Vindicating the Founders:
Book Reviews and Commentary
Harry V. Jaffa
Distinguished Fellow, The Claremont Institute, and author of A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
"There are rare times and places, in the long human story, when
outbursts of human genius supply human civilization with the supreme wonders of
human greatness. It is the contemplation of these that raises the mass of mankind
to levels not unworthy of the divine image in which we are created. Such moments
of supreme achievement are to be found in Periclean Athens, in the Florence of
the Medicis, and in the London of Elizabethand Shakespeare. However, never
beforeor sincehas political genius burst in such profusion on the
human scene, as in the British colonies in America, in the latter part of the
eighteenth century. The period of the American Founding, from the Revolution to
the Framing, Ratification, and Inauguration of the Constitution, saw political
thought and action in the service of human freedom, of a wisdom and power
unsurpassed even by the glory of Greece or the grandeur of Rome. Every human good
we enjoy today is, directly or indirectly, a legacy from what the Founders
wrought, and Lincoln preserved. Yet today that legacy has been thrust aside and
debased, while something called 'political correctness'in which wisdom is
mocked and virtue scornedhas been thrust into its place. It will take a
long and hard struggle to reclaim our inheritance from the forces of evil, but
Tom West's book is a magnificent beginning. Let us then, as Churchill would say,
neither flag nor fail, but with stout hearts go forward."
Harvey C. Mansfield
Professor of Government, Harvard University and author of America’s Constitutional Soul and Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power
"It's hardly news that in our time some Americans have taken to
accusing the Founders of their country of hypocrisy. It is alleged that the
Founders said one thing and did another. They said in the Declaration of
Independence that 'all men are created equal.' But through prejudice or personal
interest, they failed to deliver on that noble principle. Instead of setting a
good example, as an authority should do, they set a bad one. We today, therefore,
can do without them.
"There is something decidedly cheap about such charges. They reek of
ingratitude and imprudence. But they are being made by historians who want to
substitute their own authority for the Founders', and it's necessary for someone
to take them seriously enough to provide a refutation.
"Thomas West, a political scientist at the University of Dallas, has risen to
the challenge with Vindicating the Founders. What looks like grown-up
sophistication by the critics he shows to be childish petulance based on
misrepresentation and misunderstanding."
Wall Street Journal (Read the full review.)
Author of Illiberal Education, The End of Racism and What’s So Great about America?
"An eloquent defense of the principles of the American founding by
one of its most learned students."
Director of Social and Political Studies, American Enterprise Institute and author of On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding
"Thomas West is committed to understanding the American Founders
accurately and in their own terms. His work is unfailingly penetrating and
trustworthy, and I eagerly seek it out."
Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia and author of Reconstructing America: The Symbol of America in Modern Thought
"It is West's contention that there is no need to spin lies, invent
myths, or indulge in lawyerly obfuscations to defend the founders. Given a fair
chance, they are fully capable of defending themselves.
"Until now, we have seen only part of the founders'
political science the part that treats principles of justice,
institutions of government, and political economy. What has been absent is a
coherent statement of the founders' views on mores and social issues and how
these connect to their political principles. These subjects make up the heart
of the book. . . . West performs a valuable service in bringing together many
of the bits and pieces of the founders' thought [on these questions]."
The Weekly Standard (Read the full review.)
Professor of History, University of Maryland and author of A Living Constitution or Fundamental Law? American Constitutionalism in Historical Perspective
"This is an important book that responds to several lines of
ideological criticism of the framers of the Constitution that appear in
standard works and textbooks in American history and government courses. Tom
West does an excellent job of summarizing the views of the critics and
responding to them in a pointed yet informed way, sustained by what appears to
be strategically conceived and executed research into the writings of the
Mickey G. Craig
Professor of Politics, Hillsdale College
"In the standard textbooks in American government and American
history one finds almost invariably the following opinions about our Founding
Fathers: at best, they were hypocrites; at worst, they were racist, sexist,
anti-democratic, ethnocentric, elitist, and lacked compassion for the poor.
"West takes issue with each of these false opinions.
He aims to prove that our Founding Fathers deserve the high respect and praise
which ordinary Americans still bestow upon them. He takes aim at the debunking
our Fathers have suffered in recent generations at the hands of the cultural
"There are two different notions of liberty at work in
American society today. The autonomous liberty advocated by the cultural elites
results in its vulgar form in a demand for toleration of self-indulgence in
various forms. The more sophisticated versions of autonomous liberty result in
a demand for radical egalitarianism in which all humans are liberated from God
and nature (including biology) and government is used to distribute benefits or
compassion and redistribute wealth rather than being limited to securing
rights. Our Founding Fathers are condemned as racist, sexist, and elitist by
modern scholars because they did not share this understanding of autonomous
"Thomas West's book is an important antidote to this
reigning political correctness. It deserves a wide readership. One can hope
that it might even penetrate the ivory tower of political correctness and help
re-establish the old consensus and the true and original understanding of
liberty as self-government."
Orange County Register
(Read the full review.)
President of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
"West . . . challenges the reigning orthodoxy as expressed by the
high priests of multiculturalism. Those who reflexively reject his thesisthat
the nation's founding is the source of our greatnesshave a moral and
intellectual duty to refute him. . . . I don't know of a single book that is more
worthy of debate on college campuses than Vindicating the Founders."
Society (Read the full review.)
Director, Center for American Studies, and Director, Lectures and Educational Programs, at the Heritage Foundation and author of A Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington's Farewell Address and the American Character
"There are important lessons in this book for political thinkers,
for both liberals and conservatives often misunderstand and misuse the founders'
views of liberty and equality. On the one hand, liberalsand libertarians
tend to forget that liberty and the protection of equal rights require the constant
formation of the right kind of character in the citizenry. Conservatives, on the
other hand, often ignore the extent to which the founders provided for character
above and beyond institutional arrangements.
"'Liberals need to recognize that the language of equality in the Declaration
of Independence was sincere and that the Founders implemented its principles to the
best of their ability,' Mr. West writes. But, he continues, 'conservatives need to
recognize that there is no need to go beyond the Declaration, or to reject the
Founders' principles, in order to justify limits on the abuse of liberty.' The idea
of liberty, properly understood, embraces its own restraints for the 'natural right
to liberty is not a right to licentious or destructive conduct.'
"By challenging popular new ideas and reviving unfashionable old ones, Mr.
West contributes to the process of reclaiming the founders. By clearing some of the
intellectual underbrush that has grown in the way, he has helped clear the path
toward making their principles ours again."
Washington Times (Read the full review.)
Professor of History, University of Alabama, author of Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution
"I found it compelling, accurate, closely reasoned, and entirely
convincing. This is a book that should be in the hands of every high school teacher:
there are thousands and thousands of them who intuitively agree with West's
understanding of the significance of the Founding but, given the plethora of
politically correct books of the sort that West attacks, they find it difficult to
obtain solid supporting works. . . . High school students should have no difficulty
in reading and understanding the book, for despite the subtlety of the reasoning at
various points it is written clearly, simply, and forcefully."
Chairman, Department of Political Science at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts and author of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Ascent from Ideology
"It is an original contribution which corrects widespread prejudices about and systematic distortions of the Founders' position on issues of race, sex, slavery, and equality. It . . . combines impeccable scholarship with an admirable civic seriousness. West has written a powerful vindication of our common civic faith."
The American Enterprise (Read the full review.)
Historian in Residence, Center for the American Idea and author of The Myth of the Robber Barons
""West has written a landmark book. It is wide-ranging, thorough,
scholarly, clearly organized, and well-written. I enjoyed every page of it from
beginning to end and think it has the potential to make a great difference in the
way intellectuals view the Founders and the issues of race, sex, poverty, and
justice. This is among the top ten academic books I've ever read."
Chair of the Center of the American Experiment in Minneapolis and commentator for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."
"As political scientist Thomas West explains in his new book,
Vindicating the Founders, every leading American Founder believed that slavery
was morally wrong.
"Why, then, didn't the Founders abolish slavery outright? As West observes,
'The slavery provisions of the Constitution must be read as concessions to a brute
fact rather than as affirmations of the rightness of slavery.' Given Southern
sentiments, 'the choice was not whether to permit or prohibit slavery, but either to
establish a union in which slavery was tolerated, or not to have union at all.'
"Though compelled to tolerate slavery, the Founders both limited and undermined
it. In 1776, every colony permitted slavery. By 1804, it had been abolished in a
majority of states. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 forbade its expansion into a
large new territory, and in 1808the earliest date permitted under the
ConstitutionCongress outlawed the international slave trade."
Minneapolis Star Tribune
(Read the full review.)
Jean M. Yarbrough
Professor of Political Science at Bowdoin College and author of American Virtues: Thomas Jefferson on the Character of a Free People
"The great merit of West's book is that he takes the Founders
seriously, and shows that they were not reflexively parroting the prejudices of
"In the opening chapter, West persuasively demonstrates that the Founders knew
slavery to be morally wrong and inconsistent with the principles of the Declaration.
But unlike the authors of the textbooks he reviews, West emphasizes the tension
between moral principle and political necessity, or, as Jefferson famously put it,
between justice on the one hand and self-preservation on the other.
"In chapters on property, property qualifications for voting, and the
responsibility of society for the poor, West defends the Founders against charges of
elitism and economic injustice. While some of these arguments are familiar, others,
particularly his treatment of poverty and welfare are original and thought-provoking.
For in addition to showing how the Founders' views are consistent with the core
principles of the Declaration, West argues that these policies actually encourage the
kind of virtues upon which a free society depends.
"Indeed, the subtext of the entire book is character.
"Vindicating the Founders is not only about justice, but about how to
cultivate the whole cluster of virtues which 'are necessary for a people to be free'
(p.160). West's admirable study begins a discussion that is long overdue."
The Review of Politics
(Read the full review.)
Editor, Appellate Journal, American Bar Association
"This defense of the founders with their own words and voices is closely
reasoned, sharply focused, and highly convincing. . . . This is a superb book. The
historical research is excellent, the analysis quite penetrating, and writing quite
lucid. This book is rich with truth and wisdom. It deserves a wide audience."


