It's the most wonderful time of the year, and one fascinating feline offers the most glorious gift of all. . . To help his daughter Joy recover after the death of her mother, Justin Wingate brings her to a Christmas party. But the only ones to whom the girl will speak are a tiny white kitten—and bereaved widow Meghan Kenwick. Now it's up to an angelic ball of fur to mend ties, restore faith—and bring soulmates together. . . 30,000 Words
A journey of surprises awaits Little Seed as he begins life as a small seed and fulfills his destiny as he grows into a beautiful, mature, and fruitful tree under the constant care of the Divine Gardener. As he grows, Little Seed learns to trust and love the Gardener. Join Little Seed, and begin your own adventure in finding purpose and destiny for your life. Like Little Seed, you will also learn to love and trust the Gardener who is your Heavenly Father.
Living his life on a Texas plantation off the Gulf of Mexico in 1840; Captain Roderick Kismias finds the pleasure of being summoned by King Felipe of Spain. There to travel and finding a hidden treasure. Captain Kismias is a handsome young man with many attributes to offer in the journey set ahead of him. Being handsome with dark piercing eyes, a muscular cow boyish physique; besides his ability to steer wrestle cattle, while managing a thousand acre ranch outside of Houston, Texas. Capable of managing the overall functioning of a massive ship named the Spanish mermaid, Spains finest ship sent to find a remedy to Spains financial spoil should this journey fail.
Let Thy Kingdom Come is a door that enters into the Kingdom of Heaven. It is my truth. I offer this only as my truth. It is a new look at the Holy Scriptures, a new look as a path into spirituality, a door into the kingdom of Heaven. It is not a plan for salvation but rather a plan for living openly to the joy of the kingdom of heaven now in this life. You are a creature to whom the Creator has given freedom of choice with the ability to choose joy. This book will help you become God's partner in putting your life in order, if you are tired of living in a world held in bondage by fear, by evil, by a lack of love, this book is for you. I am sure that the secrets revealed in this book works in my life. I am equally sure that there is some truth hidden within these pages that can transform your life. Take only what is true for you in the NOW; the remaining truths may not be intended for you, at this moment. This book contains many secrets and when read with prayer and an open seeking heart will transform your pain into joy; your worry into faith; and death into everlasting life. Forever is going to start tonight.
Based on new research, this book offers insights into the reality of immigration and its sociocultural impact with a focus on the experience of young children and their families coming to the USA. Wilma Robles-Melendez and Wayne Driscoll discuss immigration realities and their social and educational implications and review the current literature on studies and reports about immigration. They also provide insights and experiences of young immigrant children and their families with a focus on the USA and offer recommendations for early childhood practice for programs serving young immigrant children. The key subjects addressed include socially just practices, developmentally based programs, services for young children and families with diverse and cultural backgrounds. Immigration in the USA is discussed here as part of the global crisis in immigration and the lessons learned will be vital for educators, researchers and policy makers around the world.
In this book, Wilma Bucci applies her skills as a cognitive psychologist and researcher to the fields of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, opening up new avenues for understanding the underlying processes that facilitate therapeutic communication and change. Grounded in research geared to understanding and demonstrating the clinical process (rather than "outcome") of analytic inquiry and therapeutic dialogue, Bucci’s multiple code theory offers clinicians, researchers, trainers, and students new perspectives on the essential, often unlanguaged, foundations of the psychotherapeutic endeavour.
A groundbreaking, scientific approach to creative thinking From entrepreneurs to teachers, engineers to artists, almost everyone stands to benefit from becoming more creative. New ways of thinking, making, and imagining have the potential to bring about revolutionary changes to both our personal lives and society as a whole. And yet, the science behind creativity has largely remained a mystery, with few people aware of the ways we can optimize our own creative and innovative ideas. Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity To Inspire Change offers a perspective, grounded in science, that allows us to achieve both individual and collective creative goals. Wilma Koutstaal and Jonathan Binks draw upon extensive research from brain, behavioral, and organizational sciences to present a unique five-part "thinking framework" in which ideas are continually refined and developed. Beyond scientific research, Innovating Minds also describes the everyday creative challenges of people from all walks of life, offering insights from dancers, scientists, designers, and architects. The book shows that creativity is far from a static process; it is steeped with emotion and motivation, involving the dynamic interactions of our minds, brains, and environments. Accordingly, it challenges readers to put its material into use through thinking prompts, creativity cross-checks, and other activities. Vibrant and engaging, Innovating Minds reveals a unique approach to harnessing creative ideas and putting them into action. It offers a fascinating exploration of the science of creativity along with new and valuable resources for becoming more innovative thinkers and doers.
