Young Caroline Pickersgill lives with her mother and grandmother in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Pickersgill, a widow, supports herself and her daughter by making flags for the ships that sail into the city. Some soldiers from Fort McHenry come to her to order the biggest and best flag in the world, and Caroline helps make it. When the British sail up the Chesapeake Bay to destroy Baltimore during the War of 1812, the defenders at the fort beat them back. After the British sail away the next day, the flag gallantly streaming over the fort is the one Caroline and her mother had sewn. a oeBy the...

A Journey Through End of Life and Beyond takes you on the journey we go through when a loved one, whether animal or human, is terminally ill or has passed away. The book focuses on our animal companions and their views during the dying process. Georgina interprets beautiful, profound messages that the animals wish to share with all humans. These messages have brought deep healing whether one has lost an animal or human loved one. Georgina delivers the animals loving wisdom, perspectives and experiences of how they feel as they go through the process of permanently leaving their bodies....

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Politische Soziologie, Majoritaten, Minoritaten, Note: 2,0, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main (Institut fur Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Soziale Ungleicheit und politische Soziologie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Seit dem Bekannt werden, dass der Mensch (hauptsachlich in industrialisierten Landern) fur den Klimawandel und dessen Auswirkungen auf das Leben auf der Erde verantwortlich ist, wird auch mit Hochdruck an Losungsmoglichkeiten gearbeitet. Logisch ware es alle Handlungen zu reduzieren, die fur eine...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1.3, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main (Gesellschaftswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Embodiment - Konzepte der Verkorperung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit Frauen bei dem Entschluss fur eine Schonheitsoperation aus dem eigenen freien Willen entscheiden, oder ob gangigen Schonheitsidealen, die von der Gesellschaft vorgeschrieben werden, unbewusst nachgestrebt wird und diese verkorpert werden. Zu Beginn der...

Journey Through North Carolina is a book of stories and life lessons from the Coast, Piedmont, and Mountains of North Carolina. The stories will take you on a journey, a life journey, and I hope you will enjoy the walk.

Labels traditionally ascribed to women--mother, angel of the house, whore, or bitch--suggest character traits that do not encompass the complexities of women's identities or empower women's public speaking. Rethinking Ethos: A Feminist Ecological Approach to Rhetoric redefines the concept of ethos--classically thought of as character or credibility--as ecological and feminist, negotiated and renegotiated, and implicated in shifting power dynamics. Building on previous feminist and rhetorical scholarship, this essay collection presents a sustained discussion of the unique methods by...

Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since 9/11, religion has become an increasingly important factor of personal and group identification. Based on an African case study, this book calls for new ways of thinking about diversity that go -beyond religious tolerance-. Focusing on the predominantly Muslim Yoruba town of Ede, the authors challenge the assumption that religious difference automatically leads to conflict: in south-west Nigeria, Muslims, Christians and traditionalists have co-existed largely peacefully since the early twentieth century. In some contexts, Ede's citizens...