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Press is a student publishing venture that was initiated at Rochester High
School in September of 1997 through a grant from the Randolph Reigonal School-to-work
Consortium, with additional funding from the Vermont Arts Council Partners-in-Education
grant. The press is a partnership project between Rochester High School and
two professional publishing companies in Rochester, Vermont--Inner Traditions
International and Schenkman Books. All the production and editorial functions
of PenStroke Press are carried out by students under the supervision of
professional editors, designers, and production personnel from these two
companies, as well as under the journalism faculty at Rochester High School.
The purpose of PenStroke Press is two-fold: to prepare high school students with the skills and the working knowlege of all phases of book production, from acquisition to distribution, and to produce products of professional quality that will have regional and hopefully national market appeal.
|Midwives • Mad River Rising • Blasts From The Future •|
Dana Yeaton’s comic drama The Big Random tells the story of two American
misfits on the run. Claire is about to turn sixteen in the psych ward of
a Boston hospital, when she is smuggled out by Roland, a middle-aged man
who claims to be her godfather. Together they head north, deep into Quebec,
on an escapade that threatens to land them in jail or the grave, or perhaps
back to the road to hapiness.
“Yeaton is too sharp a writer to proselytize, but he is comfortable giving us some sins and some miracles to contemplate . . . . Like many well-crafted relationship dramas, The Big Random empathizes with everybody.”
— Seven Days
by Dana Yeaton 176pp 1998, ISBN 0-9669177-3-1
the midwife in a remote New England county, Sibyl Danforth has an almost
saintly reputation. Bright, personable, experienced, she is known, above
all, for the confidence she inspires in mothers who have chosen to have
their babies at home. But when a ferocious March ice storm strands her
during a complicated delivery, Sibyl is forced to make a split-second decision
that will threaten her reputation and alter her life forever. She soon
finds herself the target of a criminal investigation, branded an outlaw bdy
the medical establishment that hopes to make an example of her. Now, facing
a stiff jail sentence, Sibyl must convince a jury-and the teenage daughter
who idolizes her-that she made the right choice that stormy night. First,
though, she must convince herself.
In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird , Chris Bohjalian's bestselling novel Midwives has now become a riviting stage play-a courtroom drama that leaves the audience deliberating even after the jury has returned its verdict.
About the Author
Mad River Rising
by Dana Yeaton 176pp 1999, ISBN 0-9669177-2-3
this moving story told by characters representing three generations of a
Vermont farm family, Dana Yeaton uses the central metaphor of the the Great
Flood of 1927 to show the profound effects of both sudden and gradual
changes in the Vermont landscape, family dynamics and rural way of life
since then. The play weaves back and forth in time through the voice and
memory of Angus, who is played both as a young boy and and an old man.
Old man Angus returns to the top floor of his family's barn, where young
Angus watches his father drown as he attempts to cross the rising Mad river,
which separates the barn from the family home. Eventually the house gives
way and the river claims the rest of Angus' family as well. The unresolved
trauma of that day haunts Angus through the ghost of his father whose persistence
appearance interacts with Angus' present day relationships with his nephew
and daughter-in-law in an effort to decide the fate of the farm and where
Angus will spend his final days.
Mad River Rising was commissioned with a grant from the Vermont Arts Endowment. It was developed and produced as part of The Catherine Filene Shouse New Play Series at Vermont Stage Company.
In 1998, Mad River Rising won the Moss Hart Award, professional division from the New England Theatre Conference. The text in this production is based on the production of Mad River Rising that premiered at the Royal Tyler Theatre in, Burlington, Vermont on January 13, 1998.
Blasts from the Future: An Anthology of Ten-minute
by The Vermont Young Playwrights Project. 1999, ISBN 0-9669177-0-7
to our knowledge, is the first anthology of ten-minute plays written by middle
and high school students. They come from Vermont Young Playwrights Project-an
outreach program of the Vermont Stage Company-which sends professional
playwrights into schools throughout the state. The seventeen plays collected
here were chosen from among those performed at the first three annual festivals
of new student plays. They represent a vast array of themes and characters-from
the serious to the sublime to the truly silly, there is something here
for everyone's taste. With small casts and simple or implied settings, they
are perfect for productions that are easy to mount or tour.
Blasts from the Future is a production of PenStroke Press, a student publishing venture established at Rochester High School in September 1997. So not only are you supporting the work of fine young playwrights but your purchase of this anthology is also supporting the work of aspiring young editors, designs, and publishers as well.
Descriptive summary of Contents of Blasts from the Future:
•The Admissions Officers by Tim Andrews: Did you ever wonder who goes to heaven and who goes to hell? Find out when God and the Devil meet for Lunch.
•Chicken Wings by Emily Pritchard: A comic look at some of the many reasons why flying first class is better than coach.
•Eat me by Addison MacDonald: This ten-minute, non-musical version of Sweeny Todd will make you wonder what restaurants really put in your food and why vegetarians are lucky to be vegetarians.
•From Dream to Ash by Tessa Adamson-Klein: A jewish composer battling against the restraints of the Nazi German regime.
•Hershey: A Space Odyssey by Joanne Baron: Find out what would happen if you had three astronauts and only one Hershey Bar.
•Marc and Marie by Alison Goyette: An axplicit look at murder, blackmail, and how women can manipulate their men.
•A Treasure in a Teacup by Aaron Kramer: A bittersweet walk down memory lane as two sisters rediscover the treasures of their childhood.
•Reality by Erica Blomquist: A powerful monologue about domestic violence.
FOREWORD BY BERNIE SANDERS
Few things in life are as rewarding as watching young talent finding its legs-or,in this case, its voice-and beginning to assert itself. Some of my most enjoyable moments over the years have been spent in the company of young people who are just beginning to discover all the opportunities they have for self-expression and who are becoming aware of how they can shape the world, and other people's perception of the world, through that self-expression.
That is why the publication of Blasts fron the Future is such a welcome event. Too often, young people are lumped under some monochromatic, and often unflattering, term created by the media-"Generation X" being the most recent-that masks the great diversity of experiences, interests, and accomplishments of our sons and daughters. This book breaks through such drab stereotypes and offers us a rainbow of images, sounds, and emotions. What's more, it gives young producers, directors, and actors fresh, lively material.
The Vermont Young Playwright's project is a wonderful effort to encourage young artists in their work and to spread the word that our state is home to its own vibrant arts community. The student-run PenStroke Press deserves applause for publishing their work. Blasts from the Future gives these young voices the chance to be heard, and we will all be richer if we listen to what they have to say
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Resource information on this site is provided for your convenience. The views expressed in these publications may not necessarily represent the views of Miscarriage Support Auckland Inc, New Zealand.
- miscarriage pregnancy and health
- loss and grief
miscarriage pregnancy and health
Coping with Miscarriage (NZ)
Kitch Cuthbert and Sandra van Eden
New Zealand Women's Health Series Reed Methuen, Auckland, 1987.
Coping with Miscarriage has been written to help women and their partners cope with this distressing event. It explains the process and aftermath of miscarriage in physical and emotional terms; it suggests ways in which women can help themselves come to terms with their miscarriages and derive support from their families, friends and the community. An authoritative and sensitive book offering information, reassurance and support for women and their partners, and it gives health professionals an insight into their role in helping women during and after miscarriage.
A Silent Sorrow:Pregnancy Loss: Guidance and Support For You and Your Family
Ingrid Kohn, Perry-lynn Moffit and Isabelle Wilkins
Routledge, New York and London, 2nd ed, 2000.
An excellent book on pregnancy loss and how to cope with it. Offers comfort, coping strategies and the latest information on causes, diagnosis and treatment.
Baby Gone: True New Zealand stories of infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss
Jenny Douché, Published by Hugs Press Limited 2011, distributed by Random House
Baby Gone contains 45 true stories that are written from the heart by those affected.
If you, or someone you know, is missing a part of their lives this book may give great comfort.
Rachel Black and Louise Scull
Published by Rodale International Ltd. June 2005
To order http://www.beyondchildlessness.com/
For every woman who wanted to have a child and didn't.
Coming to Term
Published by Houghton Mifflin November 2005
A review of the known science behind miscarriage including actual studies and information about the mechanism of miscarriage, providing hope for couples trying to conceive after multiple losses. See review http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art41579.asp
Endometriosis: One Woman's Story (NZ)
Shoal Bay Press, Christchurch, 1997.
