Whimsical is filled with light poetry. It's written with the family in mind. Hope you find "Whimsical" entertaining, enjoyable and educational. An easy read!

The Vegan Quickstart Guide helps people transition to a low-fat, plant-based diet in 4 weeks. It includes self-talk recommendations, meal substitutions and recipes that help ensure a successful transition. The Guide helps reduce risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. America is facing an epidemic of obesity, growing rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other metabolic disorders. While many people are adopting low-fat, plant-based diets, they lack the skills to make this transitio...

Due to the multi-faceted nature of food – as sustenance, symbol, and commodity – diverse theoretical perspectives have been used to study it in archaeology. One of the more influential and versatile of these approaches is behavioral ecology: the study of behavioral adaptation to local environments. Behavioral ecology provides a powerful body of theory for understanding human decision-making in both the past and present. This Element reviews what behavioral ecology is, how it has been used ...

In these stories, a cast of headstrong characters traverses continents, from the Hawaiian surf, to a Guyanese jungle, to the Kalahari Desert. In “Leviathan,” Cal and Harold catch sight of a tiger shark offshore and kayak out to get a closer look, only to barely survive. In “Three Parts Hunger,” a damaged, starving lion wanders close to a couple camping in the Kalahari and sticks around. There are many wild animals in these stories—wolves, emaciated dogs, a bushmaster snake, a lynx, and man...

Discover the deep cultural roots of Southern cuisine through archaeology.Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast, however, is the first collection devoted exclusively to southeastern foodways analyzed through archaeological perspectives. These essays...

The Beatles in Los Angeles takes you past the velvet ropes and inside the mansion gates where The Beatles loved, explored, and experienced all the adventures and mystical chaos that swirls around LA like no other city.With brand new interviews from those who were there, along with recently discovered exclusive photographs, The Beatles in Los Angeles is a kaleidoscope of stories spanning over 50 years and covers the group’s adventures in the City of Angels as both a band and solo ar...

Pharmacy Technician Certification Quick-Study Guide, 4th edition, has been completely revised, reorganized, and updated to reflect the revised PTCE blueprint. This revised edition covers every subject area on the exam and provides more than 200 multiple choice practice test questions presented in the same format as the PTCE questions. Also included are nearly 250 pharmacy calculations questions with complete step-by-step answers given in the answer key. Every chapter has been completely up...

This selection of poems is the culmination of many years of writing. I first began writing poetry as a teenager. It was then, as it is now an outlet to express on paper what I could not do in words. There has been a definite progression in my method of writing as I have gotten older and also as my mental health has gone through periods of deterioration and subsequent stabilization. This cycle has been a major force in my life for many years. It has been only in recent years , through the r...

This guidebook is about changing the way you think about setting goals. It is about identifying goals that are important and meaningful to five key areas of your life: career, self, family, community, and spirit. The goals you create will be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timed. Setting meaningful goals will reward you with real progress toward success in all areas of your life.

To the world, the name Henry Mancini brings back memories of amazing songs like Moon River, The Pink Panther Theme, and hundreds more written for movies and television. This prolific composer, arranger, and conductor won Academy, Grammy, and Oscar awards. To John Weitzel, Henry Mancini is simply the name of his best friend since seventh grade in Aliquippa, PA, and throughout life. For the first time, John has shared his stories of growing up with Henry Mancini. You will smile, laugh, and e...

When charter schools first arrived on the American educational scene, few observers suspected that within two decades thousands of these schools would be established, serving almost a million and a half children across forty states. The widespread popularity of these schools, and of the charter movement itself, speaks to the unique and chronic desire for substantive change in American education. As an innovation in governance, the ultimate goal of the charter movement is t...

History and suspense are combined in this Biblical account of Noah's Ark, creating a heart-pounding page-turner that will stay with you long after the flood waters have receded.