How to Beat Your Kids without Leaving a Mark is a testament to the most thankless job in the world raising children as a single mom. Author Liz M. Mendoza draws on her experiences as a single mother to share the nitty-gritty details of modern motherhood, from the good to the bad to the ugly, and everything in between. She explains how the birth of a child changes your life in more ways than you can ever imagine. Old desires and concerns are replaced by one all-consuming struggle to protect and nurture. Life soon becomes an endless string of sleepless nights, anxiety-filled days, and broken hearts, punctuated by rare fleeting moments of bliss. Ultimately, in her experience, parenthood becomes a contest of wills between mother and child; it was during this always-smoldering battle for supremacy where Mendoza learned how, through guile and cunning, to always stay one step ahead of her son: where she learned how to beat her son without leaving a mark.
The Rican offers a candid and revealing account of one young woman's struggle to reconcile her relationship with her family with the dreams she has for her life. The challenges of poverty, abuse, and neglect characterized the author's childhood, yet she found the strength in the love that endured such circumstances and drew on her own inner resources to break the cycle and create a new life for herself in New York. From reflections on faith and sexuality to portrayals of family and community interactions. Liz Mendoza offers her experiences in a fresh and direct narrative that brings the reader into her life with a sense of immediacy and empathy.
INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO THE THOUGHTS OF MY EARLY MORNINGS. I WROTE THIS BOOK TO EXPRESS TO THE WORLD THAT EVEN IN THE MIND OF STRONG WILLED, STUBBORN, TEMPERAMENTAL, ..........AND EVERY THING ELSE THAT SEEMS NEGATIVE, TYPE OF PERSON, THERE IS ALWAYS A SOFT, LOVING, TENDER, EMOTIONAL SIDE, TO EVEN THE TOUGHEST HUMAN BEING. THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL SIDE OF ME, WHICH ISN'T SHOWN TO MANY PEOPLE, DUE TO, I HATE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FOR MY GOOD SIDE, AND I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I LIKE TO BE THOUGHT OF AS THE HARD, ROCK THAT NO ONE CAN HURT, NO MATTER WHAT! I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ME, OR IF THEY EVEN LIKE MY WAY OF BEING. I'D PREFER TO HAVE PEOPLE DISLIKE ME FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ME, RATHER THAN PEOPLE PRETENDING TO LIKE MY CALLOUS ATTITUDE, WHEN I FEEL DEFENSIVE, TOWARDS SARCASTIC, ARROGANT, SINGLE MINDED, UN-FOCUSED PEOPLE. I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT AS EXPRESSIVE AS MOST PEOPLE. I TEND TO BACK AWAY FROM LOVE AND PAIN, IN MOST SITUATIONS, BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DONOT NEED LOVE AS ANYONE ELSE WOULD, OR THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE, AT ALL. I SIMPLY LIKE TO KEEP MY FEELINGS TO MYSELF, AND EVALUATE WHOM I FEEL IS WORTH MY TIME, AND LOVE. TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT SO MUCH FROM OTHERS AND DON'T REALLY FEEL THEY NEED TO SACRIFICE AS MUCH AS SOMEONE ELSE, FOR WHATEVER REASONS. I 'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT I DO AND HAVE SACRIFICED AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE, IF AND ONLY WHEN I FEEL IT IS WORTH IT. NOT EVERYONE IS WORTH WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER. SO IF YOU FEEL YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS FEELING, I HOPE YOU ENJOY MY EARLY MORNING THOUGHTS. SHHHHH! THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND I! ENJOY!
INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO THE THOUGHTS OF MY EARLY MORNINGS. I WROTE THIS BOOK TO EXPRESS TO THE WORLD THAT EVEN IN THE MIND OF STRONG WILLED, STUBBORN, TEMPERAMENTAL, ..........AND EVERY THING ELSE THAT SEEMS NEGATIVE, TYPE OF PERSON, THERE IS ALWAYS A SOFT, LOVING, TENDER, EMOTIONAL SIDE, TO EVEN THE TOUGHEST HUMAN BEING. THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL SIDE OF ME, WHICH ISN'T SHOWN TO MANY PEOPLE, DUE TO, I HATE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FOR MY GOOD SIDE, AND I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I LIKE TO BE THOUGHT OF AS THE HARD, ROCK THAT NO ONE CAN HURT, NO MATTER WHAT! I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ME, OR IF THEY EVEN LIKE MY WAY OF BEING. I'D PREFER TO HAVE PEOPLE DISLIKE ME FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ME, RATHER THAN PEOPLE PRETENDING TO LIKE MY CALLOUS ATTITUDE, WHEN I FEEL DEFENSIVE, TOWARDS SARCASTIC, ARROGANT, SINGLE MINDED, UN-FOCUSED PEOPLE. I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT AS EXPRESSIVE AS MOST PEOPLE. I TEND TO BACK AWAY FROM LOVE AND PAIN, IN MOST SITUATIONS, BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DONOT NEED LOVE AS ANYONE ELSE WOULD, OR THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE, AT ALL. I SIMPLY LIKE TO KEEP MY FEELINGS TO MYSELF, AND EVALUATE WHOM I FEEL IS WORTH MY TIME, AND LOVE. TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT SO MUCH FROM OTHERS AND DON'T REALLY FEEL THEY NEED TO SACRIFICE AS MUCH AS SOMEONE ELSE, FOR WHATEVER REASONS. I 'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT I DO AND HAVE SACRIFICED AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE, IF AND ONLY WHEN I FEEL IT IS WORTH IT. NOT EVERYONE IS WORTH WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER. SO IF YOU FEEL YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS FEELING, I HOPE YOU ENJOY MY EARLY MORNING THOUGHTS. SHHHHH! THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND I! ENJOY!
How to Beat Your Kids without Leaving a Mark is a testament to the most thankless job in the world raising children as a single mom. Author Liz M. Mendoza draws on her experiences as a single mother to share the nitty-gritty details of modern motherhood, from the good to the bad to the ugly, and everything in between. She explains how the birth of a child changes your life in more ways than you can ever imagine. Old desires and concerns are replaced by one all-consuming struggle to protect and nurture. Life soon becomes an endless string of sleepless nights, anxiety-filled days, and broken hearts, punctuated by rare fleeting moments of bliss. Ultimately, in her experience, parenthood becomes a contest of wills between mother and child; it was during this always-smoldering battle for supremacy where Mendoza learned how, through guile and cunning, to always stay one step ahead of her son: where she learned how to beat her son without leaving a mark.
This book focuses on principles and practices in digital wine marketing. By providing a global overview of social media and e-commerce strategies and practices in the wine business, this book allows readers to understand how consumers and producers deal with these modern communication and selling platforms.
South America still conjures images of the Andes, the Amazon, and Patagonia, to be sure, but today it is also known for its remarkably varied cuisines—which, along with its value-driven quality wines, have taken gourmands well beyond Mexico and Latin America. Enter Knack South American Cooking, a visually sumptuous and informative, step-by-step guide to recreating the continent’s predominant authentic flavors in the home kitchen. Covering Peru, Brazil, and countries further south, such as Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay, it brings together 350 savory recipes—everything from ceviche to creamy yucca prawns, as well as grilled meats and classic dishes like hearty black bean stew. 350 full-color photos -100 recipes -250 variations Appetizers * Empanadas * Stews * Salads & Vegetables * Poultry * Beef * Pork * Seafood Grilled Meats * Sauces * Desserts
In this book of folk tales, Liz Berg shares Jewish memories: authentic tales, songs and jokes told by Jews in Britain and Ireland. Some stories moved from place to place, changing and adapting to new landscapes and taking on different textures, but the core of the story stays the same and is preserved through oral storytelling and recorded on these pages. Here are tales from the time of Domitian's Jewish slaves working in the tin mines of Cornwall, through to the tales being told in communities today, all incorporating the wit and magic of a rich and varied culture successfully integrated into Britain and Ireland.
Football, Nationality and the State examines the complex and ever-changing relationship between football (its development and structure), nationality and the state. Divided into two parts the book first deals with the existence of more than one football nation within the same political state. Using international comparisons the authors argue that these divisions may result from football's early history and development, regional movements for independence, or the growth of a language cleavage. The second part of the book goes on to examine the structure of football as an extension, or reflection, of the structure of the state. Resulting structures include the imposition of state socialism on sport, the presence of democratic politics in the organisation of football clubs and the links between big business and football.
Five nights a week, María Elena Salinas looks into a television camera and delivers the news to millions of television viewers. But when the newscast is over, she is like so many other women across the country: a wife and a mother, struggling to find balance between her personal and professional life. When María Elena accidentally discovers her recently deceased father had once been a Catholic priest, all she knew was suddenly thrown into question. Turning her investigative eye on herself for the first time, she begins a long, arduous journey for answers. In I Am My Father's Daughter, María Elena tells the amazing story of her journey to the top amid her struggle to come to terms with family secrets. From her childhood in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of Los Angeles and her adolescent years spent working in a sweatshop, to her astonishing break into network television, along with her coverage of some of the world's major events and disasters, Salinas frames her life behind the camera in the same warm and straightforward tone that is her on-air trademark.
