Author: Tracy Million Simmons
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736223253
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Languages : en
Pages : 218
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In Beginnings, the first issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader, 35 authors representing 25 Kansas communities share true stories, essays about the roots we share, the personal stories of individuals embedded in in the Kansas landscape, stories that examine our lives as Kansans and our communities. Current and former Kansans share their true stories, leaving readers eager for the next installment of 105 Meadowlark Reader. Authors in this issue include: Julie Johnson, Nancy Julien Kopp, Daniel Krause, Sandee Lee, Michael Marks, Don Marler, Ruth Maus, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Julie Nischan, Marci Penner, Jeanette Powers, Jay M. Price, Kevin Rabas, Mark Scheel, Harland Schuster, Julie Sellers, Tyler Robert Sheldon, Lindsey Bartlett, Tim Bascom, Gretchen Cassel Eick, Marie Baum Fletcher, Beth Gulley, Carolyn Hall, Roger Heineken, Alexander Hurla, and Miriam Iwashige. The collection is compiled and edited by Cheryl Unruh, and published by Tracy Million Simmons.
Author: Cheryl Unruh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781956578027
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Languages : en
Pages : 216
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In Travel Stories, the second issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader, 38 authors representing 47 Kansas counties share true stories, essays about the roots we share, the personal stories of individuals embedded in the Kansas landscape, stories that examine our lives as Kansans and our communities. Current and former Kansans share their true stories, leaving readers eager for the next installment of 105 Meadowlark Reader. Authors in this issue include Ann Anderson, Lindsey Bartlett, Curtis Becker, Sheryl Brenn, Rex Buchanan, Annabelle Corrick, AJ Dome, Gretchen Cassel Eick, Mark Esping, Marie Baum Fletcher, Tammy Gilley, Anne Graue, Michael D. Graves, Monica (Osgood) Graves, Carolyn Hall, Roger Heineken, Jerilynn Jones Henrikson, Delphine Holston, Sally Jadlow, Nancy Julien Kopp, Sandee Lee, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, Angela Muller, James Odrowski, Jim Potter, Robert Rebein, Donald Reichardt, Julie A. Sellers, Mark Scheel, Harland Schuster, Tracy Million Simmons, Betty Stevens, Karen Stoff, Olive L. Sullivan, Victoria Vaughn, Barbara Waterman-Peters, Brenda White, and Anne Williams. The collection is compiled and edited by Cheryl Unruh and published by Tracy Million Simmons.
Author: Cheryl Unruh
Publisher: 105 Meadowlark Reader
ISBN: 9781956578157
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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In Bicycle Stories, the third issue of 105 Meadowlark Reader, 32 authors representing 37 Kansas counties share true stories, essays about the roots we share, the personal stories of individuals embedded in the Kansas landscape, stories that examine our lives as Kansans and our communities. Current and former Kansans share their true stories, leaving readers eager for the next installment of 105 Meadowlark Reader. Authors in this issue include Lisa Allen, Jim Andera, Boyd Bauman, Julie Ann Baker Brin, Phyllis A. Ericson, Annabelle Corrick, Angel Edenburn, Monica Graves, Beth Gulley, Carolyn Hall, Alexander Hurla, Jerilynn Jones Henrikson, Deb Irsik, Sally Jadlow, Julie Johnson, Amy Deckert Kliewer, Sandee Lee, Mike Marks, Kerry Moyer, Brandy Nance, Peg Nichols, Jim Potter, Edgy Sack, Cynthia C. Schaker, Harland Schuster, Anne Spry, Leon Unruh, Barbara Waterman-Peters, Brenda White, Mary Kate Wilcox, and Sheree Wingo. The collection is compiled and edited by Cheryl Unruh and published by Tracy Million Simmons.
Author: Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Publisher: 105 Meadowlark Reader
ISBN: 9781956578294
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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45 authors representing 31 Kansas counties share the personal stories of individuals embedded in the Kansas landscape, and stories that examine our lives as Kansans and our communities.
