When Emily leaves her restrictive home in Canada to study art in London, England, she longs to prove herself as an artist, trying to carve a path for herself towards financial security. But her dreams don’t receive a warm welcome, as her disapproving English relatives believe that the only respectable path for a woman is marriage.Before Emily can prove the worth of her artistic career, she falls ill and finds herself trapped in a sanatorium, forming an unlikely friendship with Beth...

Your marriage feels off; your kids rule the roost and run all over you. You're disconnected from your friends. You are moody or get angry often. You don't have adequate time to handle your home or manage your career. You're unsatisfied with where you are professionally and constantly worry about money. And to top it all off, your favorite jeans don't fit. If the joy has been sucked out of your life and you're being pulled in too many directions, Boosting Your Joy will guide you toward reac...

NOW WITH UPDATED, FULL-COLOR MAPSThe Bible Workbooks are a systematic, individual study of the Bible, providing a thorough biblical understanding. The student learns by doing; information is given and questions are asked to test their understanding. Bible Workbook Volume 1 gives an overview and a book-by-book study of the Old Testament. Interesting, stimulating, and informative, Bible Workbooks provide an understandable and enjoyable mean...

Why Did I Write This Book? OWN IT Every book is born from a spark—an idea, a challenge, or a deep longing to share something meaningful with the world. When I decided to write this book, I was driven by a passionate desire to help others embrace who they are and to encourage readers to truly "own" their stories, experiences, and aspirations. The Power of Ownership Taking ownership of your personal development involves acknowledging your achievements, recognizing your setbacks, and embracin...

NOW WITH UPDATED, FULL-COLOR MAPSThe Bible Workbooks are a systematic, individual study of the Bible. The student learns by doing; information is given and questions are asked to test their understanding. Bible Workbook Volume 2 gives an overview and a book-by-book study of the New Testament. Interesting, stimulating, informative- Bible Workbooks provide an understandable and enjoyable means of personal Bible study.

Serving Military and Veteran Families introduces readers to the unique culture of military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. It reviews the latest research, theories, policies, and programs to prepare readers for understanding and working with military and veteran families. It also offers practical knowledge about the challenges that come with military family life and the federal policies, laws, and programs that support military and veteran families...

This practical introduction to second-order and growth mixture models using Mplus introduces simple and complex techniques through incremental steps.The authors extend latent growth curves to second-order growth curve and mixture models and then combine the two using normal and non-normal (e.g., categorical) data. To maximize understanding, each model is presented with basic structural equations, figures with associated syntax that highlight what the statistics mean, M...

The Little Girl Pepper is a five-year-old genius and wants to learn all she could so she could teach others. Pepper is exceptional with her communication and language skills. As a baby, Pepper was full of different kinds of sounds, right from gurgles. Pepper’s parents did not know how to handle their little girl at first.

Available Open Access under CC-BY licence.How do environmental policies link to dynamic and relational family practices for children and parents? This Policy Press Short presents innovative cross-national research into how ‘environment’ is understood and negotiated within families, and how this plays out in everyday lives.Based on an ESRC study that involved creative, qualitative work with families in India and the UK who live in different contexts, this book illuminates ho...

Provides an authoritative review of the key developments in achieving durable disease resistance in cereal cropsComprehensive coverage of the major diseases that affect cereal crops (Fusarium head blight, Septoria tritici blotch, tan spot)Assesses the key challenges in breeding durable disease-resistant cereals faced globally, with dedicated chapters to the regional strategies established by North America, North-west Europe, North Africa and West Asia

"If you consider Iraq—like I do, probably twenty-nine out of thirty days—to be the pinnacle of your life, then where do you go from there? And I'm sure that a lot of veterans feel that way. To them, that was it. That was everything. So now what? They have to find something meaningful and purposeful.""When I got back from Afghanistan, there was not even so much as a briefing that said, 'Let us know if you're having problems.' There wasn't so much as a phone number. There was literal...

In an attempt to protect the identities of those close to me, I left names out.I really wanted to write this book because there just doesn't seem to be much reading material about suicide or books written by people who have survived suicide .I wanted to write this book to help those who are in the same place I was, thinking that suicide is the only option.I wanted to write this book to tell those people its not the only option and I hope my story will convince them ...