Fran Wasoff's Books

The Simulated Client (1996)

A Method for Studying Professionals Working with Clients

By: Fran Wasoff,R. Emerson Dobash

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The Simulated Client (1996)

A Method for Studying Professionals Working with Clients

By: Fran Wasoff,R. Emerson Dobash

Published in 1996, this book presents an innovative method for studying the work of professionals with clients that was applied to an evaluation study of legislation and of lawyers working with clients seeking a divorce. With the simulated client methods, the researcher plays the role of simulated or hypothetical clients with predetermined characteristics who are consulting a lawyer, the research subject. The research is carried out in the natural setting of the lawyer’s office and the lawyer conducts business as usual. The method overcomes problems of access due to client confidentiality that are commonly found in research of professional groups. It is a qualitative but focused method for evaluation research which has strengths for making comparisons across professional practice. The book will be useful to those conducting research on professionals and other elite groups working with clients as well as those interested in the socio-legal study of legal professionals. This book was originally published as part of the Cardiff Papers in Qualitative Research series edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont and Amanda Coffey. The series publishes original sociological research that reflects the tradition of qualitative and ethnographic inquiry developed at Cardiff. The series includes monographs reporting on empirical research, edited collections focussing on particular themes, and texts discussing methodological developments and issues.

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1351169343

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Family Policy

By: Ian Dey,Fran Wasoff

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Family Policy

By: Ian Dey,Fran Wasoff

Family Policy focuses on the main family activities that are of concern in social policy and social work. This book explores how families behave and questions the implications for policies and practice. Perceptions of and responses to family 'pathologies' - teenage pregnancies, family breakdown, family poverty and violence - are examined. Core issues in family policy are considered, to help students to understand and evaluate the family policies at the hear of Labour's welfare reforms. This will be a valuable text, particularly for HE students with little previous knowledge of family policy.

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Routledge

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1136567399

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9781136567391

Crooked

A History of Cheating in Sports

By: Fran Zimniuch

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Crooked

A History of Cheating in Sports

By: Fran Zimniuch

As long as people have played games, there has been a temptation to win (or intentionally lose) by cheating. Infamous cases throughout the history of sport abound, from the "thrown" 1919 World Series to the recent doping confessions of track star Marion Jones. In this entertaining and informative book, sports historian Fran Zimniuch recalls the notorious scandals that have tainted our most popular sports, concluding that such incidents are often a reflection of the times. Benefiting from personal interviews with many figures either involved in or on the periphery of recent scandals, including BALCO''s Victor Conte, Crooked presents a pageant of infamy as rich as the history of modern sports itself.

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Taylor Trade Publications

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1589794192

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Fenny to Fran

Reflections on Growing

By: Fran Vanderpol

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Fenny to Fran

Reflections on Growing

By: Fran Vanderpol

I now deeply know that I am not just Fran - female, Dutch immigrant, Christian, wife, mother, and grandmother. I am still Fran, but now I see myself as a person, a global citizen whose everyday life has opportunities to be a part of making this world a place of flourishing. I am still even Fenny, connected to my Opoe and my ancestral roots and extended family on both sides of the ocean. I am still female, raised in a patriarchal culture, trying to live more fully as an egalitarian while holding my complementarian residue with understanding, respect, and a recognition that while you can learn and embrace new ideas, it takes a while for the body, habits, and emotions to adapt. I am fully Canadian, and I am actively participating in a diverse, multicultural, multi-ethnic, democratic nation that is, hopefully, beginning to deal with its settler colonial history. I am still Christian, though my understanding of what that looks like has, as it should, matured considerably. And I’m still a wife, mother, and grandmother. These labels help define me and give me place and context. Mostly, I’m an image bearer of God, a vessel through which the love and truth of Jesus can flow freely.

