Books published by publisher Action International

This beautifully illustrated educational book, part of the innovative SAE International- A World In Motion program, teaches engineering principles to primary-age children through an imaginative and exciting story. Once upon a time, all the trees on earth lived very close together. They enjoyed each other s company until the ground got a little too crowded. Then they had a problem. But what should they do next? Only one thing was clear-they needed to make more room before it was too late. In Once Upon a Time in the Woods readers will learn the ways in which seeds are dispersed in nature, including how the wind propels them, how wind speed and seed weight affect the distance they travel. Proceeds of book sales benefit the SAE Foundation and its pre-college educational programs.

The year is 1936. Reports circulate that the Russian government workers are moving from village to village, seizing anything of value for the motherland. Would they come to Brothers' Village and take everything? What would be left to eat the coming winter? In Bread for the Winter, eight-year-old Pavel learns from his godly parents what Jesus meant when He said, Love your enemies...

This child-friendly book teaches school-age children about what they can expect when living with their new family in the United States. The book highlights basic American culture and family life to help prepare children for international adoption. The book is translated in multiple languages. This version is about being adopted from The People's Republic of China and is in English. When reviewed and discussed with children prior to their adoption, it can help ease the stress and uncertainty children feel about the differences between their birth culture and the United States.

While Paul Sinclair uses the life of Reverend Al Sharpton as the foundation for his cutting political commentary, his message isn’t about a single person. Instead, Sinclair examines Sharpton’s tragicomedic relationship with the black community and uses it as an example of greater issues—the psychosis of deficiencies and dissonance of identities formed in oppression that gives rise to exploitation by charlatan politicians, preachers, and activists.Sinclair, who has spent his life championing diversity in the workplace and fighting racism in his own life, warns you against believing in charlatans, demagogues, and conmen bearing rhetorical gifts of waging “issues” campaigns on behalf of the oppressed and victimized in society. He uses examples from Sharpton’s life as lessons in identifying and avoiding narcissists, megalomaniacs, and sanctioned hustlers. In doing so, Sinclair addresses controversial events, including Sharpton’s extensive history of bartering black votes for endorsement cash in local New York City mayoral races, his “rent-a-protests” attempts at corporate shakedowns, and his national presidential campaign in 2004 that was financed and managed by visceral Republican opponents of the Democratic Party, seeking to weaken it. Sharpton’s propensity for inventions and self-aggrandizement through association with the famous are also cited. This includes placing himself in Kinshasa, Zaire, for the famed 1974 Muhammad Ali-George Foreman boxing matchup when Sharpton was really sixty-four hundred miles away in New York City. Dropping himself in midst of Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential campaign is also cited, among many equally doubtful examples.Most importantly, Sinclair shows how the black leadership and the Democratic Party have been insidiously weakened from within by a man who subordinated the former by blackmailing the latter. His shocking indictment of Sharpton stems from Sharpton’s own words. Sinclair tracks events, claims, and characters through Sharpton’s own publications and points out the falsity of words and events Sharpton has written about.Throughout, Sinclair stresses the need for a new generation of courageous, morally untainted, and transparent black leaders. He points out the hypocrisy of Sharpton and others as a powerful warning of the perils of ignoring history and accepting anything at face value. In the end, he suggests that only black America can arrest its own exploitation and negation, the start of which is the removal of men like Reverend Sharpton from center stage.

This wonderfully illustrated education book, part of the award-winning SAE International- A World In Motion program, teaches engineering principles to primary-age children through an imaginative and exciting story. Malarkey was a lazy cat. But he was a hungry cat, too. To catch some mice, he built a trap. Will his trap work in time for dinner? Malarkey certainly hopes so-but the mice may have other plans of their own. In Malarkey and the Big Trap, readers will follow this crazy cat s antics while he tries to build a better mousetrap. During the fun, readers will explore the behaviors of different components and how launch position can affect the whole process, similar to a pinball machine with ball traps and bumpers. Proceeds of book sales benefit the SAE Foundation and its pre-college educational programs.

With its fascinating color illustrations, this book is an enjoyable way for children of all ages to learn about William Penn. Instead of stealing the Indians' land, Friend Penn wanted to buy it fairly with cloth, mirrors, and other special trinkets from the Old World. This book holds a beautiful message about fairness and respect that resulted in many years of peace between the Indians and settlers in Pennsylvania.

God continues to build and expand the Church as Paul continues his 2nd and then 3rd missionary journeys. Paul’s letters and assorted texts are incorporated within the lessons with emphasis on how God gives us all we need to navigate life today as His disciples. A lesson from the book of Revelation concludes the series introducing heaven and the assurance of a place prepared there for each believer. Bible books Acts 16-28; Paul’s letters; James; 1 John; Revelation.

Abraham Lincoln never claimed to be a member of any church, but almost every denomination makes some kind of claim to Lincoln. Starting on the “Black Easter” two days after his death, preachers began trying to demonstrate that Lincoln was a true Christian. Various ministers set out to prove Lincoln a Presbyterian, a Catholic, a Methodist, a Congregationalist, a Quaker, a Universalist, even a Spiritualist. Footnote William Wolf labels them “shameless in claiming Lincoln as a secret member of their denomination or about to become such.” When the first major biography after Lincoln’s death appeared late in 1865, Josiah Holland’s Life of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln was pictured as a “true-hearted Christian” with many “anecdotes” to adorn the theme of his religious character. Footnote But Lincoln’s free-thinking law partner, William Herndon, was not buying any of it. In 1866 he began lecturing to let the world know the truth about Lincoln’s religion, or lack of it. According to Herndon, Lincoln lived an infidel and died an unbeliever

This beautifully illustrated educational book, part of the innovative SAE International- A World In Motion program, teaches engineering principles to primary-age children through an imaginative and exciting story. In The Rocket Age Takes Off, readers explore the whimsical world of Robert Goddard and learn about the father of modern rocketry. This book follows Dr. Goddard' s exciting journey to build the world' s first liquid-fueled rocket and describes how his inventions advanced space exploration. While learning about Dr. Goddard' s early trials and tribulations, readers will begin to uncover the work necessary to optimize a design to make an object go farther and higher. Proceeds of book sales benefit the SAE Foundation and its pre-college educational programs.