Sustainability education has typically centered the human-focusing on the changes and paradigm shifts needed to ensure a sustainable future for humans. Yet nonhuman beings, specifically plants and animals, are and have always been central to our lives, prompting wonder, curiosity, sensitivity and awe, as well as being important in their own right. In Multispecies Thinking in the Classroom and Beyond: Teaching for a Sustainable Future the contributors discuss the importance of seeking a more inclusive, more just, and ultimately a more hopeful future. They consider how everyday, entanglements with plants and animals can challenge us and expand our worldview. The contributors consider the importance of reciprocal relationships with plants and animals and provide practical strategies, approaches, and examples of how that looks in practice in all types of educational settings.
In this richly detailed and imaginatively researched study, Victoria Bynum investigates "unruly" women in central North Carolina before and during the Civil War. Analyzing the complex and interrelated impact of gender, race, class, and region on the lives of black and white women, she shows how their diverse experiences and behavior reflected and influenced the changing social order and political economy of the state and region. Her work expands our knowledge of black and white women by studying them outside the plantation setting. Bynum searched local and state court records, public documents, and manuscript collections to locate and document the lives of these otherwise ordinary, obscure women. Some appeared in court as abused, sometimes abusive, wives, as victims and sometimes perpetrators of violent assaults, or as participants in ilicit, interracial relationships. During the Civil War, women freqently were cited for theft, trespassing, or rioting, usually in an effort to gain goods made scarce by war. Some women were charged with harboring evaders or deserters of the Confederacy, an act that reflected their conviction that the Confederacy was destroying them. These politically powerless unruly women threatened to disrupt the underlying social structure of the Old South, which depended on the services and cooperation of all women. Bynum examines the effects of women's social and sexual behavior on the dominant society and shows the ways in which power flowed between private and public spheres. Whether wives or unmarried, enslaved or free, women were active agents of the society's ordering and dissolution.
Mills & Boon Heart — Stories of love, compassion and happiness. The Night That Changed Everything - Helen Lacey He vowed to always be there for her...but not as her husband! Winona Sheehan and Grant Culhane have been BFF’s since childhood. So when Winona’s sort-of-boyfriend ditches their ill-advised Vegas wedding, Grant is there...with his sexy smiles and way too much consolation! Suddenly, Winona trades one groom for another — and Grant’s baby is on the way. With buddy-boundaries crossed and a years-long secret crush fulfilled, Winona wonders if her husband is ready for a family...or firmly in the friend zone. The Major Gets It Right - Victoria Pade He was the son her father always wanted... Major Quinn Camden is a man of honour. But working with Clairy McKinnon on her father’s memorial tests every chivalrous code! Clairy is feisty, beautiful — and still hurt that General McKinnon mentored Quinn over his own adoring daughter. When their years-long rivalry is replaced by undeniable attraction, Quinn wonders if the General’s dying wish is the magic they both need...or if the man’s secrets will tear them apart for good. A Brambleberry Summer - RaeAnne Thayne Will the secrets of her past...prevent her from having the future she’s always wanted? Rosa Galvez’s attraction to Officer Wyatt Townsend is as powerful as the moon’s pull on the tides. But with her past, Rosa knows better than to act on her feelings. When Wyatt and his adorable son become Brambleberry House’s newest tenants, Rosa finds her resolve slipping. Her solo life slowly becomes a sun-filled family adventure — until dark secrets threaten to break like a summer storm. The Sergeant’s Matchmaking Dog - Carrie Nichols Let love — and a puppy — lead the way! Former Marine Gabe Bishop is focused on readjusting to civilian life. So the last thing he needs is the adorable kid next door bonding with his dog, Radar — and the boy’s guardian butting in. Addie Miller is afraid of dogs, so why does she keep coming around and making his heart melt? Soon, Gabe finds himself teaching Addie about the beauty of the human-canine bond...and becoming her shoulder to lean on. Could his new neighbours be everything Gabe never knew he needed? A Fourth Of July Proposal - Kim Findlay Coming home, he’d expected fireworks...he hadn’t expected redemption. Former bad boy Ryker Slade hadn’t returned to his hometown to stay. He doubted anyone would want him to. Then the pastor’s daughter, Rachel Lowther, made him a unique proposal: she’d help him if he helped her. But as their connection deepened, Ryker wondered — could a man with his past ever be good enough for a woman with her bright future? Three Makes A Family - Cari Lynn Webb Can love for a child...make them a family? Lawyer Molly McKinney needs to be the best — now more than ever. Relocating to San Francisco means a chance to provide a stable income and home for her nine-month-old daughter. And defending former rival Drew Harrington against charges of witness tampering will boost her reputation. As they work to clear Drew’s name, their feelings grow. But does Molly have room in her life for love?
Seventeen year old Tori Nichols is sent from her home in Philadelphia to live in Florida with her grandparents, Keenan and Hannah Nichols. Her mother Claire stricken with Cancer, feared for the safety of her young innocent, beautiful daughter, it was a decision she knew that was best. It had been years since Tori had seen them, and heart broken that her mother would not leave with her, but obeyed her mothers wishes. Tori had precious memories of her grandmothers beautiful garden. The garden that she once played with her father in, the garden that grew Hannah's beautiful, delicate Sterling Roses. As Tori stepped from the train, she welcomed her new life with open arms. Young and innocent, Tori believed in finding that fairytale love. It happened unexpectedly. Once her eyes fell on Phillip dePaulo, it felt like the hammer he held in hand had pounded on her heart. The same was true for the handsome Phillip; she had taken his breath away. The fairytale love becomes shattered, and Tori finds herself with a man that changes her life as well as his. Sterling Ashton, a washed up rock star, who finds his salvation in endless love of Tori. Only Phillip's love is endless too, and he vows to one day get his true love back.
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