Relates Megan's long struggle from the confusion of years of unexplained blinding pain to the relief of diagnosis, the grief of infertility and eventual 'cure' - in her case, a complete hysterectomy at the age of 22. Case studies, treatment advice and a strong underlying theme of emotional support make this book an essential and affirming guide for endometriosis sufferers, their friends and families. The problems Megan endured, emotional as well as physical, make harrowing reading - but her journey back to a 'normal', happy life show that it is possible to be an endometriosis survivor.
Healing Mind, Healthy Woman
Alice Domar Ph.D. and Henry Dreher
USA 1996 Sub-titled “Using the Mind-Body connection to manage stress and take control of your life”, this is a practical book is full of different relaxing techniques. The authors then talk about specific “women’s problems” including miscarriage and infertility and suggests how to use relaxation techniques to help. It’s all very Californian, but would be helpful in that scary subsequent pregnancy.
Help, Comfort and Hope - After losing your baby and pregnancy in the first year
Published by Da Capo - LifeLong
Hidden Loss: Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy, a Women’s Press Handbook Series
UK,1989, fully revised 1996. This book has really excellent information on causes of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy as well as options in subsequent pregnancies. Useful glossary of terms too. It has a strong feminist perspective and includes personal stories about elective abortion as well as miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy. The language is sometimes a bit academic, but otherwise it’s a great book.
Penguin, Auckland, 1998.
The first hand experience of a patient undergoing the complicated procedures of infertility treatment.
Is Your Body Baby-Friendly?
Unexplained Infertility, Miscarriage and IVF Failure - Explained.
by Alan E. Beer M.D.
(Published October 28th 2006)
What to do when your immune system says "no" to pregnancy. This new book contains information on the latest medical tests and treatments to help women conceive and carry to term. Working in long distance collaboration with IVF doctors and RE's all over the world, Dr Beer has achieved a success rate of over 85% in a patient group whose average age exceeds 36. The book also includes a special section on environmental toxins how natural therapies can work alongside conventional drug treatments to help balance the immune system and make it more "baby friendly".
"Finally, a clear message that recurrent IVF
failure, infertility and miscarriage can be categorized and treated. This
book is a wonderful resource for all those struggling with recurrent failure
and loss." - Christo Zouves, M.D., Founder and Director of the Zouves
Life After Baby Loss (NZ)
Tandem Press, Auckland 2003
A guide to pregnancy and infant loss and subsequent pregnancy in NZ. Nicola is a practising midwife and childbirth educator and has lost 4 babies at various stages of pregnancy.
Ann Oakley, Ann Macpherson and Helen Roberts
Britain, 1984, revised 1990 Contains lots of good medical information and common sense advice.
Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream
Sherokee Ilse and Linda Hammer Burns
Wintergreen Press, Minnesota, 1985.
A comprehensive and insightful perspective on possible causes, medical terminology, choices and decisions, emotional aspects, planning for the future, coping suggestions and resources. Supportive and comforting.
Miscarriage: What Every Woman Needs to Know
Professor Lesley Regan
Bloomsbury, London, 1997.
Lesley Regan runs the largest miscarriage clinic in Europe at St Mary's Hospital, London. An extremely interesting and informative book, written for both patients and doctors. In addition to addressing miscarriage causes, Dr.Regan also includes a section on answering common questions and offers practical advice on preparing for your next pregnancy.
Miscarriage: Why it happens and how best to reduce your risks - A doctors guide to the facts
Henry Lerner M.D., OB/GYN, With contributions by Alice Domar, Ph.D
Introduction by Robert Barbieri, M.D.
Miscarriage: Women's experiences and needs
This very comprehensive book includes personal stories, medical information and useful tips and suggestions.
Positively Pregnant (NZ)
Penguin, Auckland, 1998.
After Emma's first baby died, she was determined not to let the loss destroy all the joy of her subsequent pregnancy. Contains a very sensitive section on miscarriage and baby death.
Pregnancy after Loss
Jane Warland Australia, 1996
This book was self-published by an Australian midwife and survivor of miscarriage and stillbirth. Like many books, it’s more geared towards women who have experienced stillbirth, but so much of it is still relevant that it seemed a worth purchasing - especially as it is the only book I can find on this subject. Worthwhile reading if you are pregnant again or contemplating becoming so.
Subfertility: A Natural Approach to Getting Pregnant (NZ)
Tandem Press, Auckland, 1999.
An increasingly common problem discussed frankly and practically. Lists many steps that you can take at home before seeking either alternative or medical help.
Taking Control: How to Aim for a Successful Pregnancy (NZ)
Double Day, Auckland, 1997.
A must read for those who enjoy taking control.
Talking About Miscarriage
Sheldon Press, London, 1992.
An easy to read book by another woman whose experience of miscarriage left her wanting to help others through the process.
The Infertility Diet; Get pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage
Peanut Butter & Jelly Press
available from Amazon for $24.95 as a paperback.
The Woman Doctor's Guide to Miscarriage
Lynne Friedman with Irene Daria
A very down to earth book with up-to-date information. It also has stories from women in several different circumstances.
Dr Miriam Stoppard
Dorling Kindersley, London, 1998.
A guide to gynaecological health for women of all ages, from puberty to menopause and beyond. Easy to read and well illustrated.
We Were Gonna Have a
Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead
by Pat Schwiebert illustrated by Taylor Bills.
The illustrations are beautiful with little text. Preschoolers and older toddlers would understand what the book is saying. The baby is eventually illustrated as an angel and talks about how 'the baby always lives in your heart'. There are suggestions at the end of the book for helping adults help their children deal with their grief which is processed differently.
Ruth Trickey and Kaz Cooke
Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1998.
Covers everything from the first period to the last - and everything that can go wrong in between. Fun to read yet sensible and thorough, it helps you to make your own decisions about treatment. It explains the self-care, natural therapies and medical solutions for a huge range of 'women's troubles'.
A Guide For Fathers When a Baby Dies
Revised 2007 and self-published, available at Amazon.
Unlike most books on miscarriage and infant loss, this book is written particularly for dads. Most men seem to process their grief differently from women but that does not mean fathers are not as affected by these losses in their own way.
Angel Baby – A Journal of Healing After the Loss of an Unborn, Born Still or Newborn Child
Part journal, part memoir, Carey wrote the book after experiencing the loss of her son Kodey just after his birth and goes on to pose open-ended questions hoping to get readers thinking about things. Questions are non-judgmental and filled with phrases like “I felt,” “I wondered” and “It comforts me when…
She covers an extensive variety of topics including grandparents' grief, dealing with holidays, thoughts about God fathers, guilt and pregnancy memories among other things.
Empty Arms (NZ)
Education Unit, National Women's Hospital, Auckland, 1997.
Sensitively and beautifully written by a psychologist who personally experienced neonatal death.
For the Rest of Our Lives: After the Death of a Child (NZ)
Reid, Auckland, 1998.
Bev Gatenby is on the staff of Waikato University so the book is set in a New Zealand context. While she discusses surviving the death of born children, much of what she says applies to parents bereaved by miscarriage.
Granger E. Westberg
Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 1997.
This now classic booklet which has run to its 35th edition, offers a constructive approach to the problem of loss.
Hidden Loss: Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy
Valerie Hay, Catherine Itzin, Lesley Saunders and Mary Anne Speakman
Women's Press, London, 2nd ed, 1996.
While highly informative, many would find this book written for counsellors and doctors heavy going.
Finding Hope and Healing After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death
by Lisa Church
Price: $15.95 Length: 176 pages
Follow the author and four of her friends as they navigate the difficult journey through pregnancy loss. This book offers information, helpful advice, and practical tips that will begin your path toward healing today.
Dent, London, 1997.
Poems about loss.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Pan, London, 1981.
Written by a Jewish rabbi, it helps us to put difficult life experiences into perspective, highly encouraging, recommended for those who feel 'stuck'.
Miscarriages hurt men too
The Write Advice, Christchurch 2006
Twelve men from around the world share their miscarriage experiences in this
Mommy, Please Don't Cry: There Are No Tears in Heaven
It's written from a child in Heaven's point of view.
Miscarriage - Child Loss, Finding your way through the darkness
Clara Hinton, Published by New Leaf Press
Embraced by the Light: What Happens When You Die
Thorsons, London, 1992.
One person's opinion on what may possibly happen to our babies after death.
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart – Surviving the Death of Your Baby
Deborah L. Davis Ph.D.
“Resolution does not signal an end to grief. You will always feel longing and sadness.”
On Life After Death
Celestial Arts, California 1991.
A condensed easier to read version of her original, now classic work on death.


