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Skills for Life, 7-12 (Professional Growth)

Politics & Social Sciences

Allen, Christine

Social Sciences

Linworth

"The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world." – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create one of the most miraculous political victories in modern American history. Opponents attacked the issue of marriage equality as amoral and a direct threat to families. Allies warned that it was a generation away from being practicable and a selfish drain of precious political capital. A stirring oral history told by those who almost inexplicably found themselves fighting on the front lines, The People's Victory recounts the successes – and the setbacks – that only served to strengthen everyone’s resolve to resist, fight, and bring equal marriage rights to an entire nation. Through it all, these love warriors found their voice and home in Marriage Equality USA, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots organization of its kind. While high profile books, articles and documentaries have covered the judicial and legislative machinations, this book puts a human face on the people who made the everyday personal sacrifices to keep the movement alive. The People’s Victory shares deeply moving personal testimonies of over sixty people, from Marvin Burrows, who was forced out of his home and lost many treasured possessions after losing his lost his partner of fifty years; to Kate Burns, who risked arrest for the first time when she stood up for her relationship; to Mike Goettemoeller, who pushed his mother in a wheelchair with Marriage Equality USA to fulfill her dream of marching in a Pride parade. Edie Windsor, the triumphant lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case United States vs. Windsor recounts shouting down a major LGBTQ organization with “I’m 77 years old and I can’t wait!!” when they attempted to belittle marriage as a critical issue. Writer and producer Del Shores shares the touching moment his young teenage daughter used tears and laughter to console him after the passage of Proposition 8 in California dealt a blow to the cause. The People’s Victory is an inspirational roadmap for anyone who has felt passionately about an issue, but has questioned whether one person’s contribution can make a difference. These candid accounts once again prove that every movement for important social change must be built on the acts of everyday. In fact, that is the only way the people have ever been victorious. In his introduction, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom writes: “I hope these stories inspire you to resist, to fight, to win and in the end write the next stories in our continuing push for a more just and perfect union.

The People's Victory

LEWIS, John

SMITH, Scott

THOMPSON, DAVID

Shaw, Mike

Scott, Will

Burns, Kate

Windsor, Edie

Thompson, Jan

Boyajian, Michael

Sabatino, Michael

Vitale, Joseph

Stewart, Leslie

Shores, Del

SULLIVAN, Robert

Marriage Equality USA

Anguera, Fred

Bailes, Shelly

Berzon, Kirsten

Bradford, Billy

Burrows, Marvin

Callan, Geoff

Capley-Alfano, Joe

Capley-Alfano, Frank

Chandler, Beau

Chapin, Sean

Coatsworth, J.Scott

Farino, Michael

Gaffney, Stuart

Garcia, Tim

Goettemoeller, Mike

Gonzalez, Baltimore

Goodyear, Carmen

Hollister, Tracy

Jiminez, Mark "Major"

Kotulski PhD, Davina

Lambert-Rudd, Kitty

Lambert-Rudd, Cheryle

Lim, Amos

Lyons, Zack

Marino-Thomas, Cathy

McKay, Molly

Mesh, Peter

Mewing, Colleen

Mewing, Jolene

O'Donnell, Joy

Offenders, Gender

Pontac, Ellen

Reyad, Mir

Scatamacchia, Charlie

Silva, Brian

Stolte, Stephanie

Strachan, David Cameron

Stringfellow, Roland

Tharp, Jamila

Thoron, Sam

Tischer, Anne

Kempen, Simon van

Voorheis, Robert

Wilson, Jokie X

York, Laurie

McCord, Alex

van Kempen, Simon

Baume, Matthew

Kotulski PhD PhD, Davina

Markiewicz, Michael

Maschka, Brian

McDevitt-Pugh, Martha

Gender Offenders, Gender

Christine Allen and Michael Kluckner's portrayal of life on Killara Farm moves thoughtfully through a year of gardening with a rich, detailed narrative that evokes the many pleasures of life in rural Southwestern BC. Allen, a master gardener, is also a lyrical writer, expressing the tiny details of life on the farm--the "winter jasmine, doggedly flowering on the fence by the chicken house," the excitement of snowdrops opening at the end of January and strategies for ensuring a balance of colour in the foxgloves. Her twelve essays are illuminated by Kluckner's masterful watercolours and interspersed with a delightful scattering of pressed flowers, gardening tips and seasonal recipes. Part memoir, part illustrated garden journal, part cookbook, A Year at Killara Farm truly celebrates a way of life that is intimately tied to the natural world and the rhythm of the seasons. The result is a charming book sure to inspire any gardener.

A Year at Killara Farm

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Harbour Publishing

Gardens of Vancouver

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Varner, Collin

Gardening & Landscape Design

Raincoast Book Dist Ltd

Sooner or later every gardener comes around to roses. Of all flowers in all the gardens of the world, roses seem to exercise the greatest powers of attraction while at the same time generating the greatest apprehension and fear of failure. Let Christine Allen guide you as you choose your roses and care for your rose garden. Christine Allen is a writer and gardener. She joined the Vancouver Rose Society in 1987 and was its president in 1997 and 1998. She teaches courses on rose care and cultivation at Van Dusen Garden in Vancouver, where she also works as a volunteer. Christine lives on a farm in Langley, British Columbia, and grows over 200 roses, among herbs and perennials in her large country garden. Chapters include: Choosing a Rose; Suitable Roses for our climate; Preparing and designing the site; Amending your soil; Care and cultivation; Year round maintenance; Pruning; All-important pest control.

Roses for the Pacific Northwest

Arts & Photography

Steller Press

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