Quadratic functions often arise in real-world settings. Explore a number of problems, including calculating the maximum height of a rocket and determining how long an object dropped from a tree takes to reach the ground. Learn that in finding a solution, graphing can often help.

Two mathematicians explore how math fits into everything from art, music, and literature to space probes and game shows. In this vibrant work, which is ideal for both teaching and learning, Apoorva Khare and Anna Lachowska explain the mathematics essential for understanding and appreciating our quantitative world. They show with examples that mathematics is a key tool in the creation and appreciation of art, music, and literature, not just science...

"Life XP: Unlocking Achievements and Leveling Up in the Real World" invites readers on a transformative journey where the principles of gaming serve as powerful tools for conquering life's challenges. Through immersive guidance, this book empowers individuals to harness the essence of gaming to set and achieve epic goals, track progress, and infuse their journey with a sense of adventure and purpose. Drawing parallels between the virtual realm and...

In need of a bit of good advice? Well here is the best advice ever recorded-a compendium of personal tips, traditional proverbs, and clever observations from the literary, political, and entertainment world. “The Best Advice Ever Given” covers such diverse topics as life, love, success, forgiveness, friendship, character, health, and many more, including: * "Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example."-François...

The decade between ages twenty and thirty is one of the most pivotal in our lives. We leave home, we find jobs, we marry. We lose old friends and make new ones. The decisions we face during this time, from where we choose to live to what career we choose to follow, are often made with little more guidance than the advice of a well-meaning (but equally uninformed) friend. We need experience-based advice and empathetic counsel for dealing with our...

The New Testament is made up of words-about 138,000 words. Put together, these words express the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ. They also told early believers what living for Jesus Christ looked like and called them to faithful living. In 15 New Testament Words of Life, New Testament expert Nijay Gupta explores the most important words found in the New Testament. He makes their meaning clear so that these words can become-once again-life giving...

Janice shows her readers how to stay in the driver's seat and not just be along for the ride. This no-nonsense book is divided into three easy-to-read sections that her reader can use at the appropriate stages of her dating life. Section I is "Dating Bootcamp." Here, Janice reveals that the secret of successful dating is to first know yourself. Before you go on a single date, you've got to "clean out your closet," which means eliminating the old,...

Writing is hard work at any age, but effective teachers know how to inspire and motivate student writers even as they teach them the difference between a period and a semi-colon. This collection features wonderful writing teachers from kindergarten to high school employing a wide range of effective strategies-including craft lessons, writers' notebooks, small group and one to one conferring, grammar and editing mini-lessons and identifying real-world...

The lives of a French theater director, her ex-boyfriend, and the two actors playing them intersect dramatically in this tangled and darkly funny roundelay set in the New York theater world. Nominated for an Audience Award at **AFI Fest**. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. *"The energetically crafted, well-acted movie about characters one would go to considerable extremes to avoid in real life is turning into a veritable indie micro-genre."...

THE EXILES chronicles a night in the life of young Native Americans who fled reservation life to roam the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Outside filmmaker Kent Mackenzie crafted this narrative depiction of a real L.A. community by involving his cast in the writing and filming process, a bold choice that resulted in a gritty and poetic piece of cinema, but lost Mackenzie his chances of U.S. distribution. Now, THE EXILES: THE DELUXE EDITION returns...