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I'll Start on Monday

Overcoming Your Weight Loss Excuses!

By: Mardi Allen

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I'll Start on Monday

Overcoming Your Weight Loss Excuses!

By: Mardi Allen

Free yourself from the vicious cycle of diet excuses and take control of your life! Accept that you are telling yourself there are reasons you are not losing weight, that keep you stuck and paralyzed. Acknowledge they are excuses so you can move forward and take action to live a healthy life free from struggle! You can enjoy a full, active life in your ideal body.I'll Start on Monday will help you:· Identify the weight loss excuses you are making.· Learn how they are preventing you from attaining your ideal weight.· Discover why your past weight loss efforts have not been successful.· Apply tools hundreds have used to achieve lasting results.· Gain powerful strategies to your action plan for maximizing success.You will also be inspired by the author's personal journey, as she reveals how she overcame an unhealthy relationship with food – by changing her thinking and banishing excuses like…”I'll Start on Monday.”“Until I met Coach Mardi, I continually sabotaged my healthy lifestyle. After working with her, applying the concepts and action plans she has now put into this book, I am 40 pounds lighter” – M.A., Engineer, VenezuelaThe Lotus flower grows in muddy water, rising above to flourish with extraordinary beauty. Just like the lotus, you have the ability to rise above challenges and create your ideal life. ~Coach Mardi Allen

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Createspace Independent Pub

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1468000993

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The Basics of Adoption

A Guide for Building Families in the U.S. and Canada

By: James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen

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The Basics of Adoption

A Guide for Building Families in the U.S. and Canada

By: James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen

With about 70,000 domestic and international adoptions each year in the United States and Canada, adoption remains a major means of building families in both countries. Its continued success can be inferred not only from the yearly statistics, but from a report issued in 2003 by the U.S. Census Bureau. To the surprise of many, the report announced the existence of 1.6 million adopted children in the U.S. under the age of eighteen. Written by a former social worker who has placed hundreds of children in foster and adoptive homes and a clinical psychologist who has counseled adopted children and parents, this book offers a comprehensive look at the adoption process by merging the best of social work with the best of psychology. Adoption can be a frustrating and intimidating undertaking for the unprepared. This guide provides prospective adoptive parents with the insider information that they need to navigate the process-and it provides students with the sort of expert opinion that they need to grasp the academic theory they receive in the classroom.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313054878

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9780313054877

Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening

A Professional Guide for Evaluations

By: James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen

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Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening

A Professional Guide for Evaluations

By: James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen

Screening applicants for adoption or foster homes has life-altering consequences for the children involved, yet there are incredibly few programs available to train screeners. The educational system that certifies thousands of social workers each year does not understand the specialized training required to screen adoptive and foster parents; social work schools provide minimal interview training and what training they do provide focuses on therapeutic interview techniques rather than screening skills. There is a clear need for a book like Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, one that can be incorporated into course requirements and used by working social workers and psychologists involved with adoption and foster parent screening. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, written by a former social worker, who has placed hundreds of children into adoptive and foster homes, and a clinical psychologist, meshes the best of psychology and social work experience into a definitive guide for screening adoption and foster home applicants. The book provides information on: evaluating aberrant behavior and unhealthy parenting attitudes interview techniques psychological testing. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening is based on case histories, research data, and interpretive analysis. The book is written in an accessible style free of technical language, thus making it appropriate for college-level students and professionals who don't have time to sift through empirical data to obtain accessible information that they can adapt to their profession.

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Routledge

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1135927448

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The Castle in the Sea

By: Mardi McConnochie

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The Castle in the Sea

By: Mardi McConnochie

It’s been months since their father, Spinner, disappeared after the Admiralty tore apart his workshop and sent him into hiding, but Annalie and Will are determined to find him, whatever the cost. With the help of new friends Essie and Pod (and talking parrot, Graham), the siblings use the decoded clues Spinner left behind to track his movements, sailing around the world in search of his old scientific colleagues. But the Admiralty is still in hot pursuit, and the sea might be the biggest threat of all. As the children battle massive storms, menacing marines, and pirates out to steal anything (and anyone) they can, the twins and their friends discover new levels of strength, determination, and ingenuity within themselves. They also begin to wonder if they’ll ever catch up to Spinner, or if the dangers they encounter along the way will seal their fates first.

