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"If you've read Paul Wolf's magnificent Postcards From Atlantic City, you'll be as eager as I was to read Blood of Our Children, his novel about a group street children and the woman who protects them from harm. Wolf can certainly hold your interest with his storytelling skills." —Rosemary Mason, Florida Times-Union As the young man known as Angel and his ragtag group of hopeless, homeless, futureless, and youth-less children of the streets battle the pimps and their own inner demons in the basements, alleys and deserted parks of New York, Anneke stands beside them. Anneke is the indomitable woman who looked after the kids the world had forgotten Even so, it all spirals out of control to a breakneck conclusion. Not for the faint of heart, but definitely for the big of heart.

A winter vacation for the Sugar Creek Gang at the Snow Goose Lodge is full of surprises. Old Man Paddler's nephew, Barry Boyland, introduces his fianc Jeanne, and she ends up in the middle of a blizzard before the story is over. Along the way, the gang goes ice fishing, checks traps, encounters a wolf, and chases a bear. This Sugar Creek Gang adventure will deepen your appreciation for nature as well as for the importance of a relationship with Jesus. The Sugar Creek Gang series chronicles the faith-building adventures of a group of fun-loving, courageous Christian boys. These classic stories have been inspiring children to grow in their faith for more than five decades. More than three million copies later, children continue to grow up relating to members of the gang as they struggle with the application of their Christian faith to the adventure of life. Now that these stories have been updated for a new generation, you and your child can join in the Sugar Creek excitement. Paul Hutchen's memories of childhood adventures around the fishing hole, the swimming hole, the island, and the woods that surround Indiana's Sugar Creek inspired these beloved tales.

Stanley Paul Young's 'Hints on Wolf and Coyote Trapping' is an expansive guide that delineates the methodologies and philosophical underpinnings of wildlife management related to these canids. Young's work, entrenched in the descriptive essay form, offers detailed insights into the habitats and behaviors of wolves and coyotes across the American landscape. The book discusses the necessity of population control for these species and provides thorough instructions on trap-setting techniques and the art of captivating the animals' senses. Rooted in the early 20th-century wildlife management ethos, the book exhibits a confluence of practical field experience and biological understanding, which explores the intersection of man, animal, and environment in rural America. As a biologist who devoted a significant part of his career to game management, Stanley Paul Young's wealth of experience is evident on every page. His understanding of animal behavior, coupled with his desire to balance the needs for conservation and control, inspired this detailed presentation. Young's expertise and passion for wildlife biology likely contributed to his reasons for writing this guide, aiming to instruct readers in effective, humane trapping methods that draw on his years of fieldwork and observation. 'Hints on Wolf and Coyote Trapping' stands as much a historical document as a practical manual. This treatise will be particularly illuminating for those with an interest in wildlife management practices of the past, environmental history, and the ethical considerations that have informed animal population control strategies. Readers with a modern ecological mindset may also find value in examining the evolving perspectives on the management of predator species. Young's guide not only provides practical knowledge but also invites reflection on the changing relationship between humans and wildlife.

Cry Wolf is an Animal Farm for the 21st century: a brilliant allegory of the political challenges we face in post-9/11 America. The farm animals' struggle to maintain their way of life against an influx of change is a powerful commentary on the importance of balancing freedom with justice, and on how easily even the best of intentions can destroy a community too caught up with what is "fair" to do what is right. Lake's novel raises questions of in the heart of every devoted citizen: Does political correctness ever trump law? Should safety ever be compromised for the sake of inclusion? Are big government and judicial systems tools to create order, or do they provide chaos?

It is July 1945, Hitler's Third Reich has fallen, and Berlin is in ruins. Living on the edge of survival in the cellar of an abandoned hospital, Otto and his ragtag gang of kids have banded together in the desperate, bombed-out city. The war may be over, but danger lurks in the shadows of the wreckage as Otto and his friends find themselves caught between invading armies, ruthless rival gangs and a strange Nazi war criminal who stalks them ... A climactic story of truth, friendship and survival against the odds, Wolf Children will thrill readers of Michael Morpurgo and John Boyne.

For surveying courses offered in civil engineering departments, this bestselling text presents basic concepts and practical material in each of the areas fundamental to modern surveying (geomatics) practice. The 12th edition is updated throughout to reflect the latest advances and technology.

Nurse Wolf is Manhattan's Queen of Pain - she gives pleasure by inflicting it, gains pleasure from causing it. The neurologist Dr Oliver Sacks is her opposite, a defuser of pain, a comforter. And yet the dominatrix and the doctor operate in similar territory: both are involved in the ritual and theatrical aspects of sexuality. In Nurse Wolf and Dr Sacks, Paul Theroux hears two remarkable confessions. His book offers an extraordinary insight into the 'other' side of New York.