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No Birds Sing Here

by Daniel V. Meier Jr. ...

The search for the literary life. Satire at its Best!In this indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time, two young people, Beckman and Malany set out on an odyssey to find meaning and reality in the artistic life, and in doing so unleash a barrage of humorous, unintended consequences.Beckman and Malany's journey reflects the allegorical evolution of humanity from its primal state, ... Read more

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The search for the literary life. Satire at its Best!In this indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time, two young people, Beckman and Malany set out on an odyssey to find meaning and reality in the artistic life, and in doing so unleash a barrage of humorous, unintended consequences.Beckman and Malany's journey reflects the allegorical evolution of humanity from its primal state,
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Guidance to Death

by Daniel V. Meier Jr. ...

Series Book 1 - Frank Adams Detective series
Amertec Electronics company jet carrying the Senior VP and soon to be CEO mysteriously crashes shortly after taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It was a cold, rainy day with low visibility.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says it was an accident. The victim's wife says it was murder. Frank Adams, retiree from the NTSB, now independent aviation accident ... Read more

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Amertec Electronics company jet carrying the Senior VP and soon to be CEO mysteriously crashes shortly after taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It was a cold, rainy day with low visibility.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says it was an accident. The victim's wife says it was murder. Frank Adams, retiree from the NTSB, now independent aviation accident
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The Dung Beetles of Liberia

by Daniel V. Meier Jr. ...

Series Book 1 - the Dung Beetles of Liberia series
**Liberia’s oligarchy: The beginning of the end.2019 Grand Prize Winner - Red City ReviewBased on the remarkable true account of a young American who landed in Liberia in 1961.The story weaves drama, dark comedy, and romance throughout a rich tapestry of narration - The San Francisco Book Review**KEN VERRIER IS NOT HAPPY, NOR AT PEACE. He is experiencing the turbulence of Ishmael and the guilt of ... Read more

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**Liberia’s oligarchy: The beginning of the end.2019 Grand Prize Winner - Red City ReviewBased on the remarkable true account of a young American who landed in Liberia in 1961.The story weaves drama, dark comedy, and romance throughout a rich tapestry of narration - The San Francisco Book Review**KEN VERRIER IS NOT HAPPY, NOR AT PEACE. He is experiencing the turbulence of Ishmael and the guilt of
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To Know Good and Evil

the Frank Adams Detective series

by Daniel V. Meier Jr ...

Series Book 2 - Frank Adams Detective series
On a refreshingly cool summer evening in North Carolina, a hog farmer was stunned, then horrified when a light airplane crashed into his hog pens and erupted into flames.The ensuing FAA investigation convinced the small town that the crash was an accident. Except for one person. Ted Grant was an academic colleague and good friend of Dr. David Lanmore', and Ted knew that Dr. Lanmore had just ... Read more

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On a refreshingly cool summer evening in North Carolina, a hog farmer was stunned, then horrified when a light airplane crashed into his hog pens and erupted into flames.The ensuing FAA investigation convinced the small town that the crash was an accident. Except for one person. Ted Grant was an academic colleague and good friend of Dr. David Lanmore', and Ted knew that Dr. Lanmore had just
... Read more
Advancing Equity and Embracing Diversity in Early Childhood Education: Elevating Voices and Actions

by Iliana Alanis, Barbara Bowman, Jennifer Keys Adair, Jen Neitzel, Daniel Meier, Dina Castro, Louise Derman Sparks, Junlei Li ...

Together, the voices of early childhood educators, scholars, and professionals can sound the call to advance the profession toward more equitable educational experiences, systems, and practices for all children. This book showcases many of these voices from across the field of early childhood education and invites you to think about and discuss ways you can add your own voice to that call ... Read more

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Together, the voices of early childhood educators, scholars, and professionals can sound the call to advance the profession toward more equitable educational experiences, systems, and practices for all children. This book showcases many of these voices from across the field of early childhood education and invites you to think about and discuss ways you can add your own voice to that call
... Read more
Bloodroot

by Daniel V. Meier Jr. ...

**The beauty and the horrors of Jamestown 2609A gripping account of survival in America's earliest settlement, Jamestown, Virginia.Virginia, 1622.**Powhatan warriors prepare war paint from the sacred juice of the bloodroot plant, but Nehiegh, The English son-in-law of Chief Ochawintan has sworn never to kill again. He must leave before the massacre.England 1609.Matthew did not trust his friend, ... Read more

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**The beauty and the horrors of Jamestown 2609A gripping account of survival in America's earliest settlement, Jamestown, Virginia.Virginia, 1622.**Powhatan warriors prepare war paint from the sacred juice of the bloodroot plant, but Nehiegh, The English son-in-law of Chief Ochawintan has sworn never to kill again. He must leave before the massacre.England 1609.Matthew did not trust his friend,
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The Last Five Minutes of a Storm

by Chris Bogle, Mei Davis, Aoife Esmonde, Kasandra Ferguson, Helena Pantsis, Sandy Parsons, Jamie Perrault, Daniel Ray, Samuel Skuse, Courtney Smyth, Tessa Swackhammer, Liz Ulin, Brigitte de Valk, Holden Wertheimer-Meier, Liza Wieland ...

PRAISE FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF A STORM:***"***Filled with moment after moment of wonder, drama, intrigue, and grace. The stories are perfectly chosen; realism and fantasy, the quotidian and the singular clashing and complementing and ultimately comprising the most satisfying of experiences... works of extraordinary beauty." – Donal Ryan, award-winning, twice Booker-longlisted author of ... Read more

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PRAISE FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF A STORM:***"***Filled with moment after moment of wonder, drama, intrigue, and grace. The stories are perfectly chosen; realism and fantasy, the quotidian and the singular clashing and complementing and ultimately comprising the most satisfying of experiences... works of extraordinary beauty." – Donal Ryan, award-winning, twice Booker-longlisted author of
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Learning Stories and Teacher Inquiry Groups: Re-imagining Teaching and Assessment in Early Childhood Education

by Isauro M. Escamilla, Linda R. Kroll, Daniel R. Meier, Annie White ...

