Some men are born brothers; others become brothers through experiences. Arty, Lance, and Gill share a bond that seems unbreakable until tested by their competition for the attention of Gwendolyn Peaudane-a woman of charm and beauty, but with secrets that will challenge their camaraderie. Their boyhood adventures soon turn into adult challenges as each tries to find his way. The three boys forge their friendship in the Cross Timber, an ancient forest separating the vast plains of western Oklahoma from the wooded hills of the east. The thick woodland was described by Washington Irving as "The...
Some men are born brothers; others become brothers through experiences. Arty, Lance, and Gill share a bond that seems unbreakable until tested by thei...
Buried in the red soil of the Oklahoma prairie is a stone statue of a striking young woman broken into a hundred pieces-a broken statue representing shattered lives and crushed dreams. The story of the statue is one of love, greed, power, and lost aspirations. The statue symbolizes what was and what could have been-a tale of a great oil empire betrayed, destroying the lives of the family who built it. The Broken Statue is an intriguing story based on the real-life legacy of the Marland Mansion and the statue still located within its walls. E.W. Marland's spectacular rise to power and the...
Buried in the red soil of the Oklahoma prairie is a stone statue of a striking young woman broken into a hundred pieces-a broken statue representing s...
Life in depression-era California has always been difficult for Raquel. When she must flee her drunken stepfather's abuse, the young woman finds herself without a home or family. Raquel finds new hope with her husband and his family near the oilfield town of Taft, California, as she adjusts to her new life and her pretentious mother-in-law. In the midst of the Great Depression, tragedy strikes the family leaving Raquel and her mother-in-law, Naomi, with few options besides returning to a drought-plagued farm in Oklahoma. Raquel's former hard-luck life in the fields and squatters' camps of...
Life in depression-era California has always been difficult for Raquel. When she must flee her drunken stepfather's abuse, the young woman finds herse...
This book brings together an international group of researchers reporting on their work about play and early childhood education across 13 countries - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Germany, Hong Kong, United States of America, India, The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Singapore, China and Australia. It contributes to growing international conversations about play and the role of play in early childhood education. Each of the chapters in this anthology reflects different directions in research as well as a range of approaches to reconceptualising play. Each researcher questions assumptions...
This book brings together an international group of researchers reporting on their work about play and early childhood education across 13 countries -...
This book brings together an international group of researchers reporting on their work about play and early childhood education across 13 countries - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Germany, Hong Kong, United States of America, India, The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Singapore, China and Australia. It contributes to growing international conversations about play and the role of play in early childhood education. Each of the chapters in this anthology reflects different directions in research as well as a range of approaches to reconceptualising play. Each researcher questions assumptions...
This book brings together an international group of researchers reporting on their work about play and early childhood education across 13 countries -...
This book provides an important compilation and synthesis of current work in transition to school research. The book focuses strongly on the theoretical underpinnings of research in transition to school. It outlines key theoretical positions and connects those to the implications for policy and practice, thereby challenging readers to re-conceptualize their understandings, expectations and perceptions of transition to school. The exploration of this range of theoretical perspectives and the application of these to a wide range of research and research contexts makes this book an important...
This book provides an important compilation and synthesis of current work in transition to school research. The book focuses strongly on the theore...
This edited book brings together for the first time an international collection of work focused on two important aspects of any young child's life - learning mathematics and starting primary or elementary school. The chapters take a variety of perspectives, and integrate these two components in sometimes explicit and sometimes more subtle ways.
The key issues and themes explored in this book are:
the mathematical and other strengths that all participants in the transition to school bring to this period of a child's life;
the opportunities provided by transition to...
This edited book brings together for the first time an international collection of work focused on two important aspects of any young child's life ...
Leadership Dynamics presents innovative methods of looking at driving forces and controlling forces to examine complex interpersonal interactions. Leadership Dynamics presents practical and effective lesson on dealing with difficult people, building influence, managing strategic planning, improving group communication, resolving conflicts, focusing on customer service, implementing change in an organization, creating vision, and establishing purpose for a group. Leadership Dynamics is divided into four modules: Creating Vision and Influence, Transforming Ideas into Results, Solving Problems...
Leadership Dynamics presents innovative methods of looking at driving forces and controlling forces to examine complex interpersonal interactions. Lea...
Fourteen years ago, Espen fled Emporia leaving his sister Abigail behind. Espen has few regrets until his daughter faces a problem that can only be solved by going back. Abigail controls secret information from her family's past to secure a position of power and influence in the city. Abigail, however, has become the very person she once despised and loses the one person she ever trusted, Edmon. Her one-time love now conspires to destroy her. Abigail seems to be in control of everything, but feels she is left with nothing. Espen, Abigail, and Edmon are forced down divergent paths to learn...
Fourteen years ago, Espen fled Emporia leaving his sister Abigail behind. Espen has few regrets until his daughter faces a problem that can only be so...
