Author: W. Davis Hawkins
Publisher: Radius Book Group+ORM
ISBN: 1635766869
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A lifelong adventurer shares his fascinating story in this memoir of travel, life in Japan, and special assignments from the White House. Davis Hawkins lives a life of adventure and travel, approaching each opportunity with the mantra to “Go, See, and Do.” He chronicles his life through this lens, starting with his southern California upbringing before moving to Japan at an impressionable age. He experienced a changing America and East Asia landscape in the mid-twentieth century living abroad. These moments impacted his life through his military service and directed him to a successful financial and consulting careers overseas. Hawkins continued traveling, embracing any opportunity to visit different cultures. He visited more than eighty countries spanning all seven continents, finding human shrunken heads in Borneo, trekking in the Himalayas and the Amazon jungle, camping in the Gobi Desert, dining at the US State Department, couriering for the President of the United States, receiving a US congressional subpoena, surviving a military coup, and much more.
Go, See, and Do
Author: W. Davis Hawkins
Publisher: Radius Book Group+ORM
ISBN: 1635766869
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A lifelong adventurer shares his fascinating story in this memoir of travel, life in Japan, and special assignments from the White House. Davis Hawkins lives a life of adventure and travel, approaching each opportunity with the mantra to “Go, See, and Do.” He chronicles his life through this lens, starting with his southern California upbringing before moving to Japan at an impressionable age. He experienced a changing America and East Asia landscape in the mid-twentieth century living abroad. These moments impacted his life through his military service and directed him to a successful financial and consulting careers overseas. Hawkins continued traveling, embracing any opportunity to visit different cultures. He visited more than eighty countries spanning all seven continents, finding human shrunken heads in Borneo, trekking in the Himalayas and the Amazon jungle, camping in the Gobi Desert, dining at the US State Department, couriering for the President of the United States, receiving a US congressional subpoena, surviving a military coup, and much more.
Publisher: Radius Book Group+ORM
ISBN: 1635766869
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A lifelong adventurer shares his fascinating story in this memoir of travel, life in Japan, and special assignments from the White House. Davis Hawkins lives a life of adventure and travel, approaching each opportunity with the mantra to “Go, See, and Do.” He chronicles his life through this lens, starting with his southern California upbringing before moving to Japan at an impressionable age. He experienced a changing America and East Asia landscape in the mid-twentieth century living abroad. These moments impacted his life through his military service and directed him to a successful financial and consulting careers overseas. Hawkins continued traveling, embracing any opportunity to visit different cultures. He visited more than eighty countries spanning all seven continents, finding human shrunken heads in Borneo, trekking in the Himalayas and the Amazon jungle, camping in the Gobi Desert, dining at the US State Department, couriering for the President of the United States, receiving a US congressional subpoena, surviving a military coup, and much more.
Go See the Principal
Author: Gerry Brooks
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0738285072
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
From an elementary school principal and popular YouTube personality, inspiration and humor for educators to tackle the challenges they face day-in and day-out Gerry Brooks is an elementary school principal turned YouTube celebrity who entertains K-12 teachers, administrators, and parents across the country. He tells jokes with the kind of mocking humor that gets a laugh, yet can be safely shared in school. After all, even great schools have bad days -- when lesson plans fall through, disgruntled parents complain, kids throw temper tantrums because they have to use the same spoon for their applesauce and mashed potatoes, and of course, dealing with...The Horror! The Horror!...dreaded assessments. Ranging from practical topics like social media use in the classroom and parent-teacher conferences to more lighthearted sections such as "Pickup and Dropoff: An Exercise in Humanity" and "School Supplies: Yes, We Really Need All That Stuff," Go See the Principal offers comic relief, inspiration, and advice to those who need it the most.
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0738285072
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
From an elementary school principal and popular YouTube personality, inspiration and humor for educators to tackle the challenges they face day-in and day-out Gerry Brooks is an elementary school principal turned YouTube celebrity who entertains K-12 teachers, administrators, and parents across the country. He tells jokes with the kind of mocking humor that gets a laugh, yet can be safely shared in school. After all, even great schools have bad days -- when lesson plans fall through, disgruntled parents complain, kids throw temper tantrums because they have to use the same spoon for their applesauce and mashed potatoes, and of course, dealing with...The Horror! The Horror!...dreaded assessments. Ranging from practical topics like social media use in the classroom and parent-teacher conferences to more lighthearted sections such as "Pickup and Dropoff: An Exercise in Humanity" and "School Supplies: Yes, We Really Need All That Stuff," Go See the Principal offers comic relief, inspiration, and advice to those who need it the most.
