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A collection of short stories, poems and creative essays chronicling funny, inspirational and scary experiences encountered by ABE/GED instructors of Native English speakers.

The following short stories is a collection of modern mythological tales written by a group of young adults.

Celebrating the seventeen-year anniversary of our debut issue (December 2001), we're releasing a special-edition reissue, completely redesigned and hardbound. We've added many more photos and record covers.

The Seattle Erotic Art Festival Literary Art Anthology 2019 is a seductive collection of erotic stories and poems. Putting pens to papers and fingers to keyboards, literary artists from around the world submitted their work, and these are the selected works for this year's Anthology. The Seattle Erotic Art Festival (SEAF) has been elevating erotic art since its first showing in 2003. SEAF encourages the creation, enjoyment, and purchase of erotic art-sparking conversations to ignite personal and cultural evolution.

Love_Is_Love is a forthcoming collection of beautiful stories, poems, personal essays, and artwork for LGBTQIA teens. We hope Love_Is_Love will help lend support to LGBTQIA teens struggling to deal with the pervasive homophobic and transphobic rhetoric that can make the world feel like a terrifying and unsafe place. All of the proceeds collected from this anthology will be donated to The Trevor Project, an organization that has been saving the lives of LGBTQIA teens since 1998. We would also like to dedicate Love_Is_Love to young adults whose lives were cut short because of bigotry, cruelty, and ignorance. Matthew Shepard, Brandon Teena, Lashai Mclean, Paige Clay, Mollie Olgin, Tiffany Gooden, Gabriel Fernandez, and countless others, you ARE ALL LOVED, MISSED, AND CHERISHED.

Poems in honor of Marie Ponsot by Helen Barnard, Janine Beichman, Margo Berdeshevsky, Laura A. Ciraolo, Howard Clyman, Tom Cocotos, Elizabeth J. Coleman, Melody Compo, Rosemary Deen, Katherine Korth Dehais, Alan Felsenthal, Beatrix Gates, David Groff, Scott Hightower, Rose Horowitz, Marcia B. Loughran, Meg McGuire, Susan Miller, Michael Montlack, Constance Norgren, Michael Petshaft, Sapphire, Jamie Stern, Katherine Swett, Carolyn Tacey, Jackson Taylor, Marjorie Tesser, L. B. Thompson, Clyde Tressler, Kim Vaeth, Jean Valentine, Catherine Woodard and Marie Ponsot.

The dominant culture of industrial civilisation is highly materialistic, holding up Western-style, consumer lifestyles as the path to happiness and fulfilment. But consumer lifestyles are failing to satisfy the human craving for meaning, and they are degrading our planet in ways that are grossly unsustainable and unjust. We desperately need to explore or rediscover less materialistic, 'simpler' ways of living.'Simple living' refers to ways of life based on notions such as frugality, sufficiency, moderation, and mindfulness. This anthology brings together twenty-six short essays discussing the most significant individuals, cultures, and movements that have embraced simple living throughout history. What did Buddha and Jesus think about simple living? What contribution did the ancient Greeks and Romans make? How do the Amish and the Quakers live? And why did Henry Thoreau leave his hometown to live in the woods? Readers will also gain insight into the lives and philosophies of people like Mahatma Gandhi and William Morris, and learn about contemporary eco-social movements, such as those based on permaculture, intentional communities, degrowth, and voluntary simplicity. This deep but engaging book examines these great moments in the story of simple living, and many more, but it looks backwards in order to shed light on the present and future.Read it and be inspired.'This engaging book raises one of the key questions of our times, presenting a rich tapestry of perspectives on what it means to live simply.' - ROB HOPKINS, The Transition Handbook'Simple Living in History challenges the mentality of waste and extravagance that defines modern industrial lifestyles, reminding us that the answers we need have been here all along, waiting for us to notice them.' - JOHN MICHAEL GREER, The Wealth of Nature and Green Wizardry'This book highlights the continuous cultural lineage that underpins current activism for an ecologically viable and spiritually nourishing life now and in the future. For permaculture practitioners and activists focused on building ecologically smart, localised economies, this book highlights how rethinking our attitudes and behaviour toward consumption can be a fruitful pathway to social and ecological harmony.' - DAVID HOLMGREN, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability

The eighth volume of Still Against War compiles more poetry in honor of Marie Ponsot. Contributing poets include Janine Beichman, Margo Berdeshevsky, Laura A. Ciraolo, Howard Clyman, Tom Cocotos, Elizabeth J. Coleman, Melody Compo, Rosemary Deen, Katherine Korth Dehais, Jean Gallagher, Beatrix Gates, David Groff, Scott Hightower, Rose Horowitz, Hettie Jones, Marcia Loughran, Meg McGuire, Michael Morical, Constance Norgren, Michael Petshaft, Sapphire, Timothy Small,Susan Soriano, Jamie Stern, Katherine Barrett Swett, Carolyn Tacey, Jackson Taylor, Marjorie Tesser, and Catherine Woodard.

An anthology of poetry from all over the world by poets that care about our world and humanity and share a love for the written word

This is the inaugural book of original shortstories created by the students in APLiterature and Composition at IrmaRangel Young Women's LeadershipSchool. The stories written fall into variousgenres, such as: historical fiction,suspense, science fiction, horror,romance, mystery, ect... The studentscreated their own worlds in which theircharacters inhabit. The conflicts theyface, the lessons they learn, and therelationships they create are as uniqueas the student who wrote them.

