Looking for last minute gift ideas for the holidays? North Carolina’s literary community has been busy this year. Here’s a list of books, story collections and essays written by North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship recipients in the literary category.
The Line That Held Us, by David Joy
The Line That Held Us is a novel about the cover-up of an accidental death, and the dark consequences that reverberate through the lives of four people who will never be the same again.
Refrigerated Music for a Gleaming Woman, by Aimee Parkinson
In Aimee Parkison’s Refrigerated Music for a Gleaming Woman, lovers find unexpected romance in cramped spaces, fast food addicts struggle through cheeseburger addiction, and the splendor of nature competes with the violence of television.
The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables, by Katherine Reid
An exploration of L. M. Montgomery’s deep connection to the landscapes of Prince Edward Island that inspired her to write the beloved Anne of Green Gables series. From the Lake of Shining Waters and the Haunted Wood to Lover’s Lane, you’ll be immersed in the real places immortalized in the novels.
Blue Rooms, by Morri Creech
Pulitzer Prize nominee Morri Creech explores the uncertain terrain between conscious perception and the objective world.
Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse, by Valerie Nieman
Leopard Lady tells the story of Dinah, a biracial orphan child of Depression-era Appalachia who runs away to a carnival, and the emotional, physical, and spiritual journey she embraces.
Black Hole Factory, by Eric Smith
Eric Smith won the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry for his collection of poems, Black Hole Factory, compressing experience, intellect, and feeling within concentrated stanzas of compelling density.
News of Our Loved Ones, by Abigail DeWitt
Set in France and America, News of Our Loved Ones is a haunting and intimate examination of love and loss, beauty and the cost of survival, witnessed through two generations of one French family, whose lives are all touched by the tragic events surrounding the D-Day bombings in Normandy.
All the Colors We Will See, by Patrice Gopo
In this poetic and often courageous weaving of writings, Gopo examines the complexities of identity in our turbulent yet hopeful time of intersecting heritages. As she digs beneath the layers of immigration questions and race relations, she also turns her voice to themes such as marriage and divorce, the societal beauty standards we hold, and the intricacies of living out our faith.
“Blood Sausage,” by Jae Steinbacher
Steinbacher’s story appears in Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up To No Good, a feminist anthology of dark fiction and darker knowledge featuring a wide range of new and established horror and speculative fiction writers. Her essay, “Fun City,” a 2018 Sweet Corn Fiction Contest winner, appears in Flyaway Journal of Writing & Environment.
What Luck, This Life, by Kathryn Schwille
In a chorus of voices spanning places and years, What Luck, This Life explores the Columbia space shuttle disaster’s surprising fallout for a town beset by the tensions of class, race, and missed opportunity. The novel’s unforgettable characters struggle with family upheaval and mortality’s grip and a luminous book emerges—filled with heartache, beauty and warmth.
Across the Great Lake, by Lee Zacharias
As his wife lies dying in the brutally cold winter of 1936, Henrik Halvorsen takes his daughter Fern away with him. He captains a great coal-fired vessel, the Manitou, transporting railroad cars across the icy lake. The five-year-old girl revels in the freedom of the ferry, making friends with a stowaway cat and a gentle young deckhand. The sighting of a ghost ship, though, presages danger for all aboard.
Brothers Like These, by Joseph Bathanti
This powerful account of Vietnam War Veterans recounting in prose and poetry their experiences before, during, and after the Vietnam War grew out of writing workshops conducted by Bathanti and Dr. Bruce Kelly at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville.
Readiness, by Mark Cox
Cox's fifth book is a collection of prose poems that range from third-person projections to personal memoir. Though sometimes set in the 1960s and 1970s, their nostalgia is not an easy one. The poems are marked by the anxieties and ills of their time, many of which seem just as true today.
Sycamore, by Bryn Chancellor
Out for a hike one scorching afternoon in Sycamore, Arizona, a newcomer to town stumbles across what appear to be human remains embedded in the wall of a dry desert ravine. As news of the discovery makes its way around town, Sycamore’s longtime residents fear the bones may belong to Jess Winters, the teenage girl who disappeared suddenly some eighteen years earlier, an unsolved mystery that has soaked into the porous rock of the town and haunted it ever since.
“What My Year of Solo Travel at 64 Taught Me,” by Rebecca Gummere
Gummere’s essay in The Daily Beast chronicles her nine-month cross-country journey of discovery in a small RV with her two dogs. Other essays include “Cooper’s Heart,” published in the Oprah anthology, O’s Little Guide to the Big Questions, and “Pilgrimage,” in the forthcoming The Masters Review.
Sweetgirl, by Travis Mulhauser
A fearless sixteen-year old girl’s search for her missing mother leads to an unexpected discovery, and a life or death struggle in the harsh frozen landscape of the Upper Midwest.
All I Want to Do is Live, by Trace Ramsey
Personalizing common themes of survival, depression, and life in America at a time of division and upheaval, Trace’s memories of his childhood and the scenes from his life today also give us the story of our time, our country, and a people longing to find substance, freedom, and meaning.
Swimming Between Worlds, by Elaine Neil Orr
New York Times bestselling author Charles Frazier describes Elaine Neil Orr’s latest novel as “A perceptive and powerful story told with generosity and grace. The struggle of its deftly-drawn young characters to navigate the monumental changes—cultural and personal—that the civil rights movement brought to the South is rich and compelling.”
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Miscarriage, misconceptions, and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood
Why don’t we know more about miscarriage? Why are we told miscarriage can’t be prevented when half of all miscarriages are of perfectly healthy embryos? Why is it normal not to tell anyone you’re pregnant for the first three months? Why don’t we know why labour starts?
Part-memoir, part-scientific investigation, Life, Almost documents Jennie Agg’s path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy – as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook – Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives.
Drawing on pioneering research and interviews with world-leading experts, Life, Almost is a ground-breaking book that will change how you think about miscarriage, and a moving reflection on grief and love at the edge of life as we understand it.
Publishing on February 9th, 2023, by Transworld.


Standing Up in the Milky Way
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson pilots The Ship of the Imagination as the iconic science series returns for a 21st-century audience.
Some of the Things That Molecules Do
Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the transformation of life through natural and artificial selection, with a look at the evolution of the human eye.
When Knowledge Conquered Fear
For thousands of years, natural events were explained away as acts of God. Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals how scientific knowledge changed all that.
