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Book Hidden History of Transportation in Los Angeles

Download or read book Hidden History of Transportation in Los Angeles written by Charles P. Hobbs and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles transportation's epic scale--its iconic freeways, Union Station, Los Angeles International Airport and the giant ports of its shores--has obscured many offbeat transit stories of moxie and eccentricity. Triumphs such as the Vincent Thomas Bridge and Mac Barnes's Ground Link buspool have existed alongside such flops as the Santa Monica Freeway Diamond Lane and the Oxnard-Los Angeles Caltrain commuter rail. The City of Angels lacks a propeller-driven monorail and a freeway in the paved bed of the Los Angeles River, but not for a lack of public promoters. Horace Dobbins built the elevated California Cycleway in Pasadena, and Mike Kadletz deployed the Pink Buses for Orange County kids hitchhiking to the beach. Join Charles P. Hobbs as he recalls these and other lost episodes of LA-area transportation lore.

Book Bazaar of decisions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marcia Borjas
  • Publisher : Letrame Grupo Editorial
  • Release : 2022-03-01
  • ISBN : 8411146766
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Bazaar of decisions written by Marcia Borjas and published by Letrame Grupo Editorial. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a Bazaar of decisions is a shaking novel based on true life, where a human being, very human, journeys through an exceptional life. A life of needy childhood and later on, a rich or abundant childhood. Kidnapping. Drug trafficking. A voyager of several years around the world. The sadness of knowing that your loved ones are disheartened because of his absence or disgrace. Meeting again with persons that were not so loved but that start to mean something different to him in his life. Prison. Sadness. Sickness. Encounter a light and with hope, being a new life at an older age. We must not postpone life; we have to do whatever is possible to cultivate life is a desgrace. Life is the only thing we have. Roberto's story is not told for free, there is a message to rescue, and that story is the one that impacts Marcia who writes about Roberto's griefs and highlights the hopeful messages of his character of victim of the circumstances but that is his last days was able to find a true message which is important to disclose. In this book, Marcia Borjas knows to share that message.

Book Principal Voice

    Book Details:
  • Author : Russell J. Quaglia
  • Publisher : Corwin Press
  • Release : 2016-05-20
  • ISBN : 1506330444
  • Pages : 67 pages

Download or read book Principal Voice written by Russell J. Quaglia and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop Your Most Powerful Tool For Influencing And Leading Change Good principals know that empowering student voices is essential. But what about their own voice? If principal voice is not articulate, trustworthy and strong, how can the school achieve progress? Student voice authority Russell Quaglia brings his nuanced understanding of communication, listening, and leadership to this definitive guide to principal voice. Content includes: How to apply the Listen-Learn-Lead model for student voice to principal voice. Contrasting examples of good and bad ways to address students, teachers, parents and community. Prompts for reflection that enable principals to apply the book’s teachings to their unique situation. This series has been developed to bring the best thinking from the leading education change experts in the field. Experts have been asked to reflect upon their collected experience and wisdom to highlight the very best advice they would offer today’ school leaders. This vibrant addition to Corwin’s Impact Leadership series belongs on every forward-thinking educator’s bookshelf alongside other series titles written by well-known authors: Michael Fullan Avis Glaze Andy Hargreaves Viviane Robinson Pasi Sahlberg Yong Zhao "Listen, learn and lead sounds simple, but Quaglia’s wisdom is rich and his authentic voice guides principals through the model. This book should be used as the Voice Model for any principal who wishes to influence their states’ plans for Every Student Succeeds Act. A must read for every principal!" —Joan E. Auchter, Director of Professional Development National Association of Secondary School Principals ?"With a perfect blend of wit and wisdom, Russ Quaglia expands upon his compelling research related to student and teacher voice to reveal the value and importance of principal voice in leading and supporting growth schoolwide. Alternately encouraging and challenging, Quaglia beseeches principals to listen carefully to student and teacher voice in finding and leveraging their own voice to influence policy and practice. Principal Voice is a must read for principals and anyone who is involved with educating our nation’s children–it provides a blueprint for utilizing ′voice′ in leading through collaboration to achieve better results for students." —Gail Connelly, Executive Director National Association of Elementary School Principals ?"Dr. Quaglia calls upon principals to prioritize listening as the core strategy toward building authentic engagement among students, staff, parents, and community members, thereby transforming schools into vibrant communities where all voices are heard, valued and empowered. Dr. Quaglia′s personal and inspiring words are an uplifting and timely message for all principals: let every voice—including the principal′s—be in the lead!" —Sandra A. Trach, Principal Estabrook Elementary School, Lexington, MA ?"Russell Quaglia has hit it out of the ballpark with his excellent and inspiring read, Principal Voice: Listen, Learn, Lead. This short but essential book is a must-read for every practicing and/or prospective school leader. The author provides real and relevant advice -- reminding readers to listen to improve the message and thus lead by creating a caring, collaborative, and enthusiastic learning community. Read this book so your voice can be effectively and readily heard as a means of becoming an instrument of critical change!" —Dr. Richard Sorenson, Professor Emeritus The University of Texas at El Paso ?

