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A light-hearted look at the dominance of television in children's
lives, as Njeri goes in search of her lost younger brother Jeff.
This vook reinforces the value of reading for pleasure. Did you
know that the 17th May is World Telecommunication Day?
A little boy wants to play socer with the older children and dreams
of being a great success. They tell him that he is too small, but
he never gives up on his dream.
Lizzie has fun in her older sister's bedroom trying on all her
clothers and make-up and dancing to her radio.
For the best children's books, reach for the stars!. Big Books are
fantastic tools to get learners actively involved in learning to
read English. This book has beautiful illustrations, giving
learners lots to look at and talk about. The story tells of a young
girl's anticipation of going to school and it is told in simple,
accessible text. Teachers can use this Big Book for whole class or
group reading and learners can then read the corresponding small
book, Nomisa waits. Nomisa waits is suitable for learners in Grade
2. The Stars of Africa Practising Teacher's Guide, for teachers in
Grades 2 and 3, will give you useful ideas for using this book.
African American leaders such as Frederick Douglass long advocated
military service as an avenue to equal citizenship for black
Americans. Yet segregation in the U.S. armed forces did not
officially end until President Harry Truman issued an executive
order in 1948. What followed, at home and in the field, is the
subject of Brotherhood in Combat, the first full-length,
interdisciplinary study of the integration of the American military
during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Using a wealth of oral
histories from black and white soldiers and marines who served in
one or both conflicts, Jeremy P. Maxwell explores racial tension -
pervasive in rear units, but relatively rare on the front lines.
His work reveals that in initially proving their worth to their
white brethren on the battlefield, African Americans changed the
prevailing attitudes of those ranking officials who could bring
about changes in policy. Brotherhood in Combat also illustrates the
schism over attitudes toward civil-military relations that
developed between blacks who had entered the service prior to
Vietnam and those who were drafted and thus brought revolutionary
ideas from the continental United States to the war zone. More
important, Maxwell demonstrates how even at the height of civil
rights unrest at home, black and white soldiers found a sense of
brotherhood in the jungles of Vietnam. Incorporating military,
diplomatic, social, racial, and ethnic topics and perspectives,
Brotherhood in Combat presents a remarkably thorough and finely
textured account of integration as it was experienced and
understood in mid-twentieth-century America.
The second volume of Recent Advances in Orthopedic Surgery brings
clinicians and trainees fully up to date with the latest advances
in their field. Divided into twelve sections, each chapter
discusses new technologies and techniques for surgery in a specific
orthopaedic subspecialty - hip, knee, spine, shoulder, elbow -
providing a broad understanding of 'hot topics' and detail on
current points of debate. A complete chapter is dedicated to new
advances in sports medicine. This new volume highlights key topics
such as minimally invasive approaches to spine surgery, new
developments in the basic science of cartilage, implant selection
in revision arthroplasty, and surgical techniques in joint
preservation. Authored by renowned experts in their specialty, led
by P Maxwell Courtney from the Rothman Institute, Philadelphia,
this book is further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and
tables. Key points Provides orthopaedic surgeons and trainees with
latest advances in the field Covers new technologies and techniques
for each orthopaedic subspecialty Internationally recognised author
team Volume One (9789351521129) published in 2014
No number strikes fear into the heart of so many people like 6-6-6:
the Number of the Beast. For the members of GLAHW, it also
signifies its 6th full year as an independent organization of
Horror Writers and aficionados, its sixth annual Halloween party,
and its 6th Anthology. Special? You bet, for the coming of 666
means nearly a dozen new stories from returning members as well new
bright shiny faces, bringing their own twisted interpretation of
"666" to terrifying light. The Great Lakes Association of Horror
Writers is an organization of like-minded writers, artists and
enthusiasts based in the Great Lakes Region, but with fingers that
extend around the world. Don't be afraid... be terrified.
Fusing riveting testimony from African American veterans with the
most incisive research of current military scholars, Black
Veterans, Politics, and Civil Rights in 20th-Century America:
Closing Ranks explores the intersecting characteristics of civil
rights struggle and political activism that was reflected in the
lives of ex-GIs throughout Twentieth Century American history. The
volume examines black veterans’ social and political activities
throughout the 20th Century, from the World Wars, through the
Korean and Vietnam War, and ends with the Persian Gulf War.
Presenting the full flesh and blood experiences of black veterans
who came from backgrounds and from all walks of life, each essay
captures how race, gender, ethnic, class, disability, generation,
and region shaped their experiences in the nation’s military
during times of war and how these issues profoundly affected the
postwar politics they embraced while trying to realize the true
meaning of equality in America. With original essays by emerging
scholars in the field of study, Closing Ranks is a foundational
text for reassessing the relationship between the ex-GI and the
modern nation state and providing readers with a vivid window into
the harsh realities that black citizen-soldiers have faced during
war and its aftermath for nearly a century.
Fusing riveting testimony from African American veterans with the
most incisive research of current military scholars, Black
Veterans, Politics, and Civil Rights in 20th-Century America:
Closing Ranks explores the intersecting characteristics of civil
rights struggle and political activism that was reflected in the
lives of ex-GIs throughout Twentieth Century American history. The
volume examines black veterans' social and political activities
throughout the 20th Century, from the World Wars, through the
Korean and Vietnam War, and ends with the Persian Gulf War.
Presenting the full flesh and blood experiences of black veterans
who came from backgrounds and from all walks of life, each essay
captures how race, gender, ethnic, class, disability, generation,
and region shaped their experiences in the nation's military during
times of war and how these issues profoundly affected the postwar
politics they embraced while trying to realize the true meaning of
equality in America. With original essays by emerging scholars in
the field of study, Closing Ranks is a foundational text for
reassessing the relationship between the ex-GI and the modern
nation state and providing readers with a vivid window into the
harsh realities that black citizen-soldiers have faced during war
and its aftermath for nearly a century.
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