Who would have thought that an acting career that began as a teenage star on "The Mickey Mouse Club" would lead to the role of assistant to Southern California crime-boss Mickey Cohen? King of the Sunset Strip takes readers through the author's dramatic Hollywood story to the curtain call that eventually led him out of the life of crime.
A comprehensive book reaffirming the truth of Christ's commitment and ability to set people free from sexual addiction. A practical and profound tool for freedom, Falling Forward shows how Christ draws people out of addiction and into the healing fellowship of comminuty. Suitable for individual use and small group study, the book includes homework assignments, discussion topics and concrete action for growth and freedom.
Explains how sexuality and blood sacrifice have been used in both religious ritual and ritual abuse. Using a number of victims' stories to illustrate his conclusions, Lockwood draws the connection between ritual abuse and Multiple Personality Disorder as well as offering readers the resources needed to handle the problems associated with it.
A considerable number of journal publications using a range of qualitative synthesis approaches has been published. Mary Dixon-Woods and colleagues (Mary Dixon-Woods, Booth, & Sutton, 2007) identified 42 qualitative evidence synthesis papers published in health care literature between 1990 and 2004. An ongoing update by Hannes and Macaitis (2010)identified around 100 additional qualitative or mixed methods syntheses. Yet these generally lack a clear, detailed description of what was done and why (Greenhalgh et al, 2007; McInnes & Wimpenny, 2008). Choices are most commonly influenced by what others have successfully used in the past or by a particular school of thought (Atkins et al, 2008; Britten et al, 2002). This is a substantive limitation. This book brings balance to the options available to researchers, including approaches that have not had a substantial uptake among researchers. It provides arguments for when and why researchers or other parties of interest should opt for a certain approach to synthesis, which challenges they might face in adopting it and what the potential strengths and weaknesses are compared with other approaches. This book acts as a resource for readers who would otherwise have to piece together the methodology from a range of journal articles. In addition, it should stimulate further development and documentation of synthesis methodology in a field that is characterized by diversity.
Our emotions are perhaps the greatest creation of God. Eve fulfilled Adam's emotional needs, and Adam did the same for Eve. The Lord was the source of all good things for them to enjoy together. That ideal situation was destroyed when Adam and Eve fell into sin. The Lord has given instructions in his Word for living in today's world, and we must go to that Word for the answers. Adam and Eve were a fundamental unit. That unit, with the children born to them, was called a family. That was God's design. The success of the family and the success of mankind depend on the ability to supply emotional stability. Your family members have emotional needs. Are you conscious of supplying them, or are you conscious only of demanding your own satisfaction? Basic selfishness, with countless variations, is one of the fundamental reasons why so many Christian families fail to function on a spiritual plane. - p. 9-14.
Clinical policy regarding the management of health conditions has historically been driven by knowledge and experience of healthcare professionals. Evidence-based practice posits that a health care professional must include and combine the best available evidence, with clinical expertise and the patient's for treatment. This book will outline how to develop clinical practice guidelines and how to use and conduct systematic, exhaustive, and reproducible searches.
Clinical policy regarding the management of health conditions has historically been driven by knowledge and experience of healthcare professionals. Evidence-based practice posits that a health care professional must include and combine the best available evidence, with clinical expertise and the patient's for treatment. This book will outline how to develop clinical practice guidelines and how to use and conduct systematic, exhaustive, and reproducible searches.
First published in 1918, and ""officially recommended from the Headquarters of the Army to officers subject to examination for promotion,"" this basic manual covered the essentials of military organization and discipline, the role of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and lessons learned about their utilization throughout history. As such it reflects the military doctrine of the era just before the Spanish-American War, and its bibliography and list of sources provides an excellent record of military literature at the time. 2006 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition.
Matt Corbin is going through a rough patch in his life, rougher than his time in Vietnam. He finds himself a cuckold, betrayed by a wife of ten years with another man. Returning to his job as a homicide detective after his service time doesn’t help, nor does having a batch of inadequate partners. It only compounds his trouble tenfold, making it that much heavier to carry. If it wouldn’t be for his best friend, Paul Rice, and a new female partner, attractive and feisty, he would have eaten his gun by now. Then along comes a weird murder case where the bones of the victims are all that is left of them. It’s enough to rock Corbin’s boat and set him back a step.
Dream killers, ditch diggers, backstabbers...we’ve all had them in our lives. And even though we’d rather avoid them at all costs, God has plans for them—and for us. Joseph (of the coat of many colors) had a life full of these interlopers, from the brothers who wanted to murder him and sold him into slavery, to the conniving wife of his master, Potiphar. Though some might think God abandoned Joseph to these betrayers, Interlopers: The Difficult People and Life Experiences That Prepare Us for Greater helps us understand that God uses such interlopers to transform us and prepare us for greater destinies, just as he did for Joseph, leading us from the pit to the palace while changing us in ways we could never imagine. This book balances nicely the hard truths, suggesting what we need to do to be better and to keep ourselves in the best shape for the paths God has set out for us, along with encouragement for how to do so. It will be an enjoyable addition to the libraries of those looking for encouragement through their struggles and for ways they can actively improve their lives by “simply” changing their views about their struggles.
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