Hiding in the Light
Neil deGrasse Tyson explores light and enlightenment, from William Herschel's chance discovery of infrared to the beginning of astrophysics.
A Sky Full of Ghosts
An exploration of how light, time and gravity combine to distort our perceptions of the universe.
Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
Science casts its 'cloak of visibility' over everything, including Neil himself, who becomes viewable as a man composed of his constituent atoms.
The Clean Room
The tempestuous youth of the Earth effectively erased all traces of its beginnings. How did we ever learn its true age?
Sisters of The Sun
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is our guide as we explore the lives and deaths of the stars, and experience the last perfect day on Earth.
The Electric Boy
Our high-tech world and its electronic secrets are de-mystified as we learn the inspiring story of a genius even Albert Einstein looked up to.
The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
As the Ship of the Imagination sails on, we learn how the Earth's history is written in every atom, ocean and living thing on it.
Neil deGrasse Tyson examines civilisation's threat to the Earth's ecosystem and suggests a brighter, better future if we can learn from science.
The World Set Free
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson spends a last, perfect day on Venus before the seas begin to boil and the sky turns yellow.
Unafraid of the Dark
As the journey comes to an end, prepare yourself for a thought experiment. Succeed, and the mystery of the cosmos will be the inescapable result.
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Sage Publications, 2003
Review by Michael Sakuma, Ph.D. on Sep 3rd 2004
Lets be honest, for most of us in
the field of clinical psychology, learning ethics is boring. Certainly not
because the material is unimportant, rather many of the principles seem so darn
obvious and commonsensical. Of course I wouldn't trade live chickens for
therapy, (at least not in this stage of my career). Decoding the Ethics
Code, A Practical Guide for Psychologists by Celia Fisher, is an excellent
exercise in bringing life to the dry 2002 revision of the APA ethics code. For
the psychology student trying to learn the code, this is an excellent overview
of the code with clear positive and negative examples illustrating many of the
concepts that have more than once, I should admit, applied glaze to my eyes.
The book is organized around the 10
ethical standards put forth/revised by the APA ethics task force in 2002. The
10 standards deal with situations revolving around conflict resolution,
competence, relationships, privacy, advertising, reports, education, research,
assessment and therapy. There is an introductory chapter outlining the history
of the code and appendices in the back describing the code without the author's
I very much liked the author's use
of example in describing behavior in accord with the code and behavior
transgressing the code. These learning modules kept my mind active and with
the author in her commentary. This type of material demands active learning
exercises and this book is very good- though it isn't perfect. Specifically,
what I didn't like was the fact that all the examples are demarcated with a
check or an "x" depending on the "correctness" of the
behavior. I would have much preferred the exercises to be unmarked so that I
might have more blindly quizzed myself as to the application of the given
example. Of course most of the examples are quite obvious, however, this
simple step would have made the book more interactive, and a better teaching
tool. Alas, perhaps a suggestion for the revision. I should address the
seeming contradiction of this idea from my opening statement about the APA
ethics code. I had thought that the code was easy to understand; some of the
examples in this book showed me that I was mistaken.
In all, this book is an invaluable
guide for psychologist's who are studying for their licensing exams, taking an
ethics course or just reading ethics for fun. There are many books out there
that do the same thing. I can't imagine any being much better than this.
© 2004 Michael
Sakuma, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department at Dowling College, Long Island, New York.


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David: This is a good government show.
Greta Caldwell: We bring out tables and books and chairs, and we create a whole library space when we go out to different places.
Carol: She’s talking about a pop up library, and that’s the topic of this edition of the good government show. It’s a library to go in Catawba County, North Carolina. I’m Carol D’auria.
David: And I’m David Martin, and this is the good government show. So Carol, the library go, isn’t this just really a modern version of the old bookmobile?
Carol: Well, you know, it is like the bookmobile, but it’s a whole lot more than that. It’s the 21st century bookmobile. I spoke to Siobhan Loendorf that Catawba County Library director, and here’s how she described it.
Siobhan Loendorf: We wanted to make sure that when the library to go set up somewhere, that it was a full service library. So on the library to go, it has ten laptop computers so Greta could do a computer class. She could do let somebody use a computer to do a job search or resumes. It has a 3-D printer. Robotics several different types of robotics actually. Play Away Audio books. Which are you familiar with? Play audio books? No, I’m not. So Play Away is a it’s like an MP3 player. It’s fully enclosed. It comes with a battery and then we provide earbuds so someone could take that play away. They don’t need to have a CD player or a Walkman or anything. They just plug in to this thing and they can listen to the book on audio right there.
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Carol: But you take it outside the van when you…
Greta Caldwell: Absolutely.
Siobhan Loendorf: You unload it and you set up like a mini living room. We have a little outdoor carpet, we have chairs, a living room table. And then we set up all the book carts around it so that it looks like you’re at an outdoor library. And this is if you’re at an outdoor location. Like we mentioned, Greta goes to schools and she’ll set this up in an extra classroom or in a big hallway in the cafeteria.
David: So it’s a pop up library. So could I get the pop up library van to show up in my house?
Carol: You sure could, as long as you invite a bunch of your friends, and maybe you should move Catawaba County, North Carolina.
David: But I would do the library card too, right?
Carol: This is true in any county can have a library to go, David. And in this case, Greta Caldwell is the outreach services librarian. She drives the van and brings the library to the people.
Greta Caldwell: We go wherever we’re needed so schools, kids can’t drive nursing homes. You know, some of our seniors can’t drive and get out. one of my favorite places to go has been a local nursing home. It’s as… I push out a cart I get our activities together. I go in and I set up in their dining room and we do activities together just to keep their mind sharp now. They don’t want me to read to them often, but we do the word games and we do the crosswords, and we just have fun doing trivia and bingo, sometimes those kind of things. So I get to know them in this group setting in the dining hall. And then I take my card around to each room throughout their nursing home and say, Hey, would you like to check out a book? How are you today? That kind of thing. And I can say that in 2019, when I was doing that, it was wonderful and I made a good number of friends going to the rooms.
Carol: And one of the nursing home she visits with the library then is the Conover Nursing and Rehabilitation facility. An Amber Case is the activities director.
Amber Case: She would actually set up and come in and do an activity with my seniors once a month. So and that would introduce us to the library to go. She would bring in new books and then from there by residents to make any kind of suggestions about books they’d like to see or activities she would like them to do with them. She brings us DVDs for people who do not have cable, but they do have the option to be able to watch movies. So she’s able to bring us the large print books for those who are having trouble reading, and she’s also got books on tape, which helps out a lot.
