Do you know just how great you are?Do you know just how special your life really is?Do you know how to make the most of your life?Would you like to learn how to learn life to the fullestevery day?These priceless epiphanies can be yoursonce you learn to let go of the past, release negative thoughts, and master your emotions. By exploring the roles of ego and perception in how you move through the world, Celebrate Your Life can help you to learn to honor the flow...

This book provides graduate students and new entrepreneurs with a variety of organizational effectiveness factors that contribute to an organization’s competitive advantage, as well as its present and future success and survival. It offers leaders and employees with common understandings on how organizations work and helps them focus on efficiency rather than immediate actions based on random advice. Featuring short, accessible chapters that offer a “quick read” on important topics, this b...

This unique monograph, based on empirical research, used the oral history approach to explore the careers of 31 intellectual disability nurses from England and the Republic of Ireland; each with at least 30 years' experience.We sought to understand motives for such long service to nursing practice. Some had worked in the intellectual disability hospitals of the 19th and 20th Centuries. In both jurisdictions these have almost closed and been replaced with smaller living configuratio...

"We decide, every day, whether we are going to turn students on or off to science and mathematics in our classrooms."Daily decisions about how to incorporate creativity, choice, and autonomy—integral components of engagement—can build students' self-efficacy, keep them motivated, and strengthen their identities as scientists and mathematicians. In this book, Eric Brunsell and Michelle A. Fleming show you how to apply the joyful learning framework introduced in Engaging Minds in...

This is a must-have preparation and reference guide for students embarking on the challenging journey of completing a thesis or dissertation. The authors, who are both “students of thesis and dissertation travel,” combine their expertise and insights to offer wise travel guidance designed to enhance both the success and satisfaction of this likely once-in-a-lifetime journey. The various chapters provide a realistic preview of how to prepare for and how to complete each stage of this travel...

For Taohua, servant of the wealthy Zhang family, everything changes when the war reaches Yuchen. She is forced to flee the city with her mistress Jingyu, but her mistress' brother Yongyu insists on saving a blue jade seal from their father's collection. The seal is beautiful, but Taohua can't imagine why it's so important to hold onto until she learns the Emperor himself wants the seal, and is willing to kill to get it. Yongyu's murder sends his sister on a quest with Taohua at her side, a...

Dive Into a Musical Odyssey Across Earth with Melodies That Capture the Heart of Our HomeEarth is My Home is a symphony for the eyes and ears, a stunning children's book that blends Jake Fleming's heartfelt music with Michelle Hall's lush illustrations. This enchanting book invites young explorers to embark on an extraordinary journey across our planet, from the airy heights of the sky to the rhythmic dance of the ocean waves.As you flip through th...

Dive Into a Musical Odyssey Across Earth with Melodies That Capture the Heart of Our HomeEarth is My Home is a symphony for the eyes and ears, a stunning children's book that blends Jake Fleming's heartfelt music with Michelle Hall's lush illustrations. This enchanting book invites young explorers to embark on an extraordinary journey across our planet, from the airy heights of the sky to the rhythmic dance of the ocean waves.As you flip through th...

When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City, she discovers a goat living on the roof of her Manhattan apartment building — but she soon realizes a goat on the roof may be the least strange thing about her new home, whose residents are both fascinating and unforgettable.When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City for a six-month stint of dog-sitting and home-schooling, she sees what looks like a tiny white cloud on the top of their apartment building.