“Momma is like water. You know how you see rocks in a stream or a river, and over time, before you know it, the water has worn the rock down so that it can make its way where it wants to go? That’s Momma.” Struck by her brother’s description of their mother as water inspired author Crystal M.’s book Like Water, an engaging and sometimes painful reflection about her mother, motherhood, and family with snippets and insights on childrearing and child psychology. Crystal and her siblings grew up under the harsh, strict, oppressive, and tyrannical rule of their mother and her violent mood swings. Living under her thumb, Crystal grew up sheltered, vulnerable, and somewhat unprepared for the evils of real life. But the lessons her mother gave them, sometimes uncompromisingly harsh, has saved her and made her hardy, capable to weather all the bad things that came her way.
A unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our “national conversation about race”—and what to do about it How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture, media, and politics. Centuries after our nation was founded on genocide, settler colonialism, and slavery, many Americans are kinda-sorta-maybe waking up to the reality that our racial politics are (still) garbage. But in the midst of this reckoning, widespread denial and misunderstandings about race persist, even as white supremacy and racial injustice are more visible than ever before. Combining no-holds-barred social critique, humorous personal anecdotes, and analysis of the latest interdisciplinary scholarship on systemic racism, sociologist Crystal M. Fleming provides a fresh, accessible, and irreverent take on everything that’s wrong with our “national conversation about race.” Drawing upon critical race theory, as well as her own experiences as a queer black millennial college professor and researcher, Fleming unveils how systemic racism exposes us all to racial ignorance—and provides a road map for transforming our knowledge into concrete social change. Searing, sobering, and urgently needed, How to Be Less Stupid About Race is a truth bomb for your racist relative, friend, or boss, and a call to action for everyone who wants to challenge white supremacy and intersectional oppression. If you like Issa Rae, Justin Simien, Angela Davis, and Morgan Jerkins, then this deeply relevant, bold, and incisive book is for you.
This urgent book explores the roots of racism and its legacy in modern day, all while empowering young people with actionable ways they can help foster a better world and become antiracists. Why are white supremacists still openly marching in the United States? Why are undocumented children of color separated from their families and housed in cages? Where did racism come from? Why hasn’t it already disappeared? And what can young people do about it? Rise Up! breaks down the origins of racial injustice and its continued impact today, connecting dots between the past and present. By including contemporary examples ripped from headlines and actionable ways young people can help create a more inclusive world, sociologist Crystal Marie Fleming shares the knowledge and values that unite all antiracists: compassion, solidarity, respect, and courage in the face of adversity. Perfect for fans of Stamped: Remix, This Book is Antiracist, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy, and The Black Friend. Praise for Rise Up! A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2021 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2021 A Booklist Editors' Choice Winner for 2021 * "A clear and damning appraisal of the United States’ long-standing relationship with White supremacy—with actionable advice for readers to do better." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review * "A standout . . . sure to inspire young people to act." —Booklist, starred review "Rise Up! is the invigorating, thought-provoking, eye-opening, and essential book about fighting white supremacy that I wish I had when I was a teen. Crystal M. Fleming writes about tough subjects with authority and compassion, and inspires with a roadmap for how we can change the world for the better." —Malinda Lo, author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Determined to shake living in her older sister's mistake-filled shadow and fresh out of high school, Chloe McKinney is eager to show her strict and overbearing parents that she is a responsible adult that can make it on her own. The only person she seems to have on her side is her grandpa whom she has always had a special bond with.When Chloe's homelife with her parents becomes unbearable, she plots a way out and applies for a job as a live-in caretaker to an elderly lady named Hanna Hutton. Chloe can't quite put her finger on why her new employer seems so familiar to her, as if she has always known her.One night, Hanna reveals a shocking secret to Chloe that she had lived a past life with the only man she ever loved. Together they made a beautiful life and family. Had it not been messed up by tragedies, she would have lived the most perfect life. Hanna seems trapped and saddened in her new life while wishing for her old life with her family back. She fears that once this life is soon over that she will be born again and live another dull life without ever finding true love again.As Chloe struggles with believing Hanna's secret, clues and jaw-dropping revelations keep coming up that may very well explain just why it is that her sweet elderly boss seems so familiar!While Chloe works to figure out the mystery of Hanna's secret, she finds herself also falling in love with the perfect man. Her newly found love makes her sad for her employer's lost true love and finds her wanting to believe the impossible. Can true love last forever? Could one be reincarnated? And if one could be, then couldn't there be more?
