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Small Town Pride

Author : Phil Stamper

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 42,79 MB

Release : 2022-05-31

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0063118807

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From acclaimed author Phil Stamper (The Gravity of Us and As Far as You’ll Take Me) comes a poignant coming-of-age, contemporary middle grade debut novel about finding your place, using your voice, and the true meaning of pride. Perfect for fans of Rick by Alex Gino and The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy. Jake is just starting to enjoy life as his school’s first openly gay kid. While his family and friends are accepting and supportive, the same can’t be said about everyone in their small town of Barton Springs, Ohio. When Jake’s dad hangs a comically large pride flag in their front yard in an overblown show of love, the mayor begins to receive complaints. A few people are even concerned the flag will lead to something truly outlandish: a pride parade. Except Jake doesn’t think that’s a ridiculous idea. Why can’t they hold a pride festival in Barton Springs? The problem is, Jake knows he’ll have to get approval from the town council, and the mayor won’t be on his side. And as Jake and his friends try to find a way to bring Pride to Barton Springs, it seems suspicious that the mayor’s son, Brett, suddenly wants to spend time with Jake. But someone that cute couldn’t possibly be in league with his mayoral mother, could he? An ALA Rainbow List Pick A 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist for Best Middle Grade and Children’s Book A School Library Journal Best Book of 2022 A Maine Student Book Award 2023-2024 Reading List Nominee



Small Town

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Page : 204 pages

File Size : 45,71 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Cities and towns

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Small-Town America

Author : Robert Wuthnow

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 519 pages

File Size : 27,29 MB

Release : 2013-06-30

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1400846498

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A revealing examination of small-town life More than thirty million Americans live in small, out-of-the-way places. Many of them could have joined the vast majority of Americans who live in cities and suburbs. They could live closer to more lucrative careers and convenient shopping, a wider range of educational opportunities, and more robust health care. But they have opted to live differently. In Small-Town America, we meet factory workers, shop owners, retirees, teachers, clergy, and mayors—residents who show neighborliness in small ways, but who also worry about everything from school closings and their children's futures to the ups and downs of the local economy. Drawing on more than seven hundred in-depth interviews in hundreds of towns across America and three decades of census data, Robert Wuthnow shows the fragility of community in small towns. He covers a host of topics, including the symbols and rituals of small-town life, the roles of formal and informal leaders, the social role of religious congregations, the perception of moral and economic decline, and the myriad ways residents in small towns make sense of their own lives. Wuthnow also tackles difficult issues such as class and race, abortion, homosexuality, and substance abuse. Small-Town America paints a rich panorama of individuals who reside in small communities, finding that, for many people, living in a small town is an important part of self-identity.



American Lumberman

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Page : 1768 pages

File Size : 14,65 MB

Release : 1911

Category : Lumber trade

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Indiana

Author : Marlene Targ Brill

Publisher : Marshall Cavendish

Page : 148 pages

File Size : 26,73 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780761420200

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This book provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, and landmarks of Indiana.



A Small Town Christmas

Author : Nan Reinhardt

Publisher : Tule Publishing

Page : pages

File Size : 39,46 MB

Release : 2018-10-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1949707105

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Winemaker and single father Conor Flaherty is determined to make this Christmas holiday special for his daughter even though his family’s winery, Four Irish Brothers, is facing some challenges. High-octane Chicago attorney Samantha Hayes is looking forward to some delicious food, fine wine, small town charm, and a break from her hectic big city life when she agrees to do a favor for her boss and help his younger brother with a lawsuit that’s been slapped on his family’s historic winery in River’s Edge. She’s not expecting that her sexy new client will have a smile that will melt her heart and remind her that there’s more to life than work. Sam falls hard for Conor, his daughter and the small, friendly town, but can she trust her instincts and risk her heart? Sam hasn’t seen a lot of happy-ever-afters in her life, but Conor and the magic of Christmas make her want to believe.



Central Station

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Page : 458 pages

File Size : 32,91 MB

Release : 1919

Category : Electric apparatus and appliances

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Addie

Author : Mary Lee Settle

Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 10,19 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781570032844

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An autobiography that begins with one's birth begins too late, in the middle of the story, sometimes at the end. So begins Mary Lee Settle's memoir. Her story carries within it inherited choices, old habits, old quarrels, old disguises, and the river that formed the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia and the mores of her childhood. She traces effects on her family and herself as ancient as earthquakes, mountain formations, and the crushing of swamp into coal deposits. In doing so, Settle records the expectations, talents, and tragedies of a people and a place that would serve as her deep and abiding subject in The Beulah Quintet.



Pride and Politics

Author : Erin Quinn

Publisher : Netsource Distribution

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 49,78 MB

Release : 2005-08

Category : Mayors

ISBN : 9781587768330

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Pride and Politics tells a thoroughly engaging story of an unlikely hero, a twenty-six year old mayor who steps to the forefront of the divisive, national battle over same-sex marriage. Erin Quinn brings an insider's perspective, as well as wit and compassion to her depiction of grassroots politics, sudden fame and our celebrity-driven media. Quinn expands her text beyond a political biography to an examination of the nature of long-term relationships and the question of whohas the right to marry. A moving portrait of America at the beginning of the 21st century, navigating the new frontier of civil rights.



Liberating Minds

Author : Norman G. Kester

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 24,14 MB

Release : 1997-01-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780786403639

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In this work, over 30 librarians (such as James V. Carmichael, Jr., Sanford Berman, Martha E. Stone, Gerald Perry, Barbara Gomez and Martha Cornog) address gay and lesbian issues facing the profession, and in some cases offer their own stories of understanding their sexuality and its implications on their professional lives. Some of the issues addressed are the need to uphold intellectual freedom, challenging the censorship of gay materials in libraries, AIDS material in the library, the information needs of gay and lesbian patrons, collection development, and confronting homophobia.