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FriesenPress

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1039109594

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The Truth Behind The Secret " Infertility"

A Personal Diary of My Journey to Motherhood

By: Fran Meadows

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The Truth Behind The Secret " Infertility"

A Personal Diary of My Journey to Motherhood

By: Fran Meadows

This book explores the science of infertility telling a personal story of the author's journey of trying to conceive a child. It details experiences through fertility treatments: IVF, IUI, still birth and succeeding to motherhood. It is written from the heart - come join in my journey, cry, laugh and relate. It is an inspirational journey with hope to those going through this struggle now. Don't be embarrassed about infertility, keep your head high and face it bravely! Its time people speak about infertility-it's not a secret anymore! You can visit my website for more information at http: //www.secretinfertility.com

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Fran Meadows

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1456531077

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Twins X 3

By: Fran Pitre

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Twins X 3

By: Fran Pitre

Life from behind double strollers! Journey along as the author travels from the struggles, heartaches, and moral dilemmas associated with infertility through the incredible arrival of her third set of twins, and beyond to today as her twin girls are now 24, her boy/girl set of twins are 19, and her twin boys are 11! The entire book is an emotional roller coaster filled with love, pain, humor, fear, thanksgiving, anguish, joy, and a healthy dose of faith and family that will cause the reader to laugh, cry, and surely relate with each turn of the page. Fran Circe Pitre is a singer/songwriter, graphic designer, author, and most recently a licensed clinical massage therapist, who lives with her husband and their six children in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984571265

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9781984571267

Learning to Fail

How Society Lets Young People Down

By: Fran Abrams

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Learning to Fail

How Society Lets Young People Down

By: Fran Abrams

During a decade of relative prosperity from the mid-1990s onward, governments across the developed world failed to crack one major issue – youth unemployment. Even when economic growth was strong, one young person in 10 in the United Kingdom was neither working nor learning. As the boom ended, the number of young people dropping out after leaving school – already acknowledged to be too high - began to rise at an alarming rate. As governments face up to the prospect of a new generation on the dole, this book examines the root causes of the problem. By holding a light to the lives and attitudes of eight young people, their families, their teachers and their potential employers, this book will challenge much of what has been said about educational success and failure in the past 20 years. For two decades, policy makers largely assumed schools were the key to ensuring young people got the best possible start in life. Yet for many children the path to failure began well before their first day at school. Through the stories of these young people, this book reveals how marginalised young people are let down on every step of their journey. Growing up in areas where aspiration has died or barely ever existed, with parents who struggle to guide them on life in the 21st century, they are let down by schools where teachers underestimate them, by colleges and careers advisers who mislead them and by an employment market which has forgotten how to care or to nurture. Learning to Fail goes behind the headlines about anti-social behaviour, drugs and teenage pregnancy to paint a picture of real lives and how they are affected by outside forces. It gives a voice to ordinary parents and youngsters so they can speak for themselves about what Britain needs to do to turn its teenage failures into a success story.

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Routledge

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1135264821

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Doing Good . . . Says Who?

Stories from Volunteers, Nonprofits, Donors, and Those They Want to Help

By: Connie Newton,Fran Early

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Doing Good . . . Says Who?

Stories from Volunteers, Nonprofits, Donors, and Those They Want to Help

By: Connie Newton,Fran Early

Introduction -- Respect and value people -- Build trust through relationships -- Do "with" rather than "for" -- Ensure feedback and accountability -- Evaluate every step of the way -- Conclusion -- Discussion guide -- Appendix.