A field-tested, classroom-based approach for developing the critical thinking, social-emotional, problem-solving, and discussion skills students need to be good citizens and effective changemakers. We often hear that a key purpose of schooling is to prepare students for informed and active citizenship. But what does this look like in practice? How do teachers pursue this goal amid other pressing priorities, including student mastery of both academic content and social-emotional competencies? Students Taking Action Together, based on a program of the same name developed at Rutgers University, clarifies that the way to prepare young people for life in a democracy is by intentionally rehearsing democratic behaviors in the classroom. This field-tested program ("STAT" for short) is built on five research-backed teaching strategies that work with existing social studies, English language arts, and history curriculum in the upper-elementary, middle, and high school levels. Incorporating these strategies into your lessons is a way to meet students' natural desire to be heard with skill-building that empowers them to * Adhere to norms of civil conversation, even when topics are controversial and emotions are high; * Speak confidently and listen actively; * Engage in respectful debate aimed at understanding issues rather than winning points; * Target communication to different audiences, needs, and contexts; and * Examine problems from many sides, considering potential solutions, drawing up action plans, and evaluating these plans' effectiveness against historical examples. In addition to vignettes that show the five STAT strategies in action, you'll find practical teaching tips and sample STAT lesson plans. For school leaders, there is a road map for schoolwide STAT implementation and guidance on communicating the program's value to stakeholders. Are you ready to help students understand complex content, confront pressing social issues, and engage with the structures of power to advocate for change? This book is for you.
“The secret society of soul food cooks set out to embrace and love all those who touched a wood bowl or tin cup filled with the likes of what she held in her soul to bear that day.” (Wikipedia, soul food cooks) Soul food is comfort. I remember coming home to the best-smelling house on the block; the whole house would be filled with the aromas of the best fried chicken, greens with ham hocks, creamy macaroni and cheese, fluffy corn bread, flaky peach cobblers. My mother spared no expense to cook and provide the best-tasting food she could think of. Little did she know in the process she was creating an unhealthy movement in her family that would remain for generations. In the name of love and necessity. our ancestors did what they could to keep “good days” on the table and in our memories. They also passed the torch of the sedentary lifestyle, obesity, heart disease, hypertension, and multiple cancers. I later watched in horror as the effects took its toll on my immediate family and my community. By age thirty, I began to evaluate my life’s food choices and my horrible diet. After making necessary but painful changes and adding daily exercise, I lost over seventy-five pounds in one year. This was the beginning of healing my soul. I wrote the Good Days to pass on to my future generations who are caught in the struggle of not knowing the basics of healthy shopping, cooking, proper food storage, and safe food temperatures. I wrote this book for those who feel they were never taught another style of cooking, for those who have no cooking experience, and for those who want to change unhealthy eating but have no idea how to stop the cycle of eating processed foods or prepackaged foods. I gratefully introduce Healing My Soul, The Good Days Cookbook volume 1. My recipes are simple and creative. I introduce several new vegetables, brown rice varieties, Lavash bread (which is simply making your own low fat/low sodium crackers), vegetable soup, vegetable stir-fry, and vegetable and fruit filled salad.
