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  How To Homeschool - Your Step By...

  HowExpert, Jane Rodda

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  If you want to learn how to homeschool from someone who has real life experience homeschooling, then check out How to Homeschool by Jane Rodda. 
  This is an excellent resource for parents. Whether you are merely considering the option, just starting out, or are an established homeschooler looking for advice and encouragement, this guide will suit your needs. 
  Jane takes an honest look at the homeschooling issue and gives real life, practical advice on how to homeschool. She doesn't just give directions from the sidelines. She gives examples from her own experience as a homeschooling mother to four children. 
  This guide examines several different areas of homeschooling, including:Making the decision to homeschoolSchedulingChoosing your curriculumLegal issuesSocialization 
  The guide includes step-by-step instructions and pinpointed lists of both what to do and what not to do. Jane Rodda realizes that parents have a lot of issues to consider and experience, and helps to give accurate information without overloading you with details. She also realizes that there are several options available for parents who are looking to homeschool, and she addresses the many different options from an unbiased view point. She does share her own personal story, but does not try to sway your decision.Making the decision to homeschool can be an exciting, yet somewhat frightening event. There are many questions to consider, and it is a decision that should not be made lightly. How to Homeschool Your Children helps take away the fear of homeschooling. Listening to this guide will help you feel more prepared and confident to make the best decision for your family. This guide helps homeschooling become a rewarding and enriching experience for everyone. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Nine Hills to Nambonkaha - Two...

  Sarah Erdman

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  “Peace Corps worker Erdman . . . takes the reader on a vivid and compelling journey into the colorful world of a small village in the Ivory Coast.” —Library Journal 
   
  When Sarah Erdman, a Peace Corps volunteer, arrived in Nambonkaha, she became the first Caucasian to venture there since the French colonialists. But even though she was thousands of miles away from the United States, completely on her own in this tiny village in the West African nation of Côte d’Ivoire, she did not feel like a stranger for long. 
   
  As her vivid narrative unfolds, Erdman draws us into the changing world of the village that became her home. Here is a place where electricity is expected but never arrives, where sorcerers still conjure magic, where the tok-tok sound of women grinding corn with pestles rings out in the mornings like church bells. Rare rains provoke bathing in the streets and the most coveted fashion trend is fabric with illustrations of Western cell phones. Yet Nambonkaha is also a place where AIDS threatens and poverty is constant, where women suffer the indignities of patriarchal customs, where children work like adults while still managing to dream. 
   
  Lyrical and topical, Erdman’s beautiful debut captures the astonishing spirit of an unforgettable community. 
   
  “Exemplary . . . The writing has the narrative pulse of good fiction, and is as absorbing.” —Norman Rush, National Book Award–winning author of Mating 
   
  “Sarah Erdman’s voice rings with a distinct and refreshing intimacy . . . This book is simply about people and their stories. In the joys and failures of daily routines in a small African village, she finds life itself.” —Peter Hessler, award-winning author of Other Rivers

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  Opening Day - The Story of...

  Jonathan Eig

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  April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front—and Robinson had a chance to lead the way. 
   
  He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball. His swing was far from graceful. And he was assigned to play first base, a position he had never tried before that season. But the biggest concern was his temper. Robinson was an angry man who played an aggressive style of ball. In order to succeed he would have to control himself in the face of what promised to be a brutal assault by opponents of integration. 
   
  In Opening Day, Jonathan Eig tells the true story behind the national pastime's most sacred myth. Along the way he offers new insights into events of sixty years ago and punctures some familiar legends. Was it true that the St. Louis Cardinals plotted to boycott their first home game against the Brooklyn Dodgers? Was Pee Wee Reese really Robinson's closest ally on the team? Was Dixie Walker his greatest foe? How did Robinson handle the extraordinary stress of being the only black man in baseball and still manage to perform so well on the field? Opening Day is also the story of a team of underdogs that came together against tremendous odds to capture the pennant. Facing the powerful New York Yankees, Robinson and the Dodgers battled to the seventh game in one of the most thrilling World Series competitions of all time. 
   
  Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Jonathan Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil rights era. Full of new details and thrilling action, Opening Day brings to life baseball's ultimate story.

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  Sanctuary Cities Communities and...

  Melvin Delgado

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  The term "sanctuary city" gained a new level of national recognition during the 2016 United States presidential election, and immigration policies and debates have remained a top issue since Donald Trump was elected President. The battle over immigration and deportation will be waged on many fronts in the coming years, but sanctuary cities— municipalities that resist the national government's efforts to enforce immigration laws—are likely to be on the front lines for the immediate future, and social workers and others in the helping professions have vital roles to play. In this book, Melvin Delgado offers a compelling case for the centrality of sanctuary cities' cause to the very mission and professional identity of social workers and others in the human services and mental health professions. He also presents a historical perspective on the rise of the sanctuary movements of the 1970s and 2000s, giving context for the current environment and immigration debate. Sanctuary Cities, Communities, and Organizations serves as a helpful resource for human service practitioners, academics, and the general public alike.

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  Wisdom Comes Through the...

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

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  "Wisdom comes through the understanding of suffering - 23 July 1974 • Do we respond to the whole field of existence? Must not there be love to do that?• To love, to be responsible for the whole, one must go beyond suffering. • Can we know the nature, structure and function of suffering?• Is isolation one of the major causes of suffering?• Is attachment, which denies freedom, a cause of suffering?• In the love of the whole the particular comes in, but not the other way around. • Can we be sensitive to beauty if we are psychologically hurt?• Can the mind be aware of hurt and not react at the conscious or unconsciouslevel?Questions from the audience followed the talk."

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  Caribbean Economics - Challenges...

  Anya Solace

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  Challenges and Opportunities (3 in 1) offers an in-depth exploration of the complex economic conditions and future prospects in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Venezuela. This volume takes readers through the dynamic and turbulent economic histories of these three regions, shedding light on their shared struggles, unique opportunities, and the challenges they face in a rapidly changing global economy. 
  The economic landscape of Puerto Rico is deeply impacted by its unique status as a U.S. territory, grappling with fiscal crises, high debt, and questions about its political future. Mexico presents a story of transformation, navigating economic instability, labor issues, and its path toward modernization, while balancing global trade agreements like NAFTA with internal challenges such as inequality and corruption. Venezuela’s economic troubles, once driven by vast oil wealth, now tell a cautionary tale of mismanagement, political instability, hyperinflation, and a humanitarian crisis, making it one of the most pressing economic cases in Latin America. 
  This book provides critical insights into the economic landscapes of these nations, offering a broad understanding of the factors shaping their economies, the policy choices they face, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

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