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It's springtime and Mrs. Webster's fourth grade class is excited to find feathery new residents in their school courtyard after Memorial Day break. But their plans to learn more about the ducks, and even go outside to sketch them in their sketch- pads, are quickly interrupted by an unforeseen accident. So what do you do when a bunch of baby ducklings fall down a drain? That's exactly what some of the children of Suregood Elementary are wonderi...

The functioning of the U.S. government is a bit messier than Americans would like to think. The general understanding of policymaking has Congress making the laws, executive agencies implementing them, and the courts applying the laws as written--as long as those laws are constitutional. Making Policy, Making Law fundamentally challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that no dominant institution--or even a roughly consistent pattern of rel...

Long Journey Towards the Light" is a compelling true-life account of what it is like to be same-gender-loving in a world filled with judgement and prejudices. The author weaves a story of intrigue and humor. The personal details that he shares about his life seem almost unbelievable. He seamlessly walks the reader through alcoholism, drug addiction, murder, the death penalty, spousal abuse, suicide, and death. The vulnerability the author disp...

Once upon a time there was a woman with no conscience. This is her story. You're invited to take a trip down a dark path at night with First Love Croglin, a wicked criminal turned vampire, in this shocking new horror novel. You'll be on the edge of your seat as First Love and her evil Undead companions haunt modern-day North Carolina.

Essentials of Research Methods" is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods in the social sciences. Written by an expert of research methods teaching, this book takes extraordinary care to focus the reader on experiences in his or her everyday life as a way of understanding and performing research methods. Introduces students to research methods with clear, concise, and accessible prose. Focuses the reader on everyday life as ...

Essentials of Research Methods" is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods in the social sciences. Written by an expert of research methods teaching, this book takes extraordinary care to focus the reader on experiences in his or her everyday life as a way of understanding and performing research methods. Introduces students to research methods with clear, concise, and accessible prose. Focuses the reader on everyday life as ...

Focusing on social, economic, and political life, volume IV of History of Missouri provides an in-depth analysis of both rural Missouri and urban development during a time of rapid growth and change in the state.

Juni 1979: Werner Herzog bricht auf, um im südamerikanischen Dschungel "Fitzcarraldo" zu drehen, die Geschichte eines Mannes, eines Traumes und seiner abenteuerlichen Verwirklichung. Auch die Dreharbeiten geraten zu einem Abenteuer: Werner Herzogs Tagebuch ist das Protokoll einer existenziellen Erfahrung und des fortwährenden Konflikts mit seinem Hauptdarsteller Klaus Kinski, der sich immer tiefer in seine Rolle des Fitzcarraldo hineinsteigert.

Ein Selbstlernkurs für das Vom-Blatt-Spiel, der auf dem Wiedererkennen rhythmischer und melodischer Muster beruht. - 136 sich steigernde Übungen - mit gleicher Gewichtigung beider Hände - beginnt mit vier Noten in jeder Hand - die Einführung der Intervalle Quarte und Quinte - der Notenraum sowie die Tonarten und Rhythmusvielfalt wird allmählich erweitert - kurze Stücke in vertrauter Manier, die bekannte Fingersätze benutzen - Einfache Stücke ...

David Grossman erzählt von der Liebe, von Schauls Eifersucht über den Geliebten seiner Frau Elisheva und von der Schriftstellerin Rotem, die ihrer Mutter Liebesentzug vorwirft. Dabei erfahren wir immer wieder von Augenblicken größter Nähe und tiefster Einsamkeit der Protagonisten: Geschichten voller geheimer Träume und Obsessionen.

This unprecedented work provides both the history of sex work in this region as well as an examination of current-day sex tourism. Based on interviews with sex workers, brothel owners, local residents and tourists, Kamala Kempadoo offers a vivid account of what life is like in the world of sex tourism as well as its entrenched roots in colonialism and slavery in the Caribbean.

Die TA Luft ist das "Grundgesetz" der Luftreinhaltung für Industrie und Gewerbe. Sie konkretisiert die Anforderungen des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes, ihr Inhalt muss auch von den Gerichten beachtet werden. Selbst bei privatrechtlichen Streitigkeiten ist sie heranzuziehen. Der bewährte Handkommentar erläutert die TA-Luft knapp und praxisgerecht. Die zweite Auflage kommentiert die neue TA Luft, die am 1. Oktober 2002 in Kraft trat. Neben der...

Addresses the question, "How do people maintain their personal relationships?" This volume discusses the everyday processes used to maintain an on-going relationship. It looks at interpersonal communication, social-psychological factors relevant to maintenance, and the resolution of conflict.

The genesis of Haiku for Professionals is the simple mental exercise performed when deep in thought or when concentrating on an issue of importance. Ancient Japanese thinkers and poets alike used the art of Haiku to shed away all pretense, overt obscurity and window dressing to express the root of a thought, belief or feeling. Haiku is simply a concentration of thought. There is usually a reference, in some form, to nature. In business, as in ...

The Republic of Ireland came into being in 1921, at the end of a bloody insurrection against the British. However, the treaty left the northern six counties under British sovereignty. Since that time, the Protestant majority has dominated the poorer Catholic populace with support from the British Army. In 1972, British troops fired on demonstrators, launching more than twenty-five years of sectarian violence and terror from both sides. Mason ...

The Republic of Ireland came into being in 1921, at the end of a bloody insurrection against the British. However, the treaty left the northern six counties under British sovereignty. Since that time, the Protestant majority has dominated the poorer Catholic populace with support from the British Army. In 1972, British troops fired on demonstrators, launching more than twenty-five years of sectarian violence and terror from both sides. Mason ...

One of the purposes of this book is to introduce to the reader a study tool I call spiritual transliteration. It helps the earnest student, gain a spiritual understanding when reading God's scriptures, in the Holy Bible.

Self-help book? No way. The title is certainly a parodied jab at a well-known series of soul-searching books to get you through your day. I can promise you this: There is nothing poetically pious about the stuff in these pages. You will laugh somewhere along the way. Money back guarantee. I will also make you cringe. At times, you will think I am a complete idiot. At others you may stop and think that maybe-just maybe-I do have a point or two ...

A poor choice in a professional or personal relationship can be very costly, both financially and emotionally. Daterviewing was written to help readers make choices that will help them succeed.

The National Endowment for the Arts is often accused of embodying a liberal agenda within the American government. In Federalizing the Muse, Donna Binkiewicz assesses the leadership and goals of Presidents Kennedy through Carter, as well as Congress and the National Council on the Arts, drawing a picture of the major players who created national arts policy. Using presidential papers, NEA and National Archives materials, and numerous interview...