“...perfectly captures the power of great friendship to imprint on our hearts and change the course of our lives.” — Nicola Kraus, co-author of The Nanny Diaries Readers' Favorite Silver Medal Winner in the Womens Non-Fiction for 2023 When destiny introduces art teacher Barbara Pearson to regionally renowned artist, teacher, and activist, Phyllis Bosco, Barbara’s ordinary life transforms into a spectacular adventure. Over decades of friendship, the two women celebrate and commiserate whatever comes their way. They make grand entrances at art shows, smoke cigarillos at weddings, and, with a cadre of like-minded women friends, dance at every opportunity. Eventually, propelled by failed relationships with men and enchanted by visions of a future retirement spent together, the two friends purchase a house, replete with a ghost. But soon, evolving loyalties trample promises, and the friends drift apart—until tragedy strikes. Feathers at my Feet pays tribute to an enduring friendship that adapts to face unimaginable circumstances with humor and grace. “I couldn’t put it down.” — Hannah Palmer, Author of Flight Path
If you would like your children to experience the benefits of becoming bilingual, but you aren’t sure how to teach them a second language, then Raising a Bilingual Child is the perfect step-by-step guide for you. Raising a Bilingual Child provides parents with information, encouragement, and practical advice for creating a positive bilingual environment. It offers both an overview of why parents should raise their children to speak more than one language and detailed steps parents can take to integrate two languages into their child’s daily routine. Raising a Bilingual Child also includes inspirational first-hand accounts from parents. It dispels the myth that bilingualism may hinder a child’s academic performance and explains that learning languages at a young age can actually enhance a child’s overall intellectual development.
Bill and Ruth met in senior English class. He was a bright, awkward, skinny young man who thought Ruth was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. They eventually married and were inseparable for the next 65 years. As they began to age, they both developed debilitating illnesses that required increasing amounts of care from their four children. Sometimes mistakes were made and disagreements developed. Through it all the Lord watched over and protected Bill and Ruth. Their children came to understand that faith forged a blessing that only the Lord could provide. The Lord also awarded the children with the ability to find humor as well as a greater appreciation in the stressful job of caregiving. For example, one day Joanna was helping her grandfather get ready to go home from a lengthy hospital stay. As his back was turned to her, he asked her to apply denture adhesive to his plate. This 40 year old woman said, "I've done as you asked, but I surely don't understand why you wanted it done." When my father turned around, he nearly rolled off the bed laughing and risking an even longer hospital stay when he saw that Joanna had glued his dentures to a saucer from his lunch tray! The Lord has graciously provided all of us with a tremendous opportunity for spiritual growth. Barbara Christain has been a public school teacher and counselor for thirty three years. She received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from Marshall University. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher.
REVEL™ for Diversity in Families is organized around a structural-diversity framework that treats family diversity as the norm, and highlights how all families are shaped through their interaction with social structures. Throughout the text, families are viewed not as the “building blocks of societies,” but rather as products of social forces within society. Authors Maxine Baca Zinn, D. Stanley Eitzen, and Barbara Wells demystify and demythologize the family by exposing myths, stereotypes, and dogmas—allowing students to emerge with an understanding of why families are diverse. REVEL is Pearson's newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, REVEL offers an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn. Enlivening course content with media interactives and assessments, REVEL empowers educators to increase engagement with the course, and to better connect with students. NOTE: REVEL is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone REVEL access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use REVEL.
This award-winning text treats family diversity as the norm, while highlighting how race, class, gender, and sexuality produce varieties of familial relationships. Diversity in Families looks at families not as “building blocks of societies” but rather, as products of social forces within society. The authors undertake a critical examination of society, asking questions such as, “How do families really work?” and “Who benefits under the existing arrangements, and who does not?” Their goal is to demystify and demythologize the family by exposing existing myths, stereotypes, and dogmas.
REVEL™ for Diversity in Families is organized around a structural-diversity framework that treats family diversity as the norm, and highlights how all families are shaped through their interaction with social structures. Throughout the text, families are viewed not as the “building blocks of societies,” but rather as products of social forces within society. Authors Maxine Baca Zinn, D. Stanley Eitzen, and Barbara Wells demystify and demythologize the family by exposing myths, stereotypes, and dogmas—allowing students to emerge with an understanding of why families are diverse. REVEL is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, REVEL offers an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn. Enlivening course content with media interactives and assessments, REVEL empowers educators to increase engagement with the course, and to better connect with students. NOTE: REVEL is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone REVEL access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use REVEL.