At the heart of Portland’s red-hot food scene is Toro Bravo, a Spanish-inspired restaurant whose small plates have attracted a fiercely loyal fan base. But to call Toro Bravo a Spanish restaurant doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. For chef John Gorham, each dish reflects a time, a place, a moment. For Gorham, food is more than mere sustenance. The Toro Bravo cookbook is an honest look behind the scenes: from Gorham’s birth to a teenage mother who struggled with drug addiction, to time spent in his grandfather’s crab-shack dance club, to formative visits to Spain, to becoming a father and opening a restaurant. Toro Bravo also includes 95 of the restaurant’s recipes, from simple salads to homemade chorizo, along with an array of techniques that will appeal to both the home cook and the most seasoned, forearm-burned chef.
More of the suspense you love—now Love Inspired Suspense brings you six new titles, in two convenient bundles! Enjoy these contemporary heart-pounding tales of suspense, romance, hope and faith. This Love Inspired Suspense bundle includes The Yuletide Rescue by Margaret Daley, Navy SEAL Noel by Liz Johnson and Treacherous Intent by Camy Tang. Look for six new inspirational suspense stories every month from Love Inspired Suspense!
The Tupac Amaru rebellion of 1780-1783 began as a local revolt against colonial authorities and grew into the largest rebellion in the history of Spain's American empire-more widespread and deadlier than the American Revolution. An official collector of tribute for the imperial crown, Jos? Gabriel Condorcanqui had seen firsthand what oppressive Spanish rule meant for Peru's Indian population and, under the Inca royal name Tupac Amaru, he set events in motion that would transform him into one of Latin America's most iconic revolutionary figures. While he and the rebellion's leaders were put to death, his half-brother, Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru, survived but paid a high price for his participation in the uprising. This work in the Graphic History series is based on the memoir written by Juan Bautista about his odyssey as a prisoner of Spain. He endured forty years in jails, dungeons, and presidios on both sides of the Atlantic. Juan Bautista spent two years in jail in Cusco, was freed, rearrested, and then marched 700 miles in chains over the Andes to Lima. He spent two years aboard a ship travelling around Cape Horn to Spain. Subsequently, he endured over thirty years imprisoned in Ceuta, Spain's much-feared garrison city on the northern tip of Africa. In 1822, priest Marcos Dur?n Martel and Maltese-Argentine naval hero Juan Bautista Azopardo arranged to have him freed and sent to the newly independent Argentina, where he became a symbol of Argentina's short-lived romance with the Incan Empire. There he penned his memoirs, but died without fulfilling his dream of returning to Peru. This stunning graphic history relates the life and legacy of Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru, enhanced by a selection of primary sources, and chronicles the harrowing and extraordinary life of a firsthand witness to the Age of Revolution. .
Twenty years after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, "The Earth Summit", the Rio+20 conference in 2012 brought life back to sustainable development by putting it at the centre of a new global development partnership, one in which sustainable development is the basis for eradicating poverty, upholding human development and transforming economies. Written by practitioners and participants involved in the multilateral process of negotiations, this book presents a unique insider analysis of not only what happened and why, but also where the outcomes might impact in the future, particularly in the UN development agenda beyond 2015. The book throws light on the changing nature of multilateralism and questions frequent assumptions on how policy is defined within the UN. It shows that Rio+20 was more than an international meeting; it represented a culminating point of decades of successes and failures and a watershed moment for seminal concepts, ideas and partnerships including the Green Economy, zero tolerance on land degradation, the introduction of Sustainable Development Goals, the creation of national measurements of consumption, production and well-being that are intended to go beyond GDP, the introduction of national green accounting and the commitment of billions of dollars for sustainable development partnerships, including Sustainable Energy for All. The authors conclude by mapping out a new agenda for development in 2015, when the current Millennium Development Goals framework is due to expire. An agenda that will restore faith in the UN and inspire a global response to the demographic, economic and environmental challenges that will define our future in the decades to come.
Book clubs, literature circles, and reading groups are great ways to promote literacy and books to young readers. This new guide provides everything you need to run a dynamic, no-fuss book discussion group with elementary and middle school students. Featuring 15 titles of diverse genres, it offers discussion topics and activity ideas for some of the best new reads for kids. Brought to you by the authors of the highly acclaimed Reading Rules! Motivating Teens to Read, this guide is an outstanding resource for starting and running a stellar literary discussion group—whether it's in a school, public library, or community center. Grades 4-8.
