Somerset County Council

The southernmost county in Maryland, Somerset was established in 1666 by Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, and named in honor of his wife's sister, Lady Mary Somerset. The county originally in

For the public to better understand the operations of the CEPD, we specially publish the Council for Economic Planning and Development Annual Report fo 2013. The report includes three chapters, Chapte

When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. This title collects stories that are rooted in author's o

The illustrated version of W. Somerset Maugham's Princess September and the Nightingale was originally published in 1939 by Oxford University Press. Long out of print, it is now reissued with the orig

When Somerset County, named in honor of Lord Baltimore's sister Lady Mary Somerset, was first established by the Colony of Maryland in 1666, it encompassed more than 16,000 square miles on the Eastern

This book is an attempt to clarify the history of San On County ― the broader Hong Kong area ― centring on the troubled years of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is based on an in-depth stu

After 12 years, spanning two county governors and five culture center directors, teh Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, the first one of its kind in Taiwan, was finally opened to the public on Nove

It?s an exciting day for Almanzo as the Wilder family visits the county fair in this second My First Little House Book adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder?s classic Farmer Boy. There are contests, races

"Legends and folklore from Somerset County, NJ"--

Nestled in the picturesque Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania, Somerset County has a rich and vibrant history that spans more than two centuries. In this photographic collection, local historian Sister

Based on unproduced episodes ofStar Wars: The Clone Wars,this thrilling novel features Asajj Ventress, former Sith apprentice turned bounty hunter and one of the great antiheroes in theStar Warsgalaxy.The only way to bring down the Sith’s most dangerous warrior may be to join forces with the dark side.In the war for control of the galaxy between the armies of the dark side and the Republic, former Jedi Master turned ruthless Sith Lord Count Dooku has grown ever more brutal in his tactics. Despite the powers of the Jedi and the military prowess of their clone army, the sheer number of fatalities is taking a terrible toll. And when Dooku orders the massacre of a flotilla of helpless refugees, the Jedi Council feels it has no choice but to take drastic action: targeting the man responsible for so many war atrocities, Count Dooku himself.But the ever-elusive Dooku is dangerous prey for even the most skilled hunter. So the Council makes the bold decision to bringbothsides of the Force’s pow

「蘇花公路山區路段改善計畫工程」榮獲亞洲土木工程聯盟（The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council）2022優良工程首獎「卡努颱風」台14線重災搶通及危坡搶修監測之經驗分享

Includes practical advice, up-to-date legal insight, and easy-to-use checklists.Suitable for people working behind and inside construction sites.Real examples and application in Hong Kong.This book is aimed at students taking occupational safety and health courses at the universities, Construction Industry Council and Occupational Safety and Health Council. It will also serve as a reference book for registered safetyofficers, safety managers, insurance surveyors, project managers, site agents,safety engineers and occupational safety officers as well as those involved in promoting occupational safety in the construction industry and preventingaccidents on construction worksites.

WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWASHINGTON POST, NPR, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, KIRKUS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK OF THE YEARBased on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman.Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a Chippewa Council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new “emancipation” bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress. It is 1953 and he and the other council members know the bill isn’t about freedom; Con

Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei arrive in the Southern Water Tribe amid protests of Gilak's imprisonment. While the leaders hold council to solidify Malina and Hakoda's unification plans, Gilak bre

Huffington Post Honor Book for Best in KindnessBank Street Best Book of 2015NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Charlotte Huck Honor BookCCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center) Choice Boo

'Someone has to stand against the dark. And you're the only one who can.' For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take ove

‘He’s the seventh son of a seventh son. His name is Thomas J. Ward and he’s my gift to the County. When he’s old enough we’ll send you word. Train him well. He’ll be the best apprentice you’ve ever ha

Theodore Boone is back in action! As all of Strattenburg sits divided over a hot political and environmental issue, Theo finds himself right in the thick of it. The county commission is fighting hard

After she leaves her husband, the pregnant Lady Maccon is dismissed from the Shadow Council, attacked by mechanical ladybugs, and becomes the target of vampires, forcing her to escape to Italy in sear

Everyone's looking forward to a day at the County Fair, but when the Greenstalks' car won't start, it's cows to the rescue. "Gloriously comic."—Kirkus

The race is on for a new student council president, and the Breakfast Bunch is rallying for Hector! The competition is already heavy, but the race heats up when school security is at stake: student an

From Don Winslow, the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film).Jack Wade was the rising star of the Orange County Sheriffs Department’s arson unit, but a minor scandal cost him everyth

A look at the new Democratic Party and how it has evolved, describes the Democratic Leadership Council, a group of officials that set out to change the philosophy of the party, describing how they got

This book draws on the long and unique heritage of the county of Somerset, bringing to life seventy of the little known but fascinating and unusual aspects of a much-loved county. It tells, in a singl

