For readers of The Book of Delights and What I Know For Sure, a bite-size invitation to disrupt the hustle and rediscover joy and wonder in our daily livesFor decades, consumerism has espoused the same message: money equals success, and if you aren’t happy, you aren’t shopping in the right store. Now, with a new cover and updated content for today's challenges, The Best Things in Life Aren't Things offers practical guidance for those seek...

The Book of the Shepherd by Joann Davis, author of The Best Things in Life Aren't Things, tells the story of three travelers on an uncertain journey toward "the new way." Set in a mythical time in an unnamed land, The Book of the Shepherd follows the shepherd, a small boy, and a former slave as they discover that sometimes the greatest treasures are inside us all along. In the words of Paulo Coelho, this book is an "inspiring and moving fable."

Stone the builder who erects a house that falls on its occupants. Sever the hands of the criminal who pilfers livestock or grain or another's garment. Whip the child who defies an elder. For such is the law and the law must be obeyed.For generations, these ironclad rules had governed the people. Nobody questioned whether it was right to humiliate a child or execute a murderer. An eye for an eye was the way of the world.But was there another way?

Watch and Pray is a book designed to instill in children positive behavior patterns to encourage them to develop proper thought processes and to empower them to serve others. Children are a heritage from God and precious in his sight. Therefore, it is up to parents, relatives, pastors, teachers, etc., to value them with love, care, and concern. Jesus defended them in Matthew 18:6 and 19:14, and our responsibility to train them is given in Deuteronomy 6:7.

From 9/11 to the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq, the eurozone crisis to the Brexit vote, the Great Recession to the Arab Spring, the rise of China to the annexation of Crimea, the passage from Obama to Trump and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the London-based New Left Review has offered a series of sharply critical editorials, combining argument with analysis-radical antidotes to the self-serving accounts of the Anglophone press. Contraventions brings together a selecti...

By 1840, American politics was a paradox-unprecedented freedom and equality for men of European descent, and the simultaneous isolation and degradation of people of African and Native American descent. Historians have characterized this phenomenon as the 'white republic.' Race and the Early Republic offers a rich account of how this paradox evolved, beginning with the fledgling nation of the 1770s and running through the antebellum years. The essays in the volume, written by a wide array o...

More than one trillion dollars are spent globally on advertising-a figure exceeding the GDP of 19 countries.Imagine the waste to companies and their stockholders when marketers aren't taught and do not know the basic skills of briefing, guiding, and motivating their agencies. Sadly, not enough organizations invest in ensuring that marketers can become better clients.Surprisingly, with one or two exceptions, there are no other books about how marketers can be better clients ...

The doctors said, There is no hope.Then God spoke.An incurable disease strikes a mother and her twin daughters which places them beyond the reach of medical help. Fortunately, they were not beyond the grasp of God.Praise for Three Faces of a Miracle:A magnificent story of the goodness of God.Michael Taylor, Encounters of Grace Ministries, Bayfield, ColoradoI am not a reader, but I could not put the book down. A must read.Gloria...

This book disagrees about the traditional viewpoint of the Christian wife’s role at home, and advocates married women to work and have their own careers. This viewpoint is based on careful exegesis of the relevant biblical scriptures throughout the Bible. It also proposes that fathers rather than mothers shall be primary teachers for their children at home. In addition, this book also suggests that mothers should not take on the responsibility for homeschooling unless they are called to te...

This special edition of Them Days Magazine from 1982 is all about toys, games, amusements and pastimes. Dive into dozens of short stories about dolls, balls, and boats; learn how to slide on seal skins; listen to memories of specialty holiday games and so much more!

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Health literacy addresses a range of social dimensions of health, including knowledge, navigation and communication, as well as individual and organizational skills for accessing, understanding, evaluating and using information. Particularly over the past decade, health literacy has globally become a major public health concern as an asset for promoting health, wellbeing and sustainable development.This comprehensive handbook provides a...

A smorgasbord of plain-spoken, understandable poetry awaits you.Not romantic poetry per se, but love is embedded within each piece of work.Not only are the topics on a wide range of subjects, but the forms also vary. There are sonnets, haikus, a modified tanka, and poems with various types of rhyming schemes.Form and/or technique are borrowed in a few to give homage to a favored classical pop rock song, a poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and two nursery rhymes meaningf...