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What Johnny Shouldn't Read
Author: Joan DelFattore
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1992-01-01
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780300060508
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offers a behind-the-scenes view of the ways in which special-interest groups influence the content of textbooks used in public and private schools throughout America. This book describes six cases resulting from attempts to suppress information on evolution, gun control and pacifism.
A Walk Through Minden
Author: Lillian Frazer
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2016-01-07
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1504970799
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The writer follows the journey of her immigrant ancestors from their earliest beginnings in our great nation to their travels to the small coal mining camp of Minden nestled in the mountains of West Virginia. The story continues with the struggles of a coal mining family, the close-knit relationships with family and neighbors, and growing up as a coal camp kid. Life is difficult and poor in money but rich in what truly is important to the family---the love and heart-warming treasures that remain in their hearts.
Fighting against Gravity
Author: Isabella Cassazza
Publisher: Isabella Cassazza
Published: 2020-07-30
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The perfect mix of swoon, witty banter, heat, all-the-feels, angst, romance, and hockey!" - Melinda Can two broken souls make healing their goal? Michael I’m not shy about my all-star defensemen moves. But after a career-ending injury replaces my stick with a cane, I forever lose my Stanley Cup dream. And when an interior decorator arrives to make over my home, my shattered ambitions trigger a five-minute major that could cost me everything. Ellie After my little boy’s father left the picture, I solemnly swore off all men. And I’m definitely not going to put up with an arrogant ex-athlete’s temper tantrums. So even with my business on the brink of ruin, I walk away from a lucrative contract. When Michael apologizes, he accidentally causes me to break my leg. And I reluctantly accept his offer to care for me and my son. But then have nowhere to hide from his tenderness amid his lingering wounds. Fighting against Gravity is part of the spirited Tigers Hockey sports romance series but can be read standalone. If you like enemies-to-lovers tales, swoon-worthy characters, and triumphs over life challenges, then you’ll adore Isabella Cassazza’s story of unexpected connection. Buy Fighting against Gravity to dig your blades into ice-cold tension today!
The SideRoad Kids
Author: Sharon M. Kennedy
Publisher: Modern HIstory Press
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1615996036
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The SideRoad Kids follows a group of boys and girls as they enter the sixth grade in a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula during 1957 - 58. This meandering collection of loosely-connected short stories is often humorous, poignant, and sometimes mysterious. Laugh as the kids argue over Halloween treats handed out in Brimley. Recall Dorothy's Hamburgers in Sault Ste. Marie. Follow a Sugar Island snowshoe trail as the kids look for Christmas trees. Wonder what strange blue smoke at Dollar Settlement signifies. Discover the magic hidden in April snowflakes. Although told by the kids, adults will remember their own childhood as they read about Flint, Candy, Squeaky, Katie, and their friends. "Katie, Blew, Squeaky, and Daisy grew up on farms instead of high rises and used their imagination instead of fancy gadgets to make their own fun. An entertaining read for youngsters. And parents, you might enjoy a nostalgic flashback as well. I know I did." --Allia Zobel-Nolan, author of Cat Confessions "The stories in The SideRoad Kids are often humorous. However, underlying them is a sensitive awareness that being a kid, rural or urban, then or now, is not easy. This is an enjoyable read that will enlighten today's kids about the past and rekindle memories for older readers." --Jon Stott, author of Paul Bunyan in Michigan "Sharon's stories capture the essence of childhood and growing up in a small community. The antics of The SideRoad Kids will keep you entertained and take you back to a simpler time." --Renee Glass, Senior Production Artist, Mackinac Journal "Sharon Kennedy is an amazing writer who draws you into the lives of her characters and keeps everything relatable. She makes you laugh, makes you think, and makes you want to keep reading. The SideRoad Kids is an entertaining book about a group of children growing up in Northern Michigan." --Kortny Hahn, Senior Staff Writer, Cheboygan Daily Tribune Learn more at www.AuthorSharonKennedy.com From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com
Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact
Author: Jerald Fritzinger
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016-03-14
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1329972163
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact examines the discovery and settlement of The New World hundreds and even thousands of years before Christopher Columbus was born.