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Pajama Press Inc.

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1772780839

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9781772780833

The Flooded Earth

By: Mardi McConnochie

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The Flooded Earth

By: Mardi McConnochie

Forty years after a devastating flood changed the face of the earth, new consequences and challenges are still surfacing. Twins Will and Annalie thought the hardest part about this year was going to be their separation when bookish Annalie began life at a prestigious Admiralty-run boarding school and avid sailor Will stayed behind in the flood-damaged slums. But that was before the Admiralty raided their father's workshop. Before they sent a questioner to threaten Annalie at school. Before their father disappeared, leaving a single coded clue to his destination. Desperate for answers and to find their father, the twins set out in the family's small sailboat. But though they are both experienced sailors, they have no idea what dangers the sea has in store. In The Flooded Earth, Mardi McConnochie writes adventure at a breakneck pace, drawing readers into a race against pirates, authorities, and the sea itself in a not-so-distant future full of new technology and old human failings.

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Pajama Press Inc.

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1772780499

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9781772780499

The Skeleton Coast

By: Mardi McConnochie

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The Skeleton Coast

By: Mardi McConnochie

The grey light of dawn crept through the sky. The sun was yet to make its first appearance, but the crew of the Sunfish were already up and ready to weigh anchor. Having barely escaped the dangers of a world dominated by gangs, the corrupt Admiralty, and the hostile sea, Will, Annalie and their friends must now set sail for their most daunting destination yet: Sundia. This isolated country, forbidden to outsiders, is where the twins must make their final stand in their search for answers—and for their father. But with all they’ve overcome so far on their journey, how long can their luck hold? Packed with twists, dynamic characters, and compelling environmental themes, The Skeleton Coast brings Mardi McConnochie’s acclaimed cli-fi trilogy to a riveting conclusion.

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1772780995

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Rainwater on the White Road a.k.a. The Misty Hills of Home

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

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Rainwater on the White Road a.k.a. The Misty Hills of Home

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

A land rich with oil, alive with passion, stained with tears—and the family who embraced it all. Duty and desire warred in May Rose Fallen Hawk when she made the fateful decision to marry Claude Rainwater. No decent woman had ever married a Rainwater—a brawling, hell-raising clan of dirt-poor Osage—but May Rose had adored Claude ever since she was a child. Now she would defy her family to belong to him, risking her future on a wild, unpredictable man whose spirit could never be tamed. Across three decades—and an Oklahoma seared by dust and scarred by oil rigs—May Rose and Claude fought to make a place of their own. Through boom times, depression, and war . . . through years of sacrifice, triumph, and joy, May Rose found strength and sorrow in her five sons. Together and apart, this remarkable family gathered courage from the age-old traditions of the Osage—and embraced all the passions of the rugged, enduring land they called home. The spellbinding saga of a Native American family through three generations of triumph, tragedy, and love.

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Speaking Volumes

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1612327737

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9781612327730

Wicked Takes the Witness Stand

A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan

By: Mardi Link

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Wicked Takes the Witness Stand

A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan

By: Mardi Link

On a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was curled up on his side on the truck’s bare metal, pressed against the tailgate, clad only in jeans, a checkered shirt, and cowboy boots. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of expensive steaks from a local butcher shop—the first lead in a case that would be quickly lost in a thicket of bungled forensics, shady prosecution, and a psychopathic star witness out for revenge. Award-winning author Mardi Link’s third book of Michigan true crime, Wicked Takes the Witness Stand, unravels this mysterious and still unsolved case that sucked state police and local officials into a morass of perjury and cover-up and ultimately led to the separate conviction and imprisonment of five innocent men. This unbelievable story will leave the reader shocked and aching for justice.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472029436

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9780472029433

Are Financial Crises Alike?

By: Chrismin Tang,Mr.Mardi Dungey,Mr.Vance Martin,Ms.Brenda Gonzalez-Hermosillo,Ms.Renee Fry

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Are Financial Crises Alike?