Enhance your professional development and partner with children and families to improve learning experiences in a range of early childhood settings and programs.Learn how to integrate the Learning Stories approach and teacher inquiry groups to promote authentic assessment to inform instruction, and foster collegial team building and collaboration. The writing of Learning Stories integrated within ... Read more

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Enhance your professional development and partner with children and families to improve learning experiences in a range of early childhood settings and programs.Learn how to integrate the Learning Stories approach and teacher inquiry groups to promote authentic assessment to inform instruction, and foster collegial team building and collaboration. The writing of Learning Stories integrated within
... Read more
Blood Before Dawn

by Daniel V. Meier Jr. ...

Series Book 2 - the Dung Beetles of Liberia series
**Death of a 130-year Oligarchy.Volume 2 in The Dung Beetles of Liberia series.**In April of 1979, Ken Verrier and his wife, Sam, return to Liberia to buy diamonds. They did not return to get caught up in a rice riot and a coup de'etat. But that's what happens. Ken witnesses and unwittingly participates in a period of Liberia's tumultuous yet poorly documented history---the overthrow of the ... Read more

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**Death of a 130-year Oligarchy.Volume 2 in The Dung Beetles of Liberia series.**In April of 1979, Ken Verrier and his wife, Sam, return to Liberia to buy diamonds. They did not return to get caught up in a rice riot and a coup de'etat. But that's what happens. Ken witnesses and unwittingly participates in a period of Liberia's tumultuous yet poorly documented history---the overthrow of the
... Read more

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Using Picture Books to Promote Empathy, Belonging, and Social Justice in Pre-K and Kindergarten

by Isauro M. Escamilla, Iliana Alanís, Daniel Meier ...

This timely book offers preschool and kindergarten teachers practical, research-based strategies for how to use culturally relevant picture books to discuss social justice and equity with young children. It includes activities and dozens of recommended children’s books that will help students understand their own social, cultural, and linguistic identities.Challenging outdated literacy norms, this ... Read more

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This timely book offers preschool and kindergarten teachers practical, research-based strategies for how to use culturally relevant picture books to discuss social justice and equity with young children. It includes activities and dozens of recommended children’s books that will help students understand their own social, cultural, and linguistic identities.Challenging outdated literacy norms, this
... Read more
Public Parks and Playgrounds as Democratic Spaces for Young Children

Playing with Abandon

by Daniel R. Meier ...

Series series Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series
This book examines children’s play in public city parks and playgrounds as they pursue their agendas for joy, healing, discovery, and democratic engagement.It offers an understanding of relevant theory and approaches for strengthening public city parks and playgrounds as spaces for children’s healthy development and civic engagement. The book features an introduction, six diary interludes between ... Read more

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This book examines children’s play in public city parks and playgrounds as they pursue their agendas for joy, healing, discovery, and democratic engagement.It offers an understanding of relevant theory and approaches for strengthening public city parks and playgrounds as spaces for children’s healthy development and civic engagement. The book features an introduction, six diary interludes between
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WORLDBUILDING

Gaming and Art in the Digital Age

by Office Ben Ganz, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Anna Anthropy, Kat Benedict, Kathrin Beßen, Giampaolo Bianconi, Dr. Daniel Birnbaum, Irene Bretscher, micha cardenas, troizel carr, Tamar Clarke-Brown, Raphaëlle Cormier, Barbara Cueto, Mehdi Derfoufi, Travis Diehl, Rebecca Edwards, Marion Eisele, Jacob Fabricius, Mary Flanagan, Richard Grayson, Tamara Hart, Kathrin Jentjens, Katarina Klang, Katarina Kloppe, Jasmin Klumpp, Adèle Koechlin, Nóra Kovács, Aude Launay, Malte Lin-Kröger, Ingrid Luquet-Gad, Toke Lykkeberg, Aodhan Madden, Boris Magrini, Maitreyi Maheshwari, Tabea Marschall, Llaura McGee, Aïcha Mehrez, Anika Meier, Darla Migan, Michelle Nicol, Christiane Paul, Anna-Alexandra Pfau, Ada Rook, Tina Rivers Ryan, Elisa Schaar, Stephan Schwingeler, Agnieszka Skolimowska, Zoé Stillpass, Ben Vickers, Elena Vogman, Iaroslav Volovod, Kay Watson, Peter Watts, Dr. Joni Zhu ...

WORLDBUILDING: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age examines the relationship between gaming and time-based media art. It is the first transgenerational show of this scope to survey how contemporary artists world-wide are appropriating the aesthetics and technology of gaming as their form of expression. Commissioned by the Julia Stoschek Foundation and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition ... Read more

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WORLDBUILDING: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age examines the relationship between gaming and time-based media art. It is the first transgenerational show of this scope to survey how contemporary artists world-wide are appropriating the aesthetics and technology of gaming as their form of expression. Commissioned by the Julia Stoschek Foundation and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition
... Read more

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No Birds Sing Here

Guidance to Death

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To Know Good and Evil

Advancing Equity and Embracing Diversity in Early Childhood Education: Elevating Voices and Actions

Bloodroot

The Last Five Minutes of a Storm

Learning Stories and Teacher Inquiry Groups: Re-imagining Teaching and Assessment in Early Childhood Education

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