Based on the hit YouTube channel StEvEn and Parker, overly imaginative and dino obsessed StEvEn gets into a series of hilarious hijinks at the Orange County Fair and at school, pulling along his responsible older brother Parker for the ride.Meet StEvEn and his best buddy, Parker. StEvEn is an eight year old obsessed with all things dino, and has even assumed the role of CEO of the ‘Dino Club,’ a club of his own making. Parker is his long suffering older brother who tries to get StEvEn out of trouble.At the Orange County Fair, StEvEn feels left out when he can’t go on a ride with his brother Parker and Bianca, StEvEn's one true love (AKA Parker’s girlfriend). But a chance encounter with Tatum, a lost Dino plushie, leads to misadventures with Parker, and at school as Steven desperately tries to run out the clock before Tatum’s real owner comes for him!Inspired by the popular Youtube series, StEvEn and Parker is a riotous tale of over-the-top sibling antics and friendship that'll have you

2025 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL HOT OFF THE PRESS PICKFilled with sweet and savory recipes from bestselling author Barbara Beery, this children's cookbook ismagnifiqueBonjour, aspiring chefs! Put on your aprons and get ready to master French cuisine.Mais oui!From delectable patisserie to savory soups, and from baguettes to the five French mother sauces-béchamel, hollandaise,velouté, espagnole, and tomato-Ooh La La! Kids Cook Frenchis a child-friendly take on classic French cooking. Developed by bestselling children's cookbook author Barbara Beery and filled with simple instructions and full-color photos, this cookbook is the perfect gift for kids who feel at home in the kitchen.

Plainsong, set in Kent Haruf''s fictional Holt County, Colorado, is an unforgettable classic, exploring the grace and hope of every human life, and our boundless capacity for love.‘So delicate and lovely that it has the power to exalt the reader’ The New York TimesTom Guthrie is struggling to bring up his two young sons alone and, in the same town, school girl Victoria Roubideaux is pregnant and homeless.Brothers Harold and Raymond McPheron – gentle, solitary, gruff and unpolished – agree to take Victoria in, unaware that their lives will change forever.A novel of haunting beauty from one of America''s greatest writers, published 25 years ago this year, Plainsong is an essential read from the Picador Collection, a curated list of era-defining modern classics.

A powerful exploration of what it means to be a refugee.With simple, direct questions, thoughtful, compassionate answers and stunning illustrations by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Drachkovska, this book explores what it really means to be a refugee. Written with advice from the Refugee Council and drawing on conversations with refugees and aid workers from around the world, the questions cover all stages of a refugee's journey, from fleeing danger and embarking on hazardous journeys, to seeking asylum and struggling to find a new place to call home. The language and scenes have been carefully considered to be appropriate for younger children, providing an extremely useful educational tool for families and schools.

In the paperback of The Last Chance for Logan County, the third Legendary Alston Boys mystery from Edgar Award nominee Lamar Giles, Otto and Sheed team up with the Epic Ellisons against a corporation that wants Logan County's weirdness for itself!Otto and Sheed are back in yet another legendary adventure that just might take all their deduction skills, and a little help, to solve.With their journey through the last mirror on the left behind them, Otto and Sheed are ready for things to get back to normal. But their trip to that other dimension had side effects, and they come on quickly--starting with a thunderstorm that rains carnivorous frogs!And that's only the beginning. When a suspicious company called GOO, obsessed with Logan County's weirdness, shows up and starts buying all the property in town--and threatening to take Sheed away from Otto--some of the adults start acting stranger than usual, almost... zombie-like?With the help of Otto's mom, Sheed's dad, and the Epic Ellison twi

Heritage and History in the China–Australia Migration Corridor traces the material and social legacy of migration from China to Australia from the 1840s until the present day. The volume offers a multidimensional examination of the material footprint of migration as it exists in the migration corridor stretching between Zhongshan county in south China and Australia. Spanning the fields of heritage studies, migration studies, and Chinese diaspora history, Denis Byrne, Ien Ang, Phillip Mar, and other contributors foreground a transnational approach to the heritage of migration, one that takes account of the flows of people, ideas, objects, and money that circulate through migration corridors, forming intricate ongoing bonds between those who migrated to Australia and their home villages in China.

"Thissimple Korean import is told primarily through the characters’ dialogue andthoughts, making it a perfect choice for dramatic read-alouds and role-playingto help children empathize with others and polish their social graces." Kirkus Review"This thoughtful and funny title is sure to become a firm favourite." Children's Book Council of Australia Reading TimeHello! It seems so easy to say, but what happens if you miss the chance to greet someone and then keep seeing that same person again and again.In this light-hearted, funny tale, Korean author Sung Mi Kim tells a story of increasingly awkward encounters between Mr. Wolf and Little Fox and shows readers how saying hello right from the beginning could have made all the difference.

High Wages (1930) was Dorothy Whipple's second novel. It is about a girl called Jane who gets a badly-paid job in a draper’s shop in the early years of the last century. Yet the title of the book is based on a Carlyle quotation – ‘Experience doth take dreadfully high wages, but she teacheth like none other’ – and Jane, having saved some money and been lent some by a friend, opens her own dress-shop.As Jane Brocket writes in her Persephone Preface: the novel ‘is a celebration of the Lancastrian values of hard work and stubbornness, and there could be no finer setting for a shop-girl-made-good story than the county in which cotton was king.’

