Most Popular Books by David King

As seen in Focus on the Family magazine. Should I sign up our seven-year-old son for the travel team? What should we do about our daughter''s Sunday morning games? Am I the only one longing for a sane balance between children’s sports, family time, and church commitments? David King and Margot Starbuck offer good news for Christian parents stressed out by these questions and stretched thin by the demands of competitive youth sports. Join King, athletic director at a Christian university, and Starbuck, an award-winning author and speaker, as they investigate seven myths about what’s best for young athletes. Discover with them what it means to not be conformed to the patterns of the youth sports world. Listen in as they talk to other parents, pastors, and coaches about the peril and promise of children’s sports. Learn practical ways to set boundaries and help kids gain healthy identities as beloved children of God--both on and off the field, and whether they win or lose. Equips parents with concrete tips such as: Eight questions to discuss on the way home from the game Five ways to ruin your child’s sports experience Dinnertime conversation starters about your family’s values The one question you can''t not ask your child about youth sports Key Features: Challenges seven common myths about youth sports Offers wisdom for families on decisions such as choosing leagues and how many seasons to play Author Q&As address parents'' common concerns about youth sports Bonus tips and resources for parents, coaches, and pastors Free downloadable study guide available here.

Present readers with a comprehensive look at the geography, history, people, economy, and government of the commonwealth nicknamed the "Mother of Presidents." Native American and African American contributions to Virginia are celebrated, and eye-catching sidebars offer a sampling of the special flora and fauna, cutting-edge technology, and cultural attractions that have helped to shape the character of Old Dominion.

A New York Times Notable Book, 1997 The lavishly illustrated and often darkly hilarious retelling of Soviet history through the doctored photographs under Stalin. The Commissar Vanishes has been hailed as a brilliant, indispensable record of an era. The Commissar Vanishes offers a unique and chilling look at how one man--Joseph Stalin--manipulated the science of photography to advance his own political career and erase the memory of his victims. Over the past thirty years David King has assembled the world''s largest archive of doctored Soviet photographs, the best of which appear here, in a book Tatyana Tolstaya, in The New York Review of Books, called "an extraordinary, incomparable volume."

Are you ready to become a world-class spin master? Fun with Fidget Spinners is the must-have ultimate fidget spinner trick book! Hit the big leagues of fidget spinning with this new one-of-a-kind guide. You''ll soar to new levels of fidget skill with awesome spinner stunts and games from YouTube''s GeekBite host David King. Impress your friends with pro moves like the hot potato, the no-looker, the hat trick, the high toss, the nose spinner, and more! Check out today''s most popular spinners, and learn how to care for and customize your own collection. Discover why fidgeting is actually good for you, and the cool science behind it. Embrace the fidget spinning lifestyle as you track your progress and tricks in a handy workbook.

Throughout the book, theoretical foundations necessary for understanding Electronic Commerce (EC) are presented, ranging from consumer behavior to the economic theory of competition. Furthermore, this book presents the most current topics relating to EC as described by a diversified team of experts in a variety of fields, including a senior vice president of an e-commerce-related company. The authors provide website resources, numerous exercises, and extensive references to supplement the theoretical presentations. At the end of each chapter, a list of online resources with links to the websites is also provided. Additionally, extensive, vivid examples from large corporations, small businesses from different industries, and services, governments, and nonprofit agencies from all over the world make concepts come alive in Electronic Commerce. These examples, which were collected by both academicians and practitioners, show the reader the capabilities of EC, its cost and justification, and the innovative ways corporations are using EC in their operations. In this edition (previous editions published by Pearson/Prentice Hall), the authors bring forth the latest trends in e-commerce, including social businesses, social networking, social collaboration, innovations, and mobility.

Dr. Micheal Kendall, head scientist for a research project for a new energy invention, is abducted by a UFO that contains time travelers whose mission is to save Micheal, his project, and protect the good universe. During the course of this journey, they tell their stories and that of the time vessel while explaining the fact that they fight a force of evil, of a dimension not of their own. First, they travel into the far future to find a hidden key that unlocks a chamber in a place called Ohm city where an assassin waits. Then, a fight ensues between the assassin and one of the travelers. Upon retrieval of the key, Michael is finally able to open the chamber. Ultimately, the travelers return to the present after a great battle to find that Michaels insight from the experience stops the altered evil realty, and in the end it will save him, and guide humankind into a new age of living