Appealing to both comics fans and Asian Americans seeking to claim their place in American culture, Secret Identities makes brilliant use of the conventions of the superhero comic book to expose the real face of the Asian American experience. This groundbreaking graphic anthology brings together leading Asian American creators in the comics industry including Gene Yang (National Book Award finalist for American Born Chinese), Bernard Chang (Wonder Woman), Greg Pak (The Hulk), and Christine Norrie (Black Canary Wedding Special) to craft original graphical short stories set in a compelling shadow history of our country: from the building of the railroads to the Japanese American internment, the Vietnam airlift, the murder of Vincent Chin, and the incarceration of Dr. Wen Ho Lee. Entertaining and enlightening, Secret Identities offers whiz-bang action, searing satire, and thoughtful commentary from a community too often overlooked by the cultural mainstream, while showcasing a vivid cross-section of the talents whose imagination and creativity is driving the contemporary comics renaissance.
Twin souls incarnate on Earth and begin the journey of a lifetime. Through the tumultuous decades of the 1940s in America through the turn of the century, societal evolution moves parallel to Jerry and Alice's experiences of soul growth and painful lessons learned. Then comes the day they meet and face the ultimate challenge of creating Sacred Relationship with one another.Praise for Jerry and Richela Chapman's Through the Veil: "There are no magic instant paths to loving, lasting relationships, but there are certainly paths that guide you to the wisdom of how to do it. This is one of them. Jerry and Richela show the way, and it's filled with profound spiritual information that will help not only a couple but also the individual within the couple. Can you really keep the magic? The answer is YES, if you can find the divinity within." --Lee Carroll, Author of the Kryon series of self-help books
Transforming Twisted Thinking reveals the illusions to which people cling as they live in ways that distort their relationships and cause harm to others. By applying biblical insights into God's mandate for healthy relationships, Jerry Price offers a path for reforming one's life by subjecting one's thinking to the honesty and integrity God desires. Drawing upon life's experiences, biblical insights, and field-tested models for transforming lives, Transforming Twisted Thinking presents this combination in a conversational style that does not spare honesty in revealing personal twistedness or forthrightness in offering God's guidance. In addition to fourteen chapters that describe the diverse ways people twist their own thinking, four appendices offer resources on definitions of terms, the allures of excitement, advice for applying principles, and questions for study and discussion. If you are seeking a new path for your life, one that takes you away from the dishonesty of twisted thinking, or if you feel a calling to support someone in his or her journey, then Transforming Twisted Thinking offers a grounded, faithful, and proven approach to finding healing through reshaping lives out of trust in God's promises and willingness to conform to God's desires.
Western approaches to mental health care often fail to effectively treat ethnic minorities and underrepresented populations. This is especially true for clients from Mesoamerican cultures, whose spiritual values are often ignored by well-meaning but culturally insensitive psychotherapists, psychologists, and social workers. Ricardo Carrillo, PhD, and Concepcion Martinez Saucedo, PhD, founders of the Latino early intervention program Cultura y Bienstar, advocate including traditional healing practices into modern mental health care. Spiritually relevant and based on centuries of empirical testing, curanderismo and other Mesoamerican medicinal prqactices offer the culturally competent mental health practitioner the opportunity to successfully engage with underserved populations, increasing both treatment efficiency and client retention rates. From traditional herbal remedies proven effective by scientific testing to therapeutic ritual drumming, Mesoamerican healing practices have much to offer both their own communities and the world at large--powerful healing techniques that public health and mental health services cannot afford to ignore"--Back cover.
