In the shadow of the Dark Ages, the North East coast of Britain trembles under the threat of relentless Viking raids. Villages are pillaged, families torn apart, and the dread of Norsemen keeps every heart captive. Erik, once a Viking himself, deserted his brethren, repelled by the very cruelty he was once part of. Having forged a peaceful existence as a blacksmith, Erik treasures his newfound life and the family that now defines him. But the spectre of his past haunts him, for his old comrades seek vengeance for his perceived betrayal, threatening all he cherishes. Driven by desperation and love, Erik employs his skills to create a masterpiece—a magnificent sword birthed from fire and determination. With an ethereal amber stone embedded in its hilt, gifted by his loving wife, this sword is no ordinary weapon. It pulses with a profound promise: to shield and defend. Imbued with mystic energy, it vows protection not just for Erik’s kin but for generations of his clan to come. Yet, the sword’s true destiny awaits the arrival of its destined Keeper. Only then will its full power be unleashed, and the legacy of protection truly begin. Dive into The Genesis of the Sword, a tale of valour, love, and a weapon that transcends time.
Brother Luke, Keeper of the Sword, faces a daunting task. The Sword, weary from its battles, yearns for rest, and it falls upon Brother Luke to find a secure haven where it can slumber until called upon once more. His journey has taken him across the length and breadth of the British Isles, yet the elusive spot remains hidden. As he trudges across another desolate moor, the heavens unleash a torrent of rain, hammering down upon him. Cold, wet, and on the brink of despair, Brother Luke fears that without help, he will soon succumb to the harsh elements. With his last ounce of strength, he seeks aid in a nearby village, but his pleas are met with cold indifference. Told to leave, he has no choice but to resume his arduous journey. Tragedy strikes when Brother Luke is viciously attacked, kicked, beaten, and left for dead. His precious charge, the Sword, is stolen from him. Barely clinging to life, he is discovered by chance. Despite his grave condition, Brother Luke knows that he must rise once more and find the Sword, no matter where it may be. His mission is far from over, and he will stop at nothing to fulfil his sacred duty as Keeper of the Sword.
While staying with his aged relative, miles away from his home and friends, James finds a playground, complete with a stream and a waterfall running through it. On the other side of the water, is another young lad, much the same age. Someone who is as keen to have a friend as he is. James crosses the bridge and enters Gordon’s world. They uncover an ancient sword. They can’t tell anyone about it or they will be in trouble so they hide the object until the following year. Only, things don’t go to plan. James returns but things have changed. His friend is nowhere to be found. Instead, James finds himself drawn into adventures and mysteries crossing time and space. James finds himself caught up in events from the 1960s, 1066 and even the Gunpowder Plot. He and the sword must now work together to try to keep history on track.
Mrs Poser lives in the UK with her beloved dog Amble, a Golden Labrador, and her two cats, Teaser and Wafter. Then, her daughter lands a dream job that will take her to Australia for two years, and wants Mrs Poser and Amble to join her. Mrs Poser is thrown into a quandary. Should she leave her cats, take Amble and go to Australia for two years, so she can be with her two grandchildren and watch them grow up? But then what about the cats, what about her best friend Mrs Pullalong and Badger, Amble's best friend? A solution comes from unexpected quarters. Mr Helpful, a friend of the two women, has a sister Harriet, who lives in Scotland. Harriet has been wanting to move nearer to him. She steps in and agrees to take care of the cats and the house until Mrs Poser and Amble return. This charming story, told from the perspective of Amble and the other animals, takes us all along on their marvellous adventure to Australia, a land so different from their home, but a place where they make firm friends and have loads of adventures.
Like a 'rose in the desert', there is hope in this book. We often perceive that things are a certain way in our neighbor's house. But when the door is opened we often find that we were wrong. It is my turn to open the door. Some things revealed will be a surprise, some may not be. But it probably won't be what you would think. I hope you are ready to enter the door to my house!