La MJC & All Gone 2010
The latest edition of street culture almanac All Gone was released today, and to mark its fifth year of publication, the 248 page book has been treated to a luxurious de-bossed nubuck cover and is available in two different colours.
Created by Michael Dupouy of French creative agency La MJC, All Gone started life in 2006 as a yearly tribute to the best in street culture, compiling close to 200 carefully edited products in each edition. As La MJC explain: “All Gone was born to try and decipher the deeper movements of the street scene, and also to share them, showing how much beauty, creativity and innovation the culture offers. The project's ambition was to become a quasi-biblical reference, paying tribute to the elite of the street scene.”
Included in the book are some of the year’s best artist/designer shoe collaborations such as Vans & Taka Hayashi, New Balance & La MJC, and what many believe was the best shoe of 2009; the Nike & Parra Air Max 1.
The book was unveiled in Berlin and Paris over the past week, with Berlin hosting a retrospective exhibition displaying many of the products that have been featured of the past five years (see images below).
All Gone 2010 is limited to 1200 copies worldwide, with 700 of the black cover and only 500 of the brown cover available.


Academic libraries are moving towards experimenting with 3D virtual spaces in order to promote their digital open repositories both here in Australia, and abroad (Dunavant-Jones, A., & San Jose State University, S., 2017). Access to open repositories enable individuals to share and collaborate across multiple platforms in order to create new artefacts, and often this result in new communities of interest. This process can be referred to as convergence culture or transmedia storytelling. Jenkins (2007) described transmedia storytelling as representing “a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience.
Although multiple platforms for collaboration exists, the problem statement for this DBR proposal ask the following question:
How can librarian educators use 3D virtual spaces to promote open repositories in order to teach information literacy skills for transmedia storytelling?
- Is Second Life a good option for promoting open repositories for transmedia storytelling?
- How would copyright issues be addressed?
- How would the R.A.T framework be adhered to in teaching information literacy skills for transmedia storytelling?
The literature review aims to discuss how the use of Second Life could aid in promoting open repositories and the teaching of information skills for creativity, collaboration, and cultural understanding. The journal literature available in researching 3D virtual spaces overwhelmingly focus on Second Life. Multiple educational platforms for collaboration such as Moodle and Blackboard are discussed for learning environments however, this literature review will focus on Second Life and how it can be used for collaboration to encourage the creating of artefacts for transmedia storytelling. Situated online, anyone can access Second Life, thus providing librarians with the power to promote their libraries’ open repositories while also using this opportunity to teach information literacy skills that would enable anyone to participate and collaborate in transmedia storytelling communities. Transmedia storytelling refers to the use of media in multiple formats that are combined to tell a story or share information. In reviewing the literature, it also indicates that technical challenges such as cross-platform convergence needs to be considered when planning collaboration and the creation of shareable artefacts for transmedia storytelling.
Peek (2007) says that in theory “if you build it, they will come” but are quick to point out that Avatars (virtual characters representing individuals) in Second Life seems to be most active during the evening hours and thus deem it unlikely that anything built in Second Life is of any value other than the entertainment factor. Wankel (2016) argues that collaboration in Second Life does not have to be synchronous, as creators can leave messages or if teams work on creations together, those not able to attend the meeting can do so later when convenient. Quoting Eduserv (2009), Elliot and Probets (2011) state that by 2010 “nearly every UK University is using Second Life to some extent”. It appears therefore that educational institutions are recognising the value of Second Life as an online collaboration space.
Establishing that Second Life is in fact used by educational institutions, this literature review continues to examine how librarians are utilising this 3D space to the advantage of their libraries. Blankenship and Hollingsworth (2009) state that Second Life provides librarians and educators with opportunities to teach information skills beyond the library and the traditional classroom. In researching why people would prefer to access library services in Second Life above a text or chat base service, Erdman (2007) found that Second Life was better in providing a personalised service because of the visual nature in that one can ‘see’ the librarians.
Grassian and Trueman (2007) recognises the technological challenges of navigating within Second Life but reminds us of the opportunities for networking, community building and experimenting with services that librarians in the real world often do not have the time for as ‘real life’ services can be interrupted easier than when working in Second Life. Wankel (2016) suggest that educators should partner those less familiar with Second Life with those more comfortable around the virtual world for peer support and networking.
Mon (2012) studied the impact of “avatar-mediated communication” on the professionalism of librarians and found that in creating avatars, librarians still preferred to portray themselves as similar to their real-life appearance, especially those working in educational institutions. Webber and Nahl (2011) however say that librarians are more concerned about establishing communication and trust in their Second Life library, exactly as they would in their physical library space.
Mon (2012) state that librarians built their virtual libraries to look similar to those in real life and have built links into their Second Life books that would enable anyone ‘picking up’ that book to be transferred to the link. Wankel (2016) says that the “open-ended nature of Second Life fosters an array of academic activity”, and thus linking to open repositories from all tertiary institutions not only promote cross-cultural community building, it also stimulates the creative mind to use resources for transmedia storytelling.
Grassian and Trueman (2007) say that one of the major advances of library communities within Second Life is that book discussions can come to life as avatars dress-up as the characters, and librarians can design historical exhibitions better with the visual aid and resources of Second Life. Ralph and Stahr (2010) found that in a collaboration between the library and faculty teaching staff, the creation and development of a Second Life library gave both off- and on-campus students the ability to participate in campus-wide projects, without the need for extensive marketing. Ryan (2015) state that transmedia storytelling excels in an environment where there are multiple participants and creative engagement result in unique artefacts and cultural inclusion.
Floyd and Frank (2012) observe that librarians use Second Life the same as in ‘real life’. They are “teaching information literacy, highlighting their collections, doing book talks and book displays, linking to library resources, doing exhibits, providing meeting spaces, and providing traditional reference services”. However, Floyd and Frank (2012) also point out that Second Life is not the only 3D virtual world available, and raises the question as to how librarians would be able to make their digital collections available across different platforms, should their libraries choose to occupy more than one 3D learning space. Kotsilieris, Karetsos, Anagnostopoulos and Dimopoulou (2014) suggests a solution for cross-platform availability in adopting mobile agent technology, a “platform-independent piece of code that can move from machine to machine”. As transmedia storytelling involves created assets to be moved around Second Life, physical coding might not be necessary.
In concluding the literature review, it was discussed that Second Life can offer librarians opportunities to promote the use of open repositories for transmedia storytelling. However, the technological challenge of becoming skilled in navigating around Second Life is one of the issues to address. Librarians also need to keep in mind that technology date quite quickly, and that in planning to build open repository resources within a 3D learning space, it is wise to investigate cross-platform compatibility and what impact it will have on the convergence of inventory and created artefacts. Technological challenges aside, the opportunities for librarians in community building, networking and the teaching of information literacy skills in Second Life could reach more individuals across the globe, and address the concerns of those patrons with physical disabilities that find it difficult to travel to ‘real world’ spaces.
- Community building through collaboration
- Creating of shareable artifacts for transmedia storytelling
- Cross-platform collaboration
- Creative Commons license friendly
Intervention is suggested in that Second Life be used to build a 3D library to promote open repositories, and to establish a learning community that collaborates in creating artefacts for transmedia storytelling.
Measuring the use of Second Life against the R.A.T. framework, the following is advised:
- Replacement – Second Life is a platform where any links to sources created outside of the ‘library’, can be accessed and updated as needed. Being visual in nature, Second Life allows creators to view objects imported and placed. No creation needs to be stagnant. In combining various elements from different open repositories, new artefacts can be created. For example, poems from one source can be merged with images from another source, creating a new artefact that could be displayed within Second Life or a screen-print could be shared via another social media platform.
- Amplification – Librarian educators can showcase various elements from their open repositories to entice Second Life ‘avatars’ to engage in collaboration. Images from open repositories can be ‘framed’ and hung within a Second Life interactive museum display, where the ‘touch’ of an avatar could prompt the image to change into another.
- Transformation – Creators can use images from open repositories to create GIF files, which can be showcased within Second Life, or writers of fan fiction can use the material to combine images and text in a visual display of revolving images or a short film.
It is advised that all newly created artefacts adhere to licensing agreements as specified. Librarian educators need to teach the relevant information literacy skills for copyright as it relates to transmedia storytelling. Open repository items within Second Life should display a full description of Creative Commons licensing, and should clearly state the sharing and collaboration requirements. It is advised that only open repository resources already associated with a Creative Commons license be promoted in Second Life in order to minimise the potential for copyright issues as artefacts are shared across multiple platforms.
In conclusion, Second Life has been identified as a suitable platform for transmedia storytelling in a 3D virtual space. Academic libraries that are to promote open repositories in Second Life, should ensure that Creative Commons licensing is specified and enforced where possible. Cross-cultural community building can be established through the promotion of open repositories in Second Life, and librarians are reminded to bear cross-platform capabilities in mind to allow for created artefacts to be shared outside of Second Life.
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I went to the library today with the intention of bringing home a book on market research, or some topic of self improvement. I found myself reading poetry. As I started stacking books into my arms about “the writer within” and “the existence of God” I realized that this is the perfect analogy of my life. Searching for something, but not having a clear idea of what that thing is… Taking a path, only to change that path when it gets boring or uncomfortable. I stood in the aisle listening to the tick of the air conditioner, the buzz of the fluorescent light bulbs, and the smell of old books. I had new insight and a revelation… I accept myself for who I am and the paths I have chosen.


