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Gimme Five
500 More Ways to Get Your Students Talking
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2009
With more than 500 prompts, Gimme Five is sure to get your students talking, thinking, and laughing as they name their five things—foods they hate, situations that make them cry, favorite television shows, and much more. You’ll find funny stuff, as well as hot issues and scenarios that’ll make...
3 Seconds
The Power of Thinking Twice
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Just three seconds. The time it takes to make a decision. That’s all that lies between settling for “Whatever” … or insisting on “Whatever it takes.”3 Seconds shows how to unleash the inner resources that can move you to a whole new level of success. It comes down to six predictable impulses...
by Les Joslin, Hays County Historical Commission
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
A fascinating mix of local legends who could be characterized as "the right people, in the right place, at the right time" arrived in Central Oregon during the past century and a half to make Bend the fascinating city it has become. Some of these people--explorer John Charles Fremont, publisher George...
Gay Male Fiction Since Stonewall
Ideology, Conflict, and Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
The conflict between assimilationism and radicalism that has riven gay culture since Stonewall became highly visible in the 1990s with the emergence and challenge of queer theory and politics. The conflict predates Stonewall, however—indeed, Jonathan Dollimore describes it as "one of the most...
Have You Ever . . . ?
450 Intriguing Questions Guaranteed to Get Teenagers Talking
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Have you ever. . .? -Thought you were going to die? (When? Where? What brought you through it? - Been a teacher's pet? (What grade? How did you feel?) - Had a miracle happen to you? (What happened? Who did you tell?) - Said something you didn't mean just to be polite? (Why did you do it? What situation...
American ‘Unculture’ in French Drama
Homo Americanus and the Post-1960 French Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
A book about the role America plays in the French imagination, as it translates to the French stage. Informed by a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, Essif examines two dozen post-1960 works representing some of the most innovative dramaturgy of the last half century, including works by Gatti, Obaldia, Cixous, Koltes, and Vinaver.
Extraordinary Stories From Everyday People (and me)
Rants, Raves and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
If you baked a cake from scratch, you'd find a recipe and follow directions. I didn't do that. I reached blindfolded into my mental pantry, saw and wrote, interviewed and memorialized, had an idea and, you know. It's about funny kids and brave veterans, bad situations and redemption, on the right track and off the rails, some fiction but mostly truth. It's my cake; have a slice.
What If . . . ?
450 Thought Provoking Questions to Get Teenagers Talking, Laughing, and Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
How will your kids answer these provocative questions? What if. . .you could talk to you family about anything? . . .you could have one superhuman power? . . .you could grade your teacher? . . .You found out your best friend had AIDS? . . .you could exchange bodies with anyone? . . .you could ask...
by LES ASPIN, William Dickinson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
"This bipartisan study, coauthored by Aspin, the Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Dickinson, its ranking Republican member, aims to teach Congress the lessons of the Gulf war with a view toward future defense policy and budgeting."—Publishers Weekly
The Face of Dementia
Watching Mom Disappear
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
his is a wonderful true story about one family's life as they grew up and grew old. It was filled with love, laughter, trials, and the challenges that life gives.
The biggest challenge came when she found herself with both parents in various stages of dementia. At times she felt helpless, but...
by Les Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
This is a short story I wrote while I was in high school. It is about a young woman's life with people other than her family. I sincerely hope you enjoy it.
by Gerard Bouchard, Les Editions du Boreal
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Myths are commonly associated with illusions or with deceptive, dangerous discourse, and are often perceived as largely the domain of premodern societies. But even in our post-industrial, technologically driven world, myths – Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific – are...
Raising Teens Today
Dealing With Sex, Drugs and Homework
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
**Excellent advice for parenting teenagers from a highly experienced psychologist and a counsellor.**Many parents feel anxious about coping with teenagers - it's not surprising given all the horror stories you hear. Other parents warn us of previously docile and compliant children who appear to have...
The Gilded Age
Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society. Broad in scope, The Gilded...