My Town

There's so much to see in town! Take a walk and discover all the sights in this colourful picture dictionary. Can you spot the people who are wandering from page to page? A stylish book for little explorers illustrated in striking graphic style by Ingela P. Arrhenius.

Two cousins live in two towns, separated by a river. But there is also a bigger divide--the US-Mexico border--which means they live in different countries. On the girl's side, English is the main language, and on the boy's it's Spanish. The cousins love their towns, and they love visiting each other's, where they notice some things are the same and some are wonderfully different, adding up to a vibrant world full of even more possibilities. Author Nicholas Solis shows how border towns are special places, beautiful and dynamic, because two cultures can be better than one--and both cultures should be equally treasured and respected.

Treays looks at life in a town through the e yes of Ted, a young boy, and introduces the basic concepts o f human and social geography. Fold-out pages reveal cross-se ctions of buildings, and help to encourage map-reading skill s '

Have you ever questioned your purpose in the stage and location of life you are in currently? Do you ever wonder if you are making a difference, or if you are even on the path that God intended? Does it seem like others around you are experiencing a faith adventure or a mission experience that you are missing out on? We don’t have to travel to far corners of the world to be on mission. This book is an invitation and exploration to open your heart and eyes to experience the mission he has for you right in the community you are in. Understand your Mission My Town.

Simple text and photographs introduce basic community concepts related to towns including location, things in a town, and different types of towns.

The story of the abduction, beating, and rape of a teenage boy, followed by the unsolved brutal murder of his assailant, is now a moving novel written by the man who survived this vicious attack.

Tom Beckway is retired. In his youth, Beckway was a small-town police officer in Southern Indiana. He liked the work and was good at it, but he soon discovered that the small community where he lived just couldn't pay their police officers very well. With three small children getting bigger all the time, Beckway left law enforcement and worked a succession of manufacturing jobs while raising the children. Now, at the age of sixty, Beckway is retired. Tom soon realizes that while retirement is great, it can also be boring. Utilizing his dated but extensive law enforcement training and experience, Tom decided to start a small business called Tom's Answers & Solutions. Tom sent his resume to local law firms and insurance companies and is occasionally hired to locate a witness or get a statement. This is usually simple and easy and keeps Tom occupied without cutting into his fishing and other retirement activities.In this case, Tom is asked by his estranged wife Maggie to help locate the missing son of a friend of hers. Tom reluctantly agrees, and it doesn't take long to discover the location of the missing young man, but that is the easy part. Tom discovers that the young man is inside a compound of political radicals.Tom, with the help of his live-in brother-in-law Jerry, and despite the interference of some federal agents, is determined to find the answer or solution.

A perfect first introduction to maps and map skills for young readers! Families can live in all kinds of towns. From urban and suburban, to rural communities, towns can look different but still have a lot in common. Learn how to use map features like a key, compass rose, and a scale to answer questions about direction, measurement, and symbols. Look at photos of different types of towns and use the maps inside the book to navigate and compare what is the same and what is different about living in a city, suburb, or farming community. At the end, you will be ready to draw a map of your own town. All this and more in Mapping My Town! ABOUT THE SERIES: Starting from their bedroom, and moving to their home, street, neighborhood, town, state, country, continent, and finally, planet, children will gain a whole new understanding of their place in the world with this engaging picture book series. With illustrated maps drawn at different scales and vibrant photographs throughout to illustrate real locations, children will learn about map features, how to read maps and answer questions, and how to draw their own maps. Maps are everywhere and understanding them is key to navigating our world. With this brand new and original four-book series, children will expand their role as citizens.

The volume Memories of my Town is an exploration into how town dwellers experience their environment in a complicated way .As people in urban milieus relate themselves to the environment, this takes place on many levels, where especially the time level becomes problematic. The urban buildings and settings can be looked upon as a kind of collective history, as carriers or witnesses of times past. But it is only the town dwellers that experience urban time itself, the time they live in, but through their memories also times past. In this past some elements take symbolicaly dense expressions. Through reliving and narrating their experiences the symbolically important factors in the this urban relationship will be outlined for investigations conserning three towns, Helsinki, the capital, Viborg, the ceded and lost Carelian town, and Jyväskylä, a town with dense commercial and civilisatory dimensions in the middle of Finland. The symbolic aspects are the kern in all the articles of the book Memories of my Town. The aim of the book and its articles has been to use different theoretical concepts as guidelines in analysing the different narrative texts. Thus the articles are to be seen as independent contributions to the scientific discussion about places, urbanism, memories and narratives. The ethnological outlook is on the other hand an outcome of the joint project Town Dwellers and their Places., whereby the articles substancially relate to one another. Thus the book can also be seen as a joint result of this urban project, which was sponsored by the Finnish Academy.

This is the story of one mans burden for the city he lived in and loved. Detroit, once Americas leading industrial city, falls with political corruption, racial intolerance, and its auto industrys refusal to change. Bob spearheads the partnering of his New York City church with an inner-city Detroit church, trusting Gods power to take one small step in revitalizing Detroit. This book may challenge you to trust God to raise you from your own struggles. Bob Chancia has accurately and passionately communicated the issues facing Detroit as well as the hope for Detroitthe Gospel of Jesus Christ because Jesus is the only hope for Detroit and all men. Bob, a native New Yorker, loves Detroit as much as we native Detroiters. I couldnt put this book down! A must read! Diane Denaro Frank, founder and executive director, AngelHouse.org Here is the account of a miracle touching two great cities. New Yorks Calvary Baptist Church, by joining with Detroits Citadel of Faith Covenant Church, has displayed the power and presence of Christ in helping bring a once great city back to vibrant life. Bob Chancia has beautifully and forcefully recounted this miracle that touches two cities. Rev. James O. Rose, pastor emeritus, Calvary Baptist Church, New York City; Dallas Theological Seminary board of directors for nineteen years.