Brother Luke, Keeper of the Sword, faces a daunting task. The Sword, weary from its battles, yearns for rest, and it falls upon Brother Luke to find a secure haven where it can slumber until called upon once more. His journey has taken him across the length and breadth of the British Isles, yet the elusive spot remains hidden. As he trudges across another desolate moor, the heavens unleash a torrent of rain, hammering down upon him. Cold, wet, and on the brink of despair, Brother Luke fears that without help, he will soon succumb to the harsh elements. With his last ounce of strength, he seeks aid in a nearby village, but his pleas are met with cold indifference. Told to leave, he has no choice but to resume his arduous journey. Tragedy strikes when Brother Luke is viciously attacked, kicked, beaten, and left for dead. His precious charge, the Sword, is stolen from him. Barely clinging to life, he is discovered by chance. Despite his grave condition, Brother Luke knows that he must rise once more and find the Sword, no matter where it may be. His mission is far from over, and he will stop at nothing to fulfil his sacred duty as Keeper of the Sword.
In the shadow of the Dark Ages, the North East coast of Britain trembles under the threat of relentless Viking raids. Villages are pillaged, families torn apart, and the dread of Norsemen keeps every heart captive. Erik, once a Viking himself, deserted his brethren, repelled by the very cruelty he was once part of. Having forged a peaceful existence as a blacksmith, Erik treasures his newfound life and the family that now defines him. But the spectre of his past haunts him, for his old comrades seek vengeance for his perceived betrayal, threatening all he cherishes. Driven by desperation and love, Erik employs his skills to create a masterpiece—a magnificent sword birthed from fire and determination. With an ethereal amber stone embedded in its hilt, gifted by his loving wife, this sword is no ordinary weapon. It pulses with a profound promise: to shield and defend. Imbued with mystic energy, it vows protection not just for Erik’s kin but for generations of his clan to come. Yet, the sword’s true destiny awaits the arrival of its destined Keeper. Only then will its full power be unleashed, and the legacy of protection truly begin. Dive into The Genesis of the Sword, a tale of valour, love, and a weapon that transcends time.
While staying with his aged relative, miles away from his home and friends, James finds a playground, complete with a stream and a waterfall running through it. On the other side of the water, is another young lad, much the same age. Someone who is as keen to have a friend as he is. James crosses the bridge and enters Gordon’s world. They uncover an ancient sword. They can’t tell anyone about it or they will be in trouble so they hide the object until the following year. Only, things don’t go to plan. James returns but things have changed. His friend is nowhere to be found. Instead, James finds himself drawn into adventures and mysteries crossing time and space. James finds himself caught up in events from the 1960s, 1066 and even the Gunpowder Plot. He and the sword must now work together to try to keep history on track.
Presents the opinion of the GAO on the financial statements of the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Assoc. Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF) for the years ended Dec. 31, 2000 and 1999. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), the administrator of the 3 funds. This report also presents (1) GAO's opinion on the effectiveness of FDIC's internal control as of Dec. 31, 2000, and (2) GAO's evaluation of FDIC's compliance with laws and regulations during 2000. In addition, it discusses a reportable weakness in information system general controls detected during GAO 2000 audits, and the future activities of FRF.
Baltimore's classic Fells Point, historic Federal Hill, cultural Mount Vernon, authentic Little Italy state-of-the-art Oriole Park at Camdenyards and popular Inner Harbor come together for excitement and learning in the pages of The Insiders' Guide RM to Baltimore. Local authors explore the museums, shops and restaurants as well as little-known locals' Favorites and offer behind the scenes information you won't find in the tourist brochures. Insightful descriptions. pricing guidelines, Insiders' Tips, maps, photos and more provide street-savvy know-how whether you're planning a weekend getaway or creating a permanent home in Charm City.
This book examines how sustainability has the potential to transform both the fashion system and the innovators who work within it. Sustainability is arguably the defining theme of the twenty-first century. The issues in fashion are broad-ranging and include labour abuses, toxic chemicals use and conspicuous consumption, giving rise to an undeniable tension between fashion and sustainability. The book is organized in three parts. The first part is concerned with transforming fashion products across the garment's lifecycle and includes innovation in materials, manufacture, distribution, use and re-use. The second part looks at ideas that are transforming the fashion system at root into something more sustainable, including new business models that reduce material throughput. The third section is concerned with transforming the role of fashion designers and looks to examples where the designer changes from a stylist or creator into a communicator, activist or facilitator.
Like a 'rose in the desert', there is hope in this book. We often perceive that things are a certain way in our neighbor's house. But when the door is opened we often find that we were wrong. It is my turn to open the door. Some things revealed will be a surprise, some may not be. But it probably won't be what you would think. I hope you are ready to enter the door to my house!
Holding Pattern is a perfect weave of a story when Iris receives an invitation to visit her Great-Aunt Myra on Lookout Mountain, in 1962. She discovers various "holding patterns" through crafts, minerals, and history and with delightful surprise at the end.