This multi-authored collection covers the methodology and philosophy of collective writing. It is based on a series of articles written by the authors in Educational Philosophy and Theory, Open Review of Educational Research and Knowledge Cultures to explore the concept of collective writing. This tenth volume in the Editor's Choice series provides insights into the philosophy of academic writing and peer review, peer production, collective intelligence, knowledge socialism, openness, open science and intellectual commons. This collection represents the development of the philosophy, methodology and philosophy of collective writing developed in the last few years by members of the Editors’ Collective (EC), who also edit, review and contribute to Educational Philosophy and Theory (EPAT), as well as to PESA Agora, edited by Tina Besley, and Access, edited by Nina Hood, two PESA ‘journals’ recently developed by EC members. This book develops the philosophy, methodology and pedagogy of collective writing as a new mode of academic writing as an alternative to the normal academic article. The philosophy of collective writing draws on a new mode of academic publishing that emphasises the metaphysics of peer production and open review along with the main characteristics of openness, collaboration, co-creation and co-social innovation, peer review and collegiality that have become a praxis for the self-reflection emphasising the subjectivity of writing, sometimes called self-writing. This collection, under the EPAT series Editor’s Choice, draws on a group of members of the Editors’ Collective,who constitute a network of editors, reviewers and authors who established the organisation to further the aims of innovation in academic writing and publishing. It provides discussion and examples of the philosophy, methodology and pedagogy of collective writing. Split into three sections: Introduction, Openness and Projects, this volume offers an introduction to the philosophy and methodology of collective writing. It will be of interest to scholars in philosophy of education and those interested in the process of collective writing.
You've created a STEAM program in your library, but how do you work literacy into the curriculum? With this collection of resource recommendations, direction for program development, and activities, you'll have students reading proficiently in no time. Many schools and libraries are implementing STEAM programs in the school library makerspace to promote problem solving by allowing students to create their own solutions to a problem through trial and error. In order to enhance literacy development in the STEAM program, however, they need resources for integrating literature into the curriculum. In this collection of resources for doing just that, veteran education professionals and practiced coauthors Liz Knowles and Martha Smith bring readers over eight hundred recommended and annotated books and web resources, selected based on research on successfully integrating STEAM and literacy programs and organized by the five STEAM areas. Titles are complemented by discussion questions and problem-solving activities that will aid educators in both adding and using the best literature to their STEAM programs for encouraging learning. In addition to promoting literacy, these resources will help to develop creativity, lateral thinking skills, and confidence in students.
Wine tourism is a rapidly growing field of industry and academic interest with changes in the consumer markets in recent years, showing an enormous interest in 'experiential' travel. Wine Tourism Around the World is therefore an invaluable text for both students and practitioners alike and provides: * The first comprehensive introduction to wine tourism from a business, social science and policy perspective * An international perspective on wine tourism and includes detailed examples from Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK and the USA * Detailed information on the growth and development of wine tourism from both supply, demand, marketing and management perspectives Academic researchers and students in tourism and hospitality fields, as well as anyone connected with the wine industry, will find this book an essential guide to understanding the global impacts of wine tourism and the consequent economic, social and environmental impacts and opportunities. C.Michael Hall is based at the University of Otago in New Zealand and is Visiting Professor in the School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University. He has written widely on wine, food and rural tourism and has a major interest in cool-climate wine tourism. Liz Sharples is a lecturer in the School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam University. She has extensive practical and academic experience in the hospitality industry and has major research interests in the interrelationships between cuisine, tourism and rural production. Brock Cambourne is the owner/operator of multiple tourism award winning National Capital Wine Tours and principal of Benchmark Tourism Consulting. He has researched and published extensively on wine and culinary tourism and is a member of the Australian National Wine Tourism Working Party. Niki Macionis is a lecturer at the University of Canberra's Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism. Her graduate studies focussed on the development of wine tourism and she has researched and published extensively on wine and culinary tourism.
