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A gift of days : the greatest words to live by
\"Daily words of inspiration from 366 visionaries who have shaped our world.\"--P. [4] of cover.
Book
Critical thinking, wisdom, and paying homage to the human experience
Could the people who began the Industrial Revolution foresee the ecological effects and loss of life caused by the rise of factory systems, chemical manufacturing, machine tools, coal burning, and mining? Alcorn warns us of the dangers of depending too heavily upon the digital medium for this very reason: \"The computer is an extremely powerful instrument, and like all tools, it alters our perception of reality.\\n All are expressions of the way in which artists, through an assertion of the basic human instinct to create things by hand, have been driven to rebel against the depersonalizing and dehumanizing effects of the machine on the arts, and by extension, on the quality of life.\"
Journal Article
Oklahoma couple climbs away their stress
\"Since 2006 we've taken 120 kids out there,\" she said. \"They're on probation when they are in the program, so it's hard to know what has happened to them after the program.\" \"I've written a lot of article-length stories about climbing,\" she said. \"I haven't had anything published, but it is fun. [Stephen P. Alcorn] is a photographer by college education. I think he's the only photographer-judge around.\" \"I've climbed higher places, like at Grand Teton in Wyoming or Yosemite in California,\" she said. \"My goal would be to climb Half Dome at Yosemite National Park. One of Stephen's goals is to stand on top of Mt. Rainier in Washington.\"
Newspaper Article
Broken Feather
Kay, Verla. Broken Feather. Illus. by Stephen Alcorn. 2002. 32p. Putnam, $15.99 (0-399-23550-7). 811
Book Review
I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry
I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry. Edited by Catherine Clinton. Illus. by Stephen Alcorn. 1998. 112p. Houghton, $20 (0-395-89599-5).
Magazine Article
I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry
Clinton, Catherine. I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry.
Magazine Article
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
Carney reviews Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.
Book Review