Shards, a collection of poems written by Nicole Garcia throughout her early teenage years, captures the turmoil of adolescence. Covering matters ranging from chaotic relationships to self acceptance, Shards poetically exemplifies feelings of betrayal, heartache, nostalgia, and self affirmation as perceived by the teenage mind.
Noelle Andrews has had an abusive past and another bittersweet Christmas is here. Noelle’s wish is a simple one. To be loved. To Noelle that wish is as unattainable as the stars in the cold winter sky. Roman Parker is young, sexy, and an entrepreneur. The CEO of Parker Industries is a man who thought he had everything he wanted. That was until he met Noelle. Can Roman make Noelle’s dreams come true? Or will her past prevent her from having the only thing she has ever wished for?
Lucy is splashing home from school on a rainy day when she notices a book in the gutter. When she picks it up, she discovers that it’s a library book. Lucy loves the library. She decides to take the book back to the library, but it’s too cold and rainy to do it now. Lucy will have to get some dry clothes and wait until the rain stops to take the book back to its home. At home, Lucy’s curiosity takes hold. She decides to see what’s inside this book that she rescued. Called Discovering Australia, it’s full of amazing facts and beautiful images. Using her imagination, Lucy’s transported on an amazing adventure through the mysterious Land Down Under. Through her adventure, Lucy reminds young readers that they can explore all the wonders of the world, right in the comfort of their favorite chairs. Join Lucy, and show your children how fun reading can be.
Doing Youth Participatory Action Research offers an unprecedented, in-depth exploration of the pragmatics and possibilities of youth-driven research. Drawing upon multiple years of experience engaging youth in rigorous, critical inquiry about the conditions impacting their lives, the authors examine how YPAR encourages the educational community to re-imagine the capabilities of young people and the purposes of teaching, learning, and research itself. Much more than a "how-to" guide for those interested in creating their own YPAR projects, this book draws upon the voices of students and educators, as well as the multiple historical traditions of critical research, to describe how youth inquiry transforms each step of the traditional research process. From identifying research questions to collecting data and disseminating findings, each chapter details how YPAR revolutionizes traditional conceptions of who produces knowledge, how it is produced, and for what purposes. The book weaves together research, policy, and practice to offer YPAR as a practice with the power to challenge entrenched social and educational inequalities, empower critically aware youth, and revolutionize pedagogy in classrooms and communities. For researchers, educators, community members, and youth who want to connect, question, and transform the world collectively, Doing Youth Participatory Action Research is a rich source of both pragmatic methodological guidance and inspiration.
This dissertation explores the early and influential works of Chicana feminist authors Gloria Anzaldúa, Sandra Cisneros, and Cherríe Moraga through the lens of modern genre theory. Despite the tendency of these authors to write in multiple genres and hybrid forms, much of the scholarly response has focused on the new perspectives and experiences present in the texts rather than on their formal innovation. I contend innovative content should be considered inextricable from innovative form. These authors do not merely offer new perspectives but offer new ways of presenting ideas. Socially constructed and culturally embedded, genre operates at the level of meaning-making, purveys dominant ideology, and shapes interpretation. Given the subtle yet influential role of genre, the resistance to traditional genre in Chicana writings must be understood as challenging both literary and social norms. Because no text performs or transgresses genre in the exactly same way, there is no single theory or methodology which applies. Rather, an attentiveness to genre in texts and scholarship exposes the influence of genre in our understanding of texts. This dissertation traces genre history and its frequent borrowing of racial metaphors to illustrate logics of genre purity and reads Anzaldúa's Borderlands and its refusal to perform traditional genre as resistance essential to Anzaldúa's theorizing of mestiza consciousness, a framework based on embracing racial miscegenation. Cisneros's The House on Mango Street provides the opportunity to explore genre indeterminacy and to examine Bildungsroman as a genre case study where the origins and centuries-long debates make the constructedness of genre visible. In Moraga's Loving in the War Years and the co-edited anthology This Bridge Called My Back, I examine the innovation to the autobiography and anthology genres as well as the genre-related trends in scholarship, considering the consistently significant, if not always obvious, role of genre in shaping interpretation and analysis. The writings of Anzaldúa, Cisneros, and Moraga have changed the literary landscape, but only when genre is part of the analysis can the fullness of their innovation and literary legacy be glimpsed.
