One of the latest trends in home horticulture is regional gardening, but most popular garden books and syndicated columns are written by authors on the East or West coasts. Possum in the Pawpaw Tree is aimed at the heartland of the United States, where normal weather means bitter winters, torrential spring rains, and summer drought. The material here is arranged to provide a handy month-by-month guide for indoor and outdoor gardening activities, both for the novice and the more experienced gardener.
Book Summary Fully capable and fiercely independent at the age of seventy-four, Marjorie Palmer is unexpectedly reunited with her wayward daughters-in-law, Sandra and Kate, to perform a rather unpleasant task. Unrelated by blood yet bound by family ties, the three women have diametrically opposed personalities and can barely tolerate each other. All of them harbor hidden agendas and well kept secrets. When a twist of fate threatens to prolong their unintentional cohabitation indefinitely, tempers flare and things begin to unravel. Beautifully set in the White Mountains, Caring for Crabgrass is about the precarious journey these three women must travel together before any of them can reach the summit of resolution.
Hoping to escape the crashing bore who corners her at a party, Kylie Rogers heads out of a first-floor window. Too bad her handsome host sees her hike up her skirt--and fall into a hedge. Being rescued by record company owner David Gamble may be the most embarrassing thing ever to happen to Kylie--and his impromptu kiss may be the most thrilling.
First published in 2010. Cotton was the first industrialized global trade. This four-volume reset edition charts the rise of British trade in cotton from the days of small-scale trading between the Middle East and India to the domination of British-led industrialized manufacture. Volume 3 Part III contains Establishing a British Cotton Trade, c. 1730-1815.
With nearly 100 vintage images and personal stories, [this book] relives the era [1930-1970] of this major agricultural revolution and takes the reader on a journey that will define a time of momentous change.
It didn't take long for Carly Rimel to realize someone was after her. But who, and why? And how was she to put together the pieces of a bizarre puzzle while running for her life? Stocks and Bombs is a story of Carly's trek through a minefield of jealousy, deception and desperation.
The Red Organdy Dress takes you into the psychotic world of a schizophrenic. It is a fi ctional case study, of a young woman, LaLa who has experienced a psychotic break. You will understand how family dynamic and dysfunctional family styles often exacerbate mental illness. Lala is a typical little girl who feels disenfranchised by her father and detached from a mother overwhelmed by her new status of single woman. During an era when it was not popular and extremely embarrassing and stressful. The era for the story is between 1945 and 1985. The Red Organdy Dress takes place in Los Angeles California during the boom of growing prosperity immediately after the war. African Americans were moving west in large numbers and establishing businesses. LaLa’s father was on his way to being a successful business man but he was less than faithful to his wife. He was an old fashion man who believed that women had their place in the home and that it was natural for men to roam.
HIGH MILEAGE HEARTS takes us back into the 20th century to days when if your dog lost the use of his hindquarters, he wasn't euthanized. Instead, he maneuvered about on a wheeled, home-built cart with a high-flying flag to pinpoint his location. The nine authors explore small town and rural living in a quieter, safer, more serene time, when fear meant the possibility of a snake dropping from the rafters rather than an act of terrorism, when a pharmacy security system was an oversized, rambunctious dog, not electronic surveillance. The authors share their quest for adventure, their quiet times, the fun and folly of their lives. The poetry addresses everything from humor to spirituality. Fiction is drawn from the imaginations and life experiences of the authors. We can't, nor perhaps would we want to, go back but we can cherish the way it used to be.
Jacaranda Maths Quest 11 Mathematical Methods VCE Units 1 and 2 Everything your students need to succeed. The best Mathematics series for the new VCE Study Design. Developed by expert Victorian teachers for, VCE students. Get exam ready: past VCAA exam questions (all since 2013) Students can start preparing from lesson one, with past VCAA exam questions embedded in every lesson. Practice, customisable SACs available for all Units to build student competence and confidence. Learn online with Australia's most powerful learning platform, learnON Be confident your students can get unstuck and progress, in class or at home. For every question online they receive immediate feedback and fully worked solutions. Teacher-led videos to learn and re-learn. Instant reports make tracking progress simple. Combine units flexibly with the Jacaranda Supercourse An Australian first, build the course you've always wanted with the Jacaranda Supercourse. You can combine all Methods Units 1 to 4, so students can move backwards and forwards freely. Or Methods and General Units 1 & 2 for when students switch courses. The possibilities are endless!
This volume presents the first full-scale biography of Daniel Jones, a preeminent scholar and leading British phonetician of the early twentieth century, and the first linguist to hold a chair at a British university. This book, richly illustrated with partly unpublished material traces Jones's life and career, including his contacts with other linguists, and with figures outside the linguistic world notably Robert Bridges and George Bernard Shaw.
Ask the cat, and shell tell you that when youre free-falling, it is preferable to land on all four paws. Purely by chance, Jillian Holmes, Holly Monroe, and Jack Resendo are free-falling through some challenging circumstances and have landed under the same roof, but not quite on their feet. The unlikely housemates are drawn closer together as they regain their balance and move forward with what life has to offer.
