Learn to live every day with purpose, passion, and joy with this practical guide to proven success strategies.We all start out with a personal vision of the ideal life. Then, all too often, the realities of living get in the way. So how do people like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson, and George Clooney manage to live the lives of their dreams. Do they possess unique abilities or some magic elixir?The truth is that while these people's lives are ext...

For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for grown-ups working with children. Now Jane Nelsen, distinguished psychologist, educator, and mother of seven, has written a revised and expanded edition. The key to positive discipline is not punishment, she tells us, but mutual respect. Nelsen coaches parents and teachers to be both firm and kind, so that any child–from a three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenager–can learn creative cooperation and sel...

Clutter affects us all: stressed time-poor professionals, couples rowing over their junk, older people with a lifetime's accumulated possessions, people working from home, growing families and people facing life changes such as divorce or bereavement. As we all consume and acquire more and more stuff, we feel increasingly overwhelmed by our possessions.

Following the success of his previous book, Beyond Busyness: Time Wisdom for Ministry, Dr Stephen Cherry has distilled the essence of Time Wisdom into this bite-sized book, essential for anyone seeking to restore some balance in their busy life.As part of his “Give up busyness for Lent” campaign – or as a standalone guide – this concise book will help you get to grips with Time Wisdom in just an hour!Why give up busyn...

In love but worlds apart is a self-help book for a man and woman who come from two very different cultural backgrounds and who are considering a life commitment to each other. It shows how and when their differences can be problematic, but also how such a relationship could succeed. This book enables partners to think and talk about their cultural differences (such as in manners, values, worldview, holidays and other customs), and to develop traditions and activities they can enjoy togethe...

"Life is about opposites coming together to make you whole."Lisa Nance takes us on a journey of love and faith as she travels the tumultuous terrain of her husband's six-month wait for a heart transplant.It feels as if one day she's enjoying a round of golf with a seemingly healthy spouse, then the next she's at his bedside in the ICU. Now, she must face "the Wait," with a capital W, tackling the challenges of single parenting, running the family business, and visiting a te...

A Path to Healing is about the obstacles that my family and I have gone through. Its about how my sisters decisions tore my family apart and how we have tried our hardest to bring us back together. Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesnt. This book was my way to healing. I had a lot of anger and unforgiveness in my heart for what my sister did. God had to speak to me and encourage me to write everything that was brothering me down and tell the world what really happened. I felt that if I w...

THROUGH THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: * PROTECT YOUR FAMILY CIRCLE. *TAKE LITERALLY THE WARNING FOUND IN ST. MATTHEW 7:15; BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, BUT INWARDLY THEY ARE RAVENING WOLVES. *TRUST GOD AND FAMILY IMPLICITLY. *TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. *"BE WISE AS SERPENTS AND HARMLESS AS DOVES."

Preston Browning Jr. entered the world in 1929, a few months before the Crash and the onset of the Great Depression. In Culpeper, Virginia, Browning grew up amid the pervasive poverty of the times where he recalls being labeled by his father as the worlds worst grouch, led in song by Miss Lizzy Lovellwho banged on the piano at the local Episcopal church, and seated astride a cow who needed a lot of convincing to take him for a ride around the pasture beyond his house. With humor and except...

This book explores care-leavers’ access to their personal records. People who grew up in care in previous decades may know little about their family nor understand why they were placed in care nor how decisions were made about their lives. Personal records can be a source of this information. Murray posits that it is crucial that those releasing these records understand their significance. Taking a person-centred approach, the book is based on the moving life history accounts of people who...

This book explores the relationship between children and citizenship, analyzing international perspectives on citizenship and human rights and developing new methods for facilitating the recognition of children as participating agents within society.

How do you survive the hours and days living with the knowledge that your son is slowly dying from a glioblastoma multiformes brain tumor? How do you continue to share your love with family while attempting to enjoy the time of your life? Join Cynthia Lusk as she shares her story of the Lusk Family after their youngest child developed brain cancer.As her husband, Scott, texted to his extended family, The good news is: Jedidiah gets a make-a-wish! The bad news is: Jedidiah is eligib...