Loose Change

This is the compelling story of the experiences of three young women who attended the University of California at Berkeley and became caught up in the tumultuous changes of the Sixties. Davidson's honest and detailed chronicle reveals the hopes, confusion and disillusionment of a generation whose rites of passage defined one of the most contentious decades of this century.

Finally, a book to use with all those great precut fabric collections! Have fun using 5" and 10" squares and fat quarters or quarter-yard cuts in 12 creative projects. Try a table runner, crib or lap blanket, or even a bed cover Get up to speed on rotary cutting, traditional and foundation piecing, and easy optional applique and embroidery Great for fabric swaps or using up your stash

All Hell Breaking Loose is an eye-opening examination of climate change from the perspective of the U.S. military. The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change—still linked, for many people, with polar bears and coral reefs. Yet of all the major institutions in American society, none take climate change as seriously as the U.S. military. Both as participants in climate-triggered conflicts abroad, and as first responders to hurricanes and other disasters on American soil, the armed services are already confronting the impacts of global warming. The military now regards climate change as one of the top threats to American national security—and is busy developing strategies to cope with it. Drawing on previously obscure reports and government documents, renowned security expert Michael Klare shows that the U.S. military sees the climate threat as imperiling the country on several fronts at once. Droughts and food shortages are stoking conflicts in ethnically divided nations, with “climate refugees” producing worldwide havoc. Pandemics and other humanitarian disasters will increasingly require extensive military involvement. The melting Arctic is creating new seaways to defend. And rising seas threaten American cities and military bases themselves. While others still debate the causes of global warming, the Pentagon is intensely focused on its effects. Its response makes it clear that where it counts, the immense impact of climate change is not in doubt.

Your choices are the single most creative force in your life. Not what happens to you, not what you want to happen, but what you chooseÑand what you choose is not a one-time decision, it is a moment by moment practice. The more you invest your choices in awareness of what you want in your life, the more constructive your choices become. This book is about making the most of your choices. Not some of your choices, but all of your choices. It is the little choices you make, as much as the big ones, that when made wisely, add up to success. The choices I love, are the spare ones. The choice that has not been designated for an hour, but is free to be invested in whatever I want. Reruns of sitcoms, reading a book, taking a walk, cleaning the garage. The big choices are like dollars, and the little choices are like loose change. When you invest both into your life with clarity and passion, the best possible outcomes return to you.

A guide to many of the coins and medals in popular usage, past and present. The history of groats, florins, shillings and others leads us through the wider history of Greek, Roman and British empires, two world wars and right up to the European Union

Jock's young friend has a secret that it exposed in a book authored by a retired University professor. Is it real? Does Jackie Darling really have a connection to the Declaration of Independance?