Little Bird, Biddle Bird

Little Bird, Biddle Bird
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Publisher : Scholastic
Total Pages : 32
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0439260922
ISBN-13 : 9780439260923
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Little Bird, Biddle Bird by : David Kirk

Little bird tries to find something good to eat, looking at flowers, candy, wires, and cats before finally deciding to eat a worm.

Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind

Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 97
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780763649203
ISBN-13 : 0763649201
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind by : Gary Ross

Follows the adventures of a young boy who rides the wind to a pirate-inhabited island, a not-so-colorful prep school, and a mysterious cove.

Biddle Story Books

Biddle Story Books
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Publisher : Scholastic Press
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 0439543185
ISBN-13 : 9780439543187
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Biddle Story Books by : David Kirk

Four beautiful storybooks by David Kirk -- now in a gorgeous box set. A charming boxed set edition of the Biddle Books favorites, Bird, Pig, Bunny, and Mouse. Created especially for young children, David Kirk's exciting Biddle Books series is perfect for little hands to hold. Biddle Books burst with warmth and humor that will set the littlest, biddlest fans on their own BIG journey toward reading.

Ours to Explore

Ours to Explore
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 279
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781640124776
ISBN-13 : 1640124772
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Ours to Explore by : Pippa Biddle

In a 2014 essay that went viral, Pippa Biddle revealed the inequities and absurdities baked into voluntourism--the pairing of short-term, unskilled volunteer work with tourism. In the years since, Biddle has devoted herself to understanding the origins, intentions, and outcomes of a multibillion-dollar industry built on the premise of doing good, and she tracks that investigation in Ours to Explore. The flaws of voluntourism have included xenophobia, racism, paternalism, and a "West knows best" mentality. From exploitative orphanages that keep children in squalid conditions to attract donors to undertrained medical volunteers practicing their skills on patients in developing regions and to those looking for an inspiring selfie, Biddle reveals the hidden costs of the voluntourism complex. Along the way, readers meet inspiring activists and passionate community members, as well as thoughtful former voluntourists who still work to make a difference--just differently. Ours to Explore offers a plan for how the service-based travel industry can break the cycle of exploitation and suggests strategies for travelers who want to improve the places they visit for the long haul.

Alphabet City

Alphabet City
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 132
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0520079493
ISBN-13 : 9780520079496
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Alphabet City by : Geoffrey Biddle

"My Moms was a good person. She cared, but she just couldn't hack us no more. She kept saying she gonna kill herself, too. The day she died, she told me that my father hit her, and I told her, That was good for you, for not cooking for him. And she left. I didn't know she took the pills, though. The next day, they told me she was dead."--Pistol This searing portrait of inner-city life takes us inside one of America's deadly urban battlefronts--the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Alphabet City on New York's Lower East Side. With unnerving clarity, Geoffrey Biddle shows us the people who live there, summoning their spirit against the brutalizing conditions of poverty, joblessness, drugs, crime, and violence. Capturing life in this ghetto on film and in words with rawness and compassion, he shows the human toll of impoverishment and neglect. In 1977 Geoffrey Biddle photographed the residents of Alphabet City for the first time. Ten years later, he returned to this same area and photographed many of the same people again, this time also interviewing them. Alphabet City is the result of those encounters. While the stories are unique, they coalesce into a single tale all the more jarring for the matter-of-fact tone in which it is told. There is Ariel, whose dreams of becoming a boxer were destroyed when he contracted AIDS. And Linda, raising three sons while sleeping in the street, hungry and drug-addicted. There are also tales of human resilience like Richard's, a defiant former gang member who now attends college. These stories belong not only to one New York neighborhood, but to urban ghettos across the United States. Framed by Miguel Algarn's compelling introduction and dramatized by the speakers' own testimony, Geoffrey Biddle's photographs are haunting portrayals of a ravaged community battling ineffectually against deprivation and betrayal. This book forces us to see faces and to hear voices that won't be easy to forget, and yet which in the end are not so different from our own. "My Moms was a good person. She cared, but she just couldn't hack us no more. She kept saying she gonna kill herself, too. The day she died, she told me that my father hit her, and I told her, That was good for you, for not cooking for him. And she left. I didn't know she took the pills, though. The next day, they told me she was dead."--Pistol This searing portrait of inner-city life takes us inside one of America's deadly urban battlefronts--the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Alphabet City on New York's Lower East Side. With unnerving clarity, Geoffrey Biddle shows us the people who live there, summoning their spirit against the brutalizing conditions of poverty, joblessness, drugs, crime, and violence. Capturing life in this ghetto on film and in words with rawness and compassion, he shows the human toll of impoverishment and neglect. In 1977 Geoffrey Biddle photographed the residents of Alphabet City for the first time. Ten years later, he returned to this same area and photographed many of the same people again, this time also interviewing them. Alphabet City is the result of those encounters. While the stories are unique, they coalesce into a single tale all the more jarring for the matter-of-fact tone in which it is told. There is Ariel, whose dreams of becoming a boxer were destroyed when he contracted AIDS. And Linda, raising three sons while sleeping in the street, hungry and drug-addicted. There are also tales of human resilience like Richard's, a defiant former gang member who now attends college. These stories belong not only to one New York neighborhood, but to urban ghettos across the United States. Framed by Miguel Algarn's compelling introduction and dramatized by the speakers' own testimony, Geoffrey Biddle's photographs are haunting portrayals of a ravaged community battling ineffectually against deprivation and betrayal. This book forces us to see faces and to hear voices that won't be easy to forget, and yet which in the end are not so different from our own.

