Humility, Humor & Heritage
Humility, Humor & Heritage

Author: Lois Harris Dahlberg

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-04-30

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1453516301

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This book of Poetry and Prose, is sure to tug at your heartstrings and inspire motivation for improving life’s conditions, and moving forward with hopes for a better life and a better world, without need for looking back. Read her love story, Golden Reminiscing, within its pages. Learn of joys and sorrows of depression years, growing up with chores of a rugged farm life near Carrington, Jamestown and Courtenay, North Dakota, life in Pillager, Brainerd, Onamia and Princeton, Minnesota. Go with her son, through space and rubble, as he falls down several stories of an old, rustic apartment in Mexico. See the surprising but appropriate place where he landed. Delight in her humor as she displays it from a turtle’s viewpoint, feel the love and understanding illuminated in her writings, for patriotism, our soldiers in the military, their spouses, Old Glory and our great nation. Enjoy descriptions of the four seasons, holidays, and the weather. Come to understand her strong love and faith in The Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, His atonement, the resurrection and Eternal life. Take note of her encouragement of more love for families, friends and neighbors, for living the golden rule, and for furthering education. She stresses a national need for more appreciation of ancestors, our heritage and our future, a need for subduing the earth, and restoring honor, fidelity, dependability and integrity in a world where so much good has been lost. She feels that each American should strive hard to maintain independence, a sacred gift that we must always be grateful for. Her special prayers are for those who sacrificed, who gave their lives, and those who continue defending us today, constantly protecting our Liberty and guarding our Nation. Read her version of some of the wonders of the pacific coast, and more. A reprint of our author’s Poetry book, “FEELINGS AND EXPRESSIONS”, is also available at bookstores and can be seen at some libraries.

Interpreting Our Heritage
Interpreting Our Heritage

Author: Freeman Tilden

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2009-11-18

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0807889091

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Every year millions of Americans visit national parks and monuments, state and municipal parks, battlefields, historic houses, and museums. By means of guided walks and talks, tours, exhibits, and signs, visitors experience these areas through a very special kind of communication technique known as "interpretation." For fifty years, Freeman Tilden's Interpreting Our Heritage has been an indispensable sourcebook for those who are responsible for developing and delivering interpretive programs. This expanded and revised anniversary edition includes not only Tilden's classic work but also an entirely new selection of accompanying photographs, five additional essays by Tilden on the art and craft of interpretation, a new foreword by former National Park Service director Russell Dickenson, and an introduction by R. Bruce Craig that puts Tilden's writings into perspective for present and future generations. Whether the challenge is to make a prehistoric site come to life; to explain the geological basis behind a particular rock formation; to touch the hearts and minds of visitors to battlefields, historic homes, and sites; or to teach a child about the wonders of the natural world, Tilden's book, with its explanation of the famed "six principles" of interpretation, provides a guiding hand. For anyone interested in our natural and historic heritage--park volunteers and rangers, museum docents and educators, new and seasoned professional heritage interpreters, and those lovingly characterized by Tilden as "happy amateurs--Interpreting Our Heritage and Tilden's later interpretive writings, included in this edition, collectively provide the essential foundation for bringing into focus the truths that lie beyond what the eye sees.

The American Heritage College Thesaurus
The American Heritage College Thesaurus

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 932

ISBN-13: 9780618460298

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Presents synonyms and antonyms for thousands of slang and regional words along with the more stable lexicon of English words, all in an A-to-Z format.

The Art, Humor, and Humanity of Mark Twain
The Art, Humor, and Humanity of Mark Twain

Author: Minnie M. Brashear

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2012-09-10

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0806187557

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Mark Twain is revealed here in an entirely new autobiographical light from his own writings as they reflect his career, his thinking, and his humor. This volume captures the grandeur that distinguishes Mark Twain as, in the words of George Bernard Shaw, “by far the greatest American writer.” Made up of short stories and excerpts from Twain’s principal works, this collection demonstrates Twain’s artistry in handling anecdotes, tales, description, and characterization; the fervency of his ethical convictions; his effective use of irony, satire, burlesque, and caricature; and his essential humanity. By arranging the materials in chronological order and weaving them together with critical commentary, the editors present the many facets of Mark Twain’s experience and his dynamic personality with greater continuity than in previous collections of Twain’s writings. Here is the optimism of the young Mark Twain responding to the rough and rugged vitality of the mid-nineteenth-century American scene, and the skepticism and pessimism of the older Mark Twain reacting to the American democratic experiment of the late nineteenth century.

Humor Is My Heritage
Humor Is My Heritage

Author: George Goldtrap Jr.

Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated

Published: 2006-11

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 9781424159802

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George A. Goldtrap, Jr.as Americana stories relate to everyone. Wacky words, exceptional experiences and meandering memories motivate George through laughter and love. Who else has spoken to several thousand audiences, played jazz and conducted symphonies, written 800-plus published columns, magazine articles and several books, appeared in thousands of commercials, 8000-plus TV weather casts, and hundreds of other TV and stage shows, flown airplanes, flown in hot air balloons and gliders and into the eye of three hurricanes, fished for tarpon, appeared in music videos and movies, traveled much of the world, held elected office, ridden rollercoasters, taught in both high school and college (without a teaching certificate), and loves photography, computers, boogie boarding, people and grandchildren? Georgeas sunny disposition and thoughtful musings will elate and enlighten. He cherishes liberty, and his pursuit of happiness is a grand heritage for generations to come. The laughter and learning begin on page one.

Aggie Spirit 101
Aggie Spirit 101

Author: Barry Bauerschlag

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2016-03-08

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1503587924

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If you have ever visited Aggieland you may have fallen in love with the Aggie Spirit, the unique traditions which promote it, and the Aggie family which embodies it. You might want to better understand the role of their somewhat strange rituals, and access the blessings of their devotion. In Aggie Spirit 101: Greater Love, the author explores the treasured traditions of Texas A&M, the values they transmit and the timeless wisdom they hold in common with the Christian faith. Are there shared fruits of the Holy Spirit and the Aggie Spirit? And how can we be a good Aggie and a better Christian at the same time? Aggie Spirit 101: Greater Love is a contribution to this dialogue. In reading, reflection, and discussion discover a clearer path in this pilgrimage toward spiritual maturity and significant service. Develop the deeper joys of shared encouragement, and the blessings of a leadership of integrity and excellence, compassion and accountability, hospitality and hard work, courage and cooperation, loyalty and greater love!

Indigenous Literature of Oceania
Indigenous Literature of Oceania

Author: Nicholas J. Goetzfridt

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1995-02-28

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0313369887

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Oceania has a rich and growing literary tradition. The imaginative literature that emerged in the 1960s often reflected the forms and structures of European literature, though the ideas expressed were typically anticolonial. After three decades, the literature of Oceania has become much more complex, in terms of style as well as content; and authors write in a multiplicity of styles and voices. While the written literature of Oceania is continuously gaining more critical attention, questions about the imposition of European literary standards and values as a further extension of colonialism in the Pacific have become a central issue. This book is a detailed survey of the expanding amount of critical and interpretive material written about the imaginative literature of authors from Oceania. It focuses on commentary and scholarship concerned with the poetry, fiction, and drama written in English by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. The criticisms have appeared in academic books and journals since the mid-1960s. They have developed to the point at which critical issues, related to decolonization and the expression of ideas without having to first satisfy foreign expectations, often determine the direction of such discussions. Entries are grouped in topical chapters, and each entry includes an extensive annotation. An introductory essay summarizes the evolution of Pacific literature.