Ce livre est une collection de vrais témoignages chrétiens d'Acadiens et des gens qui vivent en Acadie. Une grande variété d'expériences de vie sont partagées : simples, tristes, drôles ou intrigantes. La série d'histoires courtes démontre les changements positifs apportés et/ou rapporte les leçons apprises. Ils peuvent vous faire réfléchir, rire, pleurer ou aider à comprendre que vous n'êtes pas seul. Il est espéré que ces témoignages contribueront à l'approfondissement de votre foi. Lors...

This book is a collection of true Christian testimonies from Acadians and from the people who live in Acadia. A wide variety of life experiences are shared: simple, sad, funny, or intriguing. The series of short stories demonstrate the positive changes brought about and/or report the lessons learned. They may make you think, laugh, cry or help to understand that you are not alone. It is hoped that these testimonies will contribute to the deepening of your faith. When the author started gat...

The Panhandle�s first railroad, the Southern Kansas Railway of Texas, was constructed in 1886. Reaching Amarillo in 1889, the railway pulled cars filled with immigrant families and their belongings. The settlers were farmers from the east and south who came west to find water and cheap land. George Tyng, an adventurous fortune seeker, began leasing ranch land in 1887. A rail station was constructed, and Tyng eventually settled on the name �Pampa,� a South American word that means �plains.�...

Anne Frank est une jeune fille insouciante comme les autres lorsque Hitler arrive au pouvoir. Juive, elle est obligée de vivre cachée avec sa famille pour échapper aux nazis. Pendant deux ans, elle ne peut ni sortir, ni courir, ni crier, ni rire trop bruyamment. Heureusement, elle peut tout raconter tout à son journal intime.

Paul Ricoeur and the Lived Body extends the scope of Paul Ricoeur’s reflections and analyses of the body as one’s own through explorations into the ethical, cultural, and affective dimensions of our corporeal existence. Starting with the fact that each of us has a place in the world by reason of our mode of incarnation as flesh, the contributors to this volume address a range of diverse themes in which the lived body figures. Edited by Roger W. H. Savage, this book investigates the constru...

A critical resource for anyone who wants to help women with the pressures, frustrations, and trauma they faceWomen today often have sources of tremendous pain in their lives such as infertility, divorce, domestic violence, eating disorders, and more. Yet, most leaders are not prepared to help women who have real pain from such traumatizing issues. If you want to be better equipped to help women in pain, this book was written for you.Designed to give leaders...

En santé mentale, inclure les patients dans les décisions qui concernent leurs soins est une avancée majeure qui permet de renforcer leur autonomie, améliore la qualité des soins et favorise également une relation de confiance avec leur entourage et les professionnels de santé. Dans cet ouvrage, il est question d'en explorer les enjeux, expériences et solutions pour leur mise en oeuvre en France. Grâce à de nombreuses recommandations pratiques, les professionnels pourront intégrer ces outi...

Le Département de psychiatrie et d’addictologie de l’Université de Montréal héberge depuis 2013 la revue Santé mentale au Québec (RSMQ) fondée en 1976. Il est alors devenu fiduciaire de ce riche héritage d’un savoir partagé en français, qu’il veut pérenniser. Hélas ! Comme chacun le sait, la langue anglaise domine outrageusement les publications d’articles scientifiques. Certes, c’est pratique, mais c’est aussi problématique, ainsi que souligné récemment dans un éditorial publié dans Natur...

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to improve outcomes for people with lived experience.Covering the five main models of st...

In 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth, was seen as a cultural impediment to the government’s aim of assimilation.The tradition did not die, however; the knowledge of the ceremony was kept alive by the Elders through other events until the ban was lifted. In 1969, a potlatch was held. The occasion: the rai...

This collection of the astronomical writings by Dr. Elisabeth Vreede is a fascinating compendium of scientific and spiritual knowledge. Between September 1927 and August 1930, Dr. Vreede wrote a monthly "letter," available by subscription, about both modern astronomy and classical astrology in the light of spiritual science.These letters include clear explanations of the fundamentals of astronomy and discussions on the role of astrology in the modern world. They also include inspir...

This collection of essays explores the cultural significance of children’s reading by analyzing a series of Anglo-American case studies from the eighteenth century to the present. Marked by historical continuity and technological change, children’s reading proves to be a phenomenon with broad influence, one that shapes both the development of individual readers and wider social values. The essays in this volume capture such complexity by invoking the conception of “mediation” to approach c...