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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Over The Edge

A Mystery in Grand Canyon National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Over The Edge

A Mystery in Grand Canyon National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

When Dr. Olivia Landon receives this anonymous e-mail shortly after broadcasting her controversial plan to save the condors, everyone thinks it’s a crank threat except Dr. Landon’s daughter Ashley. She’s sure it’s the handiwork of Morgan Rogers, self-proclaimed anarchist and computer geek. Suspicions mount when the death threat almost becomes a reality, and Morgan is the only witness. Is he innocent or guilty? Journey into the maze of Morgan’s cyberworld and find out!

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Disney Electronic Content

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1426309708

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9781426309700

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Escape From Fear

A Mystery in Virgin Islands National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Escape From Fear

A Mystery in Virgin Islands National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

The Landons are in the Caribbean, in Virgin Islands National Park, to figure out what is destroying the coral reefs and causing the hawksbill sea turtle to disappear. Jack and Ashley find themselves hopelessly entangled in the mysterious life of Forrest Winthrop IV, the adopted son of a U.S. diplomat. Why is he so anxious to save an island woman named Cimmaron? What secret do they share? Follow the action to Jumbie Bay and see what the full moon reveals.

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1426309724

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Night of the Black Bear

A Mystery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Night of the Black Bear

A Mystery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

This thrilling series roars back to life with the release of Mystery #13, Night of the Black Bear. Something very strange is going on in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A teenage girl is the latest victim in a growing number of bear attacks. Officials must figure out what's causing the bizarre bear behavior or close the park. Can the Landons help? Soon Jack and Ashley are searching for answers with their new friends Yonah Firekiller, a 16-year-old Cherokee boy, and 14-year-old Merle Chapman, whose family once lived on park land. But a heated argument over ancestral land rights puts the Landon kids in the middle of a clash of cultures. Tensions mount when Merle is caught in a lie—a lie that leads straight to the heart-pounding solution. This breathtaking new adventure features an afterword by a park naturalist on black bear behavior and the problems caused by tourists feeding wildlife. Night of the Black Bear is a fast-paced narrative treat filled with vivid descriptions of the natural, scientific, and cultural phenomena of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; a page-turner that will put this popular National Park high on the vacation wish-list of all young readers. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

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National Geographic Books

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1426309767

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9781426309762

Mysteries in Our National Parks: CliffHanger

A Mystery in Mesa Verde National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: CliffHanger

A Mystery in Mesa Verde National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski

Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster child Lucky.

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National Geographic Books

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1426300921

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9781426300929

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Valley of Death

A Mystery in Death Valley National Park

By: Alane Ferguson,Gloria Skurzynski

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Valley of Death

A Mystery in Death Valley National Park

By: Alane Ferguson,Gloria Skurzynski

Jack can’t believe what he’s hearing. His sister is being held hostage. Whoever snatched Ashley must have been following the Landons as they explored Death Valley National Park. But what do they want with Leesa? When Jack discovers why Leesa is on the run, he is determined to protect her. But how can he do that and save Ashley, too? One thing he knows for sure, failure is not an option. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

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Disney Electronic Content

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1426309716

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Cliff-Hanger

A Mystery in Mesa Verde National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Cliff-Hanger

A Mystery in Mesa Verde National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

When a cougar attacks a hiker in Mesa Verde National Park, the Landons have another mystery on their hands. Jack and Ashley are used to visiting parks with their wildlife veterinarian mother and photographer father, but this time their hands are full with a foster child called Lucky Deal. As Lucky and Jack become friends, Ashley becomes suspicious: What did Lucky take from the burn site? Who did she call in the night? In a midnight showdown at Spruce Tree House, Jack realizes there's more to fear than a killer cat. Cliff-Hanger weaves Native American folklore, natural science, and geography into a heart-pounding thriller. The afterword by Will Morris, Chief of Interpretation and Visitor Services at Mesa Verde, outlines the dangers of cougar attacks and the need to protect wild animals. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

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National Geographic Books

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1426309651

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9781426309656

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Out of the Deep

A Mystery in Acadia National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Out of the Deep

A Mystery in Acadia National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

A baby whale is the latest mammal stranded on the beaches of Acadia National Park. When the Landons run to get help, they don’t notice Bindy Callister slip away. When they track her down, she’s acting strange—she knows the strandings are no accident. She even knows those responsible. But she’s too scared to tell. Time is running out; and now the kids too are in real danger—unless Bindy talks!

