Live a Little is Book #1 of the Ellen Chronicles series. Living a sheltered childhood is not always good. Ellen discovers deceit and pain as she travels through life from being a na ve country girl to acquiring the basic instincts to survive in the big city. Ellen faces not one crossroad, but many, and she does not always choose the correct path. Ellen didn't choose to be fat, but she is. Ellen didn't choose to become pregnant with her first child while unmarried, but it was her fault, and she knows it. All she asks is that you don't judge her until and unless you've traveled in her shoes.
Ellen remains na ve and trusting until she allows Bertha, a young mother with three children, move into her home to share expenses. Bertha leads Ellen down the path to a life that is just a step away from prison. Ellen meets new men, even though her husband told her no one would ever want her. Unfortunately, those new men are not what she needs in her life. They teach her things about life that she really doesn't need to know. All Ellen asks is that you don't judge her until and unless you have traveled in her shoes.
People will assume every bad thing Ellen endured was true and every good thing was an embellishment to make her look good. Ellen will not tell you what is true and what is not. She won't tell you whether it's all true or whether it's not. The only way to figure out what's real and what isn't is to know the writer. Ellen doesn't regret anything she has ever done because, at the time she did it, it was necessary. Can you say that? Can you say you've lived your life and have no regrets? All Ellen asks is that you don't judge her until and unless you have traveled in her shoes.
-From the banks of the Delaware River to the shores of Lake Erie, the fields and hillsides of Pennsylvania are home to a rich tradition of winemaking. Though both William Penn and Benjamin Franklin advocated for the production of wine, it was not until 1787 that Pierre Legaux founded the first commercial vineyard in the state and the nation. Veteran wine journalists Hudson Cattell and Linda Jones McKee offer more than just a taste of the complex story of the Pennsylvania wine industry--from the discovery of the Alexander grape and the boom of Erie County wineries in the nineteenth century to the challenges of Prohibition and the first farm wineries that opened in the 1970s. Join Cattell and McKee as they explore the Keystone State's distinct wine regions and tap the cask on their robust history."
Arthur och hans vänner är fortsättningen på berättelsen om Arthur, den tilltufsade men modiga gatuhunden från Ecuador som följde sin blivande husse Mikael genom djungeln för att till sist hitta ett nytt hem på andra sidan jorden. Vi får följa Arthur under hans första jul i Sverige och på resor till London, lida med honom när han drabbas av sjukdom och glädjas med honom på campingäventyr med familjen. Arthur och vänner är nästa gripande kapitel i Arthur och Mikaels historia.Boken innehåller också ett antal rörande historier där andra människor berättar om hur hundar räddat livet på dem, både bokstavligen och bildligt. Dessa berättelser om ”Arthurs dubbelgångare“ från världens alla hörn, vittnar om att hunden verkligen är människans bästa vän."En känslosam solskenshistoria om ett djurs ovillkorliga kärlek - och om en fantastisk resa!" Aftonbladet om första boken om Arthur
Det här är den fantastiska berättelsen om Arthur – gatuhunden som lämnade djungeln och hittade hem. Hem till elitidrottaren Mikael Lindnord i Örnsköldsvik.De utmattade svenska multisportarna befann sig mitt i regnskogen i Ecuador under VM. De skulle ha en kort vila innan nästa stenhårda pass tog vid – flera dagars löpning, cykling och forsränning i oländig terräng väntade härnäst. Leriga, trötta och hungriga började de tillaga sin måltid som bestod av köttbullar när landslagets ledare, Mikael Lindnord, fick syn på en tilltufsad vilsekommen hund. Han slängde åt hunden en köttbulle och tänkte inte mer på saken.Det var först senare, under det närmare 700 kilometer långa loppet, som Mikael insåg att hunden följde efter dem och gav honom namnet Arthur. Uppför höga berg, över leriga fält och simmande i iskallt vatten kämpade Arthur vid sidan av laget. Utmärglad och skadad höll han jämna steg med de topptränade atleterna och vek inte en tum från deras sida. Till slut kunde ingen längre vara oberörd – allra minst Mikael som hade fått en vän för livet.En otrolig och rörande historia om hunden som slog världen med häpnad. Om strapatser i djungeln och känsloladdade möten. Om multisportarnas tuffa tillvaro. Om kampen för att överleva och för att få ge Arthur ett nytt hem i Sverige.
First published in 1923, this book deals with the various endangered and recently-extinct birds of contemporary Britain. "Rare, Vanishing and Lost British Birds" is profusely illustrated and contains interesting historical information, detailed descriptions, anecdotes, and other notable information relating to the birds treated. Highly recommended for those with an interest in ornithology. Contents include: "Pelican, Pelicanus Onocrotalus," "Crane, Grus Cinerea," "White Spoonbill, Platalea Leucorodia," "Capercaillie, Tetrao Urogallus," "Avocet, Recurvirostra Avocetta," "Great Bustard, Otis Tarda," "Black-Tailed Godwit, Limosa Belgica," "Great Auk, Alca Impennis," "Goshawk, Astur Palumbarius," etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on ornithology.
