Outskirts press jul 2021 (9 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lifestyle influences infectious disease.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this sequel to Letters from Birdie Camp, Lola again visits Birdie Camp as Mom Elaine travels to far off lands. She is greeted by Fritzi, the resident parrot, who always seems to be planning a new production for The Theater of the Absurd Bird. This time Fritzi has planned a new take on Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. His production takes much artistic license complete with twists and turns. Will the mystery of whatever happened to Ichabod Crane ever be solved Perhaps Fritzi and Lady Lola have at last solved a very old mystery.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The challenge of educating the children from our poorest homes and neighborhoods remains a task of the highest priority to America. Much progress was made in the twentieth century during the Kennedy-Johnson administrations as well as in work done in the George Bush and Barack Obama presidential years. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act provided vast new sums to our TITLE 1 schools, those with the most concentrated populations of poor students; the vitally important community colleges were expanded and enriched; public and private scholarship funds were increased and targeted better to the needy; emphasis on the teaching of reading at all grade levels has spread throughout the Nation. Also, improved public health services, wider availability of health insurance and improved public housing. And yet, each year, thousands of young teachers are entering upon their teaching careers in these challenging schools where they face children whose backgrounds, cultural traditions and experiences will require their utmost energy, skill, understanding, sensitivity and creativity to enable them to bridge this cultural, racial and economic divide. Thankfully, these schools are no longer 'invisible' as they were before the mid-Sixties. Yet, the need for innovation, experimentation, creative methods and materials remain as urgent as ever. It is my hope that this book's panorama on the early reform period in urban school will provide today's teachers and administrators with insights and useful perspectives as they work to improve their students' chances for a brighter future.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Beloved by all, Richard Reese, an eternal child at heart, wrote Halloween Eve to recite at an annual family pumpkin carving back in 1998. The story was an immediate hit and became a family tradition. Fear created by the unknown and misunderstood ghost and human interaction is overcome when both decide to take a chance on getting to know the other. Their courageous and kind gesture uncovers a joyous new friendship and a new human and friendly-ghost family. The enchanting illustrations and sweet story will make Halloween Eve a holiday classic, and a book you will want to reach for all year round.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Beloved by all, Richard Reese, an eternal child at heart, wrote Halloween Eve to recite at an annual family pumpkin carving back in 1998. The story was an immediate hit and became a family tradition. Fear created by the unknown and misunderstood ghost and human interaction is overcome when both decide to take a chance on getting to know the other. Their courageous and kind gesture uncovers a joyous new friendship and a new human and friendly-ghost family. The enchanting illustrations and sweet story will make Halloween Eve a holiday classic, and a book you will want to reach for all year round.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the rural backwater of Hartland, Connecticut, Asher Benjamin would rise to become one of the most important yet overlooked figures of American architecture in the first half of the nineteenth century. Taking inspiration from the neoclassical designs of the Boston architect Charles Bulfinch, Benjamin would be the driving force behind the transformation of the Connecticut Valley from an isolated provincial outpost to a sophisticated urban frontier. His later Boston designs, many of which survive, evinced a maturity and elegance which made the city a model of Federal design for the young nation. In addition to his building designs, in 1797 Asher Benjamin would write and publish The Country Builder's Assistant, the first architectural guidebook by a native- born American. Never losing sight of his roots as a rural carpenter and housewright, Benjamin spent his entire career supporting country builders and the establishment of a uniquely American architecture.