In Robot Suicide: Death, Identity, and AI in Science Fiction, Liz W Faber blends cultural studies, philosophy, sociology, and medical sciences to show how fictional robots hold up a mirror to our cultural perceptions about suicide and can help us rethink real-world policies regarding mental health. For decades, we’ve been asking whether we could make a robot live; but a new question is whether a living robot could make itself die. And if it could, how might we humans react? Suicide is a longstanding taboo in Western culture, particularly in relationship to mental health, marginalized identities, and individual choice. But science fiction offers us space to tackle the taboo by exploring whether and under what circumstances robots—as metaphorical stand-ins for humans—might choose to die. Faber looks at a broad range of science fiction, from classics like The Terminator franchise to recent hits like C. Robert Cargill’s novel Sea of Rust.
In Canada, it can be easy to consider landscape painting as cliché, an art form whose time has passed. David Alexander's vibrant, large-scale works show the wonder and possibility that remain undiminished in paintings of the natural environment and breathe new life into the landscape tradition. Gathering together six essays on Alexander, this book provides insight into Alexander's inspiration, creative drive, and the unique engagement with nature that has led him to seek out and paint remote locales across Canada and as far away as Greenland, Iceland, New Mexico, and Argentina. Award-winning writer Sharon Butala contributes an extended meditation on her first encounter with the artist and his work. An interview with Robert Enright reveals Alexander's engagement with tradition, and texts by the late Gilbert Bouchard, Ihor Holubizky, Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson, and Liz Wylie, present a variety of insights into understanding and appreciating his art. A detailed chronology of Alexander's career is included. Reproductions of his major works appear throughout and the essays are illustrated with preliminary paintings and working sketches, conveying insight into his creative process. A valuable discovery for those interested in nature and its artistic renderings, Alexander's art is about conveying an immersion in the landscape. This book allows a similar presence within his lushly painted landscapes, imparting an intimate understanding of his art.
Here are more great topics and sample book club sessions to help you start a book club and keep it going! Chapters in this volume cover humor, families, social issues, folklore and mythology, sports, magazines, picture books as art, censorship, the Internet, middle school readers, gender bias, booktalks, and the arts. For each genre, the authors offer a general overview, discussion questions, a bibliography, resources for further reading, and appropriate Web sites. If you want to promote literacy and involve parents in the reading program, you'll love this book and its companion, The Reading Connection.
Collects 150 tasty family friendly classics, all featuring belly-flattening monounsaturated fatty acids, and provides two weeks of sample menus, advice on getting kids to eat healthy and 60 full-color photos, in a book with such recipes as White Pita Pizzas, Peanut Butter No-Bake Bars and Choco-Nut Sundae.
A heartfelt, fun, and romantic novel about balancing who we are with who we’re expected to be, perfect for fans of Jenna Evans Welch, Morgan Matson and Jenn Bennett! What happens when her two worlds collide? AJ is a buttoned-up, responsible student attending a high-achieving high school in Michigan. She lives with her mother, stepfather, and two younger half sisters. Della spends every summer with her father in Florida. A free-spirited wild child, she spends as much time as possible on the beach with her friends and older siblings. But there’s a catch: AJ and Della are the same person. Adelaide Beloise Jepsen to be exact, and she does everything she can to keep her school and summer lives separate. When her middle sister crashes her carefree summer getaway, Adelaide’s plans fall apart. In order to help her sister, save her unexpected friendship with a guy who might just be perfect for her, and discover the truth about her own past, Adelaide will have to reconcile the two sides of herself…and face the fact that it’s perfectly okay not to be perfect all the time.
When Steven Elliott accidentally rides his bike into Carol Whitney's car at the cemetery, the summer takes on new and exciting possibilities. Long friendship wends its way into something deeper when their hearts get involved. Feelings neither of them had expected to experience again enrich their days and nights. But what happens when the long summer ends? When Carol wants a family and commitment and a future, Steven isn't so sure. He's had his heart broken before—can he risk it again?
The first text to move away from an older paradigm of simply ‘making events work’ and managing inputs, to show how to manage a sector that now needs to be: outcome obsessed, stakeholder centric, strategically focused and driven by strategically aware reflective professionals.
Rocky areas and mountains are breathtaking and attract hikers, rock climbers, cyclists, and other adventurers. But spending time in a rocky or mountainous area has potentially deadly risks. This title examines the experiences of people who have faced death in these areas and survived. Readers will learn about the unique features and dangers of rocky areas and mountains and discover how to prepare for and stay safe on an adventure in these regions. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
It may be a garden you inherited when you bought a new house. Or it might be the one you've neglected for years. Or perhaps it's one you've simply grown tired of. Garden Makeovers is an indispensable guide to assessing what kind of garden you have, determining what options-and limitations-it offers, sizing up your own level of interest in working on the garden, and creating the best garden space for you.
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