First published in 2010. Cotton was the first industrialized global trade. This four-volume reset edition charts the rise of British trade in cotton from the days of small-scale trading between the Middle East and India to the domination of British-led industrialized manufacture. Part contains ‘Early Years of Trade and British Response to Indian Cottons to the late 1600s’.
Jacaranda MathsQuest 7 Stage 4 NSW Syllabus (for the NSW Syllabus) NSW's most supportive Maths resource Developed by expert teachers, every lesson is carefully designed to support learning online, offline, in class, and at home. Supporting students Whether students need a challenge or a helping hand, they have the tools to help them take the next step, in class and at home: concepts brought to life with rich multi-media easy navigation differentiated pathways immediate corrective feedback Worked solutions for every question personalised pathways that also allow for social learning opportunities for remediation, extension, acceleration tracking progress and growth Supporting teachers Teachers are empowered to teach their class, their way with flexible resources perfect for teaching and learning: 100's of ready-made and customisable lessons comprehensive Syllabus coverage and planning documentation a variety of learning activities assessment for, as and of learning marking, tracking, monitoring and reporting capabilities ability to add own materials Supporting schools Schools are set up for success with our unmatched customer service, training and solutions tailored to you: Learning Management System (LMS) integration online class set up dedicated customer specialists tools to manage classes bookseller app integration complimentary resources for teachers training and professional learning curriculum planning data insights flexible subscription services at unbeatable prices
In How I Discovered My Mother Was A Goddess, Beverly Charles, tells the poignant story of aging and dementia from the point of view of both the parent and child. At some times troubling and other times darkly comic, it provides a vision of a spiritual journey, one that is healing, authentic, and satisfying. In addition to offering us the story of a mother and daughter as they struggle with old age and death, Beverly moves more deeply into the psyche to understand the goddesses at work in herself and her mother during the various phases of life. We journey through the authors and her mothers relationship to each other and to eight goddesses - Artemis, Hestia, Aphrodite, Athena, Demeter, Persephone, Hera, and Mary. By taking us on this odyssey with her, she not only deepens our understanding of the feminine and the goddesses that personify it, but reveals how these goddesses manifest in everyday life. This story enhances our understanding of the divine feminine. This book is for all those who have loved ones experiencing any form of dementia as our intellectual connection diminishes, may we become more connected in our hearts. This book is also for women and the men who love them may we never be ashamed of the journey that brings us home to the goddess within.
The Jacaranda Maths Quest Australian Curriculum series has been completely refreshed with new content, deeper differentiation and even more innovative tools to enable every student to experience success ensuring no student is left behind, and no student is held back.
First published in 2010. Cotton was the first industrialized global trade. This four-volume reset edition charts the rise of British trade in cotton from the days of small-scale trading between the Middle East and India to the domination of British-led industrialized manufacture. Volume 4 Part III contains Establishing a British Cotton Trade, c. 1730-1815, continued.
Grab your sparkliest tiara, blend your favorite fruity drink, and get ready to laugh and cry with the women of the Tiara Club. Georgia Elliott grew up in a small Gulf town full of Southern charm---and a superefficient grapevine---so the few secrets she's managed to keep are precious, including that she invented TV's hottest new kitchen gadget, the Miracle Chef. A second-generation beauty queen, Georgia turns to women she knows she can trust to keep her secret from her controlling society mama: the Tiara Club. All the members are veterans of the pageant circuit, but they've just admitted one woman who doesn't fit in---a Yankee who's never taped her breasts or smeared glue on her butt to wow the judges. And this year the Tiara Club is determined to help this outsider win the coveted Shrimp Queen crown. Add in an impending wedding and the club's attempts to keep Georgia's secret, and the women of the Tiara Club have to do all they can to hold on to their poise, their friendships, and their senses of humor.
In this humorous and heartfelt novel from Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, the bond between a boy and his dog proves strong, as Henry vows to stick up for Ribsy…even if he is a trouble-maker! From the first moment Henry found Ribsy, the curious mutt was poking his nose into things he shouldn't be. Whether terrorizing the garbage man, chasing cats, or gobbling Ramona Quimby's ice-cream cone, Henry's four-legged pal has walked himself into one problem too many. So when Henry asks his dad if he can go along on the big fishing trip, Mr. Huggins agrees, but on one condition: Ribsy must stay out of mischief for two whole months. Henry is confident in his loyal dog…until Ribsy goes overboard with his appetite for chaos—literally! Don't miss the beloved classic Henry Huggins books from Beverly Cleary. These are truly timeless classics that stand the test of time and still leave readers 7-13 smiling.
Did advocates of the social gospel carry the burden of humanitarian aid during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Were evangelicals content merely to maintain the status quo and avoid ameliorating the plight of the needy? Focusing upon the period from the Civil War to about 1920, this study attempts to portray the sizeable body of Christians whose extensive welfare activities and concern sprang similarly from their passion for evangelism and personal holiness, writes the author. He meticulously traces the urban welfare activities of the Salvation Army, the Volunteers of America, the Christian Missionary and Alliance, multiple rescue missions and homes, and the religious journal 'Christian Herald'.
