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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Stephen L. Styron M.D.
Aaron Turner returned from the devastating War Between the States to find Texas prostrate under the heel of Yankee soldiers, carpetbaggers and scalawags during Reconstruction. Texans' rights were swept away in a tide of vengeful reforms only to be regained through much tribulation. The economy of Texas was in shreds. "King Cotton" was dead. Taxes and property appraisals increased to the point where choice land was being confiscated at an astonishing rate. The river bottoms, cane breaks, and prairies were filled with unclaimed longhorn cattle, waiting for any man tough enough to use a rope and a branding iron. Aaron and his friends, like many young Texans, caught these mavericks by the tens of thousands and drove them north to exchange them for Yankee silver dollars. This influx of desperately needed cash kept the hopes of Texans alive until times improved."Up from the Ashes," the sixth book in the Western Quest Series, is the story of how Aaron rose to the challenge of the horrors of Reconstruction and assumed the mantle of family leadership. He met the challenges of crooked politicians, Klansmen, and the loss of political rights with determination and persistence to see the return of a free Texas in 1874.Stephen L. Turner was born a fifth generation son of Texas. His youth was steeped in the history and culture of his heritage. A graduate of Texas Tech School of Medicine, he has practiced pediatrics in rural Plainview, Texas since 1984. Turner is married with two married children. Besides his medical practice and writing, he runs their panhandle ranch. He enjoys training horses and hunting. Dr. Turner is a member of Hood's Texas Brigade Association, Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Texas Genealogical Society. In 2011, he was inducted into the Western Writer's of America. His other works include "Out of the Wilderness," "On the Camino Real," "Under Troubled Skies," "Ride for the Lone Star" and "On the Road to Glory."
Incorporating in-depth interviews, statistical data, and prior studies, Fielding illustrates how modern medicine is a victim of its own success. The historical record since the early 19th century shows that the rate of malpractice claims has increased as medicine developed new and more complex procedures. Fielding integrates macro- and micro-levels of analysis to explain how scientific medicine is inherently prone to adverse outcomes no matter how competent medical provides are and how patients often feel their personal experiences and views are marginalized during the course of their medical care. This combination makes it more likely that patients will sue when something goes wrong.The so-called medical practice crisis is mostly the result of a system of health care that has promoted professional dominance and high-tech care. This system both shapes and is shaped by the daily clinical context in which patients, physicians, and other providers interact. The key policy implication would be to place greater emphasis on primary care and prevention rather than curative or high-tech interventions. For example, aggressive programs to ensure primary care for all, public health, occupational health, and accident reduction would go a long way to improve both the health of the population and reduce the rate of medical malpractice claims.
No group of people was more important than the Mormons to the settlement of the American West, but most histories are written of the more glamorous Mormon leaders, not of the plain folks who lived the events that formed the broader history. "Gathering in Harmony" is a chronicle of ordinary people such as Allen Taylor, John H. Redd, George Prince, and James H. Imlay, whose lives collectively represent a cross-section of early Mormon history and the pioneering of southern Utah."Gathering in Harmony" presents the story of Mormonism from the earliest days in Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa to the trek across the plains to Utah. Far more than a family history, the book deftly recreates the forces that influenced these people in their journeys and the way in which they themselves helped to shape events. Drawing on many primary sources, the narrative goes on to recount the early settlement of southern Utah, the story of New Harmony--a small town with a significant history--and culminates with the exploits of a most uncommon common man, Sheriff Antone B. Prince.Southern Utah in its early settlement years is revealed in words and deeds of the pioneers. Told with objectivity and a respect for the faith of his forebears, the author illuminates the lives of those who struggled to build up the inheritance for those who would follow.
In this debut volume, Stephen Burt, in poetic actions that range with unusual ease from prose to sonnets and free verse, explores the sensation of selfhood as it presents itself, in all its fractured parts, for re-formation. His speaker moves from the longing to 'be someone else' -- to rid himself of every version of his own shadow -- through a multitude of sensations covered by the notion of 'blasphemy' of soul, where words themselves are a source of anxiety, to slow accommodation (especially powerfully rendered as a capacity for dream and the knowledge dream-logic allows) with the Kafkaesque free-form guilt of personhood. Passionate and deeply accomplished, this is most truly elegant and honest work.
