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The First Native American tradition of elders imparting wisdom to younger generations has no counterpart in contemporary American culture. Our culture has no systematic way of transmitting the knowledge of our seniors to our young people. If anything, a societal disconnect or gulf exists between our...

A special man in my life had a beard. One day it was gone. This inspired me to write the poem Grandpa's Beard Has Disappeared. This in turn grew into this collection of stories and poems for children. All are biographic or autobiographic.

Tommie Bauer is an ordinary young American drafted into a war to defend freedom in Southeast Asia, a war that consumes his life, as he knew it. Through the eyes of this highly trained young patriot, we discover how constant exposure to killing, death and dying poses a serious threat to the psychological,...

In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horsemans coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime...

When the Mayflower embarked on her famous voyage to America in 1620, she was carrying 102 passengers. To most, they are simply known as “the Pilgrims.” Perhaps the name of Governor William Bradford, Elder William Brewster, or Captain Myles Standish are vaguely familiar; but the vast majority of...

Book Summary of Run It Might Be Somebody By Ephraim Romesberg The book covers a span of over 70 years starting with the author as a shy sickly boy who was the last of 11 children living on a farm during the great depression and ends with the author as a 74 year old man, who still runs ultra...

So You Decided to Teach is a handbook for first time teachers. The book is full of pieces of wisdom, hints, and strategies on how to navigate the school and classroom during a teachers first year. It is designed so a teacher can pick it up and quickly find a piece of useful advice. Topics discuss...

This is not a bushy tail, or a long tail or even a fuzzy tail, but it is my tale. So here it ismy Long Ago. In my long ago there was no radio, TV, computers, IPads, air conditioning and many more nos. There was just after the first world war and what came next, which happens to coincide with my childhood...

To quote from E.M. Nathanson (author of THE DIRTY DOZEN and numerous other works and fellow alumnus of the HNOH) who wrote the FOREWORD to the book: The title of the book - DEJA VIEWS... - is itself a meaningful play on the French phrase deja vu - meaning, roughly, the startling feeling that...

Desde el comienzo de la evolucin de la humanidad, el ser humano ha estado buscando tesoros escondidos en todas partes. Algo que los haga felices y constantemente complete sus vidas. Desafortunadamente la mayora de las personas busca estos tesoros en el mundo exterior enfocndose ms en el fruto, que...

Mientras Dante caminaba en medio de aquellos pasillos rodeado de toda clase de libros; su mente se concentr tanto en esas incgnitas que realmente andaba buscando y que no lograba encontrar. Estaba tan concentrado que por un momento dej de sentir el lugar y sinti que su mente se alejaba de su cuerpo....

Imagnate encontrarte en una oscuridad miedosa, llena de preguntas, dudas, y dolor. Imagnate que tu vida cambie en un instante tan drsticamente que no te reconozcas. Los cambios en la vida son difciles, pero ms an cuando uno no escoge esos cambios. El accidente que ocurri en un diciembre caluroso le...

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"My entrepreneurial father was involved in politics and government. And, these attributes became a part of my life. I always want to know what is happening in the government as well as the private sector, not only in the U.S. but other countries as well. My interest piques more so during an election...