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Seventeen-year-old Matt "Owl" Owen is living in the heyday between school and the rest of his life. He has his friends, the beach, and the surf -- and the big event on his calendar is a date with Hayley Churchill, an absolute goddess. When she asked him to take her to Stink's eighteenth birthday, Owl thought he'd die. Is it possible his best friend's sister has finally come to her senses, or is Owl just putting himself on? It's supposed to be the best summer of his life, a final hurrah before Owl and his buddies are forced to grow up and start the next phase of life, but he and his surfing crew are about to get dragged kicking and screaming into the adult world -- and nothing will ever be the same again.
The Pacific Northwest was far from the centers of modern architecture, but in the middle of the last century a group of architects designed for the region's land, climate, and abundance of wood. Paul Hayden Kirk was an unlikely leader of this movement, yet his work has inspired generations of architects. Illustrated with hundreds of photos and drawings, "Paul Hayden Kirk and the Rise of Northwest Modern" tells the story of modern design in a rugged landscape.
This new book offers a clear and accessible exposition of Hayden White's thought. In an engaging and wide-ranging analysis, Herman Paul discusses White's core ideas and traces the development of these ideas from the mid-1950s to the present. Starting with White's medievalist research and youthful fascination for French existentialism, Paul shows how White became increasingly convinced that historical writing is a moral activity. He goes on to argue that the critical concepts that have secured White's fame – trope, plot, discourse, figural realism – all stem from his desire to explicate the moral claims and perceptions underlying historical writing. White emerges as a passionate thinker, a restless rebel against scientism, and a defender of existentialist humanist values. This innovative introduction will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities, and help develop a critical understanding of an increasingly important thinker.
'The Learner's Pocketbook', writes Tony Buzan in his foreword, 'is a considered and intelligent introduction to this intriguing field, and will start the 'learner of learning' off in the right direction'. It encourages individuals to take responsibility for their own learning, and explains how they can harness their brain power so as not to hinder the learning process. Can be used in preparation for any type of learning and makes ideal pre-course material. Covers brain power, learning theory, planning and committing, intelligence styles and techniques, all in the highly visual, approachable Pocketbook style. One of our customers, a leading financial services company, uses this Pocketbook to support the training of new staff who have taken up their posts as a second career move and who have been away from the learning environment for some time. The Learner's Pocketbook helps in this refresher process.
Dorinda Vollmer has lived a life full of music, art, and poetry, which have sustained her in the happiest and the darkest of times. Her abiding passion has always been to live a life of purpose. With determination and courage, Dorinda often chose the more difficult path in life in favour of being true to herself. She answered the call to ministry in the United Church and chose to raise her son alone. The most difficult part of Dorinda’s journey was through her work as a minister, witnessing the struggle to survive faced by the people of the Roseau River Indian Reserve in Manitoba. Without Reserve offers a special perspective on the legacy of destructive historical and on-going government p...
There was a time when Christine Williams could have her pick of any man in the room. But after being served divorce papers on her fiftieth birthday, she wonders if she could ever do it again. She struggles to imagine what dating would be like at her age. Who could be interested in a tired old mother with an aging body? Her friends try to convince her to start online dating and she embraces it. Fifty and Single exposes the challenging reality of learning to live and love again after realising that you've spent most of your adult life defined only as a wife.
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
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