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Download or read book Tumbleweeds written by Leila Meacham and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A recently orphaned girl moves to the Texas panhandle and struggles to forge new friendships in a town of football glory in this unforgettable novel of surprising plot twists and unexpected beginnings. Recently orphaned, eleven-year-old Cathy Benson feels she has been dropped into a cultural and intellectual wasteland when she is forced to move from her academically privileged life in California to the small town of Kersey in the Texas Panhandle where the sport of football reigns supreme. She is quickly taken under the unlikely wings of up-and-coming gridiron stars and classmates John Caldwell and Trey Don Hall, orphans like herself, with whom she forms a friendship and eventual love triangle that will determine the course of the rest of their lives. Taking the three friends through their growing up years until their high school graduations when several tragic events uproot and break them apart, the novel expands to follow their careers and futures until they reunite in Kersey at forty years of age. Told with all of Meacham's signature drama, unforgettable characters, and plot twists, readers will be turning the pages, desperate to learn how it all plays out.
Book Synopsis Urban Tumbleweed by : Harryette Mullen
Download or read book Urban Tumbleweed written by Harryette Mullen and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Harryette Mullen is a magician of words, phrases, and songs . . . No voice in contemporary poetry is quite as original, cosmopolitan, witty, and tragic." —Susan Stewart, citation for the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Urban tumbleweed, some people call it, discarded plastic bag we see in every city blown down the street with vagrant wind. —from Urban Tumbleweed Urban Tumbleweed is the poet Harryette Mullen's exploration of spaces where the city and the natural world collide. Written out of a daily practice of walking, Mullen's stanzas adapt the traditional Japanese tanka, a poetic form suited for recording fleeting impressions, describing environmental transitions, and contemplating the human being's place in the natural world. But, as she writes in her preface, "What is natural about being human? What to make of a city dweller taking a ‘nature walk' in a public park while listening to a podcast with ear-bud headphones?"
Book Synopsis The American Steppes by : David Moon
Download or read book The American Steppes written by David Moon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the transnational movements of people, plants, agricultural sciences, and techniques from Russia's steppes to North America's Great Plains.
Book Synopsis America, New Mexico by : Robert Leonard Reid
Download or read book America, New Mexico written by Robert Leonard Reid and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Mexico is a land with two faces. It is a land of enchantment, legendary for its natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. But it is also a land of paradox. In America, New Mexico, Robert Leonard Reid explores deep inside New Mexico's landscape to find the real New Mexico—with all of its gifts and challenges—within. Having traveled and hiked countless miles throughout the state, Reid knows New Mexico's breathtaking landscape intimately. But he knows the human landscape as well: its artists and poets, medicine men and businessmen, preachers and politicians, Hispanics and Anglos. He knows that amid the glittering mansions of Santa Fe there are homeless shelters, that the Indians of myth and legend combat alcoholism and poverty, and that toxic waste lurks beneath a land of almost surreal beauty. America, New Mexico is a book about land, sky, and hope by a writer whose passion and inspiring prose invite us to see the promise and possibilities of reconnecting with the natural world. It is unflinching in its depiction of the adversities facing New Mexicans and indeed all Americans. But above all, it searches behind and beyond these troubling issues to find, standing staunchly against them, a quiet and unshakable confidence rooted in New Mexico's natural world. For anyone who has ever been moved by the incomparable beauty of New Mexico, for anyone concerned with the landscape in which all Americans live, America, New Mexico is an unforgettable book.