You Better Go See Geri
Author: Geri Roossien
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870711602
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Born into an Odawa family in Michigan in 1932, Frances "Geri" Roossien lived a life that was both ordinary and instructive. As a child, she attended Holy Childhood Boarding School; as an adult, she coped with her trauma through substance abuse; and in recovery she became a respected elder who developed tribally centered programs for addiction and family health, including the first Native American Recovery Group. While a graduate student, Andrea Riley Mukavetz was invited into Geri's home to listen to her stories and assist in compiling and publishing a memoir. Geri wanted her stories to serve as a resource, form of support, and affirmation that Indigenous people can be proud of who they are and overcome trauma. Geri hoped to be a model to current and future generations, and she believed strongly that more Indigenous people should become substance abuse counselors and work with their communities in tribally specific ways. Geri died in 2019, but Riley Mukavetz carried on the work. This book presents Geri's stories, lightly edited and organized for clarity, with an introduction by Riley Mukavetz that centers Geri's life and the process of oral history in historical and theoretical context.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870711602
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Born into an Odawa family in Michigan in 1932, Frances "Geri" Roossien lived a life that was both ordinary and instructive. As a child, she attended Holy Childhood Boarding School; as an adult, she coped with her trauma through substance abuse; and in recovery she became a respected elder who developed tribally centered programs for addiction and family health, including the first Native American Recovery Group. While a graduate student, Andrea Riley Mukavetz was invited into Geri's home to listen to her stories and assist in compiling and publishing a memoir. Geri wanted her stories to serve as a resource, form of support, and affirmation that Indigenous people can be proud of who they are and overcome trauma. Geri hoped to be a model to current and future generations, and she believed strongly that more Indigenous people should become substance abuse counselors and work with their communities in tribally specific ways. Geri died in 2019, but Riley Mukavetz carried on the work. This book presents Geri's stories, lightly edited and organized for clarity, with an introduction by Riley Mukavetz that centers Geri's life and the process of oral history in historical and theoretical context.
Let's Go See Papa
Author: Lawrence Schimel
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1773068016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The little girl in this story likes Sundays best of all -- it’s the day her father calls. She hasn’t seen him for over a year because he works far away across the ocean in the United States. She writes in her notebook every day, keeping a record of everything that happens to share with him when she finally sees him again. Then one Sunday her father asks if she and her mother would like to join him, and she’s surprised by her mixed feelings. It means leaving her grandmother, her friends ... and her dog, Kika, behind. This is a powerful story from a young child’s perspective about what it’s like to have an absent parent and to have to leave your home, country and those you love for a new life.
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1773068016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The little girl in this story likes Sundays best of all -- it’s the day her father calls. She hasn’t seen him for over a year because he works far away across the ocean in the United States. She writes in her notebook every day, keeping a record of everything that happens to share with him when she finally sees him again. Then one Sunday her father asks if she and her mother would like to join him, and she’s surprised by her mixed feelings. It means leaving her grandmother, her friends ... and her dog, Kika, behind. This is a powerful story from a young child’s perspective about what it’s like to have an absent parent and to have to leave your home, country and those you love for a new life.
Places to Go, People to See, Things to Do All Across Canada
Author: Joan Abeles
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 9780590745505
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 9780590745505
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Come and See
Author: Todd Wagner
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 1434711145
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Come and See what? LIFE as God intended irresistibly revealed today in a way that is every bit as awe-inspiring and life-changing as when Jesus Himself walked the earth. Todd Wagner invites readers to experience the adventure, goodness, and fullness of life that God has intended for humankind from the beginning of time and especially today through His provision through His people. Weekly meetings of mostly bored adults who regularly attend services have nothing to do with God’s vision for His people. Wagner paints the picture of a perfect Father’s intention to bring His people into an adventurous life full of authentic relationships, powerful transformation, and seemingly impossible significance and meaning.
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 1434711145
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Come and See what? LIFE as God intended irresistibly revealed today in a way that is every bit as awe-inspiring and life-changing as when Jesus Himself walked the earth. Todd Wagner invites readers to experience the adventure, goodness, and fullness of life that God has intended for humankind from the beginning of time and especially today through His provision through His people. Weekly meetings of mostly bored adults who regularly attend services have nothing to do with God’s vision for His people. Wagner paints the picture of a perfect Father’s intention to bring His people into an adventurous life full of authentic relationships, powerful transformation, and seemingly impossible significance and meaning.
Forest and Stream
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Fatty Legs
Author: Christy Jordan-Fenton
Publisher: Annick Press
ISBN: 1554515882
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend school, but he warns Margaret of the terrors of residential schools. At school Margaret soon encounters the Raven, a black-cloaked nun with a hooked nose and bony fingers that resemble claws. She immediately dislikes the strong-willed young Margaret. Intending to humiliate her, the heartless Raven gives gray stockings to all the girls — all except Margaret, who gets red ones. In an instant Margaret is the laughingstock of the entire school. In the face of such cruelty, Margaret refuses to be intimidated and bravely gets rid of the stockings. Although a sympathetic nun stands up for Margaret, in the end it is this brave young girl who gives the Raven a lesson in the power of human dignity. Complemented by archival photos from Margaret Pokiak-Fenton’s collection and striking artworks from Liz Amini-Holmes, this inspiring first-person account of a plucky girl’s determination to confront her tormentor will linger with young readers.