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Hillcrest Publishing Group

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1634137132

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Endeavor

Legends of Family and Friends

By: Robert L.,Fran Williams Smith

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Endeavor

Legends of Family and Friends

By: Robert L.,Fran Williams Smith

Endeavor: ..to try to do; to set about; to owe; to be under obligation; to try hard; to exert effort; to make an earnest attempt; to strive. Endeavor begins as a story of five families related by blood, marriage, and a sixth surrogate family by love and friendship. It was the sixth family that raised an important question for the author as to how he defines family. Are they (family) only those who are related by blood, marriage, or are they friendship, legal action, or something broader associated with functions that are similar to what we normally associate with a family? Endeavor is about people, who spent their entire lives striving to achieve something better for their families, themselves, and others without depreciating the value of their work, contribution, or others with whom they shared many things, not the least of which often was unemployment, and poverty. Only one thing could overwhelm them, fear of losing hope and their belief that things would be better. It was their mantra for living. Often beaten down, they were rarely overwhelmed. The story begins with the Smiths, peasants living in the Ruhr Valley early in the 19th Century where they labored in the coalmines and on their own small patch of land carved from the dark forest, which was their first step up the ladder of achievement. In those days work was communal, as was most of life's other requirements. The opening chapter is followed by the story of the Dungans, beginning in the early 1850s. They were dirt poor Irish, who traded a potato famine, starvation, and poverty, for a little land, in a new world, Kentucky. Both stories will take the reader to the Great Depression of the 1930s that shaped an American culture for two generations. The third chapter will introduces the Williams, Old, and Goss families, a treasure of Cornish cousins who formed tight family units for many generations, and who generously included my wife and myself to their group when I married into the Williams family. The Lows, our adopted family are introduced in the sixth chapter, Families at War. From there on, we leave it to the reader to sort out a remarkable collection of people who became the source of our human fire: ..When we were alone with the wind crying Offered us the warmth of a human fire. (Partial quote from Many Winters, by Nancy Wood)

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1491866462

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Coping with the Psychological Effects of Illness

Strategies to manage anxiety and depression

By: Dr Fran Smith

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Coping with the Psychological Effects of Illness

Strategies to manage anxiety and depression

By: Dr Fran Smith

Sudden, severe ill health comes as a shock and presents several challenges, most notably, loss of confidence. Suddenly people are afraid to take exercise, have sex or even go to the shops. Their entire self-image takes a battering, and this roller-coaster of uncertainty often leads to anxiety and depression. This book looks at the learning curve involved in sudden and chronic illness, and explores key ways to build psychological resilience during this time of challenge. Whether it concerns cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or a mental health condition, it explores the common psychological issues that arise when someones usual health and routine are disrupted, and discusses the impact of illness on relationships and family. Drawing on CBT techniques, it offers practical self-help strategies to help deal with peoples changed expectations of themselves, and with the related lifestyle changes. Topics include anxiety and depression; insomnia; discomfort and pain; working with health professionals; dealing with the side effects of medication; relaxation; getting support.

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SPCK

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1847093442

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A Wee Dose of Death

By: Fran Stewart

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A Wee Dose of Death

By: Fran Stewart

While business is booming at the ScotShop in Hamelin, Vermont, proprietor Peggy Winn doesn't have time to toast her good fortune thanks to her hot-tempered, fourteenth-century Scottish companion. Being thrust into the modern world hasn't been easy for Dirk, but Peggy is at her wit's end trying to keep the ghostie galoot in line. But when the local police chief finds the body of Peggy's friend Karaline's college professor in a deserted mountain cabin, everyone is thrown for a loop... Now Peggy and Dirk must set aside their differences to put the cold-blooded killer under loch and key"--

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0425270327

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Hamric & Hanson's Advanced Practice Nursing - E-Book

By: Mary Fran Tracy,Eileen T. O'Grady,Susanne J. Phillips

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Hamric & Hanson's Advanced Practice Nursing - E-Book

By: Mary Fran Tracy,Eileen T. O'Grady,Susanne J. Phillips

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Advanced Practice** Edited and written by a "Who's Who" of internationally known thought leaders in advanced practice nursing, Hamric and Hanson's Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 7th Edition provides a clear, comprehensive, and contemporary introduction to advanced practice nursing today, addressing all major APRN competencies, roles, and issues. Thoroughly revised and updated, the 7th edition of this bestselling text covers topics ranging from the evolution of advanced practice nursing to evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical decision-making, and health policy. - Coverage of the full breadth of APRN core competencies defines and describes all competencies, including direct clinical practice, guidance and coaching, evidence-based practice, leadership, collaboration, and ethical practice. - Operationalizes and applies the APRN core competencies to the major APRN roles: the Clinical Nurse Specialist, the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (both adult-gerontology and pediatric), the Certified Nurse-Midwife, and the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. - Content on managing APRN environments addresses factors such as business planning and reimbursement; marketing, negotiating, and contracting; regulatory, legal, and credentialing requirements; health policy; and nursing outcomes and performance improvement research.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323777120

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9780323777124

Keeping Faith in the Dust

By: Fran Maltz

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Keeping Faith in the Dust

By: Fran Maltz

Sixteen-year-old Hannah describes the events that lead her family from their home near Dead Sea to the fortress at Masada, where a group of Jews hold out against the Romans for seven years.