By: Chrismin Tang,Mr.Mardi Dungey,Mr.Vance Martin,Ms.Brenda Gonzalez-Hermosillo,Ms.Renee Fry

This paper investigates whether financial crises are alike by considering whether a single modeling framework can fit multiple distinct crises in which contagion effects link markets across national borders and asset classes. The crises considered are Russia and LTCM in the second half of 1998, Brazil in early 1999, dot-com in 2000, Argentina in 2001-2005, and the recent U.S. subprime mortgage and credit crisis in 2007. Using daily stock and bond returns on emerging and developed markets from 1998 to 2007, the empirical results show that financial crises are indeed alike, as all linkages are statistically important across all crises. However, the strength of these linkages does vary across crises. Contagion channels are widespread during the Russian/LTCM crisis, are less important during subsequent crises until the subprime crisis, where again the transmission of contagion becomes rampant.

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International Monetary Fund

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1451962088

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9781451962086

Murder on the Red Cliff Rez

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

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Murder on the Red Cliff Rez

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

When a Chippewa tribal attorney turns up murdered in his office, Police Chief David Lameraux joins forces with Karen "Tracker" Charboneau to find the suspect.

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Macmillan

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031220938X

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9780312209384

States of Mind

Analysis of Change in Psychotherapy

By: Mardi Horowitz

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States of Mind

Analysis of Change in Psychotherapy

By: Mardi Horowitz

Some will wonder why this book, with its specific focus on the pro cess of change in psychotherapy, was chosen for inclusion in "Crit ical Issues in Psychiatry: A Series for Residents and Clinicians" as our books are generally devoted to a broad topical survey of some im portant clinical area in the practice of psychiatry or a related mental health discipline. The answer will become rapidly apparent to the reader, for Dr. Horowitz has developed an exciting, creative, and practical method whereby any psychotherapist can understand, monitor, conceptualize, and evaluate the process of change in psychotherapy. His method of "configurational analysis" utilizes direct clinical observations of emotional states, role relationships, and information processing to systematically, in a step-by-step fashion, organize and describe clinical data. It can be employed at any point in the therapeutic transaction, from the time of initial presentation to the time of termina tion or follow-up. This method of organizing information about a person, his problems and resources, and the nature of the psychotherapeutic transaction provides the therapist with a powerful tool with which to both understand and communicate how and why change occurs, or does not occur, in psychotherapy. It can be applied all the way from the description of large-scale patterns to the microanalytic dissection and understanding of a small segment of a therapy session.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461328896

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9781461328896

Transmission of Financial Crises and Contagion:

A Latent Factor Approach

By: Mardi Dungey,Renee A. Fry,Brenda Gonzalez-Hermosillo,Vance L. Martin

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Transmission of Financial Crises and Contagion:

A Latent Factor Approach

By: Mardi Dungey,Renee A. Fry,Brenda Gonzalez-Hermosillo,Vance L. Martin

Financial crises often transmit across geographical borders and different asset classes. Modeling these interactions is empirically challenging, and many of the proposed methods give different results when applied to the same data sets. In this book the authors set out their work on a general framework for modeling the transmission of financial crises using latent factor models. They show how their framework encompasses a number of other empirical contagion models and why the results between the models differ. The book builds a framework which begins from considering contagion in the bond markets during 1997-1998 across a number of countries, and culminates in a model which encompasses multiple assets across multiple countries through over a decade of crisis events from East Asia in 1997-1998 to the sub prime crisis during 2008. Program code to support implementation of similar models is available.

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Oxford University Press

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0199842604

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9780199842605

Rexburg

By: Lowell J. and Mardi J. Parkinson

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Rexburg

By: Lowell J. and Mardi J. Parkinson

The mountainous terrain and abundance of rivers near what would later become the city of Rexburg were a magnet for the Missouri Fur Company; in 1810, Maj. Andrew Henry, a representative for the company, built a trading post seven miles north of Rexburg. On March 10, 1883, Thomas E. Ricks, who was accompanied by 10 men, settled an area located east of the three buttes across the Snake River. Rexburg's early days reflected the typical lifestyle of many northwestern towns in the late 19th century: saloons dotted Main Street, cowboys got into shooting matches in town, and farmers struggled to conquer mother earth while pioneer families endured the cold harsh winters. The combination of tall sagebrush and volcanic ash proved to be an ideal agricultural combination for producing wheat, barley, and potatoes. Education was important, and a college was established in the early years, starting in 1888.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467132209

