Schwimmen ist Bewegung. Schwimmen ist Veränderung. Schwimmen ist Musik. Denn ein Schwimmbecken ist mehr als ein physischer Ort. Wer es betritt, dem kann es erlauben, Altes loszulassen, die Gedanken zu sortieren und neue Perspektiven zu entdecken. Es scheint, als würde mit dem ersten Schwimmzug eine innere Reise beginnen, die zu neuen, noch unbekannten, teils unerwarteten Optionen führt. Eine faszinierende Sammlung von Geschichten über Menschen, die die Leidenschaft an der Bewegung im Wasse...

Unter tausend Händen wirst du meine Hand erkennen. Die deutsche Historikerin Annika Strehlow lebt in einem kleinen Fischerdorf an der Atlantikküste in Portugal. Auf einer Lesereise durch Frankreich stellt sie ihren ersten Roman vor, in dem sie ihre große Liebe zu Barbara und deren plötzlichen Tod verarbeitet. Durch den Gedankenaustausch mit Freunden und die Beschäftigung mit der abendländischen Spiritualität geht sie einen Erkenntnisweg, der sie in der Hoffnung bestärkt, Barbara noch einma...

Bau unser Haus. Statte es aus mit all deiner Liebe. Fülle es mit deinem Herzen und errichte es aus den Steinen deiner Gedanken. Ich bin bei dir. Ich baue mit dir. Die deutsche Historikerin Annika Strehlow verlässt ihr Anwesen in einem Fischerdorf Portugals. Nur so kann sie seelisch Abstand von ihrer großen Trauer finden, sich mit ihrem Schmerz und der Sehnsucht nach Barbara auseinander setzen. Für ihren Neuanfang kehrt sie in ihre Heimatstadt Berlin zurück. Die Begegnung mit ihren Eltern, ...

Walking is good for you. It can regulate weight, improve sleep, elevate mood, transform stress, and boost creativity. Most people want to walk more. But what if the key isn’t just to walk more, but to walk better? Walking Well presents a three-part journey that will guide you to discover more comfort, vitality, and inspiration in every step. Filled with simple, practical guidance from authors with over a hundred years of collective experience in teaching people how to move well, t...

The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned "down" toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight. Indeed, theorizing about the relationship between education, culture, and society has typically emerged from the study of poor and marginalized groups in public schools. Seldom have educational researchers considered class privilege and educational advantage in their attempts at understanding inequality and fom...

An " engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles" from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more ( Publishers Weekly).Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the tens of millions of Americans living in "near poverty"? In this book, some of the country's most prominent scholars, businesspeople, and community activists answ...

A practical and comprehensive resource for loved ones and young adults experiencing an episode of psychosis for the first time. Psychosis often first occurs in late adolescence or early adulthood - an exciting but often tumultuous time of role transitions and challenging new opportunities such as college and employment. An episode of psychosis can be frightening for those undergoing it, and for their loved ones, and navigating through evaluation, treatment, and recovery ca...

Continuing the success of the nationally acclaimed Haunted America, Historic Haunted America is a further investigation into North American ghost legends.This chilling collection documents yesterday's and today's most terrifying hauntings in the United States and Canada in more than seventy-five shocking stories!At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Loss brings them together. Will their pact to raise an orphaned newborn help them find love and happily-ever-after?English professor Elijah M. Clayton, Jr., has promised his dying cousin he’ll raise her unborn daughter, but he knows he can’t do it on his own. His search for a wife fails miserably until he meets Beatrix-35 at a speed-dating event. Unfortunately, the ASD he does his best to conceal turns his best hope into another failure.Plumber Beatrix Glouster is convinced s...

Haunted America takes you on a grand tour of ghostly hauntings through the U.S. and Canada, sweeping from terrifying battle-field specters at Little Bighorn to a vaudeville palace in Tampa, from ghostly apparitions in President Garfield's home in Ohio to the White House in Washington, DC.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

"This study Bible is a must-have to help us see Jesus Christ throughout the whole Bible." —biblereviewguys.comThe ESV Gospel Transformation Study Bible is designed to help readers see Christ in all of Scripture, and grace for all of life.It features book introductions, gospel-centered study notes, and a series of all-new articles—written by a team of over 50 pastors and scholars. This content explains passage-by-passage how God's redemptive purposes culminate in th...

The First Episode of Psychosis is the ideal book for patients experiencing the frightening and confusing initial episode of psychosis, which often occurs during late adolescence or early adulthood, and which affects nearly 3% of all people over the course of their lifetime. The book covers a range of disorders, focusing on primary psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder, clearly describing symptoms, early warning signs, and treatment--information th...