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Don May began his reporting career at the Washington Daily News in 1950. He then worked for United Press International for twenty years, covering foreign and national security policy and later the global economy. This led to a lasting interest in poor countries, especially in Africa. In 1996 Don and his wife, Alison, founded the Salikenni Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit organization that pays tuition for needy boys and girls in one cluster of ru...

Johnson-Bennett and Allen reveal their imperfections and embarrassments through hilarious true stories. They bravely--or insanely--tell about how one unexpectedly learns the poop capacity of the average car seat, what to wear on Chicken Pox Island, and what it feels like to have your toddler lock you out of the house while you're wearing less-than-flattering swimwear.

As a new religion spreads through the land of Trenig, Henith and Braen, priestesses of the Goddess Religion, set out on a journey to learn more about this new religion and why its followers fi nd it necessary to destroy the stone circles and the ways of the Goddess. This novel takes place in a time beyond time and is both utopian and dystopian as Henith and Braen visit a variety of stone circles giving the reader glimpses of another time and d...

This guide contains proven SPED Case Manager strategies that research and experience have found effective in facilitating team meetings, and enhancing positive collaboration with parents that will ultimately create the best educational experience for the SPED child. Templates are included to help you prepare meetings, record decisions, track implementation and follow-up. Dr. Robert Scobie has spent his entire career working with children and p...

This book will give you the practical tools and techniques you need to participate effectively in your child's SPED meetings. Full of suggestions, templates, and proven strategies that both research and experience have found productive, this guide will help parents be actively involved in SPED team meetings and work collaboratively with educators. Dr. Robert Scobie has spent his entire career working with children and parents in academic setti...

The poet Emily Dickinson's love affair with the eminent Judge Otis Phillips Lord, eighteen years older and her father's best friend, begins in her childhood and evolves over the years into passion. As Emily and Phil struggle with her need for privacy and his power as a man of the world, they stir up the troubled Dickinson family. Despite illness and the hostility of their greedy and jealous relatives, Emily contrives a secret rendezvous in Sal...

A community Response to Educating Children with Disabilities in Vermont All Children Matter tells a unique story about four small towns in rural Vermont that came together to provide educational and therapeutic services to children who, simply because of their disabilities, were excluded from public education. In the early 1970s and through the next two decades the inclusion and acceptance of children with severe disabilities within the public...

Great nutrition, exercise, healing pathways, meditation, the importance of sex, joy, a life of meaning - TAKE TWO TABLETS: Medicine from the Bible reveals how ancient principles -as told in the Bible-have been verified by today's scientific scrutiny and hold the keys to a healthier, longer life and how to apply them to today's hectic lifestyles. It shows us how to deal with pain, suffering, work and stress and how these proven healing techniqu...

Part memoir, part history, this is the story of a twentieth-century family and their summer home in Minnesota"--Provided by publisher.

At a time when Americans exhibit a distinct yearning for more straightforward and honest relationships with one another, Austin's portrait of Norwich, Vermont is a reminder of the lasting impacts people's lives have on one another.

OPEN YOUR EARS THINK OF A NUMBER From his bar stool on New York's Lower East Side, surrounded by a colorful crew of locals, David Klein sets out on a quest for the infinite, 
hidden somewhere -everywhere?- in songs featuring
numbers in their titles. The book that follows is a masterful, erudite tribute to 60 years of pop music. If 6 Was 9 manages to be hilarious, geeky, seriously intellectual and heartfelt all at the same time. Revised and exp...

PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR KNEES AND TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS..... Join the Two Loons as they continue to careen down the path of motherhood. In Cookies for Dinner, co-authors, Pam and Kae shared their experiences of early motherhood. If you thought that getting through the diaper wars and successfully engineering "the potty train" was wild, wait until you read how the Two Loons handle what comes next! Only in Panic Early, Panic Often will you ...

Audrey and Bob McCollum traveled extensively, often to exotic locales.The more they traveled, the more their awareness of the world around them deepened. In this collection of essays, Audrey's vivid writing brings us along with them - to remarkable places and new understandings, all seen through the lens of their long and loving marriage.

During the spring of 2008, one of the medias feeding frenzies involved a United Church of Christ congregation in Chicago, pastored by the Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright. For days and weeks, all one could see on every news channel were a few very short clips, absent of context, of Reverend Wrights sermons preached some time ago. What followed outraged many on both sides of the political fence. The sound bites lent themselves to commentators easy,...

Oppenheim's fascination with architecture and their companion reflections in seas, pools, and canals are now brought together in this dramatic collection of his photographs.

In this original view on what makes for business success, Peter Kash sees opportunity even in today's challenging economy. Kash, one of Wall Street's most successful venture capitalists, shows how to recognize and seize the moment that turns dreams of great fortune into reality. Originally published in 2002, this revised and expanded edition has insight most relevant to today's difficult business climate, including examples of how outstanding ...

How far would you go to protect someone you love? Nothing is black or white in the murky town of Alderman, North Carolina, no matter how much the human and ghostly residents of Idyllic Grove Rice Plantation would like it to be. In 1949, fourteen-year-old Lillian Green witnesses the unthinkable. Her choice to remain silent about what she saw ripples into the swamp water surrounding her family's home, awakening the ghost of Roberta du Bois, form...

This beautifully-illustrated commemorative volume records the year-long series of events in 2009 through which Hadley, Massachusetts celebrated the 350th anniversary of its founding. In more than 240 full color images, the book captures and preserves for future generations the community spirit and enthusiasm that marked this exciting year.

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Author and naturalist Clarence Hawkes (1869-1954) survived rural poverty, lost half a leg at age nine and was blinded at 13. Freeman explores Hawkes' life and works in fascinating detail, giving a close look at both his personal trials and accomplishments as well as a thorough study of the context in which his works were written and published.