Book Radically Saved

Download or read book Radically Saved written by Ken Solts and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a boy—who, at a very young age, got into pornography, stealing, and arson—ever change? Is there any hope for him even though he escalated to using drugs intravenously, committing drug-crazed crimes, violently attacking others, and binge drinking? Is it even possible that God would pursue a man who had become a drug addict and alcoholic, whose only thrills in life were fueled by sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll? Come read for yourself how God got one man’s attention, a man who was destined to spend the rest of his life in prison and an eternity in hell. Read about how God miraculously changed him forever on April 12, 1989. Read about how Ken Solts was Radically Saved!

Book Interior Immigration Enforcement Legislation

Download or read book Interior Immigration Enforcement Legislation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Deep in Providence

Download or read book Deep in Providence written by Riss M. Neilson and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Haunting, intimate, and beautifully told: a magical debut novel from a writer to watch.” —Emily M. Danforth, national bestselling and award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post A spellbinding young adult fantasy debut following three best friends who turn to magic when they're haunted by a friend's death...and perhaps her spirit, combining the atmospheric thrills of The Hazel Wood with the nuanced realism of Erika L. Sanchez. For best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie and Jasmine, Providence, Rhode Island has a magic of its own. From the bodegas and late-night food trucks on Broad Street to The Hill that watches over the city, every corner of Providence glows with memories of them practicing spells, mixing up potions and doing séances with the help of the magic Miliani’s Filipino grandfather taught her. But when Jasmine is killed by a drunk driver, the world they have always known is left haunted by grief...and Jasmine's lingering spirit. Determined to bring her back, the surviving friends band together, testing the limits of their magic and everything they know about life, death, and each other. And as their plan to resurrect Jasmine grows darker and more demanding than they imagined, their separate lives begin to splinter the bonds they depend on, revealing buried secrets that threaten the people they care about most. Miliani, Inez and Natalie will have to rely on more than just their mystical abilities to find the light. Thrilling and absorbing, Deep in Providence is a story of profound yearning, and what happens when three teen girls are finally given the power to go after what they want. “Magic runs like a glittering thread through this densely woven tale of friendship, grief, and identity, and what begins as a backbeat of creeping dread deftly builds into a landscape of supernatural terrors. Neilson balances her page-turning fantasy narrative against the coming of age of a trio of bereaved best friends with grace, delicacy, and startling humanity.” —Melissa Albert, New York Times-bestselling author of the Hazel Wood series and Our Crooked Hearts

Book Little Killers A to Z

    Book Details:
  • Author : Howard Odentz
  • Publisher : Bell Bridge Books
  • Release : 2016-06-15
  • ISBN : 1611947251
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book Little Killers A to Z written by Howard Odentz and published by Bell Bridge Books. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad things come in small packages . . . EPIC Award finalist Howard Odentz has penned twenty-six disturbingly fascinating horror stories about the youngest predators among us. From Andy and Boris to Yuri and Zina, this eclectic anthology is filled, A to Z, with psychopaths, monsters, and murderers! So turn on the lights and huddle under your blankets because murder isn't just for grown-ups anymore. Come meet our gallery of little killers. After all, they're dying to meet you! Author and playwright Howard Odentz is a lifelong resident of the gray area between Western Massachusetts and North Central Connecticut. His love of the region is evident in his writing as he often incorporates the foothills of the Berkshires and the small towns of the Bay and Nutmeg states into his work. "5 Stars, a relentless, thrilling ride." - Court Street Literary, on Bloody Bloody Apple "Howard Odentz takes this mis-mosh of dysfunctional characters and puts together a wonderful story that is equal parts horror and love." - Scared Stiff Reviews, on Bloody Bloody Apple

