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An unwed mother, a homeless man, a curious boy, a criminal act of violence- these have nothing in common with each other...or do they? As the story unfolds, you'll see things aren't as they first appear.... and "What Family Does" to bring about the surprising culmination of these events will not only take you by surprise, but also warms your heart.
Rolly Klingenschmitt, now a middle aged man, grew up in a small town playing in a garage band. While pursuing his dream of making music, he had adventures, trials, setbacks, heartbreak and much more. Along the way he takes on a new name and finds new love, but can this love survive a music career? Or will he even succeed in his pursuit? This is a book with a message that is relevant to all-age readers. It's filled with lessons of loss, grief, deceit, forgiveness and hope. Join Rolly and find out if he will reap a reward this time or if disappointment will be his companion once again.
Rivers have been vitally important to human populations worldwide for millennia as "highways" for inland travel, and as sources of water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, manufacturing, irrigation, and power generation, as well as repositories for human, animal, and industrial wastes. This accessible textbook takes a broad approach to river ecology, covering the basics but going beyond by including topics that are often overlooked such as blackwater streams and rivers, tidal creek ecosystems, and reservoir limnology. Since most running water (lotic) systems have been altered or impacted by human activities, there is significant emphasis on anthropogenic impacts, including sedimentation, nutrient pollution and related eutrophication issues as well as the effects of dams and river fragmentation, power plant operations, chemical contamination, wastewater treatment discharges, industrial scale livestock production, invasive species, and rural and urban storm water runoff on river ecosystems. Advances in stream and river restoration are also discussed.
This volume brings together specially commissioned essays by some of the world's leading experts on the life and work of W. H. Auden, one of the major English-speaking poets of the twentieth century. The volume's contributors include a prize-winning poet, Auden's literary executor and editor, and his most recent, widely acclaimed biographer. It offers fresh perspectives on his work from Auden critics, alongside specialists from such diverse fields as drama, ecological and travel studies. It provides scholars, students and general readers with a comprehensive and authoritative account of Auden's life and works in clear and accessible English. Besides providing authoritative accounts of the key moments and dominant themes of his poetic development, the Companion examines his language, style and formal innovation, his prose and critical writing and his ideas about sexuality, religion, psychoanalysis, politics, landscape, ecology, and globalisation. It also contains a comprehensive bibliography of writings about Auden.
In an important contribution to African American studies and anthropology, African American Midwifery in the South brings new voices to the discourse on the hidden world of midwives and birthing.