Beyond the Barricades is an original study of government after the 1848 revolutions. It focuses on the state of Prussia, where a number of conservative ministers sought to learn lessons from their experiences of upheaval and introduce a wave of reform in the 1850s. Using extensive archival research, the work explores Prussia's entry into the constitutional age, charting initiatives to transform criminal justice, agriculture, industry, communications, urban life, and the press. Reform strengthened contact with the Prussian population, making this a classic episode of state-building, but Beyond the Barricades seeks to go further. It makes a case for taking notice of government activity at this particular juncture because the measures endorsed by conservative statesmen in the 1850s sought to remove the feudal intermediaries that had lingered long into the nineteenth century and replace them with an array of government institutions, legal regimes, and official practices. In sum, this book recasts the post-revolutionary decade as a period which saw the transition from an old to a new world, pivotal to the making of modern Prussia and ultimately, modern Germany.
A silly and sturdy Sesame Street lift-the-flap book that reveals hilarious surprises! Guess who's there, hiding behind doors and curtains and in boxes, hats, the cookie jar, and other places in this very funny Sesame Street lift-the-flap board book starring Elmo and his friends. Girls and boys ages 1 to 4 will giggle with delight when they lift the flaps of this sturdy interactive board book to discover who's hiding. From Super Grover and Abby Cadabby to Elmo and Bert, it's not always who they'd expect to find in some surprising hiding places! Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, aims to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder through its many unique domestic and international initiatives. These projects cover a wide array of topics, which address specific needs, such as girls' education, financial empowerment, and autism. In 2019, Sesame Street will celebrate its 50th year of distributing quality educational content to families around the world. Sesame Street is the most trusted name in early learning.
The action in The Real Charlotte is dominated by two women: the pretty, vulgar, light-hearted Francie; and her guardian, the complex, heavy-set Charlotte.
Most libraries, archives and museums around the globe are now confronting the challenges of providing digital access to their collections. As digitization becomes more widespread, there is huge demand for detailed guidance on best practice. While much has been written on the theory, these practical aspects have often been neglected, but they are significant not only in safeguarding the collection during image capture but also in ensuring that projects run smoothly and the resulting digital collection is of high quality. This practical guide fills that gap, offering guidance covering the end-to-end process of digitizing collections, from selecting records for digitization to choosing suppliers and equipment and dealing with documents that present individual problems. As such, it can be used as a 'how-to' reference manual for collection managers who are embarking on a digitization project or who are managing an existing project. It also covers some of the wider issues such as the use of surrogates for preservation, and the long term sustainability of digital access. Key areas covered are: - digitization in the context of collection management - before you digitize: resources, suppliers and surrogates - the digital image - the process of selection - surveying collections - equipment for image capture - preparation of document formats and fastenings - preparation of damaged documents - setting up the imaging operation. Readership: A clearly-written guide to a complex process, this book is an essential resource for all collection and project managers who have responsibility for the preservation of archival collections, as well as all industry professionals whose role touches on the digitization of collections.
Christopher Ross and his brothers board the newest cruise ship owned by their family completely unaware of a sinister plan that is at work on the ship with a plot to kill the Ross boys. Christopher has heeded the captain’s warning and the mysterious letters from a friend. Christopher has a choice to make: he can either sit back and do nothing after he learns how an old friend on board the ship, with whom he’s just been reunited, is being abused by her father, or he can try to help her when everyone tells him to stay out of it and just worry about staying alive. Will Christopher find out who’s behind the letters he’s been receiving? This cruise will turn into one of love and loss. Will all three boys make it out unscathed, or will they all die? Joe Nelson has always despised the Ross boys, and now is the time to put his plan into action. But what happens after he hires the shipyard’s hit man, Connor Morris? Joe suddenly has a change of heart. After all, murder isn’t something to be messed with. It’s not only wrong. It’s a sin. Will Joe fully change his mind, or will he allow things to pan out? Will Connor change his ways and repent of his sins? 1
Twenty-sixnbsp;double-page puzzles invite youngsters to figure out names of pictured objects — kite, doll, bear, ball, more — and then locate each word on search-a-word grid. One to 4 letters of target words are given as hints. And when the search is over, the coloring fun begins.
