This text was born out of a desire to help transfer students transition into a new academic environment. My experience is from the point of view as an educator, learning community advocate, former academic advisor, and as a transfer student. In all of my work with students, I have found that there are clear themes that transfer students from all walks of life will experience. The work you are about to read will help you focus on two things: your academics and how to take ownership of your educational experience. You will read practical suggestions for "what to do" as well as examine your personal experiences as you navigate this new landscape.
A lightning storm brings a lonely dragon to the pond of a spunky goldfish. They share their dreams, hopes and fears and become the best of friends. Together they find the similarities in their differences. Padraig's heart embraces all the creatures of the valley. He defends their homes, unites them all together and teaches them to fly. Families are reunited and new friendships created. Enjoy this journey with them.
In 1938 amid the buildup to world war, seventeen-year-old Antonio leaves Mussolini's Italy for the U.S. at his parents' urging, traveling alone. Antonio immediately and irrevocably finds affinity for his new world and American values. He seizes opportunities newly available to him and radically redirects the trajectory of his life. A testament to human resilience, Antonio's Story, Coming of Age on the Battlefields of WW II, offers a compelling account of Antonio's transformation from teenager to Italian American war hero through gripping scenes revealing his nature and character. The book is not a war narrative. Rather it's the author's sensitive re-creation of her father's story as he and family members told it. Her treatment of the wartime and post-war Italian American immigrant experience will pull readers into the fears, joys, and challenges that shaped Antonio's life and the lives of the more than one million non-citizen Italian immigrants who fought against their homeland as U.S. soldiers. Antonio's Story will stand out in literature as one of few books that celebrate a population of immigrants who served in the war and then returned to become an integral part of American Society.
The author was retiring from teaching and needed to celebrate. He could finally travel, budgetary restrictions limited him to this continent. His Mazda had 174,000 miles on it. He spent much of his savings on a Kia Rio with 11,000 miles. Around the country, he had relatives...and friends...and he had a tent.
Ren Wardlow can't imagine her future, but is convinced her "real" mother can-if only she can find her. Growing up in the 1980s, in an upstate New York college town where she sees no one who looks like her, she feels "most at home among the mutations the world creates and disowns." She often doesn't know "who or what to believe" when fierce quarrels erupt between her deeply divided parents and her two brash, scientific-minded sisters. After being seduced by a member of her adoptive mother Celeste's spiritual circle The Aurora, she travels alone to Ireland, where she gains the courage and insight she needs to search for her mother Alison, an environmental activist who has inexplicably vanished. Helped along by her ornithologist boyfriend and by her adoptive father John's long-held secrets, Ren's meandering investigation slowly unearths the truth about her mother-and what the future holds for them both. Decades later, Ren's passionate, outspoken millennial daughter Una reads her mother's diaries as wildfires, viral outbreaks, and homelessness plague the Pacific Northwest. Living in a comfortably secluded Portland home, recovering from a painful divorce, and mired in grief over her biracial son's death in a school shooting, Una is humbled-and surprised-to learn of Ren's struggles to trust her instincts in an increasingly post-truth world. In re-imagining her mother's life, Una, a history teacher, deepens her understanding of the perilous, irrevocable endeavor that is motherhood. While continuing to demand justice for her son's murder, she also realizes her own capacity for self-deception-and, she fears, a heritage that predisposes her to martyrdom. The Pardoners entwines a rite-of-passage story with a tale of loss and reckoning, with especially high stakes for women as they confront tensions between ideals and appetites that persist on an imperiled planet. From the vexations of predatory landlords and science deniers to the changing meanings of home and family for the young, the novel asks not only what it means to forgive, and what absolution costs, but how to bear responsibility for injustice.
Jon is in a pressure cooker. The ethanol plant he manages, Core Fuels, is crumbling and his disgruntled employees grow testier by the day. The executive board relentlessly micromanages and Jon wonders if he might soon be replaced. Evenings are for unwinding but a marriage in distress only adds to his anxiety. As things under pressure often do, Jon breaks. But he doesn't break down - he breaks in two. In his reflection, Otherjon emerges as a dark therapist. Jon tries to keep his significant Other's wickedness at bay but as his world twists, Otherjon's inspirations gain credibility.
