This is a collection of essays about events that occurred on Hoopers Island, Maryland, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some concern newsworthy events. Others describe the cultural life of the Island or its connection to America's military history. The final essays are memories of the author's life on Hoopers Island. ...

Ada is the story of a woman and her environment, her human and canine family, her art, her dreams, her nightmares, her life. The story is one that any woman or man who has lived into their fifties, or knows someone who has, can appreciate. We all want Ada to succeed. ...

Life is a mosaic of many colors woven together by the Master Weaver. If we're fortunate, we'll see the whole one day. I was fortunate. Knit Together is personal, a random collection of stories from my infancy to adulthood....

Elementary Task Listening is for elementary and lower-intermediate students who need to understand English as it is spoken both in the UK and in a wider international context. The approach is similar to that of Task Listening. The twenty-one units......