A Sweet Place to Play


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A Sweet Place to Play is a collection of poems the author wrote over a thirty year period. They reflect his moods, loves and observations as well has his good-byes and revelations. Living in Arizona, riding motorcycles, playing his part in life, all contribute to poetry that is interesting, fun to read aloud and quite meaningful. For the most part, the works are not traditional. For instance "Castaway" is written in three sentences, yet it tells of sinking despair, but conclude with hope. Another talks about man and his tears. Enjoy.




The Whispering Lake Ghosts


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It's a dark and stormy morning at Camp Dakota, but that won't keep Braelin from investigating the whispers coming from the lake. What else could it be, but ghosts? The campers try to record and amplify the sounds, but suddenly the eerie voices go mute. Braelin and Megan won't give up, even when their ghost hunt leads them deep into the woods. Can they use their sound smarts to get back safe? Look in the back of the book for experiments and more to help you become a science detective too!




Laravel: Up & Running


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What sets Laravel apart from other PHP web frameworks? Speed and simplicity, for starters. This rapid application development framework and its ecosystem of tools let you quickly build new sites and applications with clean, readable code. Fully updated to include Laravel 10, the third edition of this practical guide provides the definitive introduction to one of today's most popular web frameworks. Matt Stauffer, a leading teacher and developer in the Laravel community, delivers a high-level overview and concrete examples to help experienced PHP web developers get started with this framework right away. This updated edition covers the entirely new auth and frontend tooling and other first-party tools introduced since the second edition. Dive into features, including: Blade, Laravel's powerful custom templating tool Tools for gathering, validating, normalizing, and filtering user-provided data The Eloquent ORM for working with application databases The Illuminate request object and its role in the application lifecycle PHPUnit, Mockery, and Dusk for testing your PHP code Tools for writing JSON and RESTful APIs Interfaces for filesystem access, sessions, cookies, caches, and search Tools for implementing queues, jobs, events, and WebSocket event publishing Specialty packages including Scout, Passport, Cashier, and more




Canadian Poets, 1960-1973


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Compiled in 1976 by George Woodcock, this book lists works by 600 poets in 1200 books and booklets during the era leading up to Canada's literary coming of age. "This listing of the writings in verse of Canadian poets between 1960 and 1973 came into existence because I was invited by Carl F. Klinck, the General Editor of the Literary History of Canada, to write for a new edition of that work the chapter covering poetry published in Canada since 1960. It was obvious that my first need was an adequate list, for I very soon realized that in quantity, even more than in character, the poetry published in Canada during the past decade has differed radically from what had appeared at any other time in the literary progress of our country." - Introductory note by George Woodcock




Listening to the Whispers


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Listening to the Whispers gives voice to scholars in philosophy, medical anthropology, physical therapy, and nursing, helping readers re-think ethics across the disciplines in the context of today's healthcare system. Diverse voices, often unheard, challenge readers to enlarge the circle of their ethical concerns and look for hidden pathways toward new understandings of ethics. Essays range from a focus on the context of corporatization and managed care environments to a call for questioning the fundamental values of society as these values silently affect many others in healthcare. Each chapter is followed by a brief essay that highlights issues useful for scholarly research and classroom discussion. The conversations of interpretive research in healthcare contained in this volume encourage readers to re-think ethics in ways that will help to create an ethical healthcare system with a future of new possibilities. Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine




National Union Catalog


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Includes entries for maps and atlases.




See: Whispers of the Damned


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I never had a problem with ghosts, with anything paranormal. It’s part of the teen angst that frames my life. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not hung up on some romantic gothic cliché. I’m not even trying to say I have supernatural powers. I just see what you can’t. Hear what you can’t. My truth? It’s easier to believe in the dead, trapped by demons and freed by angels, than the fantasy of ordinary life circling in loops of routine as the one and only reality. There’s a war of survival lurking in the unseen. Some of it’s internal, some isn’t. When I understood darkness was feeding on those trapped, I had a moral hitch. Was it survival of the fittest, or the beginning of the end? Standing up for the wretched cost me everything. My story begins now. (Web of Hearts and Souls #4) Special note to the reader: This Novel is part of the "Web of Hearts and Souls," a massive story where more than one series connect. The series can be read separately or together. COMBINED WEB OF HEARTS AND SOULS READING ORDER: Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy. Insight, Embody, Image, Whispers of the Damned, Witness, Vital, Vindicate, Synergy, Enflame, Redefined, Rivulet, Imperial, Blakeshire, Derive, Emanate, Exaltation, Disavow, The Witches, Revolt, Scorched Souls, Fractured Thrones. *If you are a fan of genre: New Adult Paranormal Edge (Season 1&2) can be read with the Web of Hearts, before of after Exaltation--the stories share the same characters. INSIGHT READING ORDER: Insight, Embody, Image, Vital, Vindicate, Enflame, Rivulet, Imperial, Blakeshire (Drake's Story), Emanate, Exaltation, Disavow, Fractured Thrones. SEE READING ORDER: Whispers of the Damned, Witness of a Broken Heart, Synergy of Souls, Redefined Love Affair, Derive (Aden's Beginning), A Lovers Revolt, Scorched Souls. EDGE SERIES READING ORDER Alphas Rise, Dark Lure, Sacred Betrayal, Risen Lovers, Fall of Kings, Queens Rise, Stolen Son, Disloyal Souls, Aftermath. Fans of Suzanne Collins or Veronica Roth, this book series is one you do not want to miss. We lost ourselves in the teen angst of Fallen, and Hush, Hush. We found courage in the pages of Hunger Games and Divergent. Our imagination was on fire inside of Mortal Instruments, Throne of Glass, and The Red Queen. And now we have the compelling, enigmatic, character driven thrill ride of the long reaching contemporary fantasy series Web of Hearts: Insight, See, & Edge.




PrairyErth


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Details the author's journey through the 744 square miles and meeting the 3,000 inhabitants of Chase County, Kansas.




Whispers of Love


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This anthology of true love poems reads like an epic. The writer's true life experience comes alive. One can almost visualize angels dancing on trees atop the panoramic green Kubwa Hills. The concept of true love can be felt like an excited human heart. "Trials of Princess Diana," "The Beauty Queen at School," "But then She left Him," "Ode to Naomi Campbell" and many others are poems that will leave a mist of tears in your eyes. These love poems will catapult anyone to a land of love and endless dreams of enchantment and possibilities. Hope is endlessly evoked as the protagonist struggles believing that the enigmatic legendary virgin princess of Eluama will come back to him. He struggles with the thought that one day she will drop down from the clouds and into his arms. He writes her a poem almost every other day as a consolation for his endless isolation.




Theo and a Horse Named Rocket


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Theo Hawkshaw, a sensible boy growing up in urban Chicago, is lucky; he has a grandfather who loves to travel with him and a best friend named Winston who loves adventure. When Theo meets a horse named Rocket that lives on a ranch in the Illinois countryside, he knows hes found a true friend in this amazing horse. As Theo approaches his teenage years, however, his life takes an unpredictable turn; before he knows it, bad luck follows him wherever he goes, and tragedy strikes. The life he knew and loved has changed forever, leaving Gramps, Rocket, and Winston in the past. In this new unrecognizable life, Theo must find the courage to move beyond the shroud of darkness and depression. With the help of a kind teacher, an unsuspecting friend, and loving parents, Theo discovers his own hidden talents and his true passion in life. Will he throw his life away or follow his passion? Only time will tell. In this novel, a teenage boy must find his way back to happiness after tragedy with the help of friends, family, and a very special horse.