Nine Days in England reveals a glorious struggle in the romance of two lonely souls who happened to find each other. American Naval Officer Scott and English Lady Teresa's journey to happiness focuses on forever and a day, exposing their journey toward peace and joy.Hard-won, long-living accomplishments for our heart's benefit are the valuable, precious victories we need and want desperately. We need to get to our knees and ask for strength from The One who knows what is best for u...

Relive the history of Hudson's department store, a fixture in downtown Detroit , when retailing was an event and the department store ruled the shopping scene and was a Detroit icon. The J. L. Hudson Company redefined the way Detroiters shopped and enjoyed leisure time. Many Detroiters share memories of times spent shopping and enjoying spectacular events sponsored by Hudson's. A solid and lofty icon built by businesspeople who believed in their passion, Hudson's defined Detroit's downtown...

Utilizing remarkable images from the Manning Brothers Historical Collection, the Michigan Opera Theatre Archives, and several additional collections, Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon have captured the excitement of the shared entertainment experience in Detroit Opera House. The theater known today as the Detroit Opera House has been an integral part of the city's culture and history as well as the live entertainment industry. Its existence has been threatened in the past, but it has surv...

Grand Rapids, Michigan was the center for shopping in western Michigan with department stores, five-and-dimes and more, until the advent of the shopping mall. For decades, downtown Grand Rapids enjoyed a long run in the limelight as the epicenter of shopping in western Michigan. The vibrant Monroe Avenue corridor included three homegrown department stores, several chain department stores, five-and-dime stores, and scores of clothing and specialty retailers. It weathered mother nature, wars...

Emerging from the twin shadows of neoliberalism and postmodernism, Michael Hauser paints our current historical moment as an interregnum, born of but departing from those two towering modes of late **20****th-**century culture. Seen in this light, the preoccupation of populism, identity politics, hybrid wars and other contemporary phenomena can be seen as the result of the disintegration of neoliberal agendas and postmodernist sensibilities.Drawing...

Integrates and fosters effective leadership/management and supervisory skillsThe development of competency in management and leadership skills as well as clinical supervisory skills is of increasing importance to professional counselors who seek advancement in their careers. This is the first text to integrate both the clinical supervision and agency management skills needed by counselors who are training to work in mental health services settings. Highly ...

All the concepts found in Conversations with God revolve, ultimately, around a central theme: the purpose of life is to re-create yourself anew. Yet what does that mean, in human terms?Here, the author of the extraordinary CwG series of books offers a step-by-step explanation of how the process of personal re-creation can work in anyone’s life. In simple, direct, and wonderfully accessible wording, Neale Donald Walsch mak...

Spoken worship … is poetry of the soul, reaching out to the soul’s greatest lover. Where deep calls to deep, spoken worship heeds the call.Spoken Worship is written with the conviction that the spoken word has a unique power – power to reach into the heart, power to transport us to where we could not otherwise go and transform us into what we would not otherwise become. The forty poems in this collection go beyond image and emotion. They are created to be not merely read silently but spoke...

Help Teens Study and Share The Great Divorce!The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis has been a favorite of teenagers for over 70 years, but for many it has been a little difficult to grasp. The Great Divorce Study Guide for Teens makes it easy and relatable for teenagers to not only read the book but to also study and share this iconic classic with their friends.Imagine being a damned soul on a bus ride from Hell to visit the outskirts of...

This biography recounts the rise of the American retail magnate who would go on to open London's famous Selfridge's department stores.In early 1909, a new retail emporium readied for business on the "wrong end of Oxford Street" in London. The man behind it was an odd little American with a waxed mustache and frenetic nature. Harry Gordon Selfridge had spent the previous twenty-five years in Chicago honing his skills at the venerable Marshall Field and Company befor...

Fleischmann is a brand name that everyone recognizes, even if they have never baked bread from scratch, drunk a Fleischmann's gin and tonic, or used their vinegar and margarine. Charles Fleischmann, in fact, pretty much invented the brand name and this continued recognition is testimonial to his genius. At one time, teenagers around the country ate fresh yeast cakes by the millions to improve their skin, and corporate success was measured in pound of live yeast consumed per capita. And the...

About the Book Its doesnt matter how many times you fall. What matters is how many times you are able to get up. We all have done and said things we regret. People are dying emotionally and spiritually because those who have conquered difficult times are too embarrassed and ashamed to share their challenges. Enough is enough. We can only hide behind fake smiles, success, relationships, and money for so long and eventually the hurt will come pouring out. In this book you will discover you h...