Mrs. Biddlebox

Mrs. Biddlebox
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 36
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0152063498
ISBN-13 : 9780152063498
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Mrs. Biddlebox by : Linda Smith

With baking magic, mrs Biddlebox uses fox, dirt, sky and other ingredients of a rotten day to transform it into a sweet cake.

Tasting Freedom

Tasting Freedom
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Publisher : Temple University Press
Total Pages : 630
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781592134670
ISBN-13 : 159213467X
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Tasting Freedom by : Daniel R. Biddle

The life and times of the extraordinary Octavius Catto, and the first civil rights movement in America.

In Brief Authority

In Brief Authority
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 442
Release :
ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101067633550
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis In Brief Authority by : F. Anstey

Barons of the Sky

Barons of the Sky
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 392
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0801868289
ISBN-13 : 9780801868283
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Barons of the Sky by : Wayne Biddle

This panoramic history of the rise of the American aerospace industry traces the careers of the men whose names became synonymous with today's military-industrial complex.

Find Your Voice

Find Your Voice
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 202
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0692431454
ISBN-13 : 9780692431450
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Find Your Voice by : Tabby Biddle

#1 Bestseller in Women in Politics & Business Leadership Women's rights advocate and leadership consultant Tabby Biddle has written a practical, courageous and urgent call to action for women of all ages. This book brings to light the dark patches of our culture where women's voices are still silent and aims to make a change agent out of every reader. An alchemizing combination of manifesto, personal narrative, and practical guide, Find Your Voice serves as an experiential read for every woman who is ready to remember her innate feminine wisdom, unearth her purpose, and step fully into her power. With equal parts research and heart, Tabby leads the way to form a sisterhood of all women who are up to the task of bringing the collective feminine power to the forefront of society in order to initiate real change. Whether or not you consider yourself to be a leader or even the least bit political, this book is an essential tool for you to begin to stand in your unique power as a woman and finally be heard. Why it Matters The research is in. Women's voices and women's leadership are in demand. According to the latest studies, when women are in leadership, workplaces and communities are more productive, innovative and successful. When more women are leaders, we change society's view of what leaders look like, how they operate, and how they respond to social, economic and political needs. When more women are leaders, we raise the aspirations of women and girls around the world. With women outnumbering men in earning undergraduate and master's degrees, while at the same time representing less than 20 percent of leadership in business, politics, media, health, education and every other industry, there has never been a better time to bring more women's voices into the social and political dialogue, and be inspired to speak out. Fast paced and well written, Find Your Voice takes you on a powerful journey and spits you out on the other side with a new-found sense of purpose, and an arsenal of tactics to find your voice and 'get out there' with it.