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Food, Farming, and Hunting
(American Indian Contributions to the World)
by Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 148 Pages, Published 2005 by Facts On File (J)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5393-3, ISBN: 0-8160-5393-6

"By the time European conquistadores and colonizers arrived in the Americas, starting in 1492, American Indians had already invented sophisticated hunting and fishing technology. They gathered hundreds of plants for food, fiber, and medicine, and first domesticated three-quarters of the food crops raised in the world today. Food, Farming, and Hunting covers the many contributions that American Indians have made throughout history, includ ..."






Coping with Codependency(Updated)
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Library, 158 Pages, Published 1993 by Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN-13: 978-0-8239-1813-3, ISBN: 0-8239-1813-0

"Accelerated Reader is a program based on the fact that students become more motivated to read if they are tested on the content of the books they have read and are rewarded for correct answers. Students read each book, individually take the test on the computer, and receive gratification when they score well. Schools using the Accelerated Reader program have seen a significant increase in reading among their students.These titles aimed ..."






Trade, Transportation, and Warfare(Illustrated)
(American Indian Contributions to the World)
by Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 150 Pages, Published 2005 by Facts On File
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5395-7, ISBN: 0-8160-5395-2

"Trade, Transportation, and Warfare examines the contributions American Indians made to these areas, with an emphasis on geography, economics, and social studies. The main question that this book answers is how Indians of the Americas were connected with others inside and outside of their culture group."






Buildings, Clothing, and Art
(American Indian Contributions to the World)
by Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 148 Pages, Published 2005 by Facts On File
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5394-0, ISBN: 0-8160-5394-4

"Indian people settled in climates that ranged from the Arctic, where temperatures sometimes drop lower than 50 degrees below zero, to the Amazon Basin, where the weather is hot and rainy. American Indians adapted to these challenges by inventing houses and clothing that were uniquely suited to the climates where they lived, and they developed art that reflected these surroundings. Buildings, Clothing, and Art covers the many contributio ..."






Medicine and Health
(American Indian Contributions to the World)
by Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 148 Pages, Published 2005 by Facts On File (J)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5396-4, ISBN: 0-8160-5396-0

"Medicine and Health covers the many contributions American Indians have made to the world in these areas. Early Native peoples learned which plants and animals provided them with the best nutrition. They invented treatments for their illnesses, performed operations on people-including brain surgery and skin grafts-and used antiseptics to prevent infection. In many ways, their medical and health practices were ahead of those of Europeans ..."






Science And Technology
(American Indian Contributions to the World)
by Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 150 Pages, Published 2005 by Facts On File
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5397-1, ISBN: 0-8160-5397-9

"Science and Technology shows how American Indians developed science and created technology by observing the world around them. The people of Mesoamerica invented the zero, created accurate calendars, and developed writing systems. Native peoples used chemical processes to make chocolate and pottery, devised number systems, and predicted the movements of the stars and planets. Today a number of American Indians are entering careers as sc ..."






Straight Talk about Learning Disabilities
(Straight Talk About...(Facts on File))
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1999 by Facts On File
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-3865-7, ISBN: 0-8160-3865-1

"Recognizing that the teen years are a time of growth, transition, and tough choices, the Straight Talk series provides young readers with the knowledge they need to understand difficult issues, come to terms with their feelings, and make decisions that will work in the context of their lives. Without attempting to dictate answers, the Straight Talk series reminds its readers that all choices carry consequences. Each book is thoroughly i ..."






Blind Faith(1st Edition)
Recognizing and Recovering from Dysfunctional Religious Groups
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Paperback, 178 Pages, Published 1993 by Compcare Pubns
ISBN-13: 978-0-89638-291-6, ISBN: 0-89638-291-5

"Feelings of bitterness, betrayal, and remorse are all too common. In this insightful book, Porterfield explains why adult children are vulnerable to religious abuse and provides guidelines for recognizing dysfunctional groups."