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1426309732

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9781426309731

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Wolf Stalker

A Mystery in Yellowstone National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Wolf Stalker

A Mystery in Yellowstone National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

In this fast-paced adventure, the Landons trail a wounded wolf in Yellowstone National Park. The park is abuzz with rumors of a wolf attack. Meanwhile, a killer stalks the woods. Unaware of the danger, Jack and Ashley are more concerned about rebellious teenage foster child, Troy Haverson. From the opening moments at Old Faithful through 48 action-packed hours, the tension builds: What is lodged in the wolf's radio collar? And what is the meaning of the Native American story of Sin-a-Wavi? A heady mix of suspense, adventure, and moments of tenderness lure readers into this story of kids discovering the natural world. The book's afterword, by Yellowstone's Michael K. Phillips, explores the park's Wolf Restoration Program. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

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National Geographic Books

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1426309643

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9781426309649

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Deadly Waters

A Mystery in Everglades National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Deadly Waters

A Mystery in Everglades National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

The Landon family is Southbound—headed for Florida to investigate a mysterious illness plaguing endangered manatees in Everglades National Park. Jack, Ashley, and their friend Bridger soon find themselves in deadly waters with a seven-foot shark, an injured manatee—and a mystery to solve. Who was the stranger in the speedboat who snatched Jack's camera? And what does he have to do with the manatees? Join the heart-stopping chase through a maze of mangrove islands to find out!

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National Geographic Books

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142630966X

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9781426309663

Mysteries In Our National Parks: Ghost Horses

A Mystery in Zion National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries In Our National Parks: Ghost Horses

A Mystery in Zion National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

Life-threatening accidents keep plaguing the Landon family as they investigate the mysterious deaths of white mustangs at Zion National Park in Utah. Even before they get to the park, Jack Landon knows that Ethan Ingawanup spells trouble. Things start to go awry after Ethan and his sister—two Shoshone kids—are placed in the Landons' care. The questions begin to mount after Ethan teaches Jack and Ashley the ancient Ghost Dance: Are all the hair-raising events just coincidental? Or is there some strange magic in the dance ritual? The answers await in the raging waters of a slick-rock canyon called The Narrows. The afterword by Lyman Hafen of the Zion Natural History Association discusses white mustangs and public lands in Utah.

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Disney Electronic Content

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1426309694

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9781426309694

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Buried Alive

A Mystery in Denali National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Buried Alive

A Mystery in Denali National Park

By: Gloria Skurzynski,Alane Ferguson

Who was that man in the Park Service uniform who brought Jack and Ashley Landon into the wilds of Alaska’s Denali National Park along with their friend Nicky Milano? Whoever he was, he has given them a dogsled ride to certain death unless somebody finds them soon. Their troubles are about to get a whole heap deeper as the first rumblings of an avalanche turn into a deafening roar!

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1426309759

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9781426309755

Mysteries in Our National Parks: Running Scared

A Mystery in Carlsbad Caverns National Park

By: Alane Ferguson,Gloria Skurzynski

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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Running Scared

A Mystery in Carlsbad Caverns National Park

By: Alane Ferguson,Gloria Skurzynski

Jack and Ashley’s search for eight-year-old Sammy has left them hopelessly lost in a twisted maze of tunnels deep inside Carlsbad Caverns. Bats are everywhere, and the echoes of their screeching cries sends a chill through the trio. The only light is the candle in their lantern. What will happen when it burns out, leaving them in total darkness?