Help students use their voices to build an equitable and just society. Years of political violence and protests against injustice have revived interest in teaching civics in schools. The problem? Civic education—as it currently exists—privileges systems, not students. It promotes incremental change within a broken democracy rather than responding to the youth-led movements that call for the abolition of inequitable social structures. What will it take to prepare young people for the just future they are fighting for? Civics for the World to Come offers educators a framework for designing the critical civic education that our students deserve. Synthesizing perspectives on democratic life from critical race theory, ethnic studies, Afrofuturism, and critical literacy, the book presents key practices for cultivating youth civic agency grounded in equity and justice. The authors explore five world-building civic skills (Inquiry, Storytelling, Imagination, Networking, and Advocacy) and introduce readers to real learning communities where students and educators are transforming themselves and society.
Can’t get enough of sexy cowboys? Check out these ten tales of bold, funny, take-charge couples who team up to wrangle a love as big as the Texas sky! The Texas Takedown: Berry Challoner’s going undercover as a secretary to solve her brother’s murder. Surely accountant Tyler Reid, his best friend, can help her follow the money to the killer. But when she’s targeted next, can meek Tyler save the girl who’s captured his heart? What a Texas Girl Wants: The last thing Jackson Taylor wants is a down-to-earth girl like Kathleen Witte, so why did he wake up on a Mexican beach with a ring on his finger? Once they’re back in Texas, this all-business marriage might turn into an all-consuming love. Delicious Deception: Artist Emily Kate Boudreaux runs a restaurant on a Texas bayou because it’s what her family expects. Then sexy chef Connor Rikeland walks into her life and turns her business—and her bed—into one hot adventure. But Connor isn’t who he seems to be, and Emily Kate questions what’s real, what’s a lie, and what’s worth risking her heart over. Sweet Texas Fire: When Gage Cooper’s business nemesis, environmental analyst Charlotte Wilkinson, inherits oil-rich family property, he’ll do anything to reverse this fortune, including eloping to Vegas. But surprising chemistry blossoms and Gage must choose between the land he’s always coveted or a future with Charlotte. A Love Beyond: Convinced her sister’s abusive marriage led to her suicide, A.J. Owens travels to her brother-in-law’s Texas ranch to unearth his secrets. Chance Landin, his head of security, knows there’s something fishy about this gorgeous blonde. Can love triumph over revenge? The Election Connection: War widow Lily Ashton’s heart is closed to love, so she’s the perfect choice to play fiancée to help secure a re-election for her pal, Texas congressman Ford Richardson. Soon, their not-quite engagement starts to feel much more real than either is ready to admit. In the Shadow of Pride: When Lexie Trevena’s matchmaking friends accidentally place her smack in the path of a terrorist in Austin who intends to use her as his pawn, the only person who can help her is Special Agent-in-Charge Luke “Mac” McNeil—the man she holds responsible for her husband’s death. One Last Letter: Jesse Greenwood can only admit his true feelings for heartbreaker Evelyn Lancaster via unsigned letters left on her porch…until another man comes forward to lay claim. Will one final note give them the courage to say yes to love again on the wild Texas plains? Relentless: Battling his partner, his attraction to cowgirl Cody, and the demons of his past, Dallas detective Remy LeBeau must risk it all to catch a serial killer. But it could cost him everything—including Cody’s life. Broken Wings, Soaring Hearts: Hailey Holman is set on keeping her dad’s dream of reopening their small-town Texas base station alive. Jack Stinson wants to escape the pressures of his own family’s airplane manufacturing business. Only with each other’s help, can these two focused pilots have enough faith to soar together.