Written by immigrants Naeem & Sabrina Noorani, Arrival Survival Canada covers nearly everything a new Canadian resident needs to know including driving, medical issues, education, and creating a credit history.
Mosby goes to church almost every Sunday; while he does tell about his visits to nursing homes and hospitals, surprisingly (for his owners) his story brings out how we can all serve God in many ways, every day of our lives, not just on Sunday mornings. Mosby has had a ball visiting the New Hampshire Highland Games, the towns Ecumenical Thanksgiving Worship Service, the Halloween Parade, Independence Day and Christmas season festivities, and many more occasions. In every event, he brings his love for people with him and shares his warmth with everyone he meets. Through Mosbys humorous, sometimes solemn, always inspirational exploits, learn how a dog can encourage you to take God into your life and work for Him every day of the week, not just on Sundays.
A companion volume to the highly successful and widely used Ancient Greece, this Sourcebook is a valuable resource for students at all levels studying ancient Rome. Lynda Garland and Matthew Dillon present an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Providing a comprehensive coverage of all important documents pertaining to the Roman Republic, Ancient Rome includes: source material on political developments in the Roman Republic (509–44 BC) detailed chapters on social phenomena, such as Roman religion, slavery and freedmen, women and the family, and the public face of Rome clear, precise translations of documents taken not only from historical sources, but also from inscriptions, laws and decrees, epitaphs, graffiti, public speeches, poetry, private letters and drama concise up-to-date bibliographies and commentaries for each document and chapter a definitive collection of source material on the Roman Republic. All students of ancient Rome and classical studies will find this textbook invaluable at all levels of study.
Journaling Techniques for Growing, Healing, and Creativity “When Lynda [Monk] talks about her own journaling practice, a spirit of flexibility infuses her approach.” —Rebecca Kochenderfer, Journaling.com #1 Best Seller in Writing Skills Writing Guides The Great Book of Journaling provides calming tools for quelling worry and anxiety from psychotherapist Eric Maisel. As well as expert writing tips from Lynda Monk, Director of the International Association for Journal Writing. Journal Writing for High Self-Esteem. This is the next-generation book on journaling techniques that introduces a younger generation to the immense benefits of journaling and provides all journal writers with the tools they need to grow, heal, and deepen their personal writing experience. Utilize Therapeutic Writing. Journal writing can promote individual healing, creativity, and community-building. The Great Book of Journaling offers multiple perspectives on journaling techniques in an easy-to-use, practical format, along with providing a comprehensive introduction to various techniques and methods for deepening your personal writing. Learn from the Best. We’ve rounded up 40 of the top journal experts in the world to explain exactly what journal writing can do for you! The Great Book of Journaling is full of practical tips, evidence-based research, and rich anecdotes from their coaching, teaching, therapy work with journal writers, or their personal journal writing. The Great Book of Journaling can help: Create high self-esteem, self-love, and self-confidence Improve your health and your sense of wellbeing Calm your worry and anxiety Serve your creative needs Deepen your personal writing Readers of books on journal writing such as Mindfulness Journal, The Self-Discovery Journal, or No Worries will love The Great Book of Journaling.
This engaging memoir shows women how to live—and how to age—with grace and gusto. Lynda Beth Unkeless has explored five continents and thrived on the kindness of strangers. Life, she says, is meant to be an adventure. In "Stronger in the End: My 70 Year Swim from Chaos to Calm" she recounts her risks in various countries with good humor, encouraging her readers to live without guilt and shame. Lynda Beth has much to say about resilience. At 62, she was diagnosed with two brain tumors. Unbowed and undaunted, she healed and continued to work as an advocate for people diagnosed with mental illness. She has written and performed four one-woman shows at The Marsh Theatre in San Francisco. "Burning Man Breakup/Breakthrough" (2007) was followed by "Rosey," the story of a beloved San Francisco panhandler (2021). "Are You Somebody?" was based on her 2021 trip to Ireland during the pandemic and "Not Far from the Throat" told the story of her mother's suicide (2022.) "Stronger in the End” is about finding joy, getting through hard times, and learning to trust yourself. This brief memoir will make you laugh and cry and leave you feeling that you can conquer any obstacle. A must read for any woman looking for sisterhood and encouragement to follow her own star, no matter how late in life. "It's never too late," Lynda Beth advises, "to feel loved, and to do what you truly love.
