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The Christmas Journey
Emma Ashwood - 2020
With her eighteenth birthday looming it was only a matter of time before she was turned out to find her own way. Violet wasn’t afraid of starting a life on her own, but she was afraid of leaving Anne behind, the seven-year-old girl who had become like a sister to her.Mark Hearn wants a wife. He is looking for someone with whom to share his life, someone with whom he can find true love. He didn’t imagine that the Matrimonial Times held the answer, but he soon realizes that Violet is the woman of his dreams. When she arrives in Snow Falls with two children, Mark doubts if he can trust a liar to share his life and his ranch.Violet is grateful that Mark believes her lie that Anne is her sister but knows asking him to take in the foundling discovered during her journey would be asking too much. How can she be happy about finding the man of her dreams when that means sending the baby to an orphanage, to the same life from which she had just helped Anne escape? It seemed that Christmas wouldn't be filled with cheer after all.Will Mark open his heart to more than just Violet? Will Violet find her miracle this Christmas? Find out now in this sweet mail order bride romance. Be swept into an unforgettable journey of unexpected challenges and be thrilled to find out that love can conquer all.
Blueprints Obstetrics & Gynecology
Tamara L. Callahan - 1997
This popular Blueprints book has been refined and updated while keeping the concise, organized style and clinical high-yield content of previous editions. Features include USMLE-style questions and answers with full explanations; Key Points in every section; and a color-enhanced design that increases the usefulness of figures and tables.This edition's completely revised art program includes many additional illustrations. Each chapter in this edition ends with evidence-based references (journals) for students to do additional reading/research.
The Addiction Treatment Planner
Robert R. Perkinson - 2001
The bestselling treatment planning system for mental health professionalsThe Addiction Treatment Planner, Fifth Edition provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal agencies.New edition features empirically supported, evidence-based treatment interventions Organized around 43 behaviorally based presenting problems, including substance use, eating disorders, schizoid traits, and others Over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions--plus space to record your own treatment plan options Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to the requirements of most third-party payors and accrediting agencies including CARF, The Joint Commission (TJC), COA, and the NCQA
Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design
Max Jacobson - 2002
Patterns of Home promises to become the "design bible" for homeowners and architects. The 10 patterns described in the book -- among them, "capturing light" and "the flow through rooms" -- are drawn from hundreds of principles and presented with clarity by the authors, renowned architects who have designed homes together for more than 30 years.Patterns of Home will jump-start the design process and make the difference between a home that satisfies material requirements -- and one that meets the personal needs of "home."-- Insightful tours of 33 homes that bring essential design concepts to life-- 300 photos and 50 illustrations illustrate the patterns
Structure & Surprise: Engaging Poetic Turns
Michael Theune - 2007
Michael Theune's breakthrough concept encourages students, teachers, and writers to use structure as a tool to see the fundamental affinities between strikingly different kinds of poetry and radically different literary eras. The book includes examination of the mid-course turn and the elegy, as well as the ironic, concessional, emblem, and retrospective-prospective structures, among others. In addition, 14 contemporary poets provide an example of and commentary on their own work.
Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory and Practice
Patricia Stevens - 2000
It educates prospective clinicians and counselors by guiding them, step-by-step, through the process of working with substance-abuse clients. Chapter content builds in sequence; however, each chapter can be taken as a stand-alone source of valuable information. Individual chapters on special populations add substantial depth to the text's treatment of its subject.
Old Souls: The Sages and Mystics of Our World
Aletheia Luna - 2013
They are both in the world, but are not quite of the world at the same time, passing through life on their own solitary paths. In this book, spiritual counselor and writer Aletheia Luna provides a compact, elegant, and soulful look into the life of Old Souls.Chapters in the book include: * Preface* Introduction* Chapter 1 – How Can a Soul be “Old”?* Chapter 2 – The Development of Soulful Maturity* Chapter 3 – What Does Being an “Old Soul” Mean?* Chapter 4 – A Profile of the Old Soul Character* Chapter 5 – The Old Soul’s Relationship with Family* Chapter 6 – The Old Soul’s Relationship with People and the World* Chapter 7 – Soul Ages, Reincarnation, and Abraham Maslow* Chapter 8 – The Seven Levels of Being an Old Soul* Chapter 9 – Are You a Sage or a Mystic?* Chapter 10 – The Old Soul Child* Chapter 11 – Are You an Awakening Old Soul?* Chapter 12 – How to Deal with Loneliness, Emptiness, and Disconnection as an Old Soul* Chapter 13 – What Do Life, Death, Truth, and Love Really Mean?* Chapter 14 – Finding the Meaning and Purpose of Life* Chapter 15 – The Illuminated Soul* Conclusion* Appendix* References* About the Author
True Red
Tuhoe 'Bruno' Isaac - 2007
"Because all levels of society hated us we created a new society of hatred symbolised by the bulldog. Its ferocious habits were engraved on our hearts," Tuhoe says, "If you weren't a mobster you weren't worth knowing." He lived this way for 17 years.However, constantly living for the bash, beer, prison and the possibility of dying in a pool of blood eventually saw Tuhoe search for another way of doing life. Leaving the Mob was hard. Not only did he face the rejection of his own and the fierce judgemental prejudices of mainstream society, but with the awakening of his conscience came the realisation of a past filled with inflicting pain on others besides himself, and of a life devoid of any sense of love or hope. This led him down a path of confession, forgiveness and reconciliation.True Red is the essential biography of one man's fascinating journey from the realm of darkness into the world of light.