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Torah Aura Productions

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1881283259

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Love Me Now; Kill Me Later

By: J. Fran Baird

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Love Me Now; Kill Me Later

By: J. Fran Baird

Danny Shepard isnt a typical sailor. Smart, skilled, scheming, the femme-fatale entices men and collects mementos. Love Me Now; Kill Me Later depicts the evolution of a serial killer, a thirty-year voyage that takes an unlikely mariner from fertile wheat fields of Washington States Palouse to seaports on every continent, from deckhand to captainperfect venues for fortuitous encounters and untraceable murders. When Danny returns to Spokane to claim an unexpected inheritancehalf-a-million dollars and a remarkable house her father built fifty years earlierthe sailor-sans-conscience is forced to confront her past. A collection of diaries, the earliest entry made at the age of eight, and mementos stored in a cigar box disguised as a book, are resurrected; friends, lovers, murders revisited; harrowing nightmares relived. They provide insight into the mind of a woman who is both victim and villain. Looking back at an irrefutable record of dirty deeds, Danny feels no remorseyet cannot imagine a future. In her fathers house on South Hill, she plots an end to the Danielle Shepard story.

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1491796782

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Franie's Zany Adventures in Chemoland

By: Fran Miller Jud

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Franie's Zany Adventures in Chemoland

By: Fran Miller Jud

Instead of illness dictating the course of her life, Fran Miller Jud, registered nurse and adventure-seeker extraordinaire, maintains a positive, upbeat attitude while going through energy-sapping, mind-muddling, heartbreaking days of living with cancer and the side effects of chemotherapy. Fran's memoirs document her first two years of an existence filled with tears, laughter and a bit of sassy humor that defines her personality shining through the toughest period in her life. Dubbed "a chemotherapy primer," Fran's book gives clear explanations and guidance, keeping it light with humorous stories, positive messages and a profound sense of hope. You will gain an understanding of what it's like to go through surgery, diagnosis and cancer treatments with simple language de-mystifying confusing terms, along the way picking up valuable tips and suggestions to make the journey easier. Fran's straightforward, open-hearted approach to one of life's most difficult challenges may evoke a few tears or induce unexpected bursts of laughter, but you will enjoy this crazy and unique perspective on one woman's adventure through cancer and chemotherapy. Fran Miller Jud graduated from The School of Nursing, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore as a registered nurse and currently works at an ambulatory surgery center. Born in Puerto Rico, Fran calls Baltimore her home and continues a lifestyle of traveling, as well as reading, writing, walking and practicing Tai Chi. She and her knight in shining armor, Bob, live in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, with their black Lab, Mookie. They have two wonderful sons, Jeremy and Zack, and a granddaughter, Rylie. Publisher's website: http: //www.eloquentbooks.com/FraniesZanyAdventuresInChemoland.html

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1608608670

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The Final Child

By: Fran Dorricott

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The Final Child

By: Fran Dorricott

A stunning psychological thriller from the author of After the Eclipse, for readers of Ruth Ware and S.K. Tremeyne. He won’t forget her... Erin and her brother Alex were the last children abducted by ‘the Father’, a serial killer who only ever took pairs of siblings. She escaped, but her brother was never seen again. Traumatised, Erin couldn’t remember anything about her ordeal, and the Father was never caught. Eighteen years later, Erin has done her best to put the past behind her. But then she meets Harriet. Harriet’s young cousins were the Father’s first victims and, haunted by their deaths, she is writing a book about the disappearances and is desperate for an interview with the only survivor. At first, Erin wants nothing to do with her. But then she starts receiving sinister gifts, her house is broken into, and she can’t shake the feeling that she’s being watched. After all these years, Erin believed that the Father was gone, but now she begins to wonder if he was only waiting... A tense and emotive thriller, The Final Child is a powerful tale of a survivor being forced to confront her painful past.

