic puzzles Lateral thinking puzzles Visual puzzles Spatial problems Codes and ciphers The solutions are sometimes deceptive in their simplicity or just wickedly difficult to figure out. In all cases, the answer to each puzzle is provided at the back of the book. This big, colorful book will provide hours of fun for the whole family. It's the perfect companion for rainy afternoons, long trips, and active minds.

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.