Kirjahaku

An inspiring story of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become an outstanding basketball player in high school and continue on to compete in the Olympics. Original.

Many of these seventeen short tales deriving from Mesoamerican mythology are traditional and have traveled through time among the indigenous people of Mexico and Central America. A few are contemporary and seem to originate with Nahuatl-speaking descendants of the Aztecs. All of them, however, grace the pages here in lively fashion for young readers nine and up. Many middle schools include Aztec and Mayan myths in their curricula, but the selection is narrow, the sources scattered, and the stories themselves usually undeveloped, even fragmentary. Most of the stories are found only in scholarly works far beyond the grasp of young readers. Now, enlarging upon the mythology that frames the decision making of her young adult hero and heroine in ""Delfino's Journey"" and ""Teresa's Journey"", Jo Harper fleshes out tales of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca for fourth through sixth graders. Young readers will also meet the Jaguar Sun, the Snake Woman, and the Pepper Man. To be as faithful as possible to the pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican worldview and humor of the original tales, Harper consulted closely with indigenous Nahuatl speakers and cultural anthropologists, yet her delivery has all the freshness and polish of a practiced storyteller who knows her audience. Here then for young readers and their teachers is an engaging introduction to Mesoamerican mythology and to an oral tradition worth preserving well beyond the classroom. Part One of this title includes: ""Quetzalcoatl and Tezca: Birth of the Fifth Sun""; ""Who Will Be the People?""; ""Corn Mountain""; ""Who Can Teach the People?""; ""Music Is Born""; ""Quetzalcoatl Falls""; ""Tezca Shows His Power""; ""Master Log""; ""The Pepper Man""; and, ""Tezca's Music"". Part Two contains: ""Tricks and Mistakes: The Thunder Spirits' New Cook""; ""The Buzzard Husband""; ""Rafael Outsmarts the Nahual""; ""Lalito and the Nahual""; ""The Devils Cave""; ""The Possum's Tale""; and, ""Chioconejo Rabbit and Coyote"".

Big Foot Wallace was a famous Texas Ranger who took part in many of the military conflicts of the Republic of Texas and the United States in the 1840s, including the Mexican-American War. Standing six feet tall and weighing in at roughly 240 pounds, his physique made him an intimidating man, and his unusually large feet won him the nickname "Big Foot."Jo Harper has written extensively about Texas history and the legends that made it and provides this historical fiction for the younger reader.

Erlebe den Polizeiberuf hautnah Sp re den Nervenkitzel w hrend eines Einsatzes der Bereitschaftspolizei, als w rst du ein Teil davon. Nutze die Chance hinter die Kulissen einer Polizeiabteilung zu schauen Ganz exklusiv und unverbl mt, so wie es im wahren Leben ist Sei dabei, wenn eine Polizeiabteilung zum ersten Mal ihre Tore f r die zivile Leserschaft ffnet. Aber nicht irgendeine, sondern die mit dem h rtesten Ausbildungsprogramm. Mitten im Schwarzen Moor. Mitten in Deutschland.

Ein schicksalhafter Unfall wirft Tom aus dem SEK und katapultiert ihn direkt in das Ermittlerteam der Kriminalpolizei. Sein erster Fall ist ausgerechnet der blutige Mord an der ber hmten Schriftstellerin Ellen Carter. Claudia ist die Hauptverd chtige im Mordfall ihrer gr ten Kontrahentin und trotz der widrigen Umst nde verliebt sie sich Hals ber Kopf in den ermittelnden Beamten Tom. Sie versucht ihn von ihrer Unschuld zu berzeugen. Doch ist sie das wirklich - oder tats chlich die kaltbl tige M rderin, die gesucht wird? Ein Kriminalroman, bei dem Wahrheit und Illusion verschwimmen, denn nichts ist so wie es zu sein scheint ...

Ein Date zweier Waschb ren in Kassel wird zum satirischen Stadtbummel: Zwischen Politikpannen, skurrilen Einwohnern und urbanen Missgeschicken entdecken Jimmy und sein Online-Date, wer in dieser Stadt wirklich den sch rferen Verstand besitzt - Mensch oder Waschb r. Auf ihrem Rundgang vom Bahnhof bis tief in Jimmys Revier beobachten sie mit spitzer Zunge den Alltag der Zweibeiner, ziehen Parallelen zu ihren eigenen berlebensstrategien und decken schonungslos auf, wie viel Chaos, Komik und ungewollte Poesie im Kasseler Stadtleben steckt. Was als harmlose Verabredung beginnt, entpuppt sich als kluge, humorvolle Abrechnung mit einer Stadt, die sich st ndig neu erfindet - und dabei oft ber die eigenen Pfoten stolpert.

Notes from the EU's Eastern Edge is a bold, singular book—auto-ethnography with analytic bite, theoretically literate without scholasticism, and ethically self-aware. It shows how Kremlin “migration engineering” met a ready-made European script of fear, pride, and denial along the Belarus-Poland frontier. It traces how memory politics and securitized compassion turn migrants into symbols in border forests, as well as in newsrooms, museums, and classrooms, while bilingual gatekeepers launder hard edges into “responsible” discourse. The book’s core contribution is to shift Polish-populism studies from monist typologies to a processual account of a dialectical, polycentric regime of managed antagonisms, refusing the easy pejorative of “populism” and retaining an emancipatory horizon. Vivid reportage sits with compact documentary mini-cases to show how trauma, sovereignty and solidarity are being rewritten at Europe’s edge. Definitive for debates on borders, memory and the political unconscious in Central Europe.

This cowboy's whistle packs a wallop!Everybody knows that the Texas Rangers are the roughest, toughest, meanest, leanest good guys around. Willie knows he can be just like them, but all the Texas Rangers see is someone who smiles too much, whistles all the time, and has a belly that's just too big. Dejected, Willie covers his sadness with a smile and looks for a way to prove himself to the Texas Rangers. His opportunity comes on a July 4th that's hot enough to fry an egg on a sidewalk. When no-good varmints rustle the town's cold, refreshing ice cream and soda pop, the Texas Rangers are stumped. But Willie and his whistle just might save the day!

In this, the exciting sequel to ""Delfinos Journey"", Delfinos sister Teresa attempts to defy the odds and reunite with her brother and cousin. Already widowed at age nineteen, Teresa knows that the only way she will be able to provide a good life for her infant son Antonio is by making the long trek to Texas from her home in Mexico. The grueling journey is filled with adventure and danger. Forced to flee an erupting volcano, Teresa encounters an old granicera a prophetess who warns her of a terrible fate awaiting her in Texas. In spite of her fear, Teresa becomes more determined than ever to reach Texas when she witnesses a murder committed by the Delgado Cruz, a dreaded group of organized criminals. Later, to save her baby, Teresa must call upon her Aztec heritage to unravel the meaning of the graniceras advice: Follow the caged quetzal.