Lisa Smith was a bright, young lawyer at a prestigious firm in NYC in the early nineties when alcoholism started to take over her life. What was once a way of escaping her insecurity and negativity became a means of coping with the anxiety and stress of an impossible workload. Girl Walks Out of a Bar is Smith's darkly comic and wrenchingly honest story of her formative years, the decade of alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and her road to recovery. Smith describes how her spiraling circumstances conspired with her predisposition to depression and self-medication, nurturing an environment ripe for addiction to flourish. Girl Walks Out of a Bar is a candid portrait of alcoholism through the lens of gritty New York realism. Beneath the façade of success lies the reality of addiction.
A wry and lighthearted journey through the seasons of family life." —W. Bruce Cameron, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose Applying her wit and humor to marriage and family life, award-winning columnist Lisa Smith Molinari shares her real-life family's humorous coming of age story, from marriage through raising kids to empty nest. Written in episodes, contained in seasons, her memoir is a sitcom for book lovers! Lisa leaves her law career to become a navy wife and Supermom, but somewhere between "I do" and "deploying again," waves of chaos threaten to overtake her. She has a husband who knows his chardonnay but can't identify a Phillips-head screwdriver, three quirky kids with their own agendas, a perpetually shedding dog, and a minivan full of cold french fries. Will she survive the endless minutiae of modern family life, or will she end up on the laundry room floor eating chocolate frosting out of a can? Multiple-Award-Winning Book! Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Gold—Best Humor Book Midwest Book Awards Gold—Best Humor Book Military Writers Society of America—Best Humor Book IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Readers Choice Awards Silver "... hilariously honest, beautifully engaging, and vividly written ... A must-read." —Gina Barreca, author of They Used to Call Me Snow White ... But I Drifted "This is a wonderful look inside the kind of family we all want to invite home to dinner." —Amy Newmark, editor-in-chief, Chicken Soup for the Soul "... engaging stories that resonate ... pure Erma Bombeck ..."—Teri Rizvi, founder and director of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop "Molinari writes about her naval officer husband, their three children and her own foibles with love, warmth and humor." —Jerry Zezima, nationally syndicated humorist and author "... wholesome and heartwarming and humorous. She weathers deployments, complete upheavals of life and location, childhood illnesses, devastating diagnoses, loneliness, toddlerhood, empty nests, sullen teenagers, and everything life throws at her with humor and good grace ..."—Lori B Duff, author of You Know I Love You Because You're Still Alive "How is it possible to blend belly-shaking laughs with poignancy? ... Calcium never did this much for my funnybone!" —Suzette Martinez Standring, award-winning author of The Art of Opinion Writing
This great story is written by Lisa Smith-Bryant who paints a colorful picture of a teen age girl, Denise. Shortly after she dedicates her life to Christ, she leaves the safety of the Sanctuary into the arms of the love of her life. This relationship involves her boyfriend, a dope dealer and a great lover. Clown In The Prayer Closet takes its reader on a mental journey of life, puppy love, sex, drugs, and teen pregnancy.
Love Endures All is a novel written to encourage anyone who's been broken down to the core, who's ever hit rock bottom, who ever felt used, and never felt like they were good enough, to encourage you that God is love, and he is with you even when you feel alone like you're by yourself, remember the Lord is with you. Everything you've been through or are going through, He's with you. Everything is a test to prepare you, to mature you, to make you stronger, to allow you to walk like Jesus Christ our Lord, and to bring glory to his name. So no matter what it looks like or feel like, keep that love in your heart, with love you can endure anything, you can endure all things. Don't give up because you're a child of God, and he loves you, he sees you, and he died for you! That alone should let you know how much God loves you and you are enough. Don't worry about what people say or think about you. Believe what God says about you because he chose you, so choose him. Believe what the Lord says about you, when he created you, he said, "It is good." So you have to believe that!
Introduction -- Reporting the awakening -- Regional paper wars -- Whitefield, Tennent, and Davenport : newsmakers of the awakening -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : methodology -- Appendix 2 : table of individual newspaper reporting on the revival.
Law Librarianship in the 21st Century, a text for library and information science courses on law librarianship, introduces students to the rapidly evolving world of law librarianship. With no prior knowledge of the law required, students using this book will find practical answers to such questions as: What is law librarianship? How do you become a law librarian? How does law librarianship interrelate with the legal world? Individual chapters provide a concise treatment of such specialized topics as the history of law librarianship, international law, and government documents. Standard topics are dealt with as they apply to the law library, including collection development, public services, technical processing, administration, technology, and consortia. The textbook also includes an explanation of the common acronyms and special terminology needed to work in a law library. This new edition updates the text throughout and adds two new chapters.