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There are men born gifted: physical perfection, superior intellect, charm, wealth, but also with a sense of entitlement for control over their lesser fellow beings--smaller and weaker ones, women, in particular. Should a woman make the mistake of disagreeing or refuse cooperation his rage is vile, and punishment follows. To have a woman escape retribution will leave that man obsessed with hunting her as though she were prey, to dispense revenge. This fictional tale is about one victim's thrilling escape to freedom to save herself and protect those she loves.Marti Sweltzer's life slowly spirals from joyful bride to controlled, silent, and demoralized woman, in fear for her life from her abusive husband. She sees herself as in a cage, trapped, like the rabbit she witnesses caught in the trap set by her husband and knows the time has come where it is a matter of life or death--she runs. With no skills, no driver's license, no self-confidence, no one to turn to Marti flees the nice home, in a nice neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa where her husband, Ted, is a cagey businessman; where he's kept Marti isolated, subservient. In running, she unleashes the latent killer inside a man with no conscience, a man who views any woman as prey, but especially one who would cross him--and anyone who helps her, as no better than dead.Marti leaves a twisted trail across Iowa in her flight from Ted. Finding comfort in recalling certain verses of scripture, she clings to hope God would bring her to a spacious place, safe, secure. She struggles to regain normalcy in her life, knowing the man she married will never cease in his search-obsessed with revenge on her. When Ted learns where she is, she flees a second time to Minnesota, leaving behind friends, people she loves, as well as a traumatized dog that has attached itself to her. Her loneliness is heavy, filled with fear for anyone who cares about her, helped her--as she knows her husband will punish her through those she loves. She knows it will end with one of them dead.Having bungled his first attempt to kill Marti in Decorah, it took another six months for Ted to find her in Red Wing where she is once again learning to fend for herself and is employed, making new friends, but trusting is hard for her as she lives in fear of discovery. In unrelenting pursuit, Ted tracks her down again with heightened determination to get it right this time.Recovering from any trauma is a lengthy process. Watching loved ones' struggle with their pain takes a toll on everyone. Abusers leave a trail of destruction behind, affecting families watching over their loved one's struggle with personal pain in working to recover from trauma-- physical, mental, and emotional. Not succumbing to bitterness, or hate, requires hard work, and time. Sometimes a new path, or a different goal to be able to move on, but with God, all things are possible--no fiction there!Fifty-two years ago this writer looked with shock into the battered face of a young mother, wife of such a man as Ted. Silence was the name of the game back then and no timely help was offered, but the regret, and shame, for that omission always remained. That woman's abuser was given a name: Ted. Eyeing a clever message on her coffee cup: 'Please do not annoy the writer, she may put you in a book and kill you--' that is exactly what she did, not that amends can be made by that simple act, but the first words she uttered when the deed was done were, 'Damn, that felt good!'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Barely more than a decade after The Great War, the seeds of discontent are rising amongst the German population. The reparations exacted by the Allies, from the Treaty of Versailles, become untenable for the defeated country. Precious land and resources have been removed, monetary sanctions have been implemented on an already asset poor country, unemployment is rampant and the country has experienced over seven million estimated casualties, not counting civilians. Political infighting has erupted resulting in severe food shortages and hyper-inflation with families struggling to exist.Prior to the war, the Eschmann family settled outside the town of Uelzen, Germany establishing a farm to assist them in raising their family. Fredrick, the oldest son, has been sent to live with his grandparents in Brandenburg to receive a formal education. While there, he meets and falls in love with Christina Rosenberg. The challenges of an inter-faith relationship ensue yet the couple decides to marry and return to the Eschmann homestead in Uelzen to live. Shortly thereafter, he is conscripted to serve in the German army to fight in World War I.At the conclusion of the war, the family tries to pick up the pieces as they mourn their loss and try to care for family and others going through the same experience. Upon returning home to a defeated country, Fredrick and Christina struggle to put their lives together but manage to start a family. Nearly twenty years pass and they find themselves once again experiencing the germinating seeds of war, but this is different. The flames of war rhetoric are fanned with blame and hatred toward many of their own German Jewish citizens which now jeopardizes Christina and any children that she and Fredrick have. Once again the family will face the trials and suffering they thought they would never have to relive.As the story unfolds we witness how the generations of one family have been forever impacted by the political machinations and aspirations of a few as we relive the amazing era of the 20th century that crossed generations and continents in a world of unrest - a world that faces death, destruction, hatred, sacrifice, love, and hope.Volume one of this two-volume series will chart the Eschmann family from the time of World War I to the middle of World War II illustrating their personal journey as they travel to Uelzen. 'The Road to Uelzen' will take the reader through a historical perspective of a fictional family opposed to war, yet thrust into it with their surprising awareness that not everyone is the enemy. This story illustrates the impact of war on both the victors and the vanquished, and the tragedies and repercussions that occur.…