Melancholia and Maturation
Author: Eric L. Tribunella
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 2010-01-15
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1572336897
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“Coming of age” in children’s fiction often means achieving maturity through the experience of trauma. In classics ranging from Old Yeller to The Outsiders, a narrative of psychological pain defies expectations of childhood as a time of innocence and play. In this provocative new book, Eric L. Tribunella explores why trauma, especially the loss of a loved object, occurs in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed twentieth-century American fiction for children. Tribunella draws on queer theory and feminist revisions of Freud’s notion of melancholia, which is described as a fundamental response to loss, arguing that the low-grade symptoms of melancholia are in fact what characterize the mature, sober, and responsible American adult. Melancholia and Maturation looks at how this effect is achieved in a society that purports to protect youngsters from every possible source of danger, thus requiring melancholia to be induced artificially. Each of the book’s five chapters focuses on a different kind of lost object sacrificed so as to propel the child toward a distinctively gendered, sexual, ethical, and national adulthood—from same-sex friends to the companionship of boy-and-his-dog stories, from the lost ideals of historical fiction about the American Revolution to the children killed or traumatized in Holocaust novels. The author examines a wide spectrum of works—including Jack London’s dog tales, the contemporary “realistic” novels of S. E. Hinton, and Newbery Medal winners like Johnny Tremain and Bridge to Terabithia. Tribunella raises fundamental questions about the value of children’s literature as a whole and provides context for understanding why certain books become required reading for youth. Eric L. Tribunella is assistant professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His articles have been published in Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, Children’s Literature in Education, The Lion and the Unicorn: A Critical Journal of Children’s Literature, and Children’s Literature.
Vote with a Bullet
Author: Sascha Pöhlmann
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1640141138
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introduction: Individual and Society -- Henry James, The Princess Casamassima (1886) -- Jack London, The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. (1910/63) -- Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men (1946) -- Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery (1955) -- Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate (1959) -- Loren Singer, The Parallax View (1970) -- Don DeLillo, Libra (1988) -- Stephen King, The Dead Zone (1979) -- Stephen King, 11/22/63 (2011) -- Mark Costello, Big If (2002) -- Nicholson Baker, Checkpoint (2004) -- Noah Hawley, The Good Father (2012) -- Conclusion.
Sports Off-Center
Author: Ken Widmann
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1400097959
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A whimsical parody of modern-day sports culture presents a compilation of fake articles, editorials, transcripts, photographs, ads, and other features from a fictional sports magazine, skewering the follies and foibles of America's sports obsessions. Original. 20,000 first printing.
Consumer Finance
Author: Adam J. Levitin
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Published: 2022-09-15
Total Pages: 1043
ISBN-13: 1543856187
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Consumer Finance: Markets and Regulation is the first law school text to focus on consumer financial services markets and their regulation. Structured around clear expository text and realistic problem sets, the book provides comprehensive coverage of the regulation of consumer credit, payments, and financial data markets by federal, state, and private law, including detailed coverage of the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a powerful new federal regulatory agency. The book also acquaints students with the full range of consumer financial products, how they operate, the risks and policy issues they raise, and their regulation. In so doing, the book provides an applied look at how regulatory agencies work, offering students a practical look at how statutes and regulations interact and how regulatory agencies enforce them. New to the Second Edition: Coverage of new Regulation F, implementing the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Coverage of buy-now-pay-later Coverage of retail installment sales contracts and time-price doctrine Coverage of rent-to-own contracts Expanded coverage of rent-a-bank arrangements Expanded coverage of anti-money laundering regulations Professors and students will benefit from: Detailed coverage of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a new federal regulatory agency with broad authority over consumer credit, payment, deposit, and financial data markets. Comprehensive treatment of consumer credit regulation, including mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, student loans, and small dollar loans, as well as credit disclosures, usury, and fair lending regulation. State-of-the-art coverage of consumer payment systems, with detailed coverage of electronic payment systems (credit cards, debit cards, ACH) and mobile wallets. Coverage of topics not found elsewhere in law school curriculum, including anti-money laundering regulations, behavioral economics, fair lending laws, and consumer financial data privacy and data security. Free companion statutory supplement (available on website).
