Poetry. Smart and funny, gorgeous and frightened. Whether at the racetrack or in the cul-de-sac. Asking questions of the flawed self or of the idyllic, these poems look headlong at the living world and use all of it. The poems are winding and discursive but also include short, eye-rolling lyrics. Dinner party politics join with lines from Hass, the Bible, and the memory of Detroit (Jericho Brown). Characters in Seyburn's poems do what we all do, only with the skepticism of Plato (Alan Michael Parker).
This Easter activity book is the perfect Easter basket stuffer. It is 8.5x11 inches and is packed with over 40 games and puzzles surrounding Easter and Spring for ages 4-8. You'll find secret codes, coloring pages, word searches, mazes, dot to dots and more. This puzzle book is fun entertainment for the kids and let's the creative juices flow. Cute chicks painting Easter eggs on the cover.
This Christmas activity book is the perfect Christmas stocking stuffer. It is 8.5x11 inches (216 x 279 mm) and is packed with 50 games and puzzles surrounding Christmas and Winter. You'll find secret codes, coloring pages, word searches, mazes, dot to dots and more. This puzzle book is fun entertainment for the kids and let's the creative juices flow. Cute elf building snowman and sledding polar bear on the cover.
Need something to entertain the kids when they are stuck indoors? This indoor scavenger hunt will keep them busy searching for items in the home. It plays like Bingo where you cross off items on your sheet as you find them. To win the game you need to complete a row either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Change the difficulty by requiring more than one row to be found in order to win. The book is 8.5 x 11 inches (216 x 279 mm) and includes 50 game cards. Each game card has 49 squares (7 x 7), so to win you need to find 7 items in a row. There are over 90 items randomly placed so no 2 cards will be exactly the same. Cover shows a fun raining cats and dog pattern.
Discover the Magic of Christmas in This Heartwarming Tale When Alex visits his grandparents for the summer at their cozy house by the lake, he never imagines the adventure that awaits him. While exploring, he uncovers an old, dusty sleigh hidden under a tarp and learns an astonishing secret-his grandpa is actually the retired Santa Claus Join Alex and his grandpa as they work together to restore the sleigh to its former glory. With determination and a little Christmas magic, they prepare for a thrilling journey. As Christmas Eve approaches, Alex is ready to help Santa deliver presents to children all around the world.Filled with discovery, family bonds, and the enchanting spirit of Christmas, this delightful story is perfect for young readers and families to enjoy together. Dive into a world where summer adventures lead to holiday miracles Perfect for ages 4-8, this charming book is sure to become a holiday favorite
Clyde the Crow: A Tale of Halloween Bravery Join Clyde the Crow in an enchanting Halloween adventure perfect for kids ages 4-8 Clyde has always lived in his cozy treehouse in a peaceful forest, but there's one place he's never dared to go-the spooky haunted house at the edge of the forest. With Halloween just around the corner, Clyde decides it's time to face his fears. Guided by a wise old owl and cheered on by his friend, a friendly black cat named Cinder, Clyde sets off on a courageous journey. Along the way, he encounters spooky sights and eerie sounds, but his determination keeps him moving forward. In the end, Clyde discovers that the haunted house isn't as scary as he thought; it's filled with friendly creatures celebrating Halloween This heartwarming story teaches young readers about bravery and the power of facing one's fears. With delightful illustrations and a captivating narrative, "Clyde the Crow: A Tale of Halloween Bravery" is sure to become a Halloween favorite for the whole family. Perfect for bedtime reading or as part of your Halloween traditions, this book will inspire courage and bring joy to your little ones.
Clyde and Cinder's Autumn Festival Step into the enchanting world of Clyde and Cinder as they take on the delightful challenge of organizing the annual Autumn Festival in the heart of the forest. This captivating tale is perfect for children aged 4-8, blending adventure, friendship, and the magic of teamwork. Clyde and Cinder are on a mission to make this year's Autumn Festival the best one yet With fun games, festive decorations, and delicious treats to prepare, the two friends have their hands full. But when a sudden rainstorm threatens to cancel the event, Clyde and Cinder refuse to give up. With the help of their forest friends, they quickly find a solution and discover that teamwork and perseverance can overcome any obstacle. Join Clyde and Cinder in this heartwarming story that teaches young readers the importance of cooperation, resilience, and the beauty of friendship. Perfect for bedtime reading or classroom storytelling, "Clyde and Cinder's Autumn Festival" is a book that children will treasure and enjoy time and time again.
"Many of Friedmann's stories contain an admixture of quirkiness, with elements of dark humor. Most of the stories contain startling surprise endings that this reviewer hesitates to explain, lest the surprise be ruined. These stories are truly enjoyable-New Orleans Review of BooksOver the course of her novel-writing career, New Orleans writer Patty Friedmann also has written short stories that resonate with her darkly comic voice. This collection offers the best-some old, some new, some before Katrina, a few written after she unscrambled her mind from not evacuating for the storm.What the reader finds here are the New Orleans characters only locals recognize. Patty doesn't venture much into the French Quarter; she doesn't do public drunkenness; she certainly never secondlines. Instead she shares what might be her most memorable character, Jerusha Bailey, a mean old white woman who loses her husband's ashes in a McDonald's parking lot. And Darby, the smart girl who lives in a New Orleans gingerbread house but is tormented by her dumb brick-house-dwelling private school classmates-with tragic consequences. Patty takes us back to the time when Mr. Bingle was hoisted every Christmas onto the front of Maison Blanche on Canal Street in New Orleans. But she also brings young cynics into the flooded city after the storm. We meet lonely men and controlling women, yet we smile crookedly. Patty Friedmann's bio says she has lived all her life in New Orleans "except for education and natural disasters," and it shows. Walker Percy once said, "I make bold to predict that the next Southern literary revival will be led by a Jewish mother," and he went on to describe her as "a shrewd self-possessed woman with a sharp eye." It has been said that this is Patty Friedmann. The reader can see it here.
