Wishing You the Best of Everything Always is a collection of poems by Beverly West Schmidt – inspired by the natural beauty and poetry of all living things. It also includes poems inspired by the author's love of family.Here are some excerpts from a few of her poems: Perfect Palette " Amazingly graceful light plays shadow tag withsleepy fog and billowy clouds - awakening autumn's hillside hues...." Maternal Music "Softly sweeping, rhythmically sweeping - maternal music continuing - in springtime, in sunshine – in all times.No colorful kerchief needed –flowers provide amplecolors and fragrances – maternal memories and dove-soft love – for countless generations to come." Fox Trot Envy"She dances divinelyon silvered snow,her ebony-tipped auburn coat - sleek in frigid air.Oh, to be so slender.Oh, to be so agile.Oh, to have such shimmering hair – Oh, never-mind. I much prefer my winter den to hers." As We Journey On "Let's be sunrise - not sunset. Let's be brightness rising - not dimness declining. Let's be sunrays rosy with joyfulness and awakening. Let's be prisms of infinite inspiration and kaleidoscope colors. Let's be stillness and peace embracing all.
The author of The Doormat Chronicles does it again! Believing she will be spending her life solitary and unfettered, young Tawney Thompson embarks into the uncharted waters of adulthood learning more about relationships than she bargained for. She had hoped her education would prepare her for independence, but when campus life turns gruesome she realizes her strength is in the very bonds which she thought she had surpassed. But will Tawney's education prepare her to recognize that some relationships can prove to be fatal? The Spring House Theory is stirring and fast-paced. You won't be able to put it down!
It didn't take long for Carly Rimel to realize someone was after her. But who, and why? And how was she to put together the pieces of a bizarre puzzle while running for her life? Stocks and Bombs is a story of Carly's trek through a minefield of jealousy, deception and desperation.
This book chronicles the adventures of divorcee Barbara Sanchez, who struggles to move beyond a dysfunctional marriage and a pathological ex-husband, while realizing her inner-strength and courage. Barbara learns who her ex-husband really was through a series of adversities and finds herself having to pay for his transgressions. By refusing to give up on herself or her children, Barbara reaches deep within herself to find the strength she needs to battle the elements and save her family. But will the emotionally wounded Barbara ever allow herself to love again?
The fun begins when four menopausal girlfriends extend their annual trip and become snowbound in the mountains. But when rooster enters the henhouse they are shocked to see how much their behavior changes. The Change is a lighthearted novel about friendship, gender and hormones.
Hunger, poverty, foreclosures, drought, horrific storms, hard work (if it could be found), and disappointment were routine during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Tom Kostas, a greek immigrant, his wife, Agnes, and their four small children endured this together on their small farm in Kansas. Many people in these difficult circumstances gave up and left for California or elsewhere, searching for better lives as they escaped the hardships of the dust bowl. This is a history of those who did not, or could not, escape to supposedly better circumstances. This is a story of how the Kostas family, and others, dealt with adversity, each in their own way. Some showed great strength and kindness, while others showed selfishness and even cruelty. It is an insightful and entertaining study of human nature, of struggle, coping, endurance, and survival. The events in this book did occur; however, they were compressed into a few days for the sake of the story. People's names have been changed, but geographical information is accurate.
The Moravians who settled Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1742 were committed to a society centered around missionary work. To free their missionaries from the need to earn a living, they formed a communal economic organization in which all workers gave their labor to the community in exchange for food, shelter, and clothing. To encourage each individual's religious development, family ties were deemphasized and members of the same sex, marital status, and age slept, worked, and worshipped together. After 20 years, the worldwide Moravian Church, facing a financial crisis, ordered Bethlehem to reorganize into a traditional community of nuclear families. It was hoped that, under this more conventional arrangement, Bethlehem could be expected to help pay the huge debts of the parent church. In The Transformation of Moravian Bethlehem, Beverly Prior Smaby traces the effects of this change on Bethlehem's Moravians, demonstrating how it altered even the most intimate aspects of their lives. She analyzes the unusually accurate marriage, birth, death, migration, and census records to assess the demographic response to institutional change. She traces change in cultural norms through unique technical analyses of biographies which were read at a variety of Moravian gatherings. Within 100 years, Smaby asserts, Bethlehem grew from an egalitarian communal society of symbolic Brothers and Sisters into a privatized community of socially stratified families whose cultural ideal was no longer religious service but usefulness to family and society. Scholars of American history and folk life will find this book a valuable addition to literature on community history, social change, and historical methods. Church historians will benefit from its in-depth study of secularization on a personal level, and it will be of keen interest to members of the Moravian Church.
