This first book in the Sowers Trilogy follows the extraordinary triumphs and hardships of two brave young Russians in search of political and spiritual freedom.

The book examines individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the citizens of the future to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation. Surveying more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children's hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books, this richly illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking.

Learn how to overcome frustrations and make progress in all areas of your life: personal, marital, financial, and spiritual. This guide will show you how to develop a rich, nourishing foundation so that you can have a fulfilling, prosperous life. Find the path to true freedom!

Knowledge Is Power Knowledge is power, Unique as a flower. Add education too, For wisdom to shine thru. To seek and to yearn, For humbleness to learn. Then share what you know, For others to grow!

The way we live, work, and die-alone and with other Americans-have so many hidden layers that we might as well say that there are two Americas: one we think we know and the other virtually unknown to us. Such a thought is compelling enough to motivate a sociologist to start writing down what he thinks about the hidden America. Then, what emerges from this effort is a picture of America that is at once so familiar and so alien. It is the alien part of America that troubles us, that scares us, and that pushes us to escape into louder, more colorful, and more pleasant unreality. As our escapism becomes more urgent each day, so does its testimony to the emptiness and loneliness of our solitary existence. Huer discusses this alien part of America in American Paradise.