Book Synopsis The Tiniest Tumbleweed by : Kathy Peach
Download or read book The Tiniest Tumbleweed written by Kathy Peach and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT IS THIS BOOK ABOUT? Everyone feels small or inadequate at some point in their lives. The Tiniest Tumbleweed is a story written to help children learn more about what they can do to become their best selves, despite whatever may be making them feel small or limited. The characters are two Sonoran Desert neighbors, a tiny tumbleweed and a baby house sparrow, who are both small for their age. Guided by the loving encouragement of their parents, they learn to work within their physical limitations to grow to be the best they can be, rather than measure themselves against others. As a result, they also learn how they can help one another, providing a lesson about the synergy between living things and the boundless opportunities those relationships provide. WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE? The proven psychological concepts for building self-efficacy combined with a children's literature writing method that helps young readers believe in limitless opportunities are what make The Tiniest Tumbleweed unique. The connection between the characters in the book, a tiny tumbleweed and a sparrow, provides a fascinating look into the real-life desert relationship between tumbleweeds and birds. Following the story, a well-researched curriculum guide captivates young readers, helping them develop a deeper respect for nature.
Book Synopsis Tumbleweeds Remembered by : Milt Ost
Download or read book Tumbleweeds Remembered written by Milt Ost and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Oster’s family has been planters of seeds for generations untold. But Edward feels a call to be a fisher of men. Along with his wife, Denise, their journey takes them from the rolling Midwestern prairies to blue Mediterranean waters, from the walls of San Quentin to the walls of the Kremlin, from fire tower on mountain top to the great pyramids of Giza. They dig through history in ancient Caesarea, and marvel at the monster machines digging North Dakota Black gold. They have people to love, a might Word to proclaim, and a Cross to hold high. Theirs is a journey of discovery and a husbanding of traditions as they remember the tumbleweeds of their youth and plant roses of hope for the future.
Download or read book Ready to Test, Grade 5 written by and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 256-page workbook helps fifth grade children learn to follow directions, understand test formats, use effective strategies to avoid common mistakes, and budget their time wisely. This workbook includes actual test questions in reading, language arts, and math; tips on test preparation; strategies and techniques for answering different kinds of questions; full-length practice tests; and a complete answer key. Test questions feature up-to-date content aligned with the Common Core Standards. The Ready to Test series boosts confidence and helps learners improve their test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests.
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Download or read book Spectrum Test Practice, Grade 5 written by and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5th grade workbooks all subjects for kids ages 10+ Support your child’s educational journey with Spectrum’s reproducible Test Practice 5th Grade Workbooks All Subjects that helps prepare your fifth grader for 5th grade math and language arts standardized test success. All Subject 5th Grade Books are a great way for children to practice 5th grade math, language arts, and reading comprehension grade 5 skills through focused practice and testing. Why You’ll Love Spectrum’s 5th Grade Workbooks Engaging and educational state standards practice and practice tests. Vocabulary, word origins, spelling, geometry, and multiplying and dividing fractions and decimals are a few of the topics that are included in the 5th grade book to help inspire learning and prepare for testing success in your child’s homeschool curriculum or classroom curriculum. Bonus online pages are included for customized practice aligned to your state and child’s grade level, as well as free online resources for additional testing support. Tracking progress along the way. Comprehensive practice tests are included to prepare your child for test-taking success. Use the answer key in the back of the ELA & math workbook to track student progress before moving on to new lessons and topics. Practically sized for every activity. The 160-page workbook is sized at about 8 1⁄4” x 10 3⁄4”—giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. About Spectrum For more than 20 years, Spectrum has provided solutions for parents who want to help their children get ahead, and for teachers who want their students to meet and exceed set learning goals—providing workbooks that are a great resource for both homeschooling and classroom curriculum. The Spectrum Grade 5 Workbook Contains: Focused math, language arts, and reading comprehension grade 5 practice aligned to state standards Comprehensive practice tests and answer key Online pages and free resources for customized practice and additional testing support
Book Synopsis Ready to Test, Grade 5 by : American Education Publishing
Download or read book Ready to Test, Grade 5 written by American Education Publishing and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 256-page workbook helps fifth grade children learn to follow directions, understand test formats, use effective strategies to avoid common mistakes, and budget their time wisely. This workbook includes actual test questions in reading, language arts, and math; tips on test preparation; strategies and techniques for answering different kinds of questions; full-length practice tests; and a complete answer key. Test questions feature up-to-date content aligned with the Common Core Standards. The Ready to Test series boosts confidence and helps learners improve their test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests.
