Based on an old folk legend and brought to life with color illustrations, this story is about a "merman" from the ocean who can walk like any man. While on land, he falls in love with Margaret. Together they defy her father, outwit the jealous sea-folk, and even stand up to the king himself!

All a person has to do is pay attention to what is happening in the world around them. The United States of America, and possibly the entire world, is heading for a disaster of epic proportions. Few intellectually honest people do not believe we are headed for a societal breakdown of some sort. The big question is; What are you going to do about it? You can sit back and allow circumstances to roll over you OR you can prepare yourself, your family, and your community to CRUSH the coming breakdown.We enlist the advice of a seasoned Pipe Hitter, a person willing to go to great lengths to get the job done. Will you take the time to listen? Will you be prepared to crush whatever crisis comes your way? Topics Include: Crushing Food Prep, Fighting Guns, Tribes, Fortifications and Fire Bases, Team Tactics and more.Topics Include: Crushing Food Prep, Team Tactics, Choosing the Right Firearm, Traumatic Medicine and Blow Out Kits, Tribes, Fortifications and Fire Bases, and more.

During the winter of 1947, Black Elk, the Oglala Sioux holy man, related to Joseph Brown seven of the sacred Oglala traditions, including such revered rites as "The Keeping of the Soul", "The Rite of Purification", and "Preparing for Womanhood". The San Francisco Chronicle calls The Sacred Pipe "a valuable contribution to American Indian literature".

This survey and synthesis of the structural and decorative uses of Roman remains, particularly marble, throughout the mediaeval Mediterranean, deals with the Christian West - but also Byzantium and Islam, each the inheritor of much Roman territory. It includes a 5000-image DVD.

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.