"The Podium Papers" is an honest and entertaining dispatch from the front lines of one of the world's most interesting and misunderstood professions. Like Anthony Bourdain in his "Kitchen Confidential," Martin Kessler takes the reader through the swinging doors and into the real 'kitchen' of the art of conducting. This non-linear memoir uses the informal essay to explore the life and work of a veteran mid-level artist, and it does so in a voice that excludes no one. It contains a surprising assortment of topics--from sex and drugs, to short-cuts taken and reputations deflated. It also offers elegant portraits of the author's colleagues and mentors, while celebrating the hard work and dedication that this unusual calling requires. Obviously, the book's strongest appeal will be for readers with an interest in classical music--from the casual listener to the seasoned professional. But like any well-written memoir, it is also a snapshot of the author's generational milieu--in this case, coming of age in the '60's and maturing in the 21st century. It should find an avid following in those locales that provide the backdrop for the arc of author's life: college at Harvard, post-graduate studies in London and Salzburg, and of course, in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, where Mr. Kessler spent the bulk of his conducting career.
The Poems of Meng Haoran is a collection of English translations from Classical Chinese of the 267 extant poems of the Tang Dynasty poet, Meng Haoran (689-740 CE), one of the important and influential figures of the "golden age" of Chinese poetry. The source of the Chinese texts is the Quan Tang shi (The complete Tang poetry, 1705 CE). In addition to translations of the poems, this volume also contains an introduction by the translator, a set of appendices that includes translations of the surviving early documents of the of the life of the poet, and an extensive glossary of Chinese terms, names and places to which reference is made in the poems. Standard pinyin romanization is used for transliteration and Chinese characters are supplied for poem titles and terms in the glossary and at appropriate places in the preface and introduction.
Dan West is an overland guide and Indian scout leading a caravan of pioneers in the old west. This story is about a long journey across some of the most Beautiful and yet most dangerous country ever seen, with him is a beautiful young lady ready for the adventure of a lifetime.
From shootouts, suicide by cop, and violence of all kinds, to working undercover, and violent SWAT operations, this fast moving and hardhitting account puts you on the street with both the humor and the horror that real cops encounter. So, buckle up and let's hit the streets. We have a wild ride ahead.
The Japanese's mother put the bullets into an iron box and buries them in her back yard, but the wound of her father, the scar, never discharged from his daughter eyes..
Nick Bellamy, Neo Doss, and Crow's efforts are doomed from the beginning of the last NNC case for Rance Osbourne. Their old FBI friend and prior boss is retiring from the FBI director's chair in two months. An American rebuilt castle in Arizona is located beside a desert. There are strange and frightening events occurring there that have nothing to do with illegal drugs. The castle is haunted by real ghosts . . . and a malicious witch! These supernatural entities can also infiltrate NNC's headquarters, with terrifying results!But how are they getting inside? Nick, Neo, Crow, and Gabriella must discover the solution to that problem fast, before someone residing in the NNC silo is seriously hurt . . . or worse. The witch is out for blood, and she won't stop until the initials NNC mean nothing! Can the foursome succeed in preventing the witch's yearning from coming true?
This is an historical novel set in the last few years of the 19th century in central Texas. The main character, Levi Wolfe, is accused of the murder of his fiancée, a murder that he did not commit. He spends a year searching for the real killers, while avoiding the ever-vigilant eyes of law enforcement officers, many of whom are as evil as the real killers.
Why would an inexperienced young woman go for a solo hike in the High Sierra a year ago, and never return? That is the question Jake Cahill must answer. The former police aviator, owner of the Tierra del Puma ranch, teams up with former FBI agent Mark Kincaid to search for the girl, or her body. As the two men uncover the circuitous route taken by their subject, industrial espionage and international intrigue intrude on the search. All the while, Valerie Cahill senses her connection to the enigmatic ranch has changed. As events collide into a swirl of danger and revelations, Tierra del Puma, the land of the cougar, will be threatened with a maelstrom of destruction that may forever change futures and legends.