Baby Blues us one of the truest and funniest accounts of raising a baby every to grace the comics page." --Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse Now that Wanda and Darryl are pregnant again, the doting parents will be getting the baby clothes out of the attic, preparing Zoe to be a big sister, and just trying to cope with it all! In this installment from Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott, the MacPhersons deliver humor at its family-oriented best. Juggling the demands of job, home, and a baby on the way, the fatigued Wanda and Darryl have the added challenge of Zoe as she becomes a mobile toddler. She walks, she talks, and she's obsessed with the Whistling Monkey Cowboy Band! Like the millions of new parents who have embraced this engaging strip, the MacPhersons have found parenthood both fulfilling and frustrating. Exhausted parents everywhere are enthralled with this on-the-go couple who manage their careers and child-rearing. Mothers love Baby Blues because they know all too well how Wanda's days have changed, from career woman to Mom, especially as she prepares to add another bundle of joy to the MacPhersons' already busy household. Dads nod in recognition as Darryl tries to help out and hold down a demanding job. Everyone cherishes little Zoe for making adorable even the most exasperating childhood antics. Artist Kirkman and writer Scott obviously know about parenting. You can see it in every installment of the clever, true-to-life strip they create, from accidentally losing Zoe at the mall, to listening in on baby monitors with crossed signals.
In the third collection of this heartwarming strip, parents Wanda and Darryl are bewildered in their new roles as Mom and Dad to newborn Zoe. Their true-to-life uncertainties give incisive glances at the humorous, and sometimes trying, moments of parenthood. Baby Blues appears in newspapers worldwide, with a daily readership of almost 40 million.
Miracle in Spiritual Rock at Christmas Time is a Graphic Drama, a new concept introduced by Lou Rivers, Ph.D., Dramatist, and Jerry Last, M.A., Graphic Artist. This Graphic Drama based on the Holy Bible presents Black characters (Earthly and Heavenly) exploring long-held sentiments about heaven and democratic ideals. This Graphic Drama, satire humorously tells of heaven presently sending down to earth a Second Savior, a Black woman. Gabriel III, a gay angel, sponsored by the WASS, organized female angles led by Sojourner Truth makes the announcement. Histories of the Universe & Guides of the Environment by Larry Gonick, a cartoonist, is a book compared to Miracle in Spiritual Rock at Christmas Time. Gonick's book narrates its stories in a light-hearted satirically humorous style, but ends in forecasting a threatening future. This Graphic Drama also compares with Where I'm Coming From by Barbara Brandon, cartoonist. Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, internationally celebrated actors, declare Brandon's book (Black Women discussing by telephone their personal problems) tickles the funny bones and tweaks the conscience. Like Brandon's and Gonick's books, Miracle in Spiritual Rocl5at Christmas Time also contains plot development and humor; it also ends in hope.
Medicine is an ever-changing science. In this regard, Respiratory medicine is not an exception and has been evolving during recent years. As new research broadens our knowledge, advanced methods for diagnoses are better understood, providing genetic and underlying pathophysiology of diseases and new clinical experiences. Consequently, publications of new resources along with revisions of previous ones are required. The book Respiratory Diseases brings practical aspects of pulmonary diseases. It contains the result of years of experience through expert clinicians in this field from different scientific centers. The respiratory diseases are discussed according to epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. It includes updated resources of the pathogenesis and some molecular aspects of the aforementioned diseases and is recommended reading for all clinicians and medical students, especially pulmonologists, to access highlighted respiratory diseases in this book.
A historical study on the ancient and popular Chinese puzzle game presents more than two thousand all-time tangrams, along with detailed instructions on how to arrange these intriguing puzzle tiles and presenting a variety of special puzzles for the reader to solve. Reprint.
Embedded controller electronics are at the heart of virtually all modern electronic devices today with a market of more than $86 billion per year and growing. To serve the needs of designers creating products for this huge market, this practical book covers topics crucial for modern electronics design. Author Jerry Twomey examines the methods necessary to help you create a trouble-free integrated system for your product, with an emphasis on hardware design. You'll explore topics from the perspective of real-world applications, including discussions about non-ideal components, noise, and methods for avoiding problematic scenarios. Topics include: Ideal versus actual connections, components, digital, signals Architecting an embedded system Digital interface selection by application, speed, distance Multivoltage power supplies High frequency power integrity Battery and charging systems EMI reduction and ESD protection Driving and sensing peripherals Digital feedback control Optimization of power consumption and cost Specialty systems: medical, industrial, aerospace PCB design including manufacturability, yield, and low noise This book guides you through all of the techniques listed, which are required for a reliable integrated system. Through extensive illustrations and minimal equations, anyone with an interest in electronics will quickly grasp the ideas discussed.
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