A new edition of this successful undergraduate nursing text relates theory to practice using an easily accessible and reader friendly style. Complex ideas are explained clearly, avoiding jargon. Learning objectives, Learning exercises and Study Questions make this a comprehensive learning resource. Every chapter has been updatedUpdated information on developing evidence-based practiceThis new edition focuses more directly on the student market, including learning objectives and other helpful study aids.New material on developing evidence-based practiceA new chapter on the evaluation of contemporary practice against the social history of nursing
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Welcome to the first book in the Transformation Series. These books are designed to help you create the best life you really want to live...on the inside, your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and health and on the outside your relationships, your work...basically all your interaction with life. Each book is about The Next Step Up in showing you how to understand and transform what is not working for you into what does work for you. You will learn easy, yet powerful methods that enable you to make these important life changing transitions easily and wisely. After decades of working in multiple health care-fields, I've identified the following areas as most crucial and fundamental to help people help themselves be balanced, clear, happy, healthy and stress-free...both in mind-body-spirit and in the daily living of their personal and professional lives. These core areas are: - True-Self or ego...your choice of how you think, feel and behave from your True-Self or from your ego - Energy Awareness...what energy is and how it works for you - Instant Stress Release...how to stop stressing and shift into calm and clear thinking and acting instead - Improving Relationships... how to make relationships work, both personally and professionally - Happiness, Health, Healing and Nutrition...since your health and happiness are greatly determined by what you think, feel and eat, it's how to make wise choices and use energy to expedite all healing The reason I'm writing the series of The Next Step Up books is to give you effective and powerful tools and strategies which show you how to tap into and utilize your innate abilities of Knowing how to be stress free, happy and clear each day of your life plus much, much more. The next sentence contains the most important concept you will use in your entire life. You will be shown how to shift your compulsive negative thinking (caused by your ego's fearful thoughts and emotions) into affirmative and confident thoughts from your True-Self. When you perceive and handle life from your lower-self, the negative ego, your life will seem to be full of conflict, stress and tiredness because that's how your ego makes you think and behave. When you perceive and handle life from your highest-self, your True-Self or Soul or Truth, life will be good, easy and energizing because Soul gives you clarity, confidence and wisdom. You can choose which way you want to live your life... from a low, dense vibratory level, or a high, clear and powerful vibratory level. If you find yourself functioning from your lower-self, you will now have the tools to instantly shift out of stressful thoughts and into uplifting thoughts and behavior instead! You have the power to change and create from the "real you...your True- Self" anytime you desire. You already are the "Real You" on the inside. I just give you the tools and "know how" to access your Soul's power, clarity and wisdom to use any time you choose. Have fun and expect miracles using your innate ability to help resolve problem relationships, work and stressful situations in your life. Remember it's all in the perception. When you perceive life from ego, life is hard and stressful. But now you can choose to instantly shift out of being tired and stressed and into powerful and clear perceiving from your True-Self. It feels great...do it often. This book, The Next Step Up: The Art of Instant Stress Release is a guide to show you how to shift out of being stressed and into clear thinking and feeling instead. When your mind is controlled by your ego, you experience stress. When your mind is aligned with your Soul, you experience clarity which releases the toxic effects of stress from your body and mind.
A guide to statistical techniques: using the book; Review of univariate and bivariate statistics; Cleaning up uur act: screening data prior to analysis; Multiple regression; Analysis of covariance; Multivariance analysis of variance and covariance; Profile analysis: the multivariate approach to repeated measures; Discriminant analysis; Logistic regression; Survival / failure analysis; Canonical correlation; Principal components and factor analysis; Structural equation modeling; Multilevel modeling; Multiwy frequency anlaysis; Overview of the general linear model; Them-series analysis (available online at www.ablongman.com/achnick5e); A skimply introduction to matrix algebra; Research designs for complete examples; Statistical tables.
A Practical Approach to using Multivariate Analyses Using Multivariate Statistics, 6th edition provides advanced undergraduate as well as graduate students with a timely and comprehensive introduction to today's most commonly encountered statistical and multivariate techniques, while assuming only a limited knowledge of higher-level mathematics. This text’s practical approach focuses on the benefits and limitations of applications of a technique to a data set – when, why, and how to do it. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Learn to conduct numerous types of multivariate statistical analyses Find the best technique to use Understand Limitations to applications Learn how to use SPSS and SAS syntax and output The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed. Samples Preview sample pages from Using Multivariate Statistics
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