Are you tired of running out of time? Do you wish you had more time? This is the Winning Seconds You Need. As soon as you transform your mindset and motivate yourself, positive changes will happen. One second at a time.From the very beginning, every second you had needed to count. From now on, every second you get will need to count as well. Don't waste it on self-pity. Don't waste it on self-less people. You have to put a value on your time. This book will teach you the value of t...

Are you tired of running out of time? Do you wish you had more time? This is the Winning Seconds You Need. As soon as you transform your mindset and motivate yourself, positive changes will happen. One second at a time.From the very beginning, every second you had needed to count. From now on, every second you get will need to count as well. Don't waste it on self-pity. Don't waste it on self-less people. You have to put a value on your time. This book will teach you the value of t...

Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and servicesInternationally renowned experts from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands discuss good practice and the way forward in relation to assessment, diagnosis, interventions, staff knowledge and trai...

"One of the penalties of an ecological education," wrote Aldo Leopold, "is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a source of companionship, inspiration, and advice.The concept of solastalgia comes ...

That Happiness Thing: A Hometown Fable is a children’s book that poses the age-old question, “What is happiness?” Which is what a 10-year-old boy from a small California town wants to know. It’s 1958. Christmas is just around the corner. His family isn’t happy and he doesn’t know why. So he sets out to explore his home town and find out. With a little help from an elderly gentleman and a magical snow globe, he discovers that true happiness isn’t about having the most of everything...

Every day, I encounter people and places, sights and sounds, memories and mementos that are or symbolize the then, now, and yet to be of my life. It is a chronicle of the immediate past, present, and future.At each stage of life, we journey down roads that are familiar and well-traveled, having driven them our entire life. They are the roads taken. The landmarks we pass are beloved and well-known. Although many of the roads are the same ones we've travelled before, we are different...

The 12 Days of Central Valley Christmas is a children’s picture book that retells the traditional Christmas carol from a uniquely California point-of-view. The Central Valley provides the settings, creatures, and characters in this reimagining of the familiar holiday song. The vivid and colorful illustrations capture the distinctive features of the Valley in a fun, festive, and educational way. The book provides an opportunity to celebrate a California Christmas through reading (a...

"History may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes."– Paraphrased from a Quote Attributed to Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, and lecturerBrighter Day is a fictional memoir that takes place in 1969, the year everything changed. Ayear that defined adecade, it witnessed Woodstock and Altamont, Nixon and the Silent Majority, the moon landing and Native Americans occupying Alcatraz, Easy Rider and Oh! Calcutta!, Pe...