Anna V. Q. Ross plumbs motherhood, migration, and childhood and the cycles of violence and renewal that recur in each. These are poems of math homework and police siren, where a fox pops out of a fairy tale to dig up the back yard, NPR News spirals the evening carpool into memories of girlhood and trauma, and a city gas leak conjures xenophobic backlash against refugees. In poems of reclamation and warning, Flutter, Kick brings us to the center of our world-a place where "in those days, we were fast and best, but didn't know it"-with a compassion learned of anger, memory, and joy"--
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Forty-five delightful images of children and animals illustrate the concepts of up and down, sweet and sour, work and play, and other opposites. Free Teacher's Manual available. Grades: PreK–K.
Harlequin Heartwarming brings you four new wholesome reads for one great price, available now! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: A FAMILY LIKE HANNAH'S Seasons of Alaska • by Carol Ross Hannah James barely survived after her lifelong dream was crushed. Luckily she believes in second chances. But can she believe in love when Tate Addison suddenly appears? Once her foe, he seems awfully friendly now… THE LITTLE DALE REMEDY Creatures Great and Small • by Eleanor Jones For Meg Maguire, England's Lake District seems like the perfect place to recover from the accident that ended her career as a jockey. And Ross Noble seems like just the man to help her ride again. But if Meg wants to regain her strength, she's going to have to heal emotionally, too. And falling for the troubled, brooding Ross won't make that easy. MAKE ME A MATCH "Baby, Baby" by Melinda Curtis "The Matchmaker Wore Skates" by Cari Lynn Webb "Suddenly Sophie" by Anna J. Stewart It's three weeks before Valentine's Day and three bachelors and best friends are stuck in a rut. The only way out is to play matchmaker. And win. FIRST COMES MARRIAGE by Sophia Sasson Dr. Meera Malhotra would rather call her impending nuptials planned than arranged, but she's certain her fiancé is her perfect match. Still, she jumps at the opportunity to spend the month before her wedding doing a medical rotation in small-town USA. Getting a taste of independence and improving public health are all part of her plan. Falling for a cowboy? Not so much. Look for four new tender stories every month from Harlequin Heartwarming!
Harlequin® Heartwarming celebrates wholesome, heartfelt relationships that focus on home, family, community and love. Experience all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: A COWGIRL FINDS HOME The Blackwell Belles by USA TODAY bestselling author Carol Ross They’re enemies for life… Or for as long as it takes to fall in love Executive assistant and ex-cowgirl Violet Blackwell knows her boss’s nephew, Garrett McCoy, is the life of the party—and the charming thorn in her side! But when they’re forced to share a ranch house together, she proves she’s not the “buzzkill” he thought she was. In fact, they’re starting to become more than friends. Only, McCoy’s hiding a secret agenda. Will it throw Violet off cowboys…for good? WINNING THE SHERIFF’S HEART The Teacher Project by Anna Grace Breaking the rules? Or winning her heart! Jaywalking, disturbing the peace, riding an ATV on the sidewalk—ever since PE teacher Tate Ryman moved to Pronghorn, Oregon, he’s been accidentally breaking the law. And sheriff Aida Weston has a ticket book with his name on it! But Tate is determined to win her over—he needs Aida’s help starting a soccer team for the new exchange students. Finally, Aida agrees to a trial run and, one game at a time, they go from enemies to…friends? Now Tate has a new goal: building a life in Pronghorn—with Aida at his side! A PROPOSAL FOR HER COWBOY Three Springs, Texas by USA TODAY bestselling author Cari Lynn Webb Family brought her home… Can love make her stay? Now that she’s finally back in Three Springs, Texas, Deputy Sheriff Lacey Nash wants nothing more than to reconnect with her nine-year-old daughter, Aspen. Carefree Caleb Sloan is just a distraction—even if he is surprisingly helpful. He not only pitches in to train Aspen for the junior rodeo contest, he also makes Lily feel both welcome in town and truly special. Though will that be enough for by-the-book Lacey…to let this fun-loving cowboy prove he’s ready for an instant family? FALLING FOR HER FAKE FIANCÉ Meet Me at Niagara Falls by Amie Denman Fake Relationship? Or the start of something real… Jilted on her wedding day, tour guide Abigail Warren is saved from an accidental plummet over Niagara Falls by her former boyfriend. When the photo of captain Lyman Roberts rescuing a beautiful bride goes viral, Abigail and Lyman agree to pose as a “real life” couple for a local tourism campaign. But Abigail isn’t ready to trust her heart to anyone—especially the guy who never saw Niagara Falls as home. When their summer of fake dating starts feeling surprisingly genuine, will Abigail and Lyman give their relationship a real second chance? Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Heartwarming!
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