12 Ergebnisse.

Tara is struck by a car after shoving her mother out of its way. Trying to move, she realizes she is injured, and cannot walk. The car that struck her had pulled over, the doors open and the two legged get out and walk towards her, Tara tries to get away, but her injury is too great. Giant hands pick her up from the roadside, and carry her back to the car, open the door and put her inside on the floor. Taras heart feels as if would pound out o...

The profession of engineering in the United States has historically served the status quo, feeding an ever-expanding materialistic and militaristic culture, remaining relatively unresponsive to public concerns, and without significant pressure for change from within. This book calls upon engineers to cultivate a passion for social justice and peace and to develop the skill and knowledge set needed to take practical action for change within the...

Energy is a basic human need, technologies for energy conversion and use are fundamental to human survival. As energy technology evolves to meet demands for development and ecological sustainability in the 21st century, engineers need to have up-to-date skills and knowledge to meet the creative challenges posed by current and future energy problems. Further, engineers need to cultivate a commitment to and passion for lifelong learning which wi...

As all the adult female turtles go off to lay their eggs, Tobias is left to turtle sit all the young ones. When they start asking questions about where their mothers are going and what they are doing, Tobias has lots of questions to answer, and some of the answers are shocking to the little ones.Donna Riley lives in Eastern North Carolina, where she kayaks and fishes and spends most of time outdoors. Most of her ideas for books, come from crea...

Little Tobias had no idea when he went to go look for his breakfast that The Great River would sweep him away into a land where he knew no one. With the help of new found friends and determination Tobias enters the greatest adventure of his life to find his way back home.Donna Riley, a lover of outdoors and all the out door creatures. She is an avid fisher, kayaker and hiker. She is a proud mother of three daughters and six grandchildren and o...

Keine Beschreibung.

Little did Meems know that when she went on her camping trip, that she would get a visitor into her camp, a large black and yellow bee. At first, Meems just wants to get rid of the uninvited pest, but the next day, when the bee returns, Meems, sitting and sipping her coffee comes to realize the bee's true mission. When Meems returns from her trip, she is greeted by her granddaughter, Arianna. Arianna asks Meems how her trip went and did anythi...

A WWII veteran, takes a job as taxi cab driver, falls in love with Lucy a back hills woman. Lucy, who for the first time in her life is away from the mountains of West Virginia and working at a munitions plant in Washington DC. Being naive and backwards she becomes pregnant with his child, poor and no money, they struggle to make a life for themselves, and their three girls. A beautiful story about faith and tragedy and triumph. Donna Riley wa...

When Arianna and Meems decide to put up a bird feeder outside in the yard, Arianna thinks the birds will come right away. When she asks Meems, her grandmother, when will they come, Meems explains to her, that she will have to wait, but, they will, eventually come. As Arianna waits and watches out the window at the feeder, she becomes concerned, and then worried that no birds will show up. She asks Meems, again, saying it has been days, and sti...

Energy is a basic human need, technologies for energy conversion and use are fundamental to human survival. As energy technology evolves to meet demands for development and ecological sustainability in the 21st century, engineers need to have up-to-date skills and knowledge to meet the creative challenges posed by current and future energy problems. Further, engineers need to cultivate a commitment to and passion for lifelong learning which wi...

Little did Arianna know that when the excitement she felt at finding a nesting robin, high up in the big tree, her excitement would soon turn to worry over the robin and her babies safety.Author Bio:Donna Riley was born in Riverdale, Maryland, just outside of Washington D.C. She is the mother of three grown daughters, and six grandchildren. Donna is an avid outdoors person, where many of her children's stories take place. She is an avid hiker,...

The profession of engineering in the United States has historically served the status quo, feeding an ever-expanding materialistic and militaristic culture, remaining relatively unresponsive to public concerns, and without significant pressure for change from within. This book calls upon engineers to cultivate a passion for social justice and peace and to develop the skill and knowledge set needed to take practical action for change within the...