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9781467132206

Candy Barr

The Small-Town Texas Runaway Who Became a Darling of the Mob and the Queen of Las Vegas Burlesque

By: Ted Schwarz,Mardi Rustam

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Candy Barr

The Small-Town Texas Runaway Who Became a Darling of the Mob and the Queen of Las Vegas Burlesque

By: Ted Schwarz,Mardi Rustam

Born Juanita Slusher in Edna, Texas, in 1935, the entertainer who became Candy Barr was perhaps the last great dancer in burlesque, a stripper who insisted on live, improvisational music and who at one time commanded $2,000 a week in 1950s Las Vegas. But as Juanita she had started life as a prematurely well-developed thirteen-year-old runaway victimized by a Dallas ritual known as "the capture" that enslaved her into prostitution, for a time turning over 4,000 tricks a year before she was able to escape. A lover of Mickey Cohen's and friend to Jack Ruby, Barr's tumultuous life included a period of imprisonment on trumped-up drug charges, an appearance in a crude, 20-minute stag film, and unlikely role in the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Based on over 100 hours of exclusive interviews with Barr, this book is not just the story of Juanita and Candy, but also paints an unflattering picture of all those who sought to exploit her.

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Taylor Trade Publications

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1589793412

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9781589793415

When Evil Came to Good Hart, 10th Anniversary Edition

By: Mardi Link

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When Evil Came to Good Hart, 10th Anniversary Edition

By: Mardi Link

In this page-turning true-life whodunit, author Mardi Link looks into the cold-case files of the murders of a wealthy Detroit-area family in their northern Michigan cabin in 1968, detailing and reviewing all the evidence to date. She crafts her book around police and court documents and historical and present-day statements and interviews, in addition to exploring the impact of the case on the community of Good Hart and the stigma that surrounds the popular summer getaway. Adding to both the sense of tragic history and the suspense, Link laces her tale with fascinating bits of local and Indian lore, while dozens of colorful characters enter and leave the story, spicing the narrative. During the years of investigation of the murders, officials considered hundreds of tips and leads as well as dozens of sources, among them former secretaries who worked for murder victim Dick Robison; Robison's business associates; John Norman Collins, perpetrator of the "Co-Ed Murders" that took place in Washtenaw County between 1967 and 1969; and an inmate in federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, who said he knew who killed the Robison family. Despite the exhaustive investigative efforts of numerous individuals, decades later the case lies tantalizingly out of reach as an unsolved cold case. This edition, published at the 50th anniversary of the murder, includes a new Afterword by Mardi Link. In it, Link discusses information that’s come to light since the book’s original publication and reflects on how the Robison murders might have been handled differently today.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472123904

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9780472123902

Treatment of Stress Response Syndromes

By: Mardi Jon Horowitz

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Treatment of Stress Response Syndromes

By: Mardi Jon Horowitz

This is a comprehensive clinical guide to treating patients with disorders related to loss, trauma, and terror. Author Mardi J. Horowitz, M.D., is the clinical researcher who is largely responsible for modern concepts of posttraumatic stress disorder (PSTD). He reveals the latest strategies for treating PTSD.

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American Psychiatric Pub

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1585621072

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9781585621071

Remembering the Osage Kid

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

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Remembering the Osage Kid

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

A sweeping novel of the Native American experience as seen by a powerful and controversial member of the Osage nation. C.R. Jones was one of the wealthiest men in Oklahoma. A full-blooded Osage Indian, he'd parlayed the black gold of oil into a position of unassailable power. But behind the success lay a long and tumultuous past: the scrawny kid with a gun who'd ridden with outlaws and avenged his father's brutal murder; the passionate teen who'd pledged his undying love to the one woman he could never have; the driven tycoon who'd made enemies as fast as he made money. Everett Jakomin was the son of one of those enemies. A small-town storekeeper, he hated and feared C.R., until he unexpectedly found himself the keeper of C.R.'s legacy. And as Everett soon discovered, only by learning C.R.'s remarkable story would he ever know the truth about himself. Filled with the color and spirit of Oklahoma history—from the life and lore of the Osage nation to the hardscrabble frontier days of marauding outlaws to the prosperity of the 1950s—here is the stirring tale of two very different men linked by a fierce pride and a tragic secret.