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Book Synopsis An Illustrated Description of the Russian Empire by : Robert Sears
Download or read book An Illustrated Description of the Russian Empire written by Robert Sears and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Trauma in 20th Century Multicultural American Poetry by : Jamie D. Barker
Download or read book Trauma in 20th Century Multicultural American Poetry written by Jamie D. Barker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author argues that by using literary trauma theory in conjunction with a reader response approach, readers can gain a better understanding of how poetry can work towards building community and encouraging empowerment over oppression by establishing collectives of people who may share similar stories and experiences connected to trauma. Rather than demonstrating how the poetry may fail or trying to establish what traumatic events the speaker (or poet, in some studies) may have encountered and the significance thereof, this study focuses on how the reader may find community with the ideas represented within the poem. The poetry of various ethnicities are examined, including African American poets Amiri Baraka and Lucille Clifton, Native American poets Robin Coffee, Linda Hogan, and Peter Blue Cloud, as well as Japanese American poets Mitsuye Yamada, Keiho Soga, and Lawson Fusao Inada. Although many of these poets have had their poems examined in the past, none have been explored through this type of approach. Furthermore, very few studies have expanded upon the ideas of literary trauma theory by using reader response, and no writings have examined the idea of ambivalence in poetry as this study does.
Book Synopsis The Tumbleweed Society by : Allison J. Pugh
Download or read book The Tumbleweed Society written by Allison J. Pugh and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how we navigate questions of commitment and flexibility at work and at home in a world where insecurity has become the norm. How do people today, especially parents, think and talk about what we owe each other on the job and in intimate relationships-with partners, children, and others-when so much is perpetually up in the air?
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Book Synopsis Western Film Highlights by : Henryk Hoffmann
Download or read book Western Film Highlights written by Henryk Hoffmann and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westerns may have had their heyday, but they remain popular. The greatest films from 1914, when The Squaw Man and The Virginian were among the genre's best, through 2001, when American Outlaws and Texas Rangers were tops, are the subject of this work. For each year, the author names the outstanding western films in the following categories: picture, screenplay (original and adaptation), direction, cinematography, music, male and female leading roles, and male and female supporting roles. Also for each year, the author lists the westerns that received Academy Award nominations (and those that won), makes note of the births and deaths of notable actors, directors, producers, composers, cinematographers, authors and other such personalities, and describes the genre's significant achievements.
Book Synopsis Horse in the Dark by : Vievee Francis
Download or read book Horse in the Dark written by Vievee Francis and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bold and skilled, Francis takes us into the still landscapes of Texas, evoking the African American South in fluid detail. Her poems become panhandle folktales fraught with the weight of memories both individual and collective. Her creative tangle of metaphors, people, and geography will keep the reader rooted in the good earth of extraordinary verse.
Download or read book Somerset written by Leila Meacham and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gone with the Wind meets The Help in the stunning prequel to Leila Meacham's bestselling family epic Roses. "From birth, Jessica had eschewed the role to which she'd been born. Was it because she sensed that her father's indulgence was compensation for his disappointment in her? Jessica thought too much, questioned, challenged, rebelled. Sometimes Eunice thought her daughter should have been born a male." Born into the wealthiest and most influential family in 1830s South Carolina, Jessica Wyndham was expected to look appealing, act with decorum, and marry a suitably prominent and respectable man. However, her outspoken opinions and unflagging sense of justice make her a difficult-and dangerous-firebrand, especially for slavery-dependent Carson Wyndham. Jessica's testing of her powerful father's love is only the beginning of the pain, passion, and triumph she will experience on a journey with the indomitable, land-obsessed Silas Toliver and headstrong Jeremy Warwick to a wild new land called Texas. PRAISE FOR LEILA MEACHAM "Discovering Leila Meacham and her spectacular talent is akin to discovering gold. With this novel she has become a national treasure." -- Huffington Post "Rich with American history and pitch-perfect storytelling, fans and new readers alike will find themselves absorbed in the family saga that Meacham has proven-once again-talented in telling." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
