At its zenith, Paradise was home to more than 600 people, and contrary to popular expectations about the nature of the goldfields, a substantial proportion of the inhabitants were children. While the presence of children in the archaeological record is frequently overlooked, evidence from Paradise ...
In the California gold fields, everyone faced challenges. Jan Garvis says the old photographs can only hint at the hardships her great-grandfather overcame:"This is Gibsonville and this is where Jake and his wife lived and raised their children. This is a gold camp. No power. No running wa...
After the Death of Anna Gonzales Terri Fields Henry Holt and Co. Hardcover | $17.95 A powerful look at the effects of one girl’s suicide on her high school "I can feel The whispering of the hallway walls Growing louder as the groups... Long Live the Queen Ellen Emerson White ...
A Jewish Cinderella What's more precious than rubies, more lasting than gold? Raisel knows. She learned it from her grandfather, a poor scholar who... Elsina's Clouds Jeanette Winter Frances Foster Books Hardcover | $16.00 A Basotho girl's prayer to the ancestors "When can I paint...
“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.” ―Kenneth Grahame,The Wind in the Willows The illustration of Mole from The Wind In the Willows is by E. H. Shephard. ...
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“Then don't you worry either, Mother,” said Phyllis, “and we'll all be as good as gold.” Mother sighed and kissed them. “We'll begin being good the first thing tomorrow morning,” said Peter, as they went upstairs. “Why not now?” said Roberta. “There's nothing to ...
I do not have a crystal ball to predict the outcome of the hostile takeover bid of Gold Fields by its smaller rival, Harmony Gold in a bid to create the biggest mining company in the world has been, suffice to say it is quite obvious that life will not be the same anymore in the ...
Invasive fungal infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised children. The past two decades have seen a dramatic increase in both number and overall relevance of invasive fungal infections in the hospital. At the same t
In recent times, there had been reported cases of Pb poisoning in Anka gold mining area, Northwest Nigeria. Therefore, this study was carried out to determ