Books with author - Jamison

Vedic Sanskrit literature contains a wealth of material concerning the mythology and religious practices of India between 1500 and 500 BCE. a crucial period in the formation of traditional Indian culture. Stephanie W. Jamison here addresses the conditions that have limited our understanding of Vedic myth and ritual, such as the profusion and obscurity of the texts and the tendency on the part of scholars to approach mythology and ritual independently. Tracing two key myths through a variety of texts, Jamison provides insight into the relationship between early Indic myth and ritual as well as offering a new methodology for their study. After a brief survey of Vedic literature and religion, Jamison examines the recurrences of the myths.

As "Pops", John shares the stories he told his daughter years ago, and now tells his grandchildren today. Stories of fun and wonder, sometimes crazy, but always with a smile."Meet the Skwerdlock!" was created to help spark a love of books, help learn a few words, and just have an excuse to sit in the recliner and enjoy time together.Pops says:I really enjoy seeing nicely done illustrations in books. However, one of the goals of this book is to show that you don’t have to be a professional artist or illustrator to create books. Children are filled with great stories, and I want to encourage them to write those stories down, and bring them to life with their own pictures. If they end up looking really, really great, that’s just fine.But if they end up looking like mine do, that’s perfectly ok too!

Mr. Awful and Mrs. Awful live in a warn-out, scuffed up, tattered Giant’s boot house in the woods on Chicken Dinner Road. They decided to have some kids so they’d be able to make them do all the cooking, cleaning, and unpleasantness, while they could do whatever they wished. Thus Ezekiel, Nanette, Gideon, Mildred, Lester, Imogen, Rufus, Agnes, Horace and Wren were born. But with the last name of Awful, it should be no surprise that they were awful too! All in their own unique way of course; which made things quite exciting, odd and irritating! Ezekiel is a trickster. Nanette is always up for making a bet. Gideon is the biggest liar. Mildred wants to live in outer space, so she tries to convert household appliances into rocket ships. Lester is a horrid pest; annoying is what he does best. Imogen has a penchant for asking “why” to E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. Rufus is the artist of the family; drawing and painting on everything he’s not supposed to. Agnes is a big tattletale. Horace eats everything that’s not edible; including parts of the house. And Wren is a stage-5 clinger extraordinaire. When you have ten awful kids in one boot house, chaos and shenanigans ensue and somehow a llama ends up on the roof!

High school teachers face common challenges. How do we assist students to cognitively advance before they typically do on their own? How do we maintain a scholarly atmosphere in the classroom and still keep the material relevant to student lives? The purpose of this book is to turn students into investigators of psychology. I want to reframe student ideas that research is an abstraction, and help them come to the realization that a listing of facts is meaningless without understanding their origin. Once students understand the real meaning of psychological information, the “facts” have a clear application. This book assists students in designing a simple experiment appropriate for the International Baccalaureate psychology curriculum. Students also learn the basics of non-experimental design so they can run simple studies and interpret the meaning of information obtained by the different methods in essays. All teachers can appreciate the problem solving approach to learning about research methods. Scores on all tests formats can improve if students develop a true understanding of methodology. Students remember what they understand!

2019 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards Honorable Mention Winner!The Skwerdlock would never do anything to hurt anyone or to cause any problems. But sometimes, just having a Skwerdlock around means that strange things can happen. This little story is a friendly reminder of what can happen when a Skwerdlock is around. It’s not that the Skwerdlock is bad. It’s just that the Skwerdlock is curious. Like we are. And all those times when we say, “I wonder what would happen if…”, the Skwerdlock just does it. A little picture-book story for early readers and listeners, meant to cause a smile and maybe a laugh. Suitable for couches and recliners wherever they may be found. Pops says, the Skwerdlock has been very special in our family for a long time, and I hope others will have the same kind of fun. This is a fun story to read together, and especially fun when your young readers can read it to you! There is no moral, no lesson, just a fun story to relax and enjoy!

As "Pops", John shares the stories he told his daughter years ago, and now tells his grand children today. Stories of fun and wonder, sometimes crazy, but always with a smile. "I Saw the Skwerdlock!" is the second in the Skwerdlock series, and uses rhyme and repitition to create a fun story to enjoy with your early reader or listener.Pops lives in Central Illinois with his wife, Pat, just down the road from their daughter and the Skwerdlock.

The title character is an orphan whose background is a mystery to those who take her in. The beautiful little girl grows up through her many adventures in the old city of New Orleans such as seeing a Boeuf Gras walking through the streets of New Orleans on Lundi Gras (the day before Mardi Gras). Jane�s unique childhood experiences give readers a wonderful look at real places and events of days gone by.

Lady Jane was originally published in 1917. This works is illustrated throughout and is still a fascinating novel of the period. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from Woven of Many ThreadsF or months Constance was inconsolable, scarcely eating or sleeping, wandering from her sister's grave to her chamber, weeping with her head upon the pillow where she had so Often rested, or pressing her tear stained face almost frantically to the green sod that covered the last. Resting-place of the beloved dead. If it had not been for her brother, who, fearing grief would kill the child, left his studies at Oxford and devoted himself to her, she surely must have succumbed to her deep sorrow. As he tried every means to divert her, she gradually became more cheerful, but never again the light-hearted, happy child she had been before.Two years after, that idolized brother, in all the strength and glory Of youth, was brought from Oxford to his childhood's home, hopelessly insane. Over-study in preparing to graduate had affected a ner vous excitable temperament, and an already overtasked brain, so as to extinguish for ever the light Of reason. For six months he lingered in that terrible darkness, some times gentle and tractable as a child, or again raving in the strongest and wildest delirium.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.