Today's unfortunate reality, for millions of people, is that work is simply a have-to-do that pays the bills and gets in the way of doing what they really care about. This results in people becoming disengaged and disconnected from their organizations and colleagues. But what if employees could be made to see the big picture, the connection between their own efforts, and the success of their organizations? What if people could be made to feel a sense of purpose at work and to thereby become committed, sincere, loyal, and happy participants in a team effort? Authors "Maryann Baumgarten" and "Lisa Smith" know that we all feel engaged when we care and connect to something larger than ourselves. They realize that even though so many of us see work as a time- and energy-sucking drain, a few shifts in organizational behavior and direction can turn that perspective on its head. Their new book, "#ENGAGE tweet: How Leaders Bring More Energy into Work and Life," contains 140 actionable pieces of wisdom that employers and senior managers can start using today to make people engaged and connected with their work and workplaces. "#ENGAGE tweet" focuses on bringing clarity to the work environment by answering several fundamental questions. What needs are being fulfilled through work? Conversely, what needs are as yet unmet? How does any employee be made to feel more balanced and connected to their true motivations? Finally, how can any employee realize that they can indeed change their circumstances to make work engaging, meaningful, and fun? For any employer who has grappled with the issue of discontentment at work, or for any employee who would like to turn around their workdays to make them pleasurable and meaningful, "#ENGAGE tweet" is an actionable book that will engage mind and spirit, to bring about positive realignment and empowerment. "#ENGAGE tweet" is part of the THiNKaha series whose slim and handy books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).
A revolutionary book that offers a fresh, bold approach to confronting the juvenile crime epidemic With the rise of violent crimes committed by teenagers in recent years, heated discussion has arisen over the societal factors that lead to juvenile criminality and the ways that public institutions are failing to curtail them. Now a team of experts with decades of collective hands-on experience present a book that cuts through the hype and paranoia to offer real solutions. Drawing on actual case studies, Dispatches from Juvenile Hall shows how conventional ?tough on crime? tactics have only worsened the problem, and presents a new blueprint for change that incorporates punitive action, rehabilitation, and family intervention?a progressive program that will encourage and enlighten all those concerned about the future of our youth.
Enter an engaging journey in which Eli and his lion friend, Konaa, lead you on a dangerous quest to restore the mathematical powers stolen from the people of the land. In The Power of the Medallion: Elis Greatest Adventure, authors Lisa Smith, Kris Vecchione, and Kelly Woody guide you and Eli through obstacles in which you will discover the keys to successful problem solving, unlock the mystifying riddle, and celebrate as Eli defeats the beast and restores the land. Throughout this exciting tale, you will find a unique mixture of math, character education, parental tools, and more! As a team, Lisa, Kris, and Kelly educated at-risk students who struggled with solving word problems. For the seven years they taught together, they refined a simple step-by-step method which made solving word problems fun and less intimidating. The success of these children inspired them to write The Power of the Medallion: Elis Greatest Adventure.
It's about giraffes coming to eat at the bakery with you and your family. You can pet and feed them! They are friendly and come up to you for a kiss and a snack! It's a super fun book for children. This is a sequel. Look for my upcoming books with different animals for your children to imagine they are sharing a snack with. This book was so much fun for me to write and so much for my illustrator, Annie Gerlock to illustrate.
With a nod to 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, this book uses prose to tell about the birth of Jesus. It is suitable for advent celebrations at home for children and adults.
It's 1961 and Palm Beach socialite, irresistible rascal and devoted father Jack Morgan encounters genuine danger while staging his suicide to shield his beloved daughters from scandal and disgrace. Next, meet his daughter Charlotte (Charlie), an over-indulged 23 year-old struggling to cope with the loss of her beloved father, her sister's resulting mental breakdown and the discovery that she's now penniless. Fortunately Raul, an admiring young attorney, offers assistance to the traumatized young woman, who can joke about her inadequacies. As terrified as she is about paying for her sister's costly treatment and her own daily survival, Charlie soon realizes that she must learn what drove her father to kill himself. With Raul's much needed ego-bolstering, she pursues a career that makes practical use of her lanky 5' 11" frame. Despite roadblocks and emotional upheavals, she embarks on an ocean-spanning journey that leads to a family she doesn't know, distressing truths about her father, crimes great and small, a diabolical villain and a fireworks of surprise endings. Excerpts from reviews of "Exceeding Expectations: " "Lisa April Smith . . . has woven an intriguingly rich tapestry of delightful well-developed characters into a perfectly balanced plot bursting with riveting mystery, crimes of the petty and the horrible sort, suspenseful twists, and romantic tension complete with love scenes that sizzle and pop." "Set in the varied and stunning backdrops of early 1960s Palm Beach and Manhattan high society, as well as mid-1930s to early 1940s Paris . . ." Cari L. Pedstelak: http: //audacityshewrote.com ." . . it's the authentic details of the time-periods that make it fun to read . . ." "historical and fictitious characters work in sync as they are perfectly set in these time frames, and midst the transitory madness of WWs I and II Paris." " Smith's writing isn't over-blown with emotion and sappy romance; rather, it is sophisticated and subtle." "It's witty, fun and sassy." Deborah Previte: http: //abookishlibrarian.blogspot.com
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