Everyone wants to be an Italian from South Philly,"" jokingly states the Saia family. ""I guess it's the Rocky syndrome,"" agrees Uncle Joe the baker. In this light Carmella marries her high school sweetheart, John Leonard, upon his mother's rape and murder. When the twins arrive for these newlyweds, Nana Maria, a want-to-be Sicilian, favors the female offspring. Maria has blackmailed, lusted after, and lured many ""friends"" in her life. Now she wishes to usurp the Saia empire by brainwashing baby Grace while diminishing older twin Philip's birthright. Eventually good wins out, or does it? In any event twists, turns, and intrigue fill the pages of this novella. Other publications by Charlotte Publishing Press: THE NURSING HOME: a short play by joey donato ph.d., AFRICAN FOLK TALES by Dr.jol, 2012 SAVING THE SPIRIT by Dr. jol, CASTLES OF ROSEMONT by joey donato ph.d., CARMELLA'S TWINS by joey donato ph.d.
A two-act play focusing on Salvatore Oppenheimer Mansky's search for the meaning of life. Our protagonist investigates the Jersey shore in hopes of finding why one lives on earth, how one becomes fulfilled during a lifetime, and if there is anything for mankind after death. Nude beaches, the dance of the seven veils, casinos, fortunetellers, Cape May diamonds and all that lies under the sun cannot fulfill our protagonist's quest. Patch and Boswick, the keepers of wisdom, find it most difficult to convince Salvatore that there is only one way to go beyond the sun.
At Fertile Gardens Nursing Home the residence have been abandon by their children and siblings. Lack of love and family have caused great angst and sadness on the part of the clients at Fertile. Not much in life remains rewarding for our older seasoned citizens, not even the Wednesday afternoon sing-a-longs. But through the birth of children at the home, the reporting of the pregnant elderly by the news media, and the inquisitiveness of the families a new beginning takes place for all, a rebirth. A much needed play for the electronic generation putting into perspective the need for human contact, love, and care for those who have come before us.
Deutsch: Na klar! engages students with its unique integration of authentic materials and targeted listening and speaking activities, contemporary culture and communicative building blocks, providing the tools they need to build a solid foundation in introductory German. Communicative Competence: The program supports the communicative goals of the course by engaging students with authentic materials in print, audio, and video and puts the students into the kinds of situations they would encounter in any German-speaking environment. The program has been carefully designed to get students to communicate in a controlled way at first, then in a progressively more open-ended fashion, on a variety of topics that affect their own lives. In Connect German, students have full access to the digitally enhanced eBook, the online Workbook/Lab Manual activities, LearnSmart, and all of the accompanying audio and video resources, giving them the ability to interact with the materials as often as they wish. Cultural Competence: Deutsch: Na klar! engages students in cross-cultural comparisons and analysis- express opinions, summarize, and synthesize texts, and narrate events- throughout the program. The cultural program’s meaningful and extensive exploration of the German-speaking world is fully supported in Connect German through audio and video resources and interactive activities. Mobile Tools for Digital Success: Connect German, McGraw-Hill’s digital teaching and learning environment, is now mobile enabled for tablets, allowing students to engage in their course material via the devices they use every day. The digital tools available in the Connect German platform facilitate student progress by providing extensive opportunities to practice and hone their developing skills. These learning opportunities include online communicative activities, instant feedback, peer-editing writing tools, sophisticated reporting, and a complete e-book with embedded audio, video, and grammar tutorials. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective. *Connect German, including but not limited to the workbook/lab manual, LearnSmart, the video program, and chat tools, is sold separately and does not come automatically with the purchase of the textbook.
Stop looking at your perimenopause, menopause and post-menopause as the start of your decadence but rather embrace these years of great changes as your chance to embark on the greatest adventure of your life. Through this quite simple book, Author Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D. in Holistic Health, will guide, inspire and motivate all women to shift paradigm and approach this time of their lives as an extraordinary experience to be fully enjoyed through optimum diet and life style habits and a much healthier and happier, more rewarding, gratifying physical, mental, emotional and sexual life. Come on board!
Health is the most precious element in human life and through the holistic approach, which takes into account the complexity of human existence with its physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects, can be better maintained and reestablished. A phenomenon such as the placebo effect, however, that though containing no active ingredients whatsoever still allows some people to heal, has generated in the researcher the curiosity and desire to better understand the dynamics of healing. This study, through its phenomenological descriptive approach, tries to identify what it is that makes healing possible by analyzing the dynamics of disease and healing and the role and extent that the human belief system and perception play in them. The findings are related to the seven case studies examined in the already published dissertation, whose data collection included field notes and consequent transcripts taken through semi-structured open-ended interviews and observation articulated in three sessions. Leaving aside the different health issues affecting or having affected the participants, some common themes emerged from the analysis...
This introductory German course aims to motivates students and stimulate interest in the culture and language through its approach to authentic materials that illustrate vocabulary in context, communicative functions of grammatical structures and cultural points. It offers a wide variety of activities and exercises, easy-to-follow chapter structure and an array of multimedia supplements.
In the environs of Vatican City, Northern Rhodesia, and many parts of Europe Professors Barnes and Joel, along with their families, search for the lost years of Christ, His 7 Mary's, and the artifacts that promise eternal life. In the midst of intrigue, romance, adventure, and humor the duo battle evil forces that wish to usurp the world's power by way of pilfering the professors' findings. With the help of family, Francis the elephant, Francis the Pope, and a group of other eclectic characters the pair finally comes to a profound realization.
Twenty-four essays attest to D'Accone's wide interests and influence on several generations of musicologists. The first three sections-- on the Florentine Renaissance, archival studies, and madrigal and carnival song--deal with subjects central to his research. Subsequent contributions deal with various aspects of Italian opera, performance practice, manuscript studies, and music and image. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Thank you for visiting our website. Would you like to provide feedback on how we could improve your experience?
This site does not use any third party cookies with one exception — it uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic.Learn More.