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1785657917

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Songs of Innocence

The Story of British Childhood

By: Fran Abrams

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Songs of Innocence

The Story of British Childhood

By: Fran Abrams

As recently as 100 years ago British children existed in ways now unthinkable; boys as young as eight worked grueling hours in unlit factories; girls were sold into sexual slavery with dolls still in their grasp; and boys at schools like Rugby and Harrow were brutally trained for their future at the helm of Britain's vast red empire. This book charts the transformation of childhood in the UK from early Victorian disagreements about childrearing to the Scouts' very direct involvement in World War I. Poignant first-hand accounts of poverty and deprivation as well as innocent pleasures carry the reader through a Dickensian landscape of urchins and Fauntleroys, the cosseted lives of Edwardian children to the self-sufficient charges of Baden-Powell. Fran Abrams draws distinctions along class lines and divisions such as town and country, Romantic and conservative, to achieve a historical perspective shows the progression of the idea of childhood through a century of massive social change brought about by urbanization, war, and medico-psychological advances. Songs of Innocence employs searing personal testimony and immaculate research to provide a fascinating exposition of the past and a mirror for the present.

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Atlantic Books

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1782390405

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You Can't Kill a Dead Man

A Vanessa Sterling Suspense Novel

By: Fran Blacketer

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You Can't Kill a Dead Man

A Vanessa Sterling Suspense Novel

By: Fran Blacketer

Vanessa Sterling has abandoned the all consuming life of a Chicago corporate lawyer to begin a new life in the sleepy fishing village of Depoe Bay, Oregon. But a serious challenge arises when a long-lost son returns and the past reemerges to entangle her in a web of lies, deceit, and betrayal—the depths of which not only threaten her moral fiber, but her very existence. To save her son from his sordid past, this misguided mother begins to unravel deadly family secrets, pulling her into the seedy underworld of a drug czar, only to discover her son is not so innocent. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Fran Blacketer moved to California in the late 1970s where she earned a master’s degree in psychology and taught at Saddleback College. She lived in Laguna Beach where she met her artist husband, Jim, and they moved to Depoe Bay, Oregon for six years before returning to southern California. While in Oregon she found the central coast to be a haven for writers where mystery and intrigue seemed to permeate the rugged coast line. “You Can’t Kill a Dead Man” is the first novel in a series of Vanessa Sterling mysteries.

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Sunstone Press

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1611390486

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Will the REAL You Please Stand Up?

7 Spiritual Strategies to Help You Discover Your Purpose and Live It with Passion and How to Live Your Life Authentically

By: Fran Harris

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Will the REAL You Please Stand Up?

7 Spiritual Strategies to Help You Discover Your Purpose and Live It with Passion and How to Live Your Life Authentically

By: Fran Harris

Encourages individuals to lead a more passionate and purposeful life by learning who they are, why they are here, and who they need to serve, revealing how everyday living situations offer the greatest opportunity for spiritual growth.

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Health Communications, Inc.

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0757305490

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Changing the Way We Die

Compassionate End of Life Care and The Hospice Movement

By: Fran Smith

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Changing the Way We Die

Compassionate End of Life Care and The Hospice Movement

By: Fran Smith

There’s a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care—nearly 44 percent of all deaths—and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Changing the Way We Die, by award-winning journalists Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel, is the first book to take a broad, penetrating look at the hospice landscape, through gripping stories of real patients, families, and doctors, as well as the corporate giants that increasingly own the market. Changing the Way We Die is a vital resource for anyone who wants to be prepared to face life’s most challenging and universal event. You will learn: — Hospice use is soaring, yet most people come too late to get the full benefits. — With the age tsunami, it becomes even more critical for families and patients to choose end-of-life care wisely. — Hospice at its best is much more than a way to relieve the suffering of dying. It is a way to live.