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Disney Electronic Content

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1426309740

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9781426309748

Free Stuff for Pet Lovers on the Internet

By: Gloria Hansen

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Free Stuff for Pet Lovers on the Internet

By: Gloria Hansen

As part of the "Free Stuff on the Internet" series, this book offers pet-loving Web surfers all the latest Internet sites, including guides for freshwater and saltwater aquarium owners; dozens of sites for different breeds of dogs, cats and birds; tips for caring for reptiles and exotic animals; and information on animal training, nutrition and safety. 150 illustrations.

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C&T Publishing Inc

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1571201246

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9781571201249

Night of the Black Bear

A Mystery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By: Alane Ferguson,Gloria Skurzynski

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Night of the Black Bear

A Mystery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By: Alane Ferguson,Gloria Skurzynski

While their mother investigates a series of bear attacks in and near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Jack and Ashley learn about country music and Cherokee people from two new friends, one of whom is keeping a secret.

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1426300948

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9781426300943

Race, Law, and American Society

1607-Present

By: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

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Race, Law, and American Society

1607-Present

By: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall

This second edition of Gloria Browne-Marshall’s seminal work , tracing the history of racial discrimination in American law from colonial times to the present, is now available with major revisions. Throughout, she advocates for freedom and equality at the center, moving from their struggle for physical freedom in the slavery era to more recent battles for equal rights and economic equality. From the colonial period to the present, this book examines education, property ownership, voting rights, criminal justice, and the military as well as internationalism and civil liberties by analyzing the key court cases that established America’s racial system and demonstrating the impact of these court cases on American society. This edition also includes more on Asians, Native Americans, and Latinos. Race, Law, and American Society is highly accessible and thorough in its depiction of the role race has played, with the sanction of the U.S. Supreme Court, in shaping virtually every major American social institution.

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Routledge

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1135087938

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9781135087937

Women Trailblazers of California

Pioneers to the Present

By: Gloria G Harris,Hannah S. Cohen

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Women Trailblazers of California

Pioneers to the Present

By: Gloria G Harris,Hannah S. Cohen

In a series of biographical profiles, this volume celebrates the lives and achievements of women who made history in the Golden State. Throughout California’s history, remarkable women have been at the core of change and innovation. In this fascinating volume, Gloria Harris and Hannah Cohen relate the stories of forty women whose struggles and achievements have paved the way for generations. Coming from all walks of life and entering a variety of fields—from activism and conservation to science, medicine, entertainment, and more—these women overcame prejudice, skepticism and injustice to prove that women can do anything. Visionary architect Julia Morgan designed Hearst Castle; Dolores Huerta co-founded United Farm Workers; Donaldina Cameron, the angry angel of Chinatown, rescued brothel workers; and silent film actress Mary Pickford helped form United Artists Pictures. From fearless pioneers to determined reformers, Harris and Cohen chronicle the triumphs and disappointments of diverse women who dared to take risks and break down barriers.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614236216

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9781614236214

Forget Me Not

How Do You Keep from Losing Your Mind While Your Husband Is Losing His?

By: Gloria P. Marshall

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Forget Me Not

How Do You Keep from Losing Your Mind While Your Husband Is Losing His?

By: Gloria P. Marshall

In March of 2001, my husband of 55 years died after suffering from Alzheimer's for ten agonizing years. Never in my fantasy of living happily ever after did I picture myself strolling down the grocery aisle debating whether my spouse would prefer Depends with Mickey Mouse on the crotch or just plain Pull-Ups. It's as if step by step the Alzheimer's patient is tiptoeing back to his childhood.

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Inkwell Productions

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0974970166

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9780974970165

Journey of a Bold Black American Woman

By: Dr. Gloria Willis

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Journey of a Bold Black American Woman

By: Dr. Gloria Willis

This journey is the life of an ordinary, everyday, person that made a difference in an extraordinary way in the home, the church, the community and in the USA. Her journey is an examination of the challenges faced as a minority in attempting to overcome racism and prejudice in a hostile society. She tested the Civil Rights Act, and marched several times with Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. The struggles faced in order to participate to make a positive contribution. The price paid for insisting upon living free in such an existence; and suggestion for paying the debt in full. Her journey includes fifty years after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. Her lifes experience also touched on elderly abuse.