Principles of Veterinary Parasitology Principles of Veterinary Parasitology is a student-friendly introduction to veterinary parasitology. Written primarily to meet the immediate needs of veterinary students, this textbook outlines the essential parasitological knowledge needed to underpin clinical practice. Conceptual relationships between parasitic organisms, their biology and the diseases they cause are clearly illustrated. Help boxes and practical tips are included throughout alongside a wealth of colour photographs, drawings and life-cycle diagrams. Organised taxonomically with additional host-orientated chapters and focussing on parasites that commonly cause animal or zoonotic disease, welfare problems or economic losses, students worldwide will benefit from this straightforward and easy to comprehend introduction to veterinary parasitology. KEY FEATURES An easy to navigate textbook, providing information essential for clinical studies Full colour throughout, with photographs, diagrams, life-cycles and help boxes for visual learners A companion website including a pronunciation guide, self-assessment questions and further reading lists This book is accompaines by a companion website: WWW.wiley.com/go/jacobs/principles-veterinay-parasitology The website includes: Glossary Parasites listed by host and body system Pronunciation guide Parasite recogonition: flease, flies,worms and worm eggs Revision questions and answers Further reading list: books, articles and websites Powerpoint files of all diagrame for downloading
Collection of essays about issues relevant to Baby Boomers, particularly women. This includes fashion, mind, body, current events, business, social causes, movies and books. Davis relates her own experiences and observations with a touch of humour including lessons learned and our place in the world today.
Presents an eco-friendly guide to organic parenting, from the toddler years and beyond, that explains how to promote a healthy, "green" world and furnishes advice on how to eliminate toxins, find eco-friendly toys and clothing, read food labels, and savemoney while protecting the planet.
Popular readings of Johnson as a dictionary-maker often see him as a writer who both laments and attempts to control the state of the language. Lynda Mugglestone looks at the range of Johnson's writings on, and the complexity of his thinking about, language and lexicography. She shows how these reveal him probing problems not just of meaning and use but what he considered the related issues of control, obedience, and justice, as well as the difficulties of power when exerted over the 'sea of words'. She examines his attitudes to language change, loan words, spelling, history, and authority, describing, too, the evolution of his ideas about the nature, purpose, and methods of lexicography, and shows how these reflect his own wider thinking about politics, culture, and society. The book offers a careful reassessment of Johnson's lexicographical practice, examining in detail his commitment to evidence, and the uses to which this might be put. Dictionary-making, for Johnson, came to be seen as a long and difficult voyage round the world of the English language. While such images play their own role in lexicographical tradition, Johnson would, as this volume explores, also make them very much his own in a range of distinctive, and illuminating, ways. Johnson's metaphors invite us to consider-and reconsider-the processes by which a dictionary might be made and the kind of destination it might seek, as well as the state of language that might be reached by such endeavours. For Johnson, where the dictionary-maker might go, and what should be accomplished along the way, can often seem to raise pertinent and perhaps troubling questions. Lynda Mugglestone's generous, wide-ranging account casts new light on Johnson's life in language and provides an engaging reassessment of his impact on English culture, the making of dictionaries, and their role in a nation's identity.
Projects are performed by people for people, with the key determinants of success being the relationships between project teams and project stakeholders. This web of relationships will either enable or obstruct the flow of information between people and, as a consequence, will largely determine project success or failure.Making Projects Work: Effec
At a moment when the discipline of Canadian art history seems to be in flux and the study of Canadian visual culture is gaining traction outside of art history departments, the authors of Negotiations in a Vacant Lot were asked: is "Canada" - or any other nation - still relevant as a category of inquiry? Is our country simply one of many "vacant lots" where class, gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation interact? What happens to the project of Canadian visual history if we imagine that Canada, as essence, place, nation, or ideal, does not exist? The argument that culture is increasingly used as an economic and socio-political resource resonates strongly with the popular strategies of "urban gurus" such as Richard Florida, and increasingly with government policy. Such strategies both contrast with, but also speak to traditions of Canadian state support for culture that have shaped the national(ist) discipline of Canadian art history. The authors of this collection stand at the multiple points where national culture and globalization collide, however, suggesting that academic investigation of the visual in Canada is contested in ways that cannot be contained by arbitrary borders. Bringing together the work of scholars from diverse backgrounds and illustrated with dozens of works of Canadian art, Negotiations in a Vacant Lot unsettles the way we have used "nation" to examine art and culture and looks ahead to a global future. Contributors include Susan Cahill (Nipissing University), Mark A. Cheetham (University of Toronto), Peter Conlin (Academia Sinica, Taipei), Annie Gérin (Université du Québec à Montréal), Richard William Hill (York University), Kristy A. Holmes (Lakehead University), Heather Igloliorte (Concordia University), Barbara Jenkins (Wilfrid Laurier University), Alice Ming Wai Jim (Concordia University), Lynda Jessup (Queen’s University), Erin Morton (University of New Brunswick), Kirsty Robertson (Western University), Rob Shields (University of Alberta), Sarah E.K. Smith (Queen’s University), Imre Szeman (University of Alberta), and Jennifer VanderBurgh (Saint Mary’s University).