Learn the Amazing Benefits of the Paleo Diet! There is no doubt that most people have heard of the paleo diet, even if they have no idea what it is. Put simply, the paleo diet, short for paleolithic, is a lifestyle inspired by what our ancestors ate ten-thousand years ago. Sometimes, they may even be referred to as the caveman or the stone age diet. This lifestyle expounds on a practical and sustainable way to nourish our bodies to maintain life long health, physical performance and overall wellness. Paleo Diet Plan: Paleo-friendly Ingredients & Condiments Rules of the Diet Benefits & Challenges of the Diet Special Benefits: Weight Control Which foods to avoid Which key component of your diet to increase Recipes There have been many books and diets out in the market that claimed they can help you in losing weight or become healthy. However, not all of them are effective, helpful or even easy to follow. It's never too late to live a healthy and long life. You are the only one who holds that decision to change your life for the better and right now, I think you are heading to the right direction. This is also a self-help book. Paleo is a simple diet but to make it easier for you, this book also contains lifehacks for the life dieter. Learn some of the tips, techniques and best practices shared by fellow Paleo dieters. This is because the Paleo Diet is not a fad diet! It's not a diet that has suddenly appeared in society, endorsed by a celebrity who swears by its effectiveness, planning to starve and weaken you, so that you can lose a few pounds and consider yourself to be healthy for the time being. Do not wait longer to discover YOUR KEY to a new and better life.
Social studies education over its hundred-year history has focused predominantly on white and male narratives. This has not only been detrimental to the increasingly diverse population of the U.S., but it has also meant that social studies as a field of scholarship has systematically excluded and marginalized the voices, teaching, and research of women, scholars of color, queer scholars, and scholars whose politics challenge the dominant traditions of history, geography, economics, and civics education. This is increasingly no longer the case. Teachers and scholars have the power -- through pedagogy, curriculum, and community activism - and use it to actively resist injustice while also working towards a more radically just world. It is of great importance to the discipline--and to the children who are being educated now and will be in the future--that the work of these pioneers be collected and shared. Insurgent Social Studiesdisrupts the current state of social education by highlighting those whose work has often been deemed "too radical." The contributions cover voices marginalized by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, political and socio-economic status. They honor the different viewpoints while building solidarity via a shared call to change. Theoretically grounded and abounding in examples of practice, this book is essential reading to all researchers and practitioners in social studies, and is perfect as an adopted text in the social studies curriculum at Colleges of Education.
Shadows follow you in the darkness of the night and the eerie sensation of being watched crawls up your spine. Your sanity pulls apart at the seams as the terrors stalk their victims, leaving you too frightened to turn off the light. These twisted stories will leave you breathless, dreading the horrors lurking around the corner. Seventeen authors. Seventeen tales of terror. Infinite nightmares. STALKERS. Watch your back. Stories featured in this anthology: - Every Thorn by Rene Folsom - Dead Ringer by Jason Brant - Autumn by Elizabeth Collins - Don't Kiss the Dead Fred by A.E. Killingsworth - Affliction by S.L. Dearing - Lucid by Andrea Stanet - Donations by Bart Hopkins - Bernice by Chad Foutz - Destination: Death by Eaton Thomas Palmer - Powerless by Laurie Treacy - Freezer Burn by Jon Messenger - The Watcher by Lindy Spencer - Immortal Luck by Magen McMinimy - Izzy's Assassin by Nicole Clark - Say My Name by Michael Loring - Damaged People by Nicki Scalise - Blog Stalker by Phil Taylor
Both a heavy reliance on asexual reproduction and the evolution of desiccation tolerance have allowed mosses to successfully inhabit arid environments worldwide. The species Syntrichia caninervis (Pottiaceae) is particularly successful in colonizing these environments. Studies on S. caninervis in the Mojave Desert, CA have observed a high female bias based upon phenotypic sex expression, and have suggested that male mosses may be restricted to shaded and moist microhabitats, because the rare expression of male gametangia is limited to these microsites. But sex expression is not necessarily a proxy for the distribution of sexes, as most ramets in a given population of S. caninervis do not express sex and could represent either males or females. Here, I use a novel genetic sex marker to test for the presence of sex-specific differences in microsite use in S. caninervis across 18 microhabitat variables in the Mojave Desert. Sex of 91 sterile samples was determined through PCR followed by restriction enzyme digestion and visualization of the digested products. Statistical analyses applied to the microhabitat data inferred the absence of sex-specific differences in microhabitat associations. The results challenge current assumptions indicating that males and females are not microhabitat specific, as sex expression suggests. These findings have important implications for resolving the ecological and evolutionary drivers of sex ratio bias in S. caninervis, providing context for understanding sex evolution in other types of plants.
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