Exploring Political Ideas
Stephen L. Schechter; Thomas S. Vontz; Margaret Stimmann Branson
CQ Press
2010
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A groundbreaking, accessible introduction to the building-block concepts of democracy and comparative civics Designed specifically to help high-school students build critical-thinking skills, Exploring Political Ideas presents a conceptual-comparative approach to the study of the political ideas that shaped world history and continue to affect today’s political landscape. This unique approach gives students a solid grasp of the core concepts behind civics and democratic government, and shows how these concepts are applied in practice through comparisons over time, and across nations. The four-color text explores many intertwined concepts, including the uses of power and authority, the influence of political culture and political institutions, the relationships between rights and responsibilities, political participation and representation, the prerequisites of leadership and governance, and the challenges facing democratic governance in an age of rapid globalization. Each chapter illustrates the concepts through practical examples about political thinkers, leaders, ideas, institutions, and policies. Students explore historical and contemporary applications of political ideas from four perspectives: The decisions individuals makeThe interests individuals articulate and pursueThe institutions they create and work withinThe issues they to seek to resolve Exploring Political Ideas is a terrific addition to public and college library collections, and ideal for high schools supporting curriculum in AP Government, civics, world history, geography, and AP social studies. No other resource unpacks the core concepts behind politics and government in this historical-comparative way that students can easily explore and digest.
How do nations inculcate loyalty? In Learning to Be Loyal, Harp explorers the role of primary education as the means by which both France and Germany used the teaching of national language, culture, geography, and history to transform ordinary people's local and religious identities into national ones.
By surveying the religiously pluralistic setting of the eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century Shenandoah Valley, Longenecker reveals how the fabric of American pluralism was woven. Calling worldliness the ""mainstream"" and otherworldliness, ""outsidernesss,"" Shenandoah Religion describes the transition certain denominations made in becoming mainstream and the resistance of others in maintaining distinctive dress, manners, social relations, economics, and apolitical viewpoints.
To Father a Champion: Because Show Beats Tell!
Stephen L. Doherty
American Champion Publishing
2017
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South Dakota Crusader portrays a principled and accomplished man who spent the first half of his life preparing for national public service.An in-depth look at Francis Case's life and times up to the day before he officially becomes a U. S. congressman. It begins by describing his family background and early years as one of five children born in rural Iowa, where his Methodist-minister father served 10 pastorates before accepting a new assignment in South Dakota's Black Hills.Next, Francis's high school, college, Marine Corps service, teaching, and graduate school careers are discussed in detail. The story then turns to his newspaper endeavors in Rapid City, Hot Springs, and Custer; and his involvement as a civic leader and unabashed Black Hills promoter.Finally, the book recounts his three attempts to be elected to Congress, and the Epilogue contains a summary of his congressional career. Along the way, short updates about his close-knit family are provided.
Answering the Call describes Allen Wilson's World War II service. The book chronicles his college years in ROTC, his stateside assignments before "shipping out" to Algeria, his experiences in combat as a platoon leader and forward observer in Italy, and his post-war duties as a member of the American occupation forces in Austria. His wife Barbara's life as a young mother on the "home front" is also recounted. Photographs, maps and cartoons accompany the narrative. Based primarily on letters Allen wrote between 1943 and 1945, military records and histories, and interviews with Barbara and Allen, this book provides an in-depth, personal account of the challenges and triumphs that occurred when a young soldier "answered the call." Answering the Call was a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards finalist in the War & Military (Adult Nonfiction) category.
Phil Saunders was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army in 1942. After receiving further training at Fort Benning and serving as a training officer at Camp Wheeler, he was assigned as a combat liaison officer with Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist army in China. He arrived in the China-Burma-India theater in the fall of 1943 and soon discovered the Chinese soldiers were underfed, underpaid, unprepared for combat, and reluctant to engage the Japanese. Advising Chiang's Army details Phil's two years spent in China and describes how the troops he worked with gradually became an effective fighting force, shifted from defensive to offensive combat, and ultimately defeated the enemy. The book also recounts his post-war career in state politics and with the National Labor Relations Board. Advising Chiang's Army won a CIPA EVVY Merit Book Award in the Military/Military History category.
