A Brief History of Seven Killings

A Brief History of Seven Killings
Author: Marlon James
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594633940

A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.

Pfau

Pfau
Author: Joan L. Bouchard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 824
Release: 1983
Genre:
ISBN:

Philip Pfau was born in Russia, ca. 1850, the son of Andrew and Christina Loran Pfau. He married Eufrasina "Rosina" Jochim (1850-1906), daughter of Pater and Margaretha Bohm Jochim, in Russia. They had eleven children, 1870-1895, born near Odessa, Russia, one child died young. The family immigrated to the United States and Canada in seven stages, 1892-1911. Philip and Eufrasina arrived in the United States in 1906 with four children. Philip was killed in a farm accident near St. Vincent's, North Dakota, two months after their arrival; Eufrasina went into shock and died two months his death. Descendants lived in North Dakota, Montana, British Columbia, Washington, Saskatchewan, Wyoming, and elsewhere

Handwriting Practice Book for Kids Ages 6-8

Handwriting Practice Book for Kids Ages 6-8
Author: Hippidoo
Publisher: Sujatha Lalgudi
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2020-10-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781777421113

Learn to Write Letters, Numbers 1-100, Sight Words and 101 Jokes Workbook for Grades 1, 2 & 3This is a beginning handwriting book to help kids ages 6-8 learn to write with complete step-by-step instructions.Based on modern learning techniques and supported by playful drills, this tracing book is the perfect starting book to give your kid a preschool head-start with 100+ pages of tracing practice. It is organized in a progressively skill building way for kids to develop confidence to write neatly and improve penmanship. This Learn to Write Letters, Numbers 1-100, Sight Words, 101 Jokes Workbook is divided into the following parts: Part 1: Learning the Alphabet: Trace and practice letters a-z and A-Z Part 2: Writing Sight Words Part 3: Writing Numbers & Number Words from 1 - 100 Part 4: Writing Knock Knock Jokes in a smaller letter size Part 5: Writing Jokes: Trace the illustrated jokes and try writing them on your own. Share the jokes with friends and family for more laughs! This fun-filled handwriting practice book will progressively build your child's skills and develop confidence to learn through the 100+ high quality pagesOn Sale under $10 - Buy today to begin the fun journey into the world of writing penmanship.

Tracing Your Poor Ancestors

Tracing Your Poor Ancestors
Author: Stuart A. Raymond
Publisher: Pen and Sword Family History
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2020-05-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1526742942

“Provides a wealth of information about . . . people who have gone through debt collectives, hospitals, bankruptcy, crime, homelessness—the list is huge.” —UK Historian Many people in the past—perhaps a majority—were poor. Tracing our ancestors amongst them involves consulting a wide range of sources. Stuart Raymond’s handbook is the ideal guide to them. He examines the history of the poor and how they survived. Some were supported by charity. A few were lucky enough to live in an almshouse. Many had to depend on whatever the poor law overseers gave them. Others were forced into the Union workhouse. Some turned to a life of crime. Vagrants were whipped and poor children were apprenticed by the overseers or by a charity. Paupers living in the wrong place were forcibly “removed” to their parish of settlement. Many parishes and charities offered them the chance to emigrate to North America or Australia. As a result, there are many places where information can be found about the poor. Stuart Raymond describes them all: the records of charities, of the poor law overseers, of poor law unions, of Quarter Sessions, of bankruptcy, and of friendly societies. He suggests many other potential sources of information in record offices, libraries, and on the internet. “Packed with incredibly useful reference information which no family historian should be without.” —The Essex Family Historian

The Change Your Name Store

The Change Your Name Store
Author: Leanne Shirtliffe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2014-05-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1628739487

Who am I? It’s a question a lot of children seem to ask themselves, at which point being “them” simply isn’t enough. They want to be someone better. Many kids want to change their names. This is what happened to Wilma Lee Wu. One day, Wilma decides she no longer likes her name, and she sets off for the Change Your Name Store to find a new one. Once at the store, the possibilities seem endless. Mrs. Zeena McFooz, the store-owner, says that Wilma can try out any new name she wants with one catch: she must “go for a ride” to discover what it means to be that name. Will being Babette Bijou from France be better than Wilma Lee Wu? What about Dominga Delfino from Belize? Featuring an exciting story of discovery from author and humor blogger Leanne Shirtliffe (of IronicMom.com), and fun, simple illustrations by Tina Kügler, The Change Your Name Store takes children on a journey to find their true identity and to celebrate who they are—name and all. Children ages 3 to 6 will be able to relate to Wilma's search for who she really is. The book promotes diversity, which is an important topic to kids to understand at an early age, and will be a good addition to preschool classrooms and urban homes in particular. Zeena McFooz is gentle and matter-of-fact, and the tone of the book is one of exploration and celebration of our individuality. The illustrations are sure to captivate kids' attention while helping to bring this important message to life. Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Literature and Sensation

Literature and Sensation
Author: Anthony Uhlmann
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2008-12-18
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1443802522

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train” (Oscar Wilde). Literature has always treated the sensational: crime, passion, violence, trauma, catastrophe. It has frequently caused, or been at the centre of scandal, censorship and moral outrage. But literature is also intricately connected with sensation in ways that are less well understood. It mediates between the sensory world, perception and cognition through rich modes of thought allied with perceptions and emotions and makes sense of profound questions that transcend the merely rational. And at its boundaries, literature engages with the uncanny realm in which knowledge, presentiment or feeling is prior to articulation in words. This book reviews the sensational dimension of literature according to themes that have too often been left to one side. Literary theory has often privileged perception over sensation, cognition over raw experience, in focusing on semantics rather than sense. The essays in this volume cover literature and sensation in all its facets, drawing upon a range of approaches from evolutionary theory, theories of mind, perception, philosophy and aesthetics. The works considered are drawn from various literary periods and genres, from the nineteenth century to contemporary prose and poetry, including experiments in new media. Literature and Sensation offers detailed and subtle readings of literature according to the sensations they represent, incite, or evoke in us, and will be of interest to readers of literary theory, ethics and aesthetics, and theorists of new media art.

The Administration and Supervision of Reading Programs

The Administration and Supervision of Reading Programs
Author: Shelley B. Wepner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Now in its Fourth Edition, this popular textbook is still the most comprehensive resource on the oversight of literacy programs (PreK-12). With chapters written by experts with years of experience in schools, this new edition has been completely updated to incorporate current views about the literacy field in relation to governmental changes and regulations such as the No Child Left Behind Act. Offering specific guidelines that literacy leaders can use to improve their programs, the text covers selecting materials, assessing the quality of teachers, providing staff development, working with different types of learners, and incorporating writing and technology.

Cursive Handwriting Workbook For Kids

Cursive Handwriting Workbook For Kids
Author: Sujatha Lalgudi
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2019-06-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781076038524

Easy Cursive Handwriting Workbook This workbook is divided into the following parts: Part 1: Learning the Cursive Alphabet: Trace and practice letters a-z and A-Z Part 2: Writing two letter words: Connecting lowercase cursive letters a-z Part 3: Writing three letter words: Connecting lowercase cursive letters a-z Part 4: Writing four letter words Connecting Simple and interesting words a-z Part 5: Writing simple words starting with a Capital letter: Connecting uppercase cursive letters A-Z Part 6: Writing Numbers and Number Words 1-10 Learn and practice writing numbers and words 1-10 Part 7: Writing simple sentences Connecting words to form an entire sentence. Kids can use a pencil, light color marker or highlighter to trace the dotted letters and words. New Launch on Sale Under $10