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Speaking Volumes

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1612327710

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9781612327716

Henrytown

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

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Henrytown

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

Author of THE GLORY DAYS OF BUFFALO EGBERT a.k.a People of the Whistling Waters Henrytown, Louisiana… It’s barely on the map. It wasn’t until 1962 that it was even considered a viable speed-trap. And yet… In 1934 Georgia aristocrat Aaron Brooks graduated from the Atlanta Seminary. The son of a wealthy family, surely Aaron wouldn’t actually accept the pastorate of some backwater Louisiana town, especially in the height of the Great Depression. And yet…Aaron boarded the train… The people of Henrytown were struck by his startling good looks and gracious manner. The consensus was that he was too pretty and too helpless to survive inside a hardscrabble town. But when they heard him preach, they stopped praying for a new pastor. Henrytown and its people, in all their varied and wondrous forms, gradually became Aaron’s family. His life was rich and content. But then it radically changed in 1941 when America was thrust into WWII. American service men and women needed chaplains. Aaron boarded a train, but this time he was leaving behind his adored wife and children, and the many treasured souls of Henrytown, Louisiana.

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Speaking Volumes

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1645403149

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9781645403142

PHOTOSHOP CC - ENGLISH

By: Özge Mardi Bayar

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PHOTOSHOP CC - ENGLISH

By: Özge Mardi Bayar

This book is a rare resource that views Photoshop from the point of view of photography art and design. The book contains tips and application examples of using Photoshop in desktop publishing, web, and photography field. Although Photoshop program has unlimited options in image processing, it does not mean that everyone will achieve amazing images with this program. An artistic point of view is required for such applications. To gain this artistic point of view, it is necessary to train the eye and observe the nature in detail. Photoshop Creative Cloud version is only a tool to present this point of view. Yet of course, using this tool in the best way possible will help to achieve the amazing images. Photoshop CC that is introduced with Creative Cloud has become a tool with constant updates. Photoshop CC is a program that contains updates on basic Photoshop CS6 program. With Photoshop CS6, CS5.1 and CS 5.0, users can learn to use Photoshop and develop their Skills using this book.

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KODLAB YAYIN DAĞITIM YAZILIM LTD.ŞTİ.

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6059118631

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9786059118637

The Basics of Adoption

A Guide for Building Families in the U.S. and Canada

By: James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen

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A Guide for Building Families in the U.S. and Canada

By: James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313054878

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9780313054877

Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening

A Professional Guide for Evaluations

By: James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen

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Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening

