Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Troubled Hero
"Kenneth Kays was born in the conservative farm country of southern Illinois. The sixties were in full flower by the time Ken went off to college and discovered a world quite different from the one back home. On campus, drug culture flourished and the Vietnam War had polarized students. College meant a draft exemption, but in spring of 1969 Kays flunked out of school and soon received his draft notification. Denied conscientious objector status, he fled to Canada only to return. Yielding at last to pressure from family and community leaders, he joined up." "In deference to his nonviolent beliefs, the Army assigned him to a medical unit; he refused to carry a weapon. On May 7, 1970, after onl...
Talking with the Elders of Mashpee Memories of Earl H. Mills, Sr.
"You have all heard the story of the Mayflower landing at Plymouth and the early colonization, but what do you know about the people who greeted them and the lives they lived?" -- book jacket
Imaginary Citizens
How did Ichabod Crane and other characters from children’s literature shape the ideal of American citizenship? 2015 Honor Book Award, Children's Literature Association From the colonial period to the end of the Civil War, children’s books taught young Americans how to be good citizens and gave them the freedom, autonomy, and possibility to imagine themselves as such, despite the actual limitations of the law concerning child citizenship. Imaginary Citizens argues that the origin and evolution of the concept of citizenship in the United States centrally involved struggles over the meaning and boundaries of childhood. Children were thought of as more than witnesses to American history and ...
Fortitudine
None
Theory Into Practice
Reflective journals have been used by post-secondary educators in a wide variety of teacher-training courses to encourage students to better understand the topics that they are studying. Reflective journals are often used in courses in which pre-service and in-service teachers are studying both the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject matter such as secondary teaching methods, language and literacy, teacher education, and outdoor education. While there are books on the market that address some facets of reflective journaling, there are no integrative books such as Reflective Journaling: Unlocking the Power and the Potential that are targeted specifically to pre-service and in-ser...
Rhetoric in Martial Deliberations and Decision Making
In this study of the discourse involved in martial deliberations, Ronald H. Carpenter examines the rhetoric employed by naval and military commanders as they recommend specific tactics and strategies to peers as well as presidents. Drawing on ideas of rhetorical thinking from Aristotle to Kenneth Burke, Carpenter identifies two concepts of particular importance to the military decision-making process: prudence and the representative anecdote.
Family Property Law
Family Property Law is a forward-looking casebook with a tradition of identifying new themes & reporting on new developments involving wills, trusts, & future interests. The Second Edition recognizes the reform-minded nature of the current era of family property law including its changing notions of family & society, the acceptance of a partnership theory for assessing the financial aspects of marriage, & the need to reshape the law of donative transfers into a unity.
The Korean War
The Korean War is the most comprehensive and detailed bibliography compiled to date on the American involvement in "The Forgotten War." In this revised and expanded second edition, Keith D. McFarland’s clearly written annotations provide concise descriptions of more than 2,600 of the most important books, articles, and documents written in English on the conflict in Korea. Key topics include origins of the war; the political and military roles of North and South Korea, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Turkey, and other United Nations members; campaigns and battles; weapons and uniforms; and the military and diplomatic aspects of the war. Specific subjects are easy to find using the index organized by topic and author, making The Korean War a necessity for every academic or research library.
Ring the Bell
Do you have too many regrets of missed opportunities and too few moments of joy? Have you forgotten the power of little things and small steps of progress when faced with life's most daunting mountains? Ring the Bell will encourage, inspire, and renew your spirit as you make a lasting impact on everyone you touch. Experience a life-changing awakening that will deliver answers and results at home and where you work. Each of us has the power to Ring the Bell of life as we multiply blessings from the Lord in service to others.