Publisher: Annick Press
ISBN: 1554515882
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend school, but he warns Margaret of the terrors of residential schools. At school Margaret soon encounters the Raven, a black-cloaked nun with a hooked nose and bony fingers that resemble claws. She immediately dislikes the strong-willed young Margaret. Intending to humiliate her, the heartless Raven gives gray stockings to all the girls — all except Margaret, who gets red ones. In an instant Margaret is the laughingstock of the entire school. In the face of such cruelty, Margaret refuses to be intimidated and bravely gets rid of the stockings. Although a sympathetic nun stands up for Margaret, in the end it is this brave young girl who gives the Raven a lesson in the power of human dignity. Complemented by archival photos from Margaret Pokiak-Fenton’s collection and striking artworks from Liz Amini-Holmes, this inspiring first-person account of a plucky girl’s determination to confront her tormentor will linger with young readers.
Sodom City
Author: Chukwueloka Okolo
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450254845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
A former high school teacher, Ogbu-Agu Ejiakor travels to Lagos seeking greener pastures. He lands the most coveted of jobs with the Central Bank of Nigeria as a file clerk. On the first day in his new job, he runs into an old friend: the incredibly gorgeous Nkechi Enyinnaya. Neither of their lives will ever be the same. Nkechi Enyinnaya is the Chief Accounting Officer at the big house ,and she has a bizarre story to tell about those in power. When she finds Mr. Ejiakor in one of the offices of the department she heads, Nkechi is distraught, believing that a miracle has happened. In her mind, she has found the one person with whom to share her burden. Her job is to make sure that the ruling despot has his foreign deposits serviced every day with money from oil receipts or boxes of cash taken from the treasury. Nkechi sees an opening and exploits the situation. As the two brainless, gavel-headed army generals rob the people with malice, and with wanton cruelty, Nkechi does likewise—only hers is a grand, futuristic scheme. Frustrated by a system that is badly damaged by corruption, she enlisted her old friend in her dangerous game.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450254845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
A former high school teacher, Ogbu-Agu Ejiakor travels to Lagos seeking greener pastures. He lands the most coveted of jobs with the Central Bank of Nigeria as a file clerk. On the first day in his new job, he runs into an old friend: the incredibly gorgeous Nkechi Enyinnaya. Neither of their lives will ever be the same. Nkechi Enyinnaya is the Chief Accounting Officer at the big house ,and she has a bizarre story to tell about those in power. When she finds Mr. Ejiakor in one of the offices of the department she heads, Nkechi is distraught, believing that a miracle has happened. In her mind, she has found the one person with whom to share her burden. Her job is to make sure that the ruling despot has his foreign deposits serviced every day with money from oil receipts or boxes of cash taken from the treasury. Nkechi sees an opening and exploits the situation. As the two brainless, gavel-headed army generals rob the people with malice, and with wanton cruelty, Nkechi does likewise—only hers is a grand, futuristic scheme. Frustrated by a system that is badly damaged by corruption, she enlisted her old friend in her dangerous game.
50 States, 5,000 Ideas
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426221207
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This richly illustrated book from the travel experts at National Geographic showcases the best travel experiences in every state, from the obvious to the unexpected. Sites include national parks, beaches, hotels, Civil War battlefields, dude ranches, out-of-the-way museums, and more. You'll discover the world's longest yard sale in Tennessee, swamp tours in Louisiana, dinosaur trails in Colorado, America's oldest street in NYC, and the best spot to watch for sea otters on the central California coast. Each entry provides detailed travel information as well as fascinating facts about each state that will help fuel your wanderlust and ensure the best vacation possible. In addition to 50 states in the U.S., the book includes a section on the Canadian provinces and territories.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426221207
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This richly illustrated book from the travel experts at National Geographic showcases the best travel experiences in every state, from the obvious to the unexpected. Sites include national parks, beaches, hotels, Civil War battlefields, dude ranches, out-of-the-way museums, and more. You'll discover the world's longest yard sale in Tennessee, swamp tours in Louisiana, dinosaur trails in Colorado, America's oldest street in NYC, and the best spot to watch for sea otters on the central California coast. Each entry provides detailed travel information as well as fascinating facts about each state that will help fuel your wanderlust and ensure the best vacation possible. In addition to 50 states in the U.S., the book includes a section on the Canadian provinces and territories.