Known for helping students develop the ability to make sound judgments and to develop a philosophy of lawyering, the concise Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession, Seventh Edition, is adaptable to a host of teaching styles. Scores of realistic problems call on students to develop a cogent philosophy of lawyering as they master basic concepts and prepare for the MPRE. Modular, flexible organization allows professors to adapt the material to a variety of courses and clinical programs. In particular, the book is structured to enable instructors to present the materials doctrinally or by area of practice. New to the Seventh Edition: New author Grace Giesel (Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law) has joined the book. Throughout the book the authors have inserted Rule Reviews. A Rule Review is a set of questions designed to walk the students through the important facets of the Model Rule of Professional Conduct at issue. The Rule Reviews are designed to ensure the students review and thus capture the parameters of the reviewed rules. The authors provide answers to the questions at the back of the book, so the students can self-assess their learning. The Rule Reviews are in addition to the Chapter Assessment Questions that follow each chapter. The authors have revised this edition to present the textual material with more headings and thus in smaller blocks of narrative. This change is intended to assist students in sorting and organizing the material as they learn and to assist instructors in directing the class discussion. The book has been updated to include: All recent changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including the ABA’s substantial revision of the advertising rules. Relevant recent ABA Formal Opinions. The book has been revised to include recent developments such as: The legal industry’s renewed focus on sexual harassment and discrimination, in part a result of the #MeToo movement (Ch. 8). Alternate litigation funding (Ch. 2). Advance Waivers (Ch. 4). The effect of the presence of third parties on the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine (Ch. 3). Recent developments regarding ineffective assistance of counsel (Ch. 2). Recent developments regarding technology (Ch. 3). The authors have attempted to make the book as relevant to the students of 2020 as possible. To that end, they include problems and material that are up-to-date and, in some cases, “ripped from the headlines,” such as: Material about the involvement of David Boies in the Theranos debacle. An excerpt of Michael Cohen’s statement to the court before sentencing. Problem 3-5 now deals with the threat and response of a law firm to cyberattack. Professors and students will benefit from: Realistic problems that develop students’ ability to make sound judgments. Emphasis on guiding students to articulate a cogent philosophy of lawyering. Innovative, flexible organization suited to a variety of courses and clinical programs. Organized by major doctrinal concepts, such as confidentiality and conflicts of interest. Offers alternative organization by area of practice. Modular organization for professor choice. Manageable length. Multiple choice assessment questions and answers located at the end of each chapter to prepare students for the MPRE.
Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America's favorite comedians as he turns 65, and a look back at a remarkable career in this New York Times bestseller. Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like "Buying the Plot" and "Nodding Off," Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone age with him. He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life, from entertaining his relatives as a kid in Long Beach, Long Island, his years doing stand-up in the Village, up through his legendary stint at Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally, and his long run as host of the Academy Awards. Readers get a front-row seat to his one-day career with the New York Yankees (he was the first player to ever "test positive for Maalox"), his love affair with Sophia Loren, and his enduring friendships with several of his idols, including Mickey Mantle and Muhammad Ali. He lends a light touch to more serious topics like religion ("the aging friends I know have turned to the Holy Trinity: Advil, bourbon, and Prozac"), grandparenting, and, of course, dentistry. As wise and poignant as they are funny, Crystal's reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived.
God Remembered Rachel" was subsequently one of the many titles I had to choose for my poetry book. This title stood out the most due to it's significance to me. A fellow colleague in the gospel preached a sermon with the same title a while back,and I never forgot it. The biblical account of Rachel, though painful at times to read about, ultimately had a wonderful ending. I loved the fact that Rachel learned through trial and error to trust in a God, who promises that you will reap if you faint not. At the end of this story God opens her womb, so she can bare Jacob two sons. They are the evidence that though she sowed in tears she reap in joy. This book should shed light on our dark situations, give hope when you feel you don't have any, as well as provide joy and laughter. I hope that we realize that if God remembered Rachel, he will remember us too!
