Visit farms that bring you back to simpler times, sample home-cooked foods, tour museums and mansions that reveal how people lived more than a hundred years ago with this guide to 45 tours in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Discover the beauty of the Dairy State, explore the roots of Minnesota's Scandinavian heritage, savor fantastic flavors of the Hawkeye State's specialty markets, visit a bison or Ilama ranch in the Prairie State, experience Hoosier hospitality, and satisfy your sweet tooth at Michigan's cherry orchards and sugar farms.
Haunted by the burden of his family's traitorous past, woozy with pot, cheap wine and sex, and disturbed by a frighteningly real encounter with some family ghosts, Walter van Brunt is about to have a collision with history. It will lead Walter to search for his lost father. And it will send the story into the past of the Hudson River Valley, from the late 1960's back to the anticommunist riots of the 1940's to the late seventeenth century, where the long-hidden secrets of three families--the aristocratic van Warts, the Native-American Mohonks, and Walter's own ancestors, the van Brunts--will be revealed.
From the Banks of Wistar By: Gary James Hoffman Uniquely styled and blended into an adventure of a lifetime, Hoffmann takes readers on a journey into the past that affects all they do today. From the Banks of Wistar is a story of his life and so much more including subtle discussions on social and environmental issues that we, as a people, continue to ignore today. More importantly, the author shares with his readers a journey of entertaining experiences, thought-provoking truths, and insightful knowledge—knowledge the history books omit. Welcome to the adventurous journey From The Banks of Wistar.
Since the 1981 publication of the first edition, Cameron McGraw's Piano Duet Repertoire has been a trusted guide for duet performers. This second edition, edited and substantially expanded by Christopher and Katherine Fisher, brings the volume into the 21st century, adding over 500 new or updated composer entries and nearly 1,000 new work entries to the volume, a testament to the renewed interest in piano duet playing. Entries are arranged alphabetically by composer and include both pedagogical and concert repertoire. The annotations and the grade-level indications provide piano teachers a wealth of instructional guidance. The book also contains updated appendices listing collections and duet works with voice and other instruments. This new edition features a title index and a list of composers by nationality, making it a convenient and indispensable resource.
This farm–themed collection is packed with a wide range of kids' favorite puzzles, including mazes, number puzzles, wordplay, brainteasers, matching, and our ever–popular Hidden Pictures puzzles. With bright illustrations, varied levels of complexity, and plenty of humor, this book is sure to challenge, entertain, and amuse kids of every interest and ability.
Energize your story programs by infusing them with the power of movement! This guide offers you dozens of interactive, ready-to-use, age-appropriate and story-based activities that get children actively involved in learning. Designed to expand the child's self-awareness, range of expression, and aesthetic sensibility at particular stages of development, from infancy to puberty, these literature-based programs are simple enough to be used by any educator, even if you have little or no dance experience. Included for each program are learning goals/skill development, a literature-story connection, and detailed instructions for movement and vocal improvisation and creative dramatics. A great resource for after school programs, home schools, and daycare centers. Ages Infant-14 Stories on the Move develops a child's emergent, cultural, and interpretative literacy skills. The first three chapters for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are based on nationally recognized standards and methods for tapping emergent literacy skills. The fourth chapter takes children on StoryTrips to other countries and includes language, stories, dances, and customs of those countries. The fifth and sixth chapters for older children show them how to interpret story structure and the elements of character, setting, mood, plot, and theme. Included for each program are learning goals/skill development, a literature-story connection, and detailed instructions for movement and vocal improvisation and creative dramatics. A great resource for after school programs, home schools, and daycare centers. Ages Infant-14.
Autumn Inspirations is a collection of 10 piano solos that capture special recollections of the fall season, when summer is a fading memory and falling leaves are showing off their colors. From "Harvest Hoedown" to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," each piece has a distinctive autumn hue.
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
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