NOTE: This review, by Robin Richardson, was first published on the website Left Central, 27 June 2013.
‘Dear Birmingham,’ writes Karamat Iqbal, ‘thank you for being my home for the past forty plus years. Thank you also for welcoming my father and others in our family and community during the fifties. You as a city welcomed them, us, because you needed their labour and they came willingly because they needed jobs. As we have learnt, it has benefited the city in many ways. It has certainly benefited our community, both here and back in Pakistan. I grew up in a brick house, the first in our village, thanks to the money earned in Birmingham.’
Iqbal’s book is an extended thank-you letter, almost an extended love letter. It is not, however, just one long outpouring of gratitude and affection. The city which he holds dear can be disappointing and deplorable, a hell-hole as well as a haven, a place of negligence and neglect as well as a nest, woeful as well as wonderful. Iqbal loves his fellow citizens of all backgrounds. But also he wants change, and wants it radically, deeply, urgently. He wants and seeks justice and equality, and wants them for all communities in Birmingham – not only the newer communities which have settled there in the last sixty years but also those whose ancestors settled in the city rather earlier.
The story of Iqbal’s life in Birmingham has much in common with that of thousands of other British Pakistani people in the city, and in many other cities and towns in Britain as well, particularly in the midlands and the north. His father was a near contemporary of the young men who landed at Tilbury from the SS Windrush in June 1948. His journey and adventure, however, were from the east not the west. He and his friends lived in all-male households desperately working night shifts in the industries which flourished, to quote lines from a Birmingham school song, ‘where the iron heart of England throbs beneath its sombre robe’. The wages and conditions on offer to them were not acceptable to those who had been settled in Birmingham for rather longer, and they met Paki-bashing and Keep Britain White campaigns on the streets; and from the local public sector they met exclusion, neglect and rejection. (Though Birmingham did eventually get round to appointing a ‘Liaison Officer for Coloured People’.) Their children, in due course, were not properly catered for in the city’s schools. They are the heroes, those early pioneers, in the background of this book. The book would not have been possible without their struggle, resolution, solidarity with each other, survival.
By the 1980s things were beginning to change, at least at the level of policy discourse and documentation. In Birmingham’s education system, for example, there were multicultural and antiracist projects led by the late David Ruddell and Birmingham was one of the first authorities to take seriously, or begin to take seriously, the concerns and requirements of its Muslim citizens. In the 1990s and after 2000 there were many fine and warm words spoken by the city’s leaders and managers about the need to treat all people equally. Targets were set for creating greater diversity in the workforces of public bodies – the police, health service, schools and colleges, public administration, and so on. The warm words brought a glow when they were first uttered and proclaimed. They look now, Iqbal shows, hollow and even hypocritical in the extreme, for people of Pakistani heritage continue to be excluded from the city’s public life. Iqbal painfully juxtaposes the warm words of policy-makers with the stark data he has painstakingly collected for this book through a series of Freedom of Information requests.
The book as a whole is addressed to all Iqbal’s fellow citizens – white as well as black and South Asian – and is concerned with the public good generally, not just with the good of, for example, Pakistanis. It is offered as a contribution to reflection and conversation, not as a manifesto. The political giant inspiring it is Mohammed Ali Jinnah. The intellectual giant is Edward Said. The author also pays tribute to political philosophers such as Bhikhu Parekh and Tariq Modood.
There are four sections. The first tells the author’s personal story and interweaves it with the story of Pakistani Birmingham. The second provides population statistics and employment data in the public sector. The third and longest discusses the underlying issues that need to be addressed. It is not just a question of treating people equally, the author argues, but also of recognising the distinctive concerns and values of different communities, and their distinctive experiences of racism. The fourth proposes challenging principles and action points for making dear Birmingham a better – or rather, an even better – great place.
Review of Dear Birmingham: a conversation with my hometown by Karamat Iqbal, Xlibris Corporation: http://www.xlibrispublishing.co.uk/bookstore/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=304943, 2013, ISBN 978-14836-1278-2, 228 pp, £13.99


Yes, I know, Hulu is releasing a seriess based on this book. But this is yet another good reason to read “The Handmaid’s Tale.” I stumble into this Canadian masterpiece thanks to my book club and realized that there are a handful of reasons why you should read it!
- Margaret Atwood book is masterpiece. I think it needs to be more appreciated. Read this piece she wrote for the New York Times.
- The novel passes the Bechtel test with high honors. Honestly, writers and filmmakers of the world, is not that hard!
- “The Handmaid’s Tale” criticizes sexism and objectification in a subtle but powerful way.
- The book plot reminds us how incredibly selfish human beings can be, even in a so-called theocratic society.
- The descriptions of Gilead are not very far fetched from today’s reality.
- Even if the book was written in the 80s, the trama is as current as if it was written today.
- The situations can be universally understood.
- Atwood masterly took the history of Harvard University backwards. The once Puritan theological seminary has become a liberal institution. On her book it happens the other way around.
- Also, “The Handmaid’s Tale” high level officials reminds us a lot of a recently-elected president and his supporters (scary).
- Bookworm alert – You can have the upper hand when the series air! Books contain so many more details!
Image originally from: “Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump.” (2017). The New York Times. Created by Eleni Kalorkoti


An Ogun State journalist, Femi Onasanya, has authored and set to release a new book aimed to spur school children to be more productive and determined in the pursuit of their goals and enhance learning during the long holiday.
Penpushing reports that the book titled, “The Rugged Farm Boy”, focuses on determination and hard work amidst all forms of discouraging factors, which is identified as an addition to the existing literary works.
The author, who is an Information Officer with Ogun State Government while speaking on the laudable initiative, noted that children of nowadays need to be encouraged to read in order to learn virtues that promote excellence considering the growing rate of laziness which gives rise to examination practices in the present world.
‘The forthcoming holiday should be an opportunity to read because readers are leaders. The type of materials children have access to read determine who they become. Hence, this book provides an answer to what greatness entails since it does not come on a platter of gold”, he said.
Penpushing further reports that Onasanya popularly known as FOD, urged parents and guardians to buy the book for their children and wards, explaining that the downloadable ebook version of “The Rugged Farm Boy” is available on selar.co/897861 while the hardcopy format would be formally launched in few weeks.
The journalist turned author is, a creative writer, holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the premier University of Ibadan and Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, presently works as the Press Officer attached to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
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Anglo Saxon Research Paper Good Essays 967 Words 4 Pages Mar 9th, 2022 Published Topics: England, English language, United Kingdom, British Empire Open Document Essay Sample Anglo-Saxon Essay The Anglo-Saxon period began in 449 and lasted for over 600 years. Born of warfare, Anglo-Saxon England remained forever a military society.


