Tells the story of a group of farm girls who met while attending Iowa's Teacher's College and who shared a "yen to see some things." A blend of oral and written history, adventure, memoir, and just plain heartfelt living, this book presents a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
She's hardly a cowgirl... Cat Crendall left a successful advertising job in New York to teach art workshops in the wild west. The Boyd Ranch is hardly her dream destination, but if the outing's a success, the company will send her to more exotic locations. But once a cowboy... Mack Boyd was in the middle of the best bronc-riding season of his life when his mother asked for help with an artists' retreat at the ranch. Mack might be able to ride a wild stallion to a standstill but he can't say no to his family. Cat and Mack are complete opposites...but when the ranch is threatened financially, can they set aside their differences and work together?
Special educator Joanne De Simone bears all in this raw and transformative memoir that captures how she used lessons of modern dance in her journey through motherhood with two children with disabilities. When the pediatrician places the measuring tape around her infant’s head and notes, “His head is a little small,” Joanne knows that motherhood won’t be as she had dreamt. Even as a special educator, Joanne isn’t prepared to raise a child with a life-limiting brain malformation. Nor is she ready for the compounded pain and alienation that comes when her second son is diagnosed with autism. But the struggle to balance her sons’ medical and educational challenges drives Joanne to reconnect with the lessons she learned as a modern dancer—and there she finds enlightenment. Inspired by her experience performing José Limón’s There Is a Time, based on Ecclesiastes 3, each chapter of Fall and Recovery details a dance lesson and the dichotomy of parenting children with disabilities. Over time, Joanne discovers that surviving motherhood isn’t a matter of strength, bravery, or faith. It’s a matter of linking your past experiences and creating your own purpose. It’s realizing that we live simultaneously in love and grief. In the end, dance teaches Joanne not only how to move freely through pain but also how to fall and recover.
Sparks fly when a sexy cowboy collides with a determined city girl out in a West filled with quirky characters and sizzling romance. Acclaimed for delivering "a fresh take on the traditional contemporary Western," Joanne Kennedy's books might just be your next great discovery! From stable to boardroom... Sarah Landon's Ivy League scholarship transforms her from a wide-eyed country girl into a poised professional. Until she's assigned to do damage control with the boss's rebellious brother Lane, who's the burr in everybody's saddle. He's determined to save his community from oil drilling, and she's not going back to the ranch she left forever. Spurs will shine in this saucy romp about ranchers and roots, redemption and second chances. Praise for Tall, Dark and Cowboy: "Charming."—RT Book Reviews "A sassy and sexy wild ride that is more fun than a wild hootenanny!"—The Romance Reviews, 5 Stars "Practically sizzles off the page."—Eva's Sanctuary "Another steamy, suspenseful offering from the popular Kennedy."—Booklist
A visual experience of poetry examining common occurrences that transcend the human condition. The writings of educator Joanne West and the photography of Mike Allison blend to create a comforting trip through the past, present and future. A journey that defines who we were, who we are and who we should be. Poetry by Joanne West. Photography by Mike Allison.
This book is intended to engender debate. Its subject, faith in a modern Buddhist context, almost always carries with it the widespread but erroneous assumption that it is completely unimportant to the Buddhist path. Without really knowing what it is and how it differs from theistic versions, faith has been given a bad name. Moreover, naivety regarding the colonial orientalist agenda and bias of early Zen exegetes in the West has allowed modern Zennists to accept, almost unquestioningly, the view that faith and knowledge occupy opposite ends of the practice spectrum. As a result, trusted and authentic sources of authority, Zen ancestors and sutras, have often been prevented from speaking about a doctrinally sound and legitimate tool of realization mentioned in a stunningly large amount of sutras. It has also resulted in an erroneous and often condescending view of “faith schools” of Buddhism. Now is the perfect time in Zen’s journey in the West to reassess and address these shortcomings.
Responsible Care – A Case Study is the first book of its kind to provide insight into the development and evolution of Responsible Care and its influence of societal outcomes on the basis of case studies. It provides readers in industry, government, and academia with the principles and innovative thinking associated with the Responsible Care ethic as a means to promote and implement such advanced concepts in their own institution. The book is not only a teaching aid for university curriculum, it also serves as a practical tool to industrial management and staff to improve industrial policies. The last chapter illustrates a practical example of a workshop held at McMaster University, Canada, which can be used as a model for readers to use this book as an educational tool.