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Simon and Schuster

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1936740605

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Square Pegs

Inclusivity, compassion and fitting in - a guide for schools

By: Fran Morgan,Ellie Costello

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Square Pegs

Inclusivity, compassion and fitting in - a guide for schools

By: Fran Morgan,Ellie Costello

Over the last few years, changes in education have made it increasingly hard for those children who don't 'fit' the system - the square pegs. Budget cuts, the loss of support staff, an overly academic curriculum, problems in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system and difficulties accessing mental health support have all compounded pre-existing problems with behaviour and attendance. The 'attendance = attainment' and zero-tolerance narrative is often at odds with the way schools want to work with their communities, and many school leaders don't know which approach to take. This book will be invaluable in guiding leaders and teaching staff through the most effective ways to address this challenge. It covers a broad spectrum of opportunity, from proven psychological approaches to technological innovations. It tests the boundaries of the current system in terms of curriculum, pedagogy and statutory Department for Education guidance. And it also presents a clear, legalese-free view of education, SEND and human rights law, where leaders have been given responsibility for its implementation but may not always fully understand the legal ramifications of their decisions or may be pressured into unlawful behaviour. Suitable for all professionals working in education and the related issues surrounding children and young people's mental health, as well as policymakers, academics and government ministers.

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Crown House Publishing Ltd

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1781354197

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9781781354193

Lost Heritage

By: Fran Roussé

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Lost Heritage

By: Fran Roussé

Abigail Denton did not know that she was adopted until both her adoptive parents had died, by then she was twenty five years old. Follow Abigail on her journey to discover her heritage...

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1848760914

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Casket Case

By: Fran Rizer

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Casket Case

By: Fran Rizer

The town’s beloved pharmacist has been found floating face down in his hot tub. Callie has to wonder if the kind man who has helped her all her life died of natural causes, or if his seemingly distraught young wife had a hand in his death. But the pharmacist’s death is only the first untimely demise to keep the mortuary busy. Next, the hateful real estate agent who's been pestering Callie's friend Jane to vacate winds up with her skull bashed in at the foot of Jane's steps. Callie feels like she's getting nowhere in her investigations—but someone else seems to think she knows too much. All signs point to a con game gone dangerously wrong. Now it’s up to Callie to catch a killer before she winds up being fitted for her own casket.

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Penguin

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1440630399

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Life Recipes from a Therapist

By: Fran DiGioia McClain LCSW ACSW

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Life Recipes from a Therapist

By: Fran DiGioia McClain LCSW ACSW

Life Recipes from a Therapist is a blend of professional and personal experiences of the author in her thirty-five years as a licensed clinical social worker. Each short chapter includes insights about toxic ingredients to leave out of your life, such as shame, guilt, and comparison to others. Other topics include how to cope with main ingredients of anxiety, doubt, and fear. Mixing things up with mindfulness, the spice of friendships, and good boundaries and one may find even as life throws us many changes, it can be a savory dessert. Taking first steps to get the life you want is never easy, but the author offers examples of how to rise above the challenges.

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Off Track

Beneath the protective skin of the mountains beats the heroic heart of the Courel

By: Fran Zabaleta

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Off Track

Beneath the protective skin of the mountains beats the heroic heart of the Courel

By: Fran Zabaleta

A MAN ON THE RUN. A PARADISE STEEPED IN LEGENDS. A THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD QUEST THAT IS ABOUT TO COME TO AND END. Laro is already in his forties and can't take any more. He has been at rock bottom for years, unable to take control of his own life, when a haughty judge and an unanticipated prison sentence give him the final kick in the teeth. With nothing to lose, he flees Madrid and settles in an abandoned house in the mountains of Courel, one of the most remote and beautiful regions of Galicia, with the intention of vanishing from the world. But vanishing is not easy when the past haunts you and the future forces you to face your most stubborn enemy: yourself. Moreover, paradise is not as idyllic as it seems. Despite the apparent friendliness of the locals, Laro soon discovers that he has found himself in the middle of a centuries-old conflict in which legends and reality have blurred boundaries and everyone wants to use him for their own ends... A novel of suspense and adventure and a gruelling account of overcoming personal difficulties in an exceptional setting. An intense portrayal of events in which history is intertwined with the most deeply rooted popular beliefs of Galicia. A JOURNEY INTO THE LEGENDARY PAST OF A LAND OF DAZZLING BEAUTY. ˜ WHAT READERS SAY "One of the best books I have read lately. What I treasure most in reading a book is to be transported to another world and to become an accomplice of the characters that appear in it, and this book has achieved that magic with distinction. A great discovery for me by its author, whom I thank for this journey."(Pecci. Amazon.es) ˜ “Amazing. I started reading and I couldn’t put it down. It has the power to transport the reader to the magical world of legends. It takes you into the very depth of the Galician forests, and you experience the sensation of entering a region that through its geography transports you to the past as graphically as a time tunnel. I was touched by the humanity of the characters and their complex relationship with the everyday and the mystical. I was sure that I would not be disappointed, and I certainly wasn’t.” (Mar Hevia. Amazon.es) ˜ "Superb plot in which contemporary issues, history, nature and emotions intersect.... A passionate narrative that combines historical events and present times, together with the nature and origins of an area that deserves to be better known... as indeed does its author." (Andres V. Amazon.es) ˜ “Fantastic novel … The plot interweaves fictional protagonists with real locations in the Courel area of Lugo, all masterfully interwoven with ancient Galician legends in a thrilling intrigue that picks up pace as the story progresses ... I'm not usually very attracted to witchcraft and other ancestral beliefs, but here they are so well woven with reality, and so justified, that I ended up loving the novel.” (LaMonaMour. Amazon.es)

