Jake Ernst experiences the growing pains, comic and poignant, of passing from the innocent years of the early 60s to the growing turbulence of the later years of that amazing decade. An appealing country lad (Lancaster County, PA) with academic aspirations, he develops from adolescence to early manhood--intellectually, socially & sexually--as he struggles with his mother's cryptic advice to choose good girls over bad ones. Along the way he meets both and puzzles over the difference between the two. We meet him at age 17 and follow his maturation until age 28 (1959-1967) in which he faces the challenges of first sex, first love, break up, college, the Cuban Missile Crisis, sexual identity, drinking, wild women, political protest, the Kennedy assassination, serious love, abortion, and resistance to the Vietnam draft. His life course changes from comic ineptitude to life & death issues, as did the decade of the 60s.

Two compelling stories of life on fabulous Negril Beach--"Ashanti" and "The Soubre' Problem." If you've been there, you'll recognize some typical characters. If you've not, you'll want to go. These stories present a unique perspective on the enigmatic island of Jamaica.

English in Films is a series of classroom exercises for teachers of English as a Second Language for study at home students. The movies have been carefully selected for their language and cultural value in learning and improving one's English--vocabulary, listening, conversation, writing, grammar and American culture. Our approach is to have fun while learning and to learn in a multidimensional way. Answers are provided, and the packets may be copied and edited for non-commercial use. Each film is broken into roughly 15-minute segments, which are divided into sections for vocabulary development, listening, writing, discussion and testing. Before watching the film segment, the student works on vocabulary words listed in the order they appear in the film. There is a matching or multiple choice exercise followed by fill-in-the-blanks sentences. For visual learners a drawing section is included. Answers are provided. After students have absorbed the vocabulary words, they read over the viewing questions, watch the film segment and answer the questions. Each viewing section has several ideas for discussion and writing. At the end of the film, a number of general questions are provided for the movie as a whole. Finally, students take the test. Jon Michael Miller is a veteran teacher of English as a Second Language. After years of teaching English on the secondary level and at Ohio State, Penn State and St. Petersburg College, he spent fifteen years focusing on ESL. Semi-retired, he now has an ESL-based website--www.EnglishInFlorida, from which he teaches international executives, students, travelers and immigrants online and in person. He created the English in Films series from materials used in his own classroom and consulting. Students enjoy the technique, and it is fabulously effective and fun to use.

Three people, strangers, meet. On the surface they have little in common, but they will change each other's lives. Pete Vogelsong, 38, breaking from a cult, returns to his old college to start a new career. Natalie Neff, 36, takes a menial job on her way back from horrendous grief. Then there is Vivien McBride, 22, who masks her pain from a past love affair in flamboyant promiscuity. In a time before laptops and cellphones, before H.I.V. and the War on Terror, three strangers meet, wrangle and grow. Thanks to Miller's careful hand, we share their voyage through confession, friction, and resolution, through humor, self-reflection, anguish, mutual concern and personal evolution. We laugh with them, worry about them, wring our hands at their decisions, feel their sorrows and joys, and finally come to know them simply as unforgettable. What more do we ask from a work of fiction? This novel is supremely satisfying. Indeed, Miller has given us a masterpiece.

English in Films is a series of classroom exercises for teachers of English as a Second Language for study at home students. The movies have been carefully selected for their language and cultural value in learning and improving one's English--vocabulary, listening, conversation, writing, grammar and American culture. Our approach is to have fun while learning and to learn in a multidimensional way. Answers are provided, and the packets may be copied and edited for non-commercial use. Each film is broken into roughly 15-minute segments, which are divided into sections for vocabulary development, listening, writing, discussion and testing. Before watching the film segment, the student works on vocabulary words listed in the order they appear in the film. There is a matching or multiple choice exercise followed by fill-in-the-blanks sentences. For visual learners a drawing section is included. Answers are provided. After students have absorbed the vocabulary words, they read over the viewing questions, watch the film segment and answer the questions. Each viewing section has several ideas for discussion and writing. At the end of the film, a number of general questions are provided for the movie as a whole. Finally, students take the test. Jon Michael Miller is a veteran teacher of English as a Second Language. After years of teaching English on the secondary level and at Ohio State, Penn State and St. Petersburg College, he spent fifteen years focusing on ESL. Semi-retired, he now has an ESL-based website--www.EnglishInFlorida, from which he teaches international executives, students, travelers and immigrants online and in person. He created the English in Films series from materials used in his own classroom and consulting. Students enjoy the technique, and it is fabulously effective and fun to use.

