This is the story of a little girl in a small Appalachian mountain town during the depression. She had no relatives in the area except her mother and dad, yet she captivated an entire community with her comic and precocious antics. There was never a dull moment in Hayesville, North Carolina, when this little Pixie was Winding Round the Square. Go with her to meet the people she loved, and travel back to another time and place. It was the hardest of times, and yet the best of times because the spirit of the mountain people made it so. You will feel that you have lived these times with them.
Cassandra’s older sister has asked her to babysit her children while she goes on a couple’s vacation. She is enjoying life in the beautiful Scottish countryside when her niece and nephew tell her a strange tale of an “ogre” that lives in the mountains. Curious, Cassandra climbs the mountain and is chased away by a cold man who lives there. Benedict, a handsome but unfriendly man, perfectly fits the mold of an ogre. But Cassandra can’t help but wonder why he shuts himself off from everyone around him.
In this candid and moving memoir, former First Lady Betty Ford shares her experience, understanding, and hope so that others can discover that alcoholism and drug addiction need not rob them of their lives. Much more than one woman's intimate odyssey through loneliness and despair to happiness and health, this extraordinary volume is one of encouragement, comfort, and support to all families and individuals. It is a living testament to the power of love, the joys of recovery, and the will to survive that can give life a new, and often better, beginning. Like so many millions of Americans, Betty Ford suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction. But, in her case, as in many cases, the disease took years to surface. When it did, it took all of the strength and courage that she and her family possessed to be able to deal with it. Betty: A Glad Awakening is the deeply personal story of one of the most celebrated women of our time. Wonderment, gratitude, serenity, laughter, freedom—these are but a few of the gifts that Mrs. Ford received in her journey through treatment to recovery. And, as she so eloquently describes in her book, they inspired her to help others who feel defeated by the disease of addiction.
Benedict van Manfeld was one of the surliest, most unfriendly men Cassandra had ever met! But when she learned he was a brilliant Dutch surgeon who had severely damaged his sight in an accident, her attitude changed. Benedict asked Cassandra to go to Holland with him as his nurse. She agreed ... and soon began to feel something deeper than sympathy for him. But with his close friend Paula nearby, why should he even notice Cassandra?
Volumes have been written about the role the Religious Right played in achieving its ultimate goal - the presidency of George W. Bush. But few know the primary and essential role played by Catholics in instituting and directing the Religious Right as the means for the neoconservative takeover of the U.S. government, a group the author calls neo-Catholics. The first neoconservatives - Irving Kristol, Allan Bloom, and Francis Fukuyama - were proponents of the philosopher Leo Strauss who considered the ideal state as one ruled by an intellectual elite with religion used to mollify and intimidate the masses into obedience. Not only did Catholic leaders have a millennium of experience in propping up monarchs and dictators, but also Catholics were the largest denomination in the U. S. Neoconservative Catholics were ready, willing and able to implement the American brand of church/state unification: Christian Nationalism. This book examines how hawks and neo-conservatives in the Republican Party forged a nexus with powerful right wing Catholics that would change the face of American Catholicism, the structuring of social policy in the United States, and the American agenda in the world. At the start of the 1980s, the Church’s social justice agenda had been committed to alleviating poverty, to demilitarization, to affirmative action,and to ending capital punishment-an agenda antipathetic to the Republican platform. By the end of the nineties, its justice agenda was marginalized, and political action was mobilized around concern for the dying and the unborn. Clermont's rigorous and extensively documented research examines how it was done.