Defiant, humorous, empathetic and insightful, 'Not Quite Right For Us' pierces through the hierarchical mechanics of class, race, gender. A celebration of outsiderness and an ode to otherness, 'Not Quite Right For Us' is a singular collection of stories, essays and poems by a dynamic mix of established and surging voices alike, edited by Sharmilla Beezmohun and including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Aminatta Forna, Xiaolu Guo, Johny Pitts, Rishi Dastidar, Tim Wells and Rafeef Ziadah. This remarkable anthology marks the tenth anniversary of the live-literature organisation co-founded by Sharmilla, Speaking Volumes. Part cri du coeur, part warning shot, part affirmation, this is the book we need now.
The purpose of this Element is to provide a comprehensive overview of organizational stigma research development and to identify future research directions, focusing specifically on the organization as the level of analysis. It provides a historical and contemporary review of the organizational stigma literature, identifies the most essential topics of discussion when researching organizational stigma, and moves through them to highlight the most salient topics for future research. Organizational stigma is a multidimensional and multidirectional conception. While attached to the organization, organizational stigma is developed based on the evaluation of an attribute, characteristics, or behavior of the organization by an organizational audience. In other words, the stigma is in the eye of the beholder, a result of the sociocognitive processes of heterogenous audiences. The authors hope to illustrate the important role that stigma and other social evaluations play in organizations and their inherently inseparable role in society.
The purpose of this Element is to provide a comprehensive overview of organizational stigma research development and to identify future research directions, focusing specifically on the organization as the level of analysis. It provides a historical and contemporary review of the organizational stigma literature, identifies the most essential topics of discussion when researching organizational stigma, and moves through them to highlight the most salient topics for future research. Organizational stigma is a multidimensional and multidirectional conception. While attached to the organization, organizational stigma is developed based on the evaluation of an attribute, characteristics, or behavior of the organization by an organizational audience. In other words, the stigma is in the eye of the beholder, a result of the sociocognitive processes of heterogenous audiences. The authors hope to illustrate the important role that stigma and other social evaluations play in organizations and their inherently inseparable role in society.
"Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis reveals hard truths- powerful findings on the role of racism, coercion, inadequate prenatal care, the pressures undermining breastfeeding and the lack of access to alternatives to a broken maternal health-care system as key threads of black women's birth experiences." -Kimberly Seals Allers, MS, author, The Big Letdown "This book clearly lays out the barriers facing Black families, but it also offers solutions. I think every professional who works with parents and babies of any color should read this book." -Sharon Muza, BS, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, CLE"Battling over Birth is a critical and timely resource for understanding black women's birthing experiences in the United States, a country where black women's lives-and the lives they create-are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of non-black women ... By distilling the common and diverse threads from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as important and central to optimal birth experiences. Their recommendations for improving care and outcomes are grounded in black women's authoritative knowledge. ... This wonderful, important, necessary research by and for black women points in the direction that black women think we should go to ensure they have safe, healthy, and satisfying birth experiences and outcomes. We need to listen and act."-Christine Morton, PhD, author, Birth Ambassadors: Doulas and the Re-Emergence of Woman-Supported Birth in AmericaBlack Women Birthing Justice is a collective of African-American, African, Caribbean and multiracial women who are committed to transforming birthing experiences for black women and transfolks. Our vision is that every pregnant person should have an empowering birthing experience, free of unnecessary medical interventions and forced separation from their child. Our goals are to educate, to document birth stories and to raise awareness about birthing alternatives. We aim to challenge human rights violations, rebuild confidence in our ability to give birth, and decrease disproportionate maternal and infant mortality.
H. F. Linskens; M. V. Tracey; Ulrich Beiss; Fay Bendall; Walter Björk; F. Bohlmann; Hans G. Boman; Richard Braun; W. Heinen; Manfred Hesse; Eduard Hofmann; J. R. Hudson; Rüdiger Knapp; Rudolf Lambert; Carlos O. Miller; Gerhard Pfleiderer; B. D. Sanwal; Hans Schmid; Shoji Shibata; Herbert Stern; Wolfgang Sucrow; Josef Tobiška; F. W. Zilliken
'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist______________________________A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers:Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie and Ali Smith - introduced by Sandi Toksvig. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.In this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.'A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike' Guardian'Delightful, thought-provoking' Louisa Young, Perspectives
A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers.'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror'Where power and feminist rage meet' StylistBANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.STORIES BY: Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Annie Hodson, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, with an Introduction by Sandi Toksvig
Join Hudson, a lively and endearing English Springer Spaniel puppy, and Clay and Grant, two young brothers on their many adventures growing up in and around a small town.This story begins when Mom and Dad bring Hudson home on a sunny Saturday morning. Follow along as Hudson settles in with his new family, makes friends and explores the world. Laugh at Hudson's adorable antics and experience the excitement of playing tag and hide-and-seek, frolicking in the snow and hiking through the forest to a special destination.This charming tale is filled with humor, heartwarming moments and unexpected surprises, and celebrates family, friendship and the wonder of nature. Most of all, this is a journey that honors the everlasting bond between children and their pets, and cherishes the lifelong memories that shape our lives in the most meaningful ways.