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AuthorHouse

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1524615331

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9781524615338

Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

By: Gloria Dickie

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Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

By: Gloria Dickie

A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears—and the dangers they face. Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world; others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less known. In Eight Bears, journalist Gloria Dickie embarks on a globe-trotting journey to explore each bear’s story, whisking readers from the cloud forests of the Andes to the ice floes of the Arctic; from the jungles of India to the backwoods of the Rocky Mountain West. She meets with key figures on the frontlines of modern conservation efforts—the head of a rescue center for sun and moon bears freed from bile farms, a biologist known as Papa Panda, who has led China’s panda-breeding efforts for almost four decades, a conservationist retraining a military radar system to detect and track polar bears near towns—to reveal the unparalleled challenges bears face as they contend with a rapidly changing climate and encroaching human populations. Weaving together ecology, history, mythology, and a captivating account of her travels and observations, Dickie offers a closer look at our volatile relationship with these magnificent mammals. Engrossing and deeply reported, Eight Bears delivers a clear warning for what we risk losing if we don’t learn to live alongside the animals that have shaped our cultures, geographies, and stories.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324005092

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9781324005094

Coding iPhone Apps for Kids

A Playful Introduction to Swift

By: Gloria Winquist,Matt McCarthy

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Coding iPhone Apps for Kids

A Playful Introduction to Swift

By: Gloria Winquist,Matt McCarthy

Apple’s Swift is a powerful, beginner-friendly programming language that anyone can use to make cool apps for the iPhone or iPad. In Coding iPhone Apps for Kids, you’ll learn how to use Swift to write programs, even if you’ve never programmed before. You’ll work in the Xcode playground, an interactive environment where you can play with your code and see the results of your work immediately! You’ll learn the fundamentals of programming too, like how to store data in arrays, use conditional statements to make decisions, and create functions to organize your code—all with the help of clear and patient explanations. Once you master the basics, you’ll build a birthday tracker app so that you won’t forget anyone’s birthday and a platform game called Schoolhouse Skateboarder with animation, jumps, and more! As you begin your programming adventure, you’ll learn how to: –Build programs to save you time, like one that invites all of your friends to a party with just the click of a button! –Program a number-guessing game with loops to make the computer keep guessing until it gets the right answer –Make a real, playable game with graphics and sound effects using SpriteKit –Challenge players by speeding up your game and adding a high-score systemWhy should serious adults have all the fun? Coding iPhone Apps for Kids is your ticket to the exciting world of computer programming. Covers Swift 3.x and Xcode 8.x. Requires OS X 10.11 or higher.

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No Starch Press

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1593278373

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9781593278373

Alberta Newspapers 1880-1982: An Historical Directory

By: Gloria Strathern

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Alberta Newspapers 1880-1982: An Historical Directory

By: Gloria Strathern

Studies of Alberta's newspapers have generally concentrated on better-known newspapers published in major centres and the organs of significant political parties. Gloria H. Strathern's exhaustive historical directory makes it possible to review the role of the press on a more comprehensive basis.

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University of Alberta

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0888641370

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9780888641373

Grownup Eruptions & Explorations

My Beginning with No End

By: Gloria Pickersgill

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Grownup Eruptions & Explorations

My Beginning with No End

By: Gloria Pickersgill

Gloria Pickersgill does not sugarcoat important, ignored, real, and forgotten issues. She explores the fear of the unknown with the good and the bad: true love, friendship, hidden secrets of the world, and still a lot of happiness. In her four years at Howard University, she has experienced amazing and touching surprises, opportunities and success, and realities that turned into another volume of poetry. (1) Given a Color Sentence, (2) Slow It Down, (3) Sexual Corners, (4) Surrender Gunshots, and (5) Not Black Enough will show you the realities of life ignored and forgotten. Grownup Eruptions and Explorations still connected to My Beginning with No End series is only for adults with a mature mind and an open mind and the adventurous at heart. Gloria Pickersgill will remain true to herself. Ready or not, here she comes.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984543334