Tried, tested and trusted. The fifth edition of the Maths Quest series, revised fourth edition, continue to focus on helping teachers achieve learning success for every student - ensuring no student is left behind, and no student is held back."--Back cover.
Jacaranda Maths Quest 9 (for the NSW Syllabus) is Australia's most supportive Maths resource. Developed by expert teachers, every lesson is carefully designed to support learning online, offline, in class, and at home.
Newlywed Widow" is the autobiographical account of how a premonition changed the fate and exposure of a young girl. Understanding how one single premonition could give a six-year old girl the tools to manage sexual abuse, deafness, near death experience and bullying, is what "Newlywed Widow" brings to light. This is one life's story worth reading.
Advice on how to liberate yourself—and take control of your financial future—from the author of Confessions of a Credit Junkie. Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award, Self-Help category If you’re in credit-card debt and you’re tired of being told that all you need to do is give up your daily latte—and cut up all your credit cards—this is the book for you. Former credit junkie Beverly Harzog racked up thousands in credit-card debt during a decade of overspending. When she decided she wanted to break free from debt, she found that conventional personal finance advice didn’t work for her. So she created her own unique debt escape plan and succeeded in paying off more than $20,000 in credit card debt in two years. In The Debt Escape Plan, you’ll find easy-to-follow advice, often laced with a touch of Southern humor, to help you conquer—and stay out of—credit-card debt. You’ll learn: Why a one-size-fits-all approach to credit card debt doesn’t work How to use the Money Personality Quiz to customize your own debt escape plan The nine biggest debt mistakes and how to overcome them Seven secrets for giving your credit score a quick boost How to overcome the hardships of medical bills How to debt-proof your future so this never happens to you again!
The American West was a far away place to a young girl, only ten years old, living in a small town in Massachusetts in 1947. She had no idea of the changes to her life that would happen after her parents sold all they possessed and turned their old Chevy in the direction of the setting sun. Watching from her backseat window, this child witnessed not only the unfolding of scenery across the United States, east coast to west coast, but slowly developed awareness of the struggle her family faced to provide daily needs in a world of strangers where newcomers were viewed with suspicion. With no work or prospect of it, knowing no one in the far west, her mother and father became, in effect, like the pioneers of a previous era, searching for a place to settle that would satisfy them. A coming-of-age story told through vivid memories of her experiences and the persons she encountered along the way, Cricket in the Grass relates a childs learning of self-reliance.
“You will know this thing when you see it,” the Boatman tells Connie, “and you must be finished by half past six.” As she floats above her hometown of Scheepersdorp, Constance West can’t tell how long it’s been since she died. Nor why the mysterious Boatman rowed her back here. Beneath her, all the people she loved appear to be thriving. But the house of her guardian, the town dentist and former mayor, seems suspiciously quiet. And then there is Marianne, the baby daughter she had to leave behind. In Beverly Rycroft’s beautifully crafted novel, a small South African town in 1995 forms the backdrop to Connie’s tale. With honesty, humour and tenderness, Connie unravels the stories of her loved ones, and allows a secret in her own past to emerge.
Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Biography Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy, and the 43rd LA Times Book Prize in Biography | Finalist for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Atlantic, The Washington Post and Smithsonian Magazine and a New York Times Top 100 Notable Books of 2022 “Masterful…This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work”—The Washington Post “A nuanced portrait in a league with the best of Ron Chernow and David McCullough.”—The Wall Street Journal A major new biography of J Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape. We remember him as a bulldog--squat frame, bulging wide-set eyes, fearsome jowls--but in 1924, when he became director of the FBI, he had been the trim, dazzling wunderkind of the administrative state, buzzing with energy and big ideas for reform. He transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater, riddled with scandal, into a modern machine. He believed in the power of the federal government to do great things for the nation and its citizens. He also believed that certain people--many of them communists or racial minorities or both-- did not deserve to be included in that American project. Hoover rose to power and then stayed there, decade after decade, using the tools of state to create a personal fiefdom unrivaled in U.S. history. Beverly Gage’s monumental work explores the full sweep of Hoover’s life and career, from his birth in 1895 to a modest Washington civil-service family through his death in 1972. In her nuanced and definitive portrait, Gage shows how Hoover was more than a one-dimensional tyrant and schemer who strong-armed the rest of the country into submission. As FBI director from 1924 through his death in 1972, he was a confidant, counselor, and adversary to eight U.S. presidents, four Republicans and four Democrats. Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson did the most to empower him, yet his closest friend among the eight was fellow anticommunist warrior Richard Nixon. Hoover was not above blackmail and intimidation, but he also embodied conservative values ranging from anticommunism to white supremacy to a crusading and politicized interpretation of Christianity. This garnered him the admiration of millions of Americans. He stayed in office for so long because many people, from the highest reaches of government down to the grassroots, wanted him there and supported what he was doing, thus creating the template that the political right has followed to transform its party. G-Man places Hoover back where he once stood in American political history--not at the fringes, but at the center--and uses his story to explain the trajectories of governance, policing, race, ideology, political culture, and federal power as they evolved over the course of the 20th century.
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