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The Florida Folklife Reader

by Tina Bucuvalas, Katherine Borland, Brent Cantrell, Martha Ellen Davis, Stavros K. Frangos, Gregory Hansen, Joyce M. Jackson, Ormond H. Loomis, Jerrilyn McGregory, Martha Nelson0, Laurie K. Sommers1, Robert L. Stone2, Stephen Stuempfle3, Anna Lomax Wood4 ...

Florida is blessed with a semitropical climate, beautiful inland areas, and over a thousand miles of warm seas and sandy beaches. And Floridians are every bit as colorful and diverse as the tropical foliage. The interaction between Florida's people and its environment has created distinctive mixes of traditional life unlike those anywhere else in America.Florida's cultural foundation includes ... Read more

$46.79 USD

Florida is blessed with a semitropical climate, beautiful inland areas, and over a thousand miles of warm seas and sandy beaches. And Floridians are every bit as colorful and diverse as the tropical foliage. The interaction between Florida's people and its environment has created distinctive mixes of traditional life unlike those anywhere else in America.Florida's cultural foundation includes
... Read more
Corporal Punishment in Preschool and at Home in Tanzania

A Children’s Rights Challenge

by Reuben Sungwa, Liz Jackson, Joyce Kahembe ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines educators and parents’ practices of corporal punishment of preschool-aged children in school and at home in Tanzania, considering why it is that many children in Tanzania are still subject to corporal punishment. It explores the attitudes of parents, teachers, and educational leaders about corporal punishment, in the context of existing government policies, laws, and regulations ... Read more

$40.49 USD

This book examines educators and parents’ practices of corporal punishment of preschool-aged children in school and at home in Tanzania, considering why it is that many children in Tanzania are still subject to corporal punishment. It explores the attitudes of parents, teachers, and educational leaders about corporal punishment, in the context of existing government policies, laws, and regulations
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The Louisiana Field Guide

Understanding Life in the Pelican State

by Kent Mathewson, Alecia P. Long, Alex V. Cook, J. Michael Desmond, David Harlan, Raynie Harlan, Joyce Jackson, Michael Pasquier, Aaron Emmitte, Thomas Klingler, Sylvie DuBois, Karen Williams, Zachary Godshall, Anthony Lewis, Barry Cowan ...

In Louisiana, every bite of food and each turn of phrase is an expression of cultural literacy. Correctly pronouncing "Tchoupitoulas" or "Atchafalaya," knowing the difference between the first Governor Long and the second one, being able to spot the artwork of Caroline Durieux, and honoring the distinction between a Creole and a Cajun roux serve not just as markers of familiarity; they represent ... Read more

$18.99 USD

In Louisiana, every bite of food and each turn of phrase is an expression of cultural literacy. Correctly pronouncing "Tchoupitoulas" or "Atchafalaya," knowing the difference between the first Governor Long and the second one, being able to spot the artwork of Caroline Durieux, and honoring the distinction between a Creole and a Cajun roux serve not just as markers of familiarity; they represent
... Read more
Educational Assessment in Tanzania

A Sociocultural Perspective

by Joyce Kahembe, Liz Jackson ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines teachers’ conceptions and practices of assessment in Tanzania. Adopting a sociocultural perspective, it reveals how Tanzanian teachers understand the role of assessment in relation to their classroom practices, community and other factors. The book determines that although teachers in Tanzania generally consider assessment to be useful for evaluating and monitoring learning, ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book examines teachers’ conceptions and practices of assessment in Tanzania. Adopting a sociocultural perspective, it reveals how Tanzanian teachers understand the role of assessment in relation to their classroom practices, community and other factors. The book determines that although teachers in Tanzania generally consider assessment to be useful for evaluating and monitoring learning,
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Drive

by Joyce Moyer Hostetter ...

Narrated by Suzy Jackson, Sandy Rustin ...

Series series Bakers Mountain Stories
Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

World War II is over, but the Honeycutt family is still feeling its devastating effects. Especially Daddy, who can’t forget what he saw on the battlefield and sometimes can’t cope with everyday life. Fourteen-year-old Ellie Honeycutt findsescape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Her twin sister, Ida, clings to family and finds solace in her sketchbook. Once ... Read more

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World War II is over, but the Honeycutt family is still feeling its devastating effects. Especially Daddy, who can’t forget what he saw on the battlefield and sometimes can’t cope with everyday life. Fourteen-year-old Ellie Honeycutt findsescape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Her twin sister, Ida, clings to family and finds solace in her sketchbook. Once
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That I May Know Him

A Practical Guide to Developing an Extremely Effective Way to Pray and Build a Relationship with the Lord!

by Joyce Jackson ...

This is a self-taught teaching showing you how to fill any void that you may have in your life. The need for security and love is one of the greatest needs for every living person on this earth. This very empowering book will give you steps to follow to fill the voids. You will experience the reality of the pleasures that come from a relationship of intimacy. This book will help anyone who desires ... Read more

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This is a self-taught teaching showing you how to fill any void that you may have in your life. The need for security and love is one of the greatest needs for every living person on this earth. This very empowering book will give you steps to follow to fill the voids. You will experience the reality of the pleasures that come from a relationship of intimacy. This book will help anyone who desires
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The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit

by Graham Joyce ...