Beverly Jan Norberg knows that even though life is filled with many obstacles, mountains, and valleys, God has been with her through every step as a faithful friend who never leaves or forsakes her. In an inspirational retelling of her spiritual journey, Norberg relies on journals, scrapbooks, photo albums, ministry records, and other documents to chronicle her story, beginning with a childhood immersed in prayer, healings, Billy Graham and Oral Roberts crusades, and campus crusades for Christ. As she relays her varied experiences, she details the growing pains of ministry as well as the pitfalls that some of the faithful experienced along the way while shining a light on God’s mercy and faithfulness. Additionally, she shares insight into her personal relationships with those who stumbled and how she walked with them as they finished their race. Throughout her memoir, Norberg provides encouragement not only to those who have walked with God for decades, but also to those who are just beginning their journeys. Songs in the Night chronicles a Christian’s walk of faith as she learned that nothing surprises Him, even when it goes against His plan and purposes.
This is a continuation of the subject matter discussed in the first book, with an emphasis on systems of ordinary differential equations and will be most appropriate for upper level undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of mathematics, engineering, and applied mathematics, as well as in the life sciences, physics, and economics. After an introduction, there follow chapters on systems of differential equations, of linear differential equations, and of nonlinear differential equations. The book continues with structural stability, bifurcations, and an appendix on linear algebra. The whole is rounded off with an appendix containing important theorems from parts I and II, as well as answers to selected problems.
A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss of one third of the avian population. Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking news: nearly three billion birds in North America have vanished over the past fifty years. No species has been spared, from the most delicate jeweled hummingbirds to scrappy black crows, from a rainbow of warblers to common birds such as owls and sparrows. In a desperate race against time, scientists, conservationists, birders, wildlife officers, and philanthropists are scrambling to halt the collapse of species with bold, experimental, and sometimes risky rescue missions. High in the mountains of Hawaii, biologists are about to release clouds of laboratory-bred mosquitos in a last-ditch attempt to save Hawaii’s remaining native forest birds. In Central Florida, researchers have found a way to hatch Florida Grasshopper Sparrows in captivity to rebuild a species down to its last two dozen birds. In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a team is using artificial intelligence to save the California Spotted Owl. In North Carolina, a scientist is experimenting with genomics borrowed from human medicine to bring the long-extinct Passenger Pigeon back to life. For the past year, veteran journalists Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal traveled more than 25,000 miles across the Americas, chronicling costly experiments, contentious politics, and new technologies to save our beloved birds from the brink of extinction. Through this compelling drama, A Wing and a Prayer offers hope and an urgent call to action: Birds are dying at an unprecedented pace. But there are encouraging breakthroughs across the hemisphere and still time to change course, if we act quickly.
Crawl inside the curious world of ants with the Junior Scientists series for kids ages 6-9! Ants are scurrying, social creatures with unique abilities to carry huge loads, work as a team, and fiercely protect their colony. This book gives you a microscopic look into the hidden world of ants, answering all your big questions about our small, hardworking neighbors. Learn fun facts about flat headed Turtle Ants, wide-eyed Gigantiops, and many more. Explore colorful photos and cool profiles on how big each ant is, what they eat, where they're found, and more! Get up close and underground with: A look inside the anthill—Discover which jobs each ant has in its colony, how they communicate, how they build their homes, and how they fight. Vibrant photographs—Get up close and personal with bright, colorful photos of dozens of different types of ants. Off-the-page projects—Become an ant ambassador with instructions for making your very own ant farm and tips on ant watching in the wild. Discover all the secrets about the ant queen, her drones, and loyal colony in Ants for Kids.
The latest edition of the bestselling book on employee retention and engagement in the world - more than 500,000 copies of the previous editions have been sold. Completely revised and updated throughout, with two brand new sections. Presents 26 strategies, from A to Z, that managers at every level can use immediately to stem the talent drain. With every employee who walks out the door costing the company up to 200% of their annual salary to replace, retention is one of the most important issues facing businesses today. And with so many surveys reporting that employees are unhappy and not working up to their full potential, engagement becomes a second serious and costly issue. The latest edition of this Wall Street Journal bestseller offers 26 simple strategies - from A to Z - that managers can use to address their employees real concerns and keep them engaged. The fourth edition has been extensively revised and updated throughout and includes two new sections. The first, Top Ten Push backs, features answers to the most common concerns that managers have raised about the Love Em or Lose Em approach. The second new section, Got More? Is a compilation of anecdotes, quotations and research findings that support the Love Em or Lose Em message. Love 'Em or Lose 'Em may also be purchased by chapters from Fast Fundamentals: The BK Whitepaper Series.
