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Old Mother West Wind

by Thornton W. Burgess, Thornton W. Burgess ...

Narrated by Laurie Anne Walden ...

Unabridged

1 hour 37 min

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. He loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books. Many of his outdoor observations in nature were used as plots for his stories. In his first book, "Old Mother West Wind," ... Read more

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Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. He loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books. Many of his outdoor observations in nature were used as plots for his stories. In his first book, "Old Mother West Wind,"
... Read more

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Mother West Wind's Children

by Thornton W. Burgess, Thornton W. Burgess ...

Narrated by Laurie Anne Walden ...

Unabridged

2 hours 57 min

"You can't fool old Mother Nature. No, Sir, you can't fool old Mother Nature, and it's of no use to try." The animals of the Green Meadows and Green Forest have little adventures while Grandfather Frog tells stories to Mother West Wind's children, the Merry Little Breezes. ... Read more

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"You can't fool old Mother Nature. No, Sir, you can't fool old Mother Nature, and it's of no use to try." The animals of the Green Meadows and Green Forest have little adventures while Grandfather Frog tells stories to Mother West Wind's children, the Merry Little Breezes.
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The Big Race and God’s Gifts

A Story to Inspire and Encourage Kids to DREAM BIG! Dreams

by Helen J. Slaughter ...

Narrated by Anne Thornton ...

Unabridged

52 min

Tarrence is a rabbit, and Samuel a squirrel. Both Tarrence and Samuel dreamed big. They dreamed of being an athlete and racing in the Olympics Games. Tarrence and Samuel were raised by loving parents, who influenced their families' Christian valves. Samuel was very sky and new at his school. He didn't have any friends at school. Tarrence's mother and Samuel's grandmother wanted them to pursue God ... Read more

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Tarrence is a rabbit, and Samuel a squirrel. Both Tarrence and Samuel dreamed big. They dreamed of being an athlete and racing in the Olympics Games. Tarrence and Samuel were raised by loving parents, who influenced their families' Christian valves. Samuel was very sky and new at his school. He didn't have any friends at school. Tarrence's mother and Samuel's grandmother wanted them to pursue God
... Read more
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Bowser the Hound

by Thornton W. Burgess, Thornton W. Burgess ...

Narrated by Laurie Anne Walden ...

Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

Bowser the Hound isn't very clever — certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really good at, and that's pursuing someone who'll give him a long, hard run. Actually, he'll go without eating just for the pleasure of chasing Reddy and Granny Fox or Old Man Coyote. One day, Bowser gets more than he bargained for when Old Man Coyote ... Read more

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Bowser the Hound isn't very clever — certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really good at, and that's pursuing someone who'll give him a long, hard run. Actually, he'll go without eating just for the pleasure of chasing Reddy and Granny Fox or Old Man Coyote. One day, Bowser gets more than he bargained for when Old Man Coyote
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Extra Ordinary Animal Tales

by Swati Jain ...

Narrated by Anne Thornton ...

Unabridged

34 min

This book captures the facts about the extraordinary animals. The facts are amazing and so are the short stories associated with each animal.The author Swati Jain has tried to keep it simple yet surprising for kids to enjoy the facts and the stories.Increase your knowledge about animal , birds, ocean creatures world with interseting stories very related to the animals surrondings and behavirous ... Read more

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This book captures the facts about the extraordinary animals. The facts are amazing and so are the short stories associated with each animal.The author Swati Jain has tried to keep it simple yet surprising for kids to enjoy the facts and the stories.Increase your knowledge about animal , birds, ocean creatures world with interseting stories very related to the animals surrondings and behavirous
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Coral Conservation

Global Evidence for the Effects of Actions

by Ann Thornton, William J. Sutherland, Rebecca K. Smith, Eleanor K. Bladon, William H. Morgan ...

Coral Conservation: Global evidence for the effects of actions provides an essential resource for anyone dedicated to conserving or restoring corals. This comprehensive synthesis of global scientific evidence examines the effectiveness of conservation and restoration actions targeting stony, soft and cold-water coral species inhabiting a diverse range of marine habitats in tropical, temperate and ... Read more

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Coral Conservation: Global evidence for the effects of actions provides an essential resource for anyone dedicated to conserving or restoring corals. This comprehensive synthesis of global scientific evidence examines the effectiveness of conservation and restoration actions targeting stony, soft and cold-water coral species inhabiting a diverse range of marine habitats in tropical, temperate and
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Demons,Deacons and Death

by Betsyann Thornton ...