The seventh largest county in Britain, Somerset is blessed with a mild climate, fertile soils and diverse landscapes that include the low lying Levels, a Jurassic coastline, the moorland uplands of Ex

Tess再一次被捲入權力的旋渦——這次，是一場看似平凡卻暗藏殺機的學生會選舉。對身處華府的菁英子弟而言，這不只是競選，更是家族勢力的延伸與試煉。選戰進行中，謊言、操控、威脅接踵而來。Tess明白知識等於力量，但在這個遊戲裡，知道太多也可能讓人付出最沉重的代價。This mystery thriller by the bestselling author of The Inheritance Games is a gripping story of high stakes, betrayal, and unpredictable twists. Knowledge is power, but secrets can kill . . . For Tess Kendrick, a student at the elite Hardwicke School, making problems disappear runs in the family. But Tess has another legacy, too, one that involves power and the making of political dynasties. When Tess is asked to run a classmate's campaign for student council, she agrees. But when the candidates are the children of Washington D.C. elite, even a high school election can have life-shattering consequences. What starts out as a friendly competition soon turns into a deadly struggle for control. Tess knows better than most that power is currency, but she's about to discover firsthand that power always comes with a price and no one can be trusted . . . Previously

你還在煩惱一口菜英文要怎麼向外國人介紹台灣嗎？你還在比手劃腳應對外國人問路嗎？別‧擔‧心！Don’t worry本書整理出台灣的景點、夜市、節慶等等在地特色，並且模擬實境對話讓你輕輕鬆鬆介紹台灣，當外國朋友最道地的導遊！準備好《輕鬆用英語介紹台灣》就能和外國朋友一起環島了！Let’s GO！─情境對話─A: Do you know anything about Orchid Island?　你聽過蘭嶼嗎？B: Is it one of the islands that surround Taiwan?　那是台灣周圍的一個島嶼嗎？A: Yes, it is on the sea, southeast of Taitung County.　對，是在海上，台東縣東南方。B: Who are the residents on that island?　誰住在島上呢？A: The indigenous people living there are the Tao people.　達悟族是住在那裡的原住民。　They have their own traditional canoes and Flying Fish Festival.　他們有自己的拼板舟和飛魚祭。

能源與環境先導設計（Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED）是一個由美國綠建築協會（U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC）制訂，用以定義「高效能綠建築」之評估系統，以鼓勵永續性綠建築的發展與實行，並提供業界作為設計更健康、更環保與更節能建築物之準則。LEED近年來廣為全世界先進國家所採用，不僅是全美國各州公認之綠建築評估準則，更將取得LEED認證列為公共建築的必要條件。近期亞洲國家包括台灣的大型公共建設及廠辦建築等也以獲得LEED綠建築標章為重要指標。本書為LEED Green Associate入門級的參考教材，從綠色、永續、友善環境的角度，針對LEED各項指標做系統性介紹，並輔佐以圖片與說明，希望讓讀者能夠一窺綠建築的領域並對LEED綠建築認證體系有完整的認識。

Wisdom means learning to live with ambivalence and to embrace uncertaintyHelga Nowotny’s memoir provides a detailed account of her life, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of a woman who defied convention in the male-dominated field of science. From her early days in science and technology studies, where she faced bureaucratic hurdles, to her influential role in shaping the European Research Council, Nowotny offers a candid look at her career. She shares personal stories of navigating the complexities of academia and policy, revealing the uncertainties and contingencies that shaped her life and work. This memoir resonates with anyone who has pursued a path less traveled, and offers a glimpse into the resilience and ambition required to succeed in challenging environments.Future Needs Wisdom is not really a memoir, nor is it an intellectual history, nor is it entirely a personalreflection or a summative philosophy. It is, in fact, all of these things fused together: her life, her

《黎明列車：曾貴海詩集》英語與西語版翻譯出版，整理精選台灣最具代表性當代詩人之一的曾貴海的132首詩作與世界對話。身為客籍作家，曾貴海不僅以華文、客語文創作，也採用台語文創作，其關注的族群涵蓋了台灣土地上的原住民，以書寫跨越族群，記錄歷史。客家委員會推動客家文學海外推廣，透過這部作品的英語、西語版讓世界更進一步認識台灣與客家文學。 The publication of the English and Spanish translations of The Dawn Train: Collected Poems of Tseng Kuei-hai features an organized and carefully curated selection of 132 poems by Tseng Kuei-hai, one of Taiwan's most representative contemporary poets, to engage in a dialogue with the world. As a Hakka author, Tseng not only writes in Chinese and Hakka, but also in Taiwanese. His focus encompasses the indigenous tribes of Taiwan, transcending ethnic groups through writing and documenting history. The Hakka Affairs Council promotes Hakka literature overseas, allowing the world to further understand Taiwan and Hakka literature through the English and Spanish versions of this work.