Patricia Smith is the founder and CEO of the Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project(c), the outreach division of Healthy Caregiving, LLC. As a certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist with 20 years of training experience, she writes, speaks and facilities workshops in service of those who care for others in all caregiving professions. Patricia has authored two training manuals, a presenter's guide and a student workbook, titled: Healthy Caregiving: A Guide to Recognizing and Managing Compassion Fatigue: Level 1. Her new book, To Weep for a Stranger: Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving, is a comprehensive look at compassion fatigue, its causes and symptoms, and how to begin the healing process. With a background in journalism, Patricia's writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the San Jose Mercury News where she was a freelance journalist for nearly 20 years.. As training and development manager for the Humane Society Silicon Valley, she created and implemented a critical shelter-wide compassion fatigue project. Her work in this field led to presenting workshops nationwide as a consultant for American Humane, a national organization advocating children and animal rights. Patricia is the recipient of the "Excellence in Writing Award," presented by the National League of American Pen Women. Under her direction, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford received the 2005 "Best Bets" award for its "Healing Arts" program. She was awarded the 2006 Telly Award for her script "Invaders of the National Parks," a documentary on invasive species created for the National Parks Service. Her clients have included the University of California, Santa Cruz; Dominican Hospital; O'Connor Hospital; Jacob's Heart; Hospice Caring Project; Indianapolis Animal Shelter; Veterinarian Oncologists; Ronald McDonald House at Stanford and the Health Projects Center, a State of California social services agency.
A beautifully descriptive story about love, self-sacrifice and the desperate battle to avoid extinction on a dying world.A massive cloud of hydrogen is traveling through space on a collision course with Earth. At a high-ranking meeting, two astronomers, Edward and Joseph, are sworn to secrecy when they reveal that in six months' time, as the gas envelops the planet, it will turn the atmosphere into a fireball. Their beautiful young prodigy, the resourceful Lauren, is initially kept in the dark, but soon discovers the destination of the cloud when she calculates its route. Two months before its encounter with Earth, the gas is captured and absorbed by the planet Jupiter. They think they have avoided disaster, but you can be looking the wrong way when the end of the world sneaks up on you.
This is not the typical love story of two best friends falling in love by the end of the book. This is the true story of two friends who passionately drove each other to the ground, which becomes typical when both of them have mental issues that involve drugs and alcohol. No one ever tells these stories probably because they're too messed up to do so.
Distant Suns - The Journey Home is the sequel to Distant Suns. The crew of the star ship Terra - the last hope to avoid extinction for the human race - are nearly two years from the dying planet Earth, when their four thousand year long journey, to reach the first possible habitable world, is unexpectedly halted.
Each year, popular collectibles author Pat Smith completely updates the values in this popular guide and adds new, full-color photos to produce an entirely new look. The alphabetical listings contain nearly every Madame Alexander doll, including store specials and limited edition dolls, with sizes, dates, and current collector values for each doll.
Madame Alexander Dolls are still the most highly sought after Limited Edition dolls produced today. Their values are increasing yearly, making a new edition each year essential. This new edition is expanded to include every doll made by Alexander, and the prices have been revised to reflect today's market. Full-color photographs.
This popular guide to both antique and modern dolls is produced each year to help keep collectors more informed of this ever-changing market. It contains over 6,000 doll descriptions, current values, histories, dates of manufacture, plus a wealth of facts to aid both beginning and advanced doll collectors. Full-color photos throughout.
Describing more than 6,000 dolls with current values, histories, and dates of manufacture, and including a wealth of facts to aid both beginning and advanced collectors, this guide has sold over one million copies in previous editions. More than 500 full-color photos.
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