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9781984543332

An Eyewitness

By: Gloria J. Besley

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An Eyewitness

By: Gloria J. Besley

An Eyewitness By: Gloria J. Besley Gloria has lived an extraordinary life that is unimaginable to the average person. She is the eighth of ten children and the first in her family to finish high school and graduate college. Her mother was of Native American heritage and partially blind. Her father had a 2nd grade education but worked full-time at the railroad and operated a productive farm. Her family owned two homes, one in the city and another in the country. They were able to travel by train and take vacations from 1945-1960, which was extraordinary for families during that period. Gloria was taught that she could have anything she wanted with hard work, so she worked hard, challenged obstacles, and refused to accept failure as an option. While facing many challenges throughout life, she recognized fear as her greatest obstacle. She refused to allow fear to stop progress. Gloria has been a trailblazer in the accounting profession, real estate industry, and tax law. Gloria is an advocate for equality, human rights, and justice.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1648049826

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9781648049828

Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London

The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889

By: Gloria Clifton

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Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London

The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889

By: Gloria Clifton

This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the predecessor of the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works was an important body and its officials formed a large and significant professional group, not hitherto studied in such depth.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474241220

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9781474241229

Environmental Policy Analysis for Decision Making

By: J. Loomis,Gloria Helfand

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Environmental Policy Analysis for Decision Making

By: J. Loomis,Gloria Helfand

1. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYSIS: WHAT AND WHY? Why environmental policy analysis? Environmental issues are growing in visibility in local, national, and world arenas, as a myriad of human activities leads to increased impacts on the natural world. Issues such as climate change, endangered species, wilderness protection, and energy use are regularly on the front pages of newspapers. Governments at all levels are struggling with how to address these issues. Environmental policy analysis is intended to present the environmental and social impacts of policies, in the hope that better decisions will result when people have better information on which to base those decisions. Conducting environmental policy analysis requires people who understand what it is and how to do it. Interpreting it also requires those skills. We hope that this book will increase the abilities, both of analysts and of decision-makers, to understand and interpret the impacts of environmental policies. Policy analysis books almost invariably begin by pointing out that policy analysis can take many forms. This book is no different. As you will see in Chapter 1, we consider policy analysis to be information provided for the policy process. That information can take many forms, from sophisticated empirical analysis to general theoretical results, from summary statistics to game theoretic strategies.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306480239

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9780306480232

Michael Jackson in Search of Neverland + Bonus Chapter

Including New Bonus Chapter "Micheal Jackson's First Winter at Neverland"

By: Gloria Rhoads Berlin & Will Berlin II

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Michael Jackson in Search of Neverland + Bonus Chapter

Including New Bonus Chapter "Micheal Jackson's First Winter at Neverland"

By: Gloria Rhoads Berlin & Will Berlin II

MICHAEL JACKSON IN SEARCH OF NEVERLAND BOOK Comes with New Bonus Chapter "Michael Jackson's First Winter at Neverland" included.

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0615355730

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9780615355733

Bloom Where You Are Appointed

By: Gloria Smith

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Bloom Where You Are Appointed

By: Gloria Smith

This book is about a couples forty-year journey through ministry. They encounter challenges in their personal lives as they move from one place to another. Their main goal is to bloom where they are appointed! They do this by helping other people face the challenges and setbacks in life as well as rejoicing with them over the victories in life. Life never stays the same, and it requires knowing how to move on after suffering a setback or winning a victory. This, then, is their story.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462830552

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9781462830558

Hartford Wicked

Book One of the New England Series

By: Gloria H. Giroux

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Hartford Wicked

Book One of the New England Series

By: Gloria H. Giroux

1973. The Vietnam War ended. Richard Nixon began his second term as President of the United States. The Watergate Hearings splashed across TV screens for months foreshadowing the downfall of a tumultuous administration. OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, imposed an oil embargo that led to a sharp increase in gasoline prices and to Congress changing the national speed limit to 55mph, AKA “double nickels.” The Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade changed the face of women’s rights in controlling their own bodies. And in Hartford, the capital city of Connecticut, a talented young cat burglar is enjoying her profession and making a good living. She has no idea of the upheavals in her life that are simmering on the horizon. The first is a favor for a high-level mobster. A simple theft, it turns into a night of terror that has far-reaching consequences. At the same time her personal life is upended by familial twists that come out of left field and cause her to re-examine her values, life directions, emotional expectations, and what defines family. As she tries to navigate the twists and turns her life has taken and the unexpected choices she has to make she finds herself being dogged by a tenacious police detective, a determined killer, and the mobster that set her on a perilous course. Fleeing from attempts on her life she changes her name and builds a new life elsewhere. But the past has a way of catching up with you, and her past is closing in fast and furious...

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1663240795

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Magical Stories for the Special Princes and Princesses in Our Lives

By: Gloria Ifeanyi

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Magical Stories for the Special Princes and Princesses in Our Lives

By: Gloria Ifeanyi

This book of magical stories was written for kids who love reading and are excited about magic and for parents who love their kids and believe that their children are the special princes and princesses in their lives. Magical stories can be a way to get kids who are disinclined to reading to enjoy reading books. Also, this book is a collection of fictional, magical stories that will delight children of ages five to ten years old and above. These fascinating magical stories are some of the best educative bedtime stories for kids and included are educational fun time activities that will engage their minds. The lessons from these stories will help grow kids’ imaginations and their love for reading, while learning about courage, obedience, honesty, kindness, friendship, respect, and love for one another. Kids, as you embark on this magical adventure, immerse yourself in the delightful world of these magical stories, with lots of thrilling twists and turns.

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1796031127

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Devil Cholla

Volume Three of the Arizona Trilogy

By: Gloria H. Giroux

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Devil Cholla

Volume Three of the Arizona Trilogy

By: Gloria H. Giroux

In Tucson, Arizona, the Union Jack team joins the police and FBI to investigate the facts behind the conviction and death sentence of a supposedly innocent young man. Mystifying clues stymie their efforts, and when new murders of children and prostitutes begin to multiply, the hunt heats up. Quint, Deliverance, Wilde, and Victor find themselves in a deadly quagmire of misdirection, secrets, and pure evil. But this time around, their teenage children are drawn into the Union Jack circle. Approaching adulthood with smarts, daring, and determination, two daughters choose vocations that relate to crime investigation, while a son takes a path into the dark recesses of the mind. As a pair of siblings insinuate themselves into the lives of the team, their fates all hinge on the mystery. Can they put an end to the ferocious threat that challenges their future, or will this villain prove to be superior and cause their downfall? The clock ticks as the source of evil becomes clear ... and shocking.

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153206814X

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Remarkable Women of San Diego

Pioneers, Visionaries and Innovators

By: Hannah S. Cohen,Gloria G. Harris

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Remarkable Women of San Diego

Pioneers, Visionaries and Innovators

By: Hannah S. Cohen,Gloria G. Harris

San Diego enjoys a diverse legacy of formidable female leaders. Ellen Browning Scripps financed and established the groundbreaking Scripps Oceanography Institute. In 1927, Belle Benchley became the nation's first female zoo director and for nearly thirty years pioneered new forms of exhibition and developed the world-class San Diego Zoo. Guatemalan activist and advocate Luisa Moreno established the United Fish Cannery Workers Union to protect the rights of workers during World War II. Ruth Alexander set new altitude records for light planes at the peak of the city's aviation boom. Bertha Pendleton became the first female and first African American San Diego school superintendent in 1993. Authors Hannah Cohen and Gloria Harris document these and many more stories of extraordinary local women.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625857268

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Shattered Sense of Innocence

The 1955 Murders of Three Chicago Children

By: Richard C Lindberg,Gloria Jean Sykes

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Shattered Sense of Innocence

