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Professional Genealogy is a manual by professionals for everyone serious about genealogy For librarians who struggle to help a whole new class of patrons, it provides a bridge to the methods, sources, and minutiae of history, up-close and personal. For established genealogical professionals, it offers benchmarks by which they can advance their skills and place their businesses on sounder footing. For all those who dream of turning a fascinating hobby into a successful career, Professional Genealogy details the preparation and the processes.
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"Can you fathom a time when almost no one in the world knew what a dinosaur looked like?" Barbara Kerley and Brian Selznick can--and it was a time when people used words like "fathom" a lot, about 150 years ago. This author-illustrator team became experts on the subject, delving deeply into the life of Victorian artist Waterhouse Hawkins, the first person to ever summon up, sketch, mold, and fabricate these ancient giants into full-size models.

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, presented in breathlessly earnest chapbook style ("A True Dinosaur Story in Three Ages"), follows the life of Hawkins from his early fossil studies to the first iguanodon that he extrapolates into existence for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The story then follows his subsequent victories and defeats at home and abroad: a triumphantly unorthodox New Year's Eve dinner party with the fathers of paleontology; the unveiling of Dinosaur Island; Boss Tweed's scuttling of a planned Paleozoic Museum in Central Park, and the destruction of years of Hawkins's work in the process.

And the story is all true, although this veracity does make the pacing a bit clunky in spots. Then again, Kerley and Selznick have researched their hero with meticulous care (check out the copious endnotes), so perhaps only Hawkins himself can be blamed for leading a life that didn't always progress in perfect dramatic form. Overshadowing the narrative, though, are Selznick's stately, ghostly illustrations--of towering megalosaurs and Hawkins shuffling about with cane and top hat--which more than make up the difference. (Ages 9 to 12) --Paul Hughes.
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This book is a powerful collection of personal essays about the Savior. Each essay brings anecdotes and intriguing insights that strengthen and encourage all who read them. It conveys a sense of peace and calm that gently envelops its readers. Renowned scholar Deen Kemsley sets out to know Christ and experience his love in this sincere and personal book. Though the story is far from simple, his findings are clear: God is there, he hears your prayers, and he loves you. The book is unique in that prominent leaders from very different Christian denominations have all endorsed the book. For example, Glenn Beck of CNN indicates the book leads readers to the point where "they can almost see his face, and helps them feel the Savior's infinite love for them." Richard L. Bushman describes it as "gripping." Richard Mouw, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary, indicates the book is "impressive and moving." Publisher's Weekly states the book "has a deeply ecumenical tone... it's refreshing and quietly lovely." Rebecca Wire of Roundtable Reviews states, "This was a beautiful read.".
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Best-selling authors, sensational lecturers, documentary filmmakers, amateur archaeologists, spies for F.D.R.—Dana and Ginger Lamb led the life of Indiana Jones long before the movie icon was ever scripted "We blaze the trail," Ginger said, "and the scientists follow." For decades, boys and girls dreamed of growing up to become "explorers" like the Lambs.

The Enchanted Quest of Dana and Ginger Lamb is the first biography of this captivating, entrepreneurial couple. In Southern California, they started married life in 1933 by building a canoe. With only $4.10 in their pockets, they paddled to Central America and through the Panama Canal. Three years later they returned triumphant, bearing the photographic record of the amazing trek that made them famous.

After releasing their bestselling book, Enchanted Vagabonds (still in print), the two became exactly that. They relentlessly lectured for the public and postured for the media until they were able to fund more exotic voyages to remote jungles and rivers. So convincing were they on the circuit that their most powerful fan, President Franklin Roosevelt, coerced J. Edgar Hoover into hiring the Lambs as spies in Mexico. After World War II they launched their Quest for the Lost City, which yielded another book and documentary. Other escapades, no less thrilling and marketable, filled the remainder of their astonishing lives.

The Enchanted Quest of Dana and Ginger Lamb argues that the Lambs were geniuses of popular entertainment and the precursors to Animal Planet, the Travel Channel, and numerous documentary-format television shows. Drawing on historical records, the Lambs' books and letters, and recently declassified espionage documents, biographers Julie Huffman-klinkowitz and Jerome Klinkowitz show how the Lambs succeeded in marketing their conquests and films to armchair explorers around the world and how they became, in popular imagination, the quintessential American adventurers..
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Do you ever wonder if there is more to life than what you are experiencing? Rekindling Your Spirit will reveal the root of your hearts ache for life as it was meant to be. This ground-breaking book offers a radical and compelling vision of what it means to be filled and empowered at the core of your being. You can find hope and better days ahead if you have the courage and integrity to face your story-past and present. The hope comes through experiencing Gods love and strength, which results in lasting personal change, deep authentic intimacy, and passionate sexuality. Life is meant to be a journey of tender intimacy and strong companionship with God and others. When you face your story and discover God, youll experience the Spirits transforming power to rekindle your passion, your giftedness, and your purpose. Dont put off this adventure any longer. Experience more to life and live in hope-begin your journey today!.
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It's winter in a seaside town, and some bizarre things are happening Laura and Alex Carter are eighteen-year-old twins living in a rundown hotel. Laura is found dead, her wrists slashed and a signed sucide note beside her. Tragic but straightforward Until the twin who is alive claims she's Laura..
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This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1863 edition by William White & Co., Boston..
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* Fully revised second edition of this successful day-to-day resource * Available for the first time in paperback for individual lecturers

"The Lecturer's Toolkit" was first published as a photocopyable ring-bound resource and was an immediate success for all those in higher education seeking to develop learning and teaching skills. Now fully revised, the second edition is available both as an A4 ring-binder and as a paperback edition for the first time. This new edition will be equally valued by individuals and by staff-developers for group work.

Building on the practical strengths of the first edition, the toolkit is an important resource for all teachers in higher education, whatever their experience, who are seeking to improve teaching skills. The book offers practical guidance on the core elements of effective teaching in higher education..
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