Food trucks in Jacksonville are a smashing success. The early popularity of trucks like Corner Taco and On the Fly set the stage for a mobile dining revolution. Innovators such as Mike Field and Jax Truckies supplied the vision and passionately advocated for the cause. From Beer Cheese Soup to Chicken Madras, the astounding variety of menus, themes and trucks means there's something for all locals to enjoy. Author and "Nourish the Beast" blogger Nancy White includes fascinating stories and...

Highlights presents Hungry Babies by Nancy White Carlstrom: A mother bird feeds her hungry babies.

A boy and his father search for their missing goat.

Highlights presents Otter's Dinner Rhyme written by Nancy White Carlstrom. An otter uses his tummy as a dinner table.

A little girl wants the loud wind to sing her a soft song. But when the flowers bloom Mr. Wind goes away.

Nosy Rosie the dog smells the various smells around the neighborhood but none is more exciting than the smell of home.

It was the summer of 1960. Elvis Presley had recently been discharged from the Army and had a number one hit, “Stuck on You.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy was running for president. Gasoline cost thirty-one cents a gallon. And author Nancy Swan White had just completed a two-week nursing-aide course; at age sixteen she was ready to start her first job in a hospital. It was a career that would last forty-five years. In Starched Caps, she shares an entertaining and moving memoir of the training a...

A comprehensive synthesis tracing 1,300 years of cultural transformation in the Apalachicola–lower Chattahoochee Valley, from Late Woodland societies to the modern era.Apalachicola Valley Archaeology: The Late Woodland Period through Recent History, Volume 2, synthesizes the archaeology and history of the Native Americans, African Americans, and Euro-Americans of the Apalachicola–lower Chattahoochee Valley region of northwest Florida, southeast Al...

Full of humor and spunk – just like Esther!"I could do that," says six-year-old Esther as she watches her mother making tea. Start her own business at the age of nineteen? Why, she could do that, too. But one thing Esther and other women could NOT do was vote. Only men could do that.With lively text and humorous illustrations as full of spirit as Esther herself, this striking biography shows how one girl's gumption propels her through a life filled with challenges until, in 1869, s...

In the 1970s, feminist slogans proclaimed “Sisterhood is powerful,” and women’s historians searched through the historical archives to recover stories of solidarity and sisterhood. However, as feminist scholars have started taking a more intersectional approach—acknowledging that no woman is simply defined by her gender and that affiliations like race, class, and sexual identity are often equally powerful—women’s historians have begun to offer more varied and nuanced narratives.The...

Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today.This volume seeks to address issues surrounding violence against women at all levels, from its root causes to the specific needs arising in victims of gendered abuse from a particular social or ethnic group. Drawing on the expertise of a range of 'front line' service...

The new Safety Engineering provides an overview of the fundamentals with expanded coverage of practical information for protecting workers and complying with federal regulations.This Second Edition features eight new chapters, including Thermal Stress, Security and Vulnerability Assessment, Computer and Data Security, Contemporary Problems Affecting Workers, and Preventing Workplace Violence. This edition also examines the safety industry's new homeland security r...