Did you know that dictation software can help you write your book up to 3 times faster?Are you looking to write a novel quicker and more effectively?If you answered yes, then this publication is for you!This guide is loaded with tons of strategies to dictate your novel all from the comfort of your own living room and without touching a keyboard!Here are the topics that are included in the book:How to Get StartedHow to Prepare and Outline...

Featuring an array of adorable pets and majestic wildlife, this exceptional 144-page book offers simple, step-by-step instructions for creating dozens of incredibly lifelike animal drawings.Inside, five talented artists reveal their professional secrets for drawing all the features that are unique to our furry and feathered friends—from wet noses and expressive eyes to thick fur and delicate whiskers. The book opens with essential information about...

In 2021, a special kind of cicada will emerge - the Brood X. This is the first time these cicadas will dig out of the soil in 17 years! This book by Cindy Smith, PhD, and Richard Groover, PhD, will equip you with age appropriate information to make this a fun learning opportunity for you children. The authors have made the learning activities streamlined and easy to implement for individuals and groups.Within these pages you'll find:13 fun cicada activities with instruction...

PTSD-No Apologies is a powerful anthology of personal stories and poems. Many of the stories were written by those whose lives have been affected by PTSD. Collectively, they demonstrate what happens when an individual has been exposed to horrifying situations that stick in the memory...refuse to leave...and are constantly relived again and again. The affect on every day lives for those veterans who have been afflicted by PTSD are devastating, long lasting, and extremely disabling. Medicine...

The average age of entry into prostitution in America is 13 years old. Forced into a life they never chose, manipulated, abused and tortured at the hands of the pimps who control them, our country's children are sold on the streets, on the internet and at truck stops across America every night. They aren't bad kids who made bad choices. They are victims of child sex trafficking. They come from our neighborhoods, our schools, our churches, and sometimes our own homes. Author Linda Smith bri...

Porque ha inclinado a mí su oído; por tanto, le invocará en todos mis días. —Salmo 116:2¿Cómo sabes que Dios te oye cuando clamas a Él? Me refiero a oírte de verdad.Puedo contar con los dedos de una sola mano las veces en las que a lo largo de mi vida, Dios reveló de manera específica y personal que, sin duda, escucha mi clamor.En cada momento, percibí cómo Dios se acercaba a asegurarme que, por cierto, Él oye. Y no sólo oye, sino que también responde.A pesar de...

Leading Millennial Faculty: Navigating the New Professoriate explores how to effectively lead millennial faculty as they navigate the new professoriate. Contributors address some stereotypical millennial characteristics—being achievement oriented, connected to the world at large, relatively sheltered, and unaware of hierarchy in higher education—and how these characteristics create advantages and challenges for all generations in the higher education workplace.

The COVID pandemic has shaken the material and social foundations of the world more than any event in recent history and has highlighted and exacerbated a longstanding crisis of care. While these challenges may be freshly visible to the public, they are not new. Over the last three decades, a growing body of care scholarship has documented the inadequacy of the social organization of care around the world, and the effect of the devaluation of care on workers, families, and communities. In ...

Winner of a 2023 IACP Cookbook Award and the Golden Poppy Book Award in the Glenn Goldman Cooking categorySix California Kitchens is the quintessential California cookbook, with farm-to-table recipes and stories from Sally Schmitt, the pioneering female chef and original founder of the French Laundry."Schmitt, the founder of California’s famed French Laundry restaurant, reflects on the food that defined her life, i...

First-Generation Faculty of Color: Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service is the first book to examine the experiences of racially minoritized faculty who were also the first in their families to graduate college in the United States. From contingent to tenured faculty who teach at community colleges, comprehensive, and research institutions, the book is a collection of critical narratives that collectively show the diversity of faculty of color, attentive to and beyond ra...

The Bible is clear that women as well as men are created in God's image and intended to serve him with their lives. But what does this look like for women in the church? Helping church leaders think through what a Bible-centered women's ministry looks like, this collection of essays by respected Bible teachers and authors such as Gloria Furman, Nancy Guthrie, and Susan Hunt addresses a variety of topics relevant to women. Whether exploring the importance of intergenerational relationships,...

**"An energizing, mobilizing read!"--Dr. Robert JeffressTest the Water, Take the Plunge and Turn the Tide of Culture**If we were created to make an impact, why do most of us feel like we're drowning in problems and fears? Why does making a living feel like fighting the current? The answer, say pastors and culture-makers Christopher and Laura Harris Smith, is simple: You need to find your riverof influence.With fresh revelation and contagious excitement, Chr...