David: Do they still do like the storytime for kids that was always popular in the library?
Carol: They do, actually. In fact, that’s a mother’s dream or even a father’s dream when he’s doing Kid Duty. Moms get a break while the kids learn to love books. I spoke with Allison Martin.
David: That’s no relation, by the way, Allison. I don’t know her.
Carol: She’s the mother of an eight year old and a six year old, and she homeschools them. So this was right up her alley.
Allison Martin: I saw the library to go out and about at some places we had been before, like a local baseball game, and sometimes they were out at local parades, but I had never really used them prior to sort of seeing them out in the community. And then I saw on their newsletter that they were going to start having a story time involved with it at a local church. That’s just. On the road from us, and I thought we’ll go try that out, and we’ve done this story time at the library for years. And it’s, you know, it’s fun and it’s entertaining, but it was something interesting to go somewhere other than a library to receive a story time. And then once we went the first time, then we started inviting friends to come with us or to meet us there.
So every time they offered it at that church, we would try to go because it had been such a fun experience. Greta, in particular, is really good at teaching kids how to interact with books, not just her reading to them or them reading it to themselves, but different kinds of ways you can interact with books and being a homeschool mom. Literacy is really, really, really important to me. So watching her do that would give me lots of ideas to then bring back home and do with them as well. But it also was a fun break for me to see how other people approach books or creative ways that they would teach children how to interact with them other than just the standard here. Let’s read this together.
David: So my daughter love story time and she loved going to the library. She always came out with an armload of books.
Carol: And that was the case with my kids and with Alison’s kids.
Allison Martin: Every Thursday that they offered story time. My kids already knew ahead of time that that was the week we were going to library to go. So they were very excited. They always look forward to seeing Greta, and at the time she had a an assistant named Mary Lou, and they enjoyed seeing her too. We knew Thursday was library day and that meant library to go. So they did, really. I look forward to that. It was around maybe an hour and a half by the time she read, and then we did a craft or some kind of related themed activity tied into the book that she read. And then we would have time to check out books or talk to her about what would be a good book for this or that. And and sometimes we just stayed and chatted because we did get to know Greta pretty well and we really enjoyed her.
So she set it up like a mini version of the library within the Fellowship Hall of the Church, and she had a craft area and an area to sort of check out the books. But then she had gone through and curated sort of a little mini library for us to kind of peruse through like a children’s section, an adult section. And then once she got to know us, I noticed a lot of the books started being kind of tailored, so more of what we would talk to her about. So that was really fun for my kids to walk in and say, Oh, we just talked to her last week about orangutans or something.
And she has three books there about that. And now I can read more about something I’m already interested in. So that was really fun. Felt like VIP at the library. She definitely got to know us on a personal level and even friends that we would invite. She would ask them some questions, you know, just in conversation to learn more about them. And she would say, You know, next time I see you, maybe I’ll have some books about this. So that was kind of neat to especially be able to invite other people to go with us or meet us there. And they would have the same kind of interactions with her and and with the books being tailored towards their interests and things.
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Carol: Did you have a favorite librarian when you were a kid, David?
David: I did because I loved go to the library. I like to read, I always read the encyclopedias. Yes, I remember a middle school of my library and there are, points out, lots of cool stuff for me to read.
Carol: Yeah, and that stays with you your whole life. Well, in kind of, well, the county Greta, the librarian she really prides herself in not only giving out books, but she actually develops relationships with the patrons, and she became one little boy’s favorite librarian.
Greta Caldwell: I love going to schools simply because there was one particular one that I just I love the story so much. I get to go into schools and I set up we do story time together, we do activities together and the kids and I kind of get to really know each other pretty well. And there is this one little boy who was always shy and he had had me move from this school, from his old school because he was having some difficulties learning. And so he was here just to get that extra support he needed.
So at his old school, it was very difficult for him to go into the library. There’s too many choices, there’s too much going on. All that stuff was, you know, it was just overwhelming for him. So we got to know each other. And one day he was picking out books and his teacher said, Do you realize like, this is the first time he’s actually picked out a book from the library? And I just like, I had to stop for a second right there and just be like, Whoa.
So he got this experience because it’s a smaller venue. There’s less kids around, there’s less choices. He wasn’t as overwhelmed. He got to come and pick out books and read and something that he’d never gotten to do before. Just because, you know, we were able to go out to where he was and connect with him in that space.
David: So the library he go shows up at nursing homes, churches and schools. Are there no libraries and all the places where they go?
Carol: No, they really don’t. And that was the problem. Catawaba County is in North Carolina and it’s a rural place. But they did have a strategic plan, and one of its goals was to raise awareness about the library. They realized that the people who needed the library in the most were in the rural areas without good transportation.
David: So the answer, I guess, was, you know, instead of getting people to the library, bring the library to the people. And I guess they’re going out in places that were vastly under-served by library services.
Carol: That’s right. That’s right. So they created, in essence, a full library on wheels. It’s not just books, but they provide full reading programs, computers. They’ll help people fill out job applications. They provide all kinds of things and they get really creative. They bring the library to go to baseball games, parades, outdoor markets, just name it.
David: So they stop watching a baseball game and pick up a book because what they do.
Carol: They do.
David: Well, it’s too bad they don’t have a little, you know, Starbucks little coffee shop.
Carol: And that would be nice. But the librarian in her van teamed up in one case with a local soup kitchen called the Corner Table, and the woman who runs the corner table is Summer Jenkins.
Summer Jenkins: If you ever came into our soup kitchen facility, the space is not that large. And one of the issues in our county is transportation. So we’ve always been looking for ways of how we can feed more people and reach more people that can’t reach us. So the only way to do that is to go out in the community. So besides having a meal, we wanted to do something more so when they came to eat, we wanted them to get more out of just coming to get food, and then that’s where the library came in.
So we kind of use the meal was like a carrot to just get on there and then library to go, bring some additional information and stuff they may not have access to on a regular basis. And they just made a really good partnership because, like Brenda had mentioned, they got their bellies full and they got to feel their mom. So it was an awesome partnership, but something we’re going to continue to do.
Carol: So where, for instance, would you do that with the truck and the corner table?