Outdoor Play "Fun 4 4 Seasons" enthusiastically portrays a daily commitment to the outdoors for health and fitness. This book is full of short story adventures that give the reader an overview of multiple outdoor things to do. The message is to get outdoors and do something. The only competition you have is the task at hand. Do not worry about reaching the top of the mountain - just concern yourself with staying on the path.Places to Play in Northern New England tell where to discover outdoor treasures. New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont are emphasized for their unique outdoor offerings. The Great North Woods, Maine Island Trail, Appalachian Trail, and the Northern Forest Canoe Trail have references galore. Campsite tips to cook an egg in an onion, paddling on exceptional waters, smart phone apps, giant pumpkin regattas, winter sleigh rides, triathlon clubs, indoor bike training, sea kayaking, island camping, and advice on preparing for the outdoors are amongst diverse stories shared. Videos and action pictures proclaim the physical fitness and mental health impact of the outdoors.Outdoor Play "Fun 4 4" Seasons starts with a process - How to be an Outdoor Enthusiast. The middle sections are the seasons of the year, Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter from Steve's blog - Outdoor Enthusiast.Outdoors as a Component of Daily Life and Eclectic Sharing provides unique tips and readings. Places to Play in Northern New England, offers web sites, clubs and local activities as sources to learn and participate. The last section, The Beginning, is Steve's personal story of how he went from a debilitating injury to a daily outdoor enthusiast.The book shows how, where, and ways to make outdoor activity a stress reliever and a "lifestyle for the long haul". Regardless of age, limited time, family commitments, or knowledge of an activity, Outdoor Play "Fun 4 4 Seasons" is a must read for all."Everyone must believe in something. I believe I'll go outdoors with my family." - S. Priest
Outdoor Play Vol II Color: Fun 4 4 Seasons Volume II
Stephen L. Priest
Professor Steve Associates
2016
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Hi, Outdoor Steve here. The title, "Outdoor Play Fun 4 Seniors," comes because I qualify as a "senior" in any sense of the word. I respond to Grampa, Papa, Dad, Steve, Outdoor Steve, and super senior.Outdoor Play Fun 4 Seniors has behind-the-scenes videos to give the feeling of "being there." The Great North Woods of New Hampshire and Maine, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Maine Island Trail, New Hampshire Winter, northern sections of the Appalachian Trail, and more, have personally created on-site videos. For example, I describe what it is like to cross the fabled and dangerous Knife Edge Trail on Mt Katahdin. Through my chest camera, you "feel" what it is like to hike this one mile 18-inch wide trail 5,000 feet above sea level.Most outings include maps, pictures, videos, directions, and references.The beginning of Outdoor Play Fun 4 Seniors offers a process to be an outdoor enthusiast for those who hesitate because of age, limited time, family commitments, or knowledge of an activity. We start with Bucket List Accomplishments to give the reader a sense of "I can do that."I follow this section with Warning Signs, Survival, Rescue and First Aid. I place this section here to prepare you for what it takes to have a safe and fun outdoor adventure. I share with my readers my experience with avoiding dangerous situations as well as various outdoors/sports injuries and treatment I have experienced.Next follows Outdoor Recreation for Seniors (ORFS). This ORFS group meets every Tuesday year-round at 10 am. In the summer we kayak/canoe, swim and hike. In the fall we hike, and in the winter, we snowshoe and cross-country ski. Membership is limited "to the young of ages between 50 and 90". The ORFS stories and videos are from my blog posts The middle sections divide into the seasons of the year, Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter with glimpses of Steve's outdoor undertakings. These sections are from the last three years of Steve's blog - Outdoor Adventurers. Steve provides a peek into outdoor places and Internet sites to assist you in your research, expectations, and preparation.The next to last section, Places to Play in Northern New England, provides web references to local activities and clubs to join as incentives to learn and participate - if indeed you need these supports.The last section, The Beginning, is my story of how I went from a couch potato to an outdoor enthusiast."Everyone must do something. I believe I will go outdoors with family and friends" S. Priest
International Crossfire: Battling Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Stephen L. Thompson
Stephen L. Thompson
2015
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