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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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

"Mooreville," is the story of Anne Commire's grandfather's family during Prohibition and the Depression. GeorgeMoore was first a barber and Justice of the Peace, then Chief of Police in Ecorse, Michigan, directly across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario. Over 80% of the illegal beer and liquor that entered the United States from Canada came directly into his town.How does George enforce the law among friends when bootlegging is one of the only jobs available to feed a family, and his own son may be involved? And, as Ecorse experiences gangland shootings, bombings, andmysterious murders, is Chief Moore himself becoming a target of the Black Legion, a little-known Klan-like organization which threatens and kills throughout Ohio and Michigan?After their mother dies a lingering death from tuberculosis, how do George's six daughters cope when he marries the controlling schoolteacher whom they all dislike? This, just when their father is preoccupied with crimes making the daily newspapers? Often hilarious, occasionally tragic, all of the events are true; exhaustively researched to accurately reflect the era, Commire's wit and delicious language bring this story to life.

A collection of poems by Vermont author Robert Sieviec, inspired by the old Winooski Motel. The collection includes Black Tiger and several others, as well as photos of the original Winooksi Motel before it was torn down.

"A thoughtful and uncompromising account of the ravages of a terminal illness." -KirkusAn athletic young professional, only a few years out of college, begins to feel something is wrong with his body. Unknowingly, he has already started a new and terrifying journey.Nate Methot is a mere twenty-five when he experiences his first ALS symptoms in 2010. Thoroughly skilled in the art of avoidance, he spends months keeping his fears to himself. His life changes forever on a Wednesday morning shortly after his twenty-seventh birthday.Nate struggles to accept that much of his identity¿the most deeply rooted characteristics of his being¿has already been left in the past. He is determined to hold on as long as he can, using stubborn resolve and headstrong delusion to fight off the inescapable truth. He is repeatedly broken and learns a new lesson almost daily, constantly adapting as he must.A Life Derailed is an honest and unapologetic memoir about a young man's journey navigating the relentless and ever-increasing challenges of a life with ALS. It's a story about loss, self-reflection, and growing up. About hiding and loneliness and shame; unshakeable strength and absolute weakness at once. Nate's ultimate fight is to accept what has happened and find a new purpose in life.

In the fall of 1841, Vermonter Reed Brown set out on a two-month odyssey with two goals: to obtain a patent for his improved carriage springs, and to assist his brother Nathaniel, in jail in Ohio. Reed kept a journal that chronicles the dangers and difficulties, as well as some of the pleasures, of travel in that time.He experienced:• a steamboat explosion,• a rail car derailment,• hours of a bone-jarring stagecoach ride,• delightful encounters with fellow travelers,• unhurried travel on canal boats,• and warm hospitality along the way.The journal is transcribed here, and presented in a well-researched historical context that includes reminiscences from more famous writers of the same time period, such as Charles Dickens and Frances Trollope. This is an intriguing look at antebellum life in America through the eyes of a Vermont Yankee stepping into the unfamiliarterritory of big cities, different landscapes, and people of other races and occupations.

Friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Julia Dorr was an accomplished poet and philanthropist whose legacy still shines brightly in her hometown of Rutland, Vermont. Every time a child wanders the stacks and discovers a love for reading at the Rutland Free Library, we have Julia to thank as the founder. In true Dorr fashion of collaborative community spirit, we bring you this collection showcasing her timeless world full of beauty, meaning, and wonder.

"A masterful piece of work! It is a story that ought not to be forgotten and I am very glad Dunn has been so diligent and determined to bring it to light" --JEFFREY AMESTOY, former Attorney General and retired Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court."Breach of Trust is an important book, because today so little is known about Judge Wheel and the lessons to be learned from her reign. An excellent contribution to Vermont judicial history, Well-written and entertaining, "Breach of Trust" is a must read for Vermont attorneys and those concerned about our system of justice." --JAMES MORSE, retired Vermont Supreme Court Justice.Voted the number one Vermont news story for 1987, Breach of Trust chronicles the ethics scandal that shook the roots of the Vermont judiciary in the mid-1980s. The scandal led to Chittenden County Assistant Judge Jane Wheel becoming the first and only Vermont judge ever charged with a criminal felony. It also led to unprecedented charges of ethical misconduct against three highly respected Vermont Supreme Court justices, making it the first time a justice was charged with a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct.Breach of Trust follows the political and legal struggles as Judge Wheel found herself being investigated for misusing public funds, an investigation she charged was "politically motivated," and likened to the "Salem Witch trials." Charged criminally, Judge Wheel, her attorneys and the attorney general face off in an epic, month-long criminal trial involving testimony from Supreme Court justices, judges, politicians and court employees. At the same time, the state's Judicial Conduct Board formerly charged Supreme Court Justices Hill, Hayes and Gibson with twenty-four violations of judicial ethics. All of the allegations of misconduct centered on the justices' close personal relationship with Judge Wheel, and actions they took to protect her during the investigation, culminating in an unprecedented three-week ethics trial before the Judicial Conduct Board.