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Sis Goose is a beloved member of Luli's family, despite the fact that she was born a slave. But the family is harboring a terrible secret. And when Union soldiers arrive on their Texas plantation to announce that slaves have been declared free for nearly two years, Sis Goose is horrified to learn that the people she called family have lied to her for so long. She runs away--but her newly found freedom has tragic consequences. Includes an author's note. - from Amazon.com

During the interim library hours are as follows: Monday and Tuesday: 8 - 7 for registration Wednesday-Friday: 8-5 Saturday & Sunday: Closed Monday, May 30th: Closed for Memorial Day Normal hours resume Saturday, June 4th.

Many mobile devices can access the full version of databases, journals, eBook and news sites, but collected here are those sites that have gone the extra step and created versions optimized for mobile devices or apps. Go to the Guide . Features: -Access mobile versions of LibGuides & LibAnswers.  -Get the EBSCO app and EBSCO mobile how to. -Get the Gale app and more mobile article sources. -Mobile Books and eBooks sources. -Access mobile news & local resources. -Download free Mobile library apps.

If you are taking COM's online or Internet courses, this guide is for you! It can be difficult for Distance Education students to get to the Library so COM Library has created this guide that brings together the best resources for Distance Ed students. Go to the Guide! Features: -See real DE questions from COM students answered by COM Librarians. -Access thousands of full text articles from our databases available from the articles tab. -Access thousands of full text eBooks from our Find eBooks tab. -How to get the good stuff for your research on the Internet from the Find Internet tab. -Ask a Librarian for research help via live chat, email, text, phone or face 2 face from our Ask a Librarian tab.

Beginners eager to explore the world of ceramics, as well as experienced potters seeking new techniques and ideas, will find this colorful, technique-packed manual absolutely inspiring. Lavishly illustrated and visually attractive, it provides both practical and creative information on tools and materials, production processes, glazing, and decorative techniques—including detailed explanations of clays, kilns, and accessories. Explore essential methods for modeling (hand building, wheel turning); for decorating the pieces (slips, glazes, colored engobes); and for properly firing the finished piece at both low and high temperatures. Put all that new knowledge to work on six step-by-step projects—from a large, oval sculpture formed by extrusion and wheel-throwing to a beautifully simple functional vessel—all created by top ceramists.

This engrossing study predicts global warming scenarios for seven hot spots around the world--and evaluates the responses of communities, governments, and international organizations. Cullen, a climatologist, notes that "just as our brain is hardwired to perceive threats that are most immediate to us, we are hardwired to devote more energy to caring about the weather than to caring about the climate," and that "by the time you see it in the weather... it's too late." With some ecosystems, such as the overtaxed Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, which the entire state of California depends on for water, "people would rather simply hope for a happy ending." In contrast, in the Arctic, the Inuit are responding to climate change and incorporating technology into their traditional hunting methods, and New York City "has decided to fix the climate bug now" with its Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Despite the worry among scientists that humans will...

Don't --wait to try them out, these databases from Gale and ProQuest are free during National Library week only! To access, go the the Databases by Subject LibGuide and click on the Free Databases for National Library Week tab . Gale Databases -Gale NewsVault -Global Issues in Context -GREENR -Powerspeak Languages -Science in Context -Slavery and Anti-Slavery ProQuest Databases -ProQuest® Civil War Era, 1840-1865 -ProQuest® African American Heritage -Public Library Complete -School Collection -eLibrary -CultureGrams™ -SIRS® Issues Researcher -SIRS Discoverer® -Bowker® Books In Print®