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Eric Braun
Also known as: Eric Mark Braun
Michael Kent Braun (born March 24, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 52nd governor of Indiana since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2019 to 2025 as a United States senator from Indiana and from 2014 to 2017 as the representative for the 63rd district in the Indiana House of Representatives. Born in Jasper, Indiana, Braun graduated from Wabash College with a degree in economics and subsequently earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. After serving in the Indiana House of Representatives from 2014 to 2017, he was elected to the United States Senate in 2018, defeating Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly. He was elected governor in 2024, defeating Democratic nominee Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater by a margin of 13.3%, the highest margin in an open seat election for governor since 1980.
On his way to town one day, the miller encountered the king.
— from Rumpelstiltskin
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Rumpelstiltskin
The miller's daughter is in trouble. A strange little man with a funny hat offers her his help, but he wants a lot in return... See what happens next in this classic story and share the quest for the little man's strange name. Primary Readers • A six level series • Use of basic grammalical structures and limited vocabulary • Glossy detailed illustrations on each page • Simple activities and a picture glossary every four pages • Fully dramatized version of the story on CD/CD-ROM • Song • Instructions for staging the story available in the Teacher's Book Components: Student's Book • Teacher's Book • Audio CD/CD-ROM This series ideally supplements Pop up or any other primary course
Encounter
The spaceship came plummeting out of the sky—a soundless, streaking, purple glow, moving faster and faster until it ripped at the trees, crashed through them and struck sickeningly against a hill. Momentarily it flared brightly, then went out.It was not long after that the murders began—strange, inexplicable deaths, all the victims found with their heads crushed as if their skulls had exploded outward.The trail of victims led from Arkansas to Tennessee, to Kentucky, Illinois and Michigan -- sixteen unrelated people who had only one thing in common: All of their brains had withered, as if sucked dry of their contents...And somewhere wandered an evil stranger from another planet, his personality expanding, his brain power increasing, preparing for the inevitable encounter that could make him master of the world!Joan Hunter Holly (1932-1982) -- writing under her own name and as "J. Hunter Holly" -- published 12 science fiction novels between 1959 and 1972. "Encounter" was her first book.
Thor
Come inside the mind of your best friend... Thor is a German shepherd living with a human family. He loves his family and takes his role as their protector seriously. But when Uncle Ted comes to stay, Thor finds his loyalties and instincts sorely tested. To Thor's sharp canine senses, Uncle Ted is clearly not entirely human. If the family could see and smell what Thor does, they'd realize Uncle Ted is in fact a werewolf, with an uncontrollable thirst for blood. Tense and suspenseful, moving and terrifying, Thor is an absolutely unique novel, riveting and unforgettable.