Dear readers, you can’t even imagine the joy in Santa’s village when Waldo announced the Great North Pole Christmas Party!
The elves were singing and dancing, the reindeer were flying in circles jingling the bells, the drummers were drumming, the pipers were piping! Buddy Elf was playing the trumpet, and baby Yeti was clapping her paws happier than ever!
The Christmas tree, red like strawberry and mustard pudding, was the most spectacular one Santa’s village had ever had!
Santa’s sleigh was still empty, but thanks to Gizmo’s newest invention Buddy Elf and his group of ex-bullies finished it in a blink of an eye!
Our dear Gizmo made a slide on the top of the workshop! Sliding down the roof, the elves were flying through the air onto the trampoline, throwing the gifts into Santa’s sleigh. If any presents (or elves!) missed the way, Rudolph was there to catch them with his horns.
The tears were pouring down Waldo’s cheeks, but these were tears of joy.
Finally, it was time for Waldo to give presents to his most special friends. As you remember, Waldo learned some crafts at the crevasse, so he made the presents himself!
For baby Yeti, Waldo made a reindeer toy! It had one ear missing and one leg a bit shorter, but the baby loved it! For Mummy Yeti, Waldo knitted a soft blanket to tuck her baby in. Well, it was in the shape of a triangle, but it was cozy. And finally, Mikee... For Mikee, Waldo made a hat to keep her warm if she ever wandered after him in the wilderness again. As you can probably guess, it was red like strawberry and mustard pudding!
Maybe Waldo’s handmade gifts weren’t perfect, but they were surely made with love, and that’s what counts!
When all the presents were packed, and the reindeer were about to leave, Waldo thanked Buddy Elf for his great work.
“Thank you, Waldo! You’re a star!” said Buddy Elf.
“Wait! The star!” yelled Waldo when he saw his perfect red tree was missing the star on the top.
Waldo and Mikee ran to climb the Christmas tree, holding the star, but Yeti jumped to lift them both. While Yeti was holding Mikee and Waldo in one paw, nobody noticed she had the mistletoe in the other!
When Mikee and Waldo put the star together on the top of the Christmas tree, Yeti held the mistletoe over them, creating the perfect atmosphere for a kiss!!!
The magic of the kiss caused the tree to glow so bright red that it could be seen from the International Space Station! The love of Christmas filled the air. The star lit the whole North Pole and the sky above, showing the way to Santa’s sleigh and spreading the magic of Christmas around the world!
With that, dear readers, Santa leaped into his sleigh to begin his Christmas journey. "Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet ! On, Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen... Rudolph?” “Ready, Santa!” he replied. “GO!” Santa shouted!
Like a bolt of lightning, Santa and his magical team of reindeer rocketed into the night sky leaving a magical trail behind them. He's now on his way to your home, so be sure to have your Christmas stocking prepared and, more importantly, get to bed on time.
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow to see how his magical journey turned out in our final story of the season. Right here, ONLY on the North Pole Times! #1 in Santa's News! Trusted Worldwide!
Right now our favorite elves are decorating for St. Patrick’s Day at the North Pole while also starting their spring cleaning and planting. They are dreaming about shamrocks and the sun!


In the darkest shadows, the deepest memories lurk. Hidden mysteries leave their mark and result in disturbing Echoes of the Past.
Whether you’re new to Echoes of the Past, or a devoted fan already, this new release by H.B. Lyne will take you deep into the dark lives of some of the city of Caerton’s most enigmatic shifters. This collection of short stories chronicles events 10 and 5 years prior to the novels; as well as hidden events in the novels themselves.
In a City filled with hungry shadows and twisted nightmares, how will Ariana survive the beast within?
When Ariana Yates’ nightmares start bleeding into reality, she fights to resist the changes draining her body. When she finally relents, a whole new world opens up before her; a world that is equally terrifying and fascinating. She is welcomed into a new family, and discovers that the city of Caerton is home to a host of shapeshifters, who guard the veil between the world of humanity and the realms of deadly demons and inhuman fae.
Ariana must adjust to the radical changes in her life, and struggles to balance her humanity with the beast within, in the midst of a hidden, war-torn world.
Mysteries unfold and tensions mount in this thrilling first instalment of Echoes of the Past.
An ancient evil crawls up from the pits. Heroes will be made or broken.
Deep within the city of Caerton, shapeshifters hide in the guise of humans, secretly fighting to protect them from the unimaginable demons and supernatural elements that threaten their world.
Caerton’s newest shifter, Stalker, faces an uncertain future; as her pack struggles to cope with their devastating loss, dark forces begin to mass in the shadows. Tensions with the Witches continue to threaten the north, while the young shifters desperately strive to determine which of the city’s elders they can trust.
As an ancient and deadly evil emerges from beneath the city, Stalker and her new pack face a frantic race against the changing face of the moon. Can their demonic enemy be defeated? Heroes will rise in this, the second thrilling instalment of the Echoes of the Past series, where creatures from our darkest nightmares stalk our world…
The city of Caerton plays host to a hidden world of shapeshifters, who must control the often deadly fae and demons that threaten humanity. But there are divisions among the shifters, and deep mistrust between the elders. Caught in the middle is the newest pack, the Lightning Lords.
A deadly and personal attack on the Alpha’s human family shakes the Lightning Lords from their peaceful winter, and they are plunged into a desperate hunt for answers that leads them into the darkest pits of their territory’s history.
Meanwhile, Stalker faces even greater challenges as she juggles her human life and secret shifter existence. She must determine who her real enemies are and where she truly came from.
Feisty young shapeshifter, Stalker, has two enemies to overcome. Her city stands surrounded by a vast shifter army, ready to overpower Stalker and all those who will not kneel, be they shifter or human.
Stalker doubts who she can trust, when there is a sinister chaos cult working in the shadows: their decades-long work to bring about the end of the world will end in chaos and fear. The demons are coming to destroy the world of humanity.
Can Stalker and her pack defeat the darkness and bring order back to the city? Will her Alpha be able to unite the packs to defeat the army before humanity is enslaved?
Reaping of Summer is the exhilarating conclusion to the four-book series, Echoes of the Past. Action packed and fast paced, this dark and twisting urban fantasy tale of treachery and demons will leave you begging for more!


By Peter Bradley
UWE Economics researcher Peter Bradley, has just published a chapter on “The Role of Social Norms in Incentivising Energy Reduction in Organisations” in collaboration with Matthew Leach and Shane Fudge. This is part of a collaboration by leading international academics to develop a research handbook on employee pro-environmental behaviour. The work stems from the UWE Economics groups sustainability related research.
The Research Handbook on Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviour brings contributions that consolidate existing research in the field as well as adding new insights from organisational psychology, human resource management and social marketing.
The whole book is available to download from Edward Elgar Publishing:


The race against time to save the Gay Head Lighthouse is now the focus of a mini-documentary.
“The Light at the Edge of the Cliff” is a short documentary written, narrated and produced by Rebecca Taylor, a former television reporter who now serves as director of the broadcast journalism program at Siena College outside Albany, New York.
“I thought it was an important story to tell, about preserving a part of the past for future generations before it’s too late,” explains Taylor, who shot the short doc during visits to the island this summer.
Captivated by the island’s profound connection to the Gay Head Lighthouse, Taylor sought to chronicle the historical significance of the landmark. The documentary features archival photos courtesy of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.
“The photographs really illustrated what a staple this landmark has been throughout the island’s history,” said Taylor, who expressed sincere gratitude to library assistant Bow Van Riper for his cooperation in obtaining archival materials.
Taylor plans to submit the project to various academic conferences and festivals. She is also exploring funding opportunities to return to the island this spring to create an extended version of the project featuring additional interviews.
Contact Rebecca Taylor at email@example.com.


write a children’s story about a bat that is bullied out of his family but finds a new family with birds
The Story of Ben the Bat
There once was a little bat named Ben. Ben lived in a cave with his family of bats. But unfortunately, Ben was different from the other bats. While they all had shiny black fur, Ben’s fur was a pale grey color.
The other bats didn’t like that Ben was different, and they often bullied him. They would call him names like “Ghost Bat” and “Ugly Bat”. Ben didn’t understand why they didn’t like him just because he looked a little different.
One day, Ben had had enough. He decided to leave his family and fly out into the world to find a place where he belonged. He flew and flew until he came to a beautiful meadow.
As Ben flew through the meadow, he noticed a group of birds singing and playing together. They were all different colors and sizes, but they seemed to get along just fine. Ben watched from a distance, feeling a little bit jealous.
Just as Ben was about to fly away, one of the birds noticed him. It was a little sparrow named Sally. Sally flew over to Ben and asked him what he was doing all alone. Ben told Sally about how he had been bullied by his family and how he was looking for a new place to belong.
Sally felt sorry for Ben and invited him to join her and the other birds. Ben was hesitant at first, but he eventually agreed. And it was the best decision he ever made.
The birds welcomed Ben with open wings, and he quickly made many new friends. He learned that it didn’t matter what he looked like, what mattered was who he was on the inside.
Ben lived happily with his new bird family for the rest of his days, never feeling bullied or left out again. And he learned that sometimes, the best family is the one that accepts you for who you are.