Has your karma run over your dogma? Are you feeling anxious about the future, or wondering who turned down the dimmer switch on your inner light? The illumination you need is right at your fingertips. Settle into the lotus position, pick up your remote control, and let movies be your spiritual guide on your journey toward personal nirvana. From the bestselling duo who brought you Cinematherapy, Advanced Cinematherapy, Cinematherapy for Lovers, and Bibliotherapy comes CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL, a video guide guaranteed to help you become your own guru. With 150 new reviews of classic and contemporary movies and thoughtful quotes to uplift you, CINEMATHERAPY FOR THE SOUL is guaranteed to help you discover that the movies will reinvigorate your tired spirit and help you find inspiration, one movie at a time. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Grounded in state-of-the-art theory and research, this hands-on volume provides a complete cognitive-behavioral treatment program for clients suffering from chronic pain. Ten clearly organized modules for use with groups or individuals offer well-tested strategies for engaging clients, challenging distorted thoughts and beliefs about pain, and helping to build needed skills for coping and adaptation. Also featured are a detailed theoretical and empirical rationale, along with guidelines for setting up treatment groups and conducting effective assessments. Presented in a large-size format for ease of photocopying and use, the book contains everything needed to implement the program, including numerous case examples and troubleshooting tips and over 40 reproducible session outlines, client handouts, and assessment tools"--
Just after noon on September 16, 1920, as hundreds of workers poured onto Wall Street for their lunchtime break, a horse-drawn cart packed with dynamite exploded in a spray of metal and fire, turning the busiest corner of the financial center into a war zone. Thirty-nine people died and hundreds more lay wounded, making the Wall Street explosion the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history until the Oklahoma City bombing. In The Day Wall Street Exploded, Beverly Gage tells the story of that once infamous but now largely forgotten event. Based on thousands of pages of Bureau of Investigation reports, this historical detective saga traces the four-year hunt for the perpetrators, a worldwide effort that spread as far as Italy and the new Soviet nation. It also gives readers the decades-long but little-known history of homegrown terrorism that helped to shape American society a century ago. The book delves into the lives of victims, suspects, and investigators: world banking power J.P. Morgan, Jr.; labor radical "Big Bill" Haywood; anarchist firebrands Emma Goldman and Luigi Galleani; "America's Sherlock Holmes," William J. Burns; even a young J. Edgar Hoover. It grapples as well with some of the most controversial events of its day, including the rise of the Bureau of Investigation, the federal campaign against immigrant "terrorists," the grassroots effort to define and protect civil liberties, and the establishment of anti-communism as the sine qua non of American politics. Many Americans saw the destruction of the World Trade Center as the first major terrorist attack on American soil, an act of evil without precedent. The Day Wall Street Exploded reminds us that terror, too, has a history. Praise for the hardcover: "Outstanding." --New York Times Book Review "Ms. Gage is a storyteller...she leaves it to her readers to draw their own connections as they digest her engaging narrative." --The New York Times "Brisk, suspenseful and richly documented" --The Chicago Tribune "An uncommonly intelligent, witty and vibrant account. She has performed a real service in presenting such a complicated case in such a fair and balanced way." --San Francisco Chronicle
This is the third edition, revised for the DSM-IV, of the one volume, standard, comprehensive text on the treatment of psychiatric disorders - spanning the biological, psychological and psychosocial.; Updated and revised, this book is the result of several thousand studies, clinical reports, and reference works. Information is specifically coordinated with the DSM-IV, and the authors' discussion reflects what is currently known about standard treatments as well as many of the more esoteric therapies.
This devotional for seniors gives assurance, inspiration, and hope as we hold on to God’s promises going home. Beverly Beeghly Avers, an ordained elder of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church and former pastor, teams up with numerous contributors to highlight the challenges of facing each day and serving God. Much of the content is serious, but the author and contributors aren’t afraid to lighten things up. One passage reads, “Jesus said we must become like children to enter the kingdom of God. Well, I qualify, for I now wear Depends, take gummy supplements for calcium, use a walker or cane, and need help from family with items I can’t reach, forms I don’t understand, and cans and jars that are impossible for me to open.” While geared for seniors, the devotional can be used by family and friends to engage in meaningful conversations about how to live life before going home to be with our Lord. Many of the devotionals include hymns to recite or sing even as their memory decreases. You’ll be inspired to grow in faith as you get UP from bed, with our Lord's help, to serve the Lord no matter what your circumstances with this devotional steeped in Scripture.
Hunger, poverty, foreclosures, drought, horrific storms, hard work (if it could be found), and disappointment were routine during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Tom Kostas, a greek immigrant, his wife, Agnes, and their four small children endured this together on their small farm in Kansas. Many people in these difficult circumstances gave up and left for California or elsewhere, searching for better lives as they escaped the hardships of the dust bowl. This is a history of those who did not, or could not, escape to supposedly better circumstances. This is a story of how the Kostas family, and others, dealt with adversity, each in their own way. Some showed great strength and kindness, while others showed selfishness and even cruelty. It is an insightful and entertaining study of human nature, of struggle, coping, endurance, and survival. The events in this book did occur; however, they were compressed into a few days for the sake of the story. People's names have been changed, but geographical information is accurate.
This comprehensive manual offers direction for every step of the thesis or dissertation process, from choosing an appropriate topic to adapting the finished work for publication.
Love 'Em or Lose 'Em offers busy managers a fresh viewpoint that clearly links business success to retention of talent" --- Richard J. Leider, Founder, the Inventure Group, co-author of Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose.
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