America's most trusted cookbook is better than ever! Representing its most thorough revision ever, the Betty Crocker Cookbook, 11th Edition includes hundreds of new recipes, three new chapters, and icons that showcase how we cook today—faster, healthier, and with many more flavors. New features celebrate the book's expertise and heritage with repertoire-building recipe lessons and fresh twists on American classics. With nearly 1,100 gorgeous new photos and 1,500 recipes, as well as invaluable cooking guidance, The Big Red Cookbook is better and more comprehensive than ever before. The book features: Exclusive content at BettyCrocker.com for Big Red buyers, including 80 videos, 400 additional recipes, and more to complement and enhance the cookbook 1,500 recipes, 50 percent new to this edition Nearly 1,100 all-new full-color photos—more than three times the number in the previous edition—including 350 step-by-step photos Bold, contemporary, and colorful design Three new chapters on Breakfast and Brunch, Do It Yourself (including canning, preserving and pickling) and Entertaining (including cocktails and party treats) New feature: Learn to Make recipes giving visual lessons on preparing essential dishes like Roast Turkey and Apple Pie, with icons directing readers to bonus videos on BettyCrocker.com New feature: Heirloom Recipe and New Twist showcase classic recipes paired with a fresh twist, with icons directing readers to bonus videos on BettyCrocker.com "Mini" recipes giving quick bursts of inspiration in short paragraph form With 65 million copies sold and still going strong, the Betty Crocker Cookbook, 11th Edition is the one kitchen companion every home cook needs.
Healthy Diet Foods: Delicious Crockpot Recipes and Intermittent Fasting Finding healthy diet foods can be surprisingly challenging in a world of processed products and unsustainable diets. If you want to experience healthy weight loss that you know you can maintain, it might be time for a change. This book offers a guide to healthy eating and healthy nutrition punctuated by intermittent fasting. It'll guide you through the process of losing weight the healthy way by offering plenty of great recipes and a great guide to taking care of your body. You'll enjoy all kinds of healthy recipes designed to keep you going throughout the day, even during periods when you're giving your digestive system a break. These healthy meals include tasty options such as herbed quinoa, tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, balsamic turkey meatloaf and huevos rancheros. If you're not ready to make your healthy diet recipes fresh, there are also plenty of slow cooked options for your crock pot. Think about the prospect of losing weight with crock pot French toast and slow-cooked spinach lasagna. It might seem difficult to do with rich, delicious recipes like these, but you'll be surprised by how compatible these foods can be with your intermittent fast. Remember, when you get home from a long day's fast, having a healthy, satisfying meal ready for the table is essential. Make sure that you can provide it with the assortment of healthy meals contained in this book. No one should have to deal with constant yo-yo weight loss. Avoid this problem and keep your systems healthy and happy by choosing the right recipes. If you're ready to learn how to fast without feeling deprived and how to make all the great diet recipes your body craves, this book has all the answers you need. You might be surprised by how well it works.
The conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity marked one of the most important social and intellectual transformations in American history. Come Shouting to Zion is the first comprehensive exploration of the processes by which this remarkable transition occurred. Using an extraordinary array of archival sources, Sylvia Frey and Betty Wood chart the course of religious conversion from the transference of traditional African religions to the New World through the growth of Protestant Christianity in the American South and British Caribbean up to 1830. Come Shouting to Zion depicts religious transformation as a complex reciprocal movement involving black and white Christians. It highlights the role of African American preachers in the conversion process and demonstrates the extent to which African American women were responsible for developing distinctive ritual patterns of worship and divergent moral values within the black spiritual community. Finally, the book sheds light on the ways in which, by serving as a channel for the assimilation of Western culture into the slave quarters, Protestant Christianity helped transform Africans into African Americans.
Offers bilingual versions of recipes for such traditional favorites in the United States as Senate bean soup, pot roast, chicken and dumplings, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, and Key lime pie, with a glossary and nutritional advice.
Never Too Late Far from being brokenhearted when her long-standing and rather dull engagement to Tony came to an end, Prudence welcomed it as an opportunity to break out of her comfortable shell, to make a new and exciting life for herself. So the job that Benedict van Vinke offered — acting as his secretary and looking after his little daughter — had come just at the right time. It would also give Prudence a chance to visit Holland. But would she have such an exciting life, after all, if she accepted Benedict’s cold-blooded proposal? The End Of The Rainbow Olympia’s overbearing aunt used her as her personal servant, until attractive Dutchman Waldo van der Graaf quite literally rescued her. He suggested that she exchange her life of drudgery for the role of his wife. Waldo needed someone to look after his small daughter and run his home — a marriage of convenience. Olympia was thankful and accepted his proposal, but soon realised she had only exchanged one set of problems for another when she found herself falling in love with her own husband! Never The Time And The Place Ward Sister Josephine Dowling was heartbroken over the end of her engagement, but how could she marry a man she didn’t really love? What she didn’t expect, though, was to have to cope with her tears and the arrogant attitude of the brilliant Dr Julius van Tacx. He seemed to make a habit of finding her just when she was feeling — and looking — her worst. And when he was at his most handsome...
