"Would you, please… just hold her until she dies?"A two-year vigil. A hand-drawn grid. A refusal to let go.Not one spiral notebook. Several. Opened and closed every two hours until the record of one small life filled more pages than anyone expected to need.Every page holds the same hand-drawn grid — columns ruled across lined paper: diapers, glucose, injections, feedings, time. A foster care diary reconstructed from origina...

Imagine sitting at the kitchen table talking with your dad or beloved auntie. What anecdotes will they share about their lives and the sagas of your ancestors? Are you a caregiver wanting to document the interesting tales you are told while you work?This is your opportunity to gather family stories and history.Perhaps you want to interview a grandparent, teacher, or colleague – someone with insight, experience, and wisdom. For Mitch Albom, author of the New...

We all have a lifetime of stories in our memory banks. We have had life lessons that our children and their children will want and need to know. Some of the stories will just provide entertainment or enlightenment. But they will all bridge the gap between generations.Share these stories with your family, friends and anyone else who will listen;• What was your favorite breakfast as a child?• What is an adversity you overcame as a child? An adult?• Where did y...

Capping CourageBy: Judy Wright BrooksCapping Courage is a unique story that invites the reader to experience the life, joys, and hardships of Kort Olanna, a young Inuit boy who must take on the responsibility of supporting his family after his father’s untimely death. The bitter cold of the region and his sensitive, timid nature are a trying but motivating experience that help to change his fearfulness into a growing, courageous heart. That, along with the solving of a crim...

This book provides an introduction to decision analytic cost-effectiveness modelling, giving the theoretical and practical knowledge required to design and implement analyses that meet the methodological standards of health technology assessment organisations. The book guides you through building a decision tree and Markov model and, importantly, shows how the results of cost-effectiveness analyses are interpreted.Given the complex nature of cost-effectiveness modelling and the oft...

Irresistible stories of how a leading animal behaviorist diagnoses and treats cat behavior problemsConsidered one of the country's leading animal behaviorists, Dr. John Wright has spent the last decade making house calls on problem pets. He diagnoses the cause of the problem behavior and then works with owners to find an appropriate treatment. This book, an engaging account of his work with misbehaving felines, is at once funny, charming, and highly informative. Readers will learn ...

The Tachi-Yokut Indians made a subsistence living around the great inland sea known as Tulare Lake, near present-day Lemoore, long before Dr. Laverne Lee Moore came to town in 1871. Still before Moore came other Anglo settlers. The Rhoads family settled and built an adobe house, which remains today, where Daniel and Sarah Rhoads raised a family, ranched, and did business in 1856. Rhoads was part of the group that rescued the ill-fated Donner party. The U.S. Post Office saw fit to name the ...

PICTURE THIS: A BOLD NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY DRAWN FROM TODAY'S HOTTEST VISUAL TRENDSScientific studies have shown that looking at pictures, drawings, and other graphics engage both sides of the brain--opening the "mind's eye" and business systems to new possibilities we might not otherwise see. Frustrated by lackluster approaches to strategy, companies are combining illustrations and color with business strategy with phenomenal success.If you want to go beyond drawing on t...

Geronimo's adventurous sister Thea narrates this tale packed with action, mystery, and friendship! In this fabumouse adventure, the Thea Sisters head to Alaska, where they're attending a conference held by an important ecological association. Their host and his family are native Alaskans who show the mouselings their favorite games and activities. But soon there's trouble--the Thea Sisters discover that someone is upsetting the ecosystem by blowing up the ice with explosives! Can the Thea ...

We were all taught the fundamentals of writing well in school. But how do we write effectively in today’s hyper-interactive world?When The Elements of Style and On Writing Well were published in 1959 and 1976, the internet hadn’t been invented. Since then, there has been a radical transformation in how we communicate. The average adult receives over 100 emails and tens of text messages each day. With all this correspondence, gain...

On a sunny day in June at the beach with her mom and brother fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything absolutely everything changed. Now shes counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm where she knows kids will whisper "Thats her thats Shark Girl" as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this striking first novel Kelly Bingham uses poems letters tel...