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Illustrated Trees of Britain and Northern Europe
David More & John White
Comprehensive guide to European trees. Every European species is covered within this volume as well as many introduced species from all over the world. In addition to an authoritative text, every species is illustrated with stunning artwork that depicts leaves, flowers, fruits and bark as well as images of the whole tree, both in leaf and bare in the case of deciduous trees. 832 pages.
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One on One with Bestselling Author Ally Carter
The Junior League of Tulsa (JLT) invites all Tulsans to celebrate the holidays with this year’s Holiday Market Christmas & Croissants guest speaker, Ally Carter. Carter is the New York Times bestselling author of the popular Young Adult (YA) series Gallagher Girls, Heist Society, and the new series Embassy Row. She will be discussing the upcoming release of See How They Run, the second book in the Embassy Row series.
Carter was born and raised in Locust Grove, Oklahoma. Her mother was a teacher and her father a rancher and farmer. She attended Oklahoma State University and Cornell University and worked for several years in the agricultural industry before writing full-time. Her books have been published in more than 20 countries and have appeared on bestseller lists from the New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound, and Bookscan. They have sold over two million copies in the United States.
We caught up with Carter and asked her about her writing inspirations, future plans, and advice to young writers. Here’s what she had to say.
JLT: You are a farm girl from Oklahoma with an economics degree. Any chance you’d be able to draw on those experiences as a back story for a future character? I mean, no one is going to expect the farmer’s daughter to be a spy, right?
Carter: People are always telling me I should write a farm YA book—after all, few YA authors actually know that world. But I’m probably too close to it. As with most things, you really need a little distance to see things well.
JLT: You’ve mentioned some of your favorite books as a child were The Outsiders, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Nancy Drew series. Do you think reading books about children and teens who are forced to deal with adult realities influenced your focus on teen characters with unconventional “adult” lives?
Carter: Absolutely! I’m always remembering things that I loved as a teen that now, in some way, is reflected in my work. All of my characters are forced to play in high-stakes games usually reserved for adults. And I love that. I don’t have any interest in writing stories where the characters get to keep the training wheels on.
JLT: What inspired you to switch tracks from agricultural economics to writing? Was it a leap of faith or something more planned out? Did you envision yourself wholly switching to a writing career?
Carter: One thing most people don’t realize is that the vast majority of authors—and, yes, I’m talking about published authors—have day jobs. So there wasn’t any leaping, at least at first. For years, I did my day job during the day and then filled my free time with writing. I was actually at my job when I got the call that I was a New York Times bestseller. So I knew what I was getting into when I quit. It was still something of a risk—giving up a regular salary and excellent benefits always is. But it was a calculated risk that felt like a decent bet at the time. I’m glad I was right.
JLT: Do you find the YA genre gaining more credibility among adults with the success of series such as The Hunger Games? What about as an author in that genre? Have you had any negative experiences with people who dismiss the YA genre as children’s fiction?
Carter: YA is certainly changing. When you consider that, as a genre, it didn’t even really exist 20 or 30 years ago, it’s amazing how far we have come. And that is entirely because of the phenomenon of books like Twilight, Hunger Games, and more recently The Fault in Our Stars. A high tide raises all boats, and these books have ensured that not only will book stores have large YA departments now, but also YA is accepted and respected by large numbers of adult readers. In fact, many studies estimate that most YA fiction is purchased by people over the age of 20.
Now, I don’t find that to necessarily be true for my books—I think the majority of my readers are still teens and tweens. But on the whole there are a whole lot of YA readers who are “teens at heart.”
Does this mean that YA and kids’ lit writers don’t get the, “When are you going to write a real book?” comments? No. But those people don’t know that writing for teens is different than writing for adults for one simple reason: Teens are smarter. They spend their days in class, dissecting great works of literature, thinking critically, trying desperately not to be bored. Recently someone told me that I should really read an adult book everyone was talking about because “it gets really good after page 150.” Do you know any teenager who would sit through 149 bad pages?
JLT: Junior League does a lot of work with children and education. I’m sure you get asked a lot about advice for aspiring young authors; in a similar vein, what can we as women active in education do both to encourage young people to write and to encourage them to read? What do you think the biggest barriers are for reluctant readers and for young writers who eventually abandon their craft?
Carter: Great question. I was a reluctant reader as a kid. This is a dirty little secret among us writers—a lot of us were. I think it’s because the stories in my head were more interesting to me than the stories I found on the page much of the time. (YA as we know it did not exist when I was growing up.)
It wasn’t until I learned that it was okay to put down a book that I realized it could be fun to pick up a book. So that is one lesson. Pleasure reading should be a pleasure. Reluctant readers, for the most part, are just readers who haven’t found a book or genre or format that they love yet. Maybe it’s graphic novels or comics or mysteries or nonfiction. Keep looking. And there is no shame in not liking something—even if everyone else loves it.
As for writers, the key is to remember that no one sits down and writes a perfect book in one go. Most published authors will do at least three—maybe 30!—drafts before they’re happy. And they’re never really happy. … So if you sit down and try to write and it’s hard … well, that’s normal. Keep it up.
About Christmas & Croissants and Holiday Market
Christmas & Croissants, presented by Kendra Scott, will occur on Friday, November 6, 2015, from 9:00–10:00 a.m. Tickets are $40 per person, which includes bottomless mimosas and a brunch buffet. Tickets also include general admission to Holiday Market for the entire weekend.
Barnes & Noble will have a pop-up shop where attendees can purchase books by Carter, and she will be available for autographs. Additionally, Kendra Scott will hold a jewelry pull that will begin during Christmas and Croissants. For $50, you may select a wrapped package containing a piece of Kendra Scott jewelry valued at a minimum of $60.
Holiday Market will run from November 6-8, 2015, at the Exchange Center at Expo Square, located at 4145 East 21st Street in Tulsa. Members can buy tickets to Holiday Market and to Christmas & Croissants here.


I’m often drawn to books that chronicle the lives and times of musicians. Specifically, I’ve read a lot of books that track the histories of bands. I figured I’d get something like that in this Chuck Berry autobiography. And I did. Sort of.
Chuck Berry wrote this book in the late 1980’s, when he was in his early sixties. The book begins with Berry tracing his ancestry back to the pre-Cival War era, bringing it forward to his parents and his birth. He then recounts his younger days, his high school years and how he eventually learned to play guitar. This part of the book was kinda slow at times.
From there, he moves into his late teens and early twenties where he runs down the first of three stints he had in prison. (In this case, he was busted for committing a series of robberies with friends while they were away from home.) After regaining his freedom, Berry went home to live with his family in St. Louis. He began working with his father, doing various kinds of handyman and maintenance work for property managers around the city. He also met his wife during this time and he began playing music more seriously, taking it to the point where his income from being a musician was starting to eclipse the other work he was doing.
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Charlotte E. Meixsell, age 89 of Kingston, formerly of Noxen, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 at her home. She was born in Dallas Township on March 13, 1930 and was the daughter of the late Fred and Mary Jane Kyttle Boston. Charlotte graduated from Dallas High School in 1948. She retired from ManorCare Nursing Center in Kingston and later became a receptionist at the Hoyt Library in Kingston for several years. Charlotte enjoyed reading, crocheting and spending time with her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, William Meixsell, Jr., son, William Meixsell, III and several brothers and sisters. Charlotte is survived by son, Forrest Meixsell; daughters, Betty Vigue and her husband Brian, Camilla Meixsell and Candace Jayne; grandchildren, Adam and Karen Jayne and Katie Vigue; 3 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 27, 2019 at 11:00 am from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with Rev. Val Rommel of the Noxen United Methodist Church, officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Noxen United Methodist Church, 3425 State Route 29, Noxen, PA 18636.


|Chronic pain afflicts over fifty million Americans, and there is a good chance at least one member of every family will fall prey to it. With many years of experience, Dr. Abaci has developed innovative treatments that have helped thousands better their lives in dramatic ways-techniques he now offers in this book. Take Charge of Your Chronic Pain pairs the latest medical therapies with unconventional healing practices-such as tai chi, art therapy, guided exercises, and diet. It reveals groundbreaking information about how special tests like functional MRIs can now measure pain, as well as the startling truth about narcotic pain medications.
Take Charge of Your Chronic Pain is divided into three important parts-Truth, Think, and Dare!
|Truth will help you learn to navigate the difference between what is understood and what is misunderstood in pain treatment. It is important for you to be able to tell the difference, because as you will see, there is a good chance the medical system you rely on to feel better will fall short.Think brings to light key topics everyone with chronic pain should understand, including stress, how the brain deals with pain, the harmful effects of inactivity, and the mind/body/spirit connection.
Dare introduces the Seven Steps to an Extreme Makeover and delves into the many empowering things you can do to manage your pain and thrive.
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Names Inspired By Classical Indian Love Stories
Indian mythology is a treasure trove of myriad soulful and timeless love stories unfolding amidst the beauty of nature. These classical Indian love stories are extremely mesmeric and enchanting revolving around bewitching heroines and irresistible heroes. These fascinating names inspired by Classical Indian Love stories would be just the right choice for your darling baby, the living symbol of your love.
Love Stories from South India, Punjab & other parts of India
Not only Sanskrit, even literature from South India is an enthralling repository of countless charming names that would add unending grace and magnetism to your child's personality. Kannada story 'Tale of the Glory- bearers' describes love to be beyond physical beauty. Tamil work 'Shilappadikaram' is again based on the subject of love. All regions of India have had a culture steeped in love. Love is celebrated in its various hues in all parts of the country is evident in various regional love stories. C A Kincaid in his book 'Tales of Old Ind' retells many romantic narratives of Rajasthan Punjab Gujarat and Sindh. 'Momul and Rano' , 'Umar and Marai' from Sindh, 'Hir and Ranjho' , 'Suhni and Mahiwal or Mehar' from Punjab are some such stories with characters who live and even die for love making the ethereal emotion eternal. Take inspiration from these Love stories and come up with your own Unique Baby name that mean Love.
Love Stories from Sanskrit Literature
Some of these evergreen classics are romanticism at its best and passion at its peak. Shakuntala and Meghdoot by Kalidasa have descriptions par excellence and the beauty of their characters is encapsulated in their very names. These names have a richness of tradition and classical exquisiteness. Amaru and Mayura are poets whose works in Sanskrit are superlative specimens of Sanskrit literature eulogizing love. The poetic works of Amaru and Mayura are to be found in 'Eastern Love' of Powys Mathers. Vatsyayan's Kamasutra has seduction and sexual prowess as its central theme with superbly crafted characters of immense beauty. Damodargupta also beautifully explores the concept of physical love in Kuttanimayam.