Summer Jenkins: So we when we first started, we identified an area that we knew that we could have access to, that we would be able to set up. And it was near a neighborhood that we knew had a lot of kids in it. We knew there was a lot of families in that neighborhood that maybe they only had one vehicle and maybe the dad worked. So we knew the mom was probably home with the children. And there’s no buster out there, so we knew they weren’t jumping on a bus to come to our soup kitchen.
So we identified the locations and then, of course, set up there and advertised that we were going to be there. We had banners on the fence of the location, but we are trying to identify locations throughout the county that would benefit from something like this as well.
David: So with what you’re saying, this is a van. They have books, they have computers, they have chairs. This must cost a lot to fill up the tank. I mean, how do they pay for all this?
Carol: Well, Catawaba County pays the bill. Siohban Loendorf of the county’s library director explained that they just went to them hand in hand, and they said, please.
Siohban Loendorf: The Institute of Museum and Library Services. Does a Library Services and Technology Act grant program through the State Library of North Carolina. So we did a two year project grant where we purchased the van and hired the staffing, and we used those two years to validate the impact to the community. And then we took that proven impact to our county board of commissioners and said, Here’s what we’ve done. Can you continue to fund it? And they saw the impact and they funded it. So it’s now funded by the county.
Carol: Do you know how much it costs?
Siohban Loendorf: The original… the van originally was about $110,000 fully equipped. And what I like to tell people is that prior to getting the van, the librarian to go was loading up her car with crates of books and going to places. So this level of outreach you can you can go set up a pop up library at a smaller scale with a lot less. You don’t have to have the big fancy van. You could get just a box truck and you know, and drive around like that. But the important thing is the dedication of the librarian to get out there and connect with people and get those resources out to places that need them.
Carol: And so kind Catawaba county picks up the tab and the people who really need the library, the people who need the books and the help the most can enjoy it free of charge.
David: Free books always the best part of going to the library, getting your books for free and these books they got in the hands of the people who really, really needed them. So this is just another case where government stepped in, solve the problem and fix the problem.
Carol: And you got that right? I’m Carol D’auria.
David: And I’m Dave Martin. Thanks for joining us on the good government show. We’ll see you next time. The Good Government Show is a Valley Park Production, Jason Stershic is our editor and producer. Associate producers are Jade Ludlow and Mackenzie Martin, the executive producers of The Good Government Show are Jim Ludlow, David Martin and David Snyder. Join us again right here for another episode of The Good Government Show.


This is the second entry from the “Book of Anointings,” a record of second anointings administered in the unfinished Nauvoo Temple.
Sunday, January 11, 1846
31 minutes to 7 p.m.
Assembled in President Brigham Young’s room, no. 1, in the attic story of the Lord’s house: President Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, Willard Richards, John Taylor, Amasa Lyman, Newel K. Whitney, George Miller, Edmund Ellsworth, Mary Young, Vilate Kimball, Leonora Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Whitney, and Elizabeth Ellsworth.
Brother John Taylor started the hymn, “This Earth Was Once a Garden Place,” all being clothed in priestly garments.
President Brigham Young prayed, all having knelt around the altar. Previous to prayer they all arose, sang a hymn, and offered up the signs of the holy priesthood.
Then Brother Heber C. Kimball proceeded to anoint and consecrate President Brigham Young a king and a priest unto the most high God, over the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and over the whole house of Israel:
Brother Brigham Young, I pour this holy consecrated oil upon your head and anoint thee a king and a priest of the most high God, over the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and unto all Israel.
And I anoint thine head, that thy brain may be healthy and active and quick to think and to understand and to direct thy whole body; and I anoint thine eyes, that they may see and perceive, and that thou mayest not be deceived in what thou beholdest, and that thy sight may never fail thee; and I anoint thine ears, that they may be quick to hear and communicate to thine understanding, and that thou mayest hear the secret deliberations of thine enemies, and thereby thou shalt be enabled to overreach their designs; and I anoint thy nose, that thou mayest scent and relish the fragrance of the good things of the earth; and I anoint thy mouth, that thou mayest be enabled to speak the great things of God and confound all the wisdom of man, and put to nought all who shall rise up to oppose thee in all countries where thou goest, for thou shalt build up the kingdom of God among many people and in the midst of mighty nations.
So thy glory shall be established. And whomsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whomsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven; for there shall be given unto thee crowns, and kingdoms, and dominions. And thou shalt receive all thine heart shall desire, and thy soul shall be satisfied with a multitude of blessings which thou shalt receive; for princes shall bow at thy feet and deliver unto thee their treasures, and thou shalt teach them the principles of salvation.
And I seal thee up unto eternal life, that thou shalt come forth in the morn of the first resurrection and receive all these blessings in their fulness, and thou shalt attain unto the eternal Godhead and receive a fulness of joy, and glory, and power; and that thou mayest do all things whatsoever is wisdom that thou shouldst do, even if it be to create worlds and redeem them. So shall thy joy be full, to the praise and glory of God. Amen.
Elder Heber C. Kimball then anointed Mary Ann Young a queen and priestess unto her husband (Brigham Young), in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in the house of Israel:
Sister Mary Ann Young, I pour upon thine head this holy consecrated oil and seal upon thee all the blessings of the everlasting priesthood in conjunction with thine husband; and I anoint thee to be a queen and priestess unto thine husband, over the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
And thou shalt be heir to all the blessings which are sealed upon him, inasmuch as thou dost obey his counsel; and thou shalt receive glory, honor, power, and exaltation in his exaltation. And thou shalt be a strength in thy mind, for thou shalt have visions and manifestations of the Holy Spirit. And the time shall come that angels shall visit thee, and minister unto thee, and teach thee, and in absence of thy husband shall comfort thee and make known his situation.
Thou shalt be a wise counsellor to many of thy sex, and they shall look unto thee for precept and for example. Thou shalt be noted and honored for thy generosity and the freedom and good feelings with which thou shalt relieve the wants of the distressed, and the discretion with which thou shalt act in thy sphere in all things.
And I seal thee up unto eternal life, that thou shalt come forth in the morning of the first resurrection and inherit with him all the honors, glories, and power of eternal lives, and that thou shalt attain unto the eternal Godhead. So thy exaltation shall be perfect and thy glory be full, in a fulness of power and exaltation. And the glory, honor, and power shall be ascribed unto the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
[For readability’s sake, reformatting of the entry into smaller paragraphs and have standardized spelling and punctuation. An original, unedited transcript of this entry can be found in David John Buerger’s The Mysteries of Godliness, pp. 88-90.]