Book Report of the Royal Commission Upon the Duties of the Metropolitan Police  Together with Appendices

Download or read book Report of the Royal Commission Upon the Duties of the Metropolitan Police Together with Appendices written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Metropolitan Police and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Range of Light

    Book Details:
  • Author : Scott Neuffer
  • Publisher : BHC Press
  • Release : 2020-10-22
  • ISBN : 1948540940
  • Pages : 154 pages

Download or read book Range of Light written by Scott Neuffer and published by BHC Press. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey of finding oneself in an increasingly material world... An escape from censorship toward hoped-for redemption... A path to forgiveness and restoration.... One bright morning in the summer of 2011, three strangers fortuitously meet at the start of Yosemite's famed Mist Trail—a disillusioned investment banker with two million dollars in cash in his tent, a Chinese dissident artist escaping political persecution but not his own demons, and a middle-aged single woman trying to rebuild her life after a terrible divorce. Each hiker is seeking something as they explore the Mist Trail, but by the end of the climb, two of them will be dead. Containing elements of satire, neo-noir, and geopolitical thriller, Range of Light at heart is a literary work of fiction that captures and reveals the complex, unraveling lives of three strangers in one of America's most iconic natural settings. Beneath the thundering falls of Yosemite, these disparate lives crash together in a dramatic climax, revealing both the worst and the best aspects of the human heart.

Book A Love Song Just for You

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gloria Johnson
  • Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
  • Release : 2023-02-09
  • ISBN : 1098083237
  • Pages : 147 pages

Download or read book A Love Song Just for You written by Gloria Johnson and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Love Song Just for You highlights GodaEUR(tm)s supernatural and transformative love for his beloveds, as revealed through the Song of Solomon, a love song written by God just for His beloveds. Not everyone is a aEURoebeloved,aEUR but everyone can become a aEURoebelovedaEUR son or daughter of God. A Love Song Just for You leads you on a personal journey of introspection and sings out to you to aEURoeinternalize the love.aEUR Do you know what it means to be one of GodaEUR(tm)s belovedsaEUR"the love and the relationship? Do you really love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strengthaEUR"what should this love look like? Do you really know how to love yourself and othersaEUR"aEURoethe BibleaEUR way? A heart wholly surrendered to our heavenly Father in Christ Jesus is all He seeks! Walking in His love in the power of the Holy Spirit will do the rest! Oh, how He loves His beloveds! Finally, you can check your aEURoeLevel of LovingaEUR (LoL) by using the creative tools in the section aEURoeEncouraging GodaEUR(tm)s Beloveds in the Things of God.aEUR Enjoy the journey!

Book Parliamentary Papers

Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Psychoanalysis on the Verge of Language

Download or read book Psychoanalysis on the Verge of Language written by Dana Amir and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the importance of language and writing in psychoanalytic theory and practice, offering an understanding of how language works can give a deeper insight into the psyche both in clinical practice and everyday life. Bringing together psychoanalytic insights that hinge on the language of "difficult cases", this collection also includes contributions dedicated to meta-study of psychoanalytic writing. The first chapter shows how music includes tonal regions that deploy existing rules and syntax, alongside atonal ones dominated by caesuras, pauses, and tensions. The second chapter discusses the malignant ambiguity of revealing and concealing typical of incestuous situations, pinpointing how the ambiguous language of incest "deceives by means of the truth,". The third chapter brings in Virginia Woolf’s character Orlando in order to illustrate two types of gender crossing. Distinctions defined by the linguist Roman Jakobson help in the fourth chapter to offer an integrative description of obsessive-compulsive phenomenon as an interaction between metaphoric and metonymic dimensions, as well as with a third, psychotic dimension. The fifth chapter focuses on what is called the "screen confessions" typical of the perpetrator’s language. George Orwell’s "newspeak" is used here to decipher the specific means by which the perpetrator turns his or her "inner witness" into a blind one. The final chapter uses Roland Barthes’ concepts of "studium" and "punctum" to discuss the limits of psychoanalytic writing. As a whole, this book sets the psychoanalytic importance of language in a wider understanding of how language helps to shape and even create internal as well as the external world. Drawing on insights from psychoanalytic theory and practice, as well as from linguistics and cultural theory, this book will be invaluable for psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists and bibliotherapists, as well as anyone interested in how language forms our reality.

