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Aims to provide the most up-to-date, practical guidance on multicultural education. It is aimed at all schools, all teachers and all governors and is written by internationally known authors who are experienced in the field of multicultural teaching.

Have I ever told you that, for me, there is no one more special than you? That for me, you are the most special child in the world, and that I love you now and will love you forever? Have I ever told you that?"   Shani King wrote Have I Ever Told You? as a note to his children, to remind them that they are amazing in their individuality and that they have the power to choose who they want to be in this world. The illustrations create a masterf...

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Excerpt from Kitwyk StoriesThe day before she had taken her newly spun linen to the meadow, and as she knelt in the fresh young spring grass, and smoothed the fragrant white strips, she looked up in humble surprise as a young man sauntered heavily toward her, his hands in his breeches' pockets.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduc...

Excerpt from Brown's Retreat: And Other Stories It left lookers-ou no doubt of its character, as it boldly proclaimed itself Brown's Retreat on a deal board, painted in lamp - black by one whose right hand had lost its cunning, for the letters resembled Edg erly streets, being narrow and zigzag in the extreme. Nevertheless, they stared into the world over the small, dingy show-window, which revealed as a solid foundation, two quarts of dismal...

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THE SECOND BOOK IN THE KATE MARTINELLI MYSTERY SERIESWhen a band of homeless people cremate a beloved dog in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the authorities are willing to overlook a few broken regulations. But three weeks later, when the dog's owner gets the same fiery send-off, the San Francisco Police Department has a real headache on its hands. The autopsy suggests homicide, but Inspector Kate Martinelli and her partner, Al Hawkin, have ...

In a town outside of San Francisco, a series of shocking murders has occurred, each victim a child. For Det. Kate Martinelli, just promoted to homicide, and her seasoned partner, a difficult case just keeps getting harder. It seems the only clue is an elderly woman, arguably the century's greatest painter, once convicted of strangling a little girl. Martin's Press.

World War II saga set in London's East End.

In the early 1980s, Mary Hall grew up in poverty in Camden, New Jersey, with her older brother Jacob and parents who, in her words, were "great at making babies, but not so great at holding on to them". After her father leaves the family, she is raised among a commune of mothers in a low-income housing complex. Then Mary's mother sends her away to live with her maternal grandparents who have also been raising her younger sister, Rebecca. When ...

Nach Jahren der Abwesenheit kehrt Ben Mears in seinen Heimatort Salems Lot zurück. Sein Interesse gilt einem geheimnisumwitterten Haus, das auf einem Hügel hoch über der Stadt liegt. Dessen neuer Mieter ist der undurchschaubare Antiquitätenhändler Straker. Schon bald spürt Ben Mears eine tödliche Bedrohung, die von dem mysteriösen Haus ausgeht und langsam den ganzen Ort erfaßt...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Moving, haunting, and at times wickedly funny, Bastards is about finding ones family and oneself.

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As the wife of a frequently absent slaveholder and public figure, Anna Matilda Page King (1798-1859) was the de facto head of their Sea Island plantation. This volume collects more than 150 letters to her husband, children, parents, and others. Conveying the substance of everyday life as they chronicle King's ongoing struggles to put food on the table, nurse her "family black and white, " and keep faith with a disappointing husband, the letter...

Excerpt from Kitwyk Stories The day before she had taken her newly spun linen to the meadow, and as she knelt in the fresh young spring grass, and smoothed the fragrant white strips, she looked up in humble surprise as a young man sauntered heavily toward her, his hands in his breeches' pockets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a ...

Excerpt from Brown's Retreat: And Other Stories It left lookers-ou no doubt of its character, as it boldly proclaimed itself Brown's Retreat on a deal board, painted in lamp - black by one whose right hand had lost its cunning, for the letters resembled Edg erly streets, being narrow and zigzag in the extreme. Nevertheless, they stared into the world over the small, dingy show-window, which revealed as a solid foundation, two quarts of dismal...

In the early 1980s, Mary Hall is a little girl growing up in poverty in Camden, New Jersey, with her older brother Jacob and parents who, in her words, were "great at making babies, but not so great at holding on to them." After her father leaves the family, she is raised among a commune of mothers in a low-income housing complex. Then, no longer able to care for the only daughter she has left at home, Mary's mother sends Mary away to Oklahoma...

The essential guide to the culture and customs of the largest country in the world: Russia.

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