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Safety-wise
Par Girl Scouts of the United States of America. 1977
A guide for adult leaders in establishing sound health and safety standards and practices for Girl-Scouting programs. Sets forth program…
standards and guidelines, activity checkpoints, and trip-planning tips aimed at ensuring the safety and well-being of girls involved in Scouting activitiesA course in miracles: combined volume
Par Foundation for Inner Peace. 1996
Designed to help readers increase awareness of love in their lives. Explains theoretical concepts on which the course is based…
and includes a workbook with lessons for each day of the year and a teacher's manual. Subject of Return to Love (BR 09979)Bitter lemons
Par Lawrence Durrell. 1996
An impressionistic portrayal of the island of Cyprus during the British-Greek-Turkish struggles from 1953 to 1956. The author describes events…
from his various perspectives as a foreign traveler, a journalist, and an official of the Cyprus governmentGirl Scout badges and signs
Par Girl Scouts of the United States of America, Karen Sparks. 1990
Instructions for earning up to ninety-eight badges in the five Girl Scout worlds of interest: well-being, people, today and tomorrow,…
arts, and the out-of-doors. Requirements for three signs are also included. For grades 4-7A Girl-Scouting handbook for adult leaders who work with girls ages eight to eleven. Provides basic information on the history,…
goals, and organization of Girl Scouting. Contains a complete edition of the Junior Girl Scout Handbook, featuring chapters on safety and health, life skills, leadership, and activitiesSports, everyone!: Recreation and sports for the physically challenged of all ages
Par Conway Greene Publishing Company. 1995
Includes directories of clubs, camps, and associations for people with various kinds of disabilities; descriptions of premier recreation and sports…
programs at American universities; tips on travel and tourism; regional contact listings for wheelchair basketball; and profiles of noteworthy disabled athletesJunior Girl Scout handbook
Par Chris Bergerson. 1994
An introduction to the world of Scouting for Junior Girl Scouts ages eight to eleven. Explains the history, traditions, ceremonies,…
and recognitions of Girl Scouting. Covers a range of subjects that include safety and health, life skills, leadership, sports, and outdoor activities. For grades 3-6A house divided: the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Par Jules Archer. 1995
Joint biography of the two military leaders of the American Civil War. Archer says that although Grant's side won the…
war and he was later elected president, Grant proved to be inept as a civilian. In contrast, Archer says, Lee had successful military and civilian careers. For grades 3-6Cadette Girl Scout handbook
Par Toni Eubanks. 1995
This official guide to Cadette Girl Scouting outlines the roots and traditions of Girl Scouting and covers such topics as…
healthy living and self-esteem, relationships with family and friends, life skills, and recreation. Explains the various Girl Scout awards and recognitions. For grades 6-9This sequel to Wishcraft (RC 14031, BR 4309) offers practical advice and techniques for discovering one's true likes and aspirations…
and for overcoming common obstacles to finding and living the "good life."You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7Finish strong: living the values that take you the distance
Par Richard Capen. 1996
Capen identifies personal values that lead to success and that benefit family and community. Each chapter focuses on a specific…
value--such as character, humility, and optimism--and includes comments from political, business, and spiritual leaders like Barbara Jordan and John GardnerBoy Scout handbook
Par Boy Scouts of America, Robert Birkby. 1990
This official guide to Scouting explains the history, ideals, and organization of the Boy Scouts of America; outdoor knowledge and…
skills; safety and first aid; and other elements of the Scouting program. Provides guidance for advancing in the ranks from Tenderfoot to Eagle Scout. For grades 5-8 and older readersCultures in conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the age of discovery
Par Bernard Lewis. 1995
A perspective on the historically eventful year of 1492, when Columbus discovered America and Catholic Spain vanquished Islam and expelled…
the Jews. Examines the significance of Christian Europe's ascendancy and expansion, as well as the implications for the development of the twentieth-century worldThe road less traveled and beyond: spiritual growth in an age of anxiety
Par M. Peck. 1997
In this sequel to Further Along the Road Less Traveled (RC 37302, BR 9391), Peck offers additional ways in which…
people can lead more fulfilling lives in a world full of stress and anxiety, and discusses how "we can come to exist in a closer relationship to the Holy."Cleopatra: goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome
Par Polly Brooks. 1995
Life of the Egyptian ruler whose suicide in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty. The author discusses Cleopatra's Macedonian heritage…
and descent from Alexander the Great; her relationships with Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and the children borne with each; and her political and military savvy that enabled Egypt to remain independent of Rome. For grades 6-9Snowbound: the tragic story of the Donner Party
Par David Lavender. 1996
Tells how, in the mid 1840s, three Illinois men tried to move their families to California. Details problems, including snow…
storms, a misleading guidebook, and bad luck, that led to death for forty of the eighty-eight people on this covered-wagon journey. For grades 5-8Au temps de la pensée pressée
Par Jean-Philippe Pleau. 2023
Composé des "éditos" avec lesquels Jean-Philippe Pleau termine son émission radiophonique, ainsi que des articles qu'il a publiés au fil…
des années, Au temps de la pensée pressée est un essai à la fois personnel, littéraire et sociologique. La pensée y vagabonde librement, s'abandonnant aussi bien à l'intuition qu'à la réflexion critique, nous révélant chemin faisant un auteur qui avoue être devenu fou, qui compare les Lego à des philosophes, qui interroge ses émotions et qui partage ses lectures ainsi que le souvenir de son amitié avec Serge BouchardLe leadership bienveillant: une histoire d'amour envers soi et les autres
Par Josée Fiset. 2022
Si faire preuve de leadership s'applique en affaires, cela se manifeste aussi au sein de la famille, dans le monde…
du sport, dans la communauté, en politique et même en milieu scolaire. Pour la cofondatrice de Première Moisson, Josée Fiset, le leadership s'exerce grâce à plusieurs forces, et l'amour et la bienveillance sont au centre de celles-ci. À l'ère où le marché fait face à une pénurie de main-d'œuvre, susciter l'engagement et la mobilisation des individus est d'une importance capitale. Le livre se veut une référence pour toute personne qui a soif d'apprendre et de s'améliorer en tant qu'humain et leaderTerry: my daughter's life-and-death struggle with alcoholism
Par George McGovern. 1996
A former senator and onetime presidential candidate's anguished story of his daughter's unhappy life and alcohol-related death. He tries to…
understand and explain her steady, uncontrolled descent into depression and alcoholism, concluding that genetic vulnerability was a key factor