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Oh noooooo! In the distance, it can’t be! It’s Dragon Lightning! Let’s hope that he doesn’t come near us. He’s getting closer and and closer. We can hear his thunderous roar. There he is! Look out! He’s spewing lightning and creating lightning in the clouds!

Ivy needs a miracle and a drink - not necessarily in that order. What she doesn't need is Ted Jacobs, a.k.a. Mr. Know-It-All. She's determined to save her struggling winery, but she can do it without the annoyingly handsome man's help, thank you very much. Ted wants to catch lightning in a bottle and create the world's greatest wine, but he's smart enough to know he can't do it alone. When he heads to Napa Valley to keep his grandma from ending up in jail (don't ask), he meets Ivy Dobbs, the world's most stubborn woman.

Sleep-deprived Faith Daniels is desperate for help to plan the charity bachelor auction for the fall festival. Surprisingly, her best friend agrees to chip in, but the offer comes with strings attached. Faith must toss a coin into the infamous "Fountain of Love" and then undergo a complete makeover. She knows it's all just a ridiculous ploy to get her back into the dating pool, but she would be crazy to say no. Besides, it's not like wishes in that fountain come true.

A first-year runner’s shocking breakthrough hides her dark secret. A college walk-on remembers his vexing friendship with teammate Steve Prefontaine. An embittered rebel emerges from seclusion to attack her hated rival over 26 miles. An obsessive jogger tries to maintain his streak in the face of mounting obstacles. Seventeen short stories — some dark, some comical — portray the world of runners, from weekend jogger to Olympic star, offering a unique exploration of sport and the human condition.

We long for a good life, a beautiful life, a kind life. But clearly that’s not the world we live in. How did we lose goodness, kindness, and beauty? And more important, how do we get them back into our lives? These are the two questions crying out in our streets, homes, churches, and from deep within our souls. Pastor and author Rich Villodas is convinced that only Jesus offers a way of being human that is both strong and tender enough to tear down the walls of hostility we experience daily.

Around 750 BC, Jonah was commanded by God to go to the city of Nineveh to warn them about their future. God said to Jonah, "Go to the great city of Nineveh and...."

Around 1,000 years before Jesus Christ, there was a child sheepherder name Saul, who would later meet David. As a youth, David herded sheep for his father. He played the lyre or harp to calm the sheep. Later, David would fight a giant named Goliath. What can you learn from this battle?

Inspired by Nathaniel Rich’s Losing Earth: A Recent History, the acclaimed book that grew out of an August 2018 issue of the New York Times Magazine solely dedicated to it, Saving Earth tells the human story of the climate-change conversation from the recent past into the present day. It wrestles with the long shadow of our failures, what might be ahead for today’s generation, and crucial questions of how we understand the world we live in—and how we can work together to change the outlook for the better.

I've got some good news. For my birthday, my best friend forever (BFF) bought me an expensive gift. She had the biggest smile on her face. The bad news: it was for a skydiving class at the airport. And, I'm afraid of heights. What could be the next good news and the next bad news?

Veterans Day is a holiday observed every year on November 11. It honors military soldiers who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Since 1775, the United States Armed Forces have played an important part in the history of the United States. The Armed Forces have done more than just fight.

Endangered animals are groups that are very likely to die out or become extinct in the near future. There are over 7,000 endangered animal species. What can you do about the endangered animals?

Meet Herbie Cohen, World’s Greatest Negotiator, dealmaker, risk taker, raconteur, adviser to presidents and corporations, hostage and arms negotiator, lesson giver and justice seeker, author of the how-to business classic You Can Negotiate Anything. And, of course, Rich Cohen’s father.

Late at night our friend wanders a little and ponders quite a lot on a long walk along a river looking for a reason to keep on living. He meets up with a troll and a few other all-night ghouls as he drifts along, searching for purpose. They all find it amazing our friend can negotiate his way through the day posing as a teacher.

A bubble is made when a heavy cover surrounds a light gas such as air or outer space. If you look around carefully, you can find bubbles in all sorts of places. A soap bubble is a thin film of soapy water surrounding air, usually with a colored surface. A recipe is included for making soapy water for blowing bubbles.

Frogs are mostly meat-eating animals but a few feed on plants. They have backbones and short bodies. A group of frogs is called an army.

Riley and Wiley helped their father build dams for a week. It’s finally time for a break! While Riley is resting on the shore, sneaky Wiley scares him and makes him fall in the water! Riley starts chasing him, but Wiley keeps running and laughing. He was just kidding! Wiley apologizes and means it. He gives Riley the juiciest water plant ever to show his sincerity and suggests an afternoon swim. Can anything make a beaver relax more than a swim?

Riley and Wiley are natural-born lumberjacks that love to have fun. They like to go into the woods often to put down trees, and this time, they’re searching for black cherry trees, their absolute favorite! They walk carefully through the forest, looking for mushrooms, leaves, and ferns to bring back home. Meanwhile, they keep an eye out for black cherry trees. Suddenly, Riley hears a strange noise.

Riley and Wiley are sleeping in after a long day of swimming and fun. While Riley is snoring and Wiley is drooling, they have no idea what’s going on outside. The two beavers wake up to loud thumps on the roof. What is happening? Riley opens his eyes, and Wiley stretches his arms. “Oh no.... The dam must be falling apart!” He cries out. Scared out of their wits, the two beavers shiver and hurry to the door. When they manage to get out, they realize the place is completely silent.... Something fishy is going on!

From its beginnings as an army camp in the 1840s, Fort Worth has come to be one of Texas’ - and the nation’s - largest cities, a thriving center of culture and commerce. But along the way, the city’s future, let alone its present prosperity, was anything but certain. Fort Worth tells the story of how this landlocked outpost on the arid plains of Texas made and remade itself in its early years, setting a pattern of boom-and-bust progress that would see the city through to the 21st century.

Trees are the biggest plants on earth. Life could not exist without trees and many plants that produce oxygen for humans and other animals to breathe. Trees improve our air, save water, preserve the soil, make our climate better, provide for humans, and support wildlife.