Martin Hayes spent his childhood on a farm in County Clare, in a household steeped in musical tradition. After a free-spirited youth, he headed to the United States where he built a career that led to a life of musical performance on stages all over the world. Shared Notes traces this remarkable journey. Picking up his first fiddle at the age of seven, Hayes learned that music must express feeling. No amount of technical prowess can compensate for an absence of soulfulness. His interpretations of traditional Irish music are recognized the world over for their exquisite musicality and irresistible rhythm. Hayes has toured and recorded with guitarist Dennis Cahill for over twenty years, founded the Irish-American band The Gloaming, The Martin Hayes Quartet and The Common Ground Ensemble, and here, for the first time, tells his story of getting to the heart of the music.
Martin Hayes of County Clare is the most eloquent fiddler to come out of Ireland in many a year. the whole gamut of human emotions can be found in his playing, from gentle yearning to soul-filled longing, and from mischievous playfulness to fierce passion. the spirit of Irish music is captured here in approximately 25 tunes presented singly or in complementary pairs and medleys.
After moving to the small town of Dovesbury, Scott Stapleton is shocked to discover a hidden diary that details the abusive childhood of a young girl. Disturbed at its contents, he seeks the truth of its author, fourteen-year-old Carren Cane, who lived in his house decades earlier. In this fast-paced novel by Martin Hayes, Scott is soon pulled into a vicious web of deception and intrigue when he begins to realize the Fatal Secrets the sleepy town of Dovesbury is hiding. As Scott fights to bring justice to the long-departed Carren, he finds himself a suspect in the town's latest homicide. The few he believes he can trust turn on him. Alone, he fights to survive, unsure of the motivations of his new love. He must overcome the tight grip of the town's lawless officials to solve the two murders before he becomes yet another of Dovesbury's Fatal Secrets.
This book will help you get the EDGE you need to move past barely living. MondayAgain?! explores the four essentials of a healthy lifestyle for the everyday person. Author Marquese Martin-Hayes uses a conversational format to provide readers the tools necessary to create a lifestyle based on taking responsibility of one's own mental, physical, and emotional health. MondayAgain?! gives readers a lifelong reference guide to living each day to its fullest potential while manifesting success. One reader has lost 87lbs in 7 months, from this book!!! Another lost 25lbs in 30 days! Still yet another quit their VP position and began pursuing their dream! How will you grow from it's impact? ""Monday is everyday! Everyday is a Fresh Start, a New Beginning."" - Frank McGuire, co-Founder of FedEx.
Common Thread – Uncommon Women begins in 1863 at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. This historic saga covers four generations of women, beginning with the author’s great grandmother, Minerva, who was Cherokee Native American. Minerva warned her daughter, “Jennie, they put my people on a reservation, took away their pride, and left them with no way to defend themselves. Don’t you ever let anyone hurt you or your children.” Jennie, Minerva’s daughter, was a determined woman. Her friendship with a slave created tension within her husband’s family. Thedis moral presence was a blessing to the sick, and when death won, she readied them for burial. She was destined to suffer heartbreaks too horrific to imagine. Robbie was Thedis’s second-born child. Daily she was reminded of a tragic event, the shotgun blast, her screams, and the smell of fresh blood. Born with a proud Native American heritage, these women endured hardships beyond modern comprehension, but still found joy and happiness. Marylin Hayes Martin breathed essence into her characters, taking them through some of the most difficult times in American History: the Civil War, the Great Depression, and two World Wars. Common Thread - Uncommon Women is Martin’s debut novel. “Marylin Martin’s startling book, “Common Thread - Uncommon Women,” captures the enormous well of strength, both physical and emotional, that the women who helped settle America – and who were born here, of Native American blood – had to draw on simply to survive. Alexander Stuart, author of The War Zone In “Common Thread - Uncommon Women” a story that covers the lives of four generations of her own family, Marylin Martin takes a historical family saga and raises it to a moving memorable work of art. Bill Manville, columnist for the New York Daily News
The book In My Me is a unique assortment of prayers. The definition of prayer in the Hebrew Bible is interacting with God. There are four types of prayers: Adoration and blessing Contrition or repentance Thanksgiving and gratitude Supplication or intercession We pray individually. We pray together. We pray. Matthew 7:7–8 says, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” These prayers were inspired by the Holy Spirit during various times in Jean Martin’s life. It is in the writing of these prayers that healing came. So quietly take time to read and ask God, Are these prayers In My Me?
