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Little Gems from Patricia Anthony
I love Patricia Anthony for her unique, gentle literate approach to fiction. She has been woefully largely ignored by those who continue paying money for some of the worst crap ever set to paper. Anthony has been called the male "Ray Bradybury" and indeed, her stories remind one of Bradbury and his tales of real humans.You will not find nanotech, quantum theory, weird genetically enhanced homo sapiens, Singularity-oriented gods of the AI machine or non-human futures.No, both Bradbury and Anthony are firmly in the second phase of Science Fiction, the first being the "invasion from Mars" type.The third "movement" involved robotics, bio-engineering.The current could be called the quantum/nano Singularity catastrophic future phase with nihilism, post-humans and non-human relations.

Paradoxicaly, the presence of ET's has dwindles but whether this is due to the increasingly doubtful likelihood of alien intelligence, a dirth of ideas on the subject or a wave of hip cyber-punk smartass writing is unknown.What is known is that theis collection of stories - many no more than a few pages - both invoke and evoke emotions that were once called "human".The stories - setting, dialogue and character - are set in mostly rural America with solid country folk, farmers, workers and a rare "city" worker, usually a computer programmer or the like.Imagine a swath from Georgia to Iowa and this is Anthony Land.

Space travel is pure 1950's - hibernation, atomic rockets, human crews, slower than light speed.Computers and robots also seem imported from that era.An occasional android, alien, ghost, apparition, or spirit person makes an appearance.Rising above the constant humor (some would say irony), memorable characters and interesting plot, one notes the purely literary aspects. Each saga has been ruthlessly edited - sometimes for financial reasons at the time - leaving episodes that are sharp and beautiful and searing and sometimes shocking.

EATING MEMORIES (one of the stories) is one of those rarities that can be enjoyed on multiple levels without compromise on any.My Grade - A+

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This text presents a compassionate view of teaching in an urban setting with practical suggestions, recommendations, and examples for powerful and effective teaching aimed at improving student academic performance.

Each chapter explores major considerations related to educating students of diverse cultures typical of urban classroom settings. Preservice teachers are able to better understand the complex social, academic, emotional, and economic factors that define today’s urban classrooms. The needs of urban schools–their students, teachers, community supporters, and stakeholders–are identified and various strategies are explored.