When exams drive you crazy and books and studies are all everyone seems to talk about, it is time to pick up this book.Did Early Man and Woman make their children take fastest-firemaker-first exams? What happens when a gorilla gatecrashes the examination hall and asks difficult Gorilla Pythagoras questions? Who is a zgnogir and did he pass the most difficult test ever when he was sent to Mumbai? Did Lakshmi Perumal really make the philosopher's stone while doing her Chemistry practicals? And how did exam day solve the problem of the boy who had a really long name?Exams have never seemed as full of mischief, and as fun, imaginative and fantastic as in these stories by the very best children's writers of the country. Jerry Pinto, Shreekumar Varma, Deepa Agarwal, Shabnam Minwalla, Jane D'Suza, Andaleeb Wajid and many others provide a laugh and a chuckle on every page in this book that is sure to chase away the examination blues.

This book brings multiple voices and narratives about the central topic "The Pain that unites us all". It addresses multiple aspects of pain by international authors in a compilation of texts and images which create a complex caleidoscopic view of a topic which follows the history of mankind. Enjoy the reading!

Feel the agony of a collaborator torn between his survival and that of the harmless victims of war. Get spooked by two souls trapped in one body and shudder at what the fort in the clouds can do to mortals. The poignant tale of the boy who can see ghosts, as he falls in love with a girl he can never have, will move you to tears. While Stan, the ...

Faith leaders offer thoughts about living with hope in a changing world.

Take this 90 Day Challenge and re-stack your mindset. Because: - Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. -- Joel Barker - Victory is the beautiful, bright-colored flower. Transport is the stem without which it could never have blossomed. -- Winston Churchill - Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting. -- Napoleon Hill - Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease. -- William Osler The reason this book exists: To improve your mindset by re-stacking it intentionally every day for 90 days with inspirational, thought-provoking ideas. Get Your Copy Now.

Take this 90 Day Challenge and re-stack your mindset. Because: - What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage. -- Bruce Barton - Were it not better to forget Than to remember and regret -- Letitia Elizabeth Landon - Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great. -- Harry S. Truman - Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. -- Albert Einstein - We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about. -- H. Jackson Brown Jr. The reason this book exists: To improve your mindset by re-stacking it intentionally every day for 90 days with inspirational, thought-provoking ideas. Get Your Copy Now.

Take this 90 Day Challenge and re-stack your mindset. Because: - I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. George Patton - I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. George Burns - I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind. George Bernard Shaw - A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open. Frank Zappa - I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. Frank Lloyd Wright - I will say this about being an optimist: even when things don't turn out well, you are certain they will get better. Frank Hughes The reason this book exists: To improve your mindset by re-stacking it intentionally every day for 90 days with inspirational, thought-provoking ideas. Get Your Copy Now.

Take this 90 Day Challenge and re-stack your mindset. Because: - If you wait until all the lights are "green" before you leave home, you'll never get started on your trip to the top. -- Zig Ziglar - If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them. -- Yogi Berra - A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -- Winston Churchill - Ability may take you to the top, but it takes character to stay there. -- William Blake - If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it. -- William Arthur Ward - If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you are doing, love what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing. -- Will Rogers The reason this book exists: To improve your mindset by re-stacking it intentionally every day for 90 days with inspirational, thought-provoking ideas.

Take this 90 Day Challenge and re-stack your mindset. Because: Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. -- George Orwell Men are born to succeed, not to fail. -- Henry David Thoreau Men always want to be a woman's first love, women like to be a man's last romance. -- Oscar Wilde Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. -- Helen Adams Keller Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date. -- Dale Carnegie The reason this book exists: To improve your mindset by re-stacking it intentionally every day for 90 days with inspirational, thought-provoking ideas. Get Your Copy Now.

Take this 90 Day Challenge and re-stack your mindset. Because: - The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -- Winston Churchill - The road to success runs uphill. -- Willie Davis - The real secret to success is enthusiasm. -- Walter Chrysler - The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -- Walt Disney - There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. -- W. Clement Stone - They can because they think they can. -- Virgil - There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. -- Vince Lombardi The reason this book exists: To improve your mindset by re-stacking it intentionally every day for 90 days with inspirational, thought-provoking ideas. Get Your Copy Now.

Das Interpretieren von Texten gehört weiterhin zu den Haupttätigkeiten der Literaturwissenschaften. Die vielfältigen Infragestellungen, denen das Interpretieren in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten ausgesetzt war, haben an diesem Umstand kaum etwas geändert. Angesichts dieser fortdauernden Bedeutung erscheint auch die Reflexion auf diese Tätigkeit als eine Aufgabe von unverminderter Aktualität. Der vorliegende Band versammelt Beiträge unterschiedlicher Disziplinen, die, dem sogenannten ,practice turn¿ folgend, das Interpretieren literarischer Texte im Hinblick auf die ihm explizit oder implizit zugrundeliegenden theoretischen Annahmen, seine Methoden und insbesondere auch auf seine Praktiken reflektieren. Praktiken sind in diesem Verständnis routineförmige Tätigkeiten, die oftmals nicht durch explizierbare Regeln bestimmt sind, sondern in hohem Maße auf implizitem Wissen und Können beruhen. Die historischen und systematischen Beiträge loten aus, was und wie die Literaturwissenschaft für eine Analyse ihrer Methoden und Heuristiken, ihrer Darstellungsformen und Praktiken der Wissensvermittlung von der Wissenschaftsforschung lernen kann.