A path of hope and healing for survivors of childhood sexual abuse A woman who was sexually abused as a child is confronted with many internal questions: Am I worthless? Will I get past the pain? Do I matter to God? These and similar questions can carve a deep hole in an already wounded soul. Too often, the lies of worthlessness are believed, the pain becomes too much to handle, and survivors find themselves making choices that lead to more heartbreak. With over 42 million survivors (both male and female) in the United States alone, the need for a clear path to healing is great. Crystal Sutherland—herself a survivor of CSA—knows that while the recovery process is complex, healing is possible with God’s help. For women who want to progress from simply coping to living abundantly, Journey to Heal guides readers through seven essential steps to recovery found in Scripture. Candid and open about her personal journey of healing, Crystal comes alongside her reader as a friend who understands. Infused with biblical truths, stories of hope from other survivors, and practical wisdom, this book leads women to discover the life of wholeness God has for them.
Crystal M. Giddings wants school counselors to do that which they are uniquely and highly trained to implement; a comprehensive counseling program for all children. Told through the memorable soul of one determined, inexorable and highly courageous school counselor, the writer compels the reader to learn what really is going on in the day and life of a school counselor. Anna gives opposition to being buried under insurmountable amounts of non-counseling duties that prevent her delivery of school counseling services. This turns out to be an undeniable force that leaves her principal in distress and the local board of education holding on to its seat. Anna's advocacy creates tension and trouble. In When School Counseling Hurts: A Call for Advocacy, the reader will quickly get hooked on the story events; Giddings carefully writes with authority and impactfully explains the role of the school counselor, which is minus the principal's sole agenda. Finally, she brings hope to reviving the role of school counselors and brilliantly provides many resources for school counselors, principals and other stakeholders. DR. CRYSTAL M. GIDDINGS is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education, Counselor Education Department, at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a member of Trinity Chapel Church of God, the Atlanta Writer's Club, the American School Counselor Association, the Georgia School Counselors Association (GSCA), the National Association of Educators, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Also, she is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor and is a National Certified School Counselor. A teacher for 12 years and a school counselor for 26 years, she is full of inspiring stories and is often requested as a motivational speaker. Crystal, a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, who worked as a school counselor in Atlanta Public Schools and Cobb County Schools, remains a voice for the school counseling profession, resides in metro Atlanta and has one adult son, James. Contact Information: Email: crystalmgiddings@gmail.com Website: crystalmgiddings.com
We have all asked ourselves, “Does anyone care that I am here?” “Do I serve a purpose of value?” “Do I matter at all to anyone?” The answer is a resounding yes! Who Art in Heaven is a delightful, personal, and inspiring perspective on establishing an understanding of your value and contribution to the world. Author Crystal Joy shares a personal account of how each of us is purposely and uniquely different! We are diversely designed to use our divine, valuable purpose through creatively working with one another in all of the arts and academic arenas. If there is ever any question of “Why am I here?” Who Art in Heaven will enhance your awareness of your one-of-a-kind and wonderful value to the world and God’s plan for your life. You have a purpose that only you can fill. Decide today to not waste another moment just existing. Who Art in Heaven is the colorful creative bridge to joyfully inspire you to cross over into your destiny!
Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials, by Charles L. Knapp, Nathan M. Crystal, Harry G. Prince, Danielle K. Hart, and Joshua M. Silverstein, includes cases with notes and explanatory text, additional commentary, essay, and short-answer problems, and multiple-choice review questions for each chapter. The cases selected are a balance of traditional and contemporary that reflect the development and complexity of contract law. Explanatory notes and text place the classic and newer decisions in their larger legal context. Questions and problems provide opportunities to practice core legal skills and encourage students to explore the relationship between theory and practice. This successful book is well known for approaching contract law and theory from multiple perspectives and using a variety of contractual settings. Adaptable for instructors with different pedagogical philosophies, Problems in Contract Law can easily be used in teaching by traditional case analysis, through problem-based instruction, or using theoretical inquiry. The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. New to the 10th Edition: Five new principal cases that reflect advances in or improved statements of contract law. One restored principal case (Oppenheimer & Co. v. Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon & Co.) that provides valuable perspectives on a fundamental area of contract law. Twelve new problems, including several shorter problems, to provide more review options for teachers and students and to add contemporary fact patterns. Eight new tables and flow charts to assist students with the conceptual structure of complicated legal subjects. Editing of note and text material to reduce length without affecting coverage and to capture new legal developments. Reorganization of text and comment material to focus comments primarily on historical developments, allowing professors greater flexibility in assigning or deleting comments. Student accessibility to deleted cases from prior editions through Casebook Connect, allowing professors the further flexibility of continuing to easily assign cases for which they have a particular preference. Professors and students will benefit from: The authors’ emphasis on making the material accessible for both students taking and professors teaching the course - rejecting a hide-the-ball approach. The continued appeal to professors with various teaching methodologies: traditional, problem-oriented, theoretical, and practical. The comprehensive nature of the contents allows professors the flexibility to teach their students the basics or conduct a more in-depth analysis of a given topic. The continued mixture of classic and contemporary cases. Review questions at the end of each chapter that are primarily designed for students to perform self-assessments of their grasp of the material. Answers with explanations are included in an appendix within the book.
Rough, Ready and Ex-Airborne: this is one fashion model you want on your side….——-Cybil Raven Miracle at St. Rita——-Fashion Model, Mom, Ex-Airborne Solider, Iraq War Veteran and Tech Forensic specialist Cybil Raven finds unique ways to help others——-Pulled into a hopeless cause by a former lover, Cybil uncovers a criminal conspiracy that threatens many more than just the children of St. Rita’s. With her world at stake, redemption’s price is high in race to stop the unthinkable from happening.——-A criminal conspiracy with deadly plans.A frantic race to stop the unthinkable.A mysterious guiding hand.——-Off the Atlantic coast seemingly innocent cargo streams into Port Savannah passing by old money and tired ways while a new Savannah rises powered by the tech driven entrepreneurial creativity of the young, beautiful and restless. Cybil Raven’s world is turned upside when a former love asks for help. Together they discover a criminal conspiracy that reaches from the dark corners of the world; flinging the powerless aside and threatening much more than they realized even beyond their beloved city.——-Cybil with her team of Creatives must face the ruthless Stavos “the Greek” the new kingpin of Savannah’s criminal underground. Stavos will stop at nothing to grow his criminal enterprise that serves anyone, foreign or domestic, with money; no questions asked. St. Rita’s orphans are not the only children who will suffer if Cybil and her team fail. They face perilous obstacles and impossible choices at every turn. A ruthless enemy from Cybil’s past comes back to life bringing untold danger.——-What will they do and where is the unknown help coming from? What personal price will they pay to stop the unthinkable from happening?
We have all asked ourselves "Does anyone care that I am here?" "Do I serve a purpose of value?" "Do I matter at all to anyone?" The answer is a resounding YES! Who Art in Heaven is a delightful, personal and inspiring perspective on establishing an understanding of your value and contribution to the world. Author, Crystal Joy shares a personal account of how each of us is purposely and uniquely different! We are diversely designed to use our divine, valuable purpose through creatively working with each other, in all of the arts and academic arenas. If there is ever any question of "Why am I here?," Who Art In Heaven will enhance your awareness of your one-of-a-kind and wonderful value to the world and God's plan for your life. You have a purpose that only you can fill. Decide today to not waste another moment just existing. Who Art In Heaven is the colorful creative bridge to joyfully inspire you to crossover into your destiny!
Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage ... not the answers you’d expect to the question ‘what happens when you become a linguist?’ But now, reflecting on a long and hugely successful career at the forefront of the field of English Language and Linguistics, David Crystal answers this question and offers us a special look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pitfalls of his life in language. Both an autobiography and a highly accessible introduction to the field of linguistics, Just a Phrase I’m Going Through illuminates and entertains us with its many insights into the ever-fascinating subject of language. David Crystal is synonymous with language, both as a great populariser and linguistic pioneer, and his contribution to the field is unparalleled. This is a book not just for students and teachers but for all lovers of language. For more about David Crystal at Routledge, visit: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415485746.
