In Educator Perspectives of Self-Efficacy with Special Populations: From Administrators to Pre-Service Teachers, the authors argue for the importance of self-efficacy in all realms of education, starting with pre-service teachers, whose efficacy levels significantly impact their classroom confidence and effectiveness. Teachers who are confident in their ability to positively impact learning tend to implement evidence-based interventions, offer constructive feedback, and cultivate supportiv...

The first historical study of the medicinal mani pill and its profound spiritual significance in Tibetan religion and cultureThe maṇi pill is one of the most popular relic traditions in Tibetan Buddhism. Treasured around the globe, maṇi pills are small edible pellets formed from mixing the powdered bodily remains of buddhas and bodhisattvas with ingredients used in Tibetan medicine and sanctified through a tantric liturgy. Maṇi pills are today predominantly produce...

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The essential reference tool for attaining wealth and abundance right here right now.The Encyclopedia of Wealth includes twelve of the most revered, time-honored, proven classics on attaining abundance. Here in one volume are the essential wealth writings that have influenced millions of people over the past 150 years. You can read each book in the volume at your own pace, or read one a month, setting the groundwork for riches in 365 days.The twelv...

After many years of taking culinary, baking and pastry courses, collecting family recipes handed down through many generations, as well as inheriting a small cookbook collection that I've grown to over five hundred and eighty seven volumes, I decided to gather a compilation of my favorite Texas dishes to share with my children and yours.

Drawing on the history of the British gentry to explain the contrasting sentiments of American small farmers and plantation owners, James L. Huston's expansive analysis offers a new understanding of the socioeconomic factors that fueled sectionalism and ignited the American Civil War. This groundbreaking study of agriculture's role in the war defies long-held notions that northern industrialization and urbanization led to clashes between North and South. Rather, Huston argues that the ideo...

This is a novel by Will James, an artist and writer of the American West in the early 1900’s. The story tells of the life of Smoky, a horse born in the wild and captured by a cowboy named Clint who trained him to be an outstanding cow horse. Smoky was then stolen by a horse thief, and over the years was mistreated and abused. But Clint never stopped looking for his special horse.