How does it feel when someone you love develops dementia? How do you cope with the shock, the stress and the grief? Can you be sure that you and your family will receive the support you need?In Telling Tales About Dementia, thirty carers from different backgrounds and in different circumstances share their experiences of caring for a parent, partner or friend with dementia. They speak from the heart about love and loss: 'I still find it hard to believe that Alzheimer's has happened...

Viele geflüchtete Menschen sind traumatisiert, aber nur ein Bruchteil von ihnen erhält professionelle Hilfe. Als Begleiter, die nicht vom Fach sind, müssen wir jedoch nicht hilflos zusehen. Fachkräfte bestätigen, dass auch Laien viel dazu beitragen können, dass Menschen mit seelischen Verletzungen wieder neue Kraft und neue Stabilität gewinnen. In diesem Buch wird dafür ein einfaches, interaktives Programm vorgestellt. Es kann mit einzelnen Personen oder in kleinen Gruppen durchgeführt wer...

From Award-winning and Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!A Mighty FallThis case might just leave Margie feeling nostalgic about the water deaths she has been investigating lately.A woman is found at the bottom of a 70-meter drop. It is pretty clear from the beginning that she was killed in the fall.But you can never be sure until the medical examiner’s report comes back. It would appear that there is a lot more to be investig...

Dieses Handbuch richtet sich an Helfer und Basiskursleiter, die sich um Menschen mit seelischen Verletzungen kümmern und dazu das Arbeitsbuch "Traumatisierte Menschen begleiten" benutzen. Es handelt sich um ein biblisch basiertes Traumabewältigungsprogramm für (geflüchtete) Erwachsene. Diesem Buch liegen gesammelte Erfahrungen von Helfern und Kursleitern aus allen Kontinenten zugrunde. Es trägt dazu bei, dass auch Ihr Einsatz effektiv und nachhaltig wird. Das Buch enthält Anleitungen zur E...

From Award-winning and Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!Death by Coyote?An accidental death like the one in Nose Hill Park is always tragic, but what can a homicide detective be expected to do about it?Detective Margie “Parks Pat” Patenaude is called to the gruesome scene, and despite what she can see with her own eyes, does not believe that this is an open-and-shut case of the victim being in the wrong place at the wrong time....

Spark Your Creativity with Inventive Challenge Quilts Are you ready to take the challenge? Embark on a creative journey to design the kind of quilts you've always wanted to make! Proving that two minds are better than one, experienced quilters Wendy Hill and Pat Pease take on 7 quilt challenges, including designing a new twist on an old block and quilting with unconventional materials. Sew alongside them—by yourself, with a friend, or in a group—as you nurture your own voice of self-expres...

This handbook is for certified facilitators at an Advanced Equipping session in the Bible-based trauma healing ministry of the Trauma Healing Institute. It pairs with Caring for the Wounded Heart: Bible-Based Trauma Healing Facilitator Guide for Healing Groups. This guide helps prepare facilitators to confidently launch healing group ministries. It also helps trainers to develop a full trauma healing program—from first awareness sessions to training sessions, to Community of Pract...

Caring for the Wounded Heart: Bible-Based Trauma Healing offers a practical approach to engaging the Bible and mental health principles to find God’s healing for wounds of the heart. The approach has been field-tested since 2001 with leaders from Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and independent churches.This is the core book (Participant Book) of the Bible-based trauma healing ministry of the Trauma Healing Institute. It is to be used by adult participants in a healing grou...

Essential Skills--Made Easy!C#: A Beginner's Guide offers a step-by-step approach to learning object-oriented programming with C# and the .NET Framework while preparing you for data driven-development. More than 150 easy-to-follow examples are included. The book covers Visual Studio for developmentand debugging, collections and advanced C# structures,LINQ and traditional database development, as well as file, XML, and JSON handling. By the end of the book, you'll have th...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A painful, lyrical, addictive read” (People) by the cherished author of The Great Santini that brings his extraordinary career full circlePat Conroy’s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavio...

Listen as environmental activists Dave Forman, Julia “Butterfly” Hill, and others share their experiences of being on the front lines of the battle to preserve old-growth redwoods and other endangered species, along with solid reasons for their passionate involvement in this struggle.

Unlock the secret to groundbreaking innovation with this game-changing guideInnovation means putting ideas to work. It is a discipline that can be learned, practiced, and leveraged to propel meaningful transformation and sustainable success, and it is proving to be the margin of difference in the largest concentrated sector of our economy: healthcare. This is where the stakes may be highest because the transcendent ideas that come from the patient bedside or labora...