The Meal by Meal: Reduce Body Fat with Low Carb and Other Diet Recipes glosses over the low carb diet as well as several other diet plans to give you plenty of meal ideas making it easy for meal planning. You can enjoy low carb foods to make low carb meals from the low carb recipes. You can also enjoy low carb snacks and other diet recipes. The Meal by Meal book contains these sections: Dieting Cookbook, Chapter One: Low Fat Recipes: The Basic Weight Loss Recipes, Chapter Two: Low Carbohydrate Recipes: Somewhat Misunderstood but Very Helpful for Weight Loss, Chapter Three: Muscle Building recipes to Boost the Metabolism, Chapter Four: Fish Recipes to Lose Weight, Chapter Five: Raw Food Diet Recipes for the Daring, Chapter Six: Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes for Weight Loss, Chapter Seven: Paleolithic Diet Recipes: Turning Back the Clock...A Lot, Chapter Eight: Breakfast Recipes for Weight Loss, Chapter Nine: Desserts for the Diet Conscious, A Five-Day Sample Meal Plan, Final Word That Are Not So Final, Low Carb Diet, Chapter 1: Rise and Shine with a Fortified Breakfast, Chapter 2: Lunchtime Recipes for Afternoon Energy, Chapter 3: Great Dinner Surprises, Chapter 4: Unique Side Dishes, Chapter 5: Fulfillment with Drinks, Chapter 6: Make Ahead Snacks, Chapter 7: Let's Have a Picnic, Chapter 8: Exciting Desserts, Chapter 9: Wise Wok Cooking, Chapter 10: List of Low Carb Foods, and Chapter 11: Tips for Prepping. There are enough recipes to plan the menu for a couple of weeks in advance.
Waiting For Deborah Deborah knew that she wasn’t glamorous! Even if she had all the time and money in the world, nothing was going to alter the fact that she was skinny with hair the color of carrots. So if was hardly surprising that attractive consultant Sir James Marlow viewed her as a waif and stray to be rescued, rather than as a woman he could love. And yet he must feel something for her. Why else should he keep turning up on her doorstep? Cassandra By Chance Benedict van Manfeld was one of the surliest, most unfriendly men Cassandra had ever met. But when she learned he was a brilliant Dutch surgeon who had severely damaged his sight in an accident, her attitude changed. Benedict asked Cassandra to go to Holland with him as his nurse. She agreed...and soon began to feel something deeper than sympathy for him. But with his close friend Paula nearby, why should he even notice Cassandra? Esmerelda Esmeralda Jones was a very nice girl. It seemed to Esmeralda that she was also invisible to the opposite sex. Perhaps the real reason for this was the impaired foot she had struggled with since childhood. When the brilliant surgeon Thimo Bamstra offered to cure her, Esmeralda was over the moon. Thimo also managed to mend her broken heart. Esmeralda had never imagined marriage as part of her future, but now she could dream of little else.
Written in an informal style which is easily accessible and interesting to students with no previous background in Biology. Focused on collaborative, small group activities that encourage student interactions and maximize laboratory resources. Designed to provide an understanding of the basic principles of human anatomy and physiology, genetics and evolutionary change, ecology, and the impact of human actions on the environment. The exercises are designed to run smoothly, even in large laboratory sections with 2540 students. Equipment and supplies needed are cost effective and easily accessible to large and small schools. Each laboratory exercise is suitable for completion in two or three hour laboratory periods and can be divided to accommodate 90 minute sessions.
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