Building Classroom Discipline
Carol M. Charles - 1984
This classic text has been reconceptualized and restructured by the author to include * Increased emphasis on teachers and students working together cooperatively to maintain classrooms that are safe, enjoyable, and productive. * Better discussion of the behavior patterns of students from various ethnic, cultural, and societal groups. * Information for understanding and working productively with students with Neurological Based Behavior (NBB). * A clear progression of advances in classroom discipline over the past six decades, helping readers better understand the rationales and procedures featured in today's approaches to discipline. * Presentation and analysis of strategies that help students conduct themselves with greater civility, responsibility, and moral intelligence. The text analyzes 18 models of school discipline developed by educational thinkers over the past 60 years and shows how they can be applied in realistic situations. also coordinate with Professor Charles to ensure accuracy in the presentation of their models. Teachers are motivated to create a structure of positive discipline based on the most effective elements from traditional and current disciplinary approaches.
Simply Homeschool: Having Less Clutter and More Joy in Your Homeschool
Karen DeBeus - 2011
It has been an amazing journey for me and I can't wait to encourage you all with what I have learned along the way!With Matthew 6:33 as the basis, this eBook will focus on:Getting rid of physical clutter and organization tipsGetting rid of mental clutterCurriculum choicesSchedulesMeal planningLetting God lead your homeschoolAvoiding the comparison trap, and letting your homeschool be YOUR homeschoolNot letting homeschool become an idol-Keeping GOD firstIt is my desire to encourage others out there to live more simply in all areas of our lives, and this eBook focuses specifically on simplifying homeschooling.When we keep God first in our homeschools, we can have the true JOY that is meant for our families. Excerpt from "Simply Homeschool:Having Less Clutter and More Joy in Your Homeschool""I would rather be with my children sitting at Jesus’ feet, than running around trying to be busy.God has called us to raise our children and raise them up according to His Will. We can’t forget that.I truly believe that if we put the Lord first in all we do in our homeschools, He will bless us. We may worry that we are not doing things just right, or that our kids aren’t learning enough. If my children know the Lord first and foremost, I have done my job."
Motivating Students Who Don't Care: Successful Techniques for Educators
Allen N. Mendler - 2000
With proven strategies from the classroom, this resource identifies five effective processes the reader can use to reawaken motivation in students who aren t prepared, don t care, and won t work. These processes include emphasizing effort, creating hope, respecting power, building relationships, and expressing enthusiasm. Each process is fully explained and illustrated with proven strategies from the classroom. Questions for reflection will help the reader identify motivating strategies and apply the five key processes to the challenge of changing students lives.
The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5
Joel Paris - 2013
Written by a celebrated professor of psychiatry, this reader-friendly book uses evidence-based critiques and new research to point out where DSM-5 is right, where it is wrong, and where the jury's still out. Along the way, The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5(R) sifts through the many public controversies and clinical debates surrounding the drafting of the manual and shows how they inform a modern understanding of psychiatric illness, diagnosis and treatment. This book is necessary reading for all mental health professionals as they grapple with the first major revision of the DSM to appear in over 30 years.
A History of Modern Psychology
C. James Goodwin - 1998
They will also develop a deeper understanding of the many interconnections that exist among the different areas of psychology. Goodwin's book not only provides accounts of the lives and contributions of psychology's pioneers set into historical context; it also contains original writings by these psychologists, interwoven with informative comments from the author. The text is written in a conversational and engaging style with discrete attention to recent scholarship in the history of psychology, especially that of the past 150 years.
Human Sexuality
Roger R. Hock - 2009
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