First published in 1955, The British Co-operative Movement presents a comprehensive overview of the cooperative movement in Britain. It discusses important themes like co-operative beginnings; co-operative principles and methods; the retail societies; the ‘wholesales’; co-operative co- partnership; the agricultural co-ops.; the co-operative union; the co-operative party; employment; and co-operative education. This is an important historical reference work for scholars of British ...

In this earliest known day-by-day journal of a cattle drive from Texas to Kansas, Jack Bailey, a North Texas farmer, describes what it was like to live and work as a cowboy in the southern plains just after the Civil War. We follow Bailey as the drive moves northward into Kansas and then as his party returns to Texas through eastern Kansas, southwestern Missouri, northwestern Arkansas, and Indian Territory.For readers steeped in romantic cowboy legend, the journal contains surprise...

***The Parental Peace Accord***describes a unique process that allows divorced and divorcing parents the opportunity to shift their focus from their own emotional turmoil to the needs and best interests of their children. In doing this, parents learn that while they may no longer be husband and wife, they can and will be "parenting partners." This process, when implemented properly, often creates apowerful byproduct that allows the parents to experience an amicable dissolution and create a...

Once upon a time, there were fairy tales filled with magic and wonder. But what if these tales were told in words that even the youngest readers could understand? In "Grimms' Fairy Tales - Retold in One-Syllable Words," the beloved stories of Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, and more are brought to life in a way that makes them accessible to children of all ages. With simple language and enchanting illustrations, these classic tales will captivate young imaginations and inspire a lifelong lo...

For Lenna Gallows, being the daughter of a mortician isn't as weird as people think—at least not until the day her ex-best friend Alicia is the one on her father's table…and her dead body wakes. When Alicia is found dead in the park from a suspected suicide, it shakes the town of Denwood to its core. But no one is as rattled as Lenna, who finds herself in the odd position of being able to hear what actually happened to Alicia from the corpse's mouth. Unfortunately, Alicia doesn't remember ...

A late-night joyride takes a sharp turn into nightmare territory when a group of college students tries to cover up a crime of carelessnessA moment of inattention on a winding roadway in the Smoky Mountains leaves a stranger dead and his accidental killers at the mercy of a possible witness. Finney Durant, Nick Laymon, and Reed Tucker are desperate not to be linked to the crime. Finney and Tucker insist on hiding the corpse, and Nick, hard up for money, takes the ma...

A tongue-in-cheek look at the practical uses of dinosaurs by a dynamic author/illustrator team.If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it ... why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur -- from a fine umbrella to an excellent kite and a dandy pillow, not to mention a reliable burglar alarm and the perfect excuse to forget your homewor...

From the team who brought you If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur comes a laugh-out-loud early chapter book about befriending the monster under the bed.There's a monster under Leo's bed making a ruckus every night. When Leo needs to go to the bathroom, he leaps from the bed to the door -- careful not to put his feet on the floor within the monster's reach. But one night Leo gets tired of being scared and boldly calls out to the monster to see if they can't ju...

When one fairy with a faulty memory meets a snarky dragon, the supernatural world will never be the same. Griff was born a Love fairy, but he never quite fitted in. He didn't want to be part of a harem…at least he didn't think so. What with his wings gone and his memory damaged, he can't be certain of what he felt in the past. All he does know is he wants his wings back. Without them, he's grounded. Blaze is a dragon shifter who tends to stick his foot in his mouth—and some other parts in ...

The last place city girl Cecily Kennedy expected to end up was a cattle ranch.But she needs a job—and refuge from her abusive soon-to-be ex-husband.If only her new boss, Austin Wells, would make it clear whether he hates her or wants her. His gaze makes her feel things she hasn't in years. However, getting over her ex by getting under her grumpy boss isn't worth the potential fallout.Austin's a gruff, no-nonsense rancher who's seriously regretting l...

First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account." For fourteen years it was one of the most popular detective shows on the air, lasting until the final days of network radio drama in 1962. Each story started with a phone call from an insurance executive calling on Johnny Dollar to investigate an unusual claim. His investigations usually requ...

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