The 1955 Murders of Three Chicago Children

By: Richard C Lindberg,Gloria Jean Sykes

In October 1955, three Chicago boys were found murdered, their bodies naked and dumped in a ditch in Robinson Woods on the city’s Northwest Side. A community and a nation were shocked. In a time when such crimes against children were rare, the public was transfixed as local television stations aired stark footage of the first hours of the investigation. Life and Newsweek magazines published exclusive stories the following week. When Kenneth Hansen was convicted and sentenced for the murders, the case was considered solved—until questions were raised about Hansen’s presumed guilt. Shattered Sense of Innocence: The 1955 Murders of Three Chicago Children tells the gripping story of the three murdered boys—thirteen-year-old John Schuessler, his eleven-year-old brother, Anton, and thirteen-year-old Bobby Peterson—and the quest to find and bring to justice their killer. Authors Richard C. Lindberg and Gloria Jean Sykes recount the bungled 1955 police investigation, the failures of multiple law enforcement agencies, and the subsequent convictions of Kenneth Hansen, in 1995 and 2002, and present new information concerning two suspects overlooked by police for five decades. The authors deftly examine all sides of this tragic story, drawing on exclusive interviews with law enforcement agents, with horse trainers affiliated with the so-called horse mafia, and with the man convicted of the murders, Kenneth Hansen. This intensely intimate account offers a rare glimpse into one community and examines how these atrocious crimes altered public perceptions nationwide. Shattered Sense of Innocence, which is also a story of political controversy, a determined federal agent’s quest for justice, and a community’s loss of innocence, includes fifty illustrations.

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0809388197

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Penllyn Village: Lest We Forget

A History and Personal Memories of a Black Settlement in Lower Gwynnedd Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

By: E. Gloria Stewart Jones

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Penllyn Village: Lest We Forget

A History and Personal Memories of a Black Settlement in Lower Gwynnedd Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

By: E. Gloria Stewart Jones

This book is written especially to honor the residents in a small black community whose time as a totally black community may be ending. . Not all Black Americans have lived in the urban areas of this country; not a better life, but different. It is hoped that any who read this book would see that the hopes, dreams, and life styles of many Black Americans are no different than those of other Americans. This story is about such people. Just beyond the Bethlehem Baptist Church on the corner of Penllyn-Blue Bell Pike and Trewellyn Avenue, in the village of Penllyn, Lower Gwynedd Township, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, rests a predominantly black settlement. The people who founded the church are the same people who established a firm foundation for the community. But there is something more to the church and residents whose presence there dates back 120 years. The author’s purpose is to document their presence before their rich history is swept away by changing demographics. The book’s focus is on the black immigrants from Virginia who were recruited from the farmlands of Westmoreland County, Virginia to those in Gywnedd and surrounding areas in Pennsylvania. There is a brief acknowledgment of the settlement of the Welsh and other Eastern and Southern Europeans, as well as the aristocracy, who came before. Also noted are the ties to the Revolutionary War and structures that could be considered as historic sites still remaining in the village. A review of their southern roots was important to understanding the residents’ success in their new home. They had strong ties to their families and skills already gained back home. Some came to make enough money to send home to buy the farmland back in Virginia that their forefathers had farmed under the yoke of slavery. Some succeeded and returned home. Others remained to find work in the mills, and estates of the wealthy; some were able to start small businesses of their own. Their settlement began with a prayer group of nineteen people that met in a home in Springhouse, PA, in 1885. Told from the perspective of the elders in the community the expanding group had already become a community in faith and spirit if not in residence. In 1888, having outgrown their meeting site they established a church in Penllyn Village, and the first black resident moved into the village. When malicious arson caused that church to burn down, they built another. For the greater part of 120 years the church was their anchor. It is continually illustrated that the early church leadership encouraged them in developing business acumen, political savvy, and artistic talents. Two major land investments established the village as a black community. The first was the purchase of a block of land by young black entrepreneurs in the early 1900s. It was during that time one sees the development of businesses and self-sufficiency that held their community together. The second and most challenging occurred in 1947, when they were able to develop, what is believed to be the first Black corporation in the state of Pennsylvania, in order to buy the Pershing estate. The Penllyn Home builders Association, Inc., sold stock for fifty dollars a share and bought the 40-acre estate. As a result 50 more black owned homes were added to the community. A discussion of their social and recreational activities from the early 1900s on, are what has been observe in American culture throughout that same time span. Simple church picnics, hometown roller rinks, the ice cream parlor, the old swimming hole are typical hometown entertainments of decades past. There is an array of musical talent of an unusual proportion in such a small population, ranging from instrumental, and singing to, contemporary jazz bands. You will note that the residents have never shirked their civic duty. Since the 1930s and 1940s and currently, they have been actively involved in all aspects of the political spectrum from consis

