Activity and engagement are vital to our well-being throughout our lives and this continues to be just as true of people living with dementia.The activities presented in this book have been designed to provide meaningful engagement for residents, while respecting each individual resident's readiness to engage and participate. This approach to person-centred care has proven to be extremely effective: activities such as Namaste Care and Memory Cafés have engaged residents who had pre...

Harry Nile is a former Chicago cop, who quit the force after uncovering a vein of corruption. He stalks the rainy streets of pre-war Seattle on behalf of private clients with the help of his assistant, a lady named Murphy.Phil Harper stars as Nile, with Pat French as Murphy, in this exciting series that has been heard on radio stations coast to coast in the U.S. and Canada, on satellite radio, and reached a worldwide audience online. After more than 25 years, it's the longest running priva...

Out of the rain and fog of the teeming Pacific Northwest he comes - the tough, methodical, incorruptible private eye Harry Nile. He's the foe of corruption, enemy of gangland, and the best friend you'll ever have when you're up against the wall.Harry gives as good as he gets in this collection of powerful radio adventures, produced, written, and directed by Jim French. Larry Albert takes over the role of Nile from the late Phil Harper, with Pat French back as the detective's assistant Murp...

From the imaginative radio mind of writer/producer Jim French comes the tough-but-thoughtful private eye who roams the rain-swept streets of the Pacific Coast in search of crime, adventure, and enough dough to keep the office lights on for another month -- Harry Nile!It's new radio drama produced in the classic style, with stories set in the golden age of private-eye drama. Phil Harper stars as Harry in high-powered, hard-luck radio adventures! The twenty one episodes featured here include...

He’s a smart tough guy…or a tough smart guy. Either way, he’s Pacific Northwestern private eye Harry Nile. From the imagination of Seattle-based writer-producer Jim French come twenty-four tense, exciting radio thrillers produced in the classic style by modern talent.Phil Harper is back as Nile, with Pat French as Murphy, in these hard-boiled cases for hard luck customers. Get set for radio excitement the way you like it best — with The Adventures of Harry Nile!Episodes Include: Deadline F...

The world-weary private investigator Harry Nile is one step ahead of the mob, but one step behind the bill collectors. That's why he takes pretty much any case he can catch - from robbery to kidnapping to murder.Phil Harper stars as Harry in twenty-one mood-filled mysteries, aided and assisted by Pat French as Murphy, his secretary extraordinaire. This is classic radio noir for a new generation, created and produced by Jim French.Episodes Include: The Case Of The Mauritius Orange 09-07-199...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Barnes and Noble's Best History Books of 2022 * Finalist for the CALIBA Golden Poppy Award * A Goodreads Readers Choice Nominee"Hip, entertaining...imaginative."—Kirkus, starred review * "Essential." —Min Jin Lee * "A Herculean effort."—Lisa Ling * "A must-read."—Ijeoma Oluo * "Get two copies."—Shea Serrano * "A book we've needed for ages." —Celeste Ng * "Accessible, informative, and ...

For over forty years, Seattle-based radio personality Jim French kept the flame of radio drama alive with Imagination Theatre! Noir-ish private eye Harry Nile, globetrotting adventurer Dameron, Kincaid The Strangeseeker, the methodical investigator Mr. Darnborough — plus fresh new takes on Raffles The Gentleman Thief, and even Sherlock Holmes himself all had compelling stories to tell.Here is a collection of some of Jim French’s best work. It’s new-time radio in the old-time style!Harry Ni...

A lavishly illustrated history of America's game from the unparalleled collections of the Library of Congress, with a foreword by George F. Will and a new preface by Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress“One of the most seductively designed books about the sport to come our way. . . . A book like this, so rich and deep in material. . . . brings baseball history to multifaceted life and reminds us that baseball is the sport that celebrates its history more tha...

“Fully engaging, well-written, very imaginative . . . A wonderful debut.” — Irish Times“When you read a novel cover to cover in one day, you know it’s something exceptional.” — John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped PajamasOutside an east Belfast mission hall, pastor and family man Samuel Orr meets Anna, a young Beckett scholar. They embark on an intense, passionate affair, their connection both intellectual and erotic. When Anna falls pregnant, the ...

""Hip, entertaining...imaginative.""—Kirkus, starred review *""Essential."" —Min Jin Lee * ""A Herculean effort.""—Lisa Ling * ""A must-read.""—Ijeoma Oluo * ""Get two copies.""—Shea Serrano * ""A book we've needed for ages."" —Celeste Ng * ""Accessible, informative, and fun."" —Cathy Park Hong * ""This book has serious substance...Also, I'm in it.""—Ronny ChiengRISE is a love letter to and for Asian Americans--a vivid scrapbook of voices,...