Ours to Explore investigates voluntourism’s past and present, uncovering the complicated roots of the modern global phenomenon.
"London was ours from the hour the blacked-out night hid its beauty until the morning siren signalled the coming day." - Joan Bright Astley. The German bombing raids on London from September 1940 to May 1941 - the London Blitz - supply us with some of the most dramatic and mythologised stories from the Home Front of the Second World War. But often overlooked in historical studies of the Blitz are the narratives supplied by Londoners themselves. In shelters, in kitchens and in offices, they wrote about their daily lives under duress, scribbling into diaries, notebooks and on the backs of envelopes. "London was Ours" analyses over two hundred letters, diaries and memoirs written by those citizens who endured the Blitz, restoring the forgotten voices of ordinary individuals to the collective memory of the Blitz and World War II. Their writings reveal widely varying points of view, often at odds with official wartime narratives and subsequent histories, making this a vital contribution to the social history of wartime Britain.
"Here we are on the banks of the Nueces in the grand camp of the army of occupation." So wrote Lt. Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana when in 1845, not many months before the outbreak of the Mexican War, he joined the white-tented encampment of General Zachary Taylor in Texas. And so he continued writing during the uncertain life of camp and campaign for the better part of the next two years. In these letters to his wife, published here for the first time, Dana provides a detailed, firsthand view of the United States' war with Mexico—fighting off the Mexicans from within Fort Brown during the initial attack; hearing the distant thunder of artillery as Taylor's army marched to the rescue of the beleaguered Seventh Infantry; occupying Matamoros; taking Monterrey, street by street with the defenders firing from the housetops. After Monterrey, Dana was at the siege of Veracruz and on the march to Cerro Gordo. Badly wounded in the attack on Telegraph Hill at Cerro Gordo, he was left on the field for dead, but was rescued by a burial party a day and a half later. Following the Mexican War, Dana went on to become a major general during the Civil War and later to have an illustrious career...
There are almost eight billion people alive today. Having that many people in the world puts pressure on both social and natural resources, and we have to ask ourselves difficult questions like, What is our fair share? And how do we share more equitably? Ours to Share starts by giving an overview of human population growth, from the time when there were only a few hundred thousand people until now. The book goes on to examine some of the inequities that happen between people when natural and social resources are stressed and provides examples of people who have found innovative ways to share more equitably with their neighbors. The book also examines the impact our expanding population has had on other species. Finally, the book offers suggestions for actions kids can take to better the world from their own home, school and community. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle." THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE The case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deemed it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford's luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady's handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Morse proceeds to spend a great deal of time thinking--and drinking--in the hotel's bar, certain the solution is close at hand--until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise.... "It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man [Morse] deduce." MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE
This book is intended to guide educators in creating quality specializec STEM high schools to realize our STEM future.
With Good night the pleasure was ours, David Grubbs melts down and recasts three decades of playing music on tour into a book-length poem, bringing to a close the trilogy that includes Now that the audience is assembled and The Voice in the Headphones. In Good night the pleasure was ours, the world outside the tour filters in with eccentric sparseness. From teenage punk bands to ensembles without fixed membership, and from solo performance to a group augmented by digital avatars, Grubbs presents touring as a series of daily dislocations that provides an education distinctly its own. These musicians’ job is to play that evening’s gig—whether to enthusiastic, hostile, or apathetic audiences—and then to do it again the next day. And yet, over the course of the book’s multidecade arc, Grubbs depicts music making as an irreversible process—one reason for loving it so.
"If you are a member of a blended family, this is the handbook to enable your estate plan to assure that your financial wealth will lead to your family's future well-being. Read it, follow its wisdom and practices, and smile." —James (Jay) E. Hughes Jr, Author of Complete Family Wealth and Family: The Compact Among Generations As parents, we spend our lives caring and providing for our children. However, many of us lack the foresight to create a plan that will ensure our children are supported even after we are gone. Parents neglect to handle their estates and affairs during their lifetime and leave their grieving children drowning in paperwork and tough decisions. It is even more demanding and grueling for stepchildren and members of blending families to sort through these estates. As a member of a blended family himself, tax attorney Paul Hood has pooled his personal and professional knowledge to create this comprehensive guide to estate planning for blended families. In Yours, Mine & Ours, Hood offers real-world advice while cover crucial topics such as: Property Ownership Documents for Planning Important Payers in Planning Challenges One will Face Words of Wisdom When...
