How do you build a town from scratch? The first ingredient is a dream. W.W. Duson served as the chef with a vision for a new town. With the railroad completed through southwestern Louisiana in 1881, Duson, general manager of the Southwestern Louisiana Land Company, orchestrated the purchase of land along the railroad. Railroader Patrick Crowley moved his "Crowley Switch" house depot to the new townsite as Duson stirred interest through advertisements in Midwestern newspapers. Duson blended the surveying, bringing 100 workers to clear the land, with Duson Brothers' real estate business to help shape the town. Mixed in were special excursion trains that brought in prospective buyers of lots and farmland. Finally, a heaping helping of pioneer adventurers--including merchant Jac Frankel, physician D.P. January, farmer brothers C.J. and Thomas Freeland, attorney James Barry, banker Preston Lovell, and many others--were added to spice up the town.
Miranda and Clare Clively, sleuthing twin sisters living in Victorian London's Mayfair district, stumble across the corpse of a young Chinese man, and they use their aristocratic wits to solve the crime.
First in the exciting Clively Close series, featuring twin-sister sleuths who solve mysteries at an exclusive townhouse in Victorian London. Miranda and Clare Clively must unearth the truth and protect the family name, after a corpse falls from the chimney of their carriage house and evidence of a 30-year-old murder--and damning scandal--are deposited at their front door.
This ready-to-go tool will help youth groups find meaningful ways to connect and make a difference in their communities through service-learning. Practical and interactive activities will help youth consider the connection between faith and service, discover the ways they are uniquely designed to serve, and explore service project ideas. It also profiles activities and conversation starters to help you tap into the power of service-learning for building character, challenging perceptions, and shaping leaders. It’s easy for a youth leader to scan and it’s flexible enough to use with diverse groups from middle school to college. Part One: The Basics What you need to know about service-learning – the definition, the benefits, the process, and how to make the move from volunteer service to service-learning. Part Two: Readying Your Hands 17 easy-to-use activity plans to help youth realize the value of service, discover what scripture says about serving others, identify what gifts each person brings to the group, and begin to explore the community. Part Three: Hands in Action 17 topical issues that include sample service project ideas, reflection questions, prayers, scriptures, stories about youth in service, and resources for further study. Find our more about the book, the authors, and training opportunities at www.theassetedge.net.
European Farmers' Markets Cookbook" is a captivating combination of recipe book and history of the markets, spanning the period from Caesar to the Slow Food Movement of today. The struggle for survival through wars, occupations, famine, fire, and political turmoil highlights the importance of food in good times and bad. The visits to the farmers' markets in Europe reveal the culture, the economy and the disposition of the community that has arisen from the early fairs and public gatherings. Then, as now, the market remains the main social gathering place for the neighborhood. The thirty-three markets featured in "European Farmers' Markets Cookbook" each have a quality that sets them apart. It might be the exotic fruit in Vienna's Naschmarkt, or whale meat at the Fiskitorgel in Bergen, Norway, or the tubs of live snails at Mercado de Triana in Seville, Spain. The appearance and behavior of the merchants, as well as the customers, tell much about the area. The colorful pictures of the vendors, the shoppers and the foods bring the markets to life and make the reader want to reach in and sample the flavors and smells that each photo represents. The 170 tantalizing recipes found in "European Farmers' Markets Cookbook" were developed and tested utilizing the freshest foods and farmers' markets. They include all categories of foods from appetizers to vegetables. The photographs of the finished recipe help to visualize the prepared food. Traditional recipes of each country were developed, such as Irish soda bread for Ireland, flatbread for Finland, borscht for Russia, and paella for Spain. The book will allow you to travel through Europe in your own kitchen. Dr. Ann M. Crowley, a registered dietitian and commercial food photographer, has combined the art and the science of food in this wonderful recipe collection. While Dr. Crowley was associate professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa and Director of Nutrition Services at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, she published extensively in professional and popular journals. Her weekly food and nutrition column was published in newspapers throughout the Midwest for thirty-two years. She has published four cookbooks. Dr. Crowley has traveled internationally at professional meetings and as a curious tourist. Wherever she went, she visited the farmers' markets to learn more about the culture and foods of that community. She has taken photographs of farmers' markets in thirty countries on six continents, "European Farmers' Markets Cookbook" encompasses seventeen European countries and thirty-three markets.
Jo Ann Ashley was a passionate advocate for social change and nursing activism. She was a pioneer who spoke out about nursing power, women a nd the political process, nursing and feminism, and other professional, political, and personal issues. The papers and poems in this new col lection highlight her perspectives and preserve the uniqueness of her voice for future generations.
Sensible, Entertaining Answers To Everyone’s Problems—Including Yours A fresh new look at: • The common-sense approach to marriage • Getting older • The importance of sex in marriage • The battle of the bottle • Teenagers and sex • And much more... Ann Landers’ warmth, wit and realistic wisdom have made her America’s most widely read human relations columnist—syndicated in more than 550 newspapers! Now, in this witty and thought-provoking book, she offers the sum and substance of her long experience with life’s oldest bugaboo—trouble! It deserves a place on everyone’s bookshelf. “This book is about trouble—that uninvited guest who visits us all. Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. “Trouble is no respecter of age, financial standing, social position or academic status. Trouble comes to people in high and low places alike. It is not a sign of stupidity, weakness, or bad luck. It is evidence that we are card-carrying members of the human race. As someone once put it, “Only the living have problems.” “This book is about how to prevent trouble and what to do about it when you can’t prevent it.”—Ann Landers
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