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Our Treasured Memories
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
"Do you think your grandchildren will be Jewish? I was speechless when a friend asked me this question many years ago, when my own children were still quite young. How should I respond? After all, my husband and I maintained a kosher home, observed Erev Shabbat with lighting candles and eating...
Cultural Shock-Taiwan
Cow Mentality, Rubber Slipper Fashion in Binlang Country
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Its a social statement; exposing the cultural bondage to traditions over common sense, logic and 21st-century-order. The obvious ineffectiveness of government, the lackadaisical enforcements of rules and laws, the selfishness of the individual superseding social orders. The beyond-time mentality over...
by Elsa M. van der Laaken
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2007
"1960 DESTINATION ISRAEL," was written by the author for her children who dont know much about this period of her life. In 1960, Israel was not exactly a tourist destination. Instead the country was receiving a fascinating influx of Jewish immigrants from all over the world and Elsa, a "goy,"...
Kwik Tips 4 U - Sports Edition: the Parent
How to Save Time, Money & Energy in Youth Sports
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
The Sports Edition of KWIK Tips 4 U The Parent is to provide you with a generic overview of practical information and resources as you and your child begin your journey in youth sports. These KWIK Tips will hopefully save you a lot of time, money and energy.
Kwik Tips 4 U - Sports Edition: the Coach
Bring out the Best in Your Youth Sports Program
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
The Sports Edition of KWIK Tips 4 U The Coach is designed specifically for youth sports coaches and to assist them in reaching their highest potential as a leader, mentor and role model. Anyone can be become a coach but only a few become great coaches. These KWIK Tips will provide coaches with tips...
by Ben Wilkie
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Are you an adult who ever wanted to go back in time to days in which life was simpler? Or are you a teenager who ever wondered what high school was like years ago? Well then, this is the story for you. ISLANDER DAYS: Memories of a River Rat is the story of author Ben Wilkies unique days at a Minneapolis...
Old Men
Sketches of a Time in Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Over his eighty-plus years, Paul T. Bryant has worked as a farm and ranch hand, soldier, forest-fire lookout, park ranger naturalist, editor, teacher, and academic administrator. He has lived and worked in a variety of states, from Washington to North Carolina and from Texas to Massachusetts, filling...
by Emerson J. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
This publication provides common terminologies and definitions to enhance the understanding of public governance, management, and administration. It aims to promote the use of good governance principles and applications in modern government. Set in the context of public service design and delivery...
Your Son’S Resume to Building It Together
A Key to Scholarships and College Admissions
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Parenting Why Invest The Time? Building your sons resume is not just about your sons future, it is about YOU and the most rewarding exciting act of love you will most likely ever experience. The Resume A resume is not just an accumulation of one-liners, they are years of valuable activities and experiences...
Education Reform: Before It Was Cool
The Real Story and Pioneers Who Made It Happen
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
In 1983, Americans, content with the failing education establishment and ill-equipped to change the status quo were handed a wake-up call in the form of A Nation at Risk. This national report exposed the problems in the system, and slowly, Americans began to see possibilities where there were none....
Honoring the Call
Odyssey of an Acting University President
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
This work evolved from the personal and professional experiences of Grambling State University's first female president, albeit acting. The story occurs during troubled times, recounting the activities of the team she assembled to combat the foreboding issue of the university losing its regional accreditation....
by Stephen A. Funk
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
The generation before the great baby boomers is the less-known silent generation. They do not get the credit like the boomers, but they did provide the glue and butter to the American system that was needed to hold our American way of life together. They historically document the perspective and view...
The Us Foreign Service
From New Frontier to War on Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2007
This is an account of an unusual journey through life, from a modest beginning as a lad in Ohio in the 1930s to experiences with high government officials as a member of the US Foreign Serviceeven with a ruling kingextending to 28 countries around the world, in 28 years. As a youngster, he had worked...
Inside Graceland
Elvis' Maid Remembers
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
If you wanted a picture of the life of Elvis Presley, who better to paint it for you than someone who worked as his trusted cook and maid at Graceland? Someone whose daily tasks centered around keeping the King of Rock & Roll happy, whose every move was designed to please the greatest music legend...