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There''s more than one kind of Texas native-we share our magnificent state with numerous other species some with four legs or more and some with no legs at all. Naturalist Jim Harris has studied most of them, and in Lone Star Menagerie he shares some little-known facts, fascinating tales, and amusing personal experiences with these creatures that we live alongside.

While moving through public schools in Dallas and into Texas colleges, the young narrator of Ruby Dallas encounters a cavalcade of violent and gentle souls, from shady nightclub owners and bright prostitutes, to godly preachers and saintly teachers; from dangerous drug dealers and hungry paper carriers to armed robbers and race car drivers; and from girls in their summer dresses to women in nothing at all. Life in post-World War II Dallas was no Lone Ranger radio western, nor was it an Ozzie and Harriet television comedy. In multiple ways life resembled the movement in music from the soft rock and roll of Bill Haley to the hard rock of the Rolling stones. From the movies of the times, he saw life as a motorcycle tour in The Wild One, a horseback escape in One-Eyed Jacks, and a standup comedy routine in Studs Lonigan. Dallas in the late forties, fifties, and early sixties may have had a bright red horse turning on the top of one of its downtown skyscrapers, but for this kid, the real ruby red of Big D could be seen much easier in the blood on its downtown streets and in the alleys of its across-the-Trinity suburb of Oak Cliff.

Words mean things. They are pregnant with imagery, tone, meaning, and texture. They are building blocks by which we can construct silly things or serious things. We can instruct and insult with our language. I choose to encourage and instruct. This book is a collection of thoughts, ideas, jokes, and truths. As a Christian, I am deeply committed to the Bible and the God who inspired it. My passion in life is to expose people to the truth of the scriptures and make their lives better. I also love to laugh and make people laugh. That is a genuine joy in my life. I hope this book does two things for you. I pray it makes you think about your relationship with Christ, and I pray it makes you laugh. Life is simply too abbreviated not to enjoy the daily stage on which we live.Enjoy this book! It was written for you. Enjoy your life! It was gifted to you.

Analyzes public health efforts to reduce infant mortality and improve children's health in three large English cities: Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester.WINNER: 2026 Ohio Academy of History Junior Publication AwardWhile English public health efforts had reduced the threat of infectious diseases and improved sanitation by the end of the Victorian era, soaring infant mortality rates brought children's health to the forefront of public health concerns. Efforts to understand the causes of infant mortality and improve children's survival required attention to the environments where infant mortality was often highest, i.e., in the cities. Children's Health and Urban Ecology in England, 1885-1919 examines the history of urban public health campaigns in three of the largest English cities, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. It considers how local environments impacted children's health by creating ecological conditions ripe for the spread of disease, as well as opportunities for improvements and interventions. Between 1885 and 1919, English public health leaders began to establish increasingly localized approaches to public health that included interventions in households and at schools. This work was conducted by new types of public health professionals, including health visitors to new mothers and school medical officers. While these programs emerged from local environmental conditions, two imperial military conflicts (the Second Anglo-Boer War and the First World War) drew national attention to the importance of children's health. In examining the effects of these conflicts as well as the urgent response to local environmental conditions, Children's Health and Urban Ecology highlights how the epicenter of public health shifted from cities to the state by the end of the First World War.