TNT stands for "Twenty New Tales", twenty explosive short stories originated by the author. They are intended to deliver a satisfying experience to readers of all tastes and ages.Whether the reader's preference leans toward mysteries and brain teasers or toward romances and tales that tug at the heart, those kinds of stories are included here. If accounts of ghosts and the supernatural are preferred or if science fiction is desired, there are tales to excite the imagination within these pages. When historical fiction is sought, the stories included in this book present interesting settings and realistic imagery.These original stories display insight into the minds of the protagonists so that the characters become familiar to the reader. The plots have surprising endings and even the most dramatic tales contain a hint of humor.The book's manuscript has been previewed by several people, three of them accomplished in the literary field. Their feedback included the following comments:- From a magazine editor: "My favorite story was The Waiting Room because I know the Dutch people and the characters in the story were so real." - From a librarian: "Curse you, Martin, you gave me Gary's Ghost to read and it kept me up all night."- From a communications major: "Your short stories are so interesting and real that they make me want to read more."The remaining comments have also been complimentary.
This is a story about a young girl: Lost, frightened, and alone who finds love and power in the beauty of the earth and the true love of one man. It is a finding about ones inter strength and being tested beyond your belief in your own strength and reason.
Did someone actually get away with the perfect murder? A prominent Miami attorney was discovered dead in his office and the medical examiner couldn't determine the cause of death? Detective Robert Henderson was haunted in his dreams every night by the one case in his entire career as a homicide detective that he couldn't solve, a case that consumed him. Even in retirement, the detective kept going over all the facts, all the evidence and every possible scenario but the end result was always the same until that fateful day when he happened to walk into a certain Cuban Paladar.
I do not believe that you become a successful leader by JUST reading a few books on supervision, by JUST attending a supervision school, by JUST attending current training courses in supervision, by JUST working in the field, or by JUST listening to those above you, around you and under you. NO, you become a successful leader by doing no less than a combination of ALL these things. If you are a supervisor, read this book and self-reflect, if you are going to be a supervisor, read this book and start to think like a leader now.
The Hoengsong Massacre in the Korean War was one of the most devastating embarrassments in U.S. Army history. The army didn't try to hide what went wrong, but it didn't publicize the debacle either. Ultimate investigations determined that no one person was responsible for the massacre. There was enough blame to go around at high levels, though. This book provides an overview of the massacre and answers some salient questions. Chief among them is why did it happen, who was to blame, and did the leaders learn anything from the battle. The answers might be surprising. .
This is not your ordinary tale of military service. Jim's life in the USAF was not "all work and no play." In his eleven years as an aircraft maintenance specialist, he traveled to more than 25 countries and had a unique adventure in each one of them: from scuba diving to butterfly collecting, from football to haunted places, from water towers to insane asylums. In his career, he worked on 16 different varieties of aircraft and crossed the Pacific Ocean 12 times and the Atlantic Ocean 22 times. Follow Jim from the jungles of Thailand to the mountains of Switzerland, from steamy Panama to frigid Labrador, and so many places in between. This book is not only about the Air Force, but it is also about the coming-of-age of James Feisley.
Camp Tera is a pet project of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a spot that is relaxing as well as inspiring and instructional for young women in Depression-era New York.Until a young woman is brutally murdered.Drawing on his PhD in American history, with research interests in World War I and the Great Depression, William Rainbolt has written a thrilling page-turner in Murder at Camp Tera that is also a novel rich in historical fact.
Cleaster Whitehurst-Mims, a sharecropper's daughter, was born in Enterprise, Alabama. She is an extraordinary and innovative educator, political activist, founder and chief executive office of the Cleaster Mims International Boarding School (1990-2010), author, and philanthropist. She received the President's Points of Light Award for her volunteerism in 2000. Dr. Mims worked her way through college as a wife and mother and graduated cum laude from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the first female, African American graduate, and professor at Xavier. Her publications include The Tenant House, Bridge to Freedom, The Black Mother's Agony, Mirroring the Moment, and her autobiography - One Peanut at a Time. The Black Mother's Agony (1982) is a narrative inspired by the killing of sixteen black teenage boys in Atlanta and tossing of their bodies in the Chattahoochee River (1981). Out of the writer's empirical and cognitive knowledge comes history and truth, pain and hope. - Allie Whitehurst, PhD
This is a brief story that recounts Lucifer's acts during the time of Jesus Christ, from his baptism, to the crucifixion. With gall, and hubris, Lucifer tries Jesus with wily artifice in all manner and might to thwart his purpose. He conspires with evil cunning unto his destruction to prevent the Messiah from fulfilling his mission for the atonement and salvation of mankind. This small period of time in the history of the world spells out the crux of Lucifer's miserable and doomed existence.
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