Book The New Moon s Arms

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nalo Hopkinson
  • Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
  • Release : 2007-02-23
  • ISBN : 0759517584
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book The New Moon s Arms written by Nalo Hopkinson and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First it's her mother's missing gold brooch. Then, a blue and white dish she hasn't seen in years. Followed by an entire grove of cashew trees. When objects begin appearing out of nowhere, Calamity knows that the special gift she has not felt since childhood has returned-her ability to find lost things. Calamity, a woman as contrary as the tides around her Caribbean island home, is confronting two of life's biggest dramas. First is the death of her father, who raised her alone until a pregnant Calamity rejected him when she was sixteen years old. The second drama: she's starting menopause. Now when she has a hot flash and feels a tingling in her hands, she knows it's a lost object calling to her. Then she finds something unexpected: a four-year-old boy washes up on the shore, his dreadlocked hair matted with shells. Calamity decides to take the orphaned child into her care, which brings unexpected upheaval into her life and further strains her relationship with her adult daughter. Fostering this child will force her to confront all the memories of her own childhood-and the disappearance of her mother so many years before.

Book GRIEF

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jessica Ann
  • Publisher : Jessica Ann
  • Release : 2020-03-12
  • ISBN : 0648809536
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book GRIEF written by Jessica Ann and published by Jessica Ann. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How could I resist? I never stood a chance against those emerald green eyes. Selfishly I let him in and now it is up to me to keep us both alive. Ella White is a twenty - one - year - old who's life is a little. . . complicated. Her skin far too pale, her eyes too dark and her need for someone to love far too strong. For Ella, this is just the beginning. An inexplicable trail of death behind her, a surveillance team with impossibly hard hands and coal black eyes, just like hers? And a stalker with a Familiarity that Ella just can not place. Secrets and whispers are being revealed as she dares to let herself fall for the forbidden. Now she is in a race against those that lurk in the shadows to remain the human she is and fight off the monster she fears will break the confines of her mind.

Book A Chance to Be Normal

Download or read book A Chance to Be Normal written by Koywan Keyes and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As twelve-year-old Koywan navigates the school day, he endures a lot of stress. Hes the butt of everyones jokes, has only a few friends, and being chosen last on teams is a weekly event. But having to ride the bus and deal with the jokers and pranksters is the worst. He anticipates the sassy words of his worst enemy, Suzie Johnson. As if enduring his classmates jokes during the school hours isnt bad enough, Suzies sharp words put the bitter icing on what has already been a bad day. He keeps his cool while Suzie throws insult after insult at him until she moves to the next person; few are exempt from her nastiness. Unfortunately for Koywan, his insults last longer, and he seems to be Suzies prime target. Koywan is frustrated by the bus drivers lack of concern. The best part of his day is getting home and spending time with Grandma Lillian who always knows the right things to say. Although her words are old-fashioned and out of date for a twelve-year-old kid, they still mean a lot. But when Koywan needs advice from someone his age, his best friend, John, is there to help him brainstorm. And thats what they do: concoct a plan to help Koywan get Suzie off his back, to fit in at school, and to have a chance to be normal.

