Billy was a curious, young raccoon who lived with his family and friends in the Colorado Mountains. One day his curiosity overcame him and he decided to see the things that could be seen beyond his mountain valley. As Billy traveled around the state he talked to the animals, he met, about the sites they see. He traveled by the Georgetown Loop Train, through the Sand Dunes National Park and throughout the eastern plains and the Comanche and Pawnee National Grasslands. Finding his way home, ...

From USA Today Bestseller, MJ Fields, comes a sizzling new rocker romance.Billy Jeffers, pianist, never dreamed of being in a rock band, yet he reluctantly agreed to help a friend start one: Steel Total Destruction.Then, at a Miami club one night, the front man was injured and unable to play lead guitar. Therefore, Billy quickly learned and was then thrust into a spotlight he never wanted.Madison, l...

A rollicking read-aloud with the rhyme, rhythm and repetition of such classics as I Know an Old Lady and Dr. Seuss's And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.2018 CBC Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards Finalist*Billy Bloo is stuck in goo.**Who will help him, tell me who?**Who'll unstick him from this goo?**Would you?*With madcap mania,a troupe of merry volunteersattempt to rescue poor Billy Bloo,only to find themselves stuck in goo too!Oh, ...

The essays in this volume address the displacement of natural and cultural heritage caused by disasters, whether they be dramatic natural impacts or terrible events unleashed by humankind, including holocaust and genocide. Disasters can be natural or human-made, rapid or slow, great or small, yet the impact is effectively the same; nature, people and cultural heritage are displaced or lost. Yet while heritage and place are at risk from disasters, in time,sites of suffering are sometimes re...

In 1952, Professor Allan Holmberg arranged for Cornell University to lease the Hacienda Vicos, an agricultural estate in the central Peruvian highlands on which some 1800 Quechua-speaking highland peasants resided. Between 1952 and 1957 Holmberg, with colleagues and students, initiated a set of social, economic, and agrarian changes, and nurtured mechanisms for community-based management of the estate by the resident peasants. By the end of a second lease in 1962, sufficient political pres...

The Ethics of Remembering and the Consequences of Forgetting: Essays on Trauma, History, and Memory brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines that draw on multiple perspectives to address issues that arise at the intersection of trauma, history, and memory. Contributors include critical theorists, critical historians, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and a working artist. The authors use intergenerational trauma theory while also pushing and pulling at the edges of convention...

In the tumultuous era of the Hundred Years' War, a young peasant girl named Jeanne d'Arc emerged as a beacon of hope for the beleaguered French. Guided by divine visions, she led the French army to a series of stunning victories, turning the tide of the conflict. Margaret O. Oliphant's "Jeanne D'Arc (Unabridged)" delves into the extraordinary life and legacy of this enigmatic figure. From her humble beginnings to her tragic end, Oliphant paints a vivid portrait of a woman whose courage, fa...

This volume presents all the standard practices for performing business analysis work across seven steps, five perspectives, and 74 techniques. It will help business analysts at all levels further develop their skills to master the next level of competency in business analysis needed to advance their careers. It will help readers comprehend the BA role, responsibilities, and deliverables that ensure business analysis success.