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1469117088

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Our Life With Birds

A Nature Trails Book

By: Gloria A. Tveten

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Our Life With Birds

A Nature Trails Book

By: Gloria A. Tveten

For over 25 years the Tvetens wrote a weekly column for the Houston Chronicle called Nature Trails. This is the best of their writings on birds.

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1585443808

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Santa Fe Heat

Volume Three of the New Mexico Trilogy

By: Gloria H. Giroux

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Santa Fe Heat

Volume Three of the New Mexico Trilogy

By: Gloria H. Giroux

The 1980s were a miasma of new thoughts, fashions, music, and ideas and for many people a respite from the turbulent ’70s. The city of Santa Fe is bursting with the new veneer. Even so, there are dark clouds roiling over the city and its inhabitants, stoking fires that will consume the innocent as well as the guilty. The next generation of the Grayhawk clan and their close relatives and friends has begun to make its mark, many choosing the professions of their parents or friends. Although their development is generally positive, the plague of the decade has infiltrated their lives and changed the course of many. Besides the personal impacts of life, the clan finds themselves battling evil on two fronts. One antagonist is executing vengeance on people who have wrought inhuman savagery on the world, seeking true “eye for an eye” justice. The other seeks a much more personal vengeance directed at Memphis Grayhawk and his family and lurks in the background until the time is ready to strike. The passion and determination of all factions heats up until it bursts into a roaring conflagration. Will it consume only the unremorseful perpetrators, or will the flames of hatred burn everything in sight, leaving only ash and destruction?

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1663221790

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Jacqueline Hick

Born Wise

By: Gloria Strzelecki

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Jacqueline Hick

Born Wise

By: Gloria Strzelecki

Jacqueline Hick (1919-2004) was one of Australia's most successful figurative painters. This book showcases many of Hick's finest works, and traces a life that, like her art, was imbued with wit, wisdom and empathy.

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Wakefield Press

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1743052006

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Rina's Family Secret

By: Gloria Velásquez

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Rina's Family Secret

By: Gloria Velásquez

A Puerto Rican teenager describes her family's life with her abusive stepfather in alternating chapters with the story of the counselor who is trying to help them.

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1558852336

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Passage to America

Celebrated European Visitors in Search of the American Adventure

By: Gloria Deák

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Passage to America

Celebrated European Visitors in Search of the American Adventure

By: Gloria Deák

America was a source of fascination to Europeans arriving there during the course of the nineteenth century. At first glance, the New World was very similar to the societies they left behind in their native countries, but in many aspects of politics, culture and society, the American experience was vastly different - almost unrecognisably so - from Old World Europe. Europeans were astounded that America could survive without a monarch, a standing army and the hierarchical society which still dominated Europe. Some travellers, such as the actress Fanny Kemble, were truly convinced America would eventually revert to a monarchy; others, such as Frances Wright and even Oscar Wilde, took their opinions further, and attempted to fix aspects of America - described in 1827 by the young Scottish captain Basil Hall, as 'one of England's "occasional failures"'. Many prominent visitors to the United States recorded their responses to this emerging society in their diaries, letters and journals; and many of them, like the fulminating Frances Trollope, were brutally and offensively honest in their accounts of the New World. They provide an insight into an America which is barely recognizable today whilst their writings set down a diverse and lively assortment of personal travel accounts. This book compares the impressions of a group of discerning and prominent Europeans from the cultural sphere - from the writers Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray and Oscar Wilde to luminaries of music and theatre such as Tchaikovsky and Fanny Kemble. Their reactions to the New World are as revealing of the European and American worlds as they are colourful and varied, providing a unique insight into the experiences of nineteenth century travelers to America.

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0857723189

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9780857723185

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