Miteinander wachsenViele Anlässe können dazu führen, dass Kinder oder Jugendliche an den Rand einer Gemeinschaft rutschen: Migration oder Armut, ADHS oder Autismus, sexuelle Orientierung oder ein besonderes Handicap. Genauso vielfältig sind die Formen der Ausgrenzung, die sie dabei erfahren. Ob spielerisches Dissen, systematisches Mobbing oder körperliche Gewalt – jede Art der Ausgrenzung bringt für die Betroffenen selbst wie für die Eltern, Lehrkräfte und andere Be...

Carol L. Jenkner, author of the Dr. Gerald "Road Kill" O'Connor series has a new book introducing Stonewall Jackson "Armadillo Jack" McCullough. Jack owns a ranch in the Panhandle of Texas where he lives with his daughter and grandson. A former rodeo performer, he has retired and spends his days creating outsider art featuring his spirit animal, the armadillo, and helping his friend, Chief of Police Jones Johnson solve mysteries and catch criminals.A woman disappears from a college...

Diesen Monat ist das Spezialthema "Sicher diskutieren". Sie lernen wichtige Wörter rund ums Diskutieren und Argumentieren und erhalten Tipps, wie Sie Ihren Standpunkt am besten formulieren können. Außerdem besuchen Sie den Parfümeur Robert Kuschel. Wussten Sie, dass jede Nation bei Putzmitteln ihre eigenen Lieblingsgerüche hat? Wie riechen die Lieblingsputzmittel der Deutschen? Und welche Parfüms sind bei ihnen populär? Die kompletten Hörtexte finden Sie in dem Begleitheft. So können Sie m...

Betty führt ein heiles Familienleben in einer deutschen Kleinstadt. Als sie im Sommer 2015 die syrische Flüchtlingsfamilie Ibrahim kennenlernt, ist plötzlich alles ganz nah: der Krieg, der Islam und die Politik. Während die Kinder viel Zeit mit den beiden syrischen Jungen verbringen, versuchen Betty und ihr Mann der Familie zu helfen. Eine Freundschaft entsteht, die jedoch immer wieder auf die Probe gestellt wird, da die Ibrahims oftmals auf Ablehnung stoßen. Ungerechtigkeit und Bürokratie...

On the vast plains of the western United States there was a time of violence lacking any type of formal law. Violence begot violence as men built their fortunes and towns working to keep what they'd won while trying to take from others. Newspapers in these fledgling towns reported almost daily on violent events. The worst of these were widely reported, although there were no witnesses, only the death and destruction left behind. These were blamed on Indians or known criminals of the day. O...

Fifty years ago surgeons often performed various operations in conduction anesthesia or local anesthesia in the hope of circumventing pulmonary complications. The prepa ration for the operation was the task of an assistant who had to know and carry out the diverse local anesthetic procedures and who was responsible for their effective ness. In this way a large number of physicians learned to carry out nerve blocks, which they also applied more and more outside their operative duties. The i...

When Ben Morgan, a young autistic boy, finds a body on his grandmother's ranch, he wants to know if it is his missing father. When told it is not, he begins to believe that a watching figure is his father who has come back to watch over him. He keeps this from his overprotective mother and soon finds himself in a sinister situation. Dr. Gerald "Road Kill" O'Connor is called in to help solve the mystery and protect the defiant boy.

After a very brief introduction to neurophysiology of pain and the influence of weather on pain the selection of an optimal current by the author is presented. This optimal current applied via specially unequal electrodes on distinct sites gives pain reduction of a surprisingly high degree. If the reader follows the advice using the (photodocumented) positions of electrodes the same degree of pain reduction will be reached to the benefit of the patient. Forms for organizing a pain clinic a...

An old trunk containing the tiny bones of a human baby, plus a mysterious visitor to Nikki Starr’s antique shop involve Dr. Gerald, “Road Kill” O’Connor in a pair of mysteries that not only expose Nikki’s hidden past and put her in danger, but expose her friends, Karen and Ian Hunter’s past as well.Romance is in the air for Nikki Starr and Ray Allen, but Nikki has a dark secret that she has not shared with anyone. Ray is frustrated by her refusal to commit to a relationship with him...

Dr. Gerald O’Connor, known to friends as “Road Kill” O’Connor is a retired professor of archaeology and anthropology from Colorado State University. During his career, he became interested in animal skeletal structure and his penchant for collecting road-killed specimens in order to practice the skill of taxidermy earned him his nickname.While watching the news one morning, he hears a report of a skull found along Interstate 90, not far from his home. There is no evidence of a body...

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