Books with author Robert W. Smith

When Trust Williams' two-year transfer to the backwater woods of Tennessee came to a close, he thought he was returning to civilization. After all, the folks in Thelma's Way thought the Internet was the extra stitching on the backside of long johns. But lately, Southdale seems just as zany as any backwater, just in a different way. And Trust is starting to doubt himself, his family, even the girl by his side.

It's tough for eleven-year-old Ned—or Jelly Belly, as he’s known at school—to stop eating. At four feet eight inches tall, he weighs 109 pounds, and he keeps growing—wider! When his parents send him to a sleepaway diet camp, he and his bunkmates can't quite give up their old habits. Nightly "cheating" adventures keep the boys plump, betraying their secret trips. When Ned finally realizes there’s only one way to lose weight for good, his whole family is glad to help—except Grandma. Grandma loves to cook for Ned and is hurt when he rejects her treats. Can he resist temptation without hurting his grandma and himself?

True Petectives – A Yoshi & Gatsby OmnibusCat detectives Yoshi and Gatsby spend a year on the prowl for excitement and mystery. First up, its Halloween and Yoshi and Gatsby’s search for a missing cat leads them headlong into a frightful confrontation with a dogfighting ring. Then its wintertime and someone’s out to put an obnoxious dog on ice. Can the Petectives use a Christmas celebration to smoke out a would-be killer? Finally the boys spend a sweltering Fourth of July causing fireworks as they dig up the truth behind a vicious attack and shut down a protection racket. Animal crime never takes a holiday and neither do the Petectives!Three stories:-Petectives-Petectives: Christmas Party-Petectives: Under FirePlus interviews, character profiles and other extra features!

When Michael Marder receives a diary for his eleventh birthday he's disappointed. What a dumb present! But as he starts to write in it, Michael comes to like his diary very much. It's the one place where he can put down his private feelings. Gradually his feelings begin to change and Michael discovers a love for his family he never felt before!But the biggest change is yet to come!

How did the ideology that inspired the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution translate into foreign policy? John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton each struggled with this question as they encountered foreign powers. The French Revolution, the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, and the illegal seizures of U.S. ships and sailors on the high seas all brought diplomatic challenges. In the process of developing foreign policy, the founding generation refined the meaning of republicanism. In Keeping the Republic, Robert W. Smith identifies three contending brands of republicanism—classical, whig, and yeoman—that shaped the founders' thinking. Jefferson and Madison pursued a yeoman republicanism with its faith in economic sanctions rather than military might as a means of diplomacy. Nations dependent upon American agricultural exports, they thought, would bow to American interests. Both Adams and Hamilton, originally admirers of classical republicanism and its belief in public virtue, came to adopt a whig republicanism that applied the balance-of-power principle, exemplified by the three branches of the federal government, to the international community. In this view, nations should have equal naval power. Ideology had real consequences: Jefferson's insistence on imposing a trade embargo rather than considering alternative solutions resulted in the War of 1812. This process of translating ideology into foreign policy, so ably described in Keeping the Republic, continues to shape American international relations in the twenty-first century.

Give students that extra boost they need to acquire important concepts in specific areas of math. The goal of these "how to" books is to provide the information and practice necessary to master the math skills established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Each book is divided into units containing concepts, rules, terms, and formulas, followed by corresponding practice pages.

Give students that extra boost they need to acquire important concepts in specific areas of math. The goal of these "how to" books is to provide the information and practice necessary to master the math skills established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Each book is divided into units containing concepts, rules, terms, and formulas, followed by corresponding practice pages.