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Merton Clivette once dominated the 1920s and 1930s art world; ruled the Orpheum Circuit as a magician, shadowgraphist, mindreader, and acrobat; performed in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show; worked with Houdini and PT Barnum; inspired Mark Twain; and taught Sir Arthur Conan Doyle how to be a medium. But, after his death in 1931, he essentially disappeared from the history books.The new biography by Michael David MacBride-The Great Clivette: Renaissance Man, Artist, Magician, Acrobat, Shadowgraphist, Mindreader, and so much more-seeks to rectify that. MacBride collaborated with the Clivette Estate and utilized their archives to write a book as if from Clivette's own hand. In keeping with Clivette's journals, letters, and books he wrote during his lifetime, the new book-The Great Clivette-tells the full story of Clivette's life for the first time.

Merton Clivette once dominated the 1920s and 1930s art world; ruled the Orpheum Circuit as a magician, shadowgraphist, mindreader, and acrobat; performed in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show; worked with Houdini and PT Barnum; inspired Mark Twain; and taught Sir Arthur Conan Doyle how to be a medium. But, after his death in 1931, he essentially disappeared from the history books.The new biography by Michael David MacBride-The Great Clivette: Renaissance Man, Artist, Magician, Acrobat, Shadowgraphist, Mindreader, and so much more-seeks to rectify that. MacBride collaborated with the Clivette Estate and utilized their archives to write a book as if from Clivette's own hand. In keeping with Clivette's journals, letters, and books he wrote during his lifetime, the new book-The Great Clivette-tells the full story of Clivette's life for the first time.

Today’s first year composition classrooms are largely reflective of the writing pedagogy that has been used for the last 200 years. Unfortunately, this methodology does not meet the research or writing needs of today’s college and university students. Burns and MacBride were determined to make their first year composition courses more relevant to their students and sought a way to revolutionize their syllabus to do so. Building on the work of Tom Romono, Nancy Mack, Camille Allen, Sirpa Grierson, Melinda Putz (and others), Burns and MacBride set out to determine if a multigenre research project could better teach their students research, writing, and critical thinking skills than a traditional research-based essay. The findings of their semester-long study indicated that not only does a MGRP teach these skills, but it far surpasses a traditional essay in teaching engagement, intellectual creativity, and transferable writing skills. Burns and MacBride demonstrate two different ways to integrate a multigenre research project into the college composition classroom.

Stories have great power. This book attempts to harness that power to help students grow and develop as writers. It argues that stories and narratives can be utilized in the composition classroom, specifically first-year composition (FYC) to break down barriers. Throughout a given semester, stories and narratives can help students in composition courses to overcome academic, personal, and creative barriers, establishing a space for developing as writers and thinkers. Providing theoretical approaches, practical methods, and implications for using stories in FYC, this book explores the versatility of stories as teaching tools.

Mildred loves to take care of those in need. It is built into her to make them feel safe and wanted. She knows that adult babies have a lot of trouble being wanted by others and being able to express themselves. So, instead of regular boarders, Mildred chooses to make her boarding house a safe place for Adult Babies. In fact, only Adult Babies are welcome. Nappies/diapers are provided, open spaces for dressing up and a playroom for all the entertainment a toddler might need. And the toilet is for Mildred's use only. Do you wish you could take a room? We follow the story of Nerida and Ashley - both unwanted adult babies - and their discovery of more than they could have ever imagined. And then enters Adriana, a young girl in just as much need as the others but with a task ahead of her to complete.

Mildred loves to take care of those in need. It is built into her to make them feel safe and wanted. She knows that adult babies have a lot of trouble being wanted by others and being able to express themselves. So, instead of regular boarders, Mildred chooses to make her boarding house a safe place for Adult Babies. In fact, only Adult Babies are welcome. Nappies/diapers are provided, open spaces for dressing up and a playroom for all the entertainment a toddler might need. And the toilet is for Mildred's use only. Do you wish you could take a room? We follow the story of Nerida and Ashley - both unwanted adult babies - and their discovery of more than they could have ever imagined. And then enters Adriana, a young girl in just as much need as the others but with a task ahead of her to complete.

In this remarkable and insightful book, Michael Lannoo sets the story of Lakeside Laboratory, founded on the shore of Lake Okoboji in northwestern Iowa in 1909, within the larger story of the primacy of fieldwork, the emergence of conservation biology, and the ability of field stations to address such growing problems as pollution, disease, habitat loss, invasive species, and climate change.