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Music, physics, or ice hockey . . . or maybe all three? This singular question perplexes Adam Brock as he exits the stage at his high school graduation. Although he leaves home for college with a set of structured plans for the future, Brock faces an even more daunting proposition after his first few months at Temple University: is he ready to embrace change and embark on his first trip to Europe? My Song to Sing describes Brock's transformational journey through high school and college. This coming-of-age memoir details his search for a compromise between passion and profession that ultimately sets him on a trajectory he never envisioned. With an ice hockey stick in one hand and clarinet in the other, Brock guides the reader through his experiences in young adulthood and highlights themes and wisdom from this transformative period in his life. Discover how we all have the power to take a leap of faith on our ambitions and transform today's uncertainty into the future we desire.
Award-winning social entrepreneur and permaculturalist Adam Brock draws from ecology, sociology, community economics, social justice, and indigenous practices the world over to present more than eighty proven solutions for building healthy communities. Using the "pattern language" framework developed by architect Christopher Alexander and his colleagues in the 1970s, Brock outlines strategies for redesigning our social and economic systems to mimic nature's resilience and abundance. Practical, innovative, and visually compelling, this book presents actionable and easy-to-understand tools for a compassionate and methodical approach to building better communities. Sidebars and diagrams supplem...
Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Heini Brack (or Brock) who was born ca. 1578 in Switzerland. He married Anna Kehrer ca. 1610. They lived in Switzerland and were the parents of three known children. Descendants Hanss Michel Broch (born 8 April 1687) and Rudolph Brock (born 26 April 1685) immigrated to America in the early part of the 18th century. Hanss settled in New York and Rudolph settled in Pennsylvania. The American descendants of Heini Brack lived primarily in Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana.
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