Diversity plays an important role in how people experience illness and healthcare as patients. Listening carefully to stories of how race, class, age, gender, sexuality, and disability can affect patient experience can be revealing and provide much needed change to health communication in the patienthood narrative. This book is a collection of vibrant and engaging essays by scholars of narrative methods in health communication. Each chapter takes readers into the fascinating world of patients who use stories from their personal lives to challenge us to rethink, reimagine, and reformulate what health communication means in practice. Each section of the book focuses on an important aspect of the theory and practice of the patienthood narrative. Part one explores the important ways that telling and sharing patient’s stories can lead to learning, empowerment, and advocacy. Part two explores several key forms of diversity and how they affect patienthood. Part three illustrates how personal, relational, and cultural aspects of identity intersect to shape the patient experience.
Having super powers doesn't fix everything... Seven billion people in the world, and among them are the special few: Aspects. These amazing people each do something incredible. Enter Michelle, an awkward young girl who seems to have a limitless range of abilities. Struggling with her power since childhood, Michelle thinks she's finally found her place in the world when she meets other Aspects like herself. This happiness is short lived as she discovers that her powers make her strange even among Aspects. To make matters worse, they’re constantly on the run from the mysterious Breakers who will stop at nothing to capture them. Through all of this, Michelle is left to learn how to fully control her power and hopefully figure out why her uncle, the one person who may have answers for her, disappeared so many years ago. She may not know it yet, but her story has just begun. Aspect is a modern down-to-earth spin on the plights of super-powered teenagers. It's not just their power they're struggling to understand, but themselves.
The Inclusive Classroom: Creating a Cherished Experience through Montessori brings together experts in Montessori Education and Special Education for the 3- to 6-year-old child in Montessori school. This book will be used by Montessori professionals in teacher training programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, by Montessori teachers in classrooms including public, private, sectarian, and nonsectarian schools for classrooms ages 3 to 6, and by Montessori administrators in all types of schools. The Montessori chapters (Introduction, Practical Life, Sensorial, Math/Geometry, Language, and Conclusion) describe and include examples of how to modify or re-present Montessori lessons for children with learning challenges. These lessons are supported by the principles of Universal Design for Learning AND specific standards from the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Sin and the Church: Perspectives and Principles for Powerful Christian Living is a timely message for today. This book is born out of Crystal Scott's own personal Christian experience and journey, and is a reflection of God's grace, patience, and providence; she discloses that while forever a work-in-progress, she has received revelation and understanding through her relationship with God that affords her the opportunity to enlighten others as she has been enlightened. WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT...! As related to the issue of Sin and the Church, I consider this more than a mere cliché: what you don't know can indeed hurt you; and this hurt is more and more apparent in the Church, which is the body of Christ (His believers and followers). There is a rapid increase of spiritual decline in the Church that is quite alarming and its impact is far-reaching. All too often there seems to be very little difference between Church people and those who do not claim to be followers of Christ. I contend, without apology, that there is an expectation of the Church that God has, which is not being carried out as it should be. In the face of what seems gloom and doom for the Church, God raises a word of enlightenment and encouragement. God knows there are some who are innocently led astray by erroneous doctrine and confused, and He cares. He also cares about those who innocently or deceptively lead others astray and He offers grace, forgiveness, and restoration to the repentant heart. Included in this book are the following: * True Christian Doctrine * Lifestyles that are not indicative of Christianity and holiness * Essential keys for powerful Christian living * Statistical Data * Personal testimonies and interviews * and much more SIN and the CHURCH: PERSPECTIVES and PRINCIPLES for POWERFUL CHRISTIAN LIVING...GOOD NEWS in confusing and troubled times!
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