![]() ![]() It only seemed right to return those to Raff’s surviving family members. When Taylor’s mother passed away, among her belongings were Raff’s wartime medals and other memorabilia. She had so many questions for her mother, who slowly but surely shared her stories of a wartime romance, a broken heart, and an unhappy second marriage. The first husband - Lyndon Raff - became the perfect foil to Taylor’s father, who, sadly, had followed his abusive, alcoholic parents’ footsteps. It turned out that her mother had been married previously to a man who died in World War II Taylor’s father, out of extreme jealousy, commanded her to keep this a secret and never speak of it. but she was in a dress, not the outfit Taylor recognized from her parents' wedding. So Nadine Taylor fits our type perfectly.Īs a teenager, Taylor found a photo of her mother getting married. If you diligently follow our author Q&As, you might have noticed that we’re fascinated by family history and love interviewing authors who feel the same. ![]()
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Mismatch inclusive design7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In reviewing these products, Holmes provides uplifting and thought-provoking introductions to innovators and creators working on solving the exclusions they have encountered and their methods for addressing each challenge. Holmes provides numerous examples, including playground equipment, video game controllers, public restrooms, smartphones, and architectural building design. Holmes posits that we can create more inclusive products and experiences by looking at accessibility practices that currently exist, learning from excluded individuals, and problem-solving to positively reach and impact groups that require the same or similar solutions. Once we can identify the source of exclusion, and by extension, the exclusion society is perpetuating, we can implement creative, inclusive solutions. She implores us to acknowledge that these mismatches are the root cause of many forms of exclusion. Beginning with the basic understanding that designing for inclusion starts with recognizing exclusion, Holmes references real-life mismatches, or barriers, that are byproducts of the world we have designed. In Mismatch, Kat Holmes educates readers on how implementing inclusive practices can shape the future of design and celebrate human diversity. Inclusion is a rarely utilized resource for creativity and innovation. Topic(s): Inclusive Design, Technology & Business, Social Integration, Social Marginality ![]() The Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I feel like lately I'm surrounded by people who are only interested in judging and questioning my differences (expat) instead of enjoying (or hell, I'd just take respecting) them, so I think Shelly's attitude particularly stood out and struck a chord for me. Shelly's wonder and openness about a new place, a new style of living, meeting new people - all of it was inspiring. Desperate over the idea that her life is never going to change she begs her mom to allow her to go.ĭecades later I still really like this book. Coincidentally, that same morning her mother received a letter from her old college roommate, inviting Shelly to come live with her and her family for the school year in California. ![]() In a fit of pique after an argument over a rain slicker one morning, she shoves her mother's roses down the garbage disposal. Shelly is an only child with a helicopter mom and a typically 50's dad in Oregon. ![]() Then I was cleaning up some book records and there is was. Flashes of scenes would pop into my head at random moments here and there and I started to think I'd need to hunt down the book to re-read it. This is one of the rare books I read as adolescent that stayed with me over the years, although I'd long forgotten the title and the author. Shelly comes closer to passing as a typical teen of today. It's still dated, certainly, but it doesn't feel as screamingly obvious. Another throw back to the 1950's but this book has a totally different voice. ![]() Being a Teen by Jane Fonda7/7/2023 ![]() Helping teens has been a longtime passion, and learning about their needs, problems and questions compelled her to write her comprehensive new book, Being a Teen: Everything Teen Girls & Boys Should Know About Relationships, Sex, Love, Health, Identity & More for which she consulted with a variety of additional resources and experts. Back in 1977, Fonda and her former husband Tom Hayden started the Laurel Springs Performing Arts Children's Camp that served disadvantaged children for fifteen years, and she also founded several non-profits and initiatives that specifically serve adolescents, including founding the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential (GCAPP) in 1995 and the Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive Health at Emory School of Medicine in 2000. What you may not know, is that Fonda also has a long and varied history of working with children and teenagers. ![]() ![]() Jane Fonda is well known as an Oscar- and Emmy-award winning actress and for her best-selling books and exercise videos, as well as for her activism around a variety of issues, such as co-founding the Women's Media Center. ![]() ![]() ![]() This lesson focuses upon the Columbian Exchange as an interwoven process with unforeseen consequences. The first interactive allows students to explore vocabulary in context the second encourages students to review the textual analysis and the third explores the use of diction, simile, and appeal to authority. The text analysis is accompanied by three interactive exercises to aid in student understanding. Each excerpt is accompanied by close reading questions for students to complete. In three excerpts students will examine elements of the Exchange - an overview, a specific biological example of unintended consequences, and finally an example of unintended human costs of the Columbian Exchange. Mann as part of the introduction to his book, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. In this lesson students will explore a description of the Columbian Exchange written by Charles C. Key Concept 1.2 (IIA) (introduction of crops and animals not found in the Americas).ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2 (determine a central idea and its development).ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1 (cite evidence to analyze specifically and by inference). ![]() ![]() Just as Europe is named after Europa, a Greek mythological figure, Albion is the name of Poseidon’s son in European myth. ![]() ![]() In the earliest historical records, Albion is the name of the island of Britain, which is also an elegant name for England. But what else have modern Americans inherited from their ancestors? Let’s learn from the American historian David Hackett Fischer’s book Albion's Seed, which explores four British folkways in America and the influence of each on modern America. There was a famous slogan among the American ancestors who immigrated from Britain to North America: “Where there is bread, there is my country.” Therefore, in the Americans’ view, where there is a better life, there is their homeland. It’s said that, on average, an American moves to a new place of residence over ten times in their lifetime.Īmericans love moving houses because they have inherited their ancestors’ spirits. They believe it’s normal to move to new places for jobs, lower taxes, or a better environment. Gypsies, who are known for their wandering lifestyle, but Americans love moving the most. ![]() Today, we’ll unlock the book Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. ![]() Cake series j bengtsson7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() And now, Quinn was here, built like a god and asking me to play. The new, improved version of myself represented stability and a roof overhead. And so, responsible Jess was born, the good girl who paid her rent, and watered her plants, and put others before herself. She lived like there was no tomorrow.until tomorrow came calling and delivered her an ultimatum: repent or risk losing it all. Hell, she’d already be in his lap by now. Jess of yore would’ve jumped at the chance. ![]() What to do with a runaway rock star in my passenger seat? My king.īut I’m not that worshipful kid anymore, and I’m tired of walking a step behind. Well, that and being the youngest brother to a rock star. Life after the kidnapping is all I’ve ever known. People ask if I’m screwed up after what happened, and I never know how to respond. While other kids were happily playing in the sandbox, I was hiding under press conference podiums listening to my parents beg for Jake’s safe return. Just six years old when my brother was snatched off the street, I grew up in the aftermath of tragedy. ![]() Element encyclopedia of witchcraft7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Packed full of amazing facts, bizarre information and fascinating stories, you will also be introduced to mythic witches, modern witches, sacred goddess witches, even demon witches, male and female witches, and witches from all over the globe. Discover how witchcraft has inspired popular culture from Shakespeare to Harry Potter, and how witches have suffered persecution and death in centuries past. A feast of facts and curiosities, rooted in magical and spiritual traditions, from all over the world, there are recipes from the witch's cauldron, magical sacred dates, and methods of witches' flights. In this mammoth magical treasure trove, Judika Illes explores the history, folklore, spirituality, and mythology of witchcraft. ![]() This definite book is the most comprehensive, authoritative and entertaining guide you'll ever find on the mythology, folklore and traditions of magic. Following on from the hugely successful Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells, comes the next bumper encyclopedia celebrating all facets of witchcraft. ![]() Jude the thomas hardy novel7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Jude, the protagonist, faces a freedom-limiting environment, oppressive against any manifestation of the individual. Brilliant and inducer of the revolt: Jude the Obscure exposes the entrails of this repugnant organization called society. ![]() And it is not possible today, far from the petty conveniences of Victorian society, not to classify the work as brilliant. As for the criticism, Swift has well defined: “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him”. The fact is that Hardy abandoned the genre exactly after the publication of a masterpiece. Received in hostility by the critics, some say that the epithets from “dirty” to “immoral” justified Hardy living little more than thirty years without publishing a new novel. J ude the Obscure is Thomas Hardy’s latest novel. ![]() An Honorable Thief by Anne Gracie7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() By sunset tonight-" He spat blood and lay gasping for breath before he could continue. "Be damned to it.I'm dying, girl.and I'll not.be hushed. "My only living child! She, who has refused to help her father since she turned thirteen!" My daughter!" The scorn in his voice lanced through Kit. "Bah! I don't know why I bothered even asking you. "It's not as if I'm asking you to do anything you haven't done a hundred times or more in your life!" "Dammit, girl, I want that promise!" He searched her face angrily. Linen cloth and wiped a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth. He did not know his own strength, that was Papa's trouble. Kit bit her lip and tried to ease her arm from under the punishing grip. Hands which excelled at the shuffling and dealing of cards.the clever, extremely discreet dealing of cards. Hands which had never done a hard day's labour in their life. For gesturing in an amusing fashion to illustrate a sophisticated story. Refined hands, good for lifting a lady's hand to be kissed. White, soft, aristocratic, seeming too fine even for the heavy ring he wore. She glanced down at her father's thin, elegant fingers biting into her flesh. "Promise!" The dying man grabbed her arm in a hard-fingered grip. ![]() Near Batavia, on the island of Java, Dutch East Indies. ![]() |