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THE FAITH LINK, Scientific Proof that you Belief Determines your Health
by Max Fleury, MD
Charisma House, 2016
There is a plethora of evidence that claims to connect religion with health. Max Fleury summarizes this in an open and accessible way, but does so with a particular angle. In a social and scientific context that favors universality over particularity, Fleury draws our attention to the fact that when we are talking about the relationship between religion and health, we are not simply talking about a general system of beliefs, we are talking about God; in this case the God that Christians have worshiped for thousands of years. Through an interesting blend of theology and science this book offers something that is missing from many similar texts: passion and commitment.
John Swinton, PhD RMN, RNMD, Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral care, Director, Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
For the serious religious reader, this book will provide a review of the research on the interrelationships between religiousness and health. The kind of religiousness assumed is positive, from the heart, and devout, in contrast with those manifestations of religion that are hostile and violent — thus the book acknowledges that not all “religion” is the same. Within its intended orbit of discussion, the book draws parallels between various research findings and various religious, particularly Christian, teachings. Questions and issues remain, of course. But at the root of the text is the fundamental principle that the processes involved in believing are what enable human wholeness to be what it is.
Raymond F. Paloutzian, Ph.D. - Co-Editor: Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2nd ed., Guilford, 2013)- Author: Invitation to the Psychology of Religion, 3rd ed. (Guilford, 2016)- Editor: The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
God is still in the business of healing. Intellectuals may dismiss this idea, and atheists may get upset that people believe in miracles. But I am so grateful that my friend Max Fleury has challenged the status quo by reminding us that healing is real. Jesus Christ healed the sick, and He called His followers to do the same. The power of the Holy Spirit is still alive and well today, and followers of Christ must stretch their faith to expect God's supernatural power to work in their lives. If you need healing, this book will encourage you to believe in Christ's power. If you are a doubter, this book will challenge your opinions. Let's make room for the supernatural!
J. Lee Grady, Former Editor, Charisma Magazine - Director, The Mordecai Project
This book brings together in a non-technical and non-academic way a concise summary of the voluminous research on spirituality/religion and health with a conservative evangelical account of Christian faith. Not every Christian will agree with the theology, but I don’t think that you have to agree with all that is said here in order to find this a helpful and thought provoking book. The achievement of summarizing in one place an account of Christian faith and practice together with a summary of scientific findings on spirituality and health is a rare achievement.
Chris Cook, BSc MB BS MD MA PhD FRCPsych, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, Durham, NC


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Bee Inspired Guild Luncheon
April 1, 2022 @ 10:30AM — 1:00PM Central Time (US & Canada)
Mark your calendar for April 1, 2022, for the 8th Annual Guild Luncheon, Bee Inspired, at The Junior League. Join Luncheon Chair Lisa Governale along with the Literacy Now Guild, at this incredible event benefiting the children and families we serve. We are pleased to announce our special guest speakers will be Dr. Shawn Nickerson, Principal at Bruce Elementary and Mark Samuel, Principal at Shadowbriar Elementary. Thier stories of success from our Reading Intervention program will sure inspire us all.
Make sure to come early and bid on some incredible silent auction items!


The PADRE bookshelf is stocked with helpful and fun-filled books for every age. Please contact the office at 714-509-8330 to receive your free copies while supplies last.
The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter, 2018 Edition
Disney's Type 1 Diabetes Bookshelf
Disney and Lilly Diabetes have joined forces to bring you these great reads for families with children living with Type 1 diabetes. The PADRE office has free copies!
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Coco and Goofy's Goofy Day
It's Goofy's birthday, and Mickey and the gang have planned a party at Star Lake. Coco the monkey is coming too! Goofy's worried because Coco has Type 1 diabetes, so he brings along a wagon in case she gets tired. But Coco's not worried. She has a ball at the party, playing games and winning prizes. When it's time for treats and birthday cake, Coco has a plan and sticks to it. But someone else doesn't stick to a smart party plan. Find out who has to go home in the wagon in this Coco-nutty tale!
Coco Goes Back to School
It's Coco's first day back at school since she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and she's excited. She's learned a lot about diabetes, and she can't wait to share it with her classmates—if only sharing time were longer. When Coco runs out of time to answer all of her classmates' questions, she comes up with a better idea. She'll build a Type 1 diabetes booth for the science fair. With a little help from her friends, Coco's soon ready to answer any question her classmates may have. What's more, she's ready to show them that diabetes won't hold her back!
Coco's First Sleepover
It's Coco's first sleepover since she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and she can't wait! Her aunt Abby will be there to help her with her diabetes, and all of her friends will be there to play with. Soon Coco is having a ball, playing balloon basketball, eating pizza and watching a movie under the stars. But when it's time for bed, will Coco's friends prove to be as ready for the sleepover as she is?
ESPN: Power Forward
Justin Cooper can't believe it. He's been chosen to captain his basketball team! Then everything changes. Justin is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Suddenly Justin finds himself trying to navigate a changing life: learning how to manage his diabetes, all the while trying to keep his diagnosis from his friends. His diabetes care team tells him he can still play basketball, but he's not so sure. What's more, Justin's nerves are getting the best of him on the court. Justin knows he has to find a balance between his diabetes and the rest of his life, but how? And can he do it before he alienates his teammates for good?
ESPN: Up for the Challenge
Allie Campbell: center midfielder. Allie should be thrilled at being made a starter on her soccer team. There's only one problem: She's just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and she's not sure she's ready to get back out on the field. Between balancing her new responsibilities to her team and learning how to manage her diabetes, Allie just feels lost. But when Allie opens up to her friends and family about her feelings, she gets nothing but support. Soon Allie is back on the field, trying to put her worries behind her and be the best player she can be. But is she up for the challenge?
ESPN: Running Interference
Tim Johnston has two things on his mind: football and diabetes. As starting cornerback for his middle school's football team, Tim's got a lot of pressure riding on him, and managing his Type 1 diabetes at school seems like just one more challenge. Then Tim meets Roger, another student with Type 1 diabetes. There's just one problem. Tim's teammates don't know he's friends with Roger, and he's not sure he wants to tell them. After all, Roger isn't exactly the coolest kid at school. With the help of his new friend, can Tim learn to open up about his diabetes and stand up for what's right?
