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Making a Wildflower Meadow
Meadow-making helps preserve our fragile environment from further decline but it requires knowledge and skill to create a successful meadow. In this timely book, Pam Lewis's passion for traditional pasture management and the preservation of our native species of plants and her extensive meadow-making experience, are translated into an easy-to-read, informative and highly practical text on creating and preserving wildflower meadows – from the smallest garden meadow to large-scale field projects.
Children's Engagement in the World
This volume, first published in 1999, examines children's development and education within a social and cultural context.
Alone Across the Arctic
“Pam spurned conventional rewards, entrusted her dream to eight powerful huskies, and set out alone to cross the Arctic. . . . a most extraordinary journey.” —Sir Ranulph Fiennes, renowned adventurer Eight sled dogs and one woman set out from Barrow, Alaska, to mush 2,500 miles. Alone Across the Artic chronicles this astounding expedition. For an entire year, Pam Flowers and her dogs made this epic journey across North America arctic coast. The first woman to make this trip solo, Pam endures and deals with intense blizzards, melting pack ice, and a polar bear. Yet in the midst of such danger, Pam also relishes the time alone with her beloved team. Their survival—-her survival—-hinges on that mutual trust and love.
Transforming Literacy Curriculum Genres
In this volume, university researchers and urban elementary teacher-researchers coauthor chapters on the teachers' year-long inquiries, on a range of literacy topics that they conducted as part of a collaborative school-university action research project. Central to this project was the teacher-researchers' attempts to transform their teaching practices to meet the needs of students from diverse ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, and their finding that their inquiry efforts resulted in developing more collaborative styles of teaching. Because the everyday interactions between teachers and students are realized by the social talk in the classroom, the university- and teacher-researchers analy...
Cooking in the South with Johnnie Gabriel
Johnnie Gabriel, cousin of renowned cook Paula Deen, presents delectable, enticing Southern dishes from her Atlanta restaurant and bakery, Gabriel's Desserts, recipient of numerous accolades and plaudits. Johnnie Gabriel began her restaurant career in 1989, when she baked and sold desserts from home to supplement her income. In 1996, Johnnie and her husband Ed made the decision to go into the baking/catering/restaurant business full time and opened Gabriel's Desserts in Marietta, Georgia. Mouthwatering sweets and savory Southern cooking-the vegetables are a favorite-have earned the restaurant four Best of Atlanta awards. Recipes include: Peach Pound Cake Lemon Bars Pork Tenderloin with BBQ Sauce Smothered Chicken Broccoli and Raisin Salad Creamed Corn Fried Okra Hashbrown Casserole
Haven On Tour
A small time rugby club, Haven RUFC are going on tour. The story begins at the end of season, county cup final. Haven are the underdogs playing a Team from the biggest town in the county, Malvil Park. The Haven club are a mixture of has-beens and never-wasses. They have two decent players, a gifted scrum half, who only plays well when protected by his friend and village bobby, the club's powerful no 8. The ageing chairman of Haven is approached by the County Deputy Chief Constable, who also happens to chair the selection panel for the county team, informing him under strict secrecy that someone at the Haven club is suspected of drug smuggling. The policeman informs Haven's chairman that a drug squad officer has been playing for Haven for some time, under cover. Who is the secret policeman and who is bringing in the drugs? What goes on tour is supposed to stay on tour but follow the story of Haven RUFC and see if you can spot angels and devils.
Ponies from the Past
Lulu and Snow White find a letter written in 1918 hidden in a jar. The letter is from one young girl to another, who both seem to like ponies as much as the Pony Pals. Lulu and her friends can't figure out why the two hid notes to stay in touch. The only way to find out is to ask them, but will they be able to find them? Illustrations.
Spotting the Sacred
Most people these days are overwhelmed by the busyness of life, and so they often miss the little evidences of God's presence and activity around them. In contrast, Jesus led a full life but never hurried. He took time to notice his surroundings, and he often saw and then pointed out great spiritual truths in the everyday experiences of life. Using Jesus as a model, Bruce Main explores the act of noticing as a means for spiritual growth. Filled with engaging, often poignant stories that illustrate acts of godly virtue, Spotting the Sacred will challenge and encourage readers to go through their day more attuned to God's work in their lives and the lives of others.
Douggie
From the beginning one puppy was different from the rest. He was big and black, his brother and sisters small and gray. While the others lay quietly snuggled against their mother, this puppy squirmed and wiggled constantly.So begins the inspiring true story of a puppy whose boundless energy almost got the best of him. Douggie: The Playful Puppy Who Became a Sled Dog Hero is Pam Flowers's tribute to the pup who seemed destined to remain the class clown. But Pam saw potential in this exuberant youngster, and Douggie's intelligence and persistence ultimately earned him the position of lead dog for a dangerous 325-mile expedition to the Magnetic North Pole.As the lead dog, Douggie lead the sled dog team on this exciting adventure traveling across the frozen sea of the far Canadian north for 18 days, surviving many challenges and returning home safely. Douggie went on to become a top lead dog and lead a subsequent trip of 2,500 miles.
Renewing Your Christian Self; Wisdom from Women in the Old and New Testaments
This revised edition of an award-winning Bible study now includes the engaging look at 15 women of the Old and New Testaments and an expanded section on the Holy Spirit. The popular format includes a prayer at the end of each chapter, relevant Scripture verses, and weekly activities that ensure more personal revelations for the reader. (Christian)
