For those who've been to Cuba, and want to relive the experience, or for those who still have it on their bucket list, Our Father, Who Art in Cuba, is a slice of the reality that coexists with the all-inclusive hotels. Trinidad, a small city on the Caribbean coast of Cuba, and a Unesco World Heritage site, is one of the best-preserved Colonial communities you will find. The author has a twenty-five-year-long love affair with Trinidad, and has visited more than a hundred times. He married a woman from Trinidad, and became irrevocably intertwined in the community. He has tried to bring the authenticity of the Cuban families to light as much as possible. Curl up someplace warm, (preferably on a beach in Cuba), play some nice Cuban music (Polo Montanez, or Buena Vista Social Club), and enjoy a trip through the streets of the city that celebrated its five hundredth birthday recently. Our Father, Who Art in Cuba, is the first in a series of stories of life outside of the all-inclusive world in a country whose people find reasons to laugh and dance and enjoy life against impossible odds.
Antonio, the pirate's pirate, crashes down to earth. However, he can count on his friend Willy to cheer him up and he has his mentor, Roberto, to propel him forward. Travel abounds, romance is discovered, and of course, adventure is never-ending. Pirate reenactments are a whole hell of a lot safer and could prove to be profitable.
The early years of a student's educational career form the foundation of all future learning and provide a launchpad social, emotional, and intellectual growth. It's easy to see why this time of early childhood learning, from preschool through the early grades, is essential to an effective education. What About Us?: Embracing the PLC at Work Process in Early Childhood emphasizes the importance of early childhood learning and provides strong ideas and methodology-through the PLC at Work process-to help teachers realize the full potential of an early childhood classroom. Authors Kerr, Hulen, Heller, and Butler provide strong, researched tools for optimizing the PLC at Work system and making sure every student gains the strong foundation necessary for an excellent education"--
Whether you're a new landlord or have years of experience, this book will give you confidence in being a landlord in New Zealand and save you time and money. It shows you how to: prepare your property for renting; select good tenants; manage those tenants well; carry out property inspections; deal with unpaid rent and utilise Tenancy Tribunal services. Brian Kerr is an experienced and successful landlord and has been a Tenancy Mediator so he has witnessed the very best and the very worst of landlording.
The early years of a student's educational career form the foundation of all future learning and provide a launchpad social, emotional, and intellectual growth. It's easy to see why this time of early childhood learning, from preschool through the early grades, is essential to an effective education. What About Us?: Embracing the PLC at Work Process in Early Childhood emphasizes the importance of early childhood learning and provides strong ideas and methodology-through the PLC at Work process-to help teachers realize the full potential of an early childhood classroom. Authors Kerr, Hulen, Heller, and Butler provide strong, researched tools for optimizing the PLC at Work system and making sure every student gains the strong foundation necessary for an excellent education"--
After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds light on the various incarnations of his protests of the U.S. government, including the refusal to pay taxes, public fasting, and, most famously, public obstruction. On September 1, 1987, Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action in which he expected to be removed from the tracks. Providing a full look into the tragic event, Willson, who lost his legs in the incident, discusses how the subsequent publicity propelled his cause toward the national consciousness. Now, 23 years later, Willson tells his story of social injustice, nonviolent struggle, and the so-called American way of life.
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