After fighting a seven-year battle with Lyme disease, Aimee Goodwin has written of her struggles with the disease and with the medical community to receive a diagnosis and treatment. She writes of the dark moments of sickness and of her eventual triumph over Lyme disease. Passionate in the cause of Lyme awareness, she desires her book to be a message of hope for all of those who may be on a similar path, and to help others have a better understanding of those close to them that may be fighting this silent monster.
A Fish Named Luke" is the fun story of a little boy imagining all the fun things he would do, and would not do if he were a fish! Any child who has ever played in the bath tub will surely be able to relate to this fun adventure!
In this warm and touching story eight-year old Donnie shares the joys and struggles of growing up in the Australian outback post World War II. The love of sharing thrills with her fun-loving dad, turns into deep agony and grief when he suicides unexpectedly. Despite the challenges, young Donnie still hopes for something good to come of life. Will she avoid adoption? Mrs. Sugars has a plan for Donnie but will this set her free to follow her dreams? Will Donnie find a way to move forward and be happy? Does love save the day after all? Grief Is the Price We Pay for Love, (Young Donnie’s Story) is a book that can be enjoyed by adults of all ages.
I am a lover not a hater... now. I once had a list of people that I DID NOT like and I did everything I could possibly think of to avoid them. But as time went on, I started going to church more and He says, "Forgive all of those who have hurt you, because I have forgiven you." LORD I now forget about anything that has happened in the past; it is now gone. As they say," Forget the Past, Live the Present, and Anticipate the Future I show love to all of those around me.
In this warm and touching story eight-year old Donnie shares the joys and struggles of growing up in the Australian outback post World War II. The love of sharing thrills with her fun-loving dad, turns into deep agony and grief when he suicides unexpectedly. Despite the challenges, young Donnie still hopes for something good to come of life. Will she avoid adoption? Mrs. Sugars has a plan for Donnie but will this set her free to follow her dreams? Will Donnie find a way to move forward and be happy? Does love save the day after all? Grief Is the Price We Pay for Love, (Young Donnie’s Story) is a book that can be enjoyed by adults of all ages.
After fighting a seven-year battle with Lyme disease, Aimee Goodwin has written of her struggles with the disease and with the medical community to receive a diagnosis and treatment. She writes of the dark moments of sickness and of her eventual triumph over Lyme disease. Passionate in the cause of "Lyme awareness," she desires her book to be a message of hope for all of those who may be on a similar path, and to help others have a better understanding of those close to them that may be fighting this silent monster.
A Fish Named Luke" is the fun story of a little boy imagining all the fun things he would do, and would not do if he were a fish! Any child who has ever played in the bath tub will surely be able to relate to this fun adventure!
The question of how musical coordination in a school wind band is addressed by pedagogues was qualitatively reconstructed using videographic interaction analysis. A process of Hervorhebungspraktik ('practice' of 'highlighting') was observed, which gradually brought musical elements out of their temporal context and into collective perception, allowing both atmospheric interaction with content and the growth of professional vision. A process of deconstruction and reintegration takes place as musical elements, now present in collective consciousness, withdraw back into the piece as a whole. This necessitates an educational approach emphasizing not only the elements themselves, but the relationships between them. The realms of edusemiotics and phenomenology give us a pragmatic way (in both a Deweyan and a Peircean sense) to approach learning in music-making that goes beyond the idea of (co-)constructivism as content-with-agency, teacher and student participate in coordinative interaction. Aimee Beaulieu Schmidt is a native Texan with teaching experience in American and German public education. As a band director and orchestral musician, she has helped build music education programs on two continents. She lives with her husband and two daughters near Frankfurt, Germany. Her research focuses on musical coordination, edusemiotics, and qualitative video analysis. Aimee Beaulieu Schmidt is a native Texan with teaching experience in American and German public education. As a band director and orchestral musician, she has helped build music education programs on two continents. She lives with her husband and two daughters near Frankfurt, Germany. Her research focuses on musical coordination, edusemiotics, and qualitative video analysis.
This gripping collection of stories - fiction, nonfiction, and narrative poem - will make your imagination run wild! Featuring stories by Sarah Smith Ducksworth, Elaine Crauder, Luanne Smith, Keith R. Fentonmiller, Lisa Montagne, Ann Stolinsky, A.J. O'Connell, Aimee LaBrie, Kristan Campbell, Jack Hillman, Bill Scruggs, Joshua Hedges, Gary Zenker. You will travel alternative planets, run away away like teens in search of adventure, solve a murderous mystery, come to grips with your fears, and much more.
The psychology of aging is an exciting and rapidly-developing field. This volume provides a collection of classic, original and often widely-cited papers, including some older papers which may be hard to find through conventional searches. Taken together, they help to address some key questions: what are the cognitive changes related to aging? Is mental exercise useful? To what extent might intelligence, education or stimulating mental activities delay or even reduce cognitive symptoms of dementia? However, the book goes well beyond cognition and addresses social and emotional changes in aging, as well as looking at how lifestyle factors may be influential in psychological functioning. The section on the psychology of dementia covers the evolving psychological models, plus innovative types of psychological interventions. As more people live to an age where they are dependent on others, the book also considers the stresses on carers and how carers can be supported. Lastly, other aspects of mental health problems in old-age are addressed, including depression, PTSD and personality disorder. This collection of intriguing and inspiring papers will liven up the shelves of students, researchers and academics in the field as well as being a very useful resource for research, teaching and study.
A marvel of scholarship and artistry. The general reader will be fascinated to discover the vitality of the free black community that Langston moved and moved in." -- Joyce Appleby, University of California "Provides the mirror in which to reflect Langston's brilliant, turbulent career, as well as the nation's ongoing struggle against racism. Life-and-times biography could be put to no better use." -- David W. Blight, Journal of American History "One of the most thorough studies ever done of a nineteenth-century black American. It] will be the standard." -- J. M. Matthews, Choice "Breaks new and important ground in the field of African-American history. . . . It] is both a social history of the period and the remarkable story of Langston's formative life and career as a free black Ohioan in pre-Civil War America." -- David C. Dennard, Journal of Southern History "A sensitive biography of a black leader and a full-scale history of the society in which he matured and began his career." -- John B. Boles, American Historical Review "The Cheeks have masterfully performed . . . their chief task--the transformation of autobiography into social history." -- Wilson J. Moses, Reviews in American History A volume in the series Blacks in the New World, edited by August Meier and John H. Bracey
The right to farm is essential to everyone's survival. Since the late 1970s, states across the nation have adopted so-called right-to-farm laws to limit nuisance suits loosely related to agriculture. But since their adoption, there has yet to be a comprehensive analysis of what these laws do and who they benefit. This book offers the first national analysis and guide to these laws. It reveals that they generally benefit the largest operators, like processing plants, while traditional farmers benefit the least. Disfavored most of all are those seeking to defend their homes and environment against multinational corporations that use right-to-farm laws to strip neighboring owners of their property rights. Through what the book calls the "midburden," right-to-farm laws dispossess the many in favor of the few, paving the path to rural poverty. Empty Fields, Empty Promises summarizes every state's right-to-farm laws to help readers track and navigate their local and regional legal landscape. The book concludes by offering paths forward for a more distributed and democratic agrifood system that achieves agricultural, rural, and environmental justice.
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