This practical resource helps elementary classroom, remedial reading, and LD teachers make the best possible informal assessment of a child's specific reading, writing, and spelling strengths and weaknesses and attitudes toward reading. Written in easy-to-follow nontechnical language, it provides a multitude of tested informal assessment strategies and devices, such as "kid watching," retellings, journals, IRIs, writing surveys, portfolios, think alouds and more-- including more than 200 reproducible assessment devices ready for immediate use! You'll find a detailed description of each informal assessment techniques along with step-by-step procedures for its use and, wherever possible, one or more reproducible sample devices. Complete answer keys for each device are included with the directions. Among the unique topics covered are the innovative Individual Reading Inventory, San Diego Quick Assessment List, El Paso Phonics Survey, QAD Chart, Holistic scoring of writing and Reproducible devices for portfolio assessment. In short, Alternative Assessment Techniques for Reading and Writing offers a wealth of tested, ready-to-use informal assessment information and devices that should save the teacher a great deal of time and energy in making a useful assessment of any student's literacy ability!
A Wicked Purchase. . . When, at the height of the Peninsular War, she is offered on the auction block by her lowlife husband, lovely Scotswoman Rachel Cameron fears the worst. To her great relief, she is purchased by Lord Jacob Forrester, a rugged English officer whose life she once saved. She becomes Jake's right hand on the bloody campaign trail...and, when fiery passion flares, his mistress... . . .Costs A Gentleman His Heart Back in London, where propriety rules, Jake is faced with the incontestable impropriety of his relationship with Rachel. To save her from the scathing tongues of the gossipy ton, he casts her aside--never dreaming a stunning revelation will foil his plans to reclaim her with a proper offer. Now Jake must vie with viscounts and barons for the hand of a woman he once bought in a tavern...and convince a reluctant lady that his love is true...and truly forever...
Author Wilma Davidson was born in Scotland and has three children and five grandchildren. Accordingly she can well understand a parent's concern for the safety of their children. Wilma is the author of several books and is one of the UK's experts on Dowsing. She has been a Healer and a Therapist for twenty years and during that period has helped many patients to deal with the trauma of sexual abuse. After realising that sex abuse was a very big subject, Wilma's experience in this field encouraged her to write Tears and Fears. The book offers support to the many victims in different parts of the World who need help and understanding to find the strength to cope with memories of the trauma. Her compassion shines through this book and many readers will feel she is a Helpline in their time of need. REVIEW A big thank you to Wilma Davidson who has given us a guide book which is filling a huge gap in the bookshelves. Tears and Fears offers the reader, in many countries, information on a range of subjects related to sex abuse. Whether the reader is a victim of sexual abuse, a date rape, an anxious parent concerned about chat-room paedophiles or sexting, there are chapters on all of those subjects. This well researched book includes chapters on sexually transmitted diseases, depression, guilt, self-harm, suicide and post traumatic stress, where the victim will find advice and reassurance. Tears and Fears includes an extensive list of helplines and contact details for charities and organisations who offer support in several languages.
Shattered Dreams is a heart-felt, honest, and inspiring book that deals with some tough issues facing the person who has suffered loss of any kind. It is enormously helpful to those who are dealing with the loss of a loved one. This book deals with the recovery from grief, loneliness, and disappointment to thriving not just surviving. It tackles the emotions and thought processes that people will go through as they learn to survive without their loved one, the financial security of employment, loss of good health, or even divorce. Loss is loss no matter what it involves and it changes one's life forever. It gives spiritual and practical insight on how to deal with loss, walk through healing and live again with purpose. It is an open and honest account of the authors very personal experience of losing her husband. It is about finding where one fits in life after the loss of any kind. The contents of this book motivates faith, and encourages one to move upward and forward. It contains scriptural instruction and encouragement. This book is sure to serve as a support and a companion for the reader.