The first discovery of uranium in Saskatchewan was at Nicholson Bay, in a remote northern location on the shore of Lake Athabasca. Uranium was first noted at what became the Nicholson site in 1929 when uranium was only of interest as an indicator of radium potential. When uranium ores became of strategic national interest in about 1940, a cross-Canada search was launched to find uranium deposits. The first to be found and developed was in the Northwest Territories. The second arose from a return to exploration at the Nicholson site in the Beaverlodge area in 1944. The Nicholson mine was the first uranium mine to be developed in Saskatchewan and, in 1949 was the only active uranium mine in Canada outside of the Northwest Territories. By 1959 the Nicholson ore body had been essentially depleted, but the Nicholson mine had played its role in helping Canada become one of the largest uranium producers in the world. It produced about 12,800 tonnes of uranium ore, yielding about 50 tonnes of uranium (as U3O8), and an estimated 60- to 90 thousand m3 of waste rock. Following closure in 1960, the Nicholson site was abandoned with little remediation and no reclamation being done. Forty-five years would pass before the governments of Saskatchewan and Canada reached an agreement to fund the remediation (clean-up) of the Nicholson site, and contracted the management of the project to the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). At the time of writing this book the clean-up was about to begin, with several years of clean-up activity anticipated, and then a period subsequent monitoring activity, before the site is expected to be released into a long-term management and monitoring program.
The Lorado deposit was discovered in 1950 in a remote location in northern Saskatchewan, and just north of Lake Athabasca. Subsequent exploration and development led to a mine, mill, and associated campsites being built, all of which were fully operational by 1957. The Lorado mill was unique, having been designed to process ores from smaller, neighbouring mines that would otherwise not have succeeded. This made Lorado the third largest producer of uranium (yellowcake) concentrate in Saskatchewan and one of the top five in Canada during the Cold War era. By 1960 the markets for uranium had crashed and operations were closed but, having produced about 1,210 tonnes of uranium concentrate, Lorado had played a significant role in helping Canada become one of the largest uranium producers in the world. Beyond uranium, the Lorado mine produced about 500,000 m3 of highly acidic tailings, which entered nearby Nero Lake virtually destroying it. Following closure in 1960, the Lorado site stood abandoned for the next twenty years, until the site owners cleaned up most of the mine infrastructure in 1982, and the mill buildings in 1990. Another sixteen years would pass before the government of Saskatchewan stepped in and contracted the management of the rest of the remediation to the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC). At the time of writing this book essentially all of the Lorado sites' remediation had been completed, with active monitoring in progress subsequent to ultimately releasing them into a long-term management and monitoring program.
"A Change of Habit" recounts a spiritual journey starting when a religious eddy hurled seventeen-year old Patty into a convent in the 1960s. Her deeply embedded guilt drives her to obey the Catholic Church, please her earthly father, and say "yes" to her heavenly Father. But in the convent, she fails to find happiness in religious rites, and rules. Her time in the convent parallels changes wrought in religious life by Vatican II, including changes of names and attire. After leaving the convent following seven years of service, she assumes she can pick up her life and move on. But once the religious habit comes off, long-practiced habits of poverty, chastity, and obedience dog her into married life. Finally facing the reality mirror, she breaks from the debilitating patterns learned in the convent. In finding true spirituality and finally listening to the God within, she shakes the destructive habit of guilt. Her story speaks to like-minded "guilt sponges", offering hope on their personal spiritual quests. Patty shares the "7 Secrets to Guilt-Free Living" learned on her journey, giving her the freedom and permission to follow her heart. "A Change of Habit" is not the story of a girl breaking from the convent to live happily ever after; the story's uniqueness hinges on how ingrained duty lodges. This story of personal reinvention and empowerment that takes place over forty years shows that it's never to late to change one's future.
Listen introduces parents to five simple, practical skills even the most harried parent can use. These tools will help parents strengthen their connection with their child and help build their child's intelligence, cooperation, and ability to learn as they grow. The book delivers detailed information accompanied by more than one hundred real-life stories from parents who've used this approach to address the root causes of their child's difficult behaviors. Five surprising things parents will learn: - You don't have to reward or punish willful children to get them to cooperate. - Aggressive kids are frightened kids, and there are simple tools to ease their fear so they don't need to lash out. - Your willingness to just listen to crying or tantrums often is enough to heal a child's fears and hurts. - Safe play during which your kid becomes the boss can reveal his hidden feelings-- and heal them too. - Parents who regularly listen to one another's struggles, without judging or advising, often clear so much toxic emotion that their children benefit greatly.
