Chance Encounter is the story of George Woods, a young black man, traveling across Arkansas. After a brief racially-motivated confrontation with some locals, George steals a car. When he is caught, police discover a dead man, the owner of the car, in the trunk. Everyone assumes that Woods is guilty except one middle-aged white woman. Her chance encounter with the accused killer convinces her of his innocence.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, travelling within North American borders or beyond to exotic locations was difficult at best and disastrous at worst. Mary Schaffer, born into a Pennsylvania-based Quaker family in 1861, not only conquered international travel but also excelled as an explorer, surveyor and photographer in the backcountry of Canada's Rocky Mountains and the isolated communities of Japan and Formosa (now Taiwan). Michale Lang's new book features more than 200 of Mary Schaffer's colourful, hand-painted lantern slides from the archives of the Whyte Musem of the Canadian Rockies. These unique works of art detail some of the indigenous people and breathtaking landscapes of the Rocky Mountains, along with tribal communities of Japan and Formosa. Schaffer's writing, Michale Lang's accompanying narrative and the book's overall design (inspired by the work of Barbara Hodgson, author and designer of The Tattooed Map, No Place for a Lady and Opium) opens a unique window on the Victorian obsession with international travel and discovery.
Alex Stringer is missing. So is his motorcycle and over $8000 of Boy Scout money. Stringer's boss, Stringer's sister, and the treasurer of the local Boy Scout unit individually turn to Sheriff Jim Crawford. Crawford is sure Stringer will return when the money runs out. A simple matter of embezzlement. Then a body is found in an abandoned building. Suddenly, there are secrets and deceptions that Crawford and his deputies must sort to find the truth. Even the sheriff is keeping a secret. Will the deceptions aid or hinder the investigation?
The life of Syncletica is one of the oldest lives of a woman saint and provides rare testimony to the life of female sanctity in the fifth century. This full-length study of the teachings and spiritual background of this most remarkable woman forms Part Two of a two-part set. Part One is a translation of the life of Syncletica. Anchored firmly in the Scriptures and in everyday, human experience, Syncletica's teachings are as pertinent today as they were fifteen centuries ago. Her meditations, based on astute psychological insights, still have the power to inspire, to encourage, and to challenge latter-day disciples to live authentic Christian lives.
We seemed to have reached that horizon, and the limit of all endurance, to sit with folded hands and listen calmly to the stories of the hills we so longed to see, the hills which had lured and beckoned us for years before this long list of men had ever set foot in the country." - Mary T.S. Schäffer Mary T.S. Schäffer was an avid explorer and one of the first non-Native women to venture into the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where few women - or men - had gone before. First published in 1911, Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies is Schäffer's story of her adventures in the traditionally male-dominated world of climbing and exploration. It also sheds light on Native and non-Native relations at the early part of the 20th century. Full of daring adventure and romantic depictions of camp life, set against the grand backdrop of Canada's mountain landscapes, the book introduces readers to various characters from the annals of Canadian mountaineering history, including Arthur Philemon Coleman, Billy Warren, Sid Unwin, Bill Peyto and Jimmy Simpson. Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies is certain to entertain and enlighten 21st-century readers, historians, hikers and climbers.
Contains incidents of camp and trail life, cover two year's exploration through the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Also includes a previously unpublished account of the 1911 expediton to Maligne Lake.
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador. A Loyalist wife and mother describes the first hard weather in New Brunswick, a seasick nun tells of a dangerous voyage out from France, a famous children’s writer writes home about the fun of canoeing, and a German general’s wife describes habitant customs. All demonstrate how women’s experiences not only shared, but helped shape this new country.
This book enables the teacher to raise the language awareness of the whole class as they follow the evolution of the caterpillar in days, foods and numbers.
Gain confidence in ICD-9-CM diagnostic and procedure coding across medical specialties with this comprehensive, hands-on worktext. UNDERSTANDING ICD-9 CM CODING: A WORKTEXT, 4th Edition has been fully updated to the latest code sets and guidelines for coding and reporting, with plenty of practice exercises, case studies, and full-color illustrations of anatomy and procedures to help you master ICD-9-CM coding. Includes a chapter on the coming transition to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Two little girls have gone missing from a small Arkansas town two years apart. One girl is found murdered. Sheriff Jim Crawford must find the sexual psychopath who hides in plain sight.
Gain confidence in ICD-9-CM diagnostic and procedural coding with this comprehensive, hands-on worktext. Practice exercises are provided throughout to help you test yourself as you go, and illustrations of human anatomy and procedures appear throughout to clarify concepts. When used in conjunction with your coding manual, this learning resource will help you master ICD-9-CM coding for all medical specialties. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
A Delicate Arthighlights the paintings and photography of six artists in Alberta who with passion and long moments of observation have made an inspired contribution to wildflower art. Covering a period of one hundred years to the present, the story behind these creators Mary Schäffer Warren, Mary Vaux Walcott, William Copeland McCalla, Annora Brown, Robert Sinclair and Carole Harmon is also told. A blend of biography, botanical and regional art history and commentary by the artists themselves about their treasured subject, A Delicate Artis intended for the lay reader and is accompanied by sumptuous reproductions of the artwork and an alluring overall design that will appeal to anyone interested in art, mountain-life and gardening.
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