English in Films is a series of classroom exercises for teachers of English as a Second Language for study at home students. The movies have been carefully selected for their language and cultural value in learning and improving one's English--vocabulary, listening, conversation, writing, grammar and American culture. Our approach is to have fun while learning and to learn in a multidimensional way. Answers are provided, and the packets may be copied and edited for non-commercial use. Each film is broken into roughly 15-minute segments, which are divided into sections for vocabulary development, listening, writing, discussion and testing

English in Films is a series of classroom exercises for teachers of English as a Second Language for study at home students. The movies have been carefully selected for their language and cultural value in learning and improving one's English--vocabulary, listening, conversation, writing, grammar and American culture. Our approach is to have fun while learning and to learn in a multidimensional way. Answers are provided, and the packets may be copied and edited for non-commercial use. Each film is broken into roughly 15-minute segments, which are divided into sections for vocabulary development, listening, writing, discussion and testing.

English in Films is a series of collections of study packets for English as a Second Language students and teachers. This is Volume 5, presenting study materials for five Disney movies--Aladdin, Bambi, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid & Pocahontas. They are designed for beginning and intermediate students, each with a version for both. They were produced by Jon Michael Miller, a veteran ESL teacher for use with his own students. They divide the films into 15-minute sections and have exercises for Vocabulary Development, Listening, Discussion, Writing and Testing. Answers are included. Teachers may copy the materials for non-commercial classroom use but not for commercial purposes.

Rosalind Juliet Mitchell was determined to defy the pattern of the girls raised in the Jamaican hills around her. She didn't want to have a baby at thirteen. She didn't want to work the tourist streets. She didn't want to shack up with a man who beat and abused her. Not Rosalind. She wanted Mr. Right. And at the first tiny glimpse of opportunity, she jumped at her chance--Glenn Webber, an American photographer approaching middle age. With dogged determination she clung to her hopes and despite harrowing obstacles, struggled to make her dreams come true. This is Roz's story, a tale that will touch a chord of reality to every country girl in Jamaica. It will also take the reader on an unforgettable tour of the most fascinating ilsland in the Caribbean.

"Thrown Together" is a love story set in the turmoil of the late sixties. Two Ohio State grad students--Matthew Boyer just back from the Viet Nam war and Amy St. Claire disenchanted with her traditional marriage--meet, share a friendship and fall in love amid the sixties millieu. In a back story, Matt tries to adopt a child he rescued during a Vietnam firefight. She is struggling to survive in a Saigon orphanage. Amy and Matthew's relationship takes them from quiet campus life, Woodstock, across the country to San Francisco and back to the Ohio campus, closed by protests during the Kent State shootings. They grow and change, groping for and finally discovering their life paths. They are thrown together with other characters: Molly Sparks and Fred Burleson, fellow grad students; Richard St. Claire, Amy's husband; A confused little Yorkie named Oz; Amy's parents, Matthew's also; Professor Dietrich, Matthew's mentor; Laura, Matthew's ex, whose photo he cherishes; Mick, a greaser pursuer of Amy; Gina, Amy's best friend, a dancer in California; Eric, a freewheeling Sausalito hedonist, and Megan Vandermoor, an avid campus idealist. Thrown together by their times, they all search for the answers to the era's overwhelming questions.