The Argonian Empire creates a Galactic guard force to counter their increasing border disputes; but, the Queen uses this guise to assemble her superheroes to fight against evil threatening peace in the galaxy and establish a new legacy for the empire and future of Earth. Galactic war is prophesied, but John and Susan have their own plans and make destiny unfold as they want it to.
Forensic pathologist Janis Amatuzio has performed thousands of autopsies. She chose her line of work in part because it allowed her to help unravel the mystery of each person’s death. She found that by listening and talking to the loved ones of the deceased, she could offer them some sense of closure. In the course of her work, she has heard extraordinary stories from grieving loved ones, patients near death, police officers, clergy members, and colleagues — stories of spiritual and otherworldly occurrences concerning the transition between life and death. From the experience of one of her first patients — who on the day of his death told of being “visited” by a friend who had been dead forty years — to incredible coincidences — such as two daughters thousands of miles apart experiencing unexplained sensations at the precise moment their father passed away — Dr. Amatuzio began recording the stories she heard and filing them away. Forever Ours presents these heartfelt accounts and honors the mystery of life and death, exploring the realms of visions, synchronicities, and communications on death’s threshold. Told in the voice of a compassionate scientist and...
A book for Good Friday and Easter.
L importance historique et écologique de l Ours n est plus à démontrer: ce grand carnivore, à l allure souvent majestueuse, fait partie intégrante de notre patrimoine culturel et de biodiversité. Et l on sait combien est précaire la situation des derniers ours bruns des Pyrénées. De nos jours, l on trouve des représentants de la famille des ursidés en Eurasie tout comme dans les deux Amériques et sur la banquise arctique. Pourtant, sur le planisphère des ours, une tache blanche demeure: l Afrique, qui en semble bel et bien dépourvue. Ici, la cryptozoologie s attache à combler cette lacune: et c est ainsi que Bernard Heuvelmans a pu consacrer ce livre, longtemps inédit, aux Ours insoliez d Afrique . Avec la rigueur et l audace scientifique qu on lui connaît, l auteur y aborde deux grands sujets. La présence passée de l Ours brun au Maroc, en Algérie et en Tunisie, est peu connue et fut souvent controversée: déployant son érudition coutumière, Heuvelmans analyse le problème en confrontant témoignages, textes anciens, oeuvres d art antiques et ossements fossiles et subfossiles. Quelques affaires plus localisée en Egypte et en Ethiopie, forment la transition ...
Un bel album consacré aux trois espèces d'ours nord-américains: l'ours brun, l'ours noir et l'ours polaire. Leur physiologie et leur anatomie, leur habitat, leur type de migration, leur comportement sont traités dans un texte précis et bien documenté.
La famille n’est pas toujours déterminée par le sang. Elle est déterminée par ceux qui nous construisent – ce qui font de nous ce que nous sommes. Et là, en cette fin, Bear et Otter sont mis à l'épreuve comme jamais. Une petite fille qui n’a nulle part où aller frappe à leur porte. Un téléphone sonne, apportant des nouvelles qu’ils n’attendaient pas. Un frère revient chez lui après avoir appris à voler de ses propres ailes. Alors que tous ces instants convergent, leur vie à tous va changer à tout jamais. De L’Ours, la Loutre et le Moustique à L’art de la respiration, en passant par Ce que nous sommes, TJ Klune a raconté une saga familiale et fraternelle, une histoire d'amour et de sacrifices. Dans cet épisode final, les événements du passé pavent la longue route sinueuse menant à un avenir que personne n’aurait pu imaginer. #Famille #MM
Contains text of sermons delivered by M.J. Savage and others in New York City.
Father Ryan'S Poems by Abram Joseph Ryan, first published in 1879, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.