What's Ahead in Education?: An Analysis of the Policies of the Obama Administration illuminates the educational views of President Barack Obama. This is done by studying his life to date, his writings and speeches, as well as his initiatives thus far, in the field of education. His unique educational background and public service prior to assuming the presidency offers a number of clues as to how he will perform as President. Attention is also paid to those individuals such as his father, mother, his wife, Michelle, and his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. By studying his early steps in developing the stimulus package, the Race to the Top, and a blue print for reauthorizing No Child Left Behind, readers can better understand the likely future of the President's education initiatives.
Creating a dream kitchen is a major challenge - too big to manage alone, and too expensive to leave entirely to a professional. This work delivers the expertise needed to manage it all, from designing the layout, to choosing appliances, cabinets, flooring, plumbing, and lighting fixtures.
Hunter Kelly's car breaks down stranding him and his disgruntled acquaintance on a desolate road. As teens Hunter and Holly must walk through thick timber in an attempt to reach their homes before curfew. Encountering an abandoned house, they enter. Chaos ensues as the teens narrowly escape the evil inside. After a puzzling night amongst the forest, they return to town the following day only to find they have lost four years. Phone calls to loved ones go unanswered. The town and its people seem strange. Within moments of entering town they find that they are on the wrong side of the law. Being hunted by the sheriff the teens find themselves strangely and continuously one step behind those who seek them. Hunter and Holly encounter others who have traveled through time and are facing the same ill fate. As a team they must avoid an out of control sheriff and risk their lives against terrible odds if they want to return home. Returning home means to once again enter the house in the depths of the forest. If they can escape its evil, will they return to the town they love, or will they once again travel to a familiar yet horrifying place at an unknown time?
Set in the small towns of Utah and Arizona, most of the stories in this collection deal with letting loose - or wanting to - in all its forms. Even when disaster looms in the tales, Udall's sense of the comic sustains his men and women in their sometimes extravagant efforts to connect and cope.
Set in 1947, amidst the largest UFO flap in history, four disparate crew members are chosen to go to the moon to investigate a strange lunar signal that has been picked up by British radio astronomers. Their mission brings them into contact with mysterious British Intelligence Officers, deranged ex-Nazi scientists, CIA operatives, Scottish Highland Sheep, and the biggest, most insidious conspiracy the world has ever faced.
So you want to be a Journalist? Unplugged is a fully revised guide to the world of journalism. This new edition of Bruce Grundy's guide for journalists takes us through new media's impact on the structure and practice of journalism today, with its 24-hour news cycle of multi-platform, interactive media audiences. The book contains instructions on writing for news media as well as practical advice on all facets of reporting. Skills involved in finding information, interviewing, writing news and features, research and investigation, basic subbing, layout and design are covered, along with the essentials of grammar, the law, and practical tips on ethical and professional behaviour. New to the second edition: • online journalism incorporated throughout the text • vignettes and case studies that bring the text to life • examples from Australian, New Zealand and international media • extended section on ethics • extensively updated research section, to help students recognise quality internet research • extensive companion website including further writing practice
* How can we understand and theorise school leadership? * How can school leadership work towards enhancing student learning? * What are the constraints and possibilities for school leadership at the beginning of a new century? This title is relevant to anyone concerned with improving schooling and enhancing the professional practices of educators. The authors focus on leadership for enhancing student outcomes, both academic and social. While recognizing the significance of the principal or headteacher in school leadership, the authors argue a strong case for the dispersal of leadership: * Based on extensive research conducted within schools * Focuses on leading learning across the school * Theoretically sound; reflects the theories of Bourdieu and Foucault * Politically aware; discusses the context of leadership within school communities, educational systems, global pressures, new policy directions Current, topical and thoughtful, Leading Learning is key reading for principals or headteachers, teachers, and other school leaders, policy makers and for students studying educational administration.
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