Jacy

This beautifully illustrated children’s book introduces us to Jacy, a baby eagle who has been separated from his mother in a terrible thunderstorm. The storm takes him to a different side of the forest that is unfamiliar to him. Always safe under his mother’s watchful eye, what is Jacy to do now? To add to his troubles, he can’t fly. He’s scared and all alone. His mother always told him if ever they became separated, look for Jesus. Jesus will never leave you and take care of you remains foremost in Jacy’s thoughts. As he starts back to the other side of the forest to find his mother and Jesus, he meets friends along the way. They attempt to point him in the right direction, but most have never even heard of Jesus, or know very little about Him. This first book of the Jacy’s Search For Jesus series is the beginning of Jacy’s journey. Children and parents alike will fall in love with Jacy as they take this journey along with him. Carol Edwards does a great job in setting up this spiritual quest. Her Jacy’s Search for Jesus, Christian children’s book series is an excellent way to introduce young minds to Jesus. These books are not only entertaining but there are also life lessons to be learned. Parents will spend quality time reading and discussing these books with their little ones. The books can serve as read aloud stories to young children and beginner books for those that are now reading on their own. Be sure to follow Jacy in the next book of the series Jacy Meets Betsy.

What was it like to be a young woman in the era depicted in The Last Picture Show? That question is answered in this memoir by Ceil Cleveland, the woman long-rumored to be the model for the Jacy Farrow character in the well-known McMurtry novel and Bogdanovich movie. Cleveland notes that as a teenager in the 1950s in the tiny Texas town of Archer City, she learned from movies how to act, walk, dress, speak, and attract or dismiss men. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

In this third book of the Jacy’s Search For Jesus series, Jacy Faces Evil, we are once again pulled into the story of Jacy, no longer a baby eagle but a maturing young eagle that is learning to listen to his “inner voice.” He soon realizes that he has the power within himself to save the life of his dear friend, Betsy Bunny, as well as his own. We are introduced again to two new characters in the forest, Daisy Deer and Carl Crow. Carl befriends them and then tries to stop them from making it to their destination. Join these delightful characters once again and see everyday life lessons learned as they journey to find Jacy’s mom and learn more about Jesus. Carol Edwards’ does an excellent job in setting up this spiritual quest and her Jacy’s Search for Jesus Christian children’s books series is an excellent way to introduce young minds to Jesus. These books are not only entertaining but there are also life lessons to be learned. Parents will spend quality time reading and discussing these books with their little ones. These books can serve as read aloud stories to young children and beginner books for those that are now reading on their own. Be sure to look for the exciting conclusion to the series, Jacy: A New Beginning.

Jacy the eagle gets help from Billy Bear in his ongoing efforts to find Jesus, and he also makes friends with Betsy Bunny, who previously had no friends because of her greenness.

Through integrating different perspectives on language change, this book explores the enormous on-going linguistic upheavals in the wake of the global dominance of English. Combining empirical research with theoretical approaches, it will appeal to researchers and graduate students of English, and also of other languages studying language change.

In this important contribution to narrative theory, Marie-Laure Ryan applies insights from artificial intelligence and the theory of possible worlds to the study of narrative and fiction. For Ryan, the theory of possible worlds provides a more nuanced way of discussing the commonplace notion of a fictional "world," while artificial intelligence contributes to narratology and the theory of fiction directly via its researches into the congnitive processes of texts and automatic story generation. Although Ryan applies exotic theories to the study of narrative and to fiction, her book maintains a solid basis in literary theory and makes the formal models developed by AI researchers accessible to the student of literature. By combining the philosophical background of possible world theory with models inspired by AI, the book fulfills a pressing need in narratology for new paradigms and an interdisciplinary perspective.

From the author of Promise Bridge comes a powerful novel of the pre-Civil War era South and the Underground Railroad. 1839, North Carolina. As the daughter of a plantation owner, Jacy has been raised in privilege- until she discovers that she's the offspring of a dalliance between her father and a slave. The revelation destroys Jacy's sense of who she is and where she belongs in the world. Equally shocking, her biological mother and brother are still slaves on the property. As she gets to know them-and the handsome horse trainer, Rafe-she begins to see life in the South with fresh eyes. And soon Jacy will have to make a treacherous journey that she hopes will end in freedom for them all...

A bold yet realistic vision of how technology and social change are creating a food system in which we no longer use animals to produce meat, dairy, or eggs. Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals brought widespread attention to the disturbing realities of factory farming. The End of Animal Farming pushes this conversation forward by outlining a strategic roadmap to a humane, ethical, and efficient food system in which slaughterhouses are obsolete—where the tastes of even the most die-hard meat eater are satisfied by innovative food technologies like cultured meats and plant-based protein. Social scientist and animal advocate Jacy Reese analyzes the social forces leading us toward the downfall of animal agriculture, the technology making this change possible for the meat-hungry public, and the activism driving consumer demand for plant-based and cultured foods. Reese contextualizes the issue of factory farming—the inhumane system of industrial farming that 95 percent of farmed animals endure—as part of humanity’s expanding moral circle. Humanity increasingly treats nonhuman animals, from household pets to orca whales, with respect and kindness, and Reese argues that farmed animals are the next step. Reese applies an analytical lens of “effective altruism,” the burgeoning philosophy of using evidence-based research to maximize one’s positive impact in the world, in order to better understand which strategies can help expand the moral circle now and in the future. The End of Animal Farming is not a scolding treatise or a prescription for an ascetic diet. Reese invites readers—vegan and non-vegan—to consider one of the most important and transformational social movements of the coming decades.

"I'M WHAT?!" The doctor had confirmed it—Jacy James was two months pregnant. Her torrid, twelve-hour affair with Tom Rasmussin had apparently left her more than just satisfied. Trouble was, the father-to-be had run off while the tousled sheets were still hot. Now Jacy had to tell him the news…. Detective Tom Rasmussin hadn't been able to get Jacy or that searing night of passion out of his mind. So when he learned he was going to be a daddy, well, marriage seemed the right thing to do. But the proud woman turned him down flat. And now this determined bachelor had to convince Jacy that one night of passion could mean a lifetime of happiness….

In a dark period in humanitys past, when the sun has burnt itself out, seven children are tasked with saving the future of humanity. Because of advancements made by the Suns Last Hope organization, humanity has found refuge on eight new worlds. Life is hard on these new human colonies because the Men in Black Organization (MIBO) keeps the sun down. To survive, people must now make their own light and heat. Archer, Aquill, Elmira, Zandra, Jacy, Destin, Cara, Willow, and NikkoWillows younger brotherrepresent humanitys last hope. They must find a way to destroy MIBO before it destroys them. Too soon, the children are off on an impossible mission to stop MIBOs plans to unleash the sun plague on humanitys struggling new home worlds. Each of the children must overcome challenges, fears, and insecurities before their enemies exploit these weaknesses. And each must find the courage to face the unknown things that lurk in the dark, in the shadows on an abandoned planet known as Earth. Can humanity pin its last hope for survival on the brave, young adventurers?