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This book is a resource for understanding why Lightning continues to be a major health hazard, especially in the developing world, and equips researchers, governments, and public health advocates with the knowledge and techniques needed to reduce lightning casualties worldwide.
A small rural village in Eastern Ohio called McIntyre is bursting with rich history and culture. Mary Ann (Cooper) Smith was born and raised in this unique African American community, and her heart dwells there too. Originally established by nine freed slave families, a thriving settlement grew in population to hundreds of people. McIntyre now stands with under ten residents. As a descendant of the Cooper Family, one of the original nine families, Mary Ann hopes to change that. Along McIntyre Road plunges readers into Mary Ann's story, traveling into the recent and distant past to examine the birth, growth, and erosion of the once-busy village of McIntyre. This 200-year-old community, establ...
V. 12 contains: The Archer...Christmas, 1877.
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One of our nation’s most prominent writers discovers the truth about how to live a long and happy life from the centenarian next door in this “original and highly readable account of a splendid American life” (The Wall Street Journal). When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship—and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human w...
You've seen them command armies, become Washington power players and win Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, Tonys or Olympic medals, but this book presents famous people from Joe Biden, Colin Powell and Nancy Pelosi to Francis Ford Coppola, Julie Andrews and even Smokin' Joe Frazier in a whole new light. They have one thing in common; they are all proud grandparents who were happy to tell author Mary Ann Cooper all about how their grandchildren have brought joy to their lives. Grandeur The Personal Reflections of Famous Grandparents will touch the hearts of anyone who is interested in the personal lives of the rich and famous, and give testimony to the special relationship that all grandparents and grandchildren share.