Jennifer Duncanís debut collection of fiction, Sanctuary and Other Stories, introduces a brilliant and innovative new voice to Canadian literature. These fourteen stories, interconnected and set in the Toronto punk scene of the 1980s, are startling in the humour and grace they bring to a subculture too often presented in the media as one-dimensional and anti-social. In a language both passionate and wryly self-aware, Jennifer Duncan creates a world that is totally convincing in its detail and its rich humanity. Critical Comment ìLetter-perfect, edgy chronicles of life in the Gen-X zone. Duncan writes with precision, humour, and confidence. Delightful ...î ó Sarah Sheard, author of The Swing Era and The Hypnotist ìThese nervy wired stories fibrillate with the energy of their raw inquiry into the trippy fastdance of contemporary identities adrift and amok in downtown T.O. and environs; at this level, the stories revel in a stark new naturalism sharply attuned to a stark new milieu. But these are stories that also preen, first, in language, at once swooning through their speakersí poetic riffs and disowning them with an elaborate knowing shrug.î ó Canadian Literature ìThis is a strong womanís voice, with no intention at all of hiding the obstacles set in her charactersí paths by other peopleís exploitation, perceptions, and demands.î ó The Link, 2000
She may have been holding a gun, or an axe, or her hiked-up skirts, but she was there, in the Klondike of the Gold Rush. And her decision to venture everything on the dream of northern gold was in every way bolder and riskier than any man’s. In Frontier Spirit, Jennifer Duncan celebrates the lives of women who, in defiance of traditional expectations, left their homes, their families, and their professions, to make the arduous journey through a punishing climate and unfamiliar wilderness to seek their fortunes in the Klondike. The story of women in the Klondike begins with the strong and knowledgeable women who were there before the race for riches began -- First Nations women like Shaaw Tláa, whose experience and traditional skills were critical to the survival of her white prospector husband, and ultimately, to the discovery that sparked the Gold Rush. The white women who joined the Klondike Stampede came from all walks of life: rich and poor, educated and illiterate, single and married. Wealthy socialite Martha Black left her world of comfort to pursue a career as a miner, mill manager, and politician on the northern frontier. Belinda Mulrooney, an Irish farm girl, arrived in Dawson with a quarter to her name but used her business acumen and canny resourcefulness to turn the shantytown into a city and herself into its richest woman. And then there’s Kate Rockwell, a working-class girl from Kansas City, whose thirst for fame and adulation led her over the treacherous waters of the Whitehorse rapids and fired her ascent to the title of Queen of the Klondike. Duncan has spent the last five years experiencing Dawson City in all its seasons and, like the women who came before her, she has fallen under the spell of the North, coming to love its wilderness, its challenges, and its rugged glory. With remarkable empathy, imagination and personal insight, Duncan creates an engrossing portrait of the splendour of the Yukon, breathing life into the stories of the daring and diverse women of the Klondike and the grandeur of the adventurers who gambled everything to find their fortunes there.
A thought provoking and unique glimpse into the contemplations of a young lady coming into her own. Honesty permeates through the lines of prose which allows the reader to reflect on moments that occur through life. The pages of Quilted Perceptions of Love, Life, and Loss will evoke emotions of joy and thoughtful reflection as the author leaves no emotion untouched. Jennifer Wood touches on difficult topics of lost loves and disintegrated friendships, but balances life's turmoil's with inspirational words and poems of a woman coming into her own.
Like its 2007 and 2009 companion volumes, this 2011 volume provides evidence-based insights and a step-by-step guide on how to use NDNQI data to improve the quality of care; discusses how to apply to practice the lessons of the book's eleven case studies; includes an overview of quality improvement and a listing of online and written resources; and contains an appendix listing the NDNQI measures by category. NDNQI Case Studies in Nursing Quality Improvement can stand alone or be combined with the 2007 and 2009 volumes as a resource for educators teaching nursing students about quality practice, staff training and continuing education, and nursing executives and other healthcare staff, researchers, NDNQI site coordinators, quality improvement professionals, staff nurses, and any healthcare professionals concerned with quality issues.
Situated in Beth-Hill, where imagination meets reality, is The Rose Emporium, owned by elderly and not-a-little-odd Rose Duncan. The large Victorian house smackdab in the middle of nowhere is a cross between a pawn shop and an antique store that caters to supernatural creatures needing to barter. Rose's twenty-something niece, Abby Duncan, discovers that the world isn't made up of just run-of-the-mill, ordinary humans but an entire spectrum of unusual beings. With her preconceptions about what's normal and what's not turned upside-down, Abby is in for a whole lot of startling truths, mysteries--about herself and the people and places around her--and danger. Winston Matthew Delaney, a former vampire hunter, has been sentenced to seven years labor at Madame Mim's Teahouse. In his late thirties, Winston has spent most of his life strongly believing that vampires have no place in the world and his purpose was to eliminate them. He'd been training his own apprentice Josh to believe the same when he was captured. Josh continues to seek out his master and rescue him. But, shocking himself most of all, Winston discovers a truth that changes everything he's ever believed and based his principles on: Most vampires have no desire to kill and proliferate; instead, they only want to live their lives in peace. Arabella Bauer believes her brother died in a car accident. In part, that's true. But he was a no-good drunk and actually caused the accident that took the life of one of the men in the other car involved. Only Colin survived. Despite being badly injured himself, Colin killed Arabella's brother in retaliation. Arabella is contacted by Josh, who attempts to win her over into believing vampires are real. He gives her information that leads her to The Rose Emporium...and Colin, a vampire...
Some Indian tribes have garnered considerable wealth through gaming operations and other businesses. Congress has recommended that the tribes with substantial revenues of their own should become more self-sufficient, and that the Tribal Priority Allocations (TPA) distributed by the Interior Dept.'s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) should be targeted at the most economically needy tribes. This report reviews BIA's method for distributing TPA funds and provides additional information that could be useful in distributing TPA funds. It also provides a BIA-wide summary, by area office, of TPA distributions per capita. Charts and tables.
To atone for her father's evil, Lauren Campbell agrees to help Malcolm MacGregor. By the time she realizes she's the bargaining price to free Malcolm's mother from indentured servitude, it's too late. Malcolm MacGregor only wants to free his family and exact revenge against Duncan Campbell. As the pride and joy of Duncan's life, his daughter Lauren is the perfect answer, but during the voyage to America, her faith continues to witness to Malcolm. He becomes enraptured with her, and upon their arrival, discovers he's sold her into a fate worse than death. Now Malcolm has the dilemma: free his family or rescue Lauren? Time is short and with little means, he needs a miracle.
Jacob's ABC's of Exercise, Instruction Manual offers a structured, comprehensive, educational, and fun programs that promotes the importance of physical activity. Children need to be engage in regular interactive physical activity on a daily basis. This book is geared to enhancing the knowledge of children through the use of various activities and educational reinforcement.
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