Broude presents two volumes of the new edition of Buxtehude’s collected works
Following volumes have been completed and are available at Broude Brothers Limited>> now:
Volume 10: Sacred Works for Five Voices and Instruments, Part 1: Membra Jesu Nostri, edited by Klaus Beckmann (BuxWV 75, with
versions by Gustav Dueben of Cantatas 1, 3, and 4 edited by Paul Walker)
Volume 11: Sacred Works for Five Voices and Instruments, Part 2, edited by Eva Linfield (contains BuxWV 3, 18, 20, 31, 54, 86,
First Volume of “Buxtehude Studies” published
The first volume of the “Buxtehude Studies” has arrived! With this new
periodical, the International Dieterich Buxtehude Society offers a new forum:
In a two-year-interval it shall present contributions regarding life, work and environment of the great Lübeck organist
of St. Mary’s.
Our president, Ton Koopman, writes:
“Too little do we know about his life, his successes, the performance practice of his music, editorial questions, liturgical life,
stylus phantasticus and more. All those informations are necessary for a better understanding of the Lübeck master and his music.”
The contributions to Vol. I of the Buxtehude Studies present approachesto Buxtehude and his environment from different
points of view. Every member will receive a copy. Moreover, the book can be purchased from the Butz Verlag (firstname.lastname@example.org) in Bonn at a price of EUR 23,- or it may be ordered by any bookstore.
Open information leaflet (PDF, in German)>>
Remembering Dr. Joachim Walter (1965-2015)
Dr. Joachim Walter, member of the founding board of the IDBG, has died in June this year.
Read the Obituary>> (in German)
St. Mary’s Music Library Catalogue online
Prof. Dr. Kerala J. Snyder, 17th centruy music expert and author of the leading Buxtehude biography, has recently announced that the publication of
The Choir Library of St. Mary's in Lübeck, 1546-1674: A Database Catalogue
has been made available on the University of Gothenburg website at
While Petrus Hasse, Franz Tunder, and Dieterich Buxtehude were serving as organists of St. Mary's Church, its cantors
assembled a choir library of some 2000 works, which are catalogued here for the first time. Its 69 sets of printed partbooks
and one set of manuscript parts remained in the church until 1814, when the city of Lübeck gave them to the newly founded Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, where they remain today.
“Studies in Baroque” published
Celebrating the 70th birthday of the IDBG’s president Ton Koopman, a book has been published by Butz-Verlag editors. It comprises 19 studies including
discogaphy and bibliography, written by leading international scholars and musicians, focussing on J. S. Bach and organ music, but touching also the arts
and theology. The articles are written in German and English, one half each.
Read a sample>>
Price: EUR 32,00 (Hardcover, 392 pages)
Cat.-Nr.: BuB 16
Festive Concert on Oct 26, 2014
On 26th October 2014, Prof. Ton Koopmans’ 70th birthday was celebrated in Lübeck with a concert and a reception. The laudatio was held by Prof. Dr. Christoph Wolff, it is available (in German) here.
Program details as PDF>>
Laudatio by Prof. Wolff(in German) as PDF>>
This event was connected with the now completed
Buxtehude “Opera omnia” -
(Complete recording of Buxtehude’s works by
Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra)
more information here>
Buxtehude Days 2014 - see detailed programme>>
Prof. Dr. h. c. Ton Koopman, President of the International Buxtehude Society, was awarded the
Buxtehude Preis of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck on September 29, 2012. This prestigious award is dedicated to extraordinary merits in the field of
church music. The presentation took place in Lübeck in the Scharbau Hall of the Municipal Library. In his laudation, Prof.
Dr. Wolfgang Sandberger honoured Koopman’s merits regarding the public reception of Buxtehude’s works, i. e. the cantatas.
After the celebration, the Hamburg Baroque Orchestra “Elbipolis” performed works by Schieferdecker, Telemann, Händel and Graupner in a festive concert in St. Mary’s church.
The 2012 meeting of the membership
was held in Lübeck on 29 September. Topics of discussion have been the newly arranged presentation of Lübeck’s music historyin the St. Annen Museum and the question of a Buxtehude memorial site
in St. Mary’s parish house (Werkhaus), which is to be redesigned in near future.
The Buxtehude Days 2012 have been celebrated May 9-13.
Further details can be found here>>
The 3rd Buxtehude Organ Competition
took place in Lübeck September 5-15. Winner of the Prize is the Japanese organist Mahri Oki (27), student of Prof. Martin Sander in Detmold.
29 contestants aged 20-32 from 14 nations presented themselves in three rounds. The jury members were Michael
Radulescu (Chair, Austria), Arvid Gast (Germany), James David Christie (USA), Magdalena Czajka (Poland), Pieter van Dijk (Netherlands), Hans Fagius (Sweden) and Jaroslav Tuma (Czech Republic).
Buxtehude: Text · Kontext · Rezeption
Dieterich Buxtehude. Text · Kontext · Rezeption. Reports from Symposion at the Musikhochschule Lübeck 10–12 May 2007.
Ed. by Wolfgang Sandberger and Volker Scherliess. ISBN 978-3-7618-2168-8. (German Version only). Bärenreiter-Verlag 2011. 312 pages.
In three sections this book focuses on Buxtehude’s work, world and the history of his influence. Temporary, it comprises the time of the Marien
Organists (Hasse, Tunder, Buxtehude) and the beginnungs of the Lübecker Abendmusiken up to the Buxtehude renaissance in the 19th
century and the idelogical occupation of the “nordic” composer in the 20th century. This interdisciplinary publication is based on the Buxtehude Symposium of Lübeck in 2007.
Heinrich W. Schwab: Wenn “Brüder einträchtig beieinander wohnen”. Zur bildlichen Darstellung Buxtehudes auf dem Gemälde von Johannes
Arndt Schnoor: Ein unbekanntes Porträt von Johann Theile (1645/46–1724)
Volker Scherlies: Zur Tradition des Castrum doloris
Friedhelm Krummacher: Vokale Variationen. Buxtehudes Vokalwerk mit Basso ostinato
Wolfgang Miersemann: Vom Sinn philologischen Umgangs mit Texten barocker Vokalmusik: Buxtehude als Beispiel
Peter Wollny: Imitatio und Aemulatio in der geistlichen Vokalmusik von Dieterich Buxtehude
Michael Belotti: Die zyklischen Choralbearbeitungen Dieterich Buxtehudes
Almut Jedicke: Franz Tunder und die Anfänge der Abendmusiken
Andreas Waczkat: “Extraordinaire Musiken” in Wismar und Rostock. Zur Migration der Lübecker Abendmusiken im südlichen Ostseeraum
Michael Maul und Peter Wollny: Buxtehude, Reinken und der junge Bach. Überlegungen zur “Weimarer Orgeltabulatur”
Irmgard Scheitler: Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht – im Licht musikdramatischer Werke seiner Zeit
Christian Bunners: Caspar Rüetz (1708–1755). Seine Musikauffassung sowie seine Sicht auf Lübecker Musiktraditionen und die Abendmusiken
Wolfgang Sandberger: Die Entdeckung eines “ganz vergessenen genialen Tonkünstlers” – einführende Überlegungen zur Buxtehude-Rezeption
Christoph Wolff: Buxtehude-Rezeption im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert
Otto Biba: Wiens “Alte Musik”-Szene im 19. Jahrhundert und Dieterich Buxtehude
Joachim Kremer: Buxtehudes Musik als Inbegriff von “clarté” und “ordre”? Zu André Pirros Buxtehude-Rezeption
Jürgen Heidrich: Die Glaubensgemeinde Ugrino und Dieterich Buxtehude
Jan Bürger: Planetenklänge. Buxtehude im Weltbild Hans Henny Jahnns
Siegfried Oechsle und Bernd Sponheuer: Buxtehude, Nördlichkeit, Erhabenheit


The Wrong Side of a Giant
Based on an Indonesian folk tale
Adapted & written by Chip Colquhoun
Illustrated by Korky Paul
Tutumu is always hungry, because her mother has to cook most of the food on their farm to keep the giant happy. When Tutumu eats the giant’s share, though, she finds herself on the wrong side of him…
This classic Indonesian folk tale is given the Chip & Korky treatment to mark Fairtrade Fortnight, the celebration of the scheme to give food workers everywhere a fair price for the work they do, which takes place every February.Login to Enjoy
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