Processes of Aging: Social and Psychological Perspectives is based on a monumental series of studies on the psychological and social aspects of aging in relation to mental health. This effort gives scientists from North America and Europe an opportunity to explore the concepts, methodological problems, and conclusions of their researches in the rapidly growing field of gerontology. Much work has been done in an attempt to present this material in sequential and systematic fashion. Original work of sixty-six research workers from twelve countries is represented in this two-volume set. They offer an inventory of principal fields of gerontological research, in advanced countries. Human aging, in its many ramifications, is becoming one of the major areas of research interest among an increasing number of students in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Although the phenomena of aging were largely overlooked as subject matter for research during the early stages in the development of all basic sciences, it was inevitable that students would eventually become curious about the final processes of maturation. Events of recent years have hastened the need for social action on behalf of older people and, consequently, the need for scientific knowledge about their characteristics, circumstances, and requirements. Processes of Aging: Social and Psychological Perspectives will be of interest to research workers, teachers, and advanced students concerned with the psychological, psychiatric, psychosocial, and socioeconomic aspects of aging. Many of the theoretical and analytical discussions and the specific studies offer guidance for top-level planners and policy administrators in public agencies and voluntary organizations. This volume is highly sensitive to older people as such: how they feel about themselves and the world, and in the way they behave in relation to others. It is must reading in the health and welfare of aging. Richard H. Williams was chief, Professional Services Branch, National Institute of Mental Health. Clark Tibbits was deputy director, Special Staff on Aging, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Wilma Donohue was chairman, Division of Gerontology, Institute for Human Adjustment, and professor of psychology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
According to the will of Lady Sarah Longbourne's Grandpapa, she would inherit only if she wed the heir to the adjoining estate. Of course Grandpapa thought her fiance would be sweet Robert Markholme. But the young man's drowning changed everything. Now the independent lady had to marry a stranger -- Matthew Cameron, whose new estate was in debt But could a marriage of convenience between a reluctant bride and groom lead to a lifetime of love?
Jesus Among the Homeless identifies the problem of homelessness and applies strategies based on scriptural principles as a solution. It contains testimonies of seasoned teachers, psychologists, and social workers describing effective strategies for outreaching to the addicted, abused, mentally ill, and homeless. This go-to manual written in simple and clear layman’s terms is an invaluable asset for anyone ministering to the homeless.
From centuries-old battlefields to present-day disasters, Wilma Davidson has coaxed countless earthbound spirits-confused children, loyal soldiers, malevolent entities, and stubborn Titanic passengers-to "the Light." In recounting her extraordinary experiences, she brings warmth, honesty, and humor to a subject often avoided and misunderstood: death. This revealing testimonial to the spirit world aims to create awareness, offer credibility, and bring comfort to those who fear crossing over. Davidson's poignant and insightful stories fill in little-known details about ghosts, animal spirits, non-human entities, near-death experiences, angels, and reincarnation. The author also introduces an entire cross-section of the paranormal-spiritual healing, psychic protection, dowsing, astral travel, feng shui, geopathic stress-and gives practical advice for those who wish to follow in her footsteps.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school clas is running the country." --Kurt Vonnegut When it comes down to it, work-with its brown-nosers, know-it-alls, and gossips-is a lot like high school. With wit and uncanny accuracy, Wilma Davidson and Jack Dougherty present and analyze the common personality types we're all familiar with from the high school cafeteria who now reside in the workplace to help you identify and better communicate with each type. Looking for insight on how to work best with your boss, get along with a troublesome colleague, or present yourself at the office? This fun and practical guide offers crib notes for getting along-and getting ahead-amidst the bullies, cheerleaders, and other members of "the Class," For example: -If your supervisor is an A Student, mirror his work ethic -If your client is a Complainer, be proactive in solving any problems -If your colleague is a Bully, stand your ground Complete with advice on handling authority, popularity, conformity, and other concerns from high school that live on in the workplace, this delightful guide will entertain and educate.
This easy-to-use language course has been written by experienced teachers for self-study and class use, and offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hebrew. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
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