What does it take to achieve a life's goal, to follow a precious dream through to reality? Money? Influential connections? Knowledge or skills? In the spring of 1983, Terry Faubert hadn't much of those as she set out to move to the country with her young son, her cat, and little else. Longing to raise her five-year-old in tune with nature, she planned somehow to make a life for them out in the forest. She would need to find land that she could purchase with her scant savings and to build a house they could live in. She had never built anything before and had no idea how to go about it. Small and slight, naive and inexperienced, Terry had little awareness that spring day of the hurdles and challenges ahead. This is her story-a story of determination and perseverance, of improbable ideas and unlikely successes.-----"...a free spirit with sheer determination. It reflects the way of that era. It is a delightful story, lots of warm heartedness, some humour and beautiful descriptions of (Terry's) surroundings."-Winnie Ferrier, Powell River, B.C. -----"I would recommend to others to read. It's a charming tale with highs and lows along the way and it is real life not fiction."-Diane Fraser, Newcastle, U.K. -----"I really enjoyed reading (The Way Home). I think it's very well written and it kept my interest right through. I really applaud (Terry's) skill and determination...building a house wouldn't be within the remit of many women-me included!"-Carol Jones, Norwich, U.K. -----"...a good storyteller and lots of life experiences...inspiring...very well written and flows through time in a logical and pleasant fashion. (Terry's) life changes, son's growth and house construction are all woven together masterfully."-Margy Lutz, consultant, Powell River, B.C.
My cabin-the roof's on fire!" When seven-year-old Joey invited his two friends for a sleepover in his little cabin in the forest, he and the girls expected to have lots of fun. But the morning brought danger. What could Joey's mom do? (Based on a true story) This is a chapter book for ages 6-10.
Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive states both in terms of existing modes of thought and expression, and of attempts to describe and live with suffering. It also asks what present-day society can learn about depression from the eighteenth-century experience.
Fiona Terry examines the side-effects of intervention by aid organisations and points out the need to acknowledge the political consequences of the choice to give aid.
Drawn from the acclaimed New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, the articles in this concise new reference book provide a complete survey of the poetic history and practice in every major national literature or cultural tradition in the world. As with the parent volume, which has sold over 10,000 copies since it was first published in 1993, the intended audience is general readers, journalists, students, teachers, and researchers. The editor's principle of selection was balance, and his goal was to embrace in a structured and reasoned way the diversity of poetry as it is known across the globe today. In compiling material on 106 cultures in 92 national literatures, the book gives full coverage to Indo-European poetries (all the major Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages, as well as other obscure ones such as Hittite), the ancient middle Eastern poetries (Hebrew, Persian, Sumerian, and Assyro-Babylonian), subcontinental Indian poetries (the widest linguistic diversity), Asian and Pacific poetries (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mongolian, and half a dozen others), continental American poetries (all the modern Western cultures and native Indian in North, Central, and South American regions), and African poetries (ancient and emergent, oral and written).
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