ESPN: Covering the Bases
Phillip Mitchell can’t wait to go to baseball camp! He’s been looking forward to it for months, and it’s finally here! There’s just one problem: He hasn’t spent so many nights away from home since he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and he’s worried. What if something goes wrong and there’s no one around who can help him? Will Phillip be able to enjoy his first time at baseball camp, or will his nerves get the best of him?
Morgan Carlyle is new to town and hasn’t made any friends yet. Then she meets Lizzie, and it begins to seem like her luck is changing. Lizzie is great, and her friend Naomi shares all the same interests as Morgan. But Naomi doesn’t want to be Morgan’s friend. Instead, she seems to view her as competition. Then Lizzie invites Morgan to a sleepover. Morgan is excited, but she’s also nervous. She hasn’t slept away from home since she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. And to make matters worse, Naomi will be there too! Can Morgan overcome her worries and find a way for her and Naomi to both be superstars?
Hannah Montana: Uptight (Oliver's All Right)
Miley Stewart and Lilly Truscott think they know everything about their friend Oliver Oken. Until they find out that he has Type 1 diabetes, that is. What's more, he has been keeping it a secret from them. Now Miley and Lilly are out to prove to Oliver that his diabetes doesn't change how they feel about him one bit. And they're going to help him—whether he knows they're helping or not! There's just one problem: Miley and Lilly don't know much about diabetes, and they've definitely misunderstood some of what they've read! Will they find themselves in over their heads?
Dishing It Up Disney Style
Nothing brings a family together like a delicious home-cooked meal, especially when parents and kids can take part in preparing and enjoying it. But families with children who have Type 1 diabetes sometimes have a difficult time finding recipes that satisfy everyone's appetites and nutritional needs. This cookbook contains dozens of wholesome recipes that are diverse, delicious and easy to make—taking the challenge out of meal planning! For those with celiac disease, the gluten-free recipes are identified, and some recipes include notes on how they can be prepared in a gluten-free way. Every dish includes a tip from a Disney character suggesting ways that junior chefs can get their hands in the mix. Each recipe also features nutritional analysis (by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, formerly the American Dietetic Association) with a carbohydrate count, which makes calculations a snap for those with Type 1 diabetes. With this cookbook as the secret ingredient, family mealtime can once again become a tradition—as opposed to the exception. So grab an apron and dive in—it's time to start Dishing It Up Disney Style!
Disney Family Magazine Series
A brand-new special edition Disney Family magazine series for parents of children with Type 1 diabetes is now available! Hot off the press from Disney and Lilly Diabetes, it's chock-full of helpful tips, inspiring stories and advice from diabetes experts and fellow parents, and it features many of the great articles from Spoonful.com/type1. Ask your diabetes health care provider for a free copy of the first three issues— Back to School, Staying Active and Holiday—at your next visit!


How to Win Friends and Influence People By Dale Carnegie (Pocket, 1990)
"It's easy to read and filled with suggestions and anecdotes to help you become a better salesperson and a better human."
Think & Grow Rich By Napoleon Hill (Ballantine Books, 1987)
"It's a constant reminder to me that character counts and determination works."
The Greatest Salesman in the World The Greatest Salesman in the World
"As small and compact as it may be, this book has the greatest message of any sales book—I will persist until I succeed."
Secrets of Closing the Sale By Zig Ziglar (Fleming H. Revell Co., 2003)
"Ziglar clarifies that it's not only OK to be a salesperson but imperative that we do sell."
And from the Animal Kingdom
Sell Little Red Hen! Sell! By Jeffrey Hansler (Advantage Publishing, 2002)
"I enjoyed the lighter approach to understanding people and salesmanship."
The Dolphin Dynamic: How to Make a Splash in Today's Shark-Infested Business Waters By Laura L. Laaman, with contribution from Lillet Walters (Career Press Inc., 1996)
"This book reveals the unique characteristics of dolphins that, when adopted by humans, will make anyone more successful in any environment."
Sales Dogs: You Do Not Have to Be an Attack Dog to Be Successful in Sales Rich Dad's Advisers series. By Blair Singer, with introduction by Robert T. Kiyosaki (Warner Business Books, 2001)
"Blair's approach of using different breeds of dogs to define different sales styles helped me define the type of salesperson I am."
Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time By Brian Tracy (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2001)
"Great for getting yourself beyond the 'blocks.'"
How to Develop a Six-Figure Income in Real Estate: Superstar Selling the Mike Ferry Way By Mike Ferry (Real Estate Educators Association, 1992)
"This book lays it all out for you, whether you want to make it big right away or take your time."
The Millionaire Real Estate Agent By Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, and Jay Papasan (McGraw-Hill, 2004)
"The book treats our profession like a profession, with step-by-step ways to get you to the top."
How to List and Sell Real Estate: Executing New Basics for Higher Profits By Danielle Kennedy, with Warren Jamison (Thomson South-Western, 2003)
"This book can spark fresh excitement in the seasoned, coach the new, and encourage those who are bringing diversity to this field."
You Can't Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar: The Sandler Sales Institute's 7-Step System for Successful Selling By David H. Sandler (Bay Head Publishing, 2000)
"This book was a great turning point for my career. It taught me that you have to find people's true motivation (which Sandler calls pain) in order for them to let down their guard when talking to a salesperson."
Alexander Botts: Great Stories from the Saturday Evening Post By William Hazlett Upson (Curtis Publishing Co., 1978)
"The book's lesson is that you never know where your next sale will come from, so if things seem slow, don't despair."
All of these are available at any bookstore or you can go directly to amazon.com
*reading list from Realtor Magazine 2005, check back soon for more updates


Creating/Updating Relations Pipeline¶
Main Pipeline to Create/Update Relations¶
Start segment: [RELATION_UPSERT_START] - provides basic validation of the initial context (existence of a relation, existence check of the left and right ends of the relation, correct record status of the relation being updated). Performs initial context setting.
Segments of the Point type:
[RELATION_UPSERT_ACCESS] - checks user’s rights to create/update the relation;
[RELATION_UPSERT_MEASURED] - normalizes measurable attributes of the relation before saving;
[RELATION_UPSERT_PERIOD_CHECK] - checks if the boundaries of validity period of the created/updated relation are correct.
Segment of the Selector type: [RELATION_UPSERT_SELECTOR] - defines on which pipeline branch the creating/updating process will go: draft [DRAFT] or regular [REGULAR] branch.