The biography of Sarah Bickford, born a slave in Tennessee, who became the first African American female public utilities owner of the Virginia City Water Company and spent three decades promoting tourism at a historic building where the Montana Vigilantes lynched five men"--
Find out about why Americans journeyed west, the hardships they faced and the effect of westward expansion on Native Americans. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guide and Comprehension Question Card)
NYPD Police Report Re Messina Case 1900 Hrs: Subject Alec Messina (going by the name of Al Perez–no priors under either) detained by Detective Vanessa Torres. Subject alleged to have embezzled funds. Charges possible pending investigation.
Pressure Garments: A Manual on their Design & Fabrication presents the development and principles of pressure therapy. It discusses the physical description and treatment of burns. It addresses the emotional and physical effect of scars caused by burn injury. Some of the topics covered in the book are the comparison of keloid and hypertrophic scars; management of hypertrophic scarring; methods of pressure application; complications of pressure therapy; pressure therapy treatment regimen; stages in garment design and production; glove measurements; and design considerations. The description of upper limb garments is fully covered. An in-depth account of the measurements, pattern drafting, fabric cutting, and sewing of the garment is provided. The book can provide useful information to therapists, students, and researchers.
Perhaps all of us yearn for that place where our hearts are formed, that place of childhood that, once exited, remains lost. A journey that runs from an adventurous childhood in West Africa to survival in the strange urban jungles of America is exquisitely portrayed through prose, poetry, art and photography. In this book we walk the paths of home sickness, heart ache, abandonment and loss. Portrayed with tensile strength and the vivid colors of hand spun cotton the author's journey to acceptance and survival draws us in. Above it all, joy shimmers in small, exquisite moments of light. https: //sites.google.com/site/sanghabini/
A pen mightier than prejudice'. Joanne's 'East Meets West' ancestors - Cherokee, Irish, German, Filipino and American - learn and live the essence of 'Unity in Diversity'.They leave their descendants a legacy where there is no racial, religious, age, gender or socio-economic prejudices. They conclude that there is profound 'Wisdom from Wounding'. They are made better (not bitter) about their centuries of suffrage, at the hands of many conquerors. This tale tantalizes the mind, heart and spirit with myriads of feelings, values and traditions. It is definitely for the reader who is: an unconditional lover of humanity, an adventurer, a seeker of profound wisdom, a realist yet idealist, a believer in eternal love and loyalty, a Nature-lover and a Mother Earth conservationist. It is written for those who appreciate traditions such as: Harvest Ceremony, Manhood Quest, St. Patrick's Day, October Fest, Christmas, 'First Footing' and other cultural traditions.
URGE TO DANCE" IS JOANNE SHEEHY HOOVER'S FIFTH POETRY COLLECTION. THIS NEW BOOK BOTH PROBES FOR MEANING IN WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN HER LIFE AND THE WORLD ABOUT HER TO THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT. SUBJECTS ARE WIDE RANGING, FROM SCENES INSPIRED BY THE TIME SHE LIVED ABROAD TO SCENES FROM THE SOUTHWEST WHERE SHE NOW LIVES. HER POEMS OFFER PROVOCATIVE INSIGHTS INTO WHAT SHE CALLS THE JOURNEY OF LIFE. IN THE POEM "SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING'" SHE CONJURES UP A VIVID SCENE OF LIFE IN RURAL SCOTLAND WHERE SHE LIVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ANOTHER POEM "I LOVE CALIFORNIANS" TURNS THE FOCUS ON HER COUNTRYMEN WITH A THOUGHTFUL SCENE SET ON THE WEST COAST. THERE ARE POEMS THAT SPEAK OF REGRETS ABOUT MISSTEPS MADE IN THE PAST. IN THESE SHE EVOKES VIVIDLY OUR IMPOSSIBLE BUT OH SO HUMAN WISH TO MEND THOSE PAST ERRORS. THE POEM "SILENT TEARS" TOUCHINGLY DESCRIBES THE PAINS OF "MEMORIES THAT NEITHER I NOR THOSE HURT CAN ERASE." "END GAME" IS A CELEBRATION OF THE MYSTERY OF LIFE ON EARTH, "THIS SINGULAR PLACE." "SEEING TRUE" DELICATELY DESCRIBES THE PLEASURES AND PAIN OF A COUPLE'S LONG LIFE TOGETHER AS THEY MOVE "TOWARD SEAS FED BY ETERNITY.
After a years long absence, chocolatier Vianne Rocher returns to the village of Lansquenet in south-west France, to find that newcomers from North Africa have brought big changes to the community, and a minaret is now situated next to the church of Saint-Jerome, calling people to prayer.
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