The Stable Boy is historical fiction. It is a love story, a rags-to-riches story, an anti-racist story and a triumph over injustice story. Taking place in the antebellum South, it tells the tale of how a lowly slave... a hidden genius... defies all odds and becomes one of the richest men in America. In Pygmalion* style, the young slave is taught proper elocution and English grammar, a gift that takes him from picking cotton to dealing with some of the wealthiest and most powerful ...

Get an inside view of producing digital information projectsDigital technology has provided great opportunities as well as colossal challenges for information professionals at Slavic libraries, collections, and archives. Virtual Slavica: Digital Libraries, Digital Archives presents leading information experts exploring the monumental task of converting Slavic manuscripts and books for presentation in the digital realm. Readers get a clear inside view of how to conquer the various c...

This book contends that conventional class concepts are not able to adequately capture social inequality and socio-cultural differentiation in Africa. Earlier empirical findings concerning ethnicity, neo-traditional authorities, patron-client relations, lifestyles, gender, social networks, informal social security, and even the older debate on class in Africa, have provided evidence that class concepts do not apply; yet these findings have mostly been ignored.For an analysis of the...

Nicole grew up in Lino Lakes Minnesota. She was born on March 20th, 1998, and went to Centennial High School in Circle Pines, MN. Her goal is to further educate people about and to bring awareness to Autism. She enjoys reading books about Psychology and Autism, as it really interests her and she can learn something new.

This study of the impact of poverty alleviation programmes considers the state of research on evaluation including the social dimension and the methodology; illustrates the evolution of evaluation in the field of development co-operation; and shows successful and inadequate analyzing methods.

In Candy Neubert's novel 'Big Low Tide' set on a small island in the Channel, Brenda, a feisty barmaid at the local pub suddenly finds herself raising her two young boys alone as her estranged husband, Peter, realizing he cant take the children with him leaves for Ireland in search of better prospects and a trip at sea. Worn down by the constant struggle and pregnant with a third child whose father is nowhere to be seen, Brenda's spark begins to dwindle and her children become more and mor...

This well-known little book synthesizes the perfect devotion to Our Lady encouraged by both St. Louis de Montfort, famous for his True Devotion to Mary, and Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, the founder of the Society of Mary. Written as a dialogue between the disciple and Jesus and Mary (a la The Imitation of Christ), it contains an entire program of life, practical and humble, that unites oneself to Jesus through Mary. As Jesus (by His own Eternal Volition) was filled with sublime, indee...

Will Sasse is sick of his pa's slow, careful ways. Pa says only sturdy workhorses are worth raising out in farm country. Will wants to raise beautiful pleasure horses like his mare, Star. So what if it's a risk? Will wishes Pa was more like Jesse, a daring new friend. When Will is caught in a bloody shootout and a fatally botched bank robbery, he realizes that his friend is really the outlaw Jesse James. The James Gang is escaping—and they're taking Star with them. Will joins a posse in pu...

It's September 1, 1894, and 13-year-old Maggie Grant and her family are about to face a terror like none they've ever experienced. Having recently moved to the newly constructed town of Hinckley, Minnesota, they are caught in the path of one of the deadliest forest fires in history. Separated from her brothers and forced to flee, Maggie begins a harrowing train ride to Duluth, Minnesota, as the fire rages around her. Once there, Maggie must make a choice--should she stay in Duluth, or can ...

“St. Louis-Marie de Montfort promises you that the devotion to Mary which this book helps Catholic children live, will skyrocket their devotion to her more than any other devotion, because this devotion…”“…is a path trodden by Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, our sole Head. One of His members in passing by the same road cannot deceive himself” (“True Devotion to Mary”, 168).And also because he said the Holy Spirit revealed this devotion to him. He writ...

“St. Louis-Marie de Montfort promises you that the devotion to Mary which this book helps Catholic families practice, will skyrocket your devotion to her more than any other devotion, because this devotion…”“…is a path trodden by Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, our sole Head. One of His members in passing by the same road cannot deceive himself” (“True Devotion to Mary”, 168).And also because he said the Holy Spirit revealed this devotion to him. He w...