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The Only Puppy keeps getting into trouble when all she really wants to do is play. Read along as your child enjoys irresistible images and repeatable phrases, foster conversations about loneliness and misunderstanding, and watch your child's face light up when "The Only Puppy" finds a friend. This book has special meaning for lonely and only children. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Canine Companions for Independence. For more information about Canine Companions and "The Only Puppy" including fun, games, and merchandise visit: www.theonlypuppy.com.
If you are looking for more ways to fill your life with joy, then this book is for you. Three hundred sixty-five days of daily reflections that make you think about the world around you and how every one of us can do our part to make this world a better place in which to live. Each entry is a new thought for the day about the human condition. Each day leaves you with a one-word mantra to focus upon to help you take steps towards a positive and permanent change for your life.
As Sweet Lily Pitter-Patter stares out the window at the rain falling from the sky, she tries to make sense of all that matters. A few minutes later, while perched on her mother's lap, Lily closes her eyes and drifts into a dream world where she is about to discover all the ways she can honor the earth. With her mother's voice to guide her on her sleepy journey around the world, Lily traverses magnificent mountains, caves, deserts, and streams while learning to think with her mind and lead with her heart. As she realizes how her everyday choices impact the environment around her, Lily learns the important lesson that preserving the earth starts with her. In this delightful children's picture book that integrates playful language with a focus on global awareness, a little girl explores nature and all its beautiful creatures and becomes empowered to help take care of her world.
This incredible autobiography of Christiane F. provides a vivid portrait of teen friendship, drug abuse, and alienation in and around Berlin's notorious Zoo Station. Christiane's rapid descent into heroin abuse and prostitution is shocking, but the boredom, longing for acceptance, thrilling risks, and even her musical obsessions are familiar to everyone. Previously published in Germany and the US to critical acclaim, Zest's new translation includes original photographs of Christiane and her friends.
This work is a study of roadside crosses in which the author presents the history of these unique commemoratives and their relationship to contemporary memorial culture.
My name is Rue Mohanahan.. I've always known I was different, but I didn't know to what degree of different I was until the day that monster attacked me all those years ago. I escaped with my life . . . barely. For fifteen years the Dark one has pursued me. I've evaded him all this time by never settling down . . . until now. All those years on the run, I was always alone. Now I'm surrounded by the paranormal - wolves, witches, and monsters that dwell deep in the dark. I've met my alpha wolf mate, Michael, and it's hard to get close. I still live with the things the Dark one did to me. How can I open myself up to the possibility of a never-ending love and a happily ever after when I can see the Dark coming? It's hard to imagine finally living my life when I was born to fight a war I might not survive. The universe has a cruel sense of humor that I've never appreciated, especially now that I stand to lose everything I've ever wanted or will ever love.
Providing a novel research methodology for students and scholars with an interest in dynasties, at all levels, this book explores the Spanish Habsburg dynasty that ruled the Spanish monarchy between c. 1515 and 1700. Instead of focusing on the reigns of successive kings, the book focuses on the Habsburgs as a family group that was constructed in various ways: as a community of heirs, a genealogical narrative, a community of the dead and a ruling family group. These constructions reflect the fact that dynasties do not only exist in the present, as kings, queens or governors, but also in the past, in genealogies, and in the future, as a group of hypothetical heirs. This book analyses how dynas...
Myles really wants to participate in his classroom potluck supper, but he gets lost and can't find himself. Will Myles find his way and join his classmates in bringing in a dish that represents his family in time for the potluck supper? This is a story about a school aged boy who is challenged with finding his identity due to his multiracial background. It is hoped that this book will be useful in several ways; to encourage young children to embrace their culture(s) at an early age, to promote self-esteem, to expose children to food and cultures that may be unfamiliar to them. Lastly, this is a story about a boy's emotions and frustration which will resonate to all children regardless of ethnicity. Follow Myles' fusion confusion journey which ends in his self discovery of being happily fused.
Alice + Freda Forever is a gut-wrenching story of love, death, and the dangers of intolerance."—Bustle In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn't her crime that shocked the nation—it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alice Mitchell had planned to pass as a man in order to marry her seventeen-year-old fiancée Freda Ward, but when their love letters were discovered, they were forbidden from ever speaking again. Freda adjusted to this fate with an ease that stunned a heartbroken Alice. Her desperation grew with each unanswered letter—and her father's razor soon went missing. On January 25, Alice publicly slashed her ex-fiancée's throat. Her same-sex love w...
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.