A Professional Guide for Evaluations

By: James L. Dickerson,Mardi Allen

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Routledge

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1135927448

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Sons Without Fathers

What Every Mother Needs to Know

By: Mardi Allen,James L. Dickerson

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Sons Without Fathers

What Every Mother Needs to Know

By: Mardi Allen,James L. Dickerson

If you are a mother raising a son without a father this book was written for you. What are the 5 major diseases and ailments that your son is more likely to acquire without his father (or a suitable male role model) in his life? What are the 4 critical skills that a father can teach his son that a mother cannot teach? What are the 4 characteristics that adult sons without fathers possess that put them at a disadvantage in developing relationships? These questions-and many more-are answered in this book. Whether they lose their fathers to divorce or death, or whether their fathers go to prison or abandon them at birth, or were simply never in the picture-such as in artificial insemination-boys that grow up in homes without their biological father go through childhood at a disadvantage. There are almost 9 million such sons in America. The authors believe that mothers can overcome those disadvantages with effective parenting tailored to their sons' needs. The authors are convinced that most mothers want to do what is right for their sons, and if that does not always occur, it is usually because they do not always have the right information at their fingertips. Specifically, this book was written for: * Single mothers who are raising sons without a father. * Married mothers contemplating divorce. * Mothers with sons who have remarried. * Lesbian mothers who are raising a son. * Adoptive parents who are raising a son. Most self-help parenting books are "bucket brigade" manuals that are written to help parents put out the fires that arise in the normal course of parenting a child. The authors do that, too, with the problems that are specific to fatherless boys, but their major focus is teaching skills that will help mothers prevent problems from ever developing. Sons who grow up without fathers have different needs, different experiences, and different life expectations from sons who grow up with fathers, and those differences begin in childhood and continue throughout life. Sons with fathers, absent physical or emotional abuse in the family, usually grow up to consider the world to be a friendly place with potential for great good. Without special parenting by their mothers, sons without fathers invariably see the world as an unfriendly place with potential for great harm. Mardi Allen, Ph.D. and James L. Dickerson are co-authors of "How to Screen Adoptive and Foster Parents: A Workbook for Professionals and Students" and "The Basics of Adoption: A Guide for Building Families in the U.S. and Canada." Dr. Allen is a psychologist who counsels families in private practice, clinical liaison for the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, and a former president of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. Dickerson is a social work innovator who has developed new programs such as the Foster Parent Syndrome, a screening procedure for selecting adoptive and foster parents, and "You've Got a Friend," a federally funded socialization program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In addition, he is the author of two health-related books, "Cirrhosis: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed" and "Yellow Fever: A Deadly Disease Poised to Kill Again.

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0615609503

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9780615609508

The Ft. Larned Incident

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

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The Ft. Larned Incident

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

Mardi Oakley Medawar does for the Kiowa what Tony Hillerman has done for the Navaho.” —Don Goldsmith Award-winning author Mardi Oakley Medawar In 1868, following the signing of the Medicine Lodge Treaty, things are not going well for the Kiowa. When the Indian agent once again fails to live up to his promises, he is run off by the Kiowa. Tay-bodal—a healer and member of the Rattle Band—is enduring a personal crisis, and is therefore not in the best frame of mind when he is called to investigate a murder among the bands. The son of another chief, has been murdered. The one accused of killing him is the same man who has stolen Tay-bodal's wife. Unless Tay-bodal can put aside his own dislike and prove the accused innocent—and quickly—there will be war, tearing apart the Kiowa Nation. “In her debut novel, Death at Rainy Mountain, Mardi Oakley Medawar proved a Cherokee can bring the Kiowa of another epoch alive for us.” —Tony Hillerman “Recommended for its setting . . . strong mystery. . .and a moving ending that captures the passing of friendships and Kiowa society.” —Booklist “Native American traditions, culture, and intelligence lend the whole a meaty authenticity, tempered by Tay-bodal’s pragmatism and overweening compassion. A fine work; strongly recommended.” —Library Journal Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and Storytellers—Writer of the Year Award

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Speaking Volumes

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1645406164

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9781645406167

Murder at Medicine Lodge

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

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Murder at Medicine Lodge

By: Mardi Oakley Medawar

“Another great storyteller is emerging.”—Tony Hillerman Award-winning author Mardi Oakley Medawar In 1867, the Kiowa travel to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, along with the Comanche, Arapaho, Apache, and Cheyenne to meet with representatives of the U.S. government and to sign peace treaties. But not all of the Kiowa agree that the peace treaty is a good thing, and tensions between them and the U.S. Army ("The Blue Jackets") are running high. So, when the army bugler disappears and White Bear, chief of the Rattle Band, finds his bugle out on the plains, the army command assumes that White Bear has killed the man to steal it. To make matters worse, the bugler's body is later found—murdered—out on the plains. With the army set to try White Bear for murder, and the Kiowa set to declare war if he is not found innocent, Tay—a healer amongst the Kiowa—is charged by the Principal Chief to investigate and clear White Bear's name. With very little time before an army tribunal is to be held, Tay-bodal must find out the truth about the bugler—a man he doesn't know—and what might have actually happened out there on the plains. "Medawar, a Cherokee, reveals legendary Native Americans as believable people and offers her readers a comprehensive look at historical Kiowa life and values."—Publishers Weekly "Her characters, white or Indian, are people...This is our history."—Don Coldsmith, award-winning author of Runestone

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