Author Ellen Harrison releases her first poetry collection that soothes the soul, encourages empowerment, and reveals the inner strength of every reader. She began reading poetry as a source of comfort and found strength and liberation in the inspirational words of Maya Angelou.When Ellen lost her father, she turned to poetry as a way to cope and process her emotions. What she didn't realize was the transformative power that words would have on her heart and soul-a...

Author Ellen Harrison releases her first poetry collection that soothes the soul, encourages empowerment, and reveals the inner strength of every reader. She began reading poetry as a source of comfort and found strength and liberation in the inspirational words of Maya Angelou.When Ellen lost her father, she turned to poetry as a way to cope and process her emotions. What she didn't realize was the transformative power that words would have on her heart and soul-a...

Best of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts: Wildlife Portraits is jam packed full of 28 extraordinary animal scroll saw projects. These tried and true favorites are plucked from the archives of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts, the foremost periodical on scroll sawing. Join your favorite authors, including Kathy Wise, Gary Browning, Charles Dearing, and Lora Irish, as they scroll handsome projects from the animal kingdom. Scroll saw patterns include birds, pets, sea life, North American wildli...

In this second volume of Master Kierkegaard, the fictional German maidservant Magda continues to record her relationship with Scripture, literature, and her elusive yet compelling master. Three journals set in the fall, winter, and "peoples" spring of 1847 and 1848 reflect the precariousness of Magda's position in the household and the rapidly changing social landscape, at the same time as Kierkegaard began, revised, or completed several of his most existential and prophetic works.

Master Kierkegaard is a diary kept by a fictional servant in the house of Soren Kierkegaard. The strong-willed but faithful Magda, a well-educated and "fallen" woman from Berlin, considers herself fortunate to have found domestic work in Copenhagen and yet is plagued by her own demons. Two journals set in the summer of 1847, while Kierkegaard wrote his Works of Love, record Magda's reflections on Scripture, literature, and life, focusing on her sporadic yet intimate interactions with her m...

In this serial work of religious historical fiction, Magda, a "fallen woman" from Berlin turned maidservant in the house of Soren Kierkegaard, seeks the full life that has thus far eluded her. Two journals set in the summer of 1847 record Magda's responses to the Luther Bible, Goethe's Faust, and her elusive yet compelling master, who is simultaneously crafting his Works of Love. Three journals set in the fall, winter, and "people's spring" of 1847 and 1848 reflect Magda's ongoing engageme...

Creamy, cheesy, rich, and comforting, macaroni and cheese is the favorite side dish for all generations! From classics with various cheeses to more exotic fare -- with lobster, vegetables, pancetta, beef, and many more combinations -- this timeless standard deserves a second look.Consider the Goat Cheese and Boursin Mac and Cheese, Chesapeake Crab Mac and Cheese, or Mac and Cheese Soufflee; with Country Ham for a dinner party, a book club meeting, or a holiday side ...

The Family tradition is kept alive when all twenty-eight cousins meet at their Great Grandma Brown’s house for a couple of days in the summer. For many years the cousins have heard the stories told by their fathers about bears, arrow heads, fossils, camping in the woods and by far the cousins favorite, the hidden treasure. Summer has arrived and what exciting adventures are in store this year? Cousins Too, is a story that every child can relate to and will bring about the natural wonder of...

A newly discovered manuscript believed to be the first known novella written by a woman in FloridaIn 2015, an unsigned and undated 98-page manuscript was donated to the University of Florida. This work, titled The Storm, is published here for the first time, transcribed and annotated by Keith Huneycutt. Huneycutt presents evidence attributing its authorship to Ellen Brown Anderson, a writer who came to Florida and lived with family members before the Civil...

Focuses on skill-building to facilitate positive social changeWith straightforward content enriched by practical and applicable learning experiences, this comprehensive text prepares social work students for careers in community organizing and macro practice. It focuses on building the social work skills required for organizing communities, including cause-based coalitions, geographically/identity-based communities, and health and human service organizatio...

Parenting is a tricky, terrifying, confusing and rewarding journey. We make mistakes, misjudge situations, miss opportunities, and basically mess up regularly. However, at the end of the day, if you recognise your child as a “square peg”, celebrate that you no longer have to try and squeeze that child into a “round hole”. The world needs and eventually celebrates difference. There is no need to shout, “My Kids OK!” wrap yourself in the knowledge that it is true, and free your child to be w...

William Motherwell (1797-1835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in 1827. His views on authenticity, editorial practice, the nature of oral transmission, and the importance of sung performance—acquired through field collecting—anticipate much later scholarly discourse.Published after the death of Burns and the publication of Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottis...