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The follow-up title to How to Build Your Art Business with Limited Time or Energy comes How to Communicate Effectively - For Artists abd Creatives, together these two titles from Vermont author Corrina Thurston will escalate any artists or creatives business stratagey to the next level.

It has been nearly 2000 years since the world was betrayed by the mages of science. The changes that they wrought destroyed a civilization. Heroes rose to stand against the mages. The magic of science was destroyed and the world was reborn and with it new types of magic. But the old evilsdid not die. It seeks to rise again. New heroes must step forward to stand against an evil from the dawn of time. Some are born to be heroes, predestined and trained from youth to assume their place as the protectors of many. Others are forged by chance and circumstance. If the world is to survive again, heroes must step forward to stand against it. These are the origins of some of those to chose to serve, no matter the cost.

What ties your soul to a specific place, such as 23 (or 22) acres of land? Is it events that happened there-both joyful and tragic? Or is it also simply being in the moment in the place? Say just breathing in the smell of ripening corn on an August day. Or watching your dog run full-speed across a field neatly rowed with newly-cut hay. Maybe a quiet conversation with your mother when out for a walk in the early spring while listening to a chorus of peepers in a nearby swamp-a conversation about things one might be searching for in life.Glenn Reed's Searching for the Wild Asparagus is a from-the-heart homage to his parents' former home and acreage in a small, Vermont town-a place to which he was intimately tied for 48 years of his life. Its collection of essays and mostly original photos tell a story of how a place and all associated with it, over time, helped shape who the author is as a person. And how those experiences are both unique to each of us as well as universal.

"A perfectly potent distillation of heart, humor, and hope. This intoxicating story sings on every page." -Tanya Lee Stone, NAACP Image Award Winner & Sibert MedalistSunshine Ervila Lee Walston may not know how to read, but she's darn good with her hands and helping out on her family's cotton farm in 1933 Oklahoma. Trouble is, it doesn't matter how hard you work if the rain doesn't come. After the bank takes away her homestead, Sunny and her family move to the small, dusty town of Lark Springs, North Carolina, where they have a chance to start anew. But the incessant drought and threats of foreclosure follows the family to Lark Springs, and it seems that the only way out is an extremely dangerous one-and if Sunny makes just one mistake, there's more to lose than just the farm.From award-winning children's book author Bonnie Christensen and her daughter Emily Herder comes a new historical adventure of an unshakable girl who will do anything to save her family. With help from her smarty-pants sister and some new and interesting friends, will Sunny find the courage to do what it takes? How much is she willing to risk to save her family and their life in Lark Springs?

Between Two Homes follows a young man named Matthew throughout his stay at a halfway house in inner-city Houston. Motivated by love for his mother, he attempts to manipulate both his surroundings and his fellows to return home without working on his drug and alcohol addiction.

En parte una película documental de viaje, parte reportaje social inspirador y parte modelo de negocio motivador, Fomentando el Cambio es sobre la cruzada obstinada de un gerente medio reservado para cambiar el mundo del café. Durante sus 24 años en Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Rick Peyser ha sido una voz persistente incidiendo por una mejor calidad de vida en las comunidades productoras de café. Se ha unido a su amigo de muchos años y escritor Bill Mares para contar la historia de su carrera y de sus viajes alrededor de tierras cafetaleras en América Latina y África del Este. Una apertura de los ojos y conmovedor, Fomentando el Cambio es una historia que nos muestra la naturaleza indomable del espíritu humano y nos recuerda de los cambios dramáticos que son posibles cuando los individuos luchan por un mundo equitativo. El libro hace una crónica del irresistible viaje personal de Peyser y ofrece una visión interna fascinante de una de las compañías más exitosas en el negocio del café.

Dear Aunt Bea: A Journal of a Journey is about a ten-year-old child whose family migrates from the flat American Midwest to the mountainous Northeast for a change of lifestyle. Without sibling, pet, or friend, Jimi makes daily solo treks through the neighboring meadows, hills and forests to collect nature treasures for art and study. With a growing, keen curiosity about the new environment, Jimi decides to explore many questions and observations by writing in a journal to a trusted adult (Aunt Bea). Reflecting on climate changes, how people interact with each other, and what is everyone's place in a community habitat, Jimi creates some answers and finds some unexpected, beautiful friends.

Poems/meditations on the conjunctions of space and time, the fluidity and unity of existence and the nature of innocence, death and salvation. Also perceptions on daily walks and views and perspectives from the top of his childhood maple tree that the author bore his entire life.

If one thing is true about humans, it's that we are complex creatures. Our thoughts, histories, and experiences create unique perspectives about the world and how we interact with each other. Yet, time and again, we reveal our collective tendency to react from a place of fear. Across the socio-political spectrum, our responses to troubling questions, differences and missteps are severe, causing us to dehumanize one another and deny each other our inherent complexity.With both thoughtful personal anecdotes and careful thinking about current historical events, Lucinda J. Garthwaite dives into the exercise of unashamed curiosity. The essays in Bumbling Humans return again and again to themes of compassion, restorative practice, and steady determination. Here readers will find hope, inspiration, and an invitation to align their day-to-day lives more closely with an increasingly thriving, just, and peaceful future.

What is it like to leave your home, friends and family and start a new life in a foreign country? How does one survive war in Africa and make a new life in one of the smallest, coldest, whitest corners of the United States? Deep North tells the story of three Somali survivors--a camel herder, a farmer, a single mother of seven--and how after years of struggle, each eventually found a home in Vermont. Told in their own voices, by them and for their children, their stories are both heartbreaking and heroic and shed light on the unique opportunities and challenges Vermont presents to refugees and new Americans.

This book is about my life - from under my mother's desk as a child in Ghana to the hills of Vermont as a PhD holder now. As a bubbly child in my eighth year, who had all her future ahead and the love of her mom and dad, I never dreamt of waking up one day and losing my legs to polio, but that was what happened. From that point, my beautiful life began falling apart; Dad ran out and left us, never to return. My society treated me as an outcast. Outsiders looked at my condition and called me a cursed child. It took the resilience of my mom, and her "never give up" attitude, to see me through life. She was the only one who had a vision of who I could be and identified the springboard on which I could stand and reach the skies. It was my mom who told me, "It's only through education that you can become someone of worth," and from that day, we did all we could to ensure I got that education. Getting an education as a person with disability was not as smooth as I thought it could be. It was not so long until I realized that the school facilities and resources were built without me in mind. I had to compete with people who had advantages I did not have, and this eventually led me onto the fields of policy analysis and advocacy from which I have never looked back. As a victim and a survivor of a system that was built to bring me and any child with disability down, I have had first-hand experience and now stand in a better place to paint a picture of the troubles people with disabilities go through to rise to the top. So, I am using this book, which is the story of my life, as a form of narrative discourse to begin the discussion of disability in our universities, colleges and even in our secondary schools. This book is a one stop shop for educators, therapists, counselors, parents, and students. It is my aim to bring to the fore all the challenges students with disabilities move through, and how practically we can align policy with practices in our education system. I am not writing a book that seeks to throw a pity party for people with disabilities, but rather seeks to address the fact that disability is a limitation we place on ourselves and others. With the right kind of environment and support from the powers that be, people with all kinds of disabilities soar to greater heights and achieve whatever dreams they set their hearts on.

Courageous woodland creatures unite and fight to stop the pollution of their water supply. They are aided by uppity pet dogs, a loud mouthed macaw and a very flirty red hen.

It has been nearly 2000 years since the High Mages of Science betrayed the world. Their thirst for power knew no bounds as their spells attempted to recreate the forces of life itself. Their arrogance tore at the fabric of our world.Few tales have survived of the heroes that fought to save our world from those who wished to make themselves gods. But there were heroes and their sacrifices were many. None living can say if the High Mages were actually defeated or they were destroyed by the evil of their magic. Our world was reborn in the conflict bringing new races, magic, and powerful new evils. In a world where survival is a constant struggle, there is great need for those who can walk the path of heroism. Some are born on the path, predestined and trained from youth to assume their place as the protectors of many. Others are forged by chance and circumstance. A few step onto the path because they have nowhere else to go. These are the tales of a handful of those who chose to fight for what is right and good.

Watermelons are one of summer's tastiest fruits! But what goes into growing this delicious summertime treat? Experience Vermont's farming season through the eyes of the watermelons themselves in this whimsical story, chronicling their journey from seed to table and illustrating the impact of local food on the community. Includes a family-friendly watermelon recipe!The Watermelon Story begins in late winter as farmers are busy planning their crops for the year ahead. As the story unfolds, readers learn about seeding, transplanting, and caring for vegetables. The local food system is prevalent, as the watermelons observe and interact with farmers, community members, cooks, and the Food Bank. The whimsical illustrations easily captivate young readers while offering a look into food production, farming, and the food system. The Watermelon Story is an excellent accompaniment to a curriculum about food, nutrition, and gardening, while also offering a positive message about self-esteem and confidence.

"Roger Watters deftly weaves humor, curiosity, and contemplation together in his poetry. Whether he's observing the natural world or the many qualities and quirks of people, he always does so with appreciation and unwavering compassion. Though his detailed and inquisitive poems are often reflective, they never get mired in nostalgia, but keep looking ahead-to hope, to the future, to the next quietly awe-inspiring event waiting around the corner."-Elisabeth Blair"Pick up this book of poetry and enter pages filled with sights, sounds, and emotions. Roger's poetry is beautifully simple and visually direct. Many of his poems share experiences we've all had, but his sharing makes us relive and rethink our own experiences." -Linda Batt

Poems of moons that sail and elders spry; of critters that talk and bees that ask why; of lovelorn lovers and chess players wry; of brothers that laugh and daughters that cry; and that mystical maiden -- Lorelei. To top it off, we look to the sky, to galaxies and nuclei, and once more the vagaries of fate we defy; and all as seen through the poet's eye...

Think about it for a moment. What if a book had been published under a title that was not the one the author and her editor had agreed upon? Would it have mattered? Without doubt, the answer is, "Yes."That's especially true with the short story collection that you are about to read by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. It was originally published under the title A Humble Romance and Other Stories (1887). But it was supposed to be published as Green Mountain Stories.Now, 136 years later, the collection is being published under its intended title. Green Mountain Stories, with an extensive critical commentary providing the intriguing backstory. This publication anchors Freeman solidly, unequivocally, and forever to Vermont-The Green Mountain State-where she launched her acclaimed literary career. Vermont can now claim Freeman as its own, just as exclusively as Freeman claimed Vermont as her own, from the start of her career until the end. The publication marks the beginning of Freeman's journey back home to Vermont.

A child of Burundian immigrants, Janvier was born and raised in the harsh reality of Tanzanian refugee camps. This stark yet moving autobiography tells of his memories of that time, from his birth and growing up in the camps with his brothers and sisters, to his early years in the United States.Recalling the memories of his family and their journey from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide to the Tanzanian camps before he was born in 1997, Janvier tells the story of a shy child living in a refugee camp, navigating a world of poverty, fear, death, illness, and bullying as his family dealt with the repatriation of Burundian refugees and the immigration process.

When eleven-year-old Felix's family inherits an old mansion and moves without warning, it doesn't take long to figure out there's a ghost living in the basement. But Papa Joe is no typical ghost. He's--well--nice. He's also been stuck in the basement since the 1800s, housebound by the rules of the Ghost Protocol Book. He's desperate to escape and it looks like the new kid in town is his only hope. But Felix doesn't stand a chance of helping Papa Joe without the help of his new friend Squeak, and an Irish Wolfhound named Honest Abe. Together, this accidental ghost squad will brave dark woods, dusty basements, and snooping parents to get to the bottom of this ghostly mystery.

Our Hearts Can Soar begins when a little girl asks her mother to tell her one of their favorite stories. From there, the mother and daughter go on a journey through their past, present, and future to illuminate a powerful truth about love, its mysteries, its might, and its magic. In the end, you'll be left with a question of your own: How far can your heart soar?

Tom Landsaw is out of prison and ready to continue a life interrupted. Fakists is the story of what happened: how a visiting professor at an upstate art school upended a burgeoning relationship, and how Landsaw's ensuing revenge proved disastrous. Along the way, a surfing detective falls for a burned-out curator under fire from the board, priceless art goes missing, and an onslaught of characters inhabit locales from the rainy streets of Donegal to the shores of Waikiki, with stops in Boston, Vermont, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and an artist ranch in the California desert. The debut novel from a promising voice, Fakists is a smart, funny, and concise meditation on authenticity; a pastoral of bad calls, boozy egoism, false facts, and honest fakes.

Winner of the 2023 Independent Publishers of New England Book Award in the Young Adult CategorySince 2020 Alexander Twilight Day has been celebrated as a state holiday in Vermont. Who is Alexander Twilight and how did he achieve this unique honor? Twilight was born in Vermont in 1795 and became an indentured servant at the age of eleven to help alleviate his family's financial situation. From these humble beginnings he went on to get his education and achieve his goals through hard work and a strong sense of purpose. In 1823, when he completed his course of study at Middlebury College, he became the first person of African heritage to graduate from an American college. In this graphic biography, the story of Alexander Twilight and 19th Century Vermont is brought to life through visual storytelling - a format that is accessible to all ages. This work covers Twilight's early years to his notable career as a teacher, principal, minister, and first American of Black ancestry elected to a state legislature. Beloved by his students and respected by many in the community who recognized his extraordinary contributions to education Twilight nevertheless came into conflict with those who did not share his vision and balked at his his strong will and determination. An innovator, educator, and devoted minister and legislator, he is perhaps best known for building a four-story granite dormitory for his students that has become the cornerstone of the present Old Stone House Museum and Historic Village in Brownington, Vermont.