Get ready for one of the most uplifting books you will read this year. In the book "The Day I Met Me", you will have the opportunity to be inspired by the life of Mr. Christopher Wheat. In this book, you will be intrigued by the many people and experiences he has had in his short but well lived life. You will find yourself ready to move onto the next chapter to see how each encounter, event, and experience has helped shape Christoper into the man that he is today. Through Christopher's relationship with God through Jesus Christ, each encounter and experience has not only provided him with incredible insights, but these same insights are available to you within the pages of this book. If you are looking for uplifting books for men, uplifting books for women, a fun read, or another fantastic book to add to your library, "The Day I Met Me" will certainly help quench your reading appetite!
Bognor Regis...Aberystwyth...Glasgow...Can you place them on a map? Most people can't these days. What kind of countryside do you pass through on your way to the Cairngorms, or the Fens, or Northumberland? What's north of the Pennines? And what's it like when you get there? Most folk wouldn't have a clue. Increasing numbers of us don't have a basic geographical notion of these islands. Blame it on a decline in formal geography teaching, or Sat-Nav and other 'A to Z and nothing in between' devices that make us lazy -- we are becoming the best travelled and least well orientated Britons ever seen. Now Christopher Somerville, bestselling author of Coast and many other books of UK exploration, presents the basics of what belongs where, which counties border one another, and what lies beyond the Watford Gap. He reminds us of the watery bits, the lumpy bits and the flat bits, and gets to grips with the smaller islands surrounding Britain -- and much more. Never Eat Shredded Wheat is a reminder of all the fascinating British geography once learned at school - geography that brings our islands vividly to life - geography which we have forgotten, or never even knew.
Feeling bullied at work? Wondering if HR is talking behind your back? I've walked in your shoes! This volume as additional material about autism and other disorders. This story chronicles my experience with a harsh boss who wanted me out. If you are a worker, teacher, parent or disabled person, I'll give you the best options for dealing with this problem. I'll let you know what worked and what failed. I know how you feel! My situation was so bad I almost lost my house, all because my job wanted to get rid of the Weirdo. This conflict was so enormous, that this reached all the way to the White House. An intense and vivid personal account of how I wasn't willing to give up - and neither should you!
Readers of this expansive, three-volume encyclopedia will gain scientific, sociological, and demographic insight into the complex relationship between plants and humans across history. Comprising three volumes and approximately half a million words, this work is likely the most comprehensive reference of its kind, providing detailed information not only about specific plants and food crops such as barley, corn, potato, rice, and wheat, but also interdisciplinary content that draws on the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The entries underscore the fascination that humans have long held for plants, identifies the myriad reasons why much of life on earth would be impossible without plants, and points out the intertwined relationship of plants and humans—and how delicate this balance can be. While the majority of the content is dedicated to the food plants that are essential to human existence, material on ornamentals, fiber crops, pharmacological plants, and carnivorous plants is also included.
Samuel Burdett (c. 1846-1905) was a remarkable African-American pioneer, yet today is virtually unknown. Born in Kentucky, he joined the Union Army at a young age, participating in the late campaigns in the Eastern Theater and was present at General Robert. E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9, 1865. His regiment-the 109th U.S. Colored Troops-was sent to Texas at the end of the war and released from service on March 21, 1866. Burdett signed on with the newly created all-black 9th Cavalry of the U.S. Regular Army. By the time he had fulfilled his five-year enlistment, he had risen to the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant, the second highest enlisted rank in the army, and had become the first and only African-American cavalry veterinarian to serve before at least the First World War. In 1883, after some 20 years of active service, Burdett took his discharge in Kansas, where he remained for several years as a farmer, horse rancher, and breeder of race horses. He became active in both the local (all-black) chapter of the veterans' organization, the Grand Army of the Republic, in Republican party politics, and in various African-American fraternal organization. He served as Register of Deeds for Lyon County, undoubtedly a rarity for a black man. Burdett moved to Seattle with his wife Belle in 1890, where he opened up a successful veterinary practice. He became one of Seattle's most prominent black professionals by 1900. During this time, Dr. Burdett attempted several failed business ventures including short-lived insurance and benefit agencies, a newspaper, and a Mining and Loan Company. In 1891, Burdett founded the Cornerstone Grand Lodge of the York Masons with Conrad Rideout and William Gross. Burdett continued his active interest in local politics and African-American welfare in Seattle. He was regularly a delegate, and sometimes an officer, in county and local Republican conventions. In 1900, he was elected as King County, Washington, wreckmaster, responsible for salvaging shipwrecks and clearing industrial logging debris in the coastal areas near Seattle. In his later years, two missions consumed much of his energy. The first was protection of African-Americans and punishment of perpetrators of lynching. Burdett in 1901 helped organize the anti-lynching "International Council of the World," and later that year he authored and published a chronology of lynching incidents in the United States titled "A Test of Lynch Law: an Expose of Mob Violence and the Courts of Hell." This 100+ page book was advertised as containing "A twenty year record of every lynching in the United States, as well as the probable guilt or innocence of the victim." Burdett's other mission was to colonize western Washington State with black farmers. Although progress toward attracting black settlers was slow, Burdett's own farm prospered: Burdett had a good home built, with fifteen or twenty acres of wheat growing and other farm produce. Bud sadly, on June 28, 1905, while working very hard in the heat to bring in a large wheat crop, the 400-pound Burdett died suddenly of an apparent heart attack still only in his 50s. Burdett left a significant legacy as a political and community leader and activist, and as the first-and only-black veterinarian in the U.S. Army in pre-modern times.
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