Finish segment: [RELATION_UPSERT_FINISH] - returns the result of creating/updating the relation.
[RELATION_UPSERT_MODBOX] - prepares the changes made before calculating the updated relation timeline;
[RELATION_UPSERT_TIMELINE] - calculates the updated relation timeline. Applies the changes made to the current relation timeline, calculates validity periods, creates the etalon record of relation;
[RELATION_UPSERT_DRAFT] - performs saving/updating of the relation draft;
[RELATION_UPSERT_POSTPROCESSING] - performs post-processing of relation attributes. Calculates attribute values of the “Enumeration” and “Link to lookup entity” types, fills in templates of links to web resources;
[RELATION_UPSERT_VALIDATE] - performs validation of attributes of created/updated relation and checks data consistency.
[RELATION_UPSERT_INDEXING] - calculates changes in search index when creating/updating the relation.
[RELATION_UPSERT_PERSISTENCE] - applies the changes calculated when creating/updating the relation to the DB and the search index.
Figure 1. Completed pipeline


Oneota Reading Journal:
An E-Journal from Decorah Public Library and Luther College
Fall 2009 Issue
Significant Others II: Multiple Voices
Stasi Dubbels, Nicole Gesch, Maggie A. Hugeback, Leah Jensen, Jill Nerka, Paul Pichelmann, Leah Sobotta, Aaron Carl Zander
Garmannís summer. Hole, Stian. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008. eerdmans.com, (800-253-7521). 42 pp. $17.50. ISBN 978-0-8028-5339-4.
This story contains a realistic character facing his first day of school. As time gets closer to the first day, Garmann, goes around to all of this family members asking them if they have fears. As each person confesses their fears to him, he realizes that he can make it through the first scary day, just as they can face their own fears. At the summerís end, Garmann feels that he can face the fear of going to school for the first time. (AD)
This interactive picture book is a collection of ghost stories from around the world. The stories are put together and retold by the ďSecret Ghost Society.Ē Each story is unique and has its own interesting way to present the story, with moving objects and other interactive pieces. This book would be great for elementary students who are interested in scary stories. The text and illustrations effectively depict each story; giving the reader the ability to engage in the illustrations and making each story come to life. (PP)
The girl who drew a phoenix. Demi. Simon & Schuster, 2008. firstname.lastname@example.org, (800-223-2336). 44 pp. $21.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-5347-0.
This is a story of a girl who learns wisdom and self-discovery from a phoenix as she tries multiple times to draw one. The reader experiences wonder and self-discovery as the girlís journey continues. Through her wisdom, she is able to draw the most exquisite phoenix that anyone had ever seen, and learn a more valuable lesson than the phoenix could have taught her. Recommended for children ages 4-8. (AD)
On one mysterious night Polly's older sister, Bree, disappears into the woods. Even though Pollyís friends and family have given up, Polly still believes that Bree is alive in the woods. Polly goes as far as leaving her sister food in the woods. While doing so, she discovers a hidden grove where she believes her sister is making a fire each night. As Polly continues to visit the mysterious woods, she learns about herself, her family, and nature. The story is believable because the plot intertwines with both the modern and fantasy world. Many preteen girls will be able to relate to Polly because she has to deal with all sorts of coming of age issues, such as her relationship with her mother, mistakes, peer pressure, discovering who she is, and love. This magical book also has many relatable themes including: the understanding that itís alright to be different, finding the value and magic of nature, and the challenges of growing up in a complicated world. This enchanting fantasy book will captivate the reader from start to finish. (JMN)
Give a goat. Schrock, Jan West and Aileen Darragh. Tilbury House Publishers, 2008. tilburyhouse.com, (207-582-1899). 32 pp. $16.95. ISBN 978-0-88448-301-4.
This book is meant to inspire the reader to give to people less fortunate than they are. The story begins with a teacher reading a story to her students about giving a goat, and how doing so not only benefits one family, but at least three other families as well. The children aspire to do just that. They fundraise enough money to send a goat to someone in need. This book is great for children ages 4-8 that want to learn how to make the world a better place. (AD)
Go long! Barber, Tiki and Ronde. Simon & Schuster Inc. (A Paula Wiseman Book), 2008. 153pp. $15.99. ISBN978-1-4169-3619-0.
Go Long! is a story inspired by the childhood of NFL Football players Tiki and Ronde Barber. This motivational football story is perfect for any young boy interested in athletics. In the story, the twin boys Tiki and Ronde are beginning their second year on the junior high football team. After the loss of one key player, Matt Clayton, as well as their previous coach, Coach Spangler, the two boys worry that they wonít reach their goal of the State Championship this year behind the new Coach Wheeler. (LJ)
This is a concept counting book, which begins at one, counts up to ten, and then back down to one again. The text flows smoothly with lyrical rhyming text. The theme of the book is farm animals, and throughout the story the reader will see exciting and busy illustrations of horses, pigs, turkeys, geese, cows, and chickens. This book is great for younger students because it combines two important concepts of counting and rhyming. (PP)
The gold rush kid. Waldorf, Mary. Houghton Mifflin (Clarion Books), 2008. email@example.com, (617-351-5000). 232pp. $16.00. ISBN 978-0-618-97730-7-51600.
After Billy and Edna's mother dies suddenly of typhoid fever they feel obligated to search for their father, who left the family to go to the Klondike in search of gold. Edna disguises herself as a young man and the two set off on the grueling trail over the mountains into Canada. They soon meet a fellow traveler named Jack, who is also headed for gold country. They run into adventures and dangers on the way when Billy saves Jack from the deadly waters of the Dyea River. Continuing their journey and eventually locating their father, the kids and Jack find an old abandoned cabin to use as a shelter. At this cabin is a set of sled dogs that Billy quickly becomes friends with, especially the lead dog that he names Percy. Times are tough, though, and the dogs must be sold to make it through the freezing winter. Billy misses his dogs terribly and also feels like he needs to give his mother a proper gravestone. He has a difficult decision to make between his family and Skagway. Is he strong enough for whatever he decides? This historical fiction effectively describes the hardships of a family during the Klondike Gold Rush and would be an interesting read for junior high students and could also be an enjoyable read-aloud for a classroom. (PP)
Golf: The best instruction guide ever!. DeNunzio, David. Lerner (Twenty-First Century Books), 2008. firstname.lastname@example.org, (800-328-4929). 144pp. $39.93. ISBN 978-0-8225-7278-7.
