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Winner, NSW Carer of the Year 2013!
Winner, Certificate of Commendation, NSW Mental Health Awards 2013!
Art from Adversity shines the spotlight on mental illness, in particular, bipolar disorder. It provides an insight into what it is like to become mentally ill, to ascend into mania, free fall into depression, and finally emerge profoundly changed by the experience.
Art from Adversity: A Life with Bipolar is Anne Therese Naylor's memoir...
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AN EMPOWERED SOUL
A ray of Vishnu, a saktyavesa avatara, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura fought against the darkness of casteism, atheism, British cultural chauvinism, sensualism in the name of spirituality, and all kinds of false doctrines which had a stranglehold on India in the 1920's and 1930's. Triumphant in his attempts, he ignited a spark which created a spiritual conflagration which is still burning brightly throughout...
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Standing at the podium, Victor Villaseñor looked at the group of educators amassed before him, and his mind flooded with childhood memories of humiliation and abuse at the hands of his teachers. He became enraged. With a pounding heart, he began to speak of these incidents. When he was through, to his great disbelief he received a standing ovation. Many in the audience could not contain their own tears.
So begins the passionate, touching memoir...
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This revised New Edition features additional stories, a new cover design, and updates on Rachel's life.
Though born in 1965, Rachel's story could have been set in the 1800s. Wearing long dresses and bonnets and living without electricity, modern medicine, or indoor plumbing, she and her two older brothers were shaped by the extreme religious view of her iron-willed, Vietnam veteran father and malleable mother. The family separated from society...
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Three Identities, One Life: An Indian-Tanzanian-Seychellois Autobiography In the vast tapestry of human existence, some of us are lucky enough to be born into a kaleidoscope of cultures, each thread adding its unique hue to the fabric of our lives. My journey, as captured in this autobiography titled "Three Identities, One Life," is a testament to the intricate interplay between my Indian, Tanzanian, and Seychellois heritage. Born in Tanzania, I was...
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The world watched…...as a teacher flew into space. Do you remember where you were when Christa McAuliffe died? She was a wife, Mother and Teacher and the first civilian to fly into space but Christa's dream tragically ended on a cold January day with the needless explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Has anyone ever been held accountable? Told by her distant relative, award-winning author Tom McAuliffe, 'Throttle Up - Teacher Astronaut Christa...
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Nursing, Yes I Do! Is a compelling story of a high school graduate who had an aspiration to become a nurse, without knowing the hardship, drama, heroism, or heartache that comes from being a medical professional. Follow Aubrey in her memoir of entering the healthcare workforce and experiencing being commended by some, abused or criticized by others, while seeing the birth of a child and then dealing with death, sometimes in one day. Jump on the...
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The extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children's classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown.
Margaret's books have sold millions of copies all over the world, but few people know that she was at the center of a children's book publishing revolution. Her whimsy and imagination fueled a steady stream of stories, book ideas, songs, and poems and she was renowned...
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Scientist & Saint is an inspiring introduction to one of the most outstanding pillars of the science-spirituality dialogue, Dr. T. D. Singh (His Holiness Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami). His unparalleled efforts within a short span of a few decades have revolutionized the field of science and spirituality, bringing together some of the best minds of the world, scientists as well as spiritualists, on a common platform for constructive dialogue. As a...
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Journey from the Heartland to the Heart of Racial Understanding: A True Story of Insight and Transformation.
Embark on a transformative journey with Dave Markward as he transitions from an upbringing in an almost exclusively white community to a life enriched by diversity in From Dubuque to Selma and Beyond: My Journey to Understand Racism in America.
Intertwining Dave's personal growth with significant historical events and figures, this remarkable...
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Le management étant une action o art o manière de conduire une organisation, de la diriger, de planifier son développement, de la contrler, s'applique à tous les domaines d'activités de l'entreprise . Cependant, étant que auteur de ce livre je remarque que ce concept est un processus de conduire l'entreprise vers son but visé. C'est ainsi que dans ce livre le mot Management est un ensemble de l'harmonisation d'une entreprise dans le contexte...
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What happens when a Spanish tutor meets 64 adults in one year? In this book you will find real conversations that will help you learn Spanish and also see how other people learn. Have you wondered what a teacher thinks while listening to you speaking in Spanish? If you have an intermediate level of Spanish you will understand most of the vocabulary. The purpose of this book is to tell you the stories of 10 people who spent many hours in conversation...
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The first critical biography of J. Gresham Machen, examining the full arc of his intellectual career
J. Gresham Machen is known as a conservative hero of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy. But was he always so staunchly antimodernist?
In this sweeping new biography, Richard E. Burnett examines the whole of Machen's life and career-from his early years at Princeton, to his experience in the First World War, to his founding of Westminster...
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Psychologically astute and passionately written, Molly Worthen's remarkable debut charts the intricate relationship between student and teacher, biographer and subject. As a Yale freshman, Worthen found herself deeply fascinated by worldly-wise professor Charles Hill, a former diplomat who had shaped American foreign policy in his forty-year career as an adviser to Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, among others. Hill was never...
15) What Do I Want?
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I have tried my best to demonstrate how universal peace can be debated on paper when I claim that I have no enemies. If I have lost in touch with my friends, I say I want to extend the hands of friendship to my readers through my pen. Yes all is never lost on making friends. All is usually lost in wars. Even humanity. I am one lucky dude who can maintain humanity and who can talk about it in broken ideas and broken words. Eventually I am happy to...
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How liberalism and one of the most dramatic eras in American history were shaped by an influential university president and his powerful circle of friends
Yale's Kingman Brewster was the first and only university president to appear on the covers of Time and Newsweek, and the last of the great campus leaders to become an esteemed national figure. He was also the center of the liberal establishment-a circle of influential men who fought to keep the...
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Now a Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie Event available on streaming platforms. Front of the Class is now in e-book format for the first time and includes a new epilogue.
As a child with Tourette syndrome, Brad Cohen was ridiculed, beaten, mocked, and shunned. Children, teachers, and even family members found it difficult to be around him. As a teen, he was viewed by many as purposefully misbehaving, even though he had little power over the twitches and...
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A new take on this icon of African American educational reform, drawing on previously unpublished materials.
Booker T. Washington, a founding father of African American education in the United States, has long been studied, revered, and reviled by scholars and students. Born into slavery, freed and raised in the Reconstruction South, and active in educational reform through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Washington sought to use...
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