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Dear Traveler, Welcome to the WanderStories™ tour of the top 10 sights in Rome: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Pantheon, the Castel Sant’Angelo, the Trevi Fountain, the Capitoline Museums, Piazza Navona, and the Villa Farnesina. We are now ready to take you on your personal tour of these world famous landmarks. We will also tell you the history of Rome and several additional stories about Italian cuisine, traditions and customs, holidays and celebrations, humor and jokes, and what makes Italians Italian. We, at WanderStories™, are ...

Dive into the insightful world of local governance and public service with "Navigating the Path to Public Service". This is not your ordinary eBook. It is a comprehensive guide that seeks to unravel all the intricate details about local government structures, roles and responsibilities, and the entire local government hierarchy. This eBook offers a thorough examination of mayor's offices, city councils, various local government departments, and the differences between metropolitan and non-metropolitan governments. It further provides an illuminating overview of regional planning and ...

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Salvador Bahia Brazil by Nadine Carneiro offers the inside scoop on Salvador. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Unveil the secrets of the Pacific Northwest with "Wine Country and Local Cuisine," a tantalizing journey through a region renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and unparalleled gastronomic pleasures. This immersive eBook invites readers to explore a world where the land's distinct terroir and vibrant culinary scene intertwine to create an unforgettable experience for the senses. Begin your adventure with an introduction to the region's rich tapestry of terrains and flavors, revealing the hidden allure that captivates wine and food enthusiasts worldwide. Venture into the unique wine ...

“Social Enterprise is a powerful agent for fostering societal change. When social entrepreneurs and social impact enthusiasts come together and are supported, there is an opportunity for real, lasting sustainable peace and transformation”. The SDGs represents some of the smartest interventions the world has ever had. And actually, the SDGs with their broader vision of 169 targets with an all comprising mandates are supposed to be interlinked with every other goal and relate meaningfully to the current social economic structures in terms of practical poverty, hunger, unemployment and ...

Greater Than a Tourist - Syracuse New York USA, by Dan Toler, offers the inside scoop on Syracuse, New York. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist audiobook is for you. Greater Than a Tourist: Grand Cayman by Aoife Brophy offers the inside scoop on Cayman. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist audiobook is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Overbrook Kansas USA by Cassandra Morgan offers the inside scoop on the small-town of Overbrook, its local charm and accessibility to events and activities in the surrounding area.

Seth Halliday and Caroline are honeymooning off the coast of Ecuador when a young girl falls from a gray and rainy sky to her death. Seth's search for her killer will take the couple to Boca Raton, Paris and Mykonos, Greece. A tale of obsession begins to emerge as Seth tries to find the connection between the young girl and a jazz singer who committed suicide a decade earlier. The singer's friendship with the sister of a lovely television star and her relationship with a brutal arms dealer all come into play before Seth returns to Ecuador. A bloody confrontation in the jungles of Tena ...

Segregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting in the early 20th century, cities have used their power of land use control to determine the location and availability of housing, amenities (such as parks), and negative land uses (such as garbage dumps). The result has been segregation - first within cities and more recently between them.

Georgia’s history is more than just peaches—it’s a story of prisoners, preachers, and presidents who rose above the status quo to help transform a nation. Georgia has been home to many influential figures in US history, including President Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. But how much do you really know about the state? Did you know, for instance, that Georgia was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be created? Or that it was the last state to be admitted into the Union after the Civil War.

In this powerful, passionate chronicle, Noah Adams, the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, takes us on a river journey through the heart of Appalachia - a journey shared by pioneers and preachers, white-water daredevils, bluegrass musicians, and an unforgettable cast of vivid historical characters.

The pet industry is growing and are you ready for a recession proof career? Discover a book full of concrete, actionable, and clear guidance to choose your next profession. Are you unhappy with your current job? Would you like to work in the pet industry but don’t know where to begin? Do you want a form of passive income doing something you love? Twelve time best-selling author and pet career expert Wendy Van de Poll is the founder of the business—Center for Pet Loss Grief and has over twenty years of working in the pet industry. Now she’s here to help you choose the career you always...

The spread of Tech innovation has transformed the business ecosystem. Disruptive technologies have permeated all industries and continue to generate unprecedented changes in creativity, across all functions, solving consumer problems, and growing business sales in ways never thought possible before. For example, Uber has disrupted the taxi industry because it has used innovative digital technology to offer something that is cheaper and easier to handle. Some organizations are accomplishing their objectives by leading their industries in technology innovation, while others continue to ...

Author William S. Kiser reshapes the history of the Southwest, underlining the role of the military not just in obtaining territory but in retaining it.

This book focuses on the development of a missional ethos at New Hope Church of God in Christ in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Members were encouraged to embrace missiology as a means of spreading the gospel, making disciples within New Hope Church, and throughout the community. The project was based on the premise that the congregation was not involved in missional ministry. The hypothesis was that an attitudinal change would occur within members once they were informed of the concept of a missional church. The methodology used to evaluate the hypothesis was qualitative, using surveys, ...

During the bitter winter of 1786-87, Daniel Shays, a modest farmer and Revolutionary War veteran, and his compatriot Luke Day led an unsuccessful armed rebellion against the state of Massachusetts. Their desperate struggle was fueled by the injustice of a regressive tax system and a conservative state government that seemed no better than British colonial rule.

On November 18, 1958, when the limestone carrier Carl D. Bradley broke up during a raging storm on Lake Michigan, it became the largest ship in Great Lakes' history to vanish beneath storm-tossed waves. Along with the Bradley, 33 crew members perished. Most of the casualties hailed from the little harbor town of Rogers City, Michigan, a community that was stung with grief when, in an instant, 23 women became widows and 53 children were left fatherless. Nevertheless, this is also a story of survival....

Today, there is a disconnection between the youth and the leadership of the church. With fewer and fewer young people attending church, a hole has been created in the membership where the young people used to be. With that we are also seeing a growing generation gap in churches that impacts leadership and how youth are and are not transitioning into leadership at the local level. How can we keep a steady group of leaders being developed in the local church? This book is a history, of sorts, of African American youth ministry in the US. We use the brush of the past to be able to re-...

February in Newfoundland is the longest month of the year. Another blizzard is threatening to tear a strip off downtown St. John’s, while inside The Hazel restaurant, a storm system of sex, betrayal, addiction and hurt is breaking overhead.