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Ranch-Horse Versatility

A Winner's Guide to Successful Rides

By: Mike Major,Fran Devereux Smith

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Ranch-Horse Versatility

A Winner's Guide to Successful Rides

By: Mike Major,Fran Devereux Smith

Maybe you compete in versatility ranch-horse events or plan to meet that challenge and want to take advantage of every opportunity to polish your performance. Perhaps cattle work can put a fresh perspective on your riding program, or you simply want a handy, responsive horse, no matter what your day’s ride might bring. Whatever your interest in Ranch-Horse Versatility, Colorado horseman Mike Major is uniquely qualified to provide the information to take your horse program to the next level. A rancher by profession and a competitor by choice, Major has developed the horsemanship expertise to be successful in both venues, in large part because he draws no real distinction between his show horses and ranch horses. A Major Cattle Company horse might well work on the ranch today and compete in the arena tomorrow, a dual-purpose approach that has proven successful. Major and his stallion, Smart Whiskey Doc, have claimed multiple national titles—American Quarter Horse Association 2006 Bayer Select Working Cow Horse World Champion, World’s Greatest Versatility Horse at the National Versatility Ranch Horse Association 2008 and 2009 National Finals, and AQHA 2009 and 2010 Versatility Ranch Horse Open World Champion. Plus, in 2010 Major rode Black Hope Stik, a daughter of Smart Whiskey Doc, to become the inaugural Battle in the Saddle Ranch Remuda Champion and the first Project Cowboy Champion. American stock-horse associations were founded on the backs of such talented horses, and versatility competition has brought a renewed appreciation for these all-around athletes. In his book, Major shares how he develops such responsive, maneuverable horses. His understanding, how-to tips and thoughtful insights in Ranch-Horse Versatility can help you sharpen your skills to ride effectively, compete successfully and show your horse to advantage.

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Whisper

By: Fran Dobbie

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Whisper

By: Fran Dobbie

WHISPER is a collection of stories about a very special friendship: between an Aboriginal girl called Edie, and a non-Aboriginal girl, Maggie. Edie lives with her grandmother, though she has been taught to call her 'Aunty Gwen'. There is no bitterness in Edie when she talks about her mother having left her: just a matter-of-fact 'Mum couldn?t cope'. While world of the stolen generation and adults is in the background for the girls, it's friendship that's important. Funny, sometimes sad, moving and uplifting, WHISPER, with its stories of Maggie, farm chores, mischief and the life of the imagination and of the spirit, will touch the hearts of all who read it.

