Why Dandelions GrowBy: Nita Marie ClarkIllustrated by: Kathy N. DohertyA 38-page children's picture bookA rhyming story about the connection between dandelions, love, children, and God; explaining why God created dandelions to be bright, colorful, tenacious, full of love, and fun.

As Curly and Old Sarge stroll down the street help him spread fun and joy to everyone that you meet.Come join him and sing his song have some fun as you tag a long!With a knick-knack paddy whack give old Sarge a boneCurly and Sarge go strolling homeKnick Knack Paddy Whack Version 2.0 a modern twist on an old Welsh folk song.

This accessible book draws on research around women’s experiences to illustrate and explore the concept of posttraumatic growth, emphasizing practice implications for healthcare professionals and strategies for fostering posttraumatic growth.Including the voices of women, in their own words, Women’s Journeys to Posttraumatic Growth explains the differences between post-traumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic growth and presents the theoretical framework of posttraumati...

Viola finds out what a difference a day can make and that things are never as bad as they may seem.One day things are not looking so good for Viola. First, it's almost summer and her best friend has moved away. Then she hears her mom and dad talking in the kitchen about money, the broken tractor, and how Mr. Budget is cranky. Now she may not get to go on vacation.Then the next day her lonely bus ride becomes a complete round-up.Upon getting to school things really g...

Julia Ford and Greg Wise star in this BBC Radio 4 drama about a husband who comes out as gay after 19 years of marriageJack and Karen are an ordinary, happily-married couple. They've been together for years and are convinced every problem can be worked through. Until Karen finds an odd text on Jack's phone, and her confrontation leads to a shock revelation: Jack is gay, and he wants a male lover.Seeking stability for themselves and security for their teenag...

Ellie and Jenny are in the seventh grade and are best friends. One day, Ellie hears some of their classmates making mean comments about other kids just because they are different in some way. For example, she hears kids being called tubby, shrimp, and four-eyes. Ellie talks with Jenny about this problem, and they are both really upset to realize that some of their classmates are being unkind to other students.Together, these two creative youngsters develop a way to try to make their...

How do you see love? Do you believe that you are worthy of the love of another and deserve it? Or do you see it as something that happens to someone else?It is unlikely that many of us have never experienced any form of love in our lives. As human beings, we are naturally loving and caring. Of course, there are those few individuals who seem to have no love to show or share, but even the worst of us have had someone we cared about. In the latest in his series of books, A Journey of...

Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice. In the current global political context, we need to re-examine what we mean by social justice, and demonstrate that "making a difference" and contributing to human flourishing is more achievable th...

This unique volume presents the experience of 37 U.S. military nurses sent to the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of war to care for the injured and dying. The personal and professional challenges they faced, the difficulties they endured, the dangers they overcame, and the consequences they grappled with are vividly described from deployment to discharge. In mobile surgical field hospitals and fast-forward teams, detainee care centers, base and city hospitals, medevac aircraft, and aeromedi...

Based on candid interviews with 35 nurses who were deployed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the first book to reveal the stresses and moral dilemmas they experienced as they transitioned back into everyday life. The nurses share their difficulties with family separation, clinical reassignments, post-traumatic stress disorder, the perceived stigma of seeking mental health counseling, and compassion fatigue. They describe how "doing nursing" in a war zone changed them personall...

Romancing the Market is a radical rethinking of marketing understanding. Marketing and consumer research are dominated by the neo-classical ideals of the Enlightenment such as rigour, dispassion and the search for scientific 'truth'. In a series of provocative essays, the contributors challenge these assumptions with reference to the individuality, innovation and imagination of the Romantic movement.The book contains essays by an international selection of the most creative...

In Shine: A Girl's Guide to Thriving (Not Just Surviving) in Real Life, Mary Doherty and Siobhan Hackett have mined their experience as teachers and counsellors and, with feedback from their students past and present, have written a book to let every teenage girl know that they don't need to be the best at everything - they just need to be the best at being themselves.From coping with exam stress to examining negative thoughts, along with insights on body confidence and sel...