Buckle up for a hot, sweaty ride! This book starts with a bang and doesn't let up until the astounding finish. Set against the backdrop of Philadelphia, we meet Billie Rae Bonner,single, hot mother, businesswoman and hard-headed amateur detective. When the killer strikes, her reverend, three crackheads and a nun fall victim. Will the help of a new man save Billie Rae? We meet amazing characters ... Read more

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Buckle up for a hot, sweaty ride! This book starts with a bang and doesn't let up until the astounding finish. Set against the backdrop of Philadelphia, we meet Billie Rae Bonner,single, hot mother, businesswoman and hard-headed amateur detective. When the killer strikes, her reverend, three crackheads and a nun fall victim. Will the help of a new man save Billie Rae? We meet amazing characters
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Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement

by William Kostlevy, Gari-Anne Patzwald, Wallace Thornton Jr. ...

Series series Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Emerging as a spiritual renewal movement in Antebellum America with ties to Methodism and the reform ethos of the era, it grew rapidly and spread internationally during the last three decades of the 19th century. Women including the increasingly well-known Phoebe Palmer were central actors in the Movement and from its origins Blacks were prominent in all aspects of the Movement. Although its most ... Read more

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Emerging as a spiritual renewal movement in Antebellum America with ties to Methodism and the reform ethos of the era, it grew rapidly and spread internationally during the last three decades of the 19th century. Women including the increasingly well-known Phoebe Palmer were central actors in the Movement and from its origins Blacks were prominent in all aspects of the Movement. Although its most
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Love and Marriage

by Margaret Thornton ...

Narrated by Anne Dover ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

Newly-wed Val Walker is looking forward to starting a family. Her best friend, the previously flighty Cissie, is expecting her second child, content to settle down to full-time motherhood. Their mutual friend Janice, is engaged to boyfriend Paul. But life doesn't always turn out as one would expect. Val doesn't find it as easy as she'd expected to fall pregnant. Cissie is jealous when her husband ... Read more

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Newly-wed Val Walker is looking forward to starting a family. Her best friend, the previously flighty Cissie, is expecting her second child, content to settle down to full-time motherhood. Their mutual friend Janice, is engaged to boyfriend Paul. But life doesn't always turn out as one would expect. Val doesn't find it as easy as she'd expected to fall pregnant. Cissie is jealous when her husband
... Read more
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Old Mother West Wind (Unabridged)

by Thornton W. Burgess ...

Narrated by Laurie Anne Walden ...

Series series Svenska Ljud Classica
Unabridged

1 hour 38 min

A racoon awakes from his winter nap to find his tree being chopped down. An old frog decides that now is the time to see more of the world. A mouse gets upset because his tail is short – and because an owl wants to eat him for dinner. With his love and respect for nature and animals at his fingertips, Thornton W. Burgess' created some of the world's best children's stories with his first ... Read more

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A racoon awakes from his winter nap to find his tree being chopped down. An old frog decides that now is the time to see more of the world. A mouse gets upset because his tail is short – and because an owl wants to eat him for dinner. With his love and respect for nature and animals at his fingertips, Thornton W. Burgess' created some of the world's best children's stories with his first
... Read more
Staging Social Justice

Collaborating to Create Activist Theatre

by Carly Halse, Megan Hanley, Cristina Pippa, Diane Finnerty, Lindsey Barlag Thornton, Amanda Dunne Acevedo, Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, Bryan Moore, Tracey Calhoun, David Kaye, Susan V. Iverson, Michael Ellison, Bernardo Solano, Paula Weston Solano, Xanthia Angel Walker, Selina Busby, Catherine McNamara, Kathleen Juhl, Lindsey Smith, Rod Ainsworth, Jude Pippen, Rebecca Root, Erasmo Tacconelli, Jessy Ardern, Brooke Kiener, Laura Reed Goodson, Natalya Brusilovsky, Crystal Grills, Daniel-Raymond Flint ...

Series series Theater in the Americas
Normal.dotm0011901163SIU Press195141012.00false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalseFringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Normal.dotm0011901163SIU Press195141012.00false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalseFringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations
... Read more
Education Reimagined

A Space for Risk

by Ira David Socol, John Michael Thornton II, Cheryl Ann (Walchack) Harris ...

Taking risks is how humans learn. It is how humans have always learned. A person sees a problem, takes in the available information, and tries a solution. It is in that process - whether the goal is understanding a Shakespeare play, figuring out an algorithm, or writing a theory of history - that engaged learners make breakthroughs, be those breakthroughs individual, group, or societal.In this ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

Taking risks is how humans learn. It is how humans have always learned. A person sees a problem, takes in the available information, and tries a solution. It is in that process - whether the goal is understanding a Shakespeare play, figuring out an algorithm, or writing a theory of history - that engaged learners make breakthroughs, be those breakthroughs individual, group, or societal.In this
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Old Mother West Wind

Mother West Wind's Children

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Bowser the Hound

Extra Ordinary Animal Tales

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Demons,Deacons and Death

Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement

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Old Mother West Wind (Unabridged)

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