Sleeping With Dionysus
Women, Ecstasy and Addiction
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Paperback, 213 Pages, Published 1994 by Crossing Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-89594-652-2, ISBN: 0-89594-652-1

"Poems and stories depict the experiences and emotions of women who are substance abusers, and how physical passion plays a large role in their addictions"






Cults
(Straight Talk About...(Facts on File))
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1995 by Facts On File
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-3115-3, ISBN: 0-8160-3115-0

"This book provides teenagers and adults with concise, up-to-date information on how to recognise spuriou s cult groups and their recruiting techniques. '"






Straight Talk about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(1st Edition)
Coping with the Aftermath of Trauma (Straight Talk About...(Facts on File))
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1996 by Facts On File
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-3258-7, ISBN: 0-8160-3258-0

"Straight Talk About Post-Traumatic Stress Di sorder provides young adults with concise, up-to-date inform ation about how to cope with their own feelings when somethi ng unexpected and traumatic occurs in their lives. '"






Keeping Promises
The Challenge of a Sober Parent
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Paperback, 145 Pages, Published 1986 by Harper Hazelden
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-255441-3, ISBN: 0-06-255441-7

"Finding out about alcohol and other drug education materials and making them available to our children. Books range from the funny picture book, The Cat Who Drank Too Much, ! by LeClair Bissell, M.D. and Richard Watherwax, and the ..."






Title(1st Edition)
Coping with an alcoholic parent
by Kay Marie Porterfield, Frank Kleinholz
Hardcover, 134 Pages, Published 1985 by Rosen Pub. Group
ISBN-13: 978-0-8239-0662-8, ISBN: 0-8239-0662-0






Coping Ser.(1st Edition)
Coping with Codependency
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Hardcover, 146 Pages, Published 1991 by Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN-13: 978-0-8239-1198-1, ISBN: 0-8239-1198-5






Violent Voices
12 Steps to Freedom from Verbal and Emotional Abuse
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 1989 by Hci
ISBN-13: 978-1-55874-028-0, ISBN: 1-55874-028-7

"The author explores the dynamics and the effects of being in an emotionally abusive relationship. Through a series of discussions and exercises based on the 12-step program, she helps psychologically abused women explore their childhoods, build self-esteem, and deal effectively with verbal violence."






American Indian Contributions to the World
15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations
by Kay Marie Porterfield, Emory Dean Keoke, Keoke/Porterfield, Amanda Porterfield
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2003 by Checkmark Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5367-4, ISBN: 0-8160-5367-7

"This reference work contains over 450 entries providing a panorama of little-known information about the rich inventiveness of the American Indians. For many years, they were not given credit for the numerous creations that stemmed from their cultures. For example, the Olmec of the Yucatan Peninsula developed a way to treat raw latex in order to make usable items from rubber as early as 1700 BCE, and expert American Indian surgeons perf ..."






Keeping Promises
The Challenge of the Sober Parent
by Kay Marie Porterfield
Paperback, 145 Pages, Published 1984 by Hazelden
ISBN-13: 978-0-89486-245-8, ISBN: 0-89486-245-6






What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Relationship Like This?
Women in Abusive Relationships
by Kay Marie Porterfield, Crossing Press
Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 1992 by Crossing Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-89594-492-4, ISBN: 0-89594-492-8

"Poems and stories depict the experiences and emotions of women who are victims of domestic violence and of those who were able to escape from abusive relationships"






Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World
15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations
by Kay Marie Porterfield, Emory Dean Keoke
384 Pages, Published 2009 by Infobase Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-0990-9, ISBN: 1-4381-0990-3

"They saw in Morgan's book a political system that worked and was, at the same time, almost their ideal of a classless ... The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State was eventually translated into many languages for socialists ... Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the ... They were first marketed in the early 1830s by druggists as tonics or stimulants a ..."






American Indian Contributions to the World
by Kay Marie Porterfield, Emory Dean Keoke
161 Pages, Published 2005 by Infobase Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6971-2, ISBN: 0-8160-6971-9

"Another way was to freeze the sap and get rid of the ice that formed at the top. This ice was mostly water. To make sugar, Indian people boiled sap until it was thick, then poured it onto snow to harden. They tightly packed this hardened syrup in ..."



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