Narrated by Gildart Jackson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 28 min

David, a college student, takes a summer job at a run-down family resort in a dying English resort town. This is against the wishes of his family...because it was at this resort where David's biological father disappeared fifteen years earlier. But something undeniable has called David there. The characters have a suspicious edge to them...David is haunted by eerie visions of a mysterious man ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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David, a college student, takes a summer job at a run-down family resort in a dying English resort town. This is against the wishes of his family...because it was at this resort where David's biological father disappeared fifteen years earlier. But something undeniable has called David there. The characters have a suspicious edge to them...David is haunted by eerie visions of a mysterious man
... Read more

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Malice

by Lisa Jackson ...

Narrated by Joyce Bean, Mel Foster ...

Series Audiobook 6 - New Orleans
Unabridged

15 hours 11 min

"Taut, twisty. . .Malice displays the skilled Jackson at her best yet." —The Providence JournalThe perfect moment is here at last. The humiliation and pain he put her through is about to be repaid. Soon Rick Bentz will know the torment of losing the person he loves most—and better yet, he'll have to watch. . ."Gripping. . .Jackson heightens the creep factor." —Publishers WeeklySince the accident ... Read more

$44.99 USD

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"Taut, twisty. . .Malice displays the skilled Jackson at her best yet." —The Providence JournalThe perfect moment is here at last. The humiliation and pain he put her through is about to be repaid. Soon Rick Bentz will know the torment of losing the person he loves most—and better yet, he'll have to watch. . ."Gripping. . .Jackson heightens the creep factor." —Publishers WeeklySince the accident
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Seckatary Hawkins in Cuba (Unabridged)

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by Seckatary Hawkins ...

Narrated by Victor Karg, Robert Clements, Michael Jackson, Joyce Illiano ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

Seckatary Hawkins, the genial fat boy, is a favorite character with everyone who enjoys the deeds of a very real boy who manages to discover that adventure and mystery are not so very far off for one who looks for them. In Seckatary Hawkins in Cuba, he is embarked on that greatest of adventures, the search for hidden treasure. It is the hoard of old Cazanova in Cuba upon the quest for which young ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Seckatary Hawkins, the genial fat boy, is a favorite character with everyone who enjoys the deeds of a very real boy who manages to discover that adventure and mystery are not so very far off for one who looks for them. In Seckatary Hawkins in Cuba, he is embarked on that greatest of adventures, the search for hidden treasure. It is the hoard of old Cazanova in Cuba upon the quest for which young
... Read more
Audiobook

Close to Home

by Lisa Jackson ...

Narrated by Joyce Bean ...

Unabridged

15 hours 47 min

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes an atmospheric and riveting novel of suspense that uncovers the horrifying secrets buried within a ramshackle house....Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up. Her daughters, Jade and Gracie, aren’t impressed by the rundown property on the shores of Oregon’s wild ... Read more

$44.99 USD

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes an atmospheric and riveting novel of suspense that uncovers the horrifying secrets buried within a ramshackle house....Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up. Her daughters, Jade and Gracie, aren’t impressed by the rundown property on the shores of Oregon’s wild
... Read more

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The Bongo Cat

by Joyce Murdock Feilke ...

Illustrated by Laura Jackson ...

The Bongo Cat is the story of an abandoned cat that lives in the alley behind the Magnolia Cafe. His life is simple and with little drama since he usually finds what he needs in the dumpster behind the cafe. After an exotic bird takes up residence in the big oak tree above his favorite napping place, his life takes on new challenges as well as new possibilities. The Bongo Cat is a wonderful book ... Read more

$3.99 USD

The Bongo Cat is the story of an abandoned cat that lives in the alley behind the Magnolia Cafe. His life is simple and with little drama since he usually finds what he needs in the dumpster behind the cafe. After an exotic bird takes up residence in the big oak tree above his favorite napping place, his life takes on new challenges as well as new possibilities. The Bongo Cat is a wonderful book
... Read more
Audiobook

Now It's Time to Say Goodbye

by Dale Peck ...

Narrated by Andrew Eiden, Angelo Di Loreto, Adenrele Ojo, Carly Robins, JD Jackson, Joyce Bean, Patrick Lawlor, Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

20 hours 8 min

“An utterly gripping thriller . . . and a highly sophisticated piece of literary legerdemain” from the Lambda Award–winning author of Night Soil (The New York Times).When the five hundreth person they know dies of AIDS, Colin and Justin flee New York City. They end up in Galatia, a Kansas town founded by freed slaves in the wake of the Civil War whose population is now divided, evenly but uneasily ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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“An utterly gripping thriller . . . and a highly sophisticated piece of literary legerdemain” from the Lambda Award–winning author of Night Soil (The New York Times).When the five hundreth person they know dies of AIDS, Colin and Justin flee New York City. They end up in Galatia, a Kansas town founded by freed slaves in the wake of the Civil War whose population is now divided, evenly but uneasily
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