Just a Mess (Little Critter)


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Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter has made quite the mess in this classic, funny, and heartwarming book. Whether he’s shoving junk under the bed, cramming toys in the closet, or overstuffing drawers with clothes, both parents and children alike will relate to this beloved story. A perfect way to teach kids about picking up after themselves!




Punch


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Junk


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Junk has become ubiquitous in America today. Who doesn't have a basement, attic, closet, or storage unit filled with stuff too good to throw away? Or, more accurately, stuff you think is too good to throw away. When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents' overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, VHS tapes, and books they would likely never reread? She discovered she was not alone. Junk details Stewart's three-year investigation into America's stuff, lots and lots and lots of stuff. Stewart rides along with junk removal teams from around the country such as Trash Daddy, Annie Haul, and Junk Vets. She goes backstage to a taping of Antiques Roadshow, and learns what makes for compelling junk-based television with the executive producer of Pawn Stars. And she even investigates the growing problem of space junk—23,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting the planet at 17,500 mph, threatening both satellites and human space exploration. But it's not all dire. There are creative solutions to America's overburdened consumer culture. Stewart visits with Deron Beal, founder of FreeCycle, an online community of people who would rather give away than throw away their no-longer-needed possessions. She spends a day at a Repair CafÉ, where volunteer tinkerers bring new life to broken appliances, toys, and just about anything. Stewart also explores communities of "tiny houses" without attics and basements in which to stash the owners' trash. Junk is a delightful journey through 250-mile-long yard sales, and packrat dens, both human and rodent, that for most readers will look surprisingly familiar.




The Carpenters


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THE STORY: Is concerned with a family living in a decaying house that is about to tumble down. The fumbling, inept father tries to communicate with his children, but settles for listening to tape recordings of the childish games of happier, simpl




Everyday Desistance


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In Everyday Desistance, Laura Abrams and Diane J. Terry examine the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. These formerly incarcerated youth often struggle with the onset of adult responsibilities at a much earlier age than their more privileged counterparts. In the context of urban Los Angeles, with a large-scale gang culture and diminished employment prospects, further involvement in crime appears almost inevitable. Yet, as Abrams and Terry point out, these formerly imprisoned youth are often quite resilient and can be successful at creating lives for themselves after months or even years of living in institutions run by the juvenile justice system. This book narrates the day-to-day experiences of these young men and women, focusing on their attempts to surmount the challenges of adulthood, resisting a return to criminal activity, and formulating long-term goals for a secure adult future.




Assistive Technologies and Environmental Interventions in Healthcare


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Providing a holistic and client-centered approach, Assistive Technologies and Environmental Interventions in Healthcare explores the individual’s needs within the environment, examines the relationship between disability and a variety of traditional and cutting-edge technologies, and presents a humanistic discussion of Technology-Environment Intervention (TEI). Written by a multidisciplinary team of authors, this text introduces readers to a variety of conceptual practice models and the clinical reasoning perspectives. It also provides insight into how designers go about solving human-tech problems, discusses best practices for both face-to-face and virtual teams, and looks at the psychological, sociocultural, and cognitive factors behind the development and provision of assistive technologies. Examines a wide range of technologies and environmental interventions Demonstrates how a better understanding of the complexity of human interaction with both the physical and social environment can lead to better use of technology Explores the future of technology and research in TEI Complete with a range of learning features such as keywords, case studies and review questions, this book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in occupational therapy and other related health professions, as well as those undertaking certification and board examinations.




Ninth City Burning


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For fans of Ender’s Game, Red Rising, and The Hunger Games comes an explosive, epic science fiction debut... Cities vanished, gone in flashes of world-shattering destruction. An alien race had come to make Earth theirs, bringing a power so far beyond human technology it seemed like magic. It was nearly the end of the world—until we learned to seize the power, and use it to fight back. The war has raged for five centuries. For a cadet like Jax, one of the few who can harness the enemy’s universe-altering force, that means growing up in an elite military academy, training for battle at the front—and hoping he is ready. For Naomi, young nomad roaming the wilds of a ruined Earth, it means a daily fight for survival against the savage raiders who threaten her caravan. When a new attack looms, these two fledging warriors find their paths suddenly intertwined. Together with a gifted but reckless military commander, a factory worker drafted as cannon fodder, a wild and beautiful gunfighter, and a brilliant scientist with nothing to lose—they must find a way to turn back the coming invasion, or see their home finally and completely destroyed.







Oh Wretched Sinner


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In February 2011, God blessed me by allowing me to publish my first book. It is an autobiography of my life about the challenges of growing from a child to a woman. The title of this book is OH Wretched Sinner by published author Doris B. Hall. OH Wretched Sinner tells the story of how God has allowed me to share my sins in hope to stop people from making the same mistakes that I have made in the past. By using my life as an example and my book as a resource you can find a better life. You do not have to wander around the mountain for forty years searching for answers that I can provide here in my book. This is a self-published book by Xlibris Publishing Company. I was like a maniac driving reckless all the way pass Knoxville, leaving from upper East Tennessee, going 90 to 100 miles, like a crazy woman all that way to Knoxville speeding, looking for crack, I tell you no lie YALL, GOD were with me, through of all my stupid ness I did this constant every time I used crack, and that was often, it made me want it more and more with the music blasting loud as I could get it, the people riding with me they were crazy to ride with me but they were crazy too, if I had a flat I had no spare, no insurance I could have killed a lot of people the way I were caring on I know it had to be God on my side, because I was very foolish did not know up from down, why God continued to look over me I would never know the only thing that I could say that I prayed I prayed all the time be all drunk up talking to the lord or whoever was listening I were still not the best pray I was just talking to the about myself and I me black. I was playing rushion roulette, with my life and other people life too On April 6, 2011, I was honored to appear on the Daytime Tri-Cities book club.This is featured on CBS local affiliate channel WJHL-11 to promote my autobiography, OH Wretched Sinner.I also held a book release party at The Fathers House Church of God in Christ on May 7, 2011.The links to the interview, as well as, the Facebook and Google Books pages are listed below.