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0734413378

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Bertha Speaks Out

By: Fran Lewis

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Bertha Speaks Out

By: Fran Lewis

About the book Growing up was difficult for me being overweight, too quiet and really afraid to speak out in order to defend myself. In this book Bertha learns that she needs to let her voice be heard and no longer allows herself to be the scapegoat. Not everyone is beautiful, looks like a model or even dances like the pros, but everyone in the world every child and adult is good at something. Find out what your strengths are and build on them and success will be yours. Bertha also learns in this book how to deal with a family members disease and how she and her sister Tillie work together to help the other members of her family when grandma gets Alzheimers. I hope that you enjoy reading about Bertha and Tillie and learn that there is a little bit of her in everyone. Love Bertha, Tillie and Fran Lewis

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1462803393

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Mystery in Gram's Attic

By: Fran Orenstein

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Mystery in Gram's Attic

By: Fran Orenstein

A mysterious lost land deed and a missing map hidden somewhere in Grandma’s attic can save Ellen and Troy Baron. The twelve-year-old twins live with their mother in a falling-down house with no hot water or a working toilet, and most nights they all go to bed hungry and dirty. Troy is bullied by the boys in gym and Ellen faces the “snoots” every day, girls who make fun of her. Their father may be hiding from the police and their grandmother who can help them can’t get in touch because they don’t have a telephone. Their mother has Cerebral Palsy and walks with a jerky limp, but everyone thinks she is drunk. Ellen and Troy are afraid something will happen to her and they will be alone with no-one to help them. Huby returns to Arizona in book four of The Shadow Boy Mysteries in his hardest quest yet, to save the twins and their family before it’s too late.

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1548275468

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Baseball's New Frontier

A History of Expansion, 1961-1998

By: Fran Zimniuch

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Baseball's New Frontier

A History of Expansion, 1961-1998

By: Fran Zimniuch

When Major League Baseball first expanded in 1961 with the addition of the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Senators, it started a trend that saw the number of franchises almost double, from sixteen to thirty, while baseball attendance grew by 44 percent. The story behind this staggering growth, told for the first time in Baseball’s New Frontier, is full of twists and unexpected turns, intrigue, and, in some instances, treachery. From the desertion of New York by the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants to the ever-present threat of antitrust legislation, from the backroom deals and the political posturing to the impact of the upstart Continental League, the book takes readers behind the scenes and into baseball’s decision-making process. Fran Zimniuch gives a lively team-by-team chronicle of how the franchises were awarded, how existing teams protected their players, and what the new teams’ winning (or losing) strategies were. With its account of great players, notable characters, and the changing fortunes of teams over the years, the book supplies a vital chapter in the history of Major League Baseball.

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080324682X

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The Rich Get it All

By: Fran Huston

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The Rich Get it All

By: Fran Huston

Introducing Nicole Sweet--private investigator, ex-policewoman, beautiful but tough enough to take on a murder case involving two rich and powerful families. Young Larry Donahue is about to marry into the Macadam oil empire when he is accused of killing a man. Nicole is called in to prove his innocence and uncovers a blackmail plot. But what is the secret that drove Larry to desperate measures? As she probes into the past to find the answer, Nicole uncovers a sordid pattern of deceit and murder that links the families and leads to an explosive confrontation with the truth.

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0385035446

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Powerplay

What Really Happened at Bendix

By: Mary Cunningham Agee,Fran Schumer

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What Really Happened at Bendix

By: Mary Cunningham Agee,Fran Schumer

Mary Cunningham tells her side of the story of her corporate experience at Bendix and after.

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Simon & Schuster

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0671475630

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A Guide to Getting It

Purpose and Passion

By: Bridget Borgogna,Carol Dickson-Carr,Marilyn Schwader,Brian Rzepczynski,Fran Fisher, Dr, PhD,Lisa H. Dalton,Anthony L. Farmer,Frederic Stell,Laura Young,Kathryn V. White

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A Guide to Getting It

Purpose and Passion

By: Bridget Borgogna,Carol Dickson-Carr,Marilyn Schwader,Brian Rzepczynski,Fran Fisher, Dr, PhD,Lisa H. Dalton,Anthony L. Farmer,Frederic Stell,Laura Young,Kathryn V. White

A Guide to Getting It: Purpose & Passion is about perspectives and priorities. This book will change your life, if you are willing for that to happen. Through their stories, examples, and exercises the authors help you see that dramatic change is not necessary. Finding your Purpose & Passion is a matter of changing your mind, of seeing possibilities instead of obstacles, opportunities instead of challenges.

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0971671265

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