Author: D a Irsik
Publisher: Crosswing
ISBN: 9781732907843
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Sela and her friends are beginning ninth grade. Sela knows that being able to converse with her guardian angel and having Gloria and Victor (mentoring angels), is a blessing but also a great responsibility. God is entrusting her with getting His plan for TNT, (Teens for a New Tomorrow), in place will be a daunting task. The girls and Zach are excited to start their freshman year. They take pictures and goof around until they are standing in front of Roosevelt High School, and then the reality sets in. The first big set-back occurs when no one signs up for the group. Sela is disappointed and discouraged. She is challenged by an older girl and called an idealist. Then Zach hits the jackpot when he meets Chandra. Chandra is a member of the Poetry Club and interested in partnering with TNT. The poetry is usually about social, and environmental themes. The poetry draws people to the group and they decide to have a debate about global warming. During the debate a group of kids harass Zach and Chandra and challenge them to act and not just talk. Mrs. Carson, their sponsor, restores order and Zach and Sela invite the students to join TNT and contribute to the platform. The students leave and Sela notices that the ringleader is the girl that hassled her at the sign-up table. Emily is battling her own things during this time. Her father is getting re-married and Emily's world is changing. She likes Angela and her children but while Sophie is loving and excited about a new sister Colin is not. Emily can see some of the same behaviors in Colin that she exhibited when her mother died. She wants to help but he keeps pushing her away. Zach is working on a program for mental health as part of their monthly focus for TNT. His father is bi-polar and after Emily encourages him, he asks his dad to help with the round-table discussion. His father is positive and thinks they should both contribute to the activity. A new member suggests that TNT team up with the special needs class to hi-light differences and acceptance. They have a Halloween Party for the class and develop a program called, Be Kind and Include. Allen, a student with Down Syndrome, becomes the face of the program. He teaches all of them the meaning of true acceptance because accepts differences with true love and compassion. Sela's locker has been trashed and someone called the school and reported that TNT had a religious agenda. Mrs. Carson is supportive and Sela is encouraged to move on. Then she finds out that her father has a health issue. The stress is mounting and Sela has to call on her mentors, Victor and Gloria, for support. They inhabit her dog Halo and Emily's dog Cupid. They help the girls work out a plan to find ways to get the word out about TNT. Chad is extra helpful and making it clear that he likes Sela. Sela is both flustered and excited. Chad asks her to save him a dance for the activity after his basketball game. Sela feels nervous and excited. The bullying from the older student comes to a head just when TNT is taking off. They have been asked to visit another district and are working on a program when Sela is given notice that a parent has complained to the school board. The board suspends TNT until they can have a review. It gives Sela a chance to go with her parents for some of the tests for her dad and she prays that everything will work out. Zach organizes the information for the review and just before everything totally unravels Sela's dad is given a diagnosis. He has Lupus and Sela feels relieved that it is not cancer. She finds that all the other things do not seem quite so important and is able to 'Let go and let God'. She has finally learned patience. TNT is re-instated and finds new life and they find new insight in understanding how dysfunctional families can impact a life.
Author: Arlice W Davenport
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734247770
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Arlice W. Davenport, a lifelong Wichitan, is the retired Travel editor and Books Page editor for The Wichita Eagle. This is his first book of poems.
Author: Annie Ward
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488099596
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 397
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A perfect marriage reveals its dark secrets in this psychological thriller of a devoted wife, her veteran husband, and a shocking murder. Maddie and Ian’s love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British Army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian’s PTSD; her concerns for the safety of their young son; and the couple’s tangled and tumultuous past with Jo. From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime.
Author: Mandy Kern
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736223239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Ava is an American Avocet, a breed of shorebird who leaves her home at the Laguna Madre and travels 1,000 miles to stay for a season at the largest wetland complex in the interior of the United States. Cheyenne Bottoms, in the middle of Kansas, is home to millions of birds who stop during their annual migrations in the spring and fall, as well as a diverse population of wildlife who make a home there year-round. As Ava meets her mate and starts a family, readers are introduced to one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Some Facts about Wetlands: - In only 23 years, between 1955 and 1978, 40% of the wetlands in Kansas disappeared. - Wetlands around the world are vanishing at a rate three times that of forests. - Wetlands are one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, as varied and productive as rain forests and coral reefs. - Wetlands do amazing things for their surrounding communities, such as reduce soil erosion by capturing sediment and soaking up extra flood water.
Author: Ronda Miller
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ISBN: 9780996680127
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Languages : en
Pages : 98
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In this collection of poetry, Ronda Miller continues to weave life stories, giving bold narration to moments in time that are sometimes touching, sometimes shocking, sometimes joy filled, and always honest. Miller gives voice through her poetry to stories we are sometimes afraid to listen to, lest through them we grow in understanding and compassion for each other, for humankind.
Author: Mike Hartnett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732241084
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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The author recounts details of Lincoln College campus burglaries and murders in the 1970's.
