Ellie has lost her parents, her home in New Zealand and everything she knows. Now she must live in England with family who are more like strangers. Life on her Uncle Len’s showing yard seems so lonely until Ellie meets Spirit. She’s never seen the grey horse before, but she has the strangest feelings that they’ve always known each other. Like Ellie, Spirit is alone in the world and they form an intense bond. As the weeks go by, Spirit helps Ellie discover an incredible talent. As one door shuts, another one opens...
Volunteering: The Ultimate Teen GuideAn action guide for teens on how to volunteer their time and skills for working with the physically and mentally challenged, working with the elderly, tutoring elementary school children, doing fundraisers, restoring cemeteries and cleaning up vacant properties, and other activities. Also a great source for teachers, parents, civic leaders, and others who work with teens.
Marching with the First Nebraska: A Civil War Diary August Scherneckau A pioneer Nebraskan offers a German’s-eye view of the Civil War August Scherneckau’s diary is the most important firsthand account of the Civil War by a Nebraska soldier that has yet come to light. A German immigrant, Scherneckau served with the First Nebraska Volunteers from 1862 through 1865. Depicting the unit’s service in Missouri, Arkansas, and Nebraska Territory, he offers detail, insight, and literary quality matched by few other accounts of the Civil War in the West. His observations provide new perspective on campaigns, military strategy, leadership, politics, ethnicity, emancipation, and a host of other topics.
What are the keys to success? Scientists have studied the traits, beliefs, and practices of successful people in all walks of life. But the answers they find wind up in stuffy academic journals aimed at other scientists.