Filled with pictures and helpful diagrams, this book is geared toward first time golfers. From explaining the proper swing techniques, to avoiding tough situations on the golf course, this book teaches all of the basic information needed to play golf. This is a phenomenal book that utilizes an easy to follow layout in order to teach the fundamental elements of the golf game, and appears to be geared toward older children or adults. (LJ)
This charming easy-to-read bedtime story takes the reader through the actions that one monkey goes through before he goes to bed. Before going to sleep, the monkey must say goodnight to each of his body parts. The warm calming illustrations and simple plot line would make this a great book for pre-school aged children. Children of this age will be able to relate to the monkey who knows its time for bed, but is not yet tired. (JN).
Gorgonzola: A very stinkysaurus. Platini, Margie and Tim Bowers. HarperCollins Books, 2008. harpercollinschildrens.com (212-261-6500). 29 pp. $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-073897-6.
An orphaned dinosaur thinks he is one of the biggest, baddest dinosaurs in his territory because all the other dinosaurs run away from him. In reality, he is the worst smelling dinosaur around. A little bird gets tired of her nest getting ruined as the other dinosaurs flee, so she is honest with the dinosaur. She decides to help him clean up, and he becomes a very fine dinosaur that everyone wants to be around. This book is great for children 4-8 years old. (AD)
The Graveyard Book tells a story of a boy named Bod who lives in a graveyard and is being raised by ghosts. As Bod grows up, he starts to figure out and learn more about the death of his family and the mysteries of the graveyard. Bod discovers that the man who killed his family is still out there, and could come back to kill him as well. Bod embarks on many thrilling journeys in order to defeat the man who killed his parents. The characters come alive in this adventurous and suspenseful fantasy book. Even though Bod is dealing with many extraordinary challenges, teens will still be able to relate to him because he struggles to find a sense of belonging and growing up. The book, for young adults, is filled with ghosts, humans, surprises, and humor, will captivate the reader from the very beginning. (JN)
The great Texas hamster drive. Kimmel, Eric A. Marshall Cavendish, 2007. email@example.com, (914-332-8888). 40pp. $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7614-5357-4. Illustrated by Bruce Whatley.
Pecos Bill buys his daughters two hamsters, and before long there are ten, twenty, fifty, and then hundreds of little hamsters. With a plethora of hamsters, problems soon arise on the ranch. Soon Pecos Bill decides the best idea would be to take them to Chicago, where they can be given to other children who want hamsters. This entertaining story is a fun tale, which any young child will enjoy, especially those with pets. (LJ)
Sam dreams of not living in the White House anymore. He wants to run around where people donít follow him anymore. One day, he, his cat, and rat run away so they can explore without people with cords coming out of their ears following them and watching every move he makes. After a humorous adventure, Sam and his pets return home and back to almost the same life. In the pictures, the colors are bright and the details look like they have been drawn. This book would be very informative in the classroom when talking about monuments or Washington D.C. (LS)
After the loss of their mother, Ben, Dylan, and Gerry are forced by their father to pack up their belongings, sell their house, and journey into the great wide sea. It is apparent that this is their fatherís way of coping with the loss of his wife. Ben tries to have a good attitude about their new way of life, and everything seems to be going well until one morning when everything changes. The three boys woke up with a missing father and a great storm approaching them. As the storm tosses them onto a strange island, the boys struggle to survive against natureís challenges. The opening chapter of this book will reassure the reader that Ben does indeed survive his journey. There is still tremendous suspense throughout this book. This is a great book for children with questions about death and grief. (MAH)
Gym candy. Deuker, Carl. Houghton Mifflin Co. (Graphia), 2008. firstname.lastname@example.org, (617-351-5000). 313pp. $8.99. ISBN 978-0-547-07631-7.
Mick Johnson has always wanted to be a football player. One wall of his basement is lined with articles about his father's high school and college football career, but not much about his professional career. The other wall was blank, left waiting for headlines about Mick's plays. Mick is hungry to succeed; he has no interest in other sports. He is a hard worker, hitting the weights every spare moment, but even with protein shakes and vitamin pills, he misses a touchdown by a foot. Tthen there is Kane, a freshman, who's threatening his position. So when his trainer at Popeye's offers him some "gym candy", or steroids, Mick agrees thinking he'll be able to get off of them once he bulks up a bit. What Mick doesn't know is that getting off of the gym candy is much harder than first taking them. Deuker takes the reader through the emotional effects of steroids and the pressures young athletes have to succeed. This book is geared towards high school students because of the topic of steroids and the realistic emotions teens go through to win. (PP)
The government in England does not approve of Emilia Finchís family because of their gypsy lifestyle. The Finchís try to stay out of trouble, but one unfortunate day at the market left Emiliaís whole family in jail for murder. The only two to escape were Emilia and her cousin, Luka. Now itís up to them to save their family. In order to rescue their imprisoned family, Emilia and Luka must embark on a dangerous quest to recover five magical charms. This magical fantasy book takes the reader on an adventure with Emilia and Luka as they try to save their family. The plot is very believable because of Emilia and Lukaís realistic character traits and their urgent need to help their struggling family. The setting is described in great detail, which allows for the reader to feel as though anything can happen to Emilia and Luka as they go on their daring journey. This book would be appropriate for children ranging from ages nine to fourteen. (JMN)


Capitalism Is The Crisis: Radical Politics in the Age of Austerity examines the ideological roots of the "austerity" agenda and proposes revolutionary paths out of the current crisis. The film features original interviews with Chris Hedges, Derrick Jensen, Michael Hardt, Peter Gelderloos, Leo Panitch, David McNally, Richard J.F. Day, Imre Szeman, Wayne Price, and many more!
The 2008 "financial crisis" in the United States was a systemic fraud in which the wealthy finance capitalists stole trillions of public dollars. No one was jailed for this crime, the largest theft of public money in history.
Instead, the rich forced working people across the globe to pay for their "crisis" through punitive "austerity" programs that gutted public services and repealed workers' rights.
Austerity was named "Word of the Year" for 2010.
This documentary explains the nature of capitalist crisis, visits the protests against austerity measures, and recommends revolutionary paths for the future.
Special attention is devoted to the crisis in Greece, the 2010 G20 Summit protest in Toronto, Canada, and the remarkable surge of solidarity in Madison, Wisconsin.
It may be their crisis, but it's our problem.