Appalachia is no stranger to loss. The region suffers regular ecological devastation wrought by strip mining, fracking, and deforestation as well as personal tragedy brought on by enduring poverty and drug addiction. In Driving with the Dead, Appalachian poet, teacher, and artist Jane Hicks weaves an earnest and impassioned elegy for an imperiled yet doggedly optimistic people and place. Exploring the roles that war, environment, culture, and violence play in Appalachian society, ...

This book is for anyone who has ever been baffled by English usage or who needs a grammar reality-check. A good review for anyone, the book is especially recommended for college business majors. The author knows how writing can boost or wreck careers. She should know; she is a former business executive, entrepreneur, and most recently, business professor. Now she wants to give you the tips she wishes someone had given her. In an online world, you are what you write. Your goal should be to ...

The time has come for a fresh, fun take on the classic granny square.Featuring 20 popular animals (including dogs, cats, bears, sheep, pigs, lions, turtles, ladybirds, sloths and more), this book has a 3D animal to suit every taste! Use different stitches to create textured elements such as fluffy manes, shaggy fur and frilly tentacles, and crochet three-dimensional elements such as ears, eyes, horns, beaks and wings to bring the animals to life!Once you've...

Do you love to decorate your home and make wonderful Christmas decorations for all your family and friends to enjoy? Then this is the book for you. It will delight and surprise with its fantastically cute, kawaii-style crocheted Christmas cuties. There are 20 great projects to make, including a wonderful Santa Claus accompanied by a lovely Mrs Claus; a cute penguin, polar bear and gingerbread man; Brussels sprouts, Christmas angel and even pigs in blankets! With a short techniques section ...

**"I LOVED THIS BOOK! ...smart, sensitive and incredibly satisfying." —Elin Hilderbrand"Jane L. Rosen has a forever fan in me."—Emily HenryA young woman has one month and a closetful of shoes to discover the future she thought she'd lost in this captivating new novel from the author of Eliza Starts a Rumor and Nine Women, One Dress.**Esme Nash is eager to leave her small town and begin her carefully planned post-grad life: a move to New York City, ...

Welcome to a Place Where Love Abides. Experience the splendor of love with four sweet romances–each one the story of hearts and homes renewed–authored by some of the leading names in Christian romance fiction.The Queen of the World and the Handyman by Barbara Jean HicksIncensed by town gossip about Gran-Marie and her hired hand, Chloe Burnett determines to protect her grandmother’s reputation at all costs, even if it means posing as the cocky handy...

This book is for anyone who has ever been baffled by English usage or who needs a grammar reality-check. A good review for anyone, the book is especially recommended for college business majors. The author knows how writing can boost or wreck careers. She should know; she is a former business executive, entrepreneur, and most recently, business professor. Now she wants to give you the tips she wishes someone had given her. In an online world, you are what you write. Your goal should be to ...

The Safety of Small Things meditates on mortality from a revealing perspective. Images of stark examination rooms, the ravages of chemotherapy, biopsies, and gel-soaked towels entwine with remembrance to reveal grace and even beauty where they are least expected. Jane Hicks captures contemporary Appalachia in all of its complexities: the world she presents constantly demonstrates how the past and the present (and even the future) mingle unexpectedly. The poems in this powerful col...

This tale is based on a true story and was written for my son and his family. But they are not the only ones who have lived what you will read on these pages.There are many families who suffer unnecessarily due to hard feelings that separation and divorce can bring about. Divorce is not only hard on children; it is also a traumatic experience for the adults, even though they often will not admit it.My goal in writing this book is to provide everyone with the recipe that worke...

Crochet 20 of your favourite flowers!For beautiful buds that will last all year round, crochet this lovely little collection of flowers by the author of the best-selling Amigurumi Christmas book, Sarah-Jane Hicks.There are 20 stunning flowers to choose from, including a sunshine-yellow sunflower, the classic rose, a dainty daisy, a sweet snowdrop and the bumblebee's favourite: lavender. Each flower only requires small amounts of yarn, making them i...

Through pedagogical narratives, literary analyses, reflective essays, and collaborative dialogues, Narratives of Educating for Sustainability in Unsustainable Environments explores the professional and intellectual tensions of curricula, pedagogies, and personal practices that honor the relationships of interspecies ecologies, reinhabit and reconceive wounded landscapes and wounding institutions, and allow us to reattune ourselves to new yet ancient frameworks for sustainability. ...

The first book written specifically on clinical applications of sleep and sleep disorder theory for occupational therapists, this book bridges the research to practice gap. Contributors share their expertise, exploring topics such as the relationship between mental health and sleep; how sleep is affected by age, or by specific conditions such as dementia or autism; and how occupational therapists can use their skills and training to improve sleep quality in patients who are suffering from ...