Many books offer instruction on how to use software programs to build Web sites, podcasts, and illustrations. But 'Writing for the Web' explains when and why an author might choose an illustration over a photograph, motion graphics over text, or a slice of Beethoven's Fifth over the sound of a bubbling brook. Focusing on storytelling techniques that work best for digital media, this book describes the essential skills and tools in a Web author's toolbox, including a thorough understanding of grammar and style, a critical eye for photography, and an ear for just the right sound byte for a podcast.
A recording of wind chimes. An item you cherish. Your childhood haunts. The pounding of a drum. Getting lost. As author Lynda Felder reveals in A Web Writer’s Toolkit, almost anything can serve as a point of inspiration for successful Web writing. Follow along with her 365 exercises—in order or jump around to sections on travel, games, sounds, and much more—to learn how to transform your experiences and observations into ingenious Web content. Pretend you have a time machine and write about the time and place you would visit. Produce an audio story with sound effects. Tell a story about the time you spent living abroad. Make a recording from a common household object and incorporate it into your blog. Write the script of a voicemail message. Choose a poem and compose a melody to go with it. By taking on these challenges, you will develop the confidence and skill you need to create successful content—while producing a significant body of work to present on the Web. Use this book on its own or with Lynda’s book Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound, and you’ll learn how to motivate yourself to generate great web content—and have fun doing it. Includes 365 challenges that encourage you to observe, to think, and to try effective storytelling tasks Focuses on words, pictures, and sound as story elements for your Web content, rather than the mechanics of using specific software apps and tools Features a simple, straightforward format of numbered exercises, with suggested time to take for each one For more tips, exercises, and suggestions for teachers, check out www.write4web.com.
“Demonstrates that the ‘emancipation generation’ bequeathed values, ethical frameworks, and identities to multiple ensuing generations, shaping religious, educational, and cultural institutions as well as labor and political organizations.”—Peter Rachleff, editor of Starving Amidst Too Much and Other IWW Writings on the Food Industry “Shows how far off the mark arguments are that claim that black Americans generally have internalized inferiority and engage in self-defeating behaviors.”—William A. Darity Jr., coeditor of Boundaries of Clan and Color: Transnational Comparisons of Inter-Group Disparity In Known for My Work, Lynda Morgan looks beyond slavery’s legacy of racial and economic inequality and counters the idea that slaves were unprepared for freedom. By examining African American social and intellectual thought, Morgan highlights how slaves built an ethos of “honest labor” and collective humanism. As moral economists, slaves and their descendants insisted that economic motives formed the foundation of their exploitation and made sophisticated arguments about the appropriate role of labor in a just and democratic society. Morgan considers how slaves evaluated the violence, coercions, and deceits employed by slaveholders as means to maintain power, as well as the ways in which fugitive slaves active in the abolition movement stressed to nonslaveholding audiences how they were complicit in a regime fraught with moral decay. She also points to the racial rhetoric of Jim Crow architects and how it was readily identified as elaborating on slave-era racial propaganda in new ways for an old reason: to establish a rigid economic inequality in the Industrial Revolution. From the late antebellum era through Reconstruction, labor organizing in the 1930s and 1940s, the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and the reparations movement of the twenty-first century, Morgan offers an unprecedented view of African America. What emerges from the literature is a clear critique of racism, an embrace of self-defense, and the belief that they deserved reparations for lost labor. Enslaved laborers thought for themselves, imagined themselves, and made themselves. Moreover, their descendants share this moral legacy as a foundation for citizenship and participation in democracy.
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