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Arrian the Historian
During the first centuries of the Roman Empire, Greek intellectuals wrote a great many texts modeled on the dialect and literature of Classical Athens, some 500 years prior. Among the most successful of these literary figures were sophists, whose highly influential display oratory has been the prevailing focus of scholarship on Roman Greece over the past fifty years. Often overlooked are the period’s historians, who spurned sophistic oral performance in favor of written accounts. One such author is Arrian of Nicomedia. Daniel W. Leon examines the works of Arrian to show how the era's historians responded to their sophistic peers’ claims of authority and played a crucial role in theorizin...
The Boy Who Broke the School
When Daniel, the school bully, is given the gift of a stone, he doesn't realise that every time he does something wrong, the stone will grow. When the stone is big enough, it will come for him. If he can learn his lesson in time and change before the stone grows too big, then he can still be saved. Otherwise, this bully will find out what happens when you do exactly what you want. The Boy Who Broke the School is the story of Daniel, the school bully who thinks he is tough enough for anything. It takes a little bit of real magic to show him how wrong he can be. Daniel is a funny, resourceful, cheeky and genuinely brave character who needs other people a lot more than he realises. He finds himself in unexpected danger and must change in time to save himself. Along the way, he needs the help of his former victims and new friends, as well as locking horns with his teacher, headmistress and even the school itself.
Jump! into Literacy
This book is part of the Creative Literacy series. Jump! into Literacy has a full set of comprehension activities, using one complete book, The Boy Who Broke the School. Jump! into Literacy also includes creative writing and non-fiction writing exercises. Bullying is covered in a lot of the exercises and is a major theme within The Boy Who Broke the School. The discussion section deals with bullying, helping children to think through the issues involved. This book is aimed at children aged 9 and over, including older students who need a helping hand with literacy.
Illicit Narcotics Traffic: (Chicago, Ill.) ... causes and treatment of drug addiction, November 21 and 22, 1955
Pt. 5: Includes minutes of Canadian Senate hearing "Proceedings of the Special Committee on the Traffic in Narcotic Drugs in Canada," Apr. 18, 1955 (p. 1771-1836). Hearing was held in NYC; pt. 7: Continuation of hearings investigating drug abuse and illicit narcotics traffic in the U.S. Sept. 22 hearing was held in NYC; Oct. 12 hearing was held in Austin, Tex.; Oct. 13, 14, and Dec. 14 and 15 hearings were held in San Antonio, Tex.; Oct. 17 and 18 hearings were held in Houston, Tex.; Oct. 19 and 20 hearings were held in Dallas, Tex.; Oct. 21 hearing was held in Fort Worth, Tex.; pt. 9: Continuation of hearings on drug traffic and use in America. Hearings were held in Chicago, Ill.; pt. 10: Nov. 23 hearing was held in Detroit, Mich.; Nov. 25 hearing was held in Cleveland, Ohio.
Lies with a Straight Face
Lies with a Straight Face tells the fascinating story of the precipitous rise and fall of the “ex-gay” conversion industry in a manner that is both enlightening and entertaining. This fast-moving, fact-based book is perfect or those who enjoy the marriage of politics, history and current events. The book features the riveting story of the 1998 Truth in Love ad campaign, where the Religious Right’s most prominent organizations joined forces to prove that LGBTQ people could be converted to heterosexuality through prayer and therapy. Their provocative national ad campaign created saturation media coverage, turned “ex-gay” into a household term and sparked innumerable water cooler conv...
Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
This book is the structured, comprehensive work of experienced surgeons and constitutes the condensed and succinct epitome of knowledge and guidance for those interested in Laparoscopic Colon Surgery (LCS), focusing only on colon laparoscopy. The milestones in LCS are presented offering valuable background information about the evolution of LCS throughout the years and presenting how it still has a limited application, no matter the need for minimal invasive, fast-track, surgical procedures that can offer better quality to patients and less cost for any healthcare system. The book aims to highlight the preferred diagnostic procedures, the right methods for the efficient and rational selectio...
Island Fling
She's looking for love, but he's on the run. The Island Escape Series: Book 3 Fun and flirty editor Antonia is a dreamer in her personal life but a force to be reckoned with at her job in charge of the international news team at a London magazine. She heads off to the Caribbean for a four-day mini-break to attend her friend Sabrina’s wedding, and discovers the pilot of the sea plane is none other than her ex-fling: the man who dumped her three years ago on her last Caribbean holiday and broke her heart. Intense loner Tyler is on the run, and he’s not sharing his secrets with anyone. Trouble is, he’s on the hit list of a powerful drug lord, and he’s about to get caught. Now is so not ...
Shadow Monsters: Rise of the Gears
About Ashen and his friends fighting off evil and holy amongst his regional homeland.