Book Cady and the Birchbark Box

Download or read book Cady and the Birchbark Box written by Ann Dallman and published by Modern History Press. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Cady and John Ray as they unravel a forgotten mystery... In Cady and the Birchbark Box, Cady Whirlwind Thunder solves the mystery behind a weathered journal found inside an old birchbark box. Why was the box buried behind a deserted garage? This is the question her friend and "crush," John Ray Chicaug, asks Cady after the two of them find it. And what meaning do the notes in the book have? Cady's grandma and her ever-present companion, a noisy blue jay, encourage her as she puts together the pieces and ultimately restores the reputation of a deceased elder. Cady does all this while navigating through another school year, earning a place on the school's soccer team and continuing to calm her temper and adjust to life with a new stepmother and baby brother. "I love Cady and the Birchbark Box. I read it with my daughter, who is very interested in Native American culture. The book is a fun adventure, sprinkled with history and culture. It is a great book for kids and adults alike. Great read!" -- August Brill, M.S., bilingual teacher, Chicago public schools "This well-crafted, beautiful novel immerses readers in the elegance of Native American culture as it delivers an emotional, intriguing mystery that readers from middle grade through adults will enjoy. Highly recommended!" -- Christine DeSmet, author of Fudge Shop Mystery Series "Ann Dallman's writing is a teacher's dream come true. Cady is a character students can relate to and learn from. While Cady is learning about her Native American culture and traditions, readers become immersed in a culture they may not have knowledge of." -- Gina Zanon, 5th-grade teacher, Menominee, MI "Another great mystery with our strong Anishnaabe Kwe Cady! As with the first book in this series, Cady and the Birchbark Box gives the reader insight into life on a Native American Reservation while also taking them on an exciting journey! The characters feel authentic and the use of Native traditions sprinkled throughout makes this book feel like home. I got sucked into the story immediately and love a good mystery! Native readers (children and adults alike) will feel seen and I wish I had this series to read when I was a child. I am thrilled that my children will grow up with Cady on their bookshelf. We will read of her adventures while drinking Ginger Ale and sitting outside with the Blue Jays. Until next time Cady, bama pi." --Larissa Wandahsega, Hannahville Indian Community member "I loved getting to know Cady! When I owned Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore in Munising, MI, we sold many copies of Ann Dallman's first book in this series, Cady and the Bear Necklace. It was definitely a favorite among our customers. The mystery component of this second book kept me turning the pages, and I loved the coming-of-age aspects as well. It is very hard to find books for this age group about Native American culture, so I was happy to see another book by such an excellent writer and wonderful storyteller! Young people will enjoy the diverse themes, including journal writing, reservation life, Native American artistry, and intergenerational relationships. I hope there is a book 3 in this series!" --Nancy Dwyer, Munising, MI "Cady and the Birchbark Box is a wonderful second addition to the series. It is refreshing to read a book you can identify with and that represents your people and community--especially when there were so few fiction works involving the Anishnaabe people from the Upper Peninsula. Ms. Dallman provided many historically and culturally accurate examples that will encourage youth to keep reading. As an adult, it was a strong reminder to follow the traditions we were taught---no matter where you end up in life. --Cassie Gill, tribal member of Hannahville Potawatomi and former high school student of Ms. Dallman "I was away at a wholesale show when the books arrived; I just unpacked them today. I was able to read Cady and the Bear Necklace while sitting in our booth waiting for customers. I loved it! I really liked how the Native American traditions and modern way of life were interspersed throughout the book and never felt like it was part of a "lecture," which I find often in YA. Well done!" --Laurie Rose, owner, Thunder Bay Press, West Branch, MI Learn more at www.AnnDallman.com

Book Matthew s Word  two  real Word of God Bible

Download or read book Matthew s Word two real Word of God Bible written by Ba Walter Burchett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-11-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is 8.5x11 and almost 200 pages long. Discover Biblical mysteries solved. It covers the Anti-Christ, SWO Headquarters, Mark of the Beast, false Bibles, children's toys. Adam, Eve and the Garden of Eden. God replacing Able with Seth. The raven and Noah's Ark, Empirical Evidence. Biblical proof already found. Real age of the Earth. KJV scriptures. Matthew's word TWO in Legion. The 'thorn' in Paul's side. Soul and Spirit connecting to the conscious and subconscious mind. Kidnapped children on milk cartons. Separation between Church and State, Freedom of Religion and much, much more.