The National Parks Journal


Book Description

Turn those bucket list travel plans into reality with this interactive journal that’s one part planning guides and one part log to help you remember your exciting adventures! Your national parks adventure starts here! Whether you’re planning a road trip to visit the Grand Canyon, a hiking excursion through Acadia, or spending a day in the Everglades, this book is your must-have companion for the perfect trip to any of the parks across the United States. Start by learning more about the national parks themselves and get some essential planning advice from experts to make your trip as easy and fun as possible. Then use the planning pages to plan and record an adventure of your own. You’ll be prepared for everything from paying park fees to figuring out which landmarks you want to see the most. Record pages will help you remember anything fun and exciting that happens on your trip—as well as anything you want to do differently on your next visit. From the Cape Cod National Seashore to the Sequoia National Park, this journal is the key to a fun and memorable national park vacation that you’ll want to remember (and revisit) for a lifetime.




2021 National Park Bucket Journal


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The 2021 National Parks Bucket Journal is one part trip planner, one part bucket list, and one part journal. Use it as a place to plan your journey and record your memories. When you're done, you'll have a journal to look back at the National Park adventures you had with family and friends.National Parks have been a part of our heritage since the first park was dedicated by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. There are currently 63 parks designated as "National Parks" covering 52.2 million+ acres of beautiful land to enjoy. In addition, there are even more preserves, reserves, memorials, and monuments.




Joe Biden


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A concise, brilliant and trenchant examination of Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his lifelong quest for the presidency Former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest - fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses that he has suffered. Yet even as Biden's life has been shaped by drama, it has also been powered by a willingness, rare at the top ranks of politics, to confront his shortcomings, errors and reversals of fortune. His trials have forged in him a deep empathy for others in hardship - an essential quality as he addresses a nation at its most dire hour in decades. Blending up-close journalism and broader context, Evan Osnos illuminates Biden's life and captures the characters and meaning of an extraordinary presidential election. He draws on lengthy interviews with Biden and on revealing conversations with more than a hundred others, including President Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and a range of progressive activists, advisers, opponents, and Biden family members. In this nuanced portrait, Biden emerges as flawed, yet resolute, and tempered by the flame of tragedy - a man who just may be uncannily suited for his moment in history.




Thriving in Transitions


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When it was originally released, Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success represented a paradigm shift in the student success literature, moving the student success conversation beyond college completion to focus on student characteristics that promote high levels of academic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal performance in the college environment. The authors contend that a focus on remediating student characteristics or merely encouraging specific behaviors is inadequate to promote success in college and beyond. Drawing on research on college student thriving completed since 2012, the newly revised collection presents six research studies describing the characteristics that predict thriving in different groups of college students, including first-year students, transfer students, high-risk students, students of color, sophomores, and seniors, and offers recommendations for helping students thrive in college and life. New to this edition is a chapter focused on the role of faculty in supporting college student thriving.




The Almanac of American Politics, 1998


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The essential roadmap to the events of the past two years and the years to come, "The Almanac of American Politics 1998" features a wealth of information about national, state, and local governments, including profiles of all 535 members of Congress and all 50 governors, voting records on major legislation, updated maps of congressional districts, and more.




59 Illustrated National Parks


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A celebration of the 100 years of wilderness and wonder at the 59 National Parks.




U.S. National Parks Adventure Journal & Passport Stamp Book


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Is traveling to all U.S. National Parks on your bucket list? From Acadia to Zion and every park in between this all-in-one journal will help keep you organized and track your National Park adventures. There is even space for all your National Park stamps! Keep the memories of a lifetime for a lifetime with this well-thought-out journal. You will cherish these priceless experiences for many years to come. This journal is ideal for adults and kids alike who enjoy touring the United States in search of National Park adventures. Makes a unique gift for a National Parks pass holder or a 4th grader participating in Every Kid In A Park. Convenient 6"x9" size is small enough for travel but big enough to write in. Soft, flexible cover is perfect to pack in a backpack or suitcase. Key Features: Map of all 61 U.S. National Parks: The back cover includes a map for quick reference of the United States and its territories labeled with all 61 National Parks, including the newest National Park, Indiana Dunes. There is also a bonus map on the inside that you can draw or color in. Use it to color code, draw landmarks, track your routes, add stickers, etc to personalize it. The possibilities are endless! National Parks Tracking Log: National Parks are listed in alphabetical order and each one includes the state/states where it's located as well as the year it was established. Features a bubble next to each National Park to check off or fill in each time you visit a National Park. Space to record the dates you visit each National Park. Perfect to keep your journeys organized and view how many National Parks you've visited at a quick glance. Pages for each National Park: Each National Park includes two pages for you to fill in everything you would want to remember about your visit. Fill-in sections include: dates of your visit, city/state you entered the park through, weather, who you traveled with, where you stayed, what you did, your favorite memory, sights, wildlife, hikes/stories/adventures, notes for next time, whether you'd visit the National Park again, a 10-star rating system for you to rate each National Park, and space for National Park passport stamps that you collect at each park. Bonus Pages: 10 extra pages for repeat visits to up to 5 National Parks







The High Profile Black Republican Candidacies of Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele, Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and Hall of Famer Lynn Swann


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Specifically, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of three statewide black Republican candidacies in 2006 in Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. During the 2006 midterm election cycle, the Republican Party recruited and gave strong support to three high-profile African American statewide candidates. Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and former Pittsburgh Steelers star and television sports broadcaster Lynn Swann campaigned for their state’s governorship in Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele vied for a vacated United States Senate seat in Maryland. After five decades of miserable levels of support from black voters and numerous initiatives to increase its share of the African American electorate, the GOP estimated that credible black Republican candidacies would substantially improve its image among African American voters and, thus, garner a larger share of the black vote. State Representative James White