The Day the Sky Turned Green, Single Copy, First Chapters
Author: Barbara Reeves
Publisher: Modern Curriculum Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780765208804
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The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 4
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2006-10-31
Total Pages: 820
ISBN-13: 0553903071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fourth volume of Louis L’Amour’s collected short stories features more than forty of the master’s greatest adventure tales in a keepsake edition to cherish for generations. This unique collection gathers stories guaranteed to thrill and delight readers again and again, establishing why Louis L’Amour is truly America’s favorite storyteller. Louis L’Amour’s tales of adventure cannot be surpassed for sheer storytelling excitement, and they stand as a testament to his legendary appeal. Here are timeless stories of danger and daring, wanderlust and heroism, filled with ordinary men and women facing often insurmountable challenges with courage, dignity, honor–and heart. Perhaps never before has a single volume contained so many breathtaking thrills: from the down-on-his-luck fortune hunter who risks everything to save a diamond-hunting couple walking straight into a jungle massacre to the mystery “hero” aboard a downed commercial plane dangling six hundred feet above certain doom. You’ll trek across the harsh steppes of East Asia with an American widow and her young son among a fierce nomadic warrior people, and you’ll relive a harrowing tale of survival at sea against thirst, madness, and the elements as a common seaman redefines extraordinary courage as simply “doing his job.” Whether joining an American captain running a cargo ship through Japanese-controlled waters during World War II, only to find his vessel hijacked by traitorous pirates, or marveling at the resourcefulness of a young woman pushed to the limits of endurance as she flees a killer through a primeval forest, these adrenaline-laced tales of mystery, suspense, murder, and survival never let up and will keep your heart pounding long after the final page. From those numbering a few intense pages to novella-length works, the tales in this action-packed anthology bear all the trademarks of the master’s touch–the historical accuracy, memorable characters, and timeless themes that have earned Louis L’Amour his unique place among American writers.
Primary Physical Science Education
Author: Hans U. Fuchs
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-11-11
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 3031439538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access book is the first of two volumes that integrates a study of direct encounters with Primary Forces of Nature, Wind, Light, Rain, Heat and Cold, Water, etc., with imaginative narrative forms of communication. The approach developed in this book shows how the growth of cognitive tools (first of mythic and then of romantic forms of understanding) lets children make sense of experiencing physical phenomena. An in-depth description of Fluids, Gravity, and Heat as Basic Forces shows how primary sense-making can evolve into understanding of aspects of physical science, allowing for a nature-based pedagogy and application to environmental systems. The final chapter introduces visual metaphors and theatrical storytelling that are particularly useful for understanding the role of energy in physical processes. It explores how a mythic approach to nature can inform early science pedagogy. This book is of interest to kindergarten and primary school teachers as well as early education researchers and instructors.
Witch Woman
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Publisher: Jeanette Baker
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Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 145838912X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChildren and Families "At Promise"
Author: Beth Blue Swadener
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780791422915
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shows how the labeling of children as "at-risk" actually perpetuates the inequities, racism, and discrimination facing many families in America.
In the Dead of Night
Author: Trinity Suh
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2016-12-31
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1524571423
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbsynthe wondered if she would ever wake up from the nightmare she was living. Her father had left when she was just six years old. Her mother was killed in a car crash Absynthe caused. Life used to be good, daresay perfect, but suddenly the tired girl found herself struggling to heal her bleeding wounds and cope with her abrupt loss. Over and over again, she questioned why she bothered to live in a world devoid of hope and love, and she began to fade away into her depressionher nightmare. She knew that some say falling sensations can bring a sleeping person to jolt awake. So alone in the dead of night, Absynthe Vida stepped out onto a ledge and into the wind. And she awoke.
Field & Stream
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Published: 1996-07
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.
Delphi Collected Works of Arthur Ransome (Illustrated)
Author: Arthur Ransome
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Published: 2023-06-15
Total Pages: 2105
ISBN-13: 1801701199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe beloved children’s author Arthur Ransome is noted for popularising the pattern for “holiday adventure” stories. A writer of various genres, his first success, ‘Bohemia in London’, is a partly autobiographical account of his early days. He also published a noted general ‘History of Story-Telling’, as well as landmark critical works on Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde. During the Great War, Ransome worked as a war correspondent in Russia, where he studied native folktales, which he retold for children. He also wrote extensively about his passion of angling, producing the seminal work in its field, ‘Rod and Line’. This eBook presents Ransome’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ransome’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * Rare children’s books, with the original artwork * Many rare texts appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Includes Ransome’s rare non-fiction works * Features the celebrated autobiography – discover Ransome’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: Other Children’s Books The Child’s Book of the Seasons (1906) Pond and Stream (1906) The Things in our Garden (1906) The Hoofmarks of the Faun (1911) Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916) Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme (1920) The Soldier and Death (1922) The Horror Novel The Elixir of Life (1915) The Short Stories Miscellaneous Stories The Non-Fiction The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers (1904) Bohemia in London (1907) A History of Story-telling (1909) Edgar Allan Poe (1910) Oscar Wilde (1912) Portraits and Speculations (1913) Six Weeks in Russia (1919) The Crisis in Russia (1921) Racundra’s First Cruise (1923) Rod and Line (1929) Racundra’s Third Cruise (1972) The Autobiography The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome (1976)
54 Steps to Happiness
Author: Michael Wash
Publisher: Michael Wash
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780953644827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUses the author's quest to lose weight as a vehicle to reflect on his life and, in doing so, challenges our thinking